Patient safety in health care professional educational curricula: examining the learning experience [PDF]
, 2009 This study has investigated the formal and informal ways pre-registration students from four healthcare professions learn about patient safety in order to become safe practitioners.
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Precaution, governance and the failure of medical implants: the ASR(TM) hip in the UK [PDF]
, 2014 Hip implants have provided life-changing treatment, reducing pain and improving the mobility and independence of patients. Success has encouraged manufacturers to innovate and amend designs, engendering patient hopes in these devices.
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Patients for Patient Safety [PDF]
, 2020 AbstractUnsafe care results in over 2 million deaths per year and is considered one of the world’s leading causes of death. In 2019, the 72nd World Health Assembly issued a call to action, The Global Action on Patient Safety, that called for Member States to democratize healthcare by engaging with the very users of the healthcare system—patients ...
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Quality and Safety in Health Care, 2004 Role of nurses in improving the quality of care Whether you work as a nurse in the US, the UK, or elsewhere in the world, you will be familiar with the often quoted words of Florence Nightingale (1869): “ First do [the patient] no harm ”. Reflecting upon the fundamentals of good nursing, Nightingale was in no doubt that the moral, professional, and ...
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Quality & Safety Update: Resident Teams Recognized, New Fellows Initiate Research [PDF]
, 2017 Championing quality and safety is an institutional commitment and a critical part of day-to-day operations in the Department of Surgery. Scott Cowan, MD, FACS, Vice Chair for Quality in the Department, shares an update on current initiatives.
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Around the World in 16 Ways: Searching Internationally for Fall Prevention Strategies
Patient Safety, 2020 Pennsylvania fall rates have remained relatively steady over the past six years, ranging from 3.09–3.33 falls per 1,000 patient days. Other studies estimate that hospital falls occur at a rate of 3.56 per 1,000 patient days and 700,000 to 1 million ...
Caitlyn Allen, Susan C. Wallace
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Pharmacists in Pharmacovigilance: Can Increased Diagnostic Opportunity in Community Settings Translate to Better Vigilance? [PDF]
, 2014 The pharmacy profession has undergone substantial change over the last two to three decades. Whilst medicine supply still remains a central function, pharmacist’s roles and responsibilities have become more clinic and patient focused.
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Facts and Controversies About Nurse Staffing Policy: A Look at Existing Models, Enforcement Issues, and Research Needs [PDF]
, 2007 Examines state-mandated nurse-to-patient ratios as a policy model for solving staffing problems and ensuring patient safety and quality of care, as well as patient classification systems and pay-for-performance models.
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Science and patient safety [PDF]
Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2012 Patient safety is proving a challenge in cultural, technical, clinical and psychological terms, and because of its massive scale and heterogeneity. There is general agreement that the targets set in 2000 for reducing harm by 50% were overly ambitious.1,2 Longitudinal record reviews in the ...
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Applying the trigger review method after a brief educational intervention: potential for teaching and improving safety in GP specialty training? [PDF]
, 2013 <p>Background: The Trigger Review Method (TRM) is a structured approach to screening clinical records for undetected patient safety incidents (PSIs) and identifying learning and improvement opportunities.
Academy of Royal Medical Colleges, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement +20 more
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