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Patient-initiated second opinions: systematic review of characteristics and impact on diagnosis, treatment, and satisfaction. | PSNet

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May 29, 2015 - Patient-initiated second opinions: systematic review of characteristics and impact on diagnosis, treatment … Patient-Initiated Second Opinions: Systematic Review of Characteristics and Impact on Diagnosis, Treatment … Patients with an unclear diagnosis or treatment plan often consider asking for a second opinion from … this review), more than 40% of patient-initiated second opinions result in a change in diagnosis or treatment … Patient-Initiated Second Opinions: Systematic Review of Characteristics and Impact on Diagnosis, Treatment

Association of polypharmacy and potential drug-drug interactions with adverse treatment outcomes in older adults with advanced cancer. | PSNet

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May 25, 2016 - Study Association of polypharmacy and potential drug-drug interactions with adverse treatment … Association of polypharmacy and potential drug‐drug interactions with adverse treatment outcomes in older … Polypharmacy and PDIs were associated with increased risk of adverse treatment outcomes, but PIMs were … the randomized AMBORA trial to clinical practice: comparison of medication errors in oral antitumor therapy … June 16, 2019 Minimising treatment-associated risks in systemic cancer therapy.

Improving Diagnosis and Treatment of Maternal Sepsis. | PSNet

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September 22, 2021 - Toolkit Improving Diagnosis and Treatment of Maternal Sepsis. … Citation Text: Improving Diagnosis and Treatment of Maternal Sepsis. … Cite Citation Citation Text: Improving Diagnosis and Treatment

A system safety approach to assessing risks in the sepsis treatment process. | PSNet

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February 03, 2021 - Study A system safety approach to assessing risks in the sepsis treatment process … A system safety approach to assessing risks in the sepsis treatment process. … study uses the Systems Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA) to analyze risks related to pediatric sepsis treatment … A system safety approach to assessing risks in the sepsis treatment process. … Using Failure Mode, Effect and Criticality Analysis to improve safety in the cancer treatment

The woman who cried pain: do sex-based disparities still exist in the experience and treatment of pain? | PSNet

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January 02, 2001 - The woman who cried pain: do sex-based disparities still exist in the experience and treatment … The woman who cried pain: do sex-based disparities still exist in the experience and treatment of pain … Women’s pain has been underestimated compared to men’s pain, and treatments differ based on gender. … revisits the findings from the 2001 article The Girl Who Cried Pain: A Bias Against Women in the Treatment … The woman who cried pain: do sex-based disparities still exist in the experience and treatment of pain

I Just Want to Go Home: Understanding Delirium’s Impact on Treatment Preferences | PSNet

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December 18, 2019 - I Just Want to Go Home: Understanding Delirium’s Impact on Treatment Preferences Citation Text … I Just Want to Go Home: Understanding Delirium’s Impact on Treatment Preferences. PSNet [internet]. … I Just Want to Go Home: Understanding Delirium’s Impact on Treatment Preferences. PSNet [internet]. … They must also agree to forgo treatments directed at curing the nominal terminal condition, “waiv[ing … Moreover, if the patient was indeed willing to accept medical treatments (e.g., oxygen supplementation

TRIAD VII: do prehospital providers understand Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment documents? | PSNet

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September 15, 2021 - TRIAD VII: do prehospital providers understand Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment … TRIAD VII: do prehospital providers understand Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment documents … physicians found that significant confusion in understanding of Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment … TRIAD VII: do prehospital providers understand Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment documents … September 11, 2019 What do patients and their carers do to support the safety of cancer treatment

Guidelines for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in the trauma patient. | PSNet

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October 19, 2022 - Organizational Policy/Guidelines Guidelines for prevention, diagnosis and treatment … Guidelines for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in the trauma … used existing data and guidelines to develop this standard operating procedure for the diagnosis and treatment … Guidelines for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in the trauma … May 24, 2015 Delivery of optimized inpatient anticoagulation therapy: consensus statement

A case-controlled study of relatives' complaints concerning patients who died in hospital: the role of treatment escalation/limitation planning. | PSNet

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November 16, 2022 - case-controlled study of relatives' complaints concerning patients who died in hospital: the role of treatment … case-controlled study of relatives’ complaints concerning patients who died in hospital: the role of treatment … Used in the United Kingdom, treatment escalation/limitation plans (TELPs; similar to advanced directives … end-of-life care plans used in the United States) are intended to minimize harm by setting individualized treatment … case-controlled study of relatives’ complaints concerning patients who died in hospital: the role of treatment

Predictors of treatment error for children with uncomplicated malaria seen as outpatients in Blantyre district, Malawi. | PSNet

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May 18, 2022 - Study Predictors of treatment error for children with uncomplicated malaria seen … Predictors of treatment error for children with uncomplicated malaria seen as outpatients in Blantyre … analyzed the practices of health care workers in a developing country and factors that led to malaria treatment … Predictors of treatment error for children with uncomplicated malaria seen as outpatients in Blantyre

Compliance to technical guidelines for radiotherapy treatment in relation to patient safety. | PSNet

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December 10, 2014 - Study Compliance to technical guidelines for radiotherapy treatment in relation to … Compliance to technical guidelines for radiotherapy treatment in relation to patient safety. … of a widely publicized article on safety problems in radiation oncology, this study of radiation treatment … Compliance to technical guidelines for radiotherapy treatment in relation to patient safety. … The use of human factors methods to identify and mitigate safety issues in radiation therapy

Project BOOST Increases Patient Understanding of Treatment and Follow-up Care | PSNet

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February 26, 2025 - Project BOOST Increases Patient Understanding of Treatment and Follow-up Care Save … program found that it significantly increased patients' understanding and knowledge of their diagnoses, treatment … Many patients lack understanding of their hospitalization diagnosis and treatment plans, 9 resulting … Process measures might include patient/family caregiver understanding of treatments, follow-up care required … process, but the time will be well spent, as it will enhance patients' understanding of their condition, treatment

White patients’ physical responses to healthcare treatments are influenced by provider race and gender. | PSNet

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April 04, 2016 - Study White patients’ physical responses to healthcare treatments are influenced … White patients’ physical responses to healthcare treatments are influenced by provider race and gender … This study investigated white patients’ physiological responses to treatment provided by either a woman … White patients’ physical responses to healthcare treatments are influenced by provider race and gender … December 9, 2020 Breast cancer treatment delays by socioeconomic and health care access

Culture Clash No More: Integration and Coordination of Disease Treatment and Palliative Care | PSNet

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December 23, 2020 - , also known as disease-directed therapies. … Many hospices at the outset specify which costly palliative treatments they will or will not “approve … culture of hospice and palliative care has become estranged from clinicians who deliver diagnostic and therapeutic … . 7 Examples include chemotherapy, radiation, hemodialysis, and therapeutic paracentesis. … Whole brain radiation therapy was administered.

Readiness to report medical treatment errors: the effects of safety procedures, safety information, and priority of safety. | PSNet

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July 11, 2007 - Study Readiness to report medical treatment errors: the effects of safety procedures … Readiness to report medical treatment errors: the effects of safety procedures, safety information, and … safety perceptions and these differences seemed to explain greater versus less willingness to report treatment … Readiness to report medical treatment errors: the effects of safety procedures, safety information, and … RIS Download Citation Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Treatment

Long-term outcomes of medication intervention using the screening tool of older persons potentially inappropriate prescriptions screening tool to alert doctors to right treatment criteria. | PSNet

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July 31, 2024 - tool of older persons potentially inappropriate prescriptions screening tool to alert doctors to right treatment … Tool of Older Persons Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions Screening Tool to Alert Doctors to Right Treatment … Persons potentially inappropriate Prescriptions) and START (Screening Tool to Alert Doctors to Right Treatment … Tool of Older Persons Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions Screening Tool to Alert Doctors to Right Treatment

Death Inside Lemuel Shattuck Hospital: A Case Study on Medical Treatment for Persons with Mental Health Disabilities. | PSNet

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May 03, 2023 - Book/Report Death Inside Lemuel Shattuck Hospital: A Case Study on Medical Treatment … Citation Text: Death Inside Lemuel Shattuck Hospital: A Case Study on Medical Treatment for Persons … The analysis examines a delayed diagnosis, referral , and treatment of skin cancer that contributed … Citation Citation Text: Death Inside Lemuel Shattuck Hospital: A Case Study on Medical Treatment

Chasing zero harm in radiation oncology: using pre-treatment peer review. | PSNet

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January 12, 2022 - Commentary Chasing zero harm in radiation oncology: using pre-treatment peer review … Chasing Zero Harm in Radiation Oncology: Using Pre-treatment Peer Review. … hospital implemented structured multidisciplinary prospective peer review of radiation oncology patient treatment … Chasing Zero Harm in Radiation Oncology: Using Pre-treatment Peer Review. … The use of human factors methods to identify and mitigate safety issues in radiation therapy

Defining the landscape of patient harm after osteopathic manipulative treatment: synthesis of an adverse event model. | PSNet

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October 19, 2022 - Review Defining the landscape of patient harm after osteopathic manipulative treatment … Defining the landscape of patient harm after osteopathic manipulative treatment: synthesis of an adverse … BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies. 2023;23(1):407. doi:10.1186/s12906-023-04230-2. … BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies . 2023; 23 (1) :407 . … BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies. 2023;23(1):407. doi:10.1186/s12906-023-04230-2.

Nursing handovers as resilient points of care: linking handover strategies to treatment errors in the patient care in the following shift. | PSNet

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August 30, 2017 - Study Nursing handovers as resilient points of care: linking handover strategies to treatment … Nursing handovers as resilient points of care: linking handover strategies to treatment errors in the … of the incoming team—such as face-to-face verbal updates with questions—were associated with fewer treatment … Nursing handovers as resilient points of care: linking handover strategies to treatment errors in the … transition communication: implementation of an electronic medical record-based tool for improved cancer treatment

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