How can we improve patient safety?
REPORTS by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) have brought patient safety concerns to the forefront in many health care facilities.THE IOM AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS have said that increased use of technology has the potential to increase patient safety.THIS ARTICLE looks at the reasons behind the increa...
摘要: Research in patient involvement in safety is still in its infancy, though the issue has been discussed for a number of years. In 2002, a pioneering paper by Vincent and Coulter delineated some valuable contributions patients can make to their healthcare safety by (1)...
Ambulance design for patient safety: a comprehensive design study into how patient and ambulance staff safety can be improved. Royal College of Art, 2006.R. Coleman and D. Harrow, "Design for Patient Safety, Future Ambulance: A Comprehensive Design Study into How Patient ...
Improving Patient Safetv-How Can Informatih Technology Help? Drew Cobb at once were considered safe places for patients (ie, health w care facilities) have become potentially deadly. Despite increases in technology and medical knowledge, medical errors have become a major threat to patient safety....
How Studying Human Factors Improves Patient Safety If we reject the notion that humans are primarily at fault when they make errors using equipment and other technologies, and instead examine how humans interact within systems, we can better understand why adverse events occur and how we can ...
Healthcare has always carried inherent risk. Which means, occasionally, someone is harmed. But how we respond to patient harm can be as important as the safety event itself. Organizational efforts to improve those responses have become widely known as Communication and Resolution Programs (C...
Patient safety: how nursing is contributing to the issue? doi:10.9789/2175-5361.2014.v6i2.841-847Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é FundamentalOliveira Nunes, Flávia DanyelleAssuno Barros, Lidiane AndréiaMafra Azevedo, Roseanede Souza Paiva, Sirliane...
Patient monitoring technology has improved a lot in recent years. New advancements help increase efficiency in many areas, like the Critical Care Department and the Medical Surgical floor. The impact of these technical advancements is paramount, as staffing issues within the healthcare industry...
Surgeries can be complex, therefore minimizing device-related interruptions in the operating room is essential for patient safety.Johnson & Johnsondesigns and develops innovative safety tools and implements processes to ensure safe and effective use. For example, the Device Briefing Tool (DBT) developed...