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  1. psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safety-information-alaris-se-infusion-pumps
    June 07, 2006 - : Hospital Bed System Dimensional and Assessment Guidance to Reduce Entrapment. … care providers. … SARS-CoV-2--letter to clinical laboratory staff and health care providers. … April 30, 2014 Letter to Health Care Providers: Safe Use of Surgical Staplers and Staples … September 7, 2022 Letter to Health Care Providers: Safe Use of Surgical Staplers and
  2. psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/impact-communication-medication-errors
    August 01, 2009 - in the control of the healthcare professional, patient, or consumer.” … is at the center of cross-cultural care. 24 Healthcare providers can build trusting relationships andthe patient and caregiver(s) with the educational information, the healthcare provider should use non-shaming … If the patient and caregiver are not able to teach-back correctly, the healthcare provider should rephrase … Caregivers play an integral role in supporting the plan of care, and healthcare providers should engage
  3. psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-michael-cohen-rph-ms-scd-hon-0
    October 24, 2021 - He is also coeditor of the ISMP consumer website, chairperson of the International Medication Safety … We also have a consumer website and a Consumer Medication Errors Reporting Program , so we hear from … the name of the drug and know what to expect when they got to the pharmacy. … an ST-PRA [sociotechnical probabilistic risk assessment] project where we met with groups of pharmacists … Automated renewal systems are a major issue.
  4. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49456/psn-pdf
    July 12, 2004 - 1), her case highlights the challenges and perils of "cross-coverage," the management of patients by … Without a complete history, a physical exam, and a full assessment of a patient's problems, providing … Checklists (7) and signout cards (8) may decrease the risk of error and improve the satisfaction of … signout database systems are two examples of relatively simple, inexpensive interventions that can … improve signouts and cross-coverage while more expensive and complex systems are being implemented.
  5. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73153/psn-pdf
    April 28, 2021 - a wad of packing material was in the vagina, health care providers in this Case relied on perfunctory … Such systems usually include (1) use of packing materials with radiopaque markers, which must not be … Organizational culture should encourage health care providers to communicate and collaborate with each … Systems analysis of adverse drug events. J Am Med Assoc. 1995;274(1):35-43. 9. Farrell G. … Applying the knowledge of nursing procedures and psychomotor skills to the techniques of physical assessment
  6. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/72516/psn-pdf
    November 25, 2020 - Approach to Improving Safety and Systems Change Needed To help clinicians avoid similar errors, hospitals … Forcing Functions Forcing functions are automatic, built in features of systems designed to minimize … Systems-level changes like checklists and forcing functions, when integrated into the EHR, provide additional … Checklists and forcing functions are two tools that healthcare providers can use to mitigate cognitive … Assessment of a Best Practice Alert and Referral Process for Preprocedure Antithrombotic Medication
  7. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49570/psn-pdf
    October 01, 2008 - systems. … health care providers, and protection against errors. … care provider or system, and others offered by outside vendors. … Developing effective information technology systems will require the involvement of not only patient … Robust personal health record systems are now available and will continue to flourish with the advent
  8. psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-david-meltzer-md-phd
    November 01, 2018 - For the better care part of it, we used HCAHPS [Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providersand Systems] scores to measure patient experience. … Finally, growing pressures to improve quality and safety created a new paradigm which emphasized systems … Far from being a threat to the hospitalist model, I can easily see health systems embracing a hybrid … need for systems improvement.
  9. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33834/psn-pdf
    May 22, 2017 - treatment of acute pain and pain associated with advanced cancer or suffering at the end of life. … Risk mitigation measures, such as urine toxicology screening, patient contracts, and risk assessment … prescriber PDMP use and providing integrated query systems that minimize provider burden will help … While there are no perfect risk assessment instruments, universal screening and triaging of chronic … Given the magnitude, duration, and persistence of the opioid epidemic, no one of these interventions
  10. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33703/psn-pdf
    November 01, 2010 - The transfer of patients between systems, lack of staff training or experience in documenting patients … associated with the event.(6) However, the usefulness of incident reporting systems for measurement … and comparison of data across systems untenable. … Data elements across health care systems are not consistent, and the accuracy and reliability of ICD … inaccuracy of ICD-9-CM codes across and within systems, may detect high proportion of false positives
  11. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49660/psn-pdf
    August 01, 2012 - Understand the hazards of alert fatigue in automated results management systems. … The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) includes implementation of reliable systems to effectively … Well-designed systems also classify the degree of the abnormality for each result (e.g., mild, moderate … and capabilities of an ideal laboratory results management systems are shown in the Table.(16,17) … "(19) Another physician stated, "One of the issues is just the sheer volume of alerts, and there are
  12. psnet.ahrq.gov/periodic-issue/periodic-issue-428
    February 28, 2024 - Study A qualitative study of systems-level factors that affect rural obstetric … : early lessons from the Utility of Predictive Systems in Diagnostic Errors (UPSIDE) study. … This article describes how the Utility of Predictive Systems in Diagnostic Errors (UPSIDE) Study identified … to by their health care provider or treated with disrespect … The commentary highlights strategies to improve EHR systems to prevent diagnostic delays and care coordination
  13. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49626/psn-pdf
    May 01, 2011 - Nevertheless, hospitals need to respond, adapt, and evolve their care delivery systems, particularly … case presented, but these prevention steps along with the HCW's knowledge of his history and past exposures … Early on, the cause and extent of disease, including the transmission potential, are often unknown. … In the case of a suspected biothreat, the CDC partners with EDs and other frontline sites to conduct … necessarily represent the views of AHRQ.
  14. psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/innovations-promoting-hand-hygiene-compliance
    May 01, 2014 - Measuring healthcare worker hand hygiene activity: current practices and emerging technologies. … Automated measures of hand hygiene compliance among healthcare workers using ultrasound: validation and … There are systems that are RFID-linked, recognizing the time and exact amount of product used at the … Other systems monitor the gestures of the health care workers, or the amount of time and where and when … "Influenza-like" symptoms and work-related behavior among healthcare workers and other professionals:
  15. psnet.ahrq.gov/periodic-issue/periodic-issue-470
    December 31, 2024 - Study Characteristics and trends of medical diagnostic errors in the United States … and ethical consequences of medical errors and error reporting using the RaDonda Vaught case as an exemplar … A qualitative study among patients, carers and healthcare providers. … When patients, carers, and healthcare providers describe potential patient safety consequences of technology … The data can be applied to inform the development of population-level improvement strategies and track
  16. psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/ehr-copy-and-paste-and-patient-safety
    January 01, 2018 - Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems consensus on inpatient electronic health record … Even though I and others have written about some of the downsides of the electronic medical record, we … Here's what I see a lot: 14-point review of systems with negatives as follows, and 80 items are listed … If I see a student or a resident blatantly copying the intellectual assessment of someone else, I call … Part of the reason I'm pulling forward that neuro exam day after day or that review of systems is because
  17. psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-urmimala-sarkar-md-mph
    August 22, 2014 - The first one for me is consumer technology. … reminder and tracking systems that push alerts and reminders to the clinicians (and eventually to theSystems need to be able to track tests and procedures over the course of months or even years, helping … Development of a personalized bidirectional text messaging tool for HIV adherence assessment and intervention … Topic Ambulatory Care Health Care Providers Health Care Executives and Administrators
  18. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73434/psn-pdf
    June 30, 2021 - Radiologists are responsible for the production and delivery of the radiology report, and referring … The Swiss cheese model, which demonstrates how systems with multiple checks in place can prevent errors … referring clinicians and patients should be incorporated into a systems-level model for improving patient … Newer electronic methods can also be used to help ensure effective communication at the systems level … Improving communication by implementing multiple systems-based changes, using both e-methods and more
  19. psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-joel-willis-do-pa-ma-mphil-and-neal-sikka-md
    May 14, 2020 - He also serves as the Chief of the Innovative Practice and Telehealth Section of the Department of Emergency … However, interestingly enough, the accelerant for our telehealth systems actually came from our outpatient … ahead of time and make sure the patient can connect. … That being said, I think it is still incumbent on us as healthcare providers to prioritize patients’ … event as a result of delayed assessment and treatment.
  20. psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/pains-chronic-opioid-usage
    April 04, 2018 - Case Objectives Describe the appropriate initial assessment of patients with chronic non-cancer pain … on prescription medications and specifically reported the doses of opioids prescribed and the nature … disorders, and who was marginally housed and lacked support systems. … Take-Home Points The initial assessment in managing patients with chronic non-cancer pain should … Topic Hospitals Health Care Providers Risk Managers Public Health Opiates/Narcotics

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