PERSPECTIVE
African Partnerships for Patient Safety: Lessons Learned
with commentary by Shams B. Syed, MD, MPH, Global Patient Safety, December 2014
This piece describes the evolution of the World Health Organization's African Partnerships for Patient Safety program and its implications for global patient safety improvement.
INTERVIEW
In Conversation With… Rosemary Gibson, MSc
Overuse as a Patient Safety Problem, September 2014
Ms. Gibson is Senior Advisor to The Hastings Center, an editor for JAMA Internal Medicine, and co-author of Wall of Silence and The Treatment Trap. We spoke with her about overuse of medical care and its effect on patient safety.
PERSPECTIVE
Overuse as a Patient Safety Problem
with commentary by Christopher Moriates, MD, Overuse as a Patient Safety Problem, September 2014
This piece describes the emergence of medical care overuse as a patient safety issue and relates efforts to change clinician behaviors to prevent overtreatment.
INTERVIEW
In Conversation With… Urmimala Sarkar, MD, MPH
Safety in the Ambulatory Setting, July-August 2014
Dr. Sarkar is an associate professor of medicine at UCSF whose research has focused on ambulatory patient safety, including missed and delayed diagnosis, adverse drug events, and monitoring failures for outpatients with chronic diseases. We spoke with her about patient safety in the ambulatory setting.
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Beyond the Hospital: the New Frontier of Patient Safety
with commentary by Margaret Plews-Ogan, MD, MS, Safety in the Ambulatory Setting, July-August 2014
This piece describes the new landscape of patient safety in outpatient care, including elements adapted from hospital settings and the growing evidence base for ambulatory-specific efforts.
INTERVIEW
In Conversation With… Dave deBronkart
Patient Advocacy, June 2014
Dave deBronkart, known as e-Patient Dave, is a co-founder and co-chair of the Society for Participatory Medicine and coauthor of Let Patients Help: A Patient Engagement Handbook. We spoke with him about engaging patients in their care and allowing patients to access their medical records.
PERSPECTIVE
Patient Advocacy in Patient Safety: Have Things Changed?
with commentary by Helen Haskell, MA, Patient Advocacy, June 2014
This piece describes the evolution of the patient advocacy movement, including the events that spurred it, resulting reforms, and the impact of online access to medical information.
INTERVIEW
In Conversation With… Didier Pittet, MD, MS
Hand Hygiene, May 2014
Dr. Pittet is Director of the Infection Control Programme and WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety at the University of Geneva Hospitals, Switzerland. We spoke with him about hand hygiene in health care, including how to implement culture change and improve safety.
PERSPECTIVE
Innovations in Promoting Hand Hygiene Compliance
with commentary by Alexandre R. Marra, MD and Michael B. Edmond, MD, MPH, MPA , Hand Hygiene, May 2014
This piece describes barriers to hand hygiene compliance in health care along with strategies to enhance and measure it.
INTERVIEW
In Conversation With… Tejal K. Gandhi, MD, MPH
National Organizations in Safety, April 2014
Dr. Gandhi is President of the National Patient Safety Foundation and Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. We spoke with her about NPSF's evolving role in enhancing health care at a national level.
INTERVIEW
In Conversation With… Leah Binder, MA, MGA
National Organizations in Safety, April 2014
Leah Binder is President and CEO of the Leapfrog Group. We spoke with her about Leapfrog's efforts to address key health policy issues and the development of the Hospital Safety Score.
INTERVIEW
In Conversation With… Alison Holmes, MD, MPH
Infection Prevention and Patient Safety, March 2014
Dr. Holmes is Director of Infection Prevention and Control and a professor at Imperial College London. We spoke with her about infection prevention and patient safety.
PERSPECTIVE
How Does Infection Prevention Fit Into a Safety Program?
with commentary by Susan S. Huang, MD, MPH, Infection Prevention and Patient Safety, March 2014
This piece describes the history around efforts to address preventable health care–associated infections, including federal initiatives and further research avenues to consider.
INTERVIEW
In Conversation With… Enrico Coiera, MB, BS, PhD
Interruptions and Distractions in Health Care, February 2014
Dr. Coiera, a professor at the University of New South Wales, has extensively researched and written about clinical communication processes and information systems. We spoke with him about how interruptions and distractions in the clinical environment influence patient safety.
PERSPECTIVE
Interruptions and Distractions in Health Care: Improved Safety With Mindfulness
with commentary by Suzanne Beyea, RN, PhD, Interruptions and Distractions in Health Care, February 2014
This piece describes the research around the effect of interruptions and distractions on health care safety and advocates for promoting and teaching mindfulness to address risks.
INTERVIEW
In Conversation With… Hardeep Singh, MD, MPH
Patient Safety Research, December 2013
Dr. Singh has conducted extensive multidisciplinary research supported by the VA, AHRQ, and NIH and is now a nationally recognized expert in electronic health record–related patient safety issues and diagnostic errors. We spoke with him about becoming a patient safety researcher.
PERSPECTIVE
Promising Areas for Patient Safety Research
with commentary by P. Jeffrey Brady, MD, MPH; William B. Munier, MD, MBA; Irim Azam, MPH, Patient Safety Research, December 2013
This piece, written by three leaders in AHRQ's research portfolio, covers future avenues for patient safety research and reviews current AHRQ projects.
INTERVIEW
In Conversation With… Rebecca Smith-Bindman, MD
Safety in Radiology, October 2013
Dr. Smith-Bindman is a national leader in the impact of radiologic testing on patient outcomes, and in the safety of radiographic imaging.
PERSPECTIVE
Safety in Radiology
with commentary by Antonio Pinto, MD, PhD, Safety in Radiology, October 2013
This piece explores how to mitigate risks associated with radiology procedures.
INTERVIEW
In Conversation With… Sidney Dekker, MA, MSc, PhD
Update on Just Culture, September 2013
Professor Sidney Dekker has done revolutionary work on human error and safety and written several bestselling books on system failure and just culture.
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