Physician Empathy Matters in the Pediatric ICU
When conducting care conferences with families in the pediatric ICU, communicating important news...
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When conducting care conferences with families in the pediatric ICU, communicating important news...
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Studies have shown that medical errors are common in the United States healthcare system,...
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About a decade ago, several reports throughout the United States indicated that ED visits were on...
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Throughout the United States, hospitals and health systems are not high-reliability organizations,...
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Previous research has shown that patients receiving treatment in EDs are at particularly high risk...
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Studies have shown that about 5% of autopsies in hospitals in the United States reveal lethal...
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Normal readback orders have been recommended as a patient safety initiative for physicians,...
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When a critical event occurs in professions other than medicine, detailed investigations are...
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Attending rounds has been a long-standing practice for internal medicine physicians, residents,...
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Throughout the United States, efforts are being made to improve the overall quality of healthcare, reduce racial and ethnic disparities, and provide models for national reform. One such effort is the Aligning Forces for Quality...
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The AHRQ has release a toolkit to guide hospitals in the use of the agency’s Inpatient Quality Indicators and Patient Safety Indicators for improving care. The toolkit, available for free at www.ahrq.gov, includes a “roadmap”...
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There has been greater recognition over the past several decades of the pervasiveness of poorly...
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In 2000, the Institute of Medicine distributed a report suggesting that many hospital errors were...
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Sleep deprivation has been shown to adversely affect clinical performance and impair psychomotor...
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