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  1. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44281/psn-pdf
    July 22, 2015 - This database compiles the death and complication rates of surgeons performing eight specific elective … Medicare patients to provide performance records and enhance patient decision-making when selecting surgeons … development-online-morbidity-mortality-and-near-miss-reporting-system-identify-patterns https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/better-surgeons-notes-performance

  2. When is a doctor too old for the job? | PSNet

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    March 04, 2020 - This magazine article discusses how implementing policies and activities to assess the ability of surgeons

  3. Index of CUSP Tools and Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    September 01, 2025 - CUSP Resource: CUSP Tip Sheet: Engaging Surgeons in MRSA Prevention (DOCX, 395 KB) A guidance document … on engaging surgeons. … Surgeons play vital roles in any undertaking to improve quality and patient safety. … Engaging and involving surgeons fully in MRSA prevention efforts will be very impactful.

  4. Communication practices on 4 Harvard surgical services: a surgical safety collaborative. | PSNet

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    September 29, 2017 - Investigators discovered that one-third of critical patient events were not communicated to attending surgeons … The authors conclude that residents fail to adequately engage their attending surgeons in patient care … despite the attending surgeons' receptiveness and interest in being contacted. … June 1, 2016 Safety skills training for surgeons: a half-day intervention improves knowledge

  5. Surgical skill and complication rates after bariatric surgery. | PSNet

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    August 02, 2015 - At least 10 independent surgeon-reviewers examined video-recordings of 20 bariatric surgeons performing … a laparoscopic procedure and rated the surgeons' skills, with a higher score representing better technical … Surgeons rated in the lowest quartile of surgical skill had more surgical complications, longer surgical … This study is the first to link practicing surgeons' directly observed technical skills to surgical safety

  6. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    April 12, 2017 - improve safety in the surgical setting and describes a field- tested process for training and assessing surgeons … qualities-and-attributes-safe-practitioner-identification-safety-skills-healthcare https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/surgeons-non-technical-skills-operating-room-reliability-testing-notss-behavior-rating-system … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/surgeons-non-technical-skills-operating-room-reliability-testing-notss-behavior-rating-system

  7. Realistic distractions and interruptions that impair simulated surgical performance by novice surgeons. | PSNet

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    August 04, 2021 - Realistic distractions and interruptions that impair simulated surgical performance by novice surgeons … Realistic distractions and interruptions that impair simulated surgical performance by novice surgeons … Realistic distractions and interruptions that impair simulated surgical performance by novice surgeons

  8. Building a Culture of Candour: a Review of the Threshold for the Duty of Candour and of the Incentives for Care Organisations to Be Candid. | PSNet

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    June 12, 2019 - London, UK: The Royal College of Surgeons of England; March 2014. … London, UK: The Royal College of Surgeons of England; March 2014.  … London, UK: The Royal College of Surgeons of England; March 2014. … June 12, 2019 Avoiding Unconscious Bias: a Guide for Surgeons.

  9. Optimizing the Value of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in Improving Care Delivery through Health Information Technology | Digital Healthcare Research

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    January 01, 2024 - This research worked with orthopedic surgeons and patients to learn what outcomes are most important … to patients, to identify ways to increase response rates, and to evaluate the impact of providing surgeons … Orthopedic surgeons and leaders were interviewed about why PROMs were not being used in patient care, … Surgeons indicated they perceived aggregate PROMs to be valuable for departments, organizations, and … Leif Solberg The research team also surveyed orthopedic surgeons to understand why PROM results aren’

  10. Symposium: Patient Safety: Collaboration, Communication, and Physician Leadership. | PSNet

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    April 19, 2011 - orthopedic surgery , including work hour reforms, surgical site infections, and hazardous attitudes among surgeons … September 28, 2010 How satisfied are patients and surgeons with telemedicine in orthopaedic … October 24, 2018 How prevalent are hazardous attitudes among orthopaedic surgeons?

  11. Individual surgeon mortality rates: can outliers be detected? A national utility analysis. | PSNet

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    October 27, 2021 - In 2013, the National Health Service began to publish mortality rates for individual surgeons. … Investigators looked at individual surgeons' mortality rates along with volume data across 6 procedures … They determined that surgeons with mortality rates higher than what might be expected would be difficult

  12. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47470/psn-pdf
    April 07, 2019 - prospective cohort study examined the association between self-rated daytime sleepiness among trainee surgeons … associated with worse technical skills, echoing concerns about procedures performed by sleep- deprived surgeons … sleep-deprivation-and-clinical-performance https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/outcomes-daytime-procedures-performed-attending-surgeons-after-night-work

  13. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45952/psn-pdf
    May 31, 2017 - The author offers recommendations for surgeons to help manage stress levels, including noise reduction … impact-stress-surgical-performance-systematic-review-literature https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/burnout-and-medical-errors-among-american-surgeons … integrating-human-factors-research-and-surgery-review https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/do-micropauses-prevent-surgeons-fatigue-and-loss-accuracy-associated-prolonged-surgery

  14. Evaluation of a preoperative checklist and team briefing among surgeons, nurses, and anesthesiologists to reduce failures in communication. | PSNet

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    August 28, 2013 - Study Evaluation of a preoperative checklist and team briefing among surgeons, nurses … Evaluation of a Preoperative Checklist and Team Briefing Among Surgeons, Nurses, and Anesthesiologists … Evaluation of a Preoperative Checklist and Team Briefing Among Surgeons, Nurses, and Anesthesiologists … Citation Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Foundations for teaching surgeons

  15. Undermining and bullying in surgical training: a review and recommendations by the Association of Surgeons in Training. | PSNet

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    July 25, 2018 - Undermining and bullying in surgical training: a review and recommendations by the Association of Surgeons … Undermining and bullying in surgical training: a review and recommendations by the Association of Surgeons … Undermining and bullying in surgical training: a review and recommendations by the Association of Surgeons … Supporting doctors as healthcare quality and safety advocates: recommendations from the Association of Surgeons

  16. Supporting doctors as healthcare quality and safety advocates: recommendations from the Association of Surgeons in Training (ASiT). | PSNet

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    April 13, 2016 - Supporting doctors as healthcare quality and safety advocates: recommendations from the Association of Surgeons … Supporting doctors as healthcare quality and safety advocates: Recommendations from the Association of Surgeons … Supporting doctors as healthcare quality and safety advocates: Recommendations from the Association of Surgeons … Undermining and bullying in surgical training: a review and recommendations by the Association of Surgeons

  17. Factors compromising safety in surgery: stressful events in the operating room. | PSNet

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    April 08, 2009 - Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Managing intraoperative stress: what do surgeons … May 30, 2012 Smartphones let surgeons know WhatsApp: an analysis of communication in … January 13, 2021 Surgical complications and their implications for surgeons' well-being … November 13, 2013 Waking up the next morning: surgeons' emotional reactions to adverse … September 27, 2010 Burnout and medical errors among American surgeons.

  18. Another surgeon's error: must you tell the patient? | PSNet

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    October 02, 2013 - Improving disclosure and management of medical error—an opportunity to transform the surgeons

  19. In Conversation With… Karl Bilimoria, MD, MS | PSNet

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    December 01, 2017 - Wachter : Surgeons have always cared deeply about their quality and safety and their outcomes, but they … Surgeons are used to this. … What do you take from that in terms of what we need to do about training and certification of surgeons … Birkmeyer set us up well to think about how do we get surgeons to study their own skill when they are … It is complicated to get two busy surgeons together to watch videos.

  20. Review of SSI Prevention Program Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    April 01, 2025 - CUSP Resource: CUSP Tip Sheet: Engaging Surgeons in MRSA Prevention (DOCX, 395 KB) A guidance document … on engaging surgeons. … Surgeons play vital roles in any undertaking to improve quality and patient safety. … Engaging and involving surgeons fully in MRSA prevention efforts will be very impactful.
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