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Patient safety [PDF]

open access: yesErgonomics, 2006
“If healthcare was an airline, only dedicated risk takers, thrill seekers and those tired of living would fly on it.”peer ...
Tully, Mary P.
core   +3 more sources

A Neural Attention Model for Categorizing Patient Safety Events [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 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 identifying and preventing medical errors.
JL Elman   +6 more
arxiv   +3 more sources

Nurses’ Adherence to Patient Safety Principles: A Systematic Review

open access: yesInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020
Background: Quality-of-care improvement and prevention of practice errors is dependent on nurses’ adherence to the principles of patient safety. Aims: This paper aims to provide a systematic review of the international literature, to synthesise knowledge
M. Vaismoradi   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Role of Artificial Intelligence in Patient Safety Outcomes: Systematic Literature Review

open access: yesJMIR Medical Informatics, 2020
Background Artificial intelligence (AI) provides opportunities to identify the health risks of patients and thus influence patient safety outcomes.
Avishek Choudhury, Onur Asan
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Preserving Organizational Resilience, Patient Safety, and Staff Retention during COVID-19 Requires a Holistic Consideration of the Psychological Safety of Healthcare Workers

open access: yesInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020
During the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare workers are fighting a lethal virus with acute shortages of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). These unprecedented circumstances have amplified the sources of emotional distress and worker burnout. However, many
P. Rangachari, Jacquelynn L Woods
semanticscholar   +1 more source

December 2022-Printed Issue

open access: yesPatient Safety, 2022
The December 2022 issue of Patient Safety is available to read and download at no charge. Our latest publication offers vital information, tools, resources, and articles that can help improve the safety and well-being of patients and healthcare workers ...
Patient Safety Authority
doaj   +1 more source

Special Issue: Pharmacy Education and Practice -Print Issue

open access: yesPatient Safety, 2021
In celebration of National Pharmacist Day, recognizing the importance of pharmacists and their crucial role in our health and well-being, today we are publishing a special issue of _Patient Safety_ dedicated to pharmacy education and practice.
Patient Safety Authority
doaj   +1 more source

2020 Healthcare-Associated Infections in the Long-Term Care Setting: An Analysis of Reports from Pennsylvania

open access: yesPatient Safety, 2021
The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System (PA-PSRS) is the largest repository of patient safety data in the United States. In addition to over 3.9 million acute care records, PA-PSRS has collected more than 357,000 long-term care (LTC) healthcare ...
Shawn Kepner, Amy Harper, Rebecca Jones
doaj   +1 more source

Patient Safety Culture and Associated Factors Among Health Care Providers in Bale Zone Hospitals, Southeast Ethiopia: An Institutional Based Cross-Sectional Study

open access: yesDrug, Healthcare and Patient Safety, 2020
Introduction Patient safety is a serious global public health issue and a critical component of health care quality. Unsafe patient care is associated with significant morbidity and mortality throughout the world.
Musa Kumbi   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Challenges and Potential Solutions for Patient Safety in an Infectious-Agent-Isolation Environment: A Study of 484 COVID-19-Related Event Reports Across 94 Hospitals

open access: yesPatient Safety, 2021
Previous research has shown that patients in infectious-agent isolation are at greater risk for certain types of safety-related events. We conducted a study to explore the relationship between the various types of events that occur in an isolation ...
Matthew A. Taylor   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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