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Showing posts with label patient safety. Show all posts
Showing posts with label patient safety. Show all posts
Monday, June 18, 2012

Imperfect measure of hospital safety - CIHI

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Imperfect measure of hospital safety Imperfect measure of hospital safety CMAJ The failure to include hospital-acquired infect...
Friday, May 25, 2012

Surgical site infection prevention: a survey to identify the gap between evidence and practice in University of Toronto teaching hospitals - Can J Surg. 2012 Jun 1

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Blogger's Note: surgical site infections safety checklist: WHO (World Health Organization) program in patient safety Surgical site in...
Monday, May 07, 2012

Medication Errors Result from Current Medication Reconciliation Practices: It’s Time to Adopt Participatory Reconciliation | Journal of Participatory Medicine

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Medication Errors Result from Current Medication Reconciliation Practices: It’s Time to Adopt Participatory Reconciliation | Journal of Part...

paywalled: How Radiation Oncologists Would Disclose Errors: Results of a Survey of Radiation Oncologists and Trainees (patient safety)

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How Radiation Oncologists Would Disclose Errors: Results of a Survey of Radiation Oncologists and Trainees Purpose To analyze error di...
Monday, April 30, 2012

Chasing the greenback and the decline in scientific rigour : The Lancet Oncology

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Chasing the greenback and the decline in scientific rigour : The Lancet Oncology
Saturday, April 28, 2012

Medscape: Providers to Test Power of Apology in Malpractice Claims

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Blogger's Note : of particular interest to PAHO/patient safety communities/risk management Providers to Test Power of Apology in Malpr...
Tuesday, April 17, 2012

open access: What do surgical trainees think about patient safety culture, and is this different from their consultants?

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What do surgical trainees think about patient safety culture, and is this different from their consultants? Abstract Introduction Li...
Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Healthcare Quarterly Vol. 15 Special Issue | Patient Safety Papers :: Longwoods.com

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Healthcare Quarterly Vol. 15 Special Issue | Patient Safety Papers :: Longwoods.com
Tuesday, April 03, 2012

abstract: Study: Vast Majority of C difficile Infections Occur in Medical Settings, April 4, 2012, Voelker 307 (13): 1356 — JAMA

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Study: Vast Majority of C difficile Infections Occur in Medical Settings, April 4, 2012 Most Clostridium difficile infections, often a...
Thursday, March 29, 2012

(2nd article) Medicare's Readmissions-Reduction Program — A Positive Alternative — NEJM

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Medicare's Readmissions-Reduction Program — A Positive Alternative — NEJM Hospital readmissions are receiving increasing attention as ...
Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Consumer Reports targets medical devices' safety - latimes.com

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 Blogger's Note : search blog for other posts regarding 'surgical mesh' issues/concerns Consumer Reports targets medical devic...
Saturday, March 24, 2012

RELEASE: The Center for American Progress Expands Health Care Policy Team with the Addition of Dr. Donald M. Berwick (patient safety groups)

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RELEASE: The Center for American Progress Expands Health Care Policy Team with the Addition of Dr. Donald M. Berwick
Saturday, March 17, 2012

abstract: Patient Selection for Oncology Phase I Trials: A Multi-Institutional Study of Prognostic Factors [Phase I and Clinical Pharmacology]

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Patient Selection for Oncology Phase I Trials: A Multi-Institutional Study of Prognostic Factors [Phase I and Clinical Pharmacology] : Pur...
Friday, March 16, 2012

Public Disclosure of Hospital Infection Rates Vary by State (surgical site infections) - patients “walking in blind”

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Public Disclosure of Hospital Infection Rates Vary by State Public Disclosure of Hospital Infection Rates Vary by St...
Wednesday, February 29, 2012

abstManagement-changing errors in the recall of radiologic results — A pilot study Clinical Radiology

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Management-changing errors in the recall of radiologic results — A pilot study Aim To evaluate the occurrence of alterations to diagno...
Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Safety Alerts Cite Cholesterol Drugs’ Side Effects - NYTimes.com

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Safety Alerts Cite Cholesterol Drugs’ Side Effects - NYTimes.com

Analysis: Is A New Federal Patient Safety Effort Doing Enough To Curb Medical Errors? - Kaiser Health News

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Monday, February 27, 2012

New study reveals increasing nurse-to-patient ratios do not extend patient safety

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http://tinyurl.com/7os7xze
Wednesday, February 01, 2012

open access: Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture 2012 User Comparative Database Report (U.S.)

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Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture 2012 User Comparative Database Report Based on data from 1,128 U.S. hospitals, the H...
Sunday, January 29, 2012

abstract: Predictors of prescription errors involving anticancer chemotherapy agents (note: carboplatin)

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Blogger's note : stats removed for ease of reading Aim The majority of medication errors that harm patients relate to the pres...