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'Trust but verify'—five approaches to ensure safe medical apps. | PSNet

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September 27, 2023 - View more articles from the same authors. … This commentary describes five strategies to improve the functionality of mobile health applications, … January 17, 2024 Second victim experiences of health care learners and the influence … of the training environment on postevent adaptation. … Google: the evidence on consumer-facing digital tools for diagnosis.

The rising frequency of IT blackouts indicates the increasing relevance of IT emergency concepts to ensure patient safety. | PSNet

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October 12, 2022 - Review The rising frequency of IT blackouts indicates the increasing relevance of … The Rising Frequency of IT Blackouts Indicates the Increasing Relevance of IT Emergency Concepts to Ensure … November 10, 2021 COVID-19: the dark side and the sunny side for patient safety. … October 14, 2020 Supporting the emotional well-being of health care workers during the … September 30, 2011 Diagnostic accuracy of physician-staffed emergency medical teams:

Implementation of a structured hospital-wide morbidity and mortality rounds model. | PSNet

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January 20, 2015 - View more articles from the same authors. … This pre–post study assessed the impact of implementing a structured method to enhance morbidity and … January 20, 2015 Effect of restriction of the number of concurrently open records in … March 5, 2025 View More Related Resources Surveying care teams … March 15, 2016 The influence of the causes and contexts of medical errors on emergency

Appropriateness of outpatient antibiotic prescribing among privately insured US patients: ICD-10-CM based cross sectional study. | PSNet

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January 29, 2020 - View more articles from the same authors. … Prescribing unnecessary antibiotics increases the risk of resistant infections and can lead to patient … 7 XML Endnote tagged PubMedId RIS Download Citation Related Resources From the … December 18, 2014 Containing COVID-19 in the emergency department: the role of improved … May 11, 2019 Overdiagnosis in primary care: framing the problem and finding solutions

Comparison of military and civilian methods for determining potentially preventable deaths: a systematic review. | PSNet

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October 19, 2022 - View more articles from the same authors. … The authors note widely varying review processes, data inclusion, and preventability assessment , and … Same Author(s) Optimizing Pediatric Patient Safety in the Emergency Care Setting. … and mortality conference: the impact of a just culture. … May 8, 2024 Surveying care teams after in-hospital deaths to identify preventable harm

Medication reconciliation at admission and discharge: an analysis of prevalence and associated risk factors. | PSNet

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December 02, 2020 - View more articles from the same authors. … These findings underscore the challenge of correctly capturing patients' medications to prevent adverse … January 17, 2012 Prevalence of adverse events in the hospitals of five Latin American … countries: results of the 'Iberoamerican Study of Adverse Events' (IBEAS). … good, the bad, and the improvements.

Redesign of health care systems to reduce diagnostic errors: leveraging human experience and artificial intelligence. | PSNet

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December 04, 2016 - View more articles from the same authors. … September 21, 2022 The safety of emergency medicine. … patients admitted through the emergency department. … June 26, 2024 The role for policy in AI-assisted medical diagnosis. … September 1, 2021 Using the web or an app instead of seeing a doctor?

Application of the IV Medication Harm Index to assess the nature of harm averted by "smart" infusion safety systems. | PSNet

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January 23, 2017 - Study Application of the IV Medication Harm Index to assess the nature of harm averted … Application of the IV Medication Harm Index to Assess the Nature of Harm Averted by "Smart" Infusion … The research team studied the impact of a smart infusion system on patient harm. … The results suggest that the systems were effective in averting harm and can help identify areas for … Application of the IV Medication Harm Index to Assess the Nature of Harm Averted by "Smart" Infusion

Educational quality improvement report: outcomes from a revised morbidity and mortality format that emphasised patient safety. | PSNet

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March 10, 2010 - View more articles from the same authors. … 7 XML Endnote tagged PubMedId RIS Download Citation Related Resources From the … March 10, 2010 The natural history of recovery for the healthcare provider "second victim … : a scientific statement from the American Heart Association. … October 7, 2013 The impact of racism on child and adolescent health.

Strengthening the use of artificial intelligence within healthcare delivery organizations: balancing regulatory compliance and patient safety. | PSNet

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September 18, 2024 - Commentary Strengthening the use of artificial intelligence within healthcare delivery … Strengthening the use of artificial intelligence within healthcare delivery organizations: balancing … View more articles from the same authors. … Strengthening the use of artificial intelligence within healthcare delivery organizations: balancing … December 19, 2018 Crowding in the Emergency Department: Challenges for the Care of Children

A multidisciplinary teamwork training program: The Triad for Optimal Patient Safety (TOPS) experience. | PSNet

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February 12, 2018 - Study A multidisciplinary teamwork training program: The Triad for Optimal Patient … View more articles from the same authors. … May 5, 2010 Improving handoffs in the emergency department. … reduction on the quality of residents' discharge summaries. … business school view of medical interprofessional rounds: transforming rounding groups into rounding teams

The threat within: mitigating the risk of medical error. | PSNet

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July 15, 2020 - Book/Report The threat within: mitigating the risk of medical error. … The Threat Within: Mitigating The Risk Of Medical Error. … The author reviews tools to reduce the potential for failure used by commercial aviation and how they … The Threat Within: Mitigating The Risk Of Medical Error. … June 9, 2021 Exploring psychological safety in healthcare teams to inform the development

Diagnostic challenges in primary care: identifying and avoiding cognitive bias. | PSNet

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November 03, 2021 - View more articles from the same authors. … This article summarizes the common types of cognitive errors and biases and highlights how cognitive … these biases during the diagnostic process. … Same Author(s) Identifying hot spots for harm and blind spots across the care pathway … April 24, 2019 Sir Karl Popper, swans, and the general practitioner.

Effect of crew resource management on diabetes care and patient outcomes in an inner-city primary care clinic. | PSNet

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November 24, 2010 - View more articles from the same authors. … The effort resulted in short-term improvements in adherence to evidence-based care processes for diabetes … 7 XML Endnote tagged PubMedId RIS Download Citation Related Resources From the … November 16, 2022 Advancing the science of patient safety. … as the physicians and nurses.

Keeping an eye on patient safety using human factors engineering (HFE): a family affair for the hospitalized child. | PSNet

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November 12, 2014 - Keeping an eye on patient safety using human factors engineering (HFE): a family affair for the … Keeping an eye on patient safety using human factors engineering (HFE): a family affair for the hospitalized … View more articles from the same authors. … 7 XML Endnote tagged PubMedId RIS Download Citation Related Resources From the … November 23, 2016 Physician attitudes toward family-activated medical emergency teams

A call for safety: anticipating and mitigating risk across an obstetrics and gynecology service line. | PSNet

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February 24, 2016 - View more articles from the same authors. … This article describes the development and implementation of a weekly obstetrics and gynecology Safety … The Safety Call provides leadership across the 10 maternity hospitals an opportunity to promote proactive … Implementation of the Safety Call contributed to a 19% decrease in a composite measure of adverse events … United States: the spectrum of unintentional harm, disrespect, violence, and abuse.

Quality improvement and patient safety organizations in anesthesiology. | PSNet

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March 07, 2018 - This commentary outlines safety efforts in this setting, particularly around the creation of the Anesthesia … Same Author(s) Interventional procedures outside of the operating room: results from the … August 26, 2020 Discharge rounds in the 80-hour workweek: importance of the … May 30, 2018 The nurse's role in the causation of compensable injury. … knowledge of critical information, perception of safety, and possibly perception of teamwork in anesthesia teams

A step toward high reliability: implementation of a daily safety brief in a children's hospital. | PSNet

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August 23, 2023 - View more articles from the same authors. … This study describes the implementation of a daily safety brief at a children's hospital. … The daily brief uncovered many unexpected outcomes and generally took less than 15 minutes each day. … September 23, 2020 Medical emergency team calls in the radiology department: patient … observation tool to quantify the use of non-technical skills in healthcare.

Intensive care unit alarms—how many do we need? | PSNet

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March 01, 2011 - View more articles from the same authors. … The authors provide suggestions to reduce the number of false alarms, which may improve patient safety … 7 XML Endnote tagged PubMedId RIS Download Citation Related Resources From the … March 25, 2017 Raising an alarm, doctors fight to yank hospital ICUs into the modern … September 25, 2013 Patient monitoring alarms in the ICU and in the operating room.

Comprehensive stroke centers overcome the weekend versus weekday gap in stroke treatment and mortality. | PSNet

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July 13, 2010 - Study Comprehensive stroke centers overcome the weekend versus weekday gap in stroke … View more articles from the same authors. … for the quality of care of patients with acute myocardial infarction: results of the Emergency Department … March 21, 2012 The cost of pneumonia after acute stroke. … June 30, 2011 Shifting the risks at night.

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