Antimicrobial stewardship programs in health care systems

C MacDougall, RE Polk - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2005 - Am Soc Microbiol
Antimicrobial stewardship programs in hospitals seek to optimize antimicrobial prescribing
in order to improve individual patient care as well as reduce hospital costs and slow the …

The long road to patient safety: a status report on patient safety systems

DR Longo, JE Hewett, B Ge, S Schubert - Jama, 2005 - jamanetwork.com
ContextSince the Institute of Medicine (IOM) reports on medical errors and quality, national
attention has focused on improving patient safety through changes in “systems” of care …

[PDF][PDF] Accidental deaths, saved lives, and improved quality

TA Brennan, A Gawande, E Thomas… - New England Journal …, 2005 - atulgawande.com
More than five years ago, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) issued its pathbreaking report, To
Err Is Human, and fundamentally changed the debate about health care quality in the United …

Estimating critical stream power for bedload transport calculations in gravel-bed rivers

RI Ferguson - Geomorphology, 2005 - Elsevier
The physical basis of Bagnold's equation for critical stream power is examined. Although the
general approach is well founded, the original equation can be criticised for (1) failing to …

Patient safety and risk management

M Schrappe - Medizinische Klinik, 2005 - Springer
Patientensicherheit, definiert als „Abwesenheit von unerwünschten Ereignissen “, ist ein
äußerst relevantes Problem: Nach internationalen Daten erleiden 5–10% der …

Patientensicherheit und Risikomanagement

M Schrappe - Medizinische Klinik-Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin, 2005 - infona.pl
Patientensicherheit, definiert als „Abwesenheit von unerwünschten Ereignissen “, ist ein
äußerst relevantes Problem: Nach internationalen Daten erleiden 5–10% der …

Patient safety practices: leaders can turn barriers into accelerators

CR Denham - Journal of Patient Safety, 2005 - journals.lww.com
This paper is intended to meet a critical need expressed by community hospital
administrative and medical leaders: to provide a briefing resource to call trustees and CEOs …

Creating a safer health care system: finding the constraint

SG Pauker, EM Zane, DN Salem - Jama, 2005 - jamanetwork.com
11. MacLennan R, Macrae F, Bain C, et al. Randomized trial of intake of fat, fiber, and beta
carotene to prevent colorectal adenomas: the Australian Polyp Prevention Project. J Natl …

[PDF][PDF] Computer visualisation of patient safety in primary care: a systems approach adapted from management science and engineering.

R Singh, A Singh, C Fox, JS Taylor… - … in primary care, 2005 - researchgate.net
Patient safety and medical errors in ambulatory primary care are receiving increasing
attention from policy makers, accreditation bodies and researchers, as well as by practising …

No excuses: the reality that demands action

C Denham, J Bagian, J Daley… - Journal of Patient …, 2005 - journals.lww.com
At least six excuses sabotage dramatic improvement in hospital safety. Sometimes they are
voiced, but more often they are the elephants in the room, representing barriers to action that …