Jones JH, Treiber LA. Nurse Educ. 2018;43:154-157.
Category: Quality
Four states with robust prescription drug monitoring programs reduced opioid dosages.
Haffajee RL, Mello MM, Zhang F, Zaslavsky AM, Larochelle MR, Wharam JF. Health Aff (Millwood). 2018;37:964-974.
The safety stand-down: a technique for improving and sustaining hand hygiene compliance among health care personnel.
Cunningham D, Brilli RJ, McClead RE Jr, Davis JT. J Patient Saf. 2018;14:107-111.
Using drug knowledgebase information to distinguish between look-alike-sound-alike drugs.
Cheng CM, Salazar A, Amato MG, Lambert BL, Volk LA, Schiff GD. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2018 May 22; [Epub ahead of print].
Diagnostic errors and the bedside clinical examination.
Clark BW, Derakhshan A, Desai SV. Med Clin North Am. 2018;102:453-464.
Empowering patients and agents to help prevent errors with living wills, DNRs, and POLSTs.
Hoffman RM, Mirarchi FL. PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. June 2018;15.
10 Facts on Patient Safety.
Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 2018.
A multi-hospital before–after observational study using a point-prevalence approach with an infusion safety intervention bundle to reduce intravenous medication administration errors.
Schnock KO, Dykes PC, Albert J, et al. Drug Saf. 2018;41:591-602.
Medicare takes aim at boomerang hospitalizations of nursing home patients.
Rau J. Kaiser Health News. June 13, 2018.
Unplanned early hospital readmission among critical care survivors: a mixed methods study of patients and carers.
Donaghy E, Salisbury L, Lone NI, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2018 May 31; [Epub ahead of print].
