News tagged with safety tool


Bed alarms not proven to prevent patient falls in hospitals, researchers say

(Medical Xpress)—Equipping hospital beds with alarms does not decrease patient falls and related injuries, according to University of Florida researchers and colleagues. The findings, published Nov. 20 in the Annals of ...

Health created Nov 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New tool helps decide what drugs to include in health care formularies

A new tool that could provide a useful framework for deciding what medicines to include in drug formularies is presented in this week's PLoS Medicine by the experts from Harvard Medical School and the University of Illino ...

Medications created May 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Taking a predictive approach to identifying adverse drug reactions

In a move aimed at bolstering current systems for assessing and monitoring drug safety, researchers at Children's Hospital Boston have created a new method that combines multiple forms of widely available data to predict ...

Medications created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Fatigue linked to safety problems among EMS workers, study finds

Fatigue and poor sleep quality, which affect many emergency medical services (EMS) workers, are linked to higher reported rates of injuries, medical errors and safety-compromising behaviors, according to a study by University ...

Health created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast