Category: Quality

Anticoagulant medication errors in hospitals and primary care: a cross-sectional study.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Dreijer AR, Diepstraten J, Bukkems VE, et al. Int J Qual Health Care. 2018 Aug 25; [Epub ahead of print].

An analysis of adverse events in the rehabilitation department: using the Veterans Affairs root cause analysis system.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Hagley GW, Mills PD, Shiner B, Hemphill RR. Phys Ther. 2018;98:223-230.

Blame: what does it look like?

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Duthie EA. Nurs Manage. 2018;49:18-21.

Analysis of medication therapy discontinuation orders in new electronic prescriptions and opportunities for implementing CancelRx.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Yang Y, Ward-Charlerie S, Kashyap N, DeMayo R, Agresta T, Green J. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2018;25:1516-1523.

Leveraging the continuum: a novel approach to meeting quality improvement and patient safety competency requirements across a large department of medicine.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Myers JS, Bellini LM. Acad Med. 2018;93:1321-1325.

Losing Laura.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

DeMarco P. Globe Magazine. November 3, 2018.

Bachelor’s degree nurse graduates report better quality and safety educational preparedness than associate degree graduates.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Djukic M, Stimpfel AW, Kovner C. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2018 Oct 15; [Epub ahead of print].

“Change is what can actually make the tough times better”: a patient-centred patient safety intervention delivered in collaboration with hospital volunteers.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Louch G, Mohammed MA, Hughes L, O’Hara J. Health Expect. 2018 Oct 21; [Epub ahead of print].

What we can do about maternal mortality—and how to do it quickly.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Mann S, Hollier LM, McKay K, Brown H. N Engl J Med. 2018;379:1689-1691.

Changes in prevalence of health care–associated infections in U.S. hospitals.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Magill SS, O’Leary E, Janelle SJ, et al; Emerging Infections Program Hospital Prevalence Survey Team. N Engl J Med. 2018;379:1732-1744.