American Medical Compliance

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

According to the Emergency Care Research Institute, staffing shortages posed the greatest threat to patient safety in 2022. With staffing shortages expected to worsen in the coming years, finding ways to protect patient safety and combat healthcare-associated infections will improve patient health outcomes.

Patient Safety 52

Patient Safety CDC Operations Outcomes 52

ACEP Now

MAY 9, 2024

It has been well over a year since the controversial publication of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) report on diagnostic errors in the emergency department (ED). Other examples included patients transferred between services whose failure to include complete handover information led to other delays in care.

Research 52

Research Emergency Department Infectious Diseases Hospitals 52

American Medical Compliance

JANUARY 12, 2024

The responsibility of ensuring patient safety has now moved from hospital staff to individual users with access to laser technology, which was previously only available in operating rooms of hospitals. Additionally, research has shown airborne contaminants generated by these surgical devices can be effectively controlled.

Operations 52

Operations Patient Safety Risk Management Hospitals 52

RebelEM

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Interestingly the use of early, empiric cryoprecipitate did impact 28 mortality in the prespecified subgroup of patients with penetrating trauma (16.2% Cryoprecipitate Group: 25.3% OR 0.96; 95% CI 0.75 to 1.23; p = 0.74 vs 10%; OR 1.74; 95% CI 1.20 Cryoprecipitate Group: 25.3% OR 0.96; 95% CI 0.75 to 1.23; p = 0.74

Administration 112

Administration Blood Transfusions Outcomes Hospitals 112

Emergency Medicine Journal

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Aims and Objectives Emergency Department (ED) crowding has dominated discourse around Emergency Medicine (EM) in recent years and is now well recognised as contributing towards patient harm. Recent EM research priorities have advocated identifying means to optimise trainee well-being, retention and recruitment.

Emergency Department 40

Emergency Department Wellness EMS Patient Safety 40

The Injectable Orange

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

After over a decade of research, and billions of dollars of funding, the error rate remains unchanged. There are several perspectives on why patient safety hasn’t improved. We are studying how we foster organisational resilience in order to improve patient safety and support clinicians to provide high quality care.

Patient Safety 52

Patient Safety Research Hospitals 52

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

JULY 27, 2017

AHRQ; Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Patient Safety Network. No author] "Culture of Safety" Patient Safety Primer. AHRQ; Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Patient Safety Network. Readers must verify validity to their own practice.​

Patient Safety 40

Patient Safety Military Research Emergency Nursing 40

Don't Forget the Bubbles

MAY 29, 2023

Explored in seminal research, incivility is described as “ behaviours or mistreatment which violate the workplace norms of mutual respect “ Incivility isn’t just about obvious aggression but can take the form of passive aggression, public beratement, intimidation or habitual interruption. Should I do it?” from one of the team.

Leadership 98

Leadership Patient Safety Academics Research 98

EMDocs

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

One study from the National Bureau of Economic Research on nursing strikes in New York State from 1984 to 2004 found that hospital mortality increased by 19.4% for patients admitted during the strike. The impact of health care strikes on patient mortality: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of observational studies.

Hospitals 76

Hospitals Research Wellness Patient Safety 76

EMDocs

MAY 24, 2023

The goal of MMI-LFL is to improve patient safety, educate physicians and reduce the cost and stress of medical malpractice lawsuits. You should have done some research and followed up on it. Here’s another case from Medical Malpractice Insights – Learning from Lawsuits , a monthly email newsletter for ED physicians.

Radiology 64

Radiology Radiology EKG/ECG Hospitals 64

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

MARCH 22, 2019

She is a clinical researcher at Cabrini Hospital and an Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor at Monash University. You have ambulances ramping and patients queuing at triage. She is a clinical researcher at Cabrini Hospital and an Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor at Monash University.

Emergency Department 52

Emergency Department Documentation/Coding Dislocations Research 52

Life in the Fast Lane

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Pramod Chandru Network Five: Emergency Medicine Conversations Network Five Emergency Medicine Conversations Episode 24 - an interview with Dr Amith Shetty on medical administration, leadership, and more!

Leadership 98

Leadership Administration Patient Safety Research 98

Emergency Medicine Journal

AUGUST 23, 2023

In 2020, 111 First was introduced to triage patients before entry to the ED and to offer direct booking for patients needing ED or urgent care into same-day arrival time slots. 111 First continues to be used post pandemic, but concerns about patient safety, delays or inequities in accessing care have been voiced.

Emergency Department 75

Emergency Department Urgent Care Documentation/Coding Patient Safety 75

RebelEM

JULY 31, 2023

Clinicians and research personnel were unblinded, potentially introducing bias in the study outcomes. Furthermore, researchers observed that operators with fewer than 25 intubations had an absolute risk difference of 26.1%, which decreased to 5.9% (95% CI, -4.1 among operators with over 100 prior intubations.

Operations 86

Operations Outcomes Emergency Department Airway Management 86

EMDocs

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Of the 96 patients (22.6%) who received follow-up imaging, NCCT was done in 28/96 and CECT in 22/96 of the patients. At the same time, newer research has shown that the diagnostic safety despite withholding contrast in abdominal pain may actually be overstated. 4) Utilization of Alternative Imaging Technique Table 5.

Radiology 72

Radiology Radiology Emergency Department Hospitals 72

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

DECEMBER 18, 2014

This is one of 15 articles in the same pdf relating to legal risks of consultations in the E.D.] Patient Safety Ten Patient Safety Commandments A Health System’s view of patients helping their own safety. Memon, A., & Kaliff, J. Memon, A., & Kaliff, J.

Mass Casualty Incidents 40

Mass Casualty Incidents Burns Urgent Care Pediatrics 40

Don't Forget the Bubbles

JANUARY 4, 2024

This retrospective, observational study used data from the UK Trauma Audit & Research Network (TARN) between 2012 and 2021. It also evaluates the real-life impact of the RCR protocols on clinical practice, with a focus on improving patient safety. This may be prevented with early intervention.

Burns 129

Burns Academics Hospitals Outcomes 129

EB Medicine

MAY 3, 2019

Nachi: With the staff notified and the patient searched, the patient should be placed in a room without potentially dangerous items, like tubing or needles. Jeff: Speaking of safety, you will definitely want to engage in safety planning with the patient. Jeff: Great point. US government report) 12.

Emergency Department 40

Emergency Department Psychiatric Documentation/Coding Outcomes 40