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1461. "Superficial" Report Leads to "Deep" Problem | PSNet
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      July 01, 2012 - The left calf circumference was 4 cm greater than the right calf, but there were no dilated superficial

1462. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      December 23, 2020 - Identify factors than can make someone a vulnerable patient in the context of healthcare; discuss possible … Elucidating and documenting specific patient goals like going home to enjoy loud music rather than relying … ://psnet.ahrq.gov//#19 https://psnet.ahrq.gov//#20 https://psnet.ahrq.gov//#21 energy on the EHR, than … care needs for that diagnosis.22 The ability of a hospital to get the patient discharged in less time than … Now more than ever, as the demands on healthcare workers reach new peaks and continue to change day-to-day

1463. Reducing the Safety Hazards of Monitor Alert and Alarm Fatigue | PSNet
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      May 01, 2016 - One study showed that lowering SpO2 alarm limits to 88% with a 15-second delay reduced alarms by more than … overcome alarm and alert fatigue have aimed to increase the value of the information of each alarm, rather … than adding simply more alarms.( 16 ) Increasing the value of the information requires a decrease in … And then have the monitor behave differently if you're a novice than if you're an expert. … BD : Alarm fatigue is probably a much bigger problem on a general medical floor than in the ICU.

1464. In Conversation with…Jennifer Daley, MD | PSNet
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      January 01, 2008 - It incorporated a lot of things other than safety. … So rather than a dry policy and procedure, it was more like, "Here's a little vignette of what happens … Seven of these hospitals have fewer than 100 beds, twelve have between 100 and 250 beds, and four have … more than 250 beds; the total number of beds in the system is 6156. … Compared to a Thomson Healthcare (Solucient) national database of more than 20 million discharges, AHS

1465. Medical Scribes and Patient Safety | PSNet
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      August 01, 2019 - Descriptions of scribe programs in the United States using unlicensed personnel first appeared more than … We were talking about what happens if and when AI takes this over, and it is a digital scribe rather … than a person. … There are some physicians who are easier to work with than others for the scribe, and vice versa. … But the documentation burden is so different than it was before the EHR became ubiquitous.

1466. Implementing a Patient Safety Program at a Large National Health System | PSNet
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      January 01, 2008 - Seven of these hospitals have fewer than 100 beds, twelve have between 100 and 250 beds, and four have … more than 250 beds; the total number of beds in the system is 6156. … Compared to a Thomson Healthcare (Solucient) national database of more than 20 million discharges, AHS … It incorporated a lot of things other than safety. … So rather than a dry policy and procedure, it was more like, "Here's a little vignette of what happens

1467. In Conversation With… Hardeep Singh, MD, MPH | PSNet
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      January 01, 2014 - It's about more than just a research area, it's about a person, and she took interest in both. … physicians, but correct diagnosis resonates more with physicians than other health care professionals … Naturally, one might expect clinicians to preferentially attribute diagnostic errors to system problems rather … than individual cognitive errors. … In the case of duty hour restrictions—now more than a decade old—empirical studies testing whether the

1468. In Conversation With… Sharon K. Inouye, MD, MPH | PSNet
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      December 01, 2012 - RW : You've found that the prognosis for patients with delirium is significantly worse than for those … How would you manage that differently than the run-of-the-mill doctor? … So we felt that rather than go that route we would be very much in favor of putting in some process measures … 1, 2012 Perspective Remarkably, in every intensive care unit (ICU) on any given day, more than … almost half, shortened duration of coma (a form of acute brain dysfunction with even worse prognosis than

1469. In Conversation With… Mark L. Graber, MD | PSNet
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      January 01, 2016 - We get it right more than 90% of the time, and that's really amazing given the complexity of the task … The radiologists know so much more about a film than they put in their report, and you used to get that … You get so much more information from watching how a clinician analyzes a case than you do from how they … reimbursement for diagnostic thinking, reformed medical malpractice standards, technologies that support rather … than hinder patient care, and a research funding climate conducive to accelerating our understanding

1470. In Conversation With… Susan Smith, MD | PSNet
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      August 01, 2019 - SS : It's that translation from a conversation to a note, which is quite different than taking dictation … We were talking about what happens if and when AI takes this over, and it is a digital scribe rather … than a person. … There are some physicians who are easier to work with than others for the scribe, and vice versa. … But the documentation burden is so different than it was before the EHR became ubiquitous.

1471. In Conversation With... Georgia Galanou Luchen, Pharm. D. | PSNet
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      October 24, 2021 - in their own care is really important because ultimately, the patient can give you more information than … The important thing to recognize is that community pharmacists do so much more than dispense medication … The modern concept of medication safety is much broader in scope than the “five rights” and the focus … technologies, policies and procedures, and other systems factors support the outcomes of the various rights, rather … than focusing solely on completion of an oversimplified checklist.

1472. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      March 15, 2023 - expectation that while these data are going to come to us right away, a clinician will react to a trend rather … than each data point. … They may report values that are better or worse than what they actually were. … These data tend to fall in a different category than the data we collect in the clinical setting, like … There is a chance that someone can misuse the medical device, or for example someone other than the

1473. In Conversation with Eric Thomas about Zero Harm: Striving to Reduce Preventable Harms – Point, Counterpoint, and Areas of Agreement | PSNet
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      September 24, 2024 - Sarah Mossburg : Rather than that overarching Big Hairy Audacious Goal, it's better to have marginal … University of Texas men's swim team since 1979, and his teams have won 15 national championships, more than … Eric Thomas:  Yes, there is a lot more to improving safety than just goal setting. … performance on benchmarks, which can shift. 4 Arguably, benchmarks that focus on performing better than … with “Safety II,” risk reduction can motivate improvements in patient safety by focusing on risks more than

1474. Microsoft PowerPoint - FINAL Spotlight Case_Medication Error During Procedural Sedation in the Pediatric ED_03.27.2023.pptx (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2023 - • Imaging demonstrated that the left femoral head was smaller than the right with premature ossification … Pediatric patients are more likely to experience respiratory depression and life- threatening hypoxia than … conceptualized as a continuum ranging from normal level of alertness to complete unconsciousness, rather … than as distinct categories with clearly defined boundaries and transitions … Commonly used procedural sedation agents (3) • The coadministration of ketamine and propofol in lower than

1475. Lost in Transitions of Care: Managing an Opioid-Dependent Patient with Frequent Hospitalizations | PSNet
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      October 27, 2022 - analgesics daily are often presumed to be opioid tolerant, and therefore at lower risk of overdose, than … decision support should suggest alternatives that do not involve cutting tablets into portions other than … (MME), this approach is not designed to be used to convert patients from one opioid to another, but rather … Methadone's peak respiratory depressant effects typically occur later, and persist longer, than its peak … The patch is not recommended for patients on more than 80 OME per day.

1476. Isolated Clot, Real Error | PSNet
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      December 01, 2013 - Fang, MD, MPH Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a common cardiovascular condition that affects more than … saphenous vein), not a deep vein, and placing an inferior vena cava (IVC) filter probably had more risks than … In addition, 13% of patients without an indication for dose reduction received lower-than-standard doses … Don't treat provoked VTE for longer than 3 months. … Don't treat provoked VTE for longer than 3 months 6.

1477. Residual Anesthesia: Tepid Burn | PSNet
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      February 10, 2010 - 5,6 ) Such discharge scoring tools tend to emphasize recovery elements following general anesthesia rather … than local/regional anesthesia, leaving individual facilities to establish their own policies and procedures

1478. A Real Heartache | PSNet
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      October 01, 2018 - confirmation bias , where one has a tendency to focus on evidence that supports a working diagnosis rather … than consider evidence that tends to refute it.( 12 ) Once the ED physician settled on a working diagnosis

1479. A Seasonal Care Transition Failure | PSNet
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      June 01, 2016 - providers early in their training.( 15 ) Fourth, the year-end handoff is a permanent provider change rather … than the more customary cross-coverage handoff.

1480. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      March 30, 2020 - BS: It’s also interesting to think about some things that may go away because they do work rather than