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Challenges and Strategies for Patient Safety in Primary …

(3 days ago) WEBINTRODUCTION. Disproportionately little research has addressed patient safety in primary care, although most health care is delivered in this setting. 1 A growing literature has identified specific areas of concern for ambulatory safety, including hospital transitions, medications, and health information technology, as well as corresponding strategies to …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9700196/

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10 top patient safety issues for 2021 - Becker's Hospital …

(4 days ago) WEBThe COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated many patient safety challenges, such as staffing shortages, missed diagnoses, drug and supply shortages, and clinician burnout. This article highlights the most pressing issues for healthcare leaders to prioritize in 2021, based on news, study findings and trends.

https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/patient-safety-outcomes/10-top-patient-safety-issues-for-2021.html

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Patient Safety The Joint Commission

(7 days ago) WEBFind best practices, reference materials and other resources to improve patient safety in health care. Learn about high reliability, national patient safety goals, speak up campaigns, sentinel events and more.

https://www.jointcommission.org/resources/patient-safety/

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ECRI's Top 10 Patient Safety Risks for 2022

(4 days ago) WEBAn important part of maintaining patient safety is establishing the shared belief that despite the high-risk environment in healthcare, patient safety is possible, and it’s everyone’s responsibility. Creating awareness of common problems and opening a dialogue about prevention, learning, and solutions can help.

https://blog.ecri.org/ecris-top-10-patient-safety-risks-for-2022

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Guidelines and Safety Practices for Improving Patient Safety

(5 days ago) WEB1.3. The Current Patient Safety Picture and the Demandfor Guidelines. In most healthcare settings worldwide, patient safety data is data on the absence of patient safety. On the last patient safety day (September 17, 2019), WHO announced, “Patient safety is a serious global public health concern.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK585634/

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The Safety of Inpatient Health Care NEJM

(1 days ago) WEBThe Harvard Medical Practice Study (HMPS) was conducted in a sample of patients hospitalized in New York State in 1984, and the results were published in 1991. 1,2 Key findings included an adverse

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa2206117

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Major Study Finds Significant National Patient Safety …

(3 days ago) WEBPatient safety has been a major healthcare policy issue since 1999, when the Institute of Medicine (now known as the National Academy of Medicine) published To Err is Human, a report that estimated that up to 98,000 Americans die each year as a direct result of medical errors.

https://www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/press-releases/significant-patient-safety-improvement.html

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Patient safety - World Health Organization (WHO)

(9 days ago) WEBPatient safety is the absence of preventable harm to a patient during the process of health care, including the reduction of risk of unnecessary harm associated with health care to an acceptable minimum. An acceptable minimum refers to the collective notions of given current knowledge, resources available and the context in which care is

https://www.who.int/health-topics/patient-safety/

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Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Agency for …

(6 days ago) WEBAs the lead federal agency for advancing patient safety, AHRQ invests in research and implementation projects that bridge the gap between research and the delivery of safer patient care. AHRQ's patient safety research …

https://www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/index.html

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Patient Safety 101 PSNet

(8 days ago) WEBThe seminal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Making Health Care Safer report, issued in 2001, was the first effort to use evidence-based medicine principles in identifying practices to improve patient safety. The report galvanized patient safety efforts at hospitals nationwide and laid the foundation for further research

https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/patient-safety-101

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4 Actions to Reduce Medical Errors in U.S. Hospitals

(5 days ago) WEBHuge numbers of patients are harmed in U.S. hospital by safety errors. Their numbers could be greatly reduced by taking four actions: Make patient safety a top priority in hospitals’ practices

https://hbr.org/2022/04/4-actions-to-reduce-medical-errors-in-u-s-hospitals

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ECRI’s Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for 2024

(5 days ago) WEBHere’s the full list of the Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for 2024: Challenges transitioning newly trained clinicians from education into practice. Workarounds with barcode medication administration systems. Barriers to access maternal and perinatal care. Unintended consequences of technology adoption.

https://blog.ecri.org/2024-concerns

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Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns 2024: How to Identify and Address

(5 days ago) WEBAn interdisciplinary team then assesses each topic based on severity, frequency, breadth of impact, insidiousness, and organisational pressure, resulting in the ranking of the top 10 patient safety concerns. Patient Safety Concern #1: Challenges Transitioning Newly Trained Clinicians from Education into Practice.

https://healthmanagement.org/c/hospital/news/top-10-patient-safety-concerns-2024-how-to-identify-and-address-current-concerns

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Patient safety in primary and outpatient health care - PMC

(3 days ago) WEBPatient safety can be improved by addressing numerous issues that occur when patients move between primary and secondary care. In primary care, the relationship between the clinician and the patient is a key to high quality, safe and effective healthcare.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7014856/

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Ensuring Patient and Workforce Safety Culture in Healthcare

(1 days ago) WEBIntroduction. In 2020, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) unveiled the National Action Plan to Advance Patient Safety. 1 Within this framework, four pillars were identified as critical to fostering a safer health care environment: Culture, Leadership and Governance; …

https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/ensuring-patient-and-workforce-safety-culture-healthcare

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Action on patient safety can reduce health inequalities The BMJ

(7 days ago) WEBKey messages. Patient safety incidents experienced disproportionately by marginalised patient groups exacerbate health inequalities. Biases embedded in the healthcare system, its workforce, and medical practice drive these differences in risk of harm and can be used as an entry point for solutions to these issues.

https://www.bmj.com/content/376/bmj-2021-067090

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Quality & Patient Safety AHA - American Hospital Association

(5 days ago) WEBInova Health System TeamSTEPPS Success Story. Apr 29, 2024. More on Quality and Patient Safety. As hospitals and health systems continue to look for ways to advance quality of care while lowering costs, the AHA has taken a leadership role in supplying information to hospitals to help them further improve the work they do.

https://www.aha.org/advocacy/quality-and-patient-safety

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Patient Safety Fact Sheet The Joint Commission

(1 days ago) WEBPatient safety events: The Joint Commission receives reports of patient safety events from patients, families, government agencies, the public, staff employed by organizations, and the media. This information is used to help identify current areas of potential risk at accredited organizations and may be used to improve the quality and safety of

https://www.jointcommission.org/resources/news-and-multimedia/fact-sheets/facts-about-patient-safety/

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Tips for Being a Safe Patient Patient Safety CDC

(1 days ago) WEBWhat you can do to be a safe patient‎. 1. Tell your healthcare provider about any recent care. 2. Tell your healthcare provider if you think you have an infection or if your infection is getting worse. 3. Take antibiotics exactly as prescribed and tell your healthcare provider if you have any side effects, such as diarrhea. 4.

https://www.cdc.gov/patient-safety/about/index.html

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Top 7 Patient Safety Issues and Concerns in Healthcare - BFW

(1 days ago) WEBImproved patient monitoring can help to detect problems that arise during treatment within the care unit, and enforce rehabilitation measures before a condition worsens. Handoffs and care transitions are also a danger to the patient’s health if there is information loss in the process. 4. Antibiotic resistance.

https://bfwinc.com/patient-safety-issues/

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What are the top patient safety concerns for this year?

(2 days ago) WEBBy Sara Heath. March 12, 2024 - Healthcare’s biggest patient safety threats for this year run the gamut of workforce concerns to patient access to maternal and perinatal care and all the way down to new health IT use, according to ECRI, a patient safety organization. The 2024 list of 10 patient safety concerns spotlights challenges

https://patientengagementhit.com/news/what-are-the-top-patient-safety-concerns-for-this-year

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CMS proposes the Patient Safety Structural Measure to strengthen

(9 days ago) WEBCMS proposes the Patient Safety Structural Measure to strengthen systems for safety. Safe, high-quality care and positive patient outcomes are a result of the high reliability processes and systems that hospitals and health systems have in place. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is now considering a new quality …

https://info.pressganey.com/press-ganey-blog-healthcare-experience-insights/cms-proposes-the-patient-safety-structural-measure-to-strengthen-systems-for-safety

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4 Current Legal Issues in Healthcare symplr

(2 days ago) WEB4 Current Legal Issues in Healthcare. The landscape of healthcare compliance is continually evolving, shaped by new regulations, court decisions, and societal expectations. A recurring theme running through these current regulations centers around the extent of patients’ rights in regard to their healthcare, while at the same time …

https://www.symplr.com/blog/current-legal-issues-in-healthcare

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Defining Patient Safety and Quality Care - Patient …

(3 days ago) WEBPatient safety is the cornerstone of high-quality health care. Much of the work defining patient safety and practices that prevent harm have focused on negative outcomes of care, such as mortality and morbidity. Nurses …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK2681/

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Tewksbury Hospital staff raise alarm about violent patient …

(2 days ago) WEBSarah Betancourt. May 13, 2024. Months after one patient stabbed another, Tewksbury Hospital nurses and health professionals picketed outside of the Tewksbury Public Library Monday to draw attention to an increasing number of violent incidents in the workplace and nurse retention issues at the state-owned and operated medical facility.

https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2024-05-13/tewksbury-hospital-staff-raise-alarm-about-violent-patient-encounters

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Do Not Use Cue Health’s COVID-19 Tests

(3 days ago) WEBIf you have questions, email the Division of Industry and Consumer Education (DICE) at [email protected] or call 800-638-2041 or 301-796-7100. The FDA issues alert about risk of false results with

https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/safety-communications/do-not-use-cue-healths-covid-19-tests-due-risk-false-results-fda-safety-communication

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