Injury-proof homes: Creating safe spaces for older adults
There's nothing like the comfort and security of home. For many, a home is a place filled with fond memories of happy times.
Mar 24, 2023
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There's nothing like the comfort and security of home. For many, a home is a place filled with fond memories of happy times.
Mar 24, 2023
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When a patient in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) develops a fever, physicians often routinely order a blood culture to identify the cause, particularly if they have reason to worry about sepsis, a life-threatening ...
May 2, 2022
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Developers of electronic health records (EHR) should create or modify their products to ensure that health care organizations can meet safety recommendations of the Safety Assurance Factors for EHR Resilience (SAFER) Guides, ...
Sep 10, 2021
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Recommendations from a new 10-year analysis of patient safety incidents in hospital acute medical units across England and Wales include the introduction of electronic prescribing and monitoring systems, checklists to reduce ...
Aug 5, 2021
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Pandemic lockdowns and stay-at-home orders kept many drivers off U.S. roads and highways last year. But those who did venture out found open lanes that only invited reckless driving, leading to a sharp increase in traffic-crash ...
Mar 4, 2021
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CHICAGO: Hospital resources and infrastructure dedicated to improving quality and safety are essential for achieving safe and high-quality surgical outcomes. A comprehensive review of four key principles of the American College ...
Sep 28, 2020
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Automated patient monitoring systems (PMSs) have been designed to reduce delays in diagnosis of sepsis in hospitalized patients. But so far, studies evaluating these systems have shown inconsistent effects on mortality rates ...
Aug 25, 2020
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Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a serious autoimmune neuromuscular disease. Immunosuppression or immunomodulating therapies are used to treat patients with MG but have the potential to suppress or alter the immune system, with ...
Mar 2, 2020
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In conjunction with Patient Safety Awareness Week, the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) published an update today to its framework for safe and effective radiation therapy treatment.
Mar 13, 2019
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There is no association between access to federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) and emergency department visits for either uninsured or Medicaid-insured patients. That is the conclusion of a study to be published in ...
Feb 11, 2019
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