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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/treatment-errors-healthcare-safety-climate-approach
July 13, 2010 - Study
Treatment errors in healthcare: a safety climate approach. … Treatment errors in healthcare: a safety climate approach. . … Treatment errors in healthcare: a safety climate approach. . … October 14, 2009
Antecedents of willingness to report medical treatment errors in health … October 19, 2010
Readiness to report medical treatment errors: the effects of safety
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psnet.ahrq.gov/innovation/project-nurture-engages-pregnant-people-substance-use-disorder-improves-maternal-and
September 23, 2024 - Women enrolled in the program receive Level 1 addiction treatment (i.e., outpatient services) from an … If indicated, they can also receive medication-assisted treatment (MAT) using methadone or buprenorphine … Project Nurture’s model is to engage patients in prenatal care and drug treatment as early in pregnancy … , and coordination between treatment and prenatal/postnatal care. … are provided weekly through treatment and maternity care groups.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/malnutrition-hospital-pharmacists-role-prevention-and-treatment
November 21, 2018 - Magazine Article
Malnutrition in the hospital: the pharmacist’s role in prevention and treatment … Citation Text:
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Improving administration and documentation of enteral nutrition support therapy
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/reducing-treatment-errors-through-point-care-glucometer-configuration
September 23, 2020 - Study
Reducing treatment errors through point-of-care glucometer configuration. … Reducing Treatment Errors Through Point-of-Care Glucometer Configuration. … Reducing Treatment Errors Through Point-of-Care Glucometer Configuration.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/clinicians-expectations-benefits-and-harms-treatments-screening-and-tests-systematic-review
May 05, 2021 - Review
Clinicians' expectations of the benefits and harms of treatments, screening … Clinicians' Expectations of the Benefits and Harms of Treatments, Screening, and Tests: A Systematic … Clinicians' Expectations of the Benefits and Harms of Treatments, Screening, and Tests: A Systematic … May 5, 2021
To expand the evidence base about harms from tests and treatments. … 2017
Racial and ethnic discrepancy in pulse oximetry and delayed identification of treatment
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/factors-impacting-patient-setup-analysis-and-error-management-during-breast-cancer
September 15, 2021 - position verification systems, error types associated with immobilization systems, and the influence of treatment … September 9, 2020
Health disparities: impact of health disparities and treatment decision-making … Related Resources
Quality and Safety Considerations in Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy … January 25, 2023
Identifying patients whose symptoms are underrecognized during treatment … October 19, 2012
Radiation Therapy Safety: The Critical Role of the Radiation Therapist
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/bias-mental-health-diagnosis-gets-way-treatment
April 06, 2022 - Newspaper/Magazine Article
Bias in mental health diagnosis gets in the way of treatment … Citation Text:
Bias in mental health diagnosis gets in the way of treatment. Garb HN. Psyche. … Cite
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Bias in mental health diagnosis gets in the way of treatment
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-current-opioid-use-serious-adverse-events-among-older-adult-survivors-breast
February 15, 2023 - pain is a well-established patient safety problem but less is known about chronic use after cancer treatment … assess the risks of serious adverse events associated with continued prescription opioid use after treatment … Findings indicate that opioid use after active cancer treatment was associated with a 15-fold increase … to improve outcomes by closely monitoring and reducing unnecessary long-term opioid use after cancer treatment … February 15, 2023
Health disparities: impact of health disparities and treatment decision-making
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/assessment-patient-retention-inpatient-care-information-post-hospitalization
June 01, 2022 - Although the majority of patients (>90%) felt confident in their knowledge of their diagnosis and treatment … plan, chart review indicated that only 43% to 64% correctly recalled details about their diagnosis, treatment … , post-discharge treatment plan, and medication changes. … April 5, 2023
Teamwork is associated with reduced hospital staff burnout at military treatment … Patient Safety Innovations
Project BOOST Increases Patient Understanding of Treatment
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-errors-during-treatment-new-oral-anticancer-agents-consequences-clinical-practice
April 21, 2021 - research , this study found that medication errors are common in patients starting new oral anticancer therapy … the randomized AMBORA trial to clinical practice: comparison of medication errors in oral antitumor therapy … May 18, 2022
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Use of therapeutic outcomes … independent double checks during cognitive order verification of outpatient parenteral anti-cancer therapy … May 11, 2014
Minimising treatment-associated risks in systemic cancer therapy.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/racial-disparities-diagnostic-delay-among-women-breast-cancer
November 10, 2021 - Delayed diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer can lead to poor outcomes . … November 10, 2021
Breast cancer treatment delays by socioeconomic and health care access … A mixed-methods analysis of patient safety incidents involving opioid substitution treatment … July 6, 2022
Identifying patients whose symptoms are underrecognized during treatment … January 4, 2021
Breast cancer treatment delays by socioeconomic and health care access
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/fatal-twist-pseudohyperkalemia
February 10, 2021 - The patient also received treatment for hyperkalemia with albuterol, intravenous calcium, insulin with … potassium <3.5 mEq/L, can be caused by decreased intake, renal and gastrointestinal losses (e.g., diuretic therapy … to assess response and guide subsequent therapy. … Pharmacological treatment of acquired QT prolongation and torsades de pointes. … Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia: terminology, mechanism, diagnosis, and emergency therapy.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/why-doctors-still-offer-treatments-may-not-help
July 20, 2016 - Newspaper/Magazine Article
Why doctors still offer treatments that may not help. … Citation Text:
Why doctors still offer treatments that may not help. Frakt A. New York Times. … This newspaper article raises concerns about how common treatments are recommended despite insufficient … Reassessment of science can improve safety and reduce the unintended consequences of ineffective treatments … Cite
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/coronavirus-strains-hospitals-cancer-patients-face-treatment-delays-uncertainty
April 27, 2016 - Newspaper/Magazine Article
Coronavirus strains hospitals, cancer patients face treatment … Citation Text:
Coronavirus strains hospitals, cancer patients face treatment delays, uncertainty. … Cite
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Coronavirus strains hospitals, cancer patients face treatment … August 19, 2020
Fear of Covid-19 leads other patients to decline critical treatment.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/do-words-matter-stigmatizing-language-and-transmission-bias-medical-record
June 06, 2021 - notes with stigmatizing language may negatively impact a patient’s current and future diagnosis and treatment … who read the neutral note had a more positive view of the patient and were more aggressive with pain treatment … December 15, 2008
What do patients and their carers do to support the safety of cancer treatment … September 12, 2018
To expand the evidence base about harms from tests and treatments. … August 19, 2020
Racial bias in pain assessment and treatment recommendations, and false
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/how-americas-health-care-system-fails-women-pain
November 01, 2023 - Appropriate treatment of pain is a complicated process vulnerable to racial , ethnic, and gender biases … This two-part story discusses system and biological factors that affect pain treatment for women and … March 13, 2024
Death Inside Lemuel Shattuck Hospital: A Case Study on Medical Treatment
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/blinded-prospective-study-error-detection-during-physician-chart-rounds-radiation-oncology
November 16, 2022 - Peer review of radiation oncology patient treatment plans can help prevent harm and reduce errors. … In this prospective blinded study, researchers generated treatment plans with simulated errors and randomly … inserted these treatment plans into weekly chart rounds to assess the effectiveness of peer review on … March 4, 2020
Developing a cancer-specific trigger tool to identify treatment-related
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/sepsis-smart
May 03, 2023 - campaign raises awareness of the symptoms of sepsis to engage patients in timely diagnosis and safe treatment … May 3, 2023
Identifying patients whose symptoms are underrecognized during treatment … May 12, 2021
Treatment patterns and clinical outcomes after the introduction of the Medicare
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/diagnostic-error-pediatric-cancer
November 16, 2022 - Missed or delayed cancer diagnoses can lead to delays in treatment and worse outcomes. … 2022
Association of polypharmacy and potential drug-drug interactions with adverse treatment … September 29, 2017
Patient perspectives on delays in diagnosis and treatment of cancer … May 29, 2014
Chemotherapy medication errors in a pediatric cancer treatment center: prospective
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/delayed-evaluation-abdominal-pain-elderly-patient
February 26, 2020 - By 2100H, she was placed in a hallway treatment space and triage orders were initiated by protocol. … Catastrophic bowel necrosis was eventually identified, yet she was not moved to a standard ED treatment … after triage, EDs can create parallel processes of care by shifting diagnostic studies, and even some therapeutic … Doing so could have expedited her transfer from the waiting room to a treatment bed and may have led … Therapeutic interventions, such as intravenous fluids, analgesics, and antibiotics are also initiated