Patient Safety & Quality
Medscape National Physician Burnout, Depression & Suicide Report 2019
18 Jan, 2019 | 00:54h | UTCMedscape National Physician Burnout, Depression & Suicide Report 2019 (free registration required)
Commentaries: Burnout Rises Above 50% in Some Specialties, New Survey Shows – Medscape (free registration required) AND No quick fix for physician burnout, depression – Reuters (free) AND More than half of physicians are burned out or depressed – HealthExec (free)
Related Perspectives: Why Physician Burnout Is Endemic, and How Health Care Must Respond – NEJM Catalyst (free) AND Counting the costs: U.S. hospitals feeling the pain of physician burnout – Reuters (free) AND Panic, chronic anxiety and burnout: doctors at breaking point – The Guardian (free) AND The Burnout Crisis in American Medicine – The Atlantic (free) AND Implementing Optimal Team-Based Care to Reduce Clinician Burnout – National Academy of Medicine (free) AND Physician burnout costs up to $17B a year, task force says – HealthcareDive (free)
Related Articles: Physician Burnout Can Lead to Major Medical Errors (link to abstract and commentaries) AND Association Between Physician Burnout and Patient Safety, Professionalism, and Patient Satisfaction (link to abstract and commentaries) AND Systematic Review: Prevalence of Burnout Among Physicians (link to abstract and commentaries)
Perspective: Assessing the Performance of Aging Surgeons
17 Jan, 2019 | 00:13h | UTCAssessing the Performance of Aging Surgeons – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Effect of Early Physician Follow-up on Outcomes After Emergency Care for Heart Failure
16 Jan, 2019 | 00:53h | UTCCommentaries: Heart failure patients need sooner follow-up care – Reuters (free) AND Patients with heart failure have lower risk of death if seen by physician in first 7 days after ED discharge – MedicalXpress (free)
Complications Associated with Invasive Diagnostic Procedures for Lung Abnormalities in the Community Setting
16 Jan, 2019 | 00:41h | UTCComplication Rates and Downstream Medical Costs Associated With Invasive Diagnostic Procedures for Lung Abnormalities in the Community Setting – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Lung cancer screening complications may be higher than expected – Reuters (free)
Program Reduces Objective and Subjective Metrics of Nighttime Hospital Sleep Disruptors
13 Jan, 2019 | 23:16h | UTCCommentary: Hospital SIESTA project reduces inpatient sleep interruptions – University of Chicago Medical Center (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
https://twitter.com/FutureDocs/status/1082713046706020352
Effects of A Communication-And-Resolution Program on Hospitals’ Malpractice Claims and Costs
10 Jan, 2019 | 21:31h | UTCEffects of A Communication-And-Resolution Program on Hospitals’ Malpractice Claims and Costs – Health Affairs (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Study finds hospital communication-and-resolution programs do not expand liability risk – Brigham and Women’s Hospital (free) AND Effects of a communication-and-resolution program on hospitals’ malpractice claims and costs – PSNet (free) AND It’s a win-win: Hospitals should apologize for mistakes – Stanford Law School (free)
Update: Patient Engagement in Safety
10 Jan, 2019 | 21:28h | UTCPatient Engagement in Safety – Patient Safety Network (free)
Cohort Study: International Variation in Radiation Dose for Computed Tomography Examinations
6 Jan, 2019 | 20:22h | UTC
Related Commentary on Twitter
CT scanning doses varied widely across countries, found this study, with variation chiefly driven by how institutions used the machines, rather than by patient or machine manufacturer or model #BMJResearch https://t.co/eKnz6QFaLW pic.twitter.com/OKbqmIi52J
— The BMJ (@bmj_latest) January 3, 2019
Guideline: Health Industry Cybersecurity Practices
4 Jan, 2019 | 20:11h | UTCNews Release: HHS, in Partnership with Industry, Releases Voluntary Cybersecurity Practices for the Health Industry (free)
Commentaries: Assessing the New Cybersecurity Practices Publication: Why Small and Medium-Sized Care Organizations Have Reason to Rejoice – Healthcare Informatics (free) AND HHS releases voluntary cybersecurity guidance – Healthcare IT News (free)
Position Statement: Evidence‐based Nurse Staffing
4 Jan, 2019 | 18:22h | UTCEvidence‐based Nurse Staffing: ICN’s New Position Statement – International Nursing Review (free)
Review: Complications of Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters in Critically Ill Patients
3 Jan, 2019 | 11:20h | UTC
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)