Patient Safety & Quality
Review | The hidden pandemic: the cost of postoperative complications.
6 Sep, 2022 | 14:13h | UTCThe Hidden Pandemic: the Cost of Postoperative Complications – Current Anesthesiology Reports
RCT | Daily written care summaries for families of critically ill patients.
5 Sep, 2022 | 14:12h | UTCEditorial: More Documentation? Who Needs It? – Critical Care Medicine
Systematic Review | Predictors of burnout among healthcare providers.
31 Aug, 2022 | 11:50h | UTCPredictors of burnout among US healthcare providers: a systematic review – BMJ Open
Commentary on Twitter
Workload, work/life balance, job autonomy and perceived support from leadership, have strong associations with risk for burnout in US healthcare providers. https://t.co/GjseiefjM7 pic.twitter.com/uisEcTs7Lk
— BMJ_Open (@BMJ_Open) August 25, 2022
Systematic Review | There is little evidence to guide interventions for preventing and reducing the use of physical restraints on older people in general hospital settings.
29 Aug, 2022 | 12:01h | UTC
Perspective | Double trouble with double-booking: limitations and dangers of overlapping surgery.
26 Aug, 2022 | 13:22h | UTCRelated:
Review | The effect of overlapping surgical scheduling on operating theatre productivity.
Study: Association of Overlapping Surgery with Perioperative Outcomes
Cyberattacks: what radiology IT departments must do now.
22 Aug, 2022 | 12:00h | UTCCyberattacks: What Radiology IT Departments Must Do Now – Diagnostic Imaging
Trauma care in older people: charting a path from outlier to excellence.
11 Aug, 2022 | 12:16h | UTCTrauma care in older people: charting a path from outlier to excellence – Age and Ageing
Viewpoint | Making electronic health records both SAFER and SMARTER.
10 Aug, 2022 | 15:28h | UTCMaking Electronic Health Records Both SAFER and SMARTER – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Author Interview: Making Electronic Health Records More Supportive for Clinicians – JAMA
Commentary: Opinion: physicians need to use smarter, safer EHRS – healthleaders
Related:
The EMR has changed the doctor-patient duet into a ménage-à-trois – STAT
The future of electronic health records – Nature
Viewpoint | Deimplementation of low-value care in surgery.
4 Aug, 2022 | 14:43h | UTCDeimplementation of Low-Value Care in Surgery – JAMA Surgery (free for a limited period)
M-A | Perioperative care bundles for the prevention of surgical-site infections.
2 Aug, 2022 | 12:30h | UTC
Cross-Sectional Study | Association of registered nurse staffing with mortality risk in hospitalized patients with sepsis.
27 Jul, 2022 | 12:16h | UTCCommentaries:
Greater Nurse Staffing Tied to Better Sepsis Outcomes – HealthDay
Reduced Sepsis Mortality Risk Seen With High Nurse Staffing – AJMC
Review | The effect of overlapping surgical scheduling on operating theatre productivity.
27 Jul, 2022 | 12:03h | UTC
Cohort Study | Association of anesthesiologist staffing ratio with surgical patient morbidity and mortality.
22 Jul, 2022 | 11:46h | UTCAssociation of Anesthesiologist Staffing Ratio With Surgical Patient Morbidity and Mortality – JAMA Surgery (free for a limited period)
Author Interview: Anesthesiologist Staffing Ratio and Surgical Patient Morbidity and Mortality – JAMA
News Release: Surgery risks go up depending upon the anesthesiologist’s workload – University of Michigan
Commentaries:
Understaffing in Anesthesiology Linked to Patient Deaths, Complications — Higher morbidity, mortality rates tied to anesthesia docs covering 3 to 4 overlapping surgeries – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Overworked Anesthesiologists Can Put Surgical Patients at Risk – HealthDay
M-A | Costs of multimorbidity.
20 Jul, 2022 | 12:06h | UTCCosts of multimorbidity: a systematic review and meta-analyses – BMC Medicine
Related:
Systematic review of high-cost patients’ characteristics and healthcare utilization – BMJ Open
Multimorbidity: a priority for global health research – The Academy of Medical Sciences
The global burden of multiple chronic conditions: A narrative review – Preventive Medicine Reports
Redesigning Care for High-Cost, High-Risk Patients – Harvard Business Review
Multimorbidity: clinical assessment and management – NICE Guideline
Richard Smith: The challenge of high need, high cost patients – The BMJ Blogs
Better Care for People with Complex Needs – Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Review | Improving the intensive care experience from the perspectives of different stakeholders.
19 Jul, 2022 | 13:51h | UTC
Evidence for Nursing: new evidence and resources.
19 Jul, 2022 | 13:46h | UTCEvidence for Nursing: new evidence and resources – July 2022 – Evidently Cochrane
ESGE Position Paper | Reducing the environmental footprint of gastrointestinal endoscopy.
18 Jul, 2022 | 11:24h | UTC
ESC Consensus Statement | Digital health in older adults for the prevention and management of cardiovascular diseases and frailty.
13 Jul, 2022 | 11:42h | UTC
Action guidance for addressing pollution from inhalational anesthetics.
7 Jul, 2022 | 12:51h | UTCAction guidance for addressing pollution from inhalational anaesthetics – Anaesthesia
Related:
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
Perspective | The future of intensive care: delirium should no longer be an issue.
7 Jul, 2022 | 12:28h | UTCThe future of intensive care: delirium should no longer be an issue – Critical Care
Commentary on Twitter
The future of intensive care: delirium should
no longer be an issue
Excellent review by @KatarzynaKotfis @markvdboogaard @WesElyMD https://t.co/KEb6MngpRg pic.twitter.com/yfkgKEZQCS— Peter Nydahl (@NydahlPeter) July 6, 2022
Under a http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ license
Anesthesia Patient Safety | Next steps to improve worldwide perioperative safety by 2030.
5 Jul, 2022 | 11:51h | UTCEditorial: Anesthesia Patient Safety: Still a Long Way to Go – Anesthesia & Analgesia
M-A | Effectiveness of integrating primary healthcare in aftercare for older patients after discharge from tertiary hospitals.
5 Jul, 2022 | 11:44h | UTCHow doctors manage conflicts with families of critically ill patients during conversations about end-of-life decisions in neonatal, pediatric, and adult intensive care.
4 Jul, 2022 | 12:13h | UTCRCT: Effect of a community health worker intervention on acute care use, advance care planning, and patient-reported outcomes among adults with advanced stages of cancer.
1 Jul, 2022 | 10:58h | UTCEffect of a Community Health Worker Intervention on Acute Care Use, Advance Care Planning, and Patient-Reported Outcomes Among Adults With Advanced Stages of Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Oncology (free for a limited period)
See also: Visual Abstract
M-A: Comparison of mortality and hospital readmissions among patients receiving virtual ward transitional care vs. usual postdischarge care.
29 Jun, 2022 | 12:06h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
In this systematic review and meta-analysis of 24 RCTs, post-discharge virtual ward care was associated with reduced all-cause mortality, hospital readmission, and healthcare costs in patients with heart failure. https://t.co/yMx7F52L5S
— JAMA Network Open (@JAMANetworkOpen) June 28, 2022