Patient Safety & Quality
Systematic Review: Impact of Transitional Care Services for Chronically Ill Older Patients
1 Oct, 2017 | 15:19h | UTCImpact of Transitional Care Services for Chronically Ill Older Patients: A Systematic Evidence Review – Journal of The American Geriatrics Society (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Viewpoint: The High Cost of Public Reporting
1 Oct, 2017 | 15:20h | UTCThe High Cost of Public Reporting – The Health Care Blog (free) (RT @CMichaelGibson)
Guideline: Quality standards in upper gastrointestinal endoscopy
1 Oct, 2017 | 15:08h | UTCCommentary: Standards for Upper GI Endoscopy Released – Medscape (free registration required)
Systematic Review: Methods to improve healthcare worker hand hygiene to decrease infection in patient care
30 Sep, 2017 | 13:40h | UTCOriginal article: Interventions to improve hand hygiene compliance in patient care – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Review: New Approaches to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infection
27 Sep, 2017 | 14:44h | UTCNew Approaches to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infection – Clinical Infectious Diseases (free)
Systematic Review: Comprehensive geriatric assessment for older adults admitted to hospital
20 Sep, 2017 | 22:26h | UTCComprehensive geriatric assessment for older adults admitted to hospital – Cochrane Library (free)
Original article: Comprehensive geriatric assessment for older adults admitted to hospital – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Related: Comprehensive assessment may reduce risk of delirium after hip fracture – NIHR Signal (free)
“Older patients are more likely to be alive and in their own homes at follow-up if they received comprehensive geriatric assessment on admission to hospital”.
Review: Ultrasound-guided central venous catheter placement
20 Sep, 2017 | 21:07h | UTC
Review: Common Drug Side Effects and Drug-Drug Interactions in Elderly Adults in Primary Care
20 Sep, 2017 | 20:44h | UTCCommon Drug Side Effects and Drug-Drug Interactions in Elderly Adults in Primary Care – Journal of The American Geriatrics Society, via Medscape (free registration required)
Meta-Analysis: The Weekend Effect in Hospitalized Patients
19 Sep, 2017 | 22:21h | UTCThe Weekend Effect in Hospitalized Patients: A Meta-Analysis – Journal of Hospital Medicine (link to abstract – free full-text PDF via @unpaywall)
Commentary: Review finds evidence for weekend effect on mortality in hospitalized patients – ACP Hospitalist (free)
Related article: Weekends affect mortality risk and chance of discharge in critically ill patients: a retrospective study in the Austrian registry for intensive care – Critical Care (free) AND Commentary: “Weekend effects” in intensive care units – On Medicine (free)
Study: Blood Management Program Reduces Unnecessary Transfusions and Costs
18 Sep, 2017 | 14:54h | UTCImplementing a Health System–wide Patient Blood Management Program with a Clinical Community Approach – Anesthesiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Johns Hopkins Health System Reduces Unnecessary Transfusions With New Blood Management Program (free)
Related: High value quality improvement – High Value Practice Academic Alliance (free)
Guideline: Patient-Clinician Communication in Oncology
16 Sep, 2017 | 18:22h | UTCPatient-Clinician Communication: American Society of Clinical Oncology Consensus Guideline (free)
News release: New Guideline Aims to Improve Clinician Communication With Patients (free)
Systematic Review: Laparoscopic and robotic-assisted versus open radical prostatectomy for the treatment of localised prostate cancer
16 Sep, 2017 | 18:21h | UTCOriginal article: Laparoscopic and robotic-assisted versus open radical prostatectomy for the treatment of localised prostate cancer – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
“Urinary and sexual quality of life-related outcomes appear similar”.
Health Care Providers Can Use Design Thinking to Improve Patient Experiences
14 Sep, 2017 | 18:28h | UTC
Free Online Course: Leading Healthcare Quality and Safety
11 Sep, 2017 | 01:06h | UTCStarts Today! Free Online Course: Leading Healthcare Quality and Safety – The George Washington University and Coursera
11 Drugs You Should Seriously Consider Deprescribing
11 Sep, 2017 | 00:24h | UTC11 Drugs You Should Seriously Consider Deprescribing – Medscape Slideshow (free registration required)
Related: Canadian Deprescribing Network (CaDeN) (free) AND CaDeN Deprescribing Guidelines and Algorithms (free) AND Deprescribing guidelines for the elderly – Ontario Pharmacy Evidence Network (free) AND Deprescribing proton pump inhibitors: Evidence-based clinical practice guideline – Canadian Family Physician (free) AND Too Many Meds? America’s Love Affair With Prescription Medication – Consumer Reports (free) AND Patient often prescribed potentially futile drugs in their final months of life – Science Daily AND The Challenge of Polypharmacy: From Rhetoric to Reality – Royal Pharmaceutical Society and Royal College of General Practitioners Partnership (free PDF) Current and future perspectives on the management of polypharmacy – BMC Family Practice (free)
Should kids be sedated for dental work?
9 Sep, 2017 | 17:18h | UTCShould kids be sedated for dental work? – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Related guideline: Guidelines for Monitoring and Management of Pediatric Patients Before, During, and After Sedation for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures: Update 2016 (free)
Study: Impact of early in-hospital medication review by clinical pharmacists on health services utilization
8 Sep, 2017 | 02:16h | UTCSource: Hospital Medicine Virtual Journal Club
Viewpoint: Public Reporting of Surgical Outcomes: Surgeons, Hospitals, or Both?
8 Sep, 2017 | 02:29h | UTCPublic Reporting of Surgical Outcomes: Surgeons, Hospitals, or Both? – JAMA Forum (free)
Comprehensive geriatric assessment may reduce risk of delirium after hip fracture
6 Sep, 2017 | 18:34h | UTCComprehensive assessment may reduce risk of delirium after hip fracture – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment for Prevention of Delirium After Hip Fracture: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials – Journal of The American Geriatrics society (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
“Comprehensive geriatric assessment reduced the risk of delirium by 20% in patients having hip fracture surgery” (RT @NIHR_DC see Tweet)
Study: A fast and frugal algorithm to strengthen diagnosis and treatment decisions for catheter-associated bacteriuria
4 Sep, 2017 | 14:36h | UTCSource: Hospital Medicine Virtual Journal Club
Viewpoint: Diagnostic Errors and Diagnostic Calibration
1 Sep, 2017 | 20:54h | UTCDiagnostic Errors and Diagnostic Calibration – JAMA (free)
Study: Factors Associated With Choice of Infant Sleep Position
22 Aug, 2017 | 13:07h | UTCFactors Associated With Choice of Infant Sleep Position – Pediatrics (free)
Commentaries: Less than half of mothers place sleeping infants supine – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND Most moms aren’t putting babies to sleep safely, study says – CNN (free) AND Less Than Half of Mothers Report Always Putting Babies to Sleep in Supine Position – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Parents still failing to put babies to sleep on their backs – Reuters (free)
Placing infants in the supine position for sleep reduces the risk of sudden unexpected infant death and has been recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics since 2005. Nevertheless, in this survey only 43,7% of mothers placed their infants exclusively in supine position for sleep.
Opinion: When surgery is just a stitch-up
22 Aug, 2017 | 13:03h | UTCWhen surgery is just a stitch-up – The Guardian (RT @Onisillos see Tweet)
Related article: Use of placebo controls in the evaluation of surgery: systematic review – The BMJ (free)
“With evidence mounting that many minor operations owe their success to the placebo effect, is it time to call a halt to some routine procedures?”
Study: Smoking Cessation Pharmacotherapy Among Smokers Hospitalized for Coronary Heart Disease
22 Aug, 2017 | 13:02h | UTCCommentaries: Smokers hospitalized for heart attacks often don’t get cessation drugs – Reuters (free) AND Smokers Hospitalized for CHD Rarely Receive Cessation Pharmacotherapy During Hospitalization – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)
Guideline: Safe Medication Use in the ICU
21 Aug, 2017 | 01:44h | UTCClinical Practice Guideline: Safe Medication Use in the ICU – Critical Care Medicine (free)
See also: Executive Summary (free)