Patient safety measurement tools used in nursing homes: a systematic literature reviewNursing homesOlder adultsPatient safety cultureToolsBackground:An increase in the number of older adults has highlighted the important issue of the safety of residents in nursing homes. This review aimed to review ...
First, publications about validation of measurement tools were appraised for quality following COSMIN criteria. Second, we inventoried all measurement tools and outcome measures found in our search that assessed current transitional patient safety or the effect of interventions targeting transitional patient ...
Background Teamwork is important for improving care across transitions between providers and for increasing patient safety. Chayan,Chakraborti,Romsai,... - 《Journal of General Internal Medicine》 被引量: 118发表: 2008年 What are the facilitators and barriers in physician organizations' use of care...
Technology can help you comply with the 2003 National Patient Safety Goals from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. EDs are beginning to invest in these resources: Bar-coding systems can ensure that patients receive the correct medication. Software can alert physicians wh...
Though measurement of alarm fatigue is difficult, you can at least do informal surveys of stakeholders about the perceived benefit as it pertains to alarm fatigue. Prior Patient Safety Tips of the Week pertaining to alarm-related issues: March 5, 2007 “Disabled Alarms” March 26, 2007 “...
In general, the rela- tively high Cronbach's alpha scores indicate high internal consistency of the measurement tools employed in this study. Results indicate that ICU nurses in all five dimensions of personality significantly differed from the mean. In gen- eral, they were highly extraverted, ...
Advanced modular regional tissue oxygenation measurement -- INVOS rSO2. Volumetric capnography & metabolic measurement help to evaluate the adequacy of ventilation and determine the ventilator setting effectively, and improve the safety of weaning and extubation. ...
Though such programs likely achieve significant financial savings, you staffs are more likely interested in outcomes other than financial ones. Though measurement of alarm fatigue is difficult, you can at least do informal surveys of stakeholders about the perceived benefit as it pertains to alarm fat...
Will the same type of measurement be obtained simultaneously from separate devices (e.g., respiratory rate collected from a patient monitor and a mechanical ventilator)? How will these measurements be dealt with? ▪ How will downtime procedures be created and enforced (for the EHR system as ...
[35]. The authors demonstrated the reliability and validity of the questionnaire in a mobile healthcare application usability study. However, unlike existing measurement tools, the Health-ITUES was designed to be customised through changes to several questions in the questionnaire so that the user–...