Patient safety in the clinical laboratory: a longitudi- nal analysis of specimen identification errors. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2006;130:1662-8.Wagar EA,Tamashiro L,Yasin B,et al.Patient Safety in the Clinical Laboratory:A Longitudinal Analysis of Specimen Identification Errors. Archives of Pathology...
As a consequence, laboratory testing is an important source of medical errors that affects patient safety. The importance of quality management and error reduction has always been recognized in laboratory medicine, and in many ways, the laboratory has been ahead of other health care areas in its ...
healthcare services from patients’ perspectives and may support evaluation of the effectiveness, safety, and efficiency of healthcare provision [14,15]. However, validity and reliability criteria of PREMs are often indadequatly investigated before clinical application of the PREMs, potentially leading...
This material was also supported by grant CIN13-413 for the use of facilities and resources of the Houston Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety. Role of the Sponsor/Funder: This work was conducted under a data use ...
The impact of poor communication among nurses can be detrimental to the quality of care, nursing practices, and safety, which suggests that communication competence is a required skill in the nursing profession. The aim of this review was to explore communication strategies in nurse-patient ...
For those of you who care about patient safety and live in Washington, I would really appreciate it if you’d place a short call to your state legislator saying just: “I support the proposed changes to the wrongful death law.” The laws in question areSB 5747andHB 2262. You can get ...
Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are frequently used in a variety of settings, including clinical trials and clinical practice. The definition of PRO and quality of life (QOL) and their relationship have been concluded through discussions among experts that has been the premise of PRO guidelines ar...
This randomized clinical trial evaluates the effect of a communication-priming intervention designed to increase patient-reported goals-of-care
The meeting intended to update the ten-year-old safety guidelines for the application of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) in research and clinical settings (Rossi et al., 2009). Therefore, only emerging and new issues are covered in detail, leaving still valid the 2009 recommendations ...
Case reports and observational studies continue to report adverse events from medical errors. However, despite considerable attention to patient safety in the popular media, this topic is not a regular component of medical education, and much research ne