Patient Safety & Quality
Review | Impact of fatigue on anesthesia providers
30 Jan, 2023 | 00:33h | UTCImpact of fatigue on anaesthesia providers: a scoping review – British Journal of Anaesthesia
FDA warns of risks of body sculpting
26 Jan, 2023 | 12:44h | UTCFDA Warns of Risks of Body Sculpting – JAMA
Statement: Non-Invasive Body Contouring Technologies – U.S. Food & Drug Administration
SR | Medication review in hospitalized patients to reduce morbidity and mortality
24 Jan, 2023 | 14:37h | UTCMedication review in hospitalised patients to reduce morbidity and mortality – Cochrane Library
Summary: What are the benefits and risks of medication reviews for hospitalized adults? – Cochrane Library
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
https://twitter.com/tlassers/status/1617499045005758467
Review | Interventions using digital technology to promote family engagement in the adult intensive care unit
19 Jan, 2023 | 13:59h | UTC
Review | Organization-wide approaches to foster effective unit-level efforts to improve clinician well-being
18 Jan, 2023 | 14:19h | UTC
Implementing human factors for patient safety in anesthesia: guidance for clinicians, departments and hospitals
17 Jan, 2023 | 13:33h | UTCSee also: Human factors in anaesthesia: a narrative review – Anaesthesia
News Release: New guidance to reduce human error and improve safety as UK health service struggles – The Association of Anaesthetists
Commentary on Twitter
https://twitter.com/Anaes_Journal/status/1613461758332510208
Cohort Study | Adverse events identified in nearly one in four hospital admissions
15 Jan, 2023 | 20:40h | UTCThe Safety of Inpatient Health Care – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Nearly 1 in 4 Hospital Patients Have Harmful Event During Their Stay – HealthDay
Commentary on Twitter
A retrospective cohort study assessed patient safety in 11 Massachusetts hospitals in 2018. Adverse events were identified in 24% of hospital admissions and preventable adverse events in 7%. https://t.co/o4JM4JbxSF pic.twitter.com/yPSnvXM5IR
— NEJM (@NEJM) January 13, 2023
M-A | Effectiveness of outpatient geriatric rehabilitation after inpatient geriatric rehabilitation or hospitalization
15 Jan, 2023 | 19:48h | UTC
An evidence and consensus-based definition of “Second Victim”
12 Jan, 2023 | 13:21h | UTC
SR | Diagnostic errors in the emergency department
12 Jan, 2023 | 13:19h | UTC
Statement | Pre-procedure and pre-admission COVID-19 testing no longer recommended for asymptomatic patients
11 Jan, 2023 | 14:36h | UTCRecommendation Statement: Asymptomatic screening for severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) as an infection prevention measure in healthcare facilities: Challenges and considerations – Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
Commentary: Infectious disease board recommends hospitals stop screening asymptomatic patients for Covid-19 – STAT
Opinion | Minimizing administrative harm: a key step to improving health care.
29 Nov, 2022 | 14:21h | UTCMinimizing administrative harm: a key step to improving health care – STAT
Towards zero carbon healthcare: anesthesia.
25 Nov, 2022 | 12:28h | UTCTowards zero carbon healthcare: anaesthesia – The BMJ
Related:
Action guidance for addressing pollution from inhalational anaesthetics – Anaesthesia
Inhaled anaesthesia and analgesia contribute to climate change – The BMJ
Working Toward the Triple Bottom Line in Surgery – NEJM Catalyst
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
Commentary on Twitter
How can anaesthesia teams mitigate their environmental footprints while still providing high quality care?
This article offers guidance and includes a #BMJInfographic that shows the environmental impact of the most commonly used agents #BMJClimatehttps://t.co/3G5sAVF9Gr pic.twitter.com/gK8WlveOUD
— The BMJ (@bmj_latest) October 17, 2022
AAP Clinical Report | Physician health and wellness.
3 Nov, 2022 | 14:06h | UTCPhysician Health and Wellness – Pediatrics
Related:
M-A | Physicians suffering burnout are twice as likely to be involved in patient safety incidents.
Systematic Review | Predictors of burnout among healthcare providers.
Physician Well-being 2.0: Where Are We and Where Are We Going? – Mayo Clinic Proceedings
Assessment of Risk Factors for Suicide Among US Health Care Professionals
Beyond Burnout: Docs Decry ‘Moral Injury’ From Financial Pressures of Health Care
Hospital administration response to physician stress and burnout – Journal of Hospital Practice
Opinion: It’s Time to Talk About Physician Burnout and Moral Injury
Systematic Review: Effect of Organization-Directed Workplace Interventions on Physician Burnout
The 3 Causes Of Physician Burnout (And Why There’s No Simple Solution) – Forbes
Physician Burnout: A Global Crisis (several other resources on the subject)
Effectiveness of a multidisciplinary program to prevent pressure injuries in children undergoing long-duration surgeries.
3 Nov, 2022 | 13:43h | UTC
Strategies for de-implementation of low-value care—a scoping review.
1 Nov, 2022 | 12:12h | UTCStrategies for de-implementation of low-value care—a scoping review – Implementation Science
Brief Review | Preventing pressure injuries among patients in the intensive care unit.
1 Nov, 2022 | 11:50h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Preventing pressure injuries in #ICU
🎯 knowledge gains/prevention improvements: continuous bedside pressure mapping & prophylactic dressings
🎯 practical suggestions to alleviate PI development: using these as bundle may evidence greater effect#FOAMcc
📎 https://t.co/iGMun2A2PM pic.twitter.com/owgfAlfeqF— Intensive Care Medicine (@yourICM) August 23, 2022
Description of an intervention to increase neuromuscular monitoring for assessing recovery from neuromuscular block.
1 Nov, 2022 | 11:48h | UTCInfographic: Twitch Monitor to Choose? Quantitative Intraoperative Neuromuscular Monitoring – Anesthesiology
Review | The effect of educational interventions in managing nurses’ alarm fatigue.
21 Oct, 2022 | 12:46h | UTC
Viewpoint | Using behavioral economics to decrease operating room costs and promote better surgeon accountability.
29 Sep, 2022 | 13:28h | UTCUsing Behavioral Economics to Decrease Operating Room Costs and Promote Better Surgeon Accountability – JAMA Surgery (free for a limited period)
RCT | A comprehensive geriatric assessment may improve the quality of life in older people starting anticancer treatment.
27 Sep, 2022 | 13:16h | UTCInvited Commentary: Integrating what matters to patients in the care of older adults with cancer – The Lancet Health Longevity
Related:
Commentary from the author on Twitter
Excited that our #INTEGERATE Study RCT on the benefits of comprehensive geriatric assessment and integrated oncogeriatric care has been published. Thank you for your support! @easternhealthau @EHCSMonash @Prof_IanD @ParentePhillip #GeriOnc @LancetLongevity https://t.co/F0ikcg9hnK
— Kheng Soo (@KhengSoo1) August 22, 2022
M-A | Physicians suffering burnout are twice as likely to be involved in patient safety incidents.
26 Sep, 2022 | 12:09h | UTCNews Release: Clinicians suffering burnout are twice as likely to be involved in patient safety incidents – The BMJ
Commentary: Burnout in doctors impacts patient safety finds new international study – University of Manchester
Commentary from the author on Twitter
In physicians, high #burnout is linked with:
🔸2 x👆the risk of a #patientsafety incident
🔹2 x👇 patient satisfaction
🔸2 x👇 professionalism
🔹4 x👇 job satisfaction
🔸3 x👆career choice regret
🔹3 x👆turnover intention
Our review:https://t.co/XFtiLAjKtc @LeedsPsyc
— Judith Johnson (@DrJTJohnson) September 15, 2022
M-A | Efficacy and safety of unrestricted visiting policy for critically ill patients.
21 Sep, 2022 | 13:18h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
https://twitter.com/arianna_gazzato/status/1568138556756860928
M-A | The effectiveness of self-care interventions in chronic illness.
14 Sep, 2022 | 13:03h | UTC
Study finds high diagnostic concordance between telemedicine and in-person visits for most new clinical concerns.
6 Sep, 2022 | 14:37h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Provisional diagnosis established over video telemedicine visits matched the in-person reference standard diagnosis in 87% of cases in study of 2393 patients with video telemedicine consult followed by in-person outpatient visit within 90 days. #OAResearch https://t.co/4edJFQepZR
— JAMA Network Open (@JAMANetworkOpen) September 2, 2022