Category: AHRQ

Putting out fires: a qualitative study exploring the use of patient complaints to drive improvement at three academic hospitals.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Liu JJ, Rotteau L, Bell CM, Shojania KG. BMJ Qual Saf. 2019 May 23; [Epub ahead of print].

Surgeons’ opioid-prescribing habits are hard to kick.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Appleby J, Lucas E. Kaiser Health News. June 21, 2019.

Intravenous infusion administration: a comparative study of practices and errors between the United States and England and their implications for patient safety.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Blandford A, Dykes PC, Franklin BD, et al. Drug Saf. 2019 Jun 13; [Epub ahead of print].

Medication Safety in Key Action Areas.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 2019.

Patterns of opioid administration among opioid-naive inpatients and associations with postdischarge opioid use: a cohort study.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Donohue JM, Kennedy JN, Seymour CW, et al. Ann Intern Med. 2019 Jun 18; [Epub ahead of print].

Teaching medical students to recognise and report errors.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Mohsin SU, Ibrahim Y, Levine D. BMJ Open Qual. 2019;8:e000558.

How often do prescribers include indications in drug orders? Analysis of 4 million outpatient prescriptions.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Salazar A, Karmiy SJ, Forsythe KJ, et al. Am J Health-Syst Pharm. 2019;76:970-979.

The rise of human factors: optimising performance of individuals and teams to improve patients’ outcomes.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Casali G, Cullen W, Lock G. J Thorac Dis. 2019;11(suppl 7):S998-S1008.

Accuracy of computer-aided diagnosis of melanoma: a meta-analysis.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Dick V, Sinz C, Mittlböck M, Kittler H, Tschandl P. JAMA Dermatol. 2019 Jun 19; [Epub ahead of print].

A new approach of assessing patient safety aspects in routine practice using the example of “doctors handwritten prescriptions.”

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Sendlhofer G, Pregartner G, Gombotz V, et al. J Clin Nurs. 2019;28:1242-1250.