AHRQ Patient Safety Network - What's New 2

AHRQ Patient Safety Network - What's New

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Impact of a reengineered electronic error-reporting system on medication event reporting and care process improvements at an urban medical center.

McKaig D, Collins C, Elsaid KA. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2014;40;9:398-407.

Implementation of an emergency department sign-out checklist improves transfer of information at shift change.

Dubosh NM, Carney D, Fisher J, Tibbles CD. J Emerg Med. 2014 Aug 14; [Epub ahead of print].

Indication alerts intercept drug name confusion errors during computerized entry of medication orders.

Galanter WL, Bryson ML, Falck S, et al. PLoS One. 2014;9:e101977.

Mentorship for newly appointed physicians: a strategy for enhancing patient safety?

Harrison R, McClean S, Lawton R, Wright J, Kay C. J Patient Saf. 2014;10:159-167.

Nighttime cross-coverage is associated with decreased intensive care unit mortality. A single-center study.

Kajdacsy-Balla Amaral AC, Barros BS, Barros CC, Innes C, Pinto R, Rubenfeld GD. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2014;189:1395-1401.

Older folks in hospitals: the contributing factors and recommendations for incident prevention.

Mansah M, Griffiths R, Fernandez R, Chang E, Thuy Tran D. J Patient Saf. 2014;10:146-153.

Patients as teachers: a randomised controlled trial on the use of personal stories of harm to raise awareness of patient safety for doctors in training.

Jha V, Buckley H, Gabe R, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2014 Aug 18; [Epub ahead of print].

POPI (Pediatrics: Omission of Prescriptions and Inappropriate prescriptions): development of a tool to identify inappropriate prescribing.

Prot-Labarthe S, Weil T, Angoulvant F, Boulkedid R, Alberti C, Bourdon O. PLoS One. 2014;9:e101171.

Preventable mortality after common urological surgery: failing to rescue?

Sammon JD, Pucheril D, Abdollah F, et al. BJU Int. 2014 Aug 19; [Epub ahead of print].

Safety organizing, emotional exhaustion, and turnover in hospital nursing units.

Vogus TJ, Cooil B, Sitterding M, Everett LQ. Med Care. 2014 Jun 25; [Epub ahead of print].