Category: Quality

Communication errors in radiology—pitfalls and how to avoid them.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Waite S, Scott JM, Drexler I, et al. Clin Imaging. 2018;51:266-272.

The national cost of adverse drug events resulting from inappropriate medication-related alert overrides in the United States.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Slight SP, Seger DL, Franz C, Wong A, Bates DW. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2018 Jun 22; [Epub ahead of print].

Transforming concepts in patient safety: a progress report.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Gandhi TK, Kaplan GS, Leape L, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2018 Jul 17; [Epub ahead of print].

Adverse effects of computers during bedside rounds in a critical care unit.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Dhillon NK, Francis SE, Tatum JM, et al. JAMA Surg. 2018 Jul 18; [Epub ahead of print].

Agent of change.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Gale SF. Chief Learning Officer. July/August 2018;17:22-25.

Joint Commission will require hospitals to report percentage of newborns with unexpected complications

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3 things US can learn from world’s organ donation leader: Spain

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Video recordings may improve communication between nurses, physicians

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5 study insights on most common cognitive errors in the ED

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2013 measles outbreak cost New York City $395K, cost analysis shows

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