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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

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

Perceptions of Teams in Providing Safe Handoffs

open access: yes, 2021
Background: Pediatric hematology/oncology patients are highly complex and providing care to these patients requires effective communication and coordination.
Miller, Kelly
core  

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

I-PASS Handoff Curriculum: Medical Student Workshop

open access: yesMedEdPORTAL, 2014
The Medical Student Workshop is a companion piece to the Core Resident Workshop, as well as the other elements in the I-PASS Handoff Curriculum. Its curricular materials have been modified to meet the needs of a group of more novice learners during their
Jennifer O'Toole   +19 more
doaj   +1 more source

Spectrum Decision-Making in Collaborative Cognitive Radio Networks

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2020
Spectral decision making is a function of the cognitive cycle. It aims to select spectral opportunities within a set of finite possibilities. Decision-making methodologies, based on collaborative information exchanges, are used to improve the selection ...
Diego Giral   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nurses' views of patient handoffs in Japanese hospitals

open access: yes, 2012
Staff perceptions of risks associated with patient handoffs were investigated in a survey of nurses in 6 Japanese hospitals. A total of 1462 valid responses were collected from nurses with an overall response rate of 74%.
Andersen, Henning Boje   +4 more
core   +1 more source

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

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