A tool to determine financial impact of adverse events in health care: healthcare quality calculator.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Speaking up about safety concerns by staff is important to prevent medical errors. Knowledge about healthcare workers' speaking up behaviors and perceived speaking up climate is useful for healthcare organizations (HCOs) to identify areas for improvement. The aim of this study was to develop a short questionn...

journal_title：Journal of patient safety

authors： Richard A,Pfeiffer Y,Schwappach DDL

更新日期：2017-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Falls represent a serious problem facing hospital-admitted patients, and the severity of fall-related complications rises steadily after the age of 65 years. OBJECTIVES:The aims of this study were (a) to calculate the rate of falls among elderly patients in the internal medicine departments in Ain Shams U...

journal_title：Journal of patient safety

authors： al Tehewy MM,Amin GE,Nassar NW

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The use of peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) has increased substantially within hospitals during the past several years. Yet, the prevalence and practices of designated nurse PICC teams (i.e., specially trained nurses who are responsible for PICC insertions at a hospital) are unknown. We, there...

journal_title：Journal of patient safety

authors： Krein SL,Kuhn L,Ratz D,Chopra V

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to identify physical design elements that contribute to potential falls in patient rooms. METHODS:An exploratory, physical simulation-based approach was adopted for the study. Twenty-seven subjects, older than 70 years (11 male and 16 female subjects), conducted scripted tasks in a...

journal_title：Journal of patient safety

authors： Pati D,Valipoor S,Cloutier A,Yang J,Freier P,Harvey TE,Lee J

更新日期：2017-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Significant resource is invested into investigation of adverse healthcare events. Outcomes of such investigations have varying degrees of effectiveness. The "hierarchy of effectiveness" model proposes system-focused changes have greater impact than person-focused actions. The traditional approach to invest...

journal_title：Journal of patient safety

authors： Robbins T,Tipper S,King J,Ramachandran SK,Pandit JJ,Pandit M

更新日期：2020-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:After a simultaneously performed bilateral total knee arthroplasty, our institutional clinical experience suggested that there was an alarming incidence of severe postoperative hypotension and bradycardia. We therefore performed this study to define the incidence of postoperative hemodynamic instability and ...

journal_title：Journal of patient safety

authors： Reidy CM,Beach ML,Gallagher JD,Sites BD

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Elderly patients with multimorbidity are especially vulnerable to adverse drug events (ADEs) and had high prevalence rates. Identifying ADEs is essential for enabling timely interventions that can mitigate the adverse events detected and for developing targeted strategies to prevent their occurrence as well as ...

journal_title：Journal of patient safety

authors： Toscano Guzmán MD,Galván Banqueri M,Otero MJ,Alfaro Lara ER,Casajus Lagranja P,Santos Ramos B

更新日期：2017-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify and describe randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and systematic reviews (SRs) on patient safety published from 1973 onward. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We handsearched a total of 12 medical journals published in English with contents related to patient safety to identify RCTs and SRs published between ...

journal_title：Journal of patient safety

authors： Barajas-Nava LA,Calvache JA,López-Alcalde J,Solà I,Cosp XB

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate medication boxed warning nonadherence in the inpatient setting. METHODS:This was a prospective cohort quality improvement project approved by our institution's Total Quality Council. General medicine and ICU patients 18 years and older were included if they were cared for by a prescriber-led mult...

journal_title：Journal of patient safety

authors： Kloet MA,Lohr BR,Smithburger PL,Seybert AL,Kane-Gill SL

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The second victim is defined as the health professionals who commit an error and are traumatized by the event manifesting psychological, cognitive, and/or physical reactions that have a personal negative impact.The SVEST (Second Victim Experience and Support Tool) is a survey developed and validated in the...

journal_title：Journal of patient safety

authors： Brunelli MV,Estrada S,Celano C

更新日期：2018-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The reported 90-day rate of death from living donor nephrectomy is 3 in 10,000 donations. Although this risk is low, the important question is how many deaths are preventable? METHODS:To study this question, all living donor nephrectomy cases, 139,186 procedures, recorded in the Scientific Registry of Tra...

journal_title：Journal of patient safety

authors： Keith DS,Brown J,Andreoni K

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We sought to synthesize data on systemic arthroprosthetic cobaltism, a recently described syndrome that results from wear or corrosion of chrome-cobalt hip components. METHODS:We conducted a systematic literature review to identify all reported cases of systemic arthroprosthetic cobaltism. To assess the epi...

journal_title：Journal of patient safety

authors： Gessner BD,Steck T,Woelber E,Tower SS

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Error disclosure is a high-stakes, emotionally charged interaction for patients and families as well as clinicians. A failed disclosure can result in emotional distress, reduced patient and family trust, litigation, and lost opportunities to learn from and prevent subsequent errors. However, many clinicians have littl...

journal_title：Journal of patient safety

authors： Shapiro J,Robins L,Galowitz P,Gallagher TH,Bell S

更新日期：2018-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to explore whether information captured in falls reports in incident management systems could be used to explain how and why the falls occurred, with a view to identifying whether such reports can be a source of subsequent learnings that inform practice change. METHODS:An analysis o...

journal_title：Journal of patient safety

authors： de Jong LD,Francis-Coad J,Waldron N,Ingram K,McPhail SM,Etherton-Beer C,Haines TP,Flicker L,Weselman T,Hill AM

更新日期：2018-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We report on a human factors evaluation project at a major urban teaching hospital that was intended to use human factors methods to assist the selection of a new infusion device among 4 commercially available models. METHODS:The project provided an expert evaluation of the pumps, collected data on programm...

journal_title：Journal of patient safety

authors： Nemeth C,Nunnally M,Bitan Y,Nunnally S,Cook RI

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In recent years, several instruments for measuring patient safety culture (PSC) have been developed and implemented. Correct interpretation of survey findings is crucial for understanding PSC locally, for comparisons across settings or time, as well as for planning effective interventions. We aimed to evalua...

journal_title：Journal of patient safety

authors： Gambashidze N,Hammer A,Wagner A,Rieger MA,Brösterhaus M,Van Vegten A,Manser T,WorkSafeMed Consortium.

更新日期：2019-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:As hospitals are increasingly consolidating into larger health systems, they are becoming better positioned to have far reaching and material impacts on safety and quality of care. When the Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) was formed in 2013, it sought to ensure the delivery of safe, high-quality care to eve...

journal_title：Journal of patient safety

authors： Anderson R,Rosenberg A,Garg S,Nahass J,Nenos A,Egorova N,Rowland J,Mari J,LoPachin V

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On May 20 to 22, 2009, the National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) held its Annual NPSF Patient Safety Congress in National Harbor, Md. Entitled Patient Safety in Challenging Times: Now More Than Ever, A Critical Need, the meeting focused on the need to strengthen efforts to improve patient safety and quality in the...

journal_title：Journal of patient safety

authors： Bonacum D,Corrigan J,Gelinas L,Pinakiewicz DC,Stepnick L

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:There is a growing expectation in health systems around the world that patients will be fully informed when adverse events occur. However, current disclosure practices often fall short of this expectation. METHODS:We reviewed trends in policy and practice in 5 countries with extensive experience with advers...

journal_title：Journal of patient safety

authors： Wu AW,McCay L,Levinson W,Iedema R,Wallace G,Boyle DJ,McDonald TB,Bismark MM,Kraman SS,Forbes E,Conway JB,Gallagher TH

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the quality and content of nurse and physician shoulder dystocia delivery documentation before and after MORE training in shoulder dystocia management skills and documentation. METHODS:Approximately 384 charts at the Ottawa Hospital General Campus involving a diagnosis of shoulder dystocia betwee...

journal_title：Journal of patient safety

authors： LeRiche T,Oppenheimer L,Caughey S,Fell D,Walker M

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the patterns of potentially avoidable readmissions due to adverse drug events (ADEs) to identify the most appropriate risk reduction interventions. METHODS:In this observational study, we analyzed a random sample of 534 potentially avoidable 30-day readmissions from 10,275 consecutive discharges f...

journal_title：Journal of patient safety

authors： Dalleur O,Beeler PE,Schnipper JL,Donzé J

更新日期：2017-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Because internal medicine hospitalist programs were developed to address issues in medicine such as a need to improve quality, improve efficiency, and decrease healthcare cost, obstetrical (OB) hospitalist models were developed to address needs specific to the obstetrics and gynecology field. Our objective wa...

journal_title：Journal of patient safety

authors： Decesare JZ,Bush SY,Morton AN

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study assesses fall prevention measures and subsequent incident reporting of falls resulting in an "inpatient fracture neck of femur (FNOF)" within a single NHS Trust, with the aim of identifying potential areas of improvement and changing practice within a Trust. METHODS:Forty patients (mean age, 82.6...

journal_title：Journal of patient safety

authors： Green CM,Zeiton M,Foulkes K,Barrie J

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:: This study aimed to evaluate different shortcuts of Healthcare Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (HFMEA) in a radiotherapy setting. DESIGN:: A 2 × 2 study design was set up, in which 4 similar groups analyzed separately the possible risks of the same process by using different versions of HFMEA. SETTING::...

journal_title：Journal of patient safety

authors： Vlayen A

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:There is a pressing need to improve safety and efficiency in the operating room (OR). Postsurgical adverse events, such as surgical site infections and surgical flow disruption, occur at a significant rate in industrial countries where a considerable portion of such complications result in death. The aim of ...

journal_title：Journal of patient safety

authors： Taaffe K,Joseph A,Khoshkenar A,Machry H,Allison D,Reeves ST,RIPCHD.OR Study Group.

更新日期：2020-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to examine the utility of using color and shape to differentiate drug strength information on over-the-counter medicine packages. Medication errors are an important threat to patient safety, and confusions between drug strengths are a significant source of medication error. METHOD:A visual s...

journal_title：Journal of patient safety

authors： Hellier E,Tucker M,Kenny N,Rowntree A,Edworthy J

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study examines nurse-physician teamwork and collaboration, a critical component in the delivery of safe patient care, on general medical units. To that end, we assess shared mental models and mutual trust, 2 coordinating mechanisms that help facilitate teamwork, among nurses and physicians working on ge...

journal_title：Journal of patient safety

authors： McComb SA,Lemaster M,Henneman EA,Hinchey KT

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to gather qualitative feedback on patient perceptions of informed consent forms and elicit recommendations to improve readability and utility for enhanced patient safety and engagement in shared decision making. METHODS:Sixty interviews in personal interviews were conducted consisting of a l...

journal_title：Journal of patient safety

authors： Manta CJ,Ortiz J,Moulton BW,Sonnad SS

更新日期：2016-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Economic and medical risks threaten the national security of America. The spiraling costs of United States' avoidable healthcare harm and waste far exceed those of any other nation. This 2-part paper, written by a group of aviators, is a national call to action to adopt readily available and transferable s...

journal_title：Journal of patient safety

authors： Denham CR,Sullenberger CB 3rd,Quaid DW,Nance JJ

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to explore experiences from the next of kin's perspective of a new involvement method in the regulatory investigation process of adverse events causing patient death. METHODS:The study design was a qualitative process evaluation of the new involvement method in two Norwegian counties...

journal_title：Journal of patient safety

authors： Wiig S,Haraldseid-Driftland C,Tvete Zachrisen R,Hannisdal E,Schibevaag L

更新日期：2019-10-22 00:00:00