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Becker's Hospital Review9y
Patient safety tool: Checklist to limit damage after safety protocol failure
According to LifeWings CEO Steve Harden, even the most effective safety ... checklist with tips on how to acknowledge accountability for the failure without laying blame, limit damage to the ...
Becker's ASC10y
Patient safety tool: NPSF’s checklist for getting the right diagnosis
The National Patient Safety Foundation offers a free checklist that encourages patients to take an active role in their healthcare. The checklist includes actions that patients can take to partner ...
Becker's ASC13y
Patient Safety Tool: Transitions of Care Checklist
This checklist provides a detailed description of effective patient transfer between practice settings. This process can help to ensure that patients and their critical medical information are ...
DrBicuspid5y
Want to improve patient safety? Make a checklist
Checklists may be a practical and efficient way to improve patient safety in the dental office. Two safety experts explained why in the July issue of the Journal of the California Dental Association.
Fierce Healthcare11y
Hospitals get 10 more checklists to keep patients safe
Moreover, preoperative checklists and anesthesia checklists were among 10 patient safety strategies hospitals are "strongly encouraged" to adopt, according to May research headed by RAND ...
Becker's Hospital Review12y
Patient Safety Tool: Checklist for Analgesia Pump Safety
A free checklist to prevent patient harm from errors related to patient-controlled analgesia pumps is available from the Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety. The PCA Safety Checklist ...
MedCity News14y
Patient safety, doctors’ judgments sacrificed in checklist healthcare
the assigned nurse is required to fill out a “pre-op checklist” to ensure that all safety and quality metrics are being adhered to. Before the patient is allowed to be wheeled into the OR we ...
seattlepi.com16y
Surgery checklist is all about the patient
The University of Washington is the first U.S. site involved in a global pilot program to test a surgical checklist aimed at improving patient safety in the operating room. The program launched ...
Health and Me on MSN6mon
Checklists And Safety Precautions Before, During And After Surgery
Patient safety is the foundation of modern ... in order to ensure accuracy and minimize risks. The WHO Surgical Safety ...
USA Today1y
Patient safety awareness focus of new report as preventable medical errors kill thousands
Patient safety likely remains the nation's third ... The aviation industry figured out decades ago how to create a system of checklists, accountability and early interventions that have virtually ...
Fierce Healthcare14y
Patient safety checklists mandated by state law
Patient safety checklists are now state law, as Nevada signed the Patient Protection Checklist bill (AB 280) into legislation yesterday. More recently spearheaded by advocate Atul Gawande ...