AHRQ Patient Safety Network - What's New: STUDY

AHRQ Patient Safety Network - What's New

Study

Can preventable adverse events be predicted among hospitalized older patients? The development and validation of a predictive model.

van de Steeg L, Langelaan M, Wagner C. Int J Qual Health Care. 2014 Jul 2; [Epub ahead of print].

Catastrophic medical malpractice payouts in the United States.

Bixenstine PJ, Shore AD, Mehtsun WT, Ibrahim AM, Freischlag JA, Makary MA. J Healthc Qual. 2014;36:43-53.

Emergency department patient safety incident characterization: an observational analysis of the findings of a standardized peer review process.

Jepson ZK, Darling CE, Kotkowski KA, et al. BMC Emerg Med. 2014;14:20.

Identifying critically ill patients at risk for inappropriate antibiotic therapy: a pilot study of a point-of-care decision support alert.

Micek ST, Heard KM, Gowan M, Kollef MH. Crit Care Med. 2014;42:1832-1838.

Project BOOST implementation: lessons learned.

Williams MV, Li J, Hansen LO, et al. South Med J. 2014;107:455-465.

The preventive surgical site infection bundle in colorectal surgery: an effective approach to surgical site infection reduction and health care cost savings.

Keenan JE, Speicher PJ, Thacker JKM, Walter M, Kuchibhatla M, Mantyh CR. JAMA Surg. 2014 Aug 27; [Epub ahead of print].

The relationship between hospital systems load and patient harm.

Pedroja AT, Blegen MA, Abravanel R, Stromberg AJ, Spurlock B. J Patient Saf. 2014;10:168-175.