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Adverse Event Investigations Require Focus on Just Culture, Improvements
Adverse events are learning opportunities, but the benefits depend on conducting an optimal investigation that adheres to best practices. Adhering to tenets of just culture and avoiding assumptions are key to yielding the greatest improvements.
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New Dashboard Aggregates Hospital Safety Data
The Health and Human Services (HHS) National Action Alliance for Patient and Workforce Safety has launched the National Healthcare Safety Dashboard, which aggregates hospital safety data from four primary measurement sources.
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OR Fire Lawsuit Shows Risk of Major Liability
A hospital in Oregon is facing a $900,000 lawsuit after a man’s face caught fire during surgery, highlighting the continuing risks of operating room fires and the substantial liability that can result.
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Key Players Have Different Investigation Roles
When investigating adverse events, it is important for each team member to understand their roles.
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Researchers Face Many Ethical Challenges with HEALthy Brain and Child Development Study
The HEALthy Brain and Child Development study is looking at the effect of various prenatal and postnatal exposures on pediatric brain and behavioral development. To answer important questions about early life influences on developmental trajectories, researchers are recruiting a large cohort of pregnant individuals. Some participants have substance use disorders.
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Policies for Vulnerable Research Participants Vary at U.S. Academic Institutions
When conducting clinical trials involving vulnerable participants, researchers are ethically and legally obligated to protect them from harm. But what policies do academic institutions have for protecting vulnerable human research subjects?
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Ethical Concerns if Surrogates Report Decisional Conflict
Surrogates face challenging decisions on life-sustaining treatments in the intensive care unit setting. Those with decisional conflict reported poor medical understanding, suboptimal support, and lack of clarity about patients’ treatment preferences.
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Who Is the ‘Correct’ Decision-Maker? Legal, Ethical Definitions May Conflict
From an ethical standpoint, it may be clear to everyone concerned that a particular individual is the correct surrogate decision-maker. However, from a legal standpoint, it can be a different story.
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Advance Care Planning Boosted with Machine Learning Models
Patients who engage in advance care planning conversations are more likely to receive end-of-life care consistent with their wishes. A major challenge is accurately predicting when a patient is near the end of life. This is an area where machine learning models can help.
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Social Determinants of Health Affect Caregivers’ Coping Strategies
Caregivers with poor coping skills may struggle with stress, anxiety, and depression — all risk factors for poor health outcomes. Caregivers facing higher social determinants of health risks (such as limited financial resources or lack of access to quality healthcare) may have diminished capacity to cope with stressors.