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Medication Safety Program. | PSNet

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November 30, 2023 - June 26, 2013 Preventing Infections During Cancer Treatment. … May 20, 2015 Preventing Infections During Cancer Treatment.

Application of a digital quality measure for cancer diagnosis in Epic Cosmos. | PSNet

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November 13, 2024 - Missed and delayed diagnosis of cancer delays essential, time-sensitive treatment and can lead to … View More Related Resources Diagnostic discordance, uncertainty, and treatment

Delivering High-Quality Cancer Care: Charting a New Course for a System in Crisis. | PSNet

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August 15, 2012 - recommends leveraging information technology to augment care coordination and real-time analysis of treatment … and improving communication with patients and families around prognosis and the risks and benefits of treatments … January 2, 2013 Unintended Exposure of Patient Lisa Norris During Radiotherapy Treatment

Maternal Safety and Perinatal Mental Health | PSNet

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March 28, 2023 - Healthcare providers should identify and discuss the available treatment options for perinatal mental … health concerns, including medication, therapy, and support groups. … be personalized to the patient's needs and may include regular check-ins, medication management, and therapy … There are often questions about measuring screening and referral to treatment. … The pediatric provider will use another EMR, and the psychiatrist they may receive treatment from will

Malpractice cases in breast surgery: an assessment of litigation involving surgeons. | PSNet

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August 04, 2021 - While prior research has described malpractice cases related to breast cancer diagnosis and treatment … Plastic surgeons were the most commonly named provider type (64%), error in surgical treatment was the

The Giving Voice to Mothers study: inequity and mistreatment during pregnancy and childbirth in the United States. | PSNet

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January 23, 2020 - by a health care provider, being ignored , violations of physical privacy, and threats to withhold treatment … or being forced to accept treatment they did not want.

Ambulatory Safety Nets to Reduce Missed and Delayed Diagnoses of Cancer | PSNet

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February 26, 2025 - is more than 4 ½ months. 3 Research has found that even a four-week delay in cancer treatment is associated … determinants of health lead to the disparate use of imaging services, which can delay diagnosis and treatment … Mortality due to cancer treatment delay: systematic review and meta-analysis. … Understanding racial disparities in cancer treatment and outcomes. … Understanding racial disparities in cancer treatment and outcomes.

Incidence and method of suicide in hospitals in the United States. | PSNet

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October 04, 2023 - Nearly 75% happen during psychiatric treatment, and the most common means of death is hanging. … March 29, 2023 Patients who die by suicide: a study of treatment patterns and patient

Implementation of patient safety structures and processes in the patient-centered medical home. | PSNet

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September 28, 2022 - physician panel to examine ambulatory patient safety concerns (e.g., medication safety, diagnostic error, treatment … sets of criteria for potentially inappropriate prescribing in older people to identify inadequate drug treatment

Racial and ethnic differences in emergency department pain management of children with fractures. | PSNet

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September 15, 2015 - Systemic racism is associated with suboptimal treatment of acute and chronic pain. … March 20, 2013 Racial and ethnic differences in the experience and treatment of noncancer

"Black Women Should Not Die Giving Life": The lived experiences of Black women diagnosed with severe maternal morbidity in the United States. | PSNet

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August 17, 2017 - experiences relate to manifestations of racism through communication failures and stereotyping, differential treatment … Advocates call for systemic change in treatment of pregnant people.

'I'm smiling under here': Masks, plexiglass and questions the norm as hospitals lure patients back in COVID-19 era. | PSNet

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June 24, 2020 - April 14, 2017 White patients’ physical responses to healthcare treatments are influenced … July 20, 2022 Racial bias in pain assessment and treatment recommendations, and false … June 17, 2020 Fear of Covid-19 leads other patients to decline critical treatment.

Failure in Safety-Critical Systems: A Handbook of Accident and Incident Reporting. | PSNet

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November 23, 2016 - November 23, 2016 Unintended Exposure of Patient Lisa Norris During Radiotherapy Treatment … December 19, 2016 Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health … November 1, 2012 Unintended Exposure of Patient Lisa Norris During Radiotherapy Treatment

Spreading a strategy to prevent suicide after psychiatric hospitalization: results of a quality improvement spread initiative. | PSNet

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May 04, 2022 - After implementation, nearly 82% of patients exhibited positive treatment engagement. … March 22, 2023 Patients who die by suicide: a study of treatment patterns and patient

STOPP/START criteria for potentially inappropriate prescribing in older people: version 3. | PSNet

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January 12, 2022 - STOPP (Screening Tool of Older Persons’ Prescriptions) and START (Screening Tool to Alert to Right Treatment … May 15, 2013 Optimizing Therapy to Prevent Avoidable Hospital Admissions in Multimorbid … 2023 Association of polypharmacy and potential drug-drug interactions with adverse treatment

Occurrence of no-harm incidents and adverse events in hospitalized patients with ischemic stroke or TIA: a cohort study using trigger tool methodology. | PSNet

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August 05, 2020 - Diagnostic error and misdiagnosis of stroke patients can lead to preventable adverse events, such as treatment … August 5, 2020 Patients who die by suicide: a study of treatment patterns and patient

Surgical specimen management: a descriptive study of 648 adverse events and near misses. | PSNet

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December 22, 2021 - Additionally, 52 of the events led to the need for further treatment or to patient harm. … October 7, 2011 The frequency of missed test results and associated treatment delays

Lifetime prevalence and correlates of patient-perceived medical errors experienced in the U.S. ambulatory setting: a population-based study. | PSNet

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June 09, 2021 - doctor has ever made a mistake, provided an incorrect diagnosis , or given an incorrect (or delayed) treatment … , 2023 WebM&M Cases Sepsis Resulting from Delays in Treatment

Bias and racism teaching rounds at an academic medical center. | PSNet

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August 12, 2020 - December 2, 2020 View More Related Resources Person-first treatment … March 8, 2023 Health disparities: impact of health disparities and treatment decision-making … April 14, 2017 Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health

Encouraging patients to speak up about problems in cancer care. | PSNet

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March 11, 2013 - This randomized study found that patients undergoing cancer treatment who were randomized to an active … May 4, 2022 What do patients and their carers do to support the safety of cancer treatment

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