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Within-hospital Temporal Clustering of Postoperative Complications and Implications for Safety Monitoring and Benchmarking Using ACS-NSQIP Data

Annals of Surgery Open
Objective:. To determine the extent to which within-hospital temporal clustering of postoperative complications is observed in the American College of Surgeons, National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS-NSQIP). Background:.
Mark E. Cohen, PhD, Yaoming Liu, PhD, Clifford Y. Ko, MD, MS, MSHS, FACS, Bruce L. Hall, MD, PhD, MBA, FACS   +3 more
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A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Ambulatory Oncology Experience by Treatment Intent

Current Oncology, 2020
The Ambulatory Oncology Patient Satisfaction Survey (AOPSS) is a standardized instrument to assess the overall cancer patient experience. This study retrospectively investigated differences in care experiences and satisfaction among ambulatory oncology ...
Linda Watson, Siwei Qi, Eclair Photitai, Andrea DeIure   +3 more
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Patient safety – who cares?

Swiss Medical Weekly, 2012
Medical errors and adverse events are a serious threat to patients worldwide. In recent years methodologically sound studies have demonstrated that interventions exist, can be implemented and can have sustainable, measurable positive effects on patient safety.
Schwappach, David L B, Conen, Dieter
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The Impact of Accountable Care: Interactions between patients and payers – Where do pharmacists lie? [PDF]

, 2017
Introduction: Over the past several years, patient outcomes became the focus of health care. With increased accountability, pharmacy education must transform the next generation of health care providers according to the new 2016 Accreditation Council for
Stone, Danielle
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Improving communication skill training in patient centered medical practice for enhancing rational use of laboratory tests: The core of bioinformation for leveraging stakeholder engagement in regulatory science. [PDF]

, 2013
Requests for laboratory tests are among the most relevant additional tools used by physicians as part of patient's health problemsolving. However, the overestimation of complementary investigation may be linked to less reflective medical practice as a ...
Chiappelli, Francesco, Costa, Bruna Carvalho, de Faria, Rosa Malena Delbone, Moura, Eliane Perlatto, Moura, Josemar de Almeida, Soares, Taciana Figueiredo   +5 more
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Outcomes of Live Virus Vaccination in Patients With Vascular Anomalies Being Treated With Sirolimus

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Live vaccination in patients with vascular anomalies (VA) receiving sirolimus remains controversial due to immunosuppressive effects and theoretical risks. Procedure This single‐center retrospective study included patients with VA less than 4 years old at the start of sirolimus therapy who were incompletely vaccinated.
Svatava Merkle, Kiersten Ricci, Kelly Blache, Rebecca A. Marsh, Adrienne M. Hammill, Elissa Engel   +5 more
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The patient-level effect of the cost of Cancer care – financial burden in German Cancer patients

BMC Cancer, 2020
Background Financial toxicity of cancer has so far been discussed primarily in the US health care system and is associated with higher morbidity and mortality.
Katja Mehlis, Julian Witte, Bastian Surmann, Matthias Kudlich, Leonidas Apostolidis, Jürgen Walther, Dirk Jäger, Wolfgang Greiner, Eva C. Winkler   +8 more
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It\u27s Midnight. Do you know how your patient is doing? [PDF]

, 2017
Transitions of care are vulnerable points in patient care. With the volume of information transferred, quality of care and patient safety are at risk. Numerous attempts at standardization of transitions of care have been utilized; however no consensus ...
Alswalmeen, MD, W., Foley, MD, K., Josloff, MD, R., Noonan, MD, K.   +3 more
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Functionality and feedback: a realist synthesis of the collation, interpretation and utilisation of patient-reported outcome measures data to improve patient care

, 2017
Background: The feedback of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) data is intended to support the care of individual patients and to act as a quality improvement (QI) strategy.
J. Greenhalgh, S. Dalkin, K. Gooding, E. Gibbons, Judy M. Wright, D. Meads, N. Black, J. Valderas, R. Pawson   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Pediatric Oncology Nursing Competencies in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Scoping Review to Inform Practice, Education, and Research

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Nurses are central to cancer care for children and adolescents, yet no comprehensive synthesis has defined essential core competencies for pediatric oncology nursing (PON) practice internationally, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
Luís Carlos Lopes‐Júnior, Edmara Bazoni Soares Maia, Soad Fuentes‐Alabí, Courtney E. Sullivan, Monnie Abraham, Mauricio Maza, Liliana Vásquez Ponce, Regina Aparecida Garcia Lima   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source