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Category: Quality
Top-ranked hospitals demonstrate worse readmission rates for heart failure, study finds
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AFM outbreak up to 116 cases in 31 states, CDC says
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A guide to evaluation of quality improvement and patient safety educational programs: lessons from the VA Chief Resident in Quality and Safety Program.
Butcher RL, Carluzzo KL, Watts BV, Schifferdecker KE. Am J Med Qual. 2018 Sep 8; [Epub ahead of print].
In pursuit of quality and safety: an 8-year study of clinical peer review best practices in US hospitals.
Edwards MT. Int J Qual Health Care. 2018;30:602-607.
FDA Safety Communication: use caution with implanted pumps for intrathecal administration of medicines for pain management.
MedWatch Safety Alert. Silver Spring, MD: US Food and Drug Administration; November 14, 2018.
Dissecting communication barriers in healthcare: a path to enhancing communication resiliency, reliability, and patient safety.
Guttman OT, Lazzara EH, Keebler JR, Webster KLW, Gisick LM, Baker AL. J Patient Saf. 2018 Nov 9; [Epub ahead of print].
Impact of the communication and patient hand-off tool SBAR on patient safety: a systematic review.
Müller M, Jürgens J, Redaèlli M, Klingberg K, Hautz WE, Stock S. BMJ Open. 2018;8:e022202.
Still Failing the Frail.
Simmons-Ritchie D. Penn Live. November 15, 2018.
Silent witnesses: faculty reluctance to report medical students’ professionalism lapses.
Ziring D, Frankel RM, Danoff D, Isaacson JH, Lochnan H. Acad Med. 2018;93:1700-1706.
