Category: Quality

To lower antibiotic prescribing, write letters comparing physicians to their peers

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How UC San Diego researchers are working to fight superbugs

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Why detained migrant children may be at risk for disease outbreaks

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Study: ASCs, physician offices demonstrate equivalent abortion safety

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More than 1 million potential second victims: how many could nursing education prevent?

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Jones JH, Treiber LA. Nurse Educ. 2018;43:154-157.

Four states with robust prescription drug monitoring programs reduced opioid dosages.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Hoffman RM, Mirarchi FL. PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. June 2018;15.