Patient Safety & Quality
A Prescription for Enhancing Electronic Prescribing Safety
13 Dec, 2018 | 23:51h | UTCA Prescription for Enhancing Electronic Prescribing Safety – Health Affairs (free)
Commentary: A prescription for enhancing electronic prescribing safety – PSNet (free)
Cohort Study: Death and Readmissions After Hospital Discharge During the December Holiday Period
13 Dec, 2018 | 19:55h | UTCCommentary: Hospital discharge during December holidays tied to more readmissions, deaths – Reuters (free)
Guideline: Infection Prevention in the Operating Room Anesthesia Work Area
13 Dec, 2018 | 19:49h | UTCCommentary: New guidance focuses on reducing infections in anesthesiology – Healio (free registration required)
Report: Medication Administration Errors and Mortality
13 Dec, 2018 | 19:48h | UTCCommentary: New study sheds light on medication administration errors leading to death — omission is a common cause – University of Eastern Finland (free)
Study: Patient Safety After Implementation of a Coproduced Family Centered Communication Programme
13 Dec, 2018 | 19:42h | UTCCommentaries: Ensure that the family’s voice is heard first and last, and in their own words – The BMJ Opinion (free) AND Improving patient safety? Ask the patient – The BMJ Opinion (free) AND A new way to curb harmful medical errors: talk more to patients and families – STAT (free)
Study: Patients Nondisclosure of Medically Relevant Information to Clinicians
13 Dec, 2018 | 19:17h | UTCCommentaries: Threats to the Validity of the Clinical Interview: Can Anything Be Done? – JAMA Network Open (free) AND Patients often withhold relevant information from doctors – Reuters (free) AND Most Patients Have Held Back the Truth From Doctors, JAMA Results Show – AJMC (free) AND Why patients lie to their doctors – University of Utah Health (free) AND Majority of Patients Withhold Important Information From Their Health Care Providers – MedicalResearch.com (free)
Review: Health Care-associated Infections
13 Dec, 2018 | 19:04h | UTCHealth care-associated infections – an overview – Infection and Drug Resistance (free)
Review: Anesthesia Interventions that Alter Perioperative Mortality
7 Dec, 2018 | 02:16h | UTCAnesthesia interventions that alter perioperative mortality: a scoping review – Systematic Reviews (free)
Study: Low Nurse Staffing Linked to Increased Risk of Inpatient Death
7 Dec, 2018 | 02:03h | UTCCommentaries: Lack of nurses linked to increased risk of patient death – OnMedica (free) AND Low Nurse Staffing Increases Risk for Inpatient Death – Medscape (free registration required)
Perspective: Understanding Organisational Culture for Healthcare Quality Improvement
7 Dec, 2018 | 01:13h | UTCUnderstanding organisational culture for healthcare quality improvement – The BMJ (free)
Perspective: Why Hospitals Should Let You Sleep
4 Dec, 2018 | 00:02h | UTCWhy Hospitals Should Let You Sleep – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
“Frequent disruptions are more than just annoying for patients. They can also cause harm.”
Investigation: The Implant Files
30 Nov, 2018 | 02:01h | UTCImplant Files – The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (free articles)
News Releases: Medical Devices Harm Patients Worldwide As Governments Fail On Safety (free) AND ICIJ publishes new investigation: the Implant Files (free) AND About The Implant Files Investigation (free)
Commentaries: How lobbying blocked European safety checks for dangerous medical implants – The BMJ (free) AND Revealed: faulty medical implants harm patients around world – The Guardian (free) AND Medical device rules need ‘drastic change’ to protect patients – BBC (free)
Study: Intravenous Catheter-Related Adverse Events Exceed Drug-Related Adverse Events in Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy
22 Nov, 2018 | 21:35h | UTC
Study: Association of Nurse Workload With Missed Nursing Care in the Neonatal ICU
22 Nov, 2018 | 21:21h | UTCAssociation of Nurse Workload With Missed Nursing Care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit – JAMA Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: How nurses rate daily job difficulty plays key role in patient care – Ohio State University (free)
Ten Tips for Advancing a Culture of Improvement in Primary Care
18 Nov, 2018 | 00:12h | UTCTen tips for advancing a culture of improvement in primary care – BMJ Quality & Safety (free)
Perspective: Are Medical Errors a Huge Problem That’s Simple to Fix?
16 Nov, 2018 | 02:55h | UTCBenjamin Mazer: Are medical errors a huge problem that’s simple to fix? – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Randomized Trial: Effect of a Pharmacist-Led Educational Intervention on Inappropriate Medication Prescriptions in Older Adults
16 Nov, 2018 | 02:24h | UTCEffect of a Pharmacist-Led Educational Intervention on Inappropriate Medication Prescriptions in Older Adults: The D-PRESCRIBE Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Video Summary: Effect of a Pharmacist-Led Intervention on Inappropriate Prescriptions in Older Adults (free)
Perspective: Accreditation, Quality, and Making Hospital Care Better
5 Nov, 2018 | 12:07h | UTCAccreditation, Quality, and Making Hospital Care Better – JAMA Forum (free)
Related: Questioning One of Healthcare’s Sacred Cows – Op-Med (free)
See Original Study: Hospital Accreditation not Associated with Better Outcomes in Observational Study (free study and commentaries)
Perspective: Surgical Value — Beyond Bundled Payments
2 Nov, 2018 | 03:22h | UTCSurgical Value — Beyond Bundled Payments – NEJM Catalyst (free)
Physician Burnout Costs up to $17B a Year, Task Force Says
2 Nov, 2018 | 02:20h | UTCPhysician burnout costs up to $17B a year, task force says – HealthcareDive (free)
Related Position Paper: The Business Case for Humanity in Healthcare – National Taskforce for Humanity in Healthcare (free PDF)
Related: Systematic Review: Prevalence of Burnout Among Physicians (link to abstract and commentaries) AND Implementing Optimal Team-Based Care to Reduce Clinician Burnout (free review and commentaries) AND Association Between Physician Burnout and Patient Safety, Professionalism, and Patient Satisfaction (link to abstract and commentaries) AND Physician Burnout Can Lead to Major Medical Errors (link to abstract and commentaries) AND The Burnout Crisis in American Medicine (free perspectives on the subject)
Hospital Accreditation not Associated with Better Outcomes in Observational Study
26 Oct, 2018 | 01:42h | UTCCommentaries: Joint Commission accreditation doesn’t lead to better outcomes, study shows – Modern Healthcare (free) AND Doubt cast on value of hospital accreditation in Harvard study – Healthcare Dive (free)
Review: Enhanced Recovery in Surgical Intensive Care
19 Oct, 2018 | 00:12h | UTCEnhanced Recovery in Surgical Intensive Care: A Review – Frontiers in Medicine (free)
Perspective: What Should we Stop Doing in the ICU?
16 Oct, 2018 | 23:36h | UTCWhat should we stop doing in the ICU? – ICU Management & Practice (free)
Study: Unapproved Pharmaceutical Ingredients Included in Dietary Supplements
16 Oct, 2018 | 23:07h | UTCEditorial: The FDA and Adulterated Supplements—Dereliction of Duty – JAMA Network Open (free)
Commentaries: Nearly 800 dietary supplements contained unapproved drug ingredients, study finds – CNN (free) AND No Wonder It Works So Well – NPR (free) AND Hundreds of Dietary Supplements Are Tainted with Prescription Drugs – Scientific American (free) AND Hundreds of health, weight loss products contain unapproved ingredients: Study – UPI (free) AND Some dietary supplements contain potentially harmful drugs – Reuters (free)
Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews: Incidence, Causes, and Consequences of Preventable Adverse Drug Reactions Occurring in Inpatients
16 Oct, 2018 | 21:31h | UTC