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The Chaplain’s Presence and Medical Power: Rethinking Loss in the Hospital System [PDF]

open access: yesPractical Theology, 2018
Book Review. Richard Coble is an associate pastor of congregational care and adult education at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church and adjunct professor of pastoral care at Lexington Theological Seminary. He worked for nine months in a hospital setting, training as a chaplain under supervision in Clinical Pastoral Education after graduating from his ...
openaire   +1 more source

TECHNOLOGIES INVOLVED IN THE PROMOTION OF PATIENT SAFETY IN THE MEDICATION PROCESS: AN INTEGRATIVE REVIEW

open access: yesCogitare Enfermagem, 2017
This study sought to identify technologies existing in the literature and their use in promoting patient safety in the medication process.
Jéssika Wanessa Soares Costa   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Scenery of Brazilian studies on medication errors: an integrative review

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Farmácia Hospitalar e Serviços de Saúde, 2019
The objective of this integrative review was to identify studies conducted in Brazil that address the occurrence of medication errors in a hospital environment.
Jéssica A. Aquino   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Repeat prescribing of medications: a system-centred risk management model for primary care organisations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Rationale, aims and objectives: Reducing preventable harm from repeat medication prescriptions is a patient safety priority worldwide. In the United Kingdom, repeat prescriptions items issued has doubled in the last 20 years from 5.8 to 13.3 items ...
Bartlett, Stephen   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Preventing the medication errors in hospitals: A qualitative study

open access: yesInternational Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, 2020
Background and purpose: Administering drugs is one of the primary nursing acts in hospital wards and medication errors are one of the worst errors among nurses leading to unpleasant results for patients. Thus, this study aimed to identify ways to prevent
Alireza Salar   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Safe Medication Management for Polymedicated Home-Dwelling Older Adults after Hospital Discharge: A Qualitative Study of Older Adults, Informal Caregivers and Healthcare Professionals’ Perspectives

open access: yesNursing Reports, 2022
Safe medication management is particularly challenging among polymedicated home-dwelling older adults after hospital discharge. This study aimed to identify and categorise the stressors experienced and reconstitution strategies adopted by older adults ...
Filipa Pereira   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Medications Modulating the Acid Sphingomyelinase/Ceramide System and 28-Day Mortality among Patients with SARS-CoV-2: An Observational Study

open access: yesPharmaceuticals, 2023
Prior evidence indicates the potential central role of the acid sphingomyelinase (ASM)/ceramide system in the infection of cells with SARS-CoV-2. We conducted a multicenter retrospective observational study including 72,105 adult patients with laboratory-
N. Hoertel   +13 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

UNIFYING THE MEDICAL PROFILES OF HOSPITAL SYSTEM IN SAUDI ARABIA Running Title: Unifying medical profiles of hospital system

open access: yes, 2022
Background: Several systems with improved decision-making, communication, and data management were deployed across various healthcare institutions in the previous time for the improvement in communication technologies, the field of interoperability, and health data sharing.
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A Systems Thinking Approach to Redesigning the Patient Experience to Reduce 30 Day Hospital Readmission [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
INTRODUCTION The cost of medical care is spiraling out of control, and one of the many reasons is lack of preventative care, poor communication to the patient and primary caregiver(s) both in an inpatient and outpatient setting.
DePrince, RN, BA, CCRN, SCRN, Maureen   +6 more
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Exploring hospital nurses’ transitional medication management for older patients with multi-morbidity: An ethnographic study

open access: yesNordic Journal of Nursing Research, 2023
Transitional medication management, in which individual needs are balanced against organizational priorities, is crucial for safe discharge processes.
Mette Geil Kollerup   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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