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Tell Staff How Safety Reports Made a Difference
Hospital staff will report safety concerns more when they are informed of how their previous reports helped improve patient safety, according to a recent report from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
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Speech Recognition Errors Can Make EHRs Unreliable
Be aware that speech recognition software can introduce errors to the medical record. Errors can threaten patient safety and increase liability.
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Are You Really Getting the Premium You Deserve?
If you are too modest about your patient safety efforts, you may not be getting the best premiums for your medical malpractice insurance.
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Perinatal Safety Requires Teamwork, Best Practices
Team training of obstetrical unit physicians, along with improved use of standardized best practices, can significantly reduce the risk of perinatal harm, a researcher suggests.
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Two Newborns Misidentified Every Day in PA
An average of nearly two newborn misidentification events occur daily in Pennsylvania, according to estimates from the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority.
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Paper: Multiple Cases of Newborn Mix-up Reported
An investigation by The Daily Telegraph in Sydney, Australia, uncovered at least 26 cases in which babies were wrongly identified have occurred in New South Wales public maternity wards in three years.
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Patient ID a Top Source of Error; Newborns High Risk
Wrong-patient errors linked to identification are significant and may correlate with increasing patient volume and frequent handoffs among providers, plus increased data sharing, research indicates.
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Safety Huddles Produce Results If They Are Controlled and Monitored
After a year of regular safety huddles at Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown, NY, reporting of incidents has increased 51%, and participants reported more than 1,500 issues of concern.
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Improving Care Coordination for Substance Abuse Patients
There has been significant discussion in recent years about the importance of providing a “warm handoff” to patients who present to the ED with substance abuse problems.
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Case Managers Help Mentally Ill Youth with Transition Challenges
Case managers can help youth with mental illnesses transition into adult mental health services.