Annotated Bibliography: Understanding Ambulatory Care Practices in the Context of Patient Safety and Quality Improvement. [PDF]
, 2016 The ambulatory care setting is an increasingly important component of the patient safety conversation. Inpatient safety is the primary focus of the vast majority of safety research and interventions, but the ambulatory setting is actually where most ...
Mehdi, Harshal +2 more
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Oral herbal therapies for treating osteoarthritis (review) [PDF]
, 2014 Background Medicinal plant products are used orally for treating osteoarthritis. Although their mechanisms of action have not yet been elucidated in full detail, interactions with common inflammatory mediators provide a rationale for using them to ...
Cameron, Melainie, Chrubasik, Sigrun
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, 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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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.
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Medical Errors: Mandatory Reporting, Voluntary Reporting, or Both? [PDF]
European Journal of Law and Economics, 2005 This work evaluates policy recommendations on medical error reporting systems presented in, To err is human, a report published by the Institute of Medicine. Here mandatory reporting should be applied for adverse events, while voluntary reporting is recommended for near misses.
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Are We Making Smart Pumps Smarter? [PDF]
, 2018 Background: Medication errors comprise a significant proportion of medical errors, and are abundant, costly, and associated with causing harm to patients via adverse drug events. The most serious medication errors often involve IV medications.
Schaefer, Brittany
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Prevalence and consequences of patient safety incidents in general practice in the Netherlands: a retrospective medical record review study [PDF]
, 2016 BACKGROUND Patient safety can be at stake in both hospital and general practice settings. While severe patient safety incidents have been described, quantitative studies in large samples of patients in general practice are rare.
Gaal, Sander +5 more
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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 +3 more
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Safety of medication use in primary care [PDF]
, 2015 © 2014 Royal Pharmaceutical Society.BACKGROUND: Medication errors are one of the leading causes of harmin health care. Review and analysis of errors have often emphasized their preventable nature and potential for reoccurrence.
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Reporting of medical errors: time for a reality check [PDF]
Quality in Health Care, 2000 Earlier this summer an expert group chaired by the Chief Medical Officer in the UK produced a comprehensive and thoughtful analysis of the current unacceptable state of identifying, analysing, and learning from medical mishaps.1 Although this report, provocatively named An Organisation with a Memory , applies specifically to the UK National Health ...
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