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Impatient Inpatient Dosing | PSNet

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June 24, 2020 - Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services … The WARFDOCs program projects that the steady-state dose is still 3.55 mg, and it predicts that giving … Using the WARFDOCs dosing program ( Table 2 ) to model this patient’s expected response to a daily dose … This would require no work by the physician, and the program would seamlessly provide data upon which … Prospective comparative study of computer programs used for management of warfarin.

A qualitative survey of factors shaping the role of a safety professional. | PSNet

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August 12, 2020 - Proficient safety professionals are the cornerstone of effective patient safety programs. … September 26, 2016 Sustaining quality improvement and patient safety training in graduate … Attitudes to patient safety amongst medical students and tutors: developing a reliable and valid measure

In Conversation with... Kathleen Sanford and Sue Schuelke about Virtual Nursing | PSNet

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August 30, 2023 - Another thing I saw in your evaluation was “good catch” measures. … Kathy Sanford: VIC is quite different from other virtual programs in that it’s 24 hours a day. … Virtual Reality Programs Applications in Healthcare. … Scores rating healthcare communications improved from 6.2% to 17.4% depending on the measure. 1 Quality … measures from the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators showed low incidence of catheter-associated

Virtual Nursing: Improving Patient Care and Meeting Workforce Challenges | PSNet

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August 30, 2023 - Scores rating healthcare communications improved from 6.2% to 17.4% depending on the measure. 1 Quality … measures from the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators showed low incidence of catheter-associated … Another thing I saw in your evaluation was “good catch” measures. … Kathy Sanford: VIC is quite different from other virtual programs in that it’s 24 hours a day. … Virtual Reality Programs Applications in Healthcare.

Sustaining reductions in catheter related bloodstream infections in Michigan intensive care units: observational study. | PSNet

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May 25, 2011 - The findings provide strong evidence for the impact and sustainability of a multifaceted quality improvement … Patient Safety Program in ICUs. … March 21, 2012 Using the opportunity estimator tool to improve engagement in a quality … program. … March 2, 2011 Quality of traditional surveillance for public reporting of nosocomial

The Comprehensivist Model of Care: A Hospitalist's View | PSNet

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November 01, 2018 - became the source of funds used by hospitals and medical groups to invest in their new hospitalist programs … His research aims to improve the cost and quality of hospital care. … Comprehensive Care Programs promote continuity in two ways. … of it, we used HCAHPS [Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems] scores to measure … But they're not very sensitive measures.

Updates in the Role of Health IT in Patient Safety | PSNet

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January 31, 2020 - Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services … in oncology care increased clinical practice guideline use and concordance, improved care process measures … usability and safety across the board. [15] However, a report from the Trusted Network Accreditation Program … Health information technology in healthcare quality and patient safety: Literature review. … [16] The Trusted Network Accreditation Program (TNAP) Collaborative Survey Finds Concern Over

Assessing patients' perceptions of safety culture in the hospital setting: development and initial evaluation of the patients' perceptions of safety culture scale. | PSNet

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June 09, 2021 - Researchers used a large online survey to develop and validate an 11-item scale to measure patients' … 2021 RISE: exploring volunteer retention and sustainability of a second victim support program … September 27, 2017 View More See More About The Topic Hospitals Quality

The Unfinished Patient Safety Agenda | PSNet

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August 01, 2005 - The National Quality Forum developed quality indictors that, if implemented in hospitals nationally, … could help improve safety and quality. … requirements, updated yearly, for its more than 15,000 accredited and certified health care organizations and programs … Also missing is a credible, independent advocate for investments in nursing as a safety measure. … November 28, 2018 Perspective Missed Nursing Care: A Key Measure

Health care professionals as second victims after adverse events: a systematic review. | PSNet

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September 19, 2016 - Psychological impact and recovery after involvement in a patient safety incident: a repeated measures … An evidence and consensus-based definition of second victim: a strategic topic in healthcare quality … June 23, 2021 Second victim support programs for healthcare organizations. … 19, 2016 View More See More About The Topic Health Care Providers Quality

In Conversation with...Steven J. Spear, DBA, MS, MS | PSNet

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August 01, 2009 - Quality was super. … Some people say, "You can't measure care because every patient is different." … I don't believe that we can't measure quality in health care. … Maybe the first measures are very simple: yes or no, did a never event happen? … Implementing and validating a comprehensive unit-based safety program.

Dangerous Dialysis | PSNet

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June 12, 2024 - dialysis providers favoring single-use dialyzers, the proportion of dialysis units employing a reuse program … 40% of dialysis units practiced dialyzer reuse.( 9 ) Thus, the primary reason for maintaining a reuse program … ) 2008 revisions, conditions for Medicare coverage for dialysis specify that each dialysis facility measure … [Available at] 12. 5-Diamond Patient Safety Program. … [Available at] 13. 5-Diamond Patient Safety Program. Woodbridge, CT: Network of New England.

Digital Clinical Safety Strategy | PSNet

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March 01, 2023 - improvement while contributing to potential failures due to the lack of collective guidance to assess and measure … The quality of 'Learning from Deaths' reporting in quality accounts within the NHS in England 2017-2020 … April 14, 2021 High Quality Care for All: NHS Next Stage Review Final Report. … May 13, 2015 Findings and Lessons From the AHRQ Ambulatory Safety and Quality Program

Complaints as Safety Surveillance | PSNet

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May 05, 2021 - The program has shown significant success in reducing patient complaints against participants.( 12 ) … to him on the hospital's concerns, seek to understand possible contributing factors, and agree on a program … Depending on the nature of the three other complaints this may include, for example, a tailored program … A national survey of Physician Health Programs. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2009;37:1-7. … Accuracy of physician self-assessment compared with observed measures of competence: a systematic review

In Conversation With… J. Bryan Sexton, PhD, MA | PSNet

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February 26, 2025 - There are TeamSTEPPS training programs, which can be amazing, but take time and energy and you need … You can measure that reliably with the standard burnout tools. … So we have to measure and know the resilience rates among all of our different units and labs, but we … these programs and teamwork training and measurement programs without addressing the burnout, or do … issue of resilience and readiness of the providers, what else have we learned about teamwork training programs

Dissecting communication barriers in healthcare: a path to enhancing communication resiliency, reliability, and patient safety. | PSNet

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July 12, 2023 - September 28, 2022 Validation of a teamwork perceptions measure to increase patient safety … August 27, 2014 Implementation of the I-PASS handoff program in diverse clinical environments … April 26, 2023 Health technology, quality and safety in a learning health … March 8, 2017 Patient-reported safety and quality of care in outpatient oncology. … July 10, 2008 View More See More About The Topic Risk Managers Quality

Perioperative patient safety: correct patient, correct surgery, correct side--a multifaceted, cross-organizational, interventional study. | PSNet

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December 21, 2011 - Incident learning in pursuit of high reliability: implementing a comprehensive, low-threshold reporting program … September 15, 2011 Surgical specimen identification errors: a new measure of quality

Outcomes from Wake Up Safe, the pediatric anesthesia quality improvement initiative. | PSNet

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December 22, 2018 - Study Outcomes from Wake Up Safe, the pediatric anesthesia quality improvement initiative … Outcomes from Wake Up Safe, the pediatric anesthesia quality improvement initiative. … Outcomes from Wake Up Safe, the pediatric anesthesia quality improvement initiative. … December 21, 2017 Adopting the Fall Tailoring Interventions for Patient Safety (TIPS) program … and measure diagnostic errors.

Patient safety and error reduction in surgical pathology. | PSNet

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January 08, 2016 - pathology and cytology: guideline from the College of American Pathologists Pathology and Laboratory Quality … February 15, 2010 Recommendations for quality assurance and improvement in surgical and … July 19, 2023 Implementation of the I-PASS handoff program in diverse clinical environments … December 27, 2014 The effect of a Lean quality improvement implementation program on … View More See More About The Topic Clinical Technologists Physicians Quality

Hyperglycemia and Switching to Subcutaneous Insulin | PSNet

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May 19, 2021 - Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services … Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services … Technology is increasingly being used to support high quality reliable care delivery. … Human factors systems approach to healthcare quality and patient safety. … Quality Measures. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Quality Measures. [Available at] 13.

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