July 10 2012 20120710 Revealing Medical Errors Helps Chicago Hospitals Build a Safer Health System 2012
March 1 2013 20130301 Overcrowding in emergency departments increases the risk of preventable medical errors
February 1 2013 20130201 Surgeons are more reluctant to withdraw postoperative life support for patients with complications from surgeon error
January 1 2013 20130101 Electronic health record-based medication monitoring improves patient compliance in primary care clinics
January 1 2013 20130101 High rates of paper-based prescribing errors found among community-based primary care providers
January 1 2013 20130101 Provision of personal digital assistants alone does not help providers avoid drug-drug interactions
October 1 2012 20121001 Electronic medical records reduce negative outcomes and related costs after patient safety events occur
October 1 2012 20121001 More safeguards needed to prevent adverse drug events caused by medication administration errors
September 1 2012 20120901 AHRQ-funded medical liability and patient safety initiative shows promise for reducing patient harm, lawsuits, and costs
September 1 2012 20120901 Drug interaction decision support software has limitations and pharmacists' knowledge of support features is limited
September 1 2012 20120901 Studies link adverse drug interactions to elevated risk for hospitalization among the elderly
August 1 2012 20120801 Adverse drug reactions a major cause of unplanned hospitalizations of elderly veterans
June 1 2012 20120601 Infrequent physician use of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators presents potential risks to patient safety
April 1 2012 20120401 Patient surveys are an additional useful tool for identifying adverse events occurring during hospital stays
February 1 2012 20120201 Recommendations on rounding pediatric doses may improve e-prescribing while reducing risk of adverse drug events
January 1 2012 20120101 Clinical informatics monitoring tool helps reduce adverse drug events in nursing home settings
January 1 2012 20120101 Duplicate medication order errors increase after computerized provider order entry is implemented
December 1 2011 20111201 Pharmacy, medical, and nurse practitioner students need more education on drug-drug interactions
December 1 2011 20111201 Transitioning to new electronic health records can result in potential safety problems
December 1 2011 20111201 Volume of paid outpatient malpractice claims underscores need for greater patient safety efforts in this area
November 1 2011 20111101 Blacks and patients at hospitals with a high percentage of black patients more likely to suffer adverse events
October 1 2011 20111001 Certain factors increase risk of medication errors in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)
October 1 2011 20111001 Less than half of pharmacy computer systems studied correctly identified drug-drug interactions
October 1 2011 20111001 Medical students, interns, and residents need training to disclose medical errors
August 1 2011 20110801 Mental demands of pediatric hospital pharmacy staff have varying effects on likelihood of medication errors and adverse events
August 1 2011 20110801 Trigger tools have potential to detect adverse events following outpatient surgery
July 1 2011 20110701 Delays in reporting medical errors at Japanese hospital nearly triple that of United States hospital
June 1 2011 20110601 An automated phone response system can help track adverse drug events in primary care patients
May 1 2011 20110501 Systems to detect adverse drug events need buy-in from leaders and staff to become part of hospital routine
April 1 2011 20110401 Medication safety indicators can guide improvement in primary care drug selection, dosing, and monitoring
March 1 2011 20110301 Automated screening of patient electronic medical records is only the first step to identifying a medication problem
March 1 2011 20110301 Most process-of-care events do not harm transplant patients, but they boost costs and lengthen hospital stays
February 1 2011 20110201 Flawed State apology and disclosure laws dilute their intended impact on malpractice suits
February 1 2011 20110201 Nearly one-third of emergency department visits involve nonideal care events
February 1 2011 20110201 Pilot study finds a low level of medication errors for look-alike, sound-alike drugs prescribed for children
January 1 2011 20110101 E-prescribing for managing medication refills has not reached its full potential
December 1 2010 20101201 Physicians can use 10 strategies to manage abnormal test result alerts in electronic health records
November 1 2010 20101101 Electronic medical record boosts documentation of test results, but still falls short for patient notification and test followup
October 1 2010 20101001 Study recommends disclosure of medical mistakes that affect multiple patients
September 1 2010 20100901 Assessment of hospital computerized physician order entry systems finds many medication errors are missed
September 1 2010 20100901 Electronic prescribing improves safety, but with a small increase in physician time
September 1 2010 20100901 Electronic prescribing with clinical decision support reduces medication errors in community-based practices
August 1 2010 20100801 Emergency physicians suggest ways to reduce errors in patient handoffs during shift changes
August 1 2010 20100801 Hospital risk managers more likely than physicians to recommend error disclosure, but less likely to apologize
July 1 2010 20100701 Using bar-code technology with eMAR reduces medication administration and transcription errors
May 1 2010 20100501 Adverse events occurring during pediatric sedation are recorded in charts but not always reported
May 1 2010 20100501 Drug monitoring may be improved by the use of health information technology and clinical pharmacists
April 1 2010 20100401 FACE cards have a small positive effect on hospital patients' ability to identify their physicians
April 1 2010 20100401 Medication review technique may help identify drug-related problems in the elderly
April 1 2010 20100401 Physicians need to be better educated about FDA-approved indications for drugs and evidence for off-label drug use
March 1 2010 20100301 One patient safety indicator may offer a glimpse at a hospital's overall safety record
February 1 2010 20100201 Vaccines with names that look and sound alike can lead to vaccination errors
January 1 2010 20100101 Computerized decisionmaking systems improve physician prescribing for long-term-care residents
January 1 2010 20100101 Criteria used to identify "drugs to avoid" in the elderly are not very accurate
January 1 2010 20100101 Failure to order and follow up medical tests are leading causes of diagnostic errors
January 1 2010 20100101 Medication changes are not always documented properly in physician notes or the electronic medical record
January 1 2010 20100101 Physicians aren't confident they can recognize infections from anthrax and other bioterrorism disease threats
January 1 2010 20100101 Simulating equipment failures can be useful to hone anesthesia providers' skills
September 1 2010 20100901 Study Recommends Disclosure of Medical Mistakes That Affect Multiple Patients
May 30 2010 20100530 AHRQ Study Shows Using Bar-Code Technology with eMAR Reduces Medication Administration and Transcription Errors
July 10 2012 20120710 Revealing Medical Errors Helps Chicago Hospitals Build a Safer Health System 2012
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