Articles Tagged With: harm
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ED a High-Risk Setting for Physician Trainees
When physician trainees (residents or fellows) were involved in harm events, the ED was a higher-risk setting than inpatient or outpatient areas, according to the authors of a recent analysis. However, that does not necessarily mean the trainee was from emergency medicine.
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AHRQ Tool Identifies Harm to Children in Hospitals
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has released a new “trigger tool” for flagging adverse events in children.
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NPSF says patient safety still a serious concern
Fifteen years after the Institute of Medicine brought public attention to the issue of medical errors and adverse events, patient safety concerns remain a serious public health issue that must be tackled with a more pervasive response, according to a report released recently by the National Patient Safety Foundation in Boston.