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Patient ID Risks & the Intersection of Electronic Health Records
Aug 23, 2017
Patient Safety Alert 28: Patient Identification Risks and the Intersection of Electronic Health Records (PDF)
The AMC PSO recently convened a multidisciplinary group of stakeholders across its membership to review and discuss strategies for safer patient identification.
Causes of Patient Identification Error
- Checking patient’s wristband is considered the domain of nurses
- Patient answers to wrong name
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Publications such as whitepapers and guidelines derived from the AMC PSO convenings.
Medication Administration in the Ambulatory Setting
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Patient Safety Alert Issue 26: The AMC PSO convened a panel of nursing leaders to review risks in the medication delivery processes in the ambulatory setting and discuss potential interventions aimed at mitigating the risks associated with medication administration.
Patient & Visitor De-escalation
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Patient Safety Alert Issue 25: The AMC PSO convened a panel of safety leaders to review recent trends and discuss novel interventions to mitigate the risk for hospital workplace violence, especially from patients and visitors.
Electronic Health Record Risks in the Emergency Department
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Patient Safety Alert Issue 27: The AMC PSO convened a panel of Emergency Medicine thought leaders to identify significant areas of concern and to explore potential mitigation strategies for use of electronic health record risks in the Emergency Department
Wrong Site Surgery Report
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Patient Safety Alert Issue 1: The AMC PSO has identified the a series of practices employed to address the factors that can contribute to a wrong-site surgery.
The Patient Safety Adoption Framework: A Practical Framework to Bridge the Know-Do Gap
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Many patient safety initiatives fail to be adopted and implemented, even when proven effective. This creates the well-recognized know-do gap—which occurs when health care workers know what should be done based on evidence vs. what takes place in practice. To address this issue, CRICO funded the development of a patient safety adoption framework and had it evaluated by leaders in quality and safety. The framework and its findings were published online in the Journal of Patient Safety in April 2023.
How Does Work Environment Relate to Diagnostic Quality? A Prospective, Mixed Methods Study in Primary Care
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CRICO Grants
The aim of this CRICO-funded study was to develop a tool assessing key elements of the diagnostic assessment process and apply it to a series of diagnostic encounters examining clinical notes and encounters' recorded transcripts.
Establishing a Regional Registry for Neonatal Encephalopathy: Impact on Identification of Gaps in Practice
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CRICO Grants
Neonatal encephalopathy continues to be a significant risk for death and disability. To address this risk, regional guidelines were developed with the support of CRICO. A neonatal encephalopathy registry was also established. The aim of this study was to identify areas of variation in practice that could benefit from quality improvement projects.
Adverse Events Reported in One Quarter of Inpatient Admissions
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CRICO Grants
Nearly 25% of hospital admissions included at least one adverse event, as indicated from data from 2,809 admissions at 11 hospitals.