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The Role of Patient-facing Technologies to Empower Patients and …

WEBEditor's note: Wanda Pratt is a Professor in the Information School with an adjunct appointment in the Division of Biomedical and Health Informatics in the Medical …

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Technology as a Tool for Improving Patient Safety PSNet

WEBIn the past several decades, technological advances have opened new possibilities for improving patient safety. Using technology to digitize healthcare …

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The Role of Health Literacy in Patient Safety PSNet

WEBHelping Patients Understand and Act. It is essential for health systems, health care professionals, and policy makers to develop a comprehensive response to …

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Impact of System Failures on Healthcare Workers PSNet

WEBThe impact that system failures may have on the healthcare workforce was a major theme of articles featured on PSNet in 2022, as the patient safety community …

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Ensuring Patient and Workforce Safety Culture in Healthcare

WEBIntroduction. In 2020, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) unveiled the National Action Plan …

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Telehealth and Patient Safety. PSNet

WEBThe rapid expansion of telehealth and the variation in implementation of new models of care into medical practice has resulted in emerging concerns regarding …

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Primary Care and Patient Safety: Opportunities at the Interface

WEBEditor’s Note: Freya Spielberg, MD, MPH, is the Founder and CEO of Urgent Wellness LLC, a social enterprise dedicated to improving the health of …

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Why hospitals still make serious medical errors—and how they

WEBPatient harm from health care is persistent despite decades of effort to address problems that degrade care. This article discusses the potential that improved …

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Safety Management Systems

WEBSafety management systems (SMS) are employed in many high-risk industries, yet are not fully adopted in health care. This investigation report discusses …

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The Relationship Between Climate Change and Healthcare Quality …

WEBClimate change–related weather events are straining healthcare workers, disrupting physical infrastructure, and interrupting supply chains, making it more difficult …

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Virtual Nursing: Improving Patient Care and Meeting Workforce

WEBVirtual Nursing and the Nursing Workforce. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) forecasted the future of nursing, and …

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Digital Health Literacy PSNet

WEBDigital literacy4 is the ability to use information and communication technologies to find, evaluate, create, and communicate information, requiring both cognitive and technical …

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Patient Safety in the Ambulatory Care Setting PSNet

WEBThe focus on patient safety in the ambulatory setting was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and appropriately shifting priorities to responding to the pandemic. …

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Recognizing the importance of whistleblowers in healthcare.

WEBIndividuals who express concerns can identify latent conditions that degrade safety in health care. This article examines this behavior in the context of the COVID pandemic …

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Strategies to Improve Organizational Health Literacy. PSNet

WEBBackground. Health literacy is important at both the personal and organizational levels. According to Healthy People 2030, personal health literacy defined as an individual's …

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Improving Patient Safety and Team Communication through Daily …

WEBBackground. Communication failures among healthcare personnel are significant contributors to medical errors and patient harm. 1 When used consistently, …

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Unmasking bias in artificial intelligence: a systematic review

WEBWhen biased data are used for research, the results may reflect the same biases if appropriate precautions are not taken. In this systematic review, researchers …

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Remote Patient Monitoring PSNet

WEBRemote Patient Monitoring. The delivery of healthcare through electronic communication, or telehealth, has changed greatly since its introduction.Over the years, …

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An electronic trigger to detect telemedicine-related diagnostic

WEBThe expansion of telehealth has improved access to care, but concerns have been raised about potential for diagnostic errors. In this study, researchers used the …

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Clinical reasoning of a generative artificial intelligence

WEBResearch into how large language models (LLM) such as ChatGPT can be used in healthcare is growing rapidly. This study compared ChatGPT and physicians' …

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Addressing Workplace Violence and Creating a Safer Workplace

WEBThe National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) defines workplace violence as violent acts, including physical assaults and verbal threats, …

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