According to research from Boston Children’s Hospital, a new trigger tool that can retrospectively identify adverse events could help provide safer pediatric hospital care. The Center of Excellence ...
After several years of using manual methods to identify and track patient harm, a real-time alert system helped Adventist Health System uncover thousands of additional instances of harm. Over an ...
A new trigger tool can help identify adverse events in pediatric inpatients, according to a new study published in Pediatrics. Efforts to advance patient safety have been hampered by a lack of high ...
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement offers free resources to reduce the risk of several types of adverse events, including those related to medication errors. The IHI Trigger Tool for Measuring ...
Developed by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, the Trigger Tool may be a more effective way to identify injuries caused by medical care. The method involves a nurse examining a sample of ...
Of the 28 publications evaluated, 22 compared two of the four methodologies, 6 compared three methods, and none compared all four methodologies. Twenty-nine percent of the studies evaluated incident ...
Although patient safety is a priority in oncology, few tools measure adverse events (AEs) beyond treatment-related toxicities. The study objective was to assemble a set of clinical triggers in the ...
When you're hard up for an extra set of hands to help you reach knots in your shoulders and back, the BodyBack Buddy is there for you. Originally introduced to the benefits of deep tissue trigger ...
Although patient safety is a priority in oncology, few tools measure adverse events (AEs) beyond treatment-related toxicities. The study objective was to assemble a set of clinical triggers in the ...