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3821. An Ounce of Prevention | PSNet
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      February 17, 2011 - In the United States, more than 100,000 patients per year die from PE.( 3 ) The most common VTE risk … In a registry of 5,451 consecutive patients with ultrasound-confirmed DVT from 183 United States institutions

3822. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      September 01, 2015 - presented to the ED were female, more than 25% were of childbearing age, and the pregnancy rate in the United … States is approximately 10% at any given time.(2,3) For these reasons, clinicians that evaluate patients … Emergency Department Visits for Chest Pain and Abdominal Pain: United States, 1999–2008.

3823. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      August 01, 2006 - In this regard, physicians in the United States differ from our colleagues in Canada and England, who … One of us (A.V.) has had the opportunity to see students and residents from the United States working

3824. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      February 01, 2011 - perspective/university-texas-system-clinical-safety-and-effectiveness-course Perspective Health care in the United … States is undergoing profound changes due to societal demands to improve the quality of care and simultaneously … Overview of some quality improvement courses in the United States for caregivers who have completed

3825. In Conversation with Patricia Dykes about The Ongoing Journey to Prevent Patient Falls | PSNet
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      December 18, 2024 - the Fall Tailoring Interventions for Patient Safety (TIPS) Toolkit, which is widely used across the United … States and internationally. … adverse event within hospitals, and approximately 700,000 to 1 million patients fall in hospitals in the United … States each year. 4 Patient death or serious injury from a fall is considered a never event , but … Fall TIPS is used in more than 500 hospitals in the United States and internationally, and it is associated

3826. The Ongoing Journey to Prevent Patient Falls | PSNet
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      December 18, 2024 - adverse event within hospitals, and approximately 700,000 to 1 million patients fall in hospitals in the United … States each year. 4 Patient death or serious injury from a fall is considered a never event , but … Fall TIPS is used in more than 500 hospitals in the United States and internationally, and it is associated … the Fall Tailoring Interventions for Patient Safety (TIPS) Toolkit, which is widely used across the United … States and internationally.

3827. Integrated approach to reduce perinatal adverse events: standardized processes, interdisciplinary teamwork training, and performance feedback. | PSNet
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      September 01, 2018 - In this prospective study involving the perinatal units across 14 hospitals from 12 states and accounting

3828. Who pays for medical errors? An analysis of adverse event costs, the medical liability system, and incentives for patient safety improvement. | PSNet
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      April 13, 2011 - Study Classic Who pays for medical errors? An analysis of adverse event costs, the medical liability system, and incentives for patient safety improvement. Citation Text: Mello MM, Studdert DM, Thomas EJ, et al. Who Pays for Medical Errors? An Analysis of Advers…

3829. In Conversation With… Michael Cohen, RPh, MS, ScD (hon) | PSNet
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      October 24, 2021 - MC : Well, one of the things I'd like to talk about is deployment of pharmacists right now in the United … States. … In some states there is mandatory counseling. … RW : California may be one of those states, because in my local pharmacy the pharmacist pops over and … Close to 25% of the vaccinations given in the United States are done by pharmacists.)

3830. Opioid Overdose as a Patient Safety Problem | PSNet
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      May 01, 2017 - these products, making opioids one of the most common causes of iatrogenic injury and death in the United … States.( 1 ) Increasing rates of overdose from heroin and synthetic fentanyl make these issues all the … States, 1999–2014. … Sources of prescription opioid pain relievers by frequency of past-year nonmedical use United States, … States, 2005 vs 2011.

3831. In Conversation With… Michelle Mello, MPhil, JD, PhD | PSNet
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      July 01, 2017 - It's a big idea to take to a big country like the United States, and understandably there has been a … RW : How would that work in the United States? … For example, one recent study of paid malpractice claims in the United States between 2005 and 2014 found … Washington, DC: United States General Accounting Office; July 1992. [Available at] 8.

3832. In Conversation With… Alison Holmes, MD, MPH | PSNet
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      March 01, 2014 - AH : Within the United Kingdom, there has been a major focus on health care–associated infections, with … These kinds of strict targets, with major accountability, are not something we do very much in the States … If you were in charge of the health care system in the United States would you build in such targets … address unintended consequences that were occurring as a result of patients seeking medical care in United … States hospitals.

3833. Walking Out of a Hospital After Attempted Suicide | PSNet
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      March 29, 2023 - Walking Out of a Hospital After Attempted Suicide Citation Text: Bourgeois JA, Xiong G. Walking Out of a Hospital After Attempted Suicide. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2023. Copy Citation Format: Googl…

3834. Preventing catheter-related bloodstream infections outside the intensive care unit: expanding prevention to new settings. | PSNet
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      January 18, 2023 - Commentary Preventing catheter-related bloodstream infections outside the intensive care unit: expanding prevention to new settings. Citation Text: Kallen AJ, Patel PR, O'Grady NP. Preventing catheter-related bloodstream infections outside the intensive care unit: expanding prevention …

3835. Research on nursing handoffs for medical and surgical settings: an integrative review. | PSNet
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      October 19, 2011 - Review Research on nursing handoffs for medical and surgical settings: an integrative review. Citation Text: Staggers N, Blaz JW. Research on nursing handoffs for medical and surgical settings: an integrative review. J Adv Nurs. 2013;69(2):247-62. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2648.2012.06087.x. …

3836. Improving medication safety in the ICU: the pharmacist's role. | PSNet
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      April 20, 2022 - Commentary Improving medication safety in the ICU: the pharmacist's role. Citation Text: Lee AJ, Chiao TB, Lam JT, et al. Improving Medication Safety in the ICU: The Pharmacist's Role. Hosp Pharm. 2010;42(4):337-344. doi:10.1310/hpj4204-337. Copy Citation Format: DOI Google…

3837. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      January 29, 2020 - test cycle were attributable to patient misidentification.2  Of 503 healthcare executives across the United … States surveyed for the 2016 National Patient Misidentification Report published by the Ponemon Institute … The same report states that, on average, a hospital loses $17.4 million per year in denied insurance … One report states that 11% of preventable adverse patient safety outcomes are a result of ineffective

3838. Prevalence and characteristics of diagnostic error in pediatric critical care: a multicenter study. | PSNet
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      December 11, 2024 - Study Prevalence and characteristics of diagnostic error in pediatric critical care: a multicenter study. Citation Text: Cifra CL, Custer JW, Smith CM, et al. Prevalence and characteristics of diagnostic error in pediatric critical care: a multicenter study. Crit Care Med. 2023;51(11):14…

3839. The economic burden of nurse-sensitive adverse events in 22 medical-surgical units: retrospective and matching analysis. | PSNet
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      December 15, 2021 - Study The economic burden of nurse-sensitive adverse events in 22 medical-surgical units: retrospective and matching analysis. Citation Text: Tchouaket E, Dubois C-A, D'Amour D. The economic burden of nurse-sensitive adverse events in 22 medical-surgical units: retrospective and matching…

3840. Impact of a national multimodal intervention to prevent catheter-related bloodstream infection in the ICU: the Spanish experience. | PSNet
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      September 13, 2023 - Study Impact of a national multimodal intervention to prevent catheter-related bloodstream infection in the ICU: the Spanish experience. Citation Text: Palomar M, Álvarez-Lerma F, Riera A, et al. Impact of a national multimodal intervention to prevent catheter-related bloodstream infec…