Objective To systematically quantify the prevalence, severity, and nature of preventable
patient harm across a range of medical settings globally. Design Systematic review and …

Objectives To discuss the effect of certain factors on the occurrence of Adverse Drug
Reactions (ADRs). Data Sources A systematic review of the literature in the period between …

Context Despite serious and widespread efforts to improve the quality of health care, many
patients still suffer preventable harm every day. Hospitals find improvement difficult to …

Importance Readmission penalties have catalyzed efforts to improve care transitions, but
few programs have incorporated viewpoints of patients and health care professionals to …

Importance Scalable deprescribing interventions may reduce polypharmacy and the use of
potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs); however, few studies have been large enough …

Under the Affordable Care Act of 2010, a variety of transitional care programs and services
have been established to improve quality and reduce costs. These programs help …

Medication reconciliation identifies and resolves unintentional discrepancies between
patients' medication lists across transitions in care. The purpose of this review is to …

Aim In this integrative review, we aimed to: first, identify and summarize published studies
relating to ward nurses' recognition of and response to patient deterioration; second, to …

Background: Emergency department visits and rehospitalization are common after hospital
discharge. Objective: To test the effects of an intervention designed to minimize hospital …

People with diabetes are more likely to be hospitalized and to have longer durations of
hospital stay than those without diabetes. A recent survey estimated that 22% of all hospital …