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121. Engaging Seriously Ill Older Patients in Advance Care Planning | PSNet
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     December 22, 2018 - about surrogate decision making and informed consent, and they help determine whether life-sustaining treatments … If these resuscitative efforts were not consistent with their treatment preferences, this would be an … It is not as simple as just asking patients what treatments they want (or don't want) at the end of life … as difficulty accepting a poor prognosis, trouble understanding the limitations of life-sustaining treatments … (iv) standardizing order sets to enable accurate documentation of medical orders of life-sustaining therapies

122. Defining, estimating, and communicating overdiagnosis in cancer screening. | PSNet
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     October 13, 2018 - March 16, 2022 Treatment patterns and clinical outcomes after the introduction of the … August 11, 2021 Effects of state opioid prescribing laws on use of opioid and other pain treatments … March 30, 2022 Training in safe opioid prescribing and treatment of opioid use disorder … May 17, 2017 Patient perspectives on delays in diagnosis and treatment of cancer: a qualitative

123. Inappropriate prescribing of opioids for patients undergoing surgery. | PSNet
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     June 30, 2021 - June 30, 2021 White patients’ physical responses to healthcare treatments are influenced … February 15, 2023 Racial bias in pain assessment and treatment recommendations, and false … January 29, 2020 Racial and ethnic differences in the experience and treatment of noncancer

124. Evaluating iatrogenic prescribing: development of an oncology-focused trigger tool. | PSNet
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     December 23, 2020 - October 30, 2024 Optimizing Therapy to Prevent Avoidable Hospital Admissions in Multimorbid … impact of pharmacological/pharmaceutical care on medication safety and patient-reported outcomes during treatment … events in cancer patients: strategies to efficiently avoid chemotherapy errors in in- and outpatient treatment … January 2, 2009 Minimising treatment-associated risks in systemic cancer therapy.

125. STOPP/START criteria for potentially inappropriate medications/potential prescribing omissions in older people: origin and progress. | PSNet
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     January 19, 2022 - STOPP (Screening Tool of Older Persons' Prescriptions) and START (Screening Tool to Alert to Right Treatment … sets of criteria for potentially inappropriate prescribing in older people to identify inadequate drug treatment … sets of criteria for potentially inappropriate prescribing in older people to identify inadequate drug treatment

126. Outside case review of surgical pathology for referred patients: the impact on patient care. | PSNet
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     July 13, 2016 - These high stakes have led many institutions to routinely require outside case review prior to treatment … Major diagnostic disagreements were found 0.6% of the time, and the changed diagnosis affected both treatment … January 30, 2013 Optimizing Therapy to Prevent Avoidable Hospital Admissions in Multimorbid

127. Delayed time to defibrillation after in-hospital cardiac arrest. | PSNet
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     June 08, 2010 - Delays in treatment are common and pose a significant threat to patient safety. … Patients who received delays in treatment were ultimately found to have lower rates of survival after

128. AHRQ announces interest in health services research to reduce emergency department boarding and hospital crowding. | PSNet
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     November 12, 2008 - Care omission, treatment delay, and staff distraction illustrate topics covered by this notice.

129. How the pandemic defeated America. | PSNet
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     July 01, 2020 - July 22, 2020 Racial and ethnic disparities in the treatment of chronic pain. … June 17, 2020 Fear of Covid-19 leads other patients to decline critical treatment.

130. On Patient Safety. | PSNet
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     August 14, 2019 - February 2, 2011 The girl who cried pain: a bias against women in the treatment of pain

131. Testimonial injustice: linguistic bias in the medical records of black patients and women. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/testimonial-injustice-linguistic-bias-medical-records-black-patients-and-women
     July 28, 2021 - January 26, 2018 To expand the evidence base about harms from tests and treatments. … May 5, 2021 Training in safe opioid prescribing and treatment of opioid use disorder … The woman who cried pain: do sex-based disparities still exist in the experience and treatment

132. Healthcare failure mode and effect analysis in the chemotherapy preparation process. | PSNet
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     March 09, 2022 - Using Failure Mode, Effect and Criticality Analysis to improve safety in the cancer treatment … May 11, 2019 Patient involvement in evaluation of safety in oral antineoplastic treatment … September 29, 2010 Minimising treatment-associated risks in systemic cancer therapy.

133. RxAwareness. | PSNet
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     September 07, 2016 - June 26, 2013 Preventing Infections During Cancer Treatment. … June 11, 2014 Preventing Infections During Cancer Treatment.

134. Periodic Issue | PSNet
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     December 31, 2024 - enters falsified data to suggest a worsening condition and get an earlier appointment, possibly delaying treatment … Care omission, treatment delay, and staff distraction illustrate topics covered by this notice. … Despite treatment with diuretics and antihypertensives, her condition deteriorated, leading to intubation … contraindications for beta-blockers in the setting of acute decompensated heart failure and appropriate treatment … Despite treatment including heparin, amiodarone, and metoprolol for atrial fibrillation, and interventions

135. Medication errors among adults and children with cancer in the outpatient setting. | PSNet
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     January 16, 2010 - greater attention to and communication about error prevention strategies given the trend toward cancer treatment … April 16, 2014 Chemotherapy medication errors in a pediatric cancer treatment center:

136. What are the unintended patient safety consequences of healthcare technologies? A qualitative study among patients, carers and healthcare providers. | PSNet
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     February 26, 2020 - enters falsified data to suggest a worsening condition and get an earlier appointment, possibly delaying treatment

137. How administrative burdens can harm health. | PSNet
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     February 10, 2021 - August 7, 2019 Navigating risks in breast cancer diagnosis and treatment. … July 15, 2020 Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health

138. Dying for Care. | PSNet
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     January 18, 2023 - March 8, 2019 White patients’ physical responses to healthcare treatments are influenced … September 21, 2022 Racial bias in pain assessment and treatment recommendations, and

139. ISMP Guidelines for Safe Medication Use in Perioperative and Procedural Settings. | PSNet
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     November 16, 2022 - October 27, 2022 WebM&M Cases Delayed Diagnosis and Treatment

140. Diagnostic concordance among pathologists interpreting breast biopsy specimens. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/diagnostic-concordance-among-pathologists-interpreting-breast-biopsy-specimens
     July 13, 2016 - diagnostic error in this study was low, misdiagnosis of atypia does have important prognostic and treatment … WebM&M Cases Failed Interpretation of Screening Tool: Delayed Treatment