Search results for "Patient Safety"
ACP, New York chapter to collaborate to improve patient safety | ACP Hospitalist Weekly | ACP Hospitalist
ACP announced collaboration this month with the New York ACP chapter to extend New York's medical Near Miss Registry into a national patient safety reporting and professional educational program.
June 2012
Patient safety vs. physician frustration: Finding a balance for medication alerts | ACP Hospitalist
Warnings in a computerized provider order entry system help alert prescribers to risky drugs for the elderly.
November 2010
Newman’s Notions Archives | ACP Hospitalist
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
Duty hours may have no effect on patient safety, resident well-being, care continuity | ACP Hospitalist Weekly | ACP Hospitalist
A randomized trial did not find a patient safety benefit from shorter duty schedules, a study found.
February 2015
Speaking up for patient safety | ACP Hospitalist
Hospitalists can help create a blame-free atmosphere of openness when it comes to discussing errors in patient care.
March 2014
Q and A Archives | ACP Hospitalist
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
Regionalized care teams may not lead to improvements in patient safety, study finds | ACP Hospitalist Weekly | ACP Hospitalist
Researchers found no significant difference in preventable adverse events but did find improvement in nurses' and interns' communication about patients' expected discharge dates and daily care plans.
March 2016
Success Story Archives | ACP Hospitalist
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
CME credits available in patient safety supplement | ACP Hospitalist Weekly | ACP Hospitalist
A supplement to the March 5 Annals of Internal Medicine, which offers 11 CME credits, focuses on a recent Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality–funded project, “Making Health Care Safer II: An Updated Critical Analysis of the Evidence for
March 2013
The next patient safety target: misdiagnosis | ACP Hospitalist
Learn steps hospitalists can take to reduce error in their own practices and within their hospitals.
December 2013