Patient Safety & Quality
WHO Interim Guidance: Clinical Management of COVID-19
28 May, 2020 | 10:02h | UTCClinical management of COVID-19 – World Health Organization
Review: Minimizing SARS-CoV-2 Exposure When Performing Surgical Interventions
28 May, 2020 | 09:42h | UTC
Systematic Review: Early Warning Scores for Detecting Deterioration in Adult Hospital Patients
22 May, 2020 | 04:34h | UTC
Rate of Diagnostic Errors and Related Harms for Major Vascular Events, Infections, and Cancers
21 May, 2020 | 09:14h | UTCCommentary: Misdiagnoses Common, With Permanent Disability, Death for Many – Medscape (free registration required)
Consensus Document: Restarting Planned Surgery in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic
3 May, 2020 | 22:43h | UTCRelated: New Scoring System to Prioritize Medically Necessary Operations (report and commentary)
IDSA Guidelines on Infection Prevention in Patients with Suspected or Known COVID-19
28 Apr, 2020 | 04:47h | UTC
Radiology Department Preparedness for COVID-19: Radiology Scientific Expert Panel
17 Mar, 2020 | 08:47h | UTCRadiology Department Preparedness for COVID-19: Radiology Scientific Expert Panel – Radiology (free)
Commentary: Experts stress radiology preparedness for COVID-19 – Radiology Society of North America (free)
WHO Guidance: Mental Health and Psychosocial Considerations During COVID-19 Outbreak
16 Mar, 2020 | 07:57h | UTCMental Health and Psychosocial Considerations During COVID-19 Outbreak – World Health Organization (free PDF)
Related: The psychological impact of quarantine and how to reduce it: rapid review of the evidence – The Lancet (free) AND Behavioural scientists form new front in battle against coronavirus – The Guardian (free)
“Minimize watching, reading or listening to news that causes you to feel anxious or distressed; seek information only from trusted sources and mainly to take practical steps to prepare your plans and protect yourself and loved ones.”
AHRQ Report: 47 Practices to Improve Patient Safety
11 Mar, 2020 | 08:31h | UTCNews Release: AHRQ Report Reviews 47 Practices To Improve Patient Safety – Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (free)
WHO Guideline: Getting your Workplace Ready for COVID-19
27 Feb, 2020 | 08:40h | UTCGetting your workplace ready for COVID-19 – World Health Organization (free PDF)
Related Guideline: COVID-19: guidance for employers and businesses – Public Health England (free)
“WHO just published guidance on how to prevent the spread of COVID- 19 in a workplace & protect your customers, contractors & employees. We advise these measures to be taken now, even if coronavirus hasn’t arrived in communities where you operate.” (via @DrTedros see Tweet)
Position Paper: Intraoperative Surgical Site Infection Control and Prevention
13 Feb, 2020 | 08:07h | UTCRelated: Guidelines for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infections (free guidelines on the subject)
Virtual Care: Recommendations for Scaling up Virtual Medical Services
12 Feb, 2020 | 07:32h | UTCVirtual care: Recommendations for Scaling up Virtual Medical Services – Canadian Medical Association (free PDF)
News Release: New report: a roadmap to improve virtual care in Canada – Canadian Medical Association (free)
CDC 2019 Core Elements of Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship
21 Nov, 2019 | 10:34h | UTCCDC Page: Core Elements of Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship Programs (free resources)
Commentary: CDC updates ‘core’ antibiotic stewardship elements for hospitals – CIDRAP (free)
Report: Safe Ambulatory Care, Strategies for Patient Safety and Risk Reduction
27 Oct, 2019 | 23:33h | UTCNews Release: ECRI Institute: Diagnostic Tests, Medication Pose Biggest Risks to Patients in Ambulatory Care (free)
Commentaries: ECRI Institute: Top 4 Biggest Risks in Ambulatory Care to Watch – HIT Consultant Media (free) AND Top 5 Patient Safety Risks in Ambulatory Care – Medscape (free registration required)
Consensus Study – Taking Action Against Clinician Burnout: A Systems Approach to Professional Well-Being
24 Oct, 2019 | 08:48h | UTCHomepage: Taking Action Against Clinician Burnout: A Systems Approach to Professional Well-Being – National Academies of Medicine (free resources)
Full Report: Taking Action Against Clinician Burnout: A Systems Approach to Professional Well-Being (free PDF – registration required)
Commentary: Improving the System to Support Clinician Well-being and Provide Better Patient Care – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Author Interview: Improving the System to Support Clinician Well-being and Provide Better Patient Care (free audio)
See also: Report Highlights | Key Messages | Report Recommendations | Press Release | Report Release Slides | Social Media Toolkit
Helping Clinicians and Patients Navigate Electronic Patient Portals: Ethical and Legal Principles
10 Oct, 2019 | 09:12h | UTC
How to Improve Healthcare Improvement—an essay by Mary Dixon-Woods
2 Oct, 2019 | 22:24h | UTCHow to improve healthcare improvement—an essay by Mary Dixon-Woods – The BMJ (free)
Review: Health Problems in Healthcare Workers
2 Oct, 2019 | 22:19h | UTCHealth problems in healthcare workers: A review – Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care (free)
Related: Whole-system approaches to improving the health and wellbeing of healthcare workers: A systematic review – PLOS One (free) AND Healthcare Staff Wellbeing, Burnout, and Patient Safety: A Systematic Review – PLOS One (free)
Systematic Review: Effect of Organization-Directed Workplace Interventions on Physician Burnout
27 Sep, 2019 | 08:22h | UTCRelated: Physician Burnout: A Global Crisis (several resources on the subject)
Position Paper: Withholding and Withdrawing Life-support in Adults in Emergency Care
25 Sep, 2019 | 08:31h | UTC
WHO Campaign: First-ever World Patient Safety Day – September 17, 2019
17 Sep, 2019 | 08:35h | UTCWorld Health Organization Campaign on World Patient Safety Day (free resources)
News Release: WHO calls for urgent action to reduce patient harm in healthcare (free)
See also: Patient Safety Fact Sheet (free) 10 facts on patient safety (free) AND The Lancet Editorial: Patient safety: too little, but not too late (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Today is the first ever #WorldPatientSafetyDay.
No one should be harmed in health care.
Yet, every minute, 5 patients die because of unsafe care.
These deaths can be prevented – simple commitment can ensure safe care 🤝
More 👉 https://t.co/XfHSCYymkd #PatientSafety pic.twitter.com/6km24IUXfc— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) September 17, 2019
Review: Vaccines for Health Care Personnel
13 Sep, 2019 | 08:13h | UTCVaccines for Health Care Personnel – Mayo Clinic Proceedings (free)
Related: Immunization of Health-Care Personnel: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free) AND Vaccination of healthcare workers: A review – Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics (free)
How to Start an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program in a Hospital
28 Aug, 2019 | 02:29h | UTC
Related Commentary on Twitter
New on CMI>
Step by step guidance on how to start an antimicrobial stewardship programme in hospital.
Based on feedback from our readers, this article is now fully open-access.#IDTwitter
Link to the full paper:https://t.co/RJ7cwz65B0 pic.twitter.com/Kpng2tqBoW
— Clinical Microbiology and Infection (@CMIJournal) August 27, 2019
Perspective: Why Doctors Still Offer Treatments That May Not Help
27 Aug, 2019 | 01:55h | UTCWhy Doctors Still Offer Treatments That May Not Help – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Related: When Evidence Says No, But Doctors Say Yes – ProPublica (free) AND Meta-Research: A Comprehensive Review of Randomized Trials Leading to “Medical Reversals” in Three Medical Journals (free) AND 10 Medical Myths We Should Stop Believing. Doctors, Too. – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
A Review on Strategies to Manage Physician Burnout
25 Aug, 2019 | 13:39h | UTCA Review on Strategies to Manage Physician Burnout – Cureus (free)
Related: Physician Burnout: A Global Crisis (several resources on the subject)
Source: Hospital Medicine Virtual Journal Club