Patient Safety & Quality
AAP Policy Statement: Preventing Home Medication Administration Errors.
3 Nov, 2021 | 09:58h | UTCPreventing Home Medication Administration Errors – Pediatrics
Commentary: Ways to Prevent Children’s Medication Errors at Home – American Academy of Pediatrics
Commentary on Twitter
This policy statement recommends strategies to reduce the incidence of pediatric medication administration errors at home, including those involving prescription and over-the-counter medications, as well as vitamins/supplements: https://t.co/vgqGNqw5NJ #Pediatrics pic.twitter.com/ar4EeZSxs0
— AAP CME Journals (@AAPJournals) November 2, 2021
Systematic Review: Virtual care in patients with cancer.
27 Oct, 2021 | 01:04h | UTCVirtual Care in Patients with Cancer: A Systematic Review – Current Oncology
Health care environmental hygiene: new insights and centers for disease control and prevention guidance.
22 Oct, 2021 | 10:07h | UTC
Health care–acquired infections in low- and middle-income countries and the role of infection prevention and control.
22 Oct, 2021 | 10:09h | UTC
Occupational health update: approach to evaluation of health care personnel and preexposure prophylaxis.
22 Oct, 2021 | 10:06h | UTC
Viewpoint: Surgical overtreatment and shared decision-making—the limits of choice. – “Payment models further incentivize surgical intervention. Fee-for-service payment plans reward surgeons for operating, not for ensuring that surgery is right for a patient”.
17 Oct, 2021 | 21:17h | UTCSurgical Overtreatment and Shared Decision-making—The Limits of Choice – JAMA Surgery (free for a limited period)
Commentary on Twitter
“Adjusting payment models to mitigate financial incentives..to overtreat is a start. However..greater focus should be given to the myriad other causes of overtreatment,” such as triggers of care cascades, write Clapp, Schwarze & @LeeAFleisher. https://t.co/f4mPsnxyVB
— Ben Harder #BlackLivesMatter (@benharder) October 14, 2021
Survey finds patients undergoing medical imaging procedures have overall limited knowledge about medical radiation.
14 Oct, 2021 | 09:46h | UTCPatient Perceptions and Knowledge of Ionizing Radiation From Medical Imaging – JAMA Network Open
Invited commentary: It Is Time to Inform Patients of Medical Imaging Risks – JAMA Network Open
Systematic Review: Music interventions may have beneficial effects on anxiety, depression, hope, pain, and fatigue in adults with cancer.
14 Oct, 2021 | 09:43h | UTC
Real-world data show that filters clean COVID-causing virus from air.
13 Oct, 2021 | 01:43h | UTCReal-world data show that filters clean COVID-causing virus from air – Nature
Original article: The removal of airborne SARS-CoV-2 and other microbial bioaerosols by air filtration on COVID-19 surge units – medRxiv
Commentary on Twitter
Research at a hospital swamped by people with COVID-19 has confirmed that portable air filters effectively remove SARS-CoV-2 particles from the air https://t.co/OT3JKIxWhB
— nature (@Nature) October 11, 2021
ACR Announces New Appropriateness Criteria for Diagnostic Exams.
13 Oct, 2021 | 01:32h | UTCAmerican College of Radiology Announces New Appropriateness Criteria – Medical Device News Magazine
New Guidance: ACR Appropriateness Criteria
Survey finds misperceptions associated with palliative care are widespread – stigma may be perpetuated by those who falsely believe they understand its meaning.
11 Oct, 2021 | 23:54h | UTCPublic knowledge and attitudes concerning palliative care – BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care
Commentary on Twitter
Public misperceptions & stigma around palliative care are significant issues even for very well developed health systems. 29% of Canadian sample believed pall care meant doctors were 'giving up'. https://t.co/gpCFwFrk8z pic.twitter.com/TZsqwdbQnt
— Richard Sullivan (@SullivanProf) October 10, 2021
Opinion | Covid-19 keeps delivering lessons about health care worker burnout. Will we learn them?
8 Oct, 2021 | 10:18h | UTCCovid-19 keeps delivering lessons about health care worker burnout. Will we learn them? – STAT
Commentary on Twitter
Opinion: Delaying the important work of addressing burnout under the guise of "let's just get through this first" does a disservice to health care workers who need support and relief now. https://t.co/21s5NRvhdk
— STAT (@statnews) October 7, 2021
Choosing Wisely: Seven things physicians and residents/patients should question in long term care.
7 Oct, 2021 | 10:31h | UTCSee complete lists of low-value practices: Choosing Wisely U.S. / Choosing Wisely UK / Choosing Wisely Australia AND Choosing Wisely Canada
Addressing Biased Patient Behavior: A Teachable Moment.
5 Oct, 2021 | 08:54h | UTCAddressing Biased Patient Behavior: A Teachable Moment – JAMA Internal Medicine
WHO prioritizes access to diabetes and cancer treatments in new Essential Medicines Lists.
3 Oct, 2021 | 22:46h | UTCNews Release: WHO prioritizes access to diabetes and cancer treatments in new Essential Medicines Lists – World Health Organization
Report: WHO model list of essential medicines – 22nd list, 2021 – World Health Organization
Commentary: For the first time, WHO committee recommends action on high-priced essential medicines – STAT
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
🆕 WHO 2021 Essential Medicines Lists have 20 new medicines for adults & 17 for children, incl. insulin analogues, new oral medicines for diabetes & medicines for cancer treatment https://t.co/LfWwHEZtuM pic.twitter.com/HMFOP8ioBf
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) October 1, 2021
Intensive care triage under exceptional resource scarcity.
3 Oct, 2021 | 22:48h | UTCIntensive care triage under exceptional resource scarcity – Swiss Medical Weekly
Physician Well-being 2.0: Where Are We and Where Are We Going?
3 Oct, 2021 | 22:36h | UTCPhysician Well-being 2.0: Where Are We and Where Are We Going? – Mayo Clinic Proceedings
Related:
[Abstract Only] Assessment of Risk Factors for Suicide Among US Health Care Professionals
Beyond Burnout: Docs Decry ‘Moral Injury’ From Financial Pressures of Health Care
Perspective: Hospital Administration Response to Physician Stress and Burnout
Opinion: It’s Time to Talk About Physician Burnout and Moral Injury
Systematic Review: Effect of Organization-Directed Workplace Interventions on Physician Burnout
Perspective: The 3 Causes Of Physician Burnout (And Why There’s No Simple Solution)
Physician Burnout: A Global Crisis (several resources on the subject)
Fire safety and emergency evacuation guidelines for intensive care units and operating theatres: for use in the event of fire, flood, power cut, oxygen supply failure, noxious gas, structural collapse or other critical incidents.
1 Oct, 2021 | 10:15h | UTC
Saying ‘person with schizophrenia,’ not ‘schizophrenic,’ can affect clinician beliefs, study finds.
1 Oct, 2021 | 10:05h | UTCOriginal article: It’s Time for Counselors to Modify Our Language: It Matters When We Call Our Clients Schizophrenics Versus People With Schizophrenia – Journal of Counseling & Development ($)
A pandemic recap: lessons we have learned.
30 Sep, 2021 | 10:29h | UTCA pandemic recap: lessons we have learned – World Journal of Emergency Surgery
Never Waste a Pandemic: Strategies to Increase Advance Care Planning Now.
29 Sep, 2021 | 10:22h | UTCNever Waste a Pandemic: Strategies to Increase Advance Care Planning Now – Mayo Clinic Proceedings
New analysis shows use and predictors of low-value care in health systems – “Patients at health systems with smaller shares of primary care physicians and without teaching hospitals were more likely to receive low-value services”.
28 Sep, 2021 | 09:08h | UTCNews release: New analysis shows use and predictors of low-value care in health systems nationwide – Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Original study: Low-Value Care at the Actionable Level of Individual Health Systems – JAMA Internal Medicine
Author interview: Low-Value Care at the Actionable Level of Individual Health Systems
Commentary on Twitter
New study measures and reports use of 41 low-value care services + composite measure for 556 health systems across US. More low-value care in systems w ↓ PCPs, w/o major teaching hospital, HQ'ed in South+West, in areas w ↑ healthcare spending https://t.co/0qdkflxwWF
— JAMA Internal Medicine (@JAMAInternalMed) September 27, 2021
Environmental and Occupational Considerations of Anesthesia: A Narrative Review and Update.
26 Sep, 2021 | 21:37h | UTCRelated:
Working toward the triple bottom line in surgery to limit the impact of surgery on the environment
Effects Of Surgery On A Warming Planet: Can Anesthesia Go Green? – NPR
Anaesthetic gases, climate change, and sustainable practice – The Lancet Planetary Health
Greenhouse gases: the choice of volatile anesthetic does matter – Canadian Journal of Anesthesiology
Cochrane Special Collection | De-implementation of low-value health care: resource prioritization in the COVID-19 pandemic era.
23 Sep, 2021 | 10:13h | UTCEditorial: Making wise choices about low‐value health care in the COVID‐19 pandemic – Cochrane Library
Commentary: Choosing health care wisely when resources are scarce – Evidently Cochrane
Commentaries on Twitter
📰Our new editorial @cochranecollab: Making wise choices about low‐value health care in the COVID‐19 pandemic👉https://t.co/qABVg7emRi
Linked Special Collection on low-value care: https://t.co/fstV8P8OQS#FreeAccess pic.twitter.com/h9KZGUm2kp
— Juan Franco 🏳️🌈 (@juan_francomd) September 22, 2021
Sadly, some medical interventions are in use despite evidence against them. With @Cochrane_SH, we have published a Special Collection of Cochrane reviews of Low Value Care interventions and described the issue in an Editorial. We cannot afford wasted HC. https://t.co/PXUhaMZud2
— Karsten Juhl Jørgensen (@KarstenJuhl) September 22, 2021
WHO releases new compendium of innovative health technologies for COVID-19 and other priority diseases.
23 Sep, 2021 | 10:03h | UTC