Category: Quality

When a vital sign leads a country astray—the opioid epidemic.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Chidgey BA, McGinigle KL, McNaull PP. JAMA Surg. 2019 Aug 14; [Epub ahead of print].

From box ticking to the black box: the evolution of operating room safety.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Goldenberg MG, Elterman D. World J Urol. 2019 Jul 30; [Epub ahead of print].

Why doctors still offer treatments that may not help.

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Frakt A. New York Times. August 26, 2019.

Community pharmacy medication review, death and re-admission after hospital discharge: a propensity score-matched cohort study.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Lapointe-Shaw L, Bell C, Austin P, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2019 Aug 8; [Epub ahead of print].

Correlation between hospital finances and quality and safety of patient care.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Akinleye DD, McNutt LA, Lazariu V, McLaughlin CC. PLoS One. 2019;14:e0219124.

Patient safety incidents caused by poor quality surgical instruments.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Dominguez ED, Rocos B. Cureus. 2019;11:e4877.

Is disruptive behavior inherent to the surgeon or the environment? Analysis of 314 events at a single academic medical center.

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Heslin MJ, Singletary BA, Benos KC, Lee LR, Fry C, Lindeman B. Ann Surg. 2019;270:463-472.

Association of electronic health record design and use factors with clinician stress and burnout.

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Kroth PJ, Morioka-Douglas N, Veres S, et al. JAMA Netw Open. 2019;2:e199609.

Time-series analysis of health care–associated infections in a new hospital with all private rooms.

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McDonald EG, Dendukuri N, Frenette C, Lee TC. JAMA Intern Med. 2019 Aug 19; [Epub ahead of print].

Patient Suicide on a Locked Mental Health Unit at the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center, Florida.

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Washington, DC: Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Inspector General. August 22, 2019. Report No. 19-07429-195.