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Association between patient safety culture, adverse events, and essential practices during childbirth in six Brazilian maternity hospitals

open access: yesInternational Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective This study examines whether hospitals with stronger patient safety culture more consistently follow essential birth practices and have fewer adverse outcomes for mothers and newborns and whether this evidence can guide maternity care priorities in patient safety policy.
Zenewton A. S. Gama   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Interactive Workshop to Increase Resident Readiness to Perform Patient Hand-offs

open access: yesMedEdPORTAL, 2012
Introduction Patient handoffs are an increasingly common aspect of patient care. Residents perform a significant number of patient handoffs, often with little training or oversight.
Michael Aylward
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of the performance of a collaborative proposal of multiple access in cognitive radio networks

open access: yesHeliyon, 2021
Cognitive radio networks (CRN) allow for an increase in spectral efficiency and performance of today's wireless networks. Currently, multiple proposals exist in the area of spectral decision-making and mobility; however, very few evaluate the impact of ...
Diego Armando Giral-Ramírez   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

“Anybody on this list that you're more worried about?” Qualitative analysis exploring the functions of questions during end of shift handoffs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Background Shift change handoffs are known to be a point of vulnerability in the quality, safety and outcomes of healthcare. Despite numerous efforts to improve handoff reliability, few interventions have produced lasting change. Although the opportunity
Bergman, Alicia A.   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Continuous infectious diseases coverage by merging with a hospitalist practice in a small community hospital system

open access: yesJournal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Access to infectious diseases physicians has been increasingly difficult, as many infectious diseases fellowship programs have unfilled positions. This has coincided with increasing numbers of internal medicine residents pursuing hospitalist medicine.
Michael S. Wang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

How does training in anesthesia residency shape residents’ approaches to patient care handoffs? A single-center qualitative interview study

open access: yesBMC Medical Education, 2018
Background Handoffs are a complex procedure whose success relies on mutual discussion rather than simple information transfer. Particularly among trainees, handoffs present major opportunities for medical error.
Madhavi Muralidharan   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Auction-based Bandwidth Allocation Mechanisms for Wireless Future Internet [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
An important aspect of the Future Internet is the efficient utilization of (wireless) network resources. In order for the - demanding in terms of QoS - Future Internet services to be provided, the current trend is evolving towards an "integrated ...
Dramitinos, Emmanouil   +1 more
core   +3 more sources

Things We Do for No Reason™: Withholding opioids among patients with acute pain and opioid use disorder

open access: yesJournal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Hospitalists care for patients with acute pain who have an opioid use disorder and require pain management. Hospitalists may withhold opioids for acute pain due to a variety of reasons. However, adequate pain management in patients with opioid use disorder, including with opioids, is the standard of care. This piece explains how to best manage
Anna‐Maria South   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

ED I-PASS: A Streamlined Version of the I-PASS Patient Handoff Tool for the Emergency Department

open access: yesJournal of Education and Teaching in Emergency Medicine, 2017
Audience: The target audience for this presentation includes attendings, residents, advanced practice providers, and medical students who work in the emergency department (ED). Introduction: The Joint Commission estimates that 80% of serious medical
Sarah R. Williams   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Innovative Spectrum Handoff Process Using a Machine Learning-Based Metaheuristic Algorithm

open access: yesSensors, 2023
A cognitive radio network (CRN) is an intelligent network that can detect unoccupied spectrum space without interfering with the primary user (PU). Spectrum scarcity arises due to the stable channel allocation, which the CRN handles.
Vikas Srivastava   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

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