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Using information to deliver safer care: a mixed-methods study exploring general practitioners’ information needs in North West London primary care [PDF]

, 2014
The National Health Service in England has given increasing priority to improving inter-professional communication, enabling better management of patients with chronic conditions and reducing medical errors through effective use of information.
Aylin, P, Car, J, Majeed, A, Mastellos, N   +3 more
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Reducing medical errors in primary care using a pragmatic complex intervention [PDF]

, 2015
This study aimed to develop an intervention to reduce medical errors and to determine if the intervention can reduce medical errors in public funded primary care clinics. A controlled interventional trial was conducted in 12 conveniently selected primary
A. Hamid, Maimunah, Abdul Samad, Azah, Cheong, Ai Theng, Ee, Ming Khoo, Maskon, Kalsom, Sararaks, Sondi, Su, May Liew, Wai, Khew Lee   +7 more
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Tragedy of Errors- An Analysis of Human Factor in Medical Errors [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2020
William Shakespeare wrote a play “Comedy of error”, but this is about medical error which may often result in tragic outcome. We often read about medical errors and sometimes realise in our clinical practice that an error has been committed by us or our
Manika Agarwal, Sharat Agarwal
doaj   +1 more source

Retrospective Evaluation of Common Dentistry Errors in Selected Dental Clinics of the Armed Forces, Iran [PDF]

Journal of Research in Applied and Basic Medical Sciences, 2023
Background & Aims: The occurrence of errors in dental practice is an inevitable factor resulting in a reduction in the quality of medical services. These errors can prompt adverse complications, weaken the patient's trust in the dentist, and induce ...
Elahe Tahmasebi, Mohsen Yazdanian, Mahmood Salesi, Samira Hajisadeghi, Ehsan Moghadam   +4 more
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Medical Errors [PDF]

, 2011
Overview: Time of Death: 5:07 p.m. – Proceeding the solemn afternoon of February 22nd 2003, the Santillian family listened on as doctors told them that their cherished loved one was officially pronounced brain dead and would soon have to be taken off ...
Spall, Jennifer
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Identifying Harm Events in Clinical Care through Medical Narratives

, 2017
Preventable medical errors are estimated to be among the leading causes of injury and death in the United States. To prevent such errors, healthcare systems have implemented patient safety and incident reporting systems.
Cohan, Arman, Fong, Allan, Goharian, Nazli, Ratwani, Raj   +3 more
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A Neural Attention Model for Categorizing Patient Safety Events

, 2017
Medical errors are leading causes of death in the US and as such, prevention of these errors is paramount to promoting health care. Patient Safety Event reports are narratives describing potential adverse events to the patients and are important in ...
JL Elman, JR Clarke, L Soldaini, MA Makary, R Pascanu, S Hochreiter, Y Lecun   +6 more
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Implementing a 48 h EWTD-compliant rota for junior doctors in the UK does not compromise patients’ safety : assessor-blind pilot comparison [PDF]

, 2009
Background: There are currently no field data about the effect of implementing European Working Time Directive (EWTD)-compliant rotas in a medical setting.
F. P. Cappuccio, A. Bakewell, F. M. Taggart, G. Ward, C. Ji, J. P. Sullivan, M. Edmunds, R. Pounder, C. P. Landrigan, S. W. Lockley, E. Peile, Landrigan, Barger, Lockley, Folkard, Folkard, Barger, Ayas, Paice, Aitken, Lockley, Horrocks, Bates, Walsh, Tamuz, Reason, Lydall, Murray, Ahmed-Little, Benger, Pounder, Horrocks, Czeisler, Czeisler, Santhi, Cappuccio, Petersen, Van Eaton, Weingart, Baker, Vincent, Woloshynowych, Stickgold, Van Dongen, Arnedt, Muir Gray   +45 more
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Preferences of Pediatric Patients and Their Caregivers for Chemotherapy‐Induced Nausea and Vomiting Control Endpoints: A Mixed Methods Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Although not always achieved, complete chemotherapy‐induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) control is the conventional goal of CINV prophylaxis. In this two‐center, mixed‐methods study, we sought to understand the preferences of adolescent patients and family caregivers for CINV control endpoints.
Haley Newman, Tadi Hondonga, Alison Berry, Caitlin Elgarten, Jason Freedman, Katelyn Oranges, Sara McDonough, Caroline Diorio, L. Lee Dupuis   +8 more
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Immunization coverage and timeliness of vaccination in young patients with inborn errors of metabolism: a French multicentric study

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
Background Inborn errors of metabolism (IEMs) are rare disorders that are heterogeneous in severity and clinical presentation. Patients with IEMs should receive the vaccination schedule recommended for the whole population, and specific vaccinations ...
Anne-Sophie Renous, Lena Damaj, Magali Gorce, Magalie Barth, Antoine Bedu, Elise Sacaze, Delphine Lamireau, Cécile Laroche-Raynaud, Laurent Pasquier, Zoha Maakaroun-Vermesse, Marine Tardieu, François Labarthe   +11 more
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