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2. On the road to meaningful use of EHRs: a survey of California physicians

Publication:
Oakland, Calif. : California HealthCare Foundation, c2012
Subject(s):
Electronic Health Records -- statistics & numerical data
Meaningful Use -- statistics & numerical data
Attitude to Computers
Diffusion of Innovation
Electronic Health Records -- legislation & jurisprudence
Eligibility Determination
Health Care Surveys
Medicaid
Medicare
Patient safety
Reimbursement, Incentive -- legislation & jurisprudence
State Health Plans
Humans
California
United States
United States.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (U.S.)

3. Point-of-care technology: glucose meter's role in patient care

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2011
Subject(s):
Blood Glucose -- analysis
Delivery of Health Care -- methods
Diagnostic Equipment -- standards
Point-of-Care Systems -- standards
Blood Glucose -- drug effects
Communication
Diagnostic Errors -- adverse effects
Diagnostic Errors -- prevention & control
Inpatients
Laboratories, Hospital
Organizational Policy
Patient safety
Physical Examination
Reagent Strips
Reference Values
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

7. Results of the PA-HEN organization assessment of safe practices for a class of high-alert medications

Author(s):
Grissinger, Matthew, author
Lamis, Rebecca L., author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, [2013]
Subject(s):
Analgesics, Opioid -- therapeutic use
Medical Order Entry Systems
Medication Errors -- prevention & control
Patient Care Team
Patient safety
Analgesia, Patient-Controlled
Analgesics, Opioid -- adverse effects
Monitoring, Physiologic
Nursing Assessment
Pain Measurement
Practice Guidelines as Topic -- standards
Risk Assessment
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

8. Spotlight on electronic health record errors: paper or electronic hybrid workflows

Author(s):
Sparnon, Erin, author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, [2013]
Subject(s):
Electronic Health Records
Electronic Prescribing
Medical Errors -- prevention & control
Medical Order Entry Systems
Medical Records
Records
Workflow
Documentation -- methods
Medical Informatics
Paper
Patient safety
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

9. Oral medications inadvertently given via the intravenous route

Author(s):
Shah-Mohammadi, Ali-Reza, author
Gaunt, Michael J., author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, [2013]
Subject(s):
Medication Errors -- prevention & control
Medication Errors -- statistics & numerical data
Administration, Oral
Infusions, Intravenous
Injections, Intravenous
Patient safety
Pharmaceutical Preparations -- administration & dosage
Risk Management
Syringes
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

10. Spotlight on electronic health record errors: errors related to the use of default values

Author(s):
Sparnon, Erin, author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, [2013]
Subject(s):
Electronic Data Processing
Electronic Health Records
Medical Errors -- prevention & control
Medical Errors -- statistics & numerical data
Medical Order Entry Systems
Medication Errors -- prevention & control
Medication Errors -- statistics & numerical data
Software
Equipment Design
Equipment Safety
Patient safety
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

11. Strategies to fully implement infection control practices in Pennsylvania ambulatory surgical facilities

Author(s):
Bradley, Sharon, author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, [2013]
Subject(s):
Cross Infection -- prevention & control
Infection control
Surgicenters -- standards
Ambulatory Surgical Procedures -- standards
Cross Infection -- epidemiology
Data Collection
Disinfection
Equipment Contamination
Equipment Reuse
Hand Disinfection
Injections
Inservice Training
Patient safety
Sterilization
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (U.S.)

13. Patient-to-patient aggression in the inpatient behavioral health setting

Author(s):
Gardner, Lea Anne, author
Magee, Mary C., author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, September 2014
Subject(s):
Aggression
Hospitals, Psychiatric
Inpatients
Risk Management
Violence -- statistics & numerical data
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Child
Environment
Mental Health
Middle Aged
Patient safety
Patient-Centered Care
Professional-Patient Relations
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Risk Factors
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

14. Results of the 2013-2014 opioid knowledge assessment: progress seen, but room for improvement

Author(s):
Gaunt, Michael J., author
Alghamdi, Dalia, author
Grissinger, Matthew, author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, September 2014
Subject(s):
Analgesics, Opioid -- therapeutic use
Analgesics, Opioid -- adverse effects
Clinical Competence -- statistics & numerical data
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Pain Management -- standards
Personnel, Hospital -- education
Drug Tolerance
Hydromorphone -- adverse effects
Hydromorphone -- therapeutic use
Medication Errors -- prevention & control
Pain -- drug therapy
Patient safety
Morphine -- adverse effects
Morphine -- therapeutic use
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

15. Quarterly update on wrong-site surgery: marking for regional anesthetic blocks

Author(s):
Clarke, John R., author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, September 2014
Subject(s):
Anesthesia, Conduction -- methods
Medical Errors -- statistics & numerical data
Nerve Block
Preoperative Care -- methods
Surgical Procedures, Operative
Forecasting
Medical Errors -- trends
Patient safety
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

16. Omission of high-alert medications: a hidden danger

Author(s):
Grissinger, Matthew, author
Alghamdi, Dalia, author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, December 2014
Subject(s):
Drug Prescriptions
Drug Therapy -- statistics & numerical data
Medication Errors -- prevention & control
Infusion Pumps
Infusions, Intravenous
Medical Order Entry Systems
Patient safety
Pharmaceutical Preparations -- administration & dosage
Risk Management
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

17. Quarterly update on wrong-site surgery: electronic records can help prevent harm but are not harmless

Author(s):
Clarke, John R., author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, December 2014
Subject(s):
Electronic Health Records
Medical Errors -- prevention & control
Medical Errors -- statistics & numerical data
Surgical Procedures, Operative
Forecasting
Medical Errors -- trends
Patient safety
Humans
United States

18. Patient flow in the ED: phase II--diagnostic evaluation through disposition decision

Author(s):
Magee, Mary C., author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, March 2015
Subject(s):
Diagnosis
Emergency Medical Services -- statistics & numerical data
Emergency Service, Hospital -- statistics & numerical data
Medical Errors -- prevention & control
Medical Errors -- statistics & numerical data
Patient safety
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Continuity of Patient Care
Diagnostic Errors -- prevention & control
Diagnostic Errors -- statistics & numerical data
Medical Order Entry Systems
Patient Identification Systems
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

19. Medication errors affecting pediatric patients: unique challenges for this special population

Author(s):
Grissinger, Matthew, author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, September 2015
Subject(s):
Medication Errors -- prevention & control
Medication Errors -- statistics & numerical data
Adolescent
Child
Child, Preschool
Drug Hypersensitivity
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Patient safety
Pediatrics
Pharmaceutical Preparations -- administration & dosage
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

20. Pregnancy-related unplanned returns to the operating room

Author(s):
Dubeck, Deborah, author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, September 2015
Subject(s):
Patient Readmission -- statistics & numerical data
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications
Surgical Procedures, Operative -- statistics & numerical data
Abortion, Incomplete
Abortion, Induced
Lacerations -- surgery
Patient safety
Placenta, Retained
Postpartum Hemorrhage -- surgery
Postpartum Period
Pregnant Women
Uterine Hemorrhage -- surgery
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States