Category: Quality

Improving patient safety in developing countries—moving towards an integrated approach.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Elmontsri M, Banarsee R, Majeed A. JRSM Open. 2018;9:2054270418786112.

Diagnostic heuristics in dermatology—part 1 and part 2.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Lowenstein EJ, Sidlow R. Br J Dermatol. 2018;179:1263-1269;1270-1276.

Decreasing surgical site infections by developing a high reliability culture.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Pettis AM. AORN J. 2018;108:644-650.

Systematic review of computerized prescriber order entry and clinical decision support.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Vélez-Díaz-Pallarés M, Pérez-Menéndez-Conde C, Bermejo-Vicedo T. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2018;75:1909-1921.

A partially structured postoperative handoff protocol improves communication in 2 mixed surgical intensive care units: findings from the Handoffs and Transitions in Critical Care (HATRICC) prospective cohort study.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Lane-Fall MB, Pascual JL, Peifer HG, et al; HATRICC study team. Ann Surg. 2018 Nov 29; [Epub ahead of print].

Appropriateness of outpatient antibiotic prescribing among privately insured US patients: ICD-10-CM based cross sectional study.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Chua KP, Fischer MA, Linder JA. BMJ. 2019;364:k5092.

Association of pharmaceutical industry marketing of opioid products with mortality from opioid-related overdoses.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Hadland SE, Rivera-Aguirre A, Marshall BDL, Cerdá M. JAMA Netw Open. 2019;2:e186007.

Quality improvement priorities for safer out-of-hours palliative care: lessons from a mixed-methods analysis of a national incident-reporting database.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Williams H, Donaldson LJ, Noble S, et al. Palliat Med. 2018 Dec 2; [Epub ahead of print].

Operating room fires.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Jones TS, Black IH, Robinson TN, Jones EL. Anesthesiology. 2019 Jan 10; [Epub ahead of print].

Surgical safety checklists in children’s surgery: surgeons’ attitudes and review of the literature.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Roybal J, Tsao K, Rangel S, Ottosen M, Skarda D, Berman L. Pediatr Qual Saf. 2018;3:e108.