Promoting patient safety and improving the quality of patient care
Tag: checklists
Our must reads for this week focus on 5 key tips, which if followed, could save a life.
As well, if you tweet about patient safety, a big “thank you” – see if your name appears below in our retweet shout outs. Continue reading “Weekly Must Reads in Patient Safety (Apr 3, 2015)”
by Sean Power
The Joint Commission estimates that 80 percent of medical errors involve miscommunication between caregivers during the handoff between medical providers.
New research published in Anesthesia & Analgesia suggests that an electronic checklist may help, especially during intraoperative transfers of care. Continue reading “Could Intraoperative Handoff Checklists Prevent Medical Errors?”
By Sean Power
October 16, 2014
A recent article in The Lancet published findings that suggest mortality after non-cardiac surgery in Europe may be higher than expected.
Dr. Rupert Pearse and a team of researchers conducted the European Surgical Outcomes Study (EuSOS)—a study that spanned 28 European countries and included 498 hospitals—in an attempt to describe mortality after non cardiac surgery at a national and international level. Continue reading “8 Surprising Facts From a 7 Day Cohort Study: Mortality After Surgery”
Earlier today, the popular healthcare blog The Doctor Weighs In featured an article by the Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety on the benefits of safety checklists. Continue reading “The Doctor Weighs In Highlights Benefits of Safety Checklists”