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Events Associated with the Prescribing, Dispensing,and Administering of Medication Loading Doses
A loading dose is an initial dose of medication administered to rapidly achieve therapeutic levels.
The Breadth of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia: Nonventilated versus Ventilated Patients in Pennsylvania
Considering the evolution of measures designed to prevent nosocomial pneumonia, it makes clinical and financial sense to focus efforts on patients who require mechanical ventilation.
Falls Toolkit
As health care facilities continually look to strengthen their falls prevention programs and respond to the high-risk problem of persistent patient falls, evaluation of falls events can provide add
Non-Compete Agreements Among Healthcare Providers: 6 Trends
Physicians' steady interest in hospital employment — a trend that has accelerated in recent years and is not expected to reverse — has implications for their employment contracts,
10 Ideas That Hospital and Health System CEOs Need to Ditch
Now, more than ever, hospitals and health system CEOs cannot sit on their hands as new care delivery models, payment systems and other changes flood the health care system.
Electronic Health Records and National Patient-Safety Goals
Electronic Health Records implementation is still highly heterogeneous across health care systems and providers, and this heterogeneity leads to equally variable implications for patient safety.
Surgical Site Infections
In August 2010, the Center for Transforming Healthcare launched its fourth project which aims to reduce surgical site infections in patients having colorectal surgery and colorectal procedures.
How-to Guide: Prevent Obstetrical Adverse Events
This how-to guide describes the essentials elements of preventing obstetrical adverse events, including the safe use of oxytocin and key evidence-based care components in the IHI Perinatal Bundles:
IHI Global Trigger Tool for Measuring Adverse Events
The use of 'triggers' or clues to identify adverse events is an effective method for measuring the overall level of harm in a health care organization.