Despite the large number of patient falls at hospitals, there are few large-scale studies to quantify the cost savings of intervention programs. The Fall TIPS (Tailoring Interventions for Patient Safety) Program is an evidence-based ...
Jan 25, 2023
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Manufacturers, through a loophole in the law, can use an unsafe medical device as a basis for U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorization to sell the device, a new Yale-led study finds.
Jan 20, 2023
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The My Life, My Story (MLMS) project was established through the Veterans Health Administration in 2013 with the goal of bringing the patient's voice into their medical record. It is a narrative medical tool that allows the ...
Jan 17, 2023
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Accurate linking of an individual's medical records from disparate sources within and between health systems, known as patient matching, plays a critical role in patient safety and quality of care, but has proven difficult ...
Jan 17, 2023
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Brain structures which could predict an individual's predisposition to accidental awareness under anesthetic have been identified for the first time by neuroscientists in Trinity College Dublin.
Jan 12, 2023
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More than 30 years ago, findings from the Harvard Medical Practice Study (HMPS) helped bring public awareness to the problem of patient safety. Since the publication of the HMPS results, new strategies for preventing specific ...
Jan 11, 2023
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The UK National Health Service is being brought to its knees by a perfect storm of difficulties: poor flow through hospitals resulting in crowded emergency departments and long ambulance waits, and increases in respiratory ...
Jan 11, 2023
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A simple change in the use of syringe trays could help reduce errors in complex clinical environments. This is the finding of research carried out by a team at the University of Derby.
Jan 11, 2023
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Most medical devices developed in the U.S. reach the market through the 510(k) pathway, in which manufacturers prove that technology in their device is "substantially equivalent" to one or more predicates—existing devices ...
Jan 10, 2023
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Striking ambulance workers in England and Wales manned picket lines on Wednesday, escalating a pay dispute between the government and a host of public-sector staff.
Dec 20, 2022
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