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161. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     December 15, 2024 - Opioid overprescribing has been documented in a wide range of patient populations, and disturbingly, … Although this is an important first step, reducing opioid prescribing alone is unlikely to relieve population-level

162. Patient Safety in the Ambulatory Care Setting | PSNet
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     April 27, 2022 - consider the expected occurrence of false positive results when interpreting test results in their patient populations … broadband access, limited digital literacy among many older patients and other underserved patient populations

163. Patient Safety in Frail Older Patients | PSNet
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     November 26, 2019 - effects of procedures and medications, such as infections or delirium. 4 As a highly medically complex population … providers are making treatment decisions that are better aligned with the unique care needs of this population … As the population continues to age and life expectancy grows, this balance will become increasingly critical … KH: Can this approach be used for other patient populations too, or is it just for frail older patients … that we have to think about in frail older patients that we don’t have to think about in other patient populations

164. In Conversation With... Heidi Wald, MD | PSNet
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     November 26, 2019 - KH: Can this approach be used for other patient populations too, or is it just for frail older patients … that we have to think about in frail older patients that we don’t have to think about in other patient populations … effects of procedures and medications, such as infections or delirium. 4 As a highly medically complex population … providers are making treatment decisions that are better aligned with the unique care needs of this population … As the population continues to age and life expectancy grows, this balance will become increasingly critical

165. Opioid Safety | PSNet
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     December 15, 2024 - Opioid overprescribing has been documented in a  wide range  of  patient populations , and disturbingly … Although this is an important first step, reducing opioid prescribing alone is  unlikely  to relieve population-level

166. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     October 30, 2019 - gestational ages (in some NICUs, newborns as preterm as 22 weeks gestation).(3) Despite very similar patient populations

167. Falls | PSNet
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     October 27, 2021 - It is likely that differences among patient populations, risk factors, and hospital environmental factors

168. Measuring and Responding to Deaths From Medical Errors | PSNet
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     April 01, 2008 - Estimates of the population toll of deaths from medical error are extrapolations from individual studies … small numbers of deaths to an estimate of inpatient mortality due to adverse events for the entire US population … The studies whose results were extrapolated to estimate deaths on a population level were not explicitly … These studies were designed to estimate the prevalence of adverse events in specific patient populations … Even if the true population prevalence of deaths from errors is much lower than that estimated in the

169. Triggers and Trigger Tools | PSNet
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     September 15, 2024 - includes 53 different triggers, some applicable to all patients and some inappropriate for certain patient populations

170. Be Picky about your PICCs—Fragmented Care and Poor Communication at Discharge Leads to a PICC without a Plan. | PSNet
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     July 19, 2023 - It is based on the currently available evidence on complications, at-risk populations, duration of access … practices related to appropriate line selection, duration of access, care and maintenance, specific patient populations

171. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     September 23, 2024 - innovation in partnership with UNC Health Alliance, its physician-led clinically integrated network and population … innovation in partnership with UNC Health Alliance, its physician-led clinically integrated network and population … innovation: coaches, who provide implementation support; community health workers, who are part of the population … of the screening identified opportunities to improve one or more of the SDOH domains.3 UNC Health’s population … implementation of this innovation are as follows: Essential team members include clinical leadership, population

172. In Conversation With...Amy Helwig about Health Plan Patient Safety Initiatives | PSNet
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     July 10, 2024 - Amy Helwig : I am the chief quality and population health officer at Commonwealth Care Alliance, which … Amy Helwig: Patient safety priorities will always be driven by the population that plans insure. … It really comes down to, when you look at your population, what are the most common conditions that are … race, ethnicity, language, geography, etc., to understand differences in outcomes across different sub-populations … Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2022 Current Population Reports . U.S.

173. Health Plan Patient Safety Initiatives | PSNet
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     July 10, 2024 - Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2022 Current Population Reports . U.S. … Amy Helwig : I am the chief quality and population health officer at Commonwealth Care Alliance, which … Amy Helwig: Patient safety priorities will always be driven by the population that plans insure. … It really comes down to, when you look at your population, what are the most common conditions that are … race, ethnicity, language, geography, etc., to understand differences in outcomes across different sub-populations

174. The Dose Makes the Poison: Medication Error During Procedural Sedation in the Pediatric Emergency Department. | PSNet
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     January 23, 2017 - Procedural sedation in the pediatric population is a high-risk intervention. … complexity of weight-based dosing as a significant contributing factor to medication errors in pediatric populations … The use of ketamine for procedural sedation is common, especially in pediatric populations, due to its … cognitive errors would demonstrate conclusive benefit, studies evaluating their effectiveness in pediatric populations … baseline adverse event rates. 22 Implementation of a similar pre-sedation checklist in a pediatric ED population

175. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     June 15, 2024 - Indicators) Low-cost, readily available data, useful for tracking events over time across large populations

176. Remote Patient Monitoring | PSNet
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     March 15, 2023 - By understanding their patient populations and their needs, and by creating person-centered care that … For example, you start thinking about population health and population management. … Now you can leverage technology to look at data for a population and look for outliers and trends to … a hypertension monitoring program among that population. … Before the pandemic, most telehealth was limited to rural areas and designated medically underserved populations

177. In Conversation with... Dr. Neal Sikka and Dr. Colton Hood about Remote Patient Monitoring | PSNet
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     March 15, 2023 - For example, you start thinking about population health and population management. … Now you can leverage technology to look at data for a population and look for outliers and trends to … a hypertension monitoring program among that population. … Before the pandemic, most telehealth was limited to rural areas and designated medically underserved populations … By understanding their patient populations and their needs, and by creating person-centered care that

178. Transition Coaches® Reduce Readmissions for Medicare Patients With Complex Postdischarge Needs | PSNet
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     March 27, 2024 - Key elements of the program include the following: Target population:  There are multiple approaches … for risk targeting the population that should receive the Care Transitions Intervention. … Getting Started with This Innovation Define desired outcomes and target population:  Program leaders … need to define what success looks like in their organizations and determine early what population will … Result in Better Outcomes and Reduced Acute Care Utilization in Low-Income Seniors and other High-Risk Populations

179. Association of clinical specialty with symptoms of burnout and career choice regret among US resident physicians. | PSNet
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     December 21, 2018 - similar to studies of practicing physicians, and significantly higher than studies of the general population … Burnout and satisfaction with work-life balance among US physicians relative to the general US population … Changes in burnout and satisfaction with work-life balance in physicians and the general US working population

180. Medication/Drug Errors | PSNet
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     March 12, 2021 - adopted as one approach to preventing medication errors, but less is known about their use in pediatric populations … The authors provide recommendations to improve medication safety for this vulnerable population, which