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401. Diagnostic overshadowing among groups experiencing health disparities. | PSNet
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     February 10, 2021 - May 23, 2018 Managing the risks of direct oral anticoagulants. … April 21, 2021 Radiation risks of diagnostic imaging and fluoroscopy.

402. Determining current insulin pen use practices and errors in the inpatient setting. | PSNet
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     June 29, 2016 - The authors suggest that further research is needed regarding how to mitigate risks associated with insulin … Purchase of prescription medicines via social media: a survey-based study of prevalence, risk … September 25, 2019 Unintended patient safety risks due to wireless smart infusion pump

403. Safety-I and Safety-II: The Past and Future of Safety Management. | PSNet
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     July 22, 2019 - The author discusses how each approach has been applied in health care and other high-risk industries … A  PSNet perspective explored what health care can learn from aviation, another high-risk industry. … July 22, 2019 Managing the Risks of Organizational Accidents. … May 13, 2011 Influencing the Quality, Risk and Safety Movement in Healthcare: In Conversation … January 30, 2013 Managing the Risks of Organizational Accidents.

404. Add-on Case and the Missing Checklist | PSNet
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     September 01, 2012 - achieve long-term benefits from treatment by accepting and managing the higher short-term procedural risks … of bleeding.( 2 ) Thus, absent the complicating factor of ongoing anticoagulant use, the short-term risks … To balance the immediate procedural bleeding risks with the longer term DVT risks, evidence suggests … This case illustrates how easily failures to discuss risks ad hoc can lead to catastrophic outcomes, … Take-Home Points The risks of deep vein thrombosis and postoperative bleeding must be appropriately

405. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     February 03, 2011 - These excess doses lead to greater risks of bleeding; the investigators estimate that 15% of patients … The risks also seem directed at vulnerable populations such as elderly patients with specific comorbidities

406. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33581/psn-pdf
     December 15, 2024 - health for patients with many diseases, but these benefits have also been accompanied by increased risks … blood's clotting ability to avoid either bleeding complications (if the dose is too high) or clotting risks … risk factors for ADEs.  … in older adults, it is now clear that most ADEs are caused by commonly used medications that have risks … monitoring programs and updated prescribing guidelines for clinicians, as well as initiatives to mitigate risks

407. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43367/psn-pdf
     May 01, 2015 - Promoting Patient Safety Through Effective Health Information Technology Risk Management. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/promoting-patient-safety-through-effective-health-information-technology-risk … Investigators sought to determine challenges to engaging in identifying and addressing safety risks … The authors call for greater awareness of safety risks related to health IT, better cooperation between … for health IT developers and vendors to improve health IT safety, and increased investment in risk

408. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49539/psn-pdf
     June 01, 2007 - not provide all the information a patient wants but recognizes that information concerning specific risk … Operator-specific risks could be quoted if they are available. … Consideration should be given to providing patient-specific risks, according to coexistent pathology … It is unusual to quote the risk of unilateral hearing loss after anesthesia during a consent discussion … Consent and anaesthetic risk. Anaesthesia. 2003;58:962-984. [go to PubMed] 6.

409. Opportunities to improve informed consent with AHRQ training modules. | PSNet
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     December 31, 2014 - The process of informed consent is designed to ensure that patients fully understand risks, benefits … May 4, 2010 Healthcare industry representatives: maximizing benefits and reducing risks

410. Twelve tips for embedding human factors and ergonomics principles in healthcare education. | PSNet
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     January 09, 2018 - Human factors engineering helps improve human performance and reduce the risks associated with user … January 9, 2018 Safety risks associated with physical interactions between patients and

411. Alternative perspectives of safety in home delivered health care: a sequential exploratory mixed method study. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/alternative-perspectives-safety-home-delivered-health-care-sequential-exploratory-mixed
     February 17, 2016 - caregivers define patient safety as meeting all of a patient's needs rather than avoiding harm and reducing risks … September 28, 2022 Safety risks associated with physical interactions between patients

412. Capturing essential information to achieve safe interoperability. | PSNet
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     February 23, 2015 - A previous WebM&M commentary discussed risks inherent in lack of system interoperability. … August 4, 2021 Selected medication safety risks that can easily fall off the radar screen—part

413. Design of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) duodenoscopes may impede effective cleaning. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/design-endoscopic-retrograde-cholangiopancreatography-ercp-duodenoscopes-may-impede-effective
     March 11, 2015 - This announcement raises awareness of risks associated with inadequate cleaning of duodenoscopes … February 3, 2016 Safety considerations to mitigate the risks of misconnections with small-bore

414. When doing wrong feels so right: normalization of deviance. | PSNet
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     September 03, 2011 - advocate for more awareness of this phenomenon on the frontline, particularly among nurses, to reduce risks … October 16, 2024 Is it possible to identify risks for injurious falls in hospitalized

415. Evaluating the potential severity of look-alike, sound-alike drug substitution errors in children. | PSNet
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     July 16, 2015 - classify the clinical importance of more than 600 look-alike, sound-alike medication pairs that present risks … November 28, 2018 Look-alike and sound-alike medicines: risks and 'solutions.'

416. Standardizing concentrations of adult drug infusions in Indiana. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/standardizing-concentrations-adult-drug-infusions-indiana
     August 01, 2018 - existing lists of adult IV drug concentrations to develop a final list of 26 IV concentrations to reduce risks … February 4, 2015 Iatrogenic disease management: moderating medication errors and risks

417. Critical Incident Reviews, Significant Adverse Event Reports and Action Plans. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/critical-incident-reviews-significant-adverse-event-reports-and-action-plans
     June 26, 2019 - March 16, 2022 Assessment of DoD Wounded Warrior Matters: Managing Risks of Multiple … February 20, 2013 Planning for a pandemic: mitigating risk to radiation therapy service … The CUSP Method September 26, 2019 Building a Memory: Preventing Harm, Reducing Risks

418. The opioid crisis: can improving diagnosis help solve the problem? | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/opioid-crisis-can-improving-diagnosis-help-solve-problem
     February 25, 2019 - June 27, 2018 All can be lost: the risk of putting our knowledge in the hands of machines … Pain Management and the Opioid Epidemic: Balancing Societal and Individual Benefits and Risks … Conversation With… David Juurlink, MD, PhD May 1, 2017 The effectiveness and risks

419. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60548/psn-pdf
     May 28, 2020 - are circumstances where we may not have full confirmation that there is a new or increased safety risk … , or we know that there is a particular risk but we have not yet worked out what the appropriate actions … – there is no such thing as a risk-free medical device or drug. … risks. … JS: We deal with new technologies all the time and all moderate- and high- risk devices are reviewed

420. Surviving a bad diagnosis. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/surviving-bad-diagnosis
     January 19, 2022 - November 23, 2016 View More Related Resources The risks of the … August 10, 2016 Selected medication safety risks to manage in 2016 that might otherwise