Measurement of obstetric hemorrhage-related morbidity is important for quality assurance purposes but presents logistical challenges in large populations. Billing codes are typically used to track severe maternal morbidity but may be of suboptimal validity. The objective of this study was to evaluate the validity of billing code diagnoses for hemor...
Published in Human factors
To describe older adult patients' and care partners' knowledge broker roles during emergency department (ED) visits. Older adult patients are vulnerable to communication and coordination challenges during an ED visit, which can be exacerbated by the time and resource constrained ED environment. Yet, as a constant throughout the patient journey, pat...
Published in International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care
Incident reporting (IR) is one of the most used systems to gain knowledge of adverse events (AEs) and to identify sources of risk. During COVID-19 pandemic, several organizational changes have been implemented to respond adequately and effectively to the emergency; this required the suspension of most deferrable activities. The aim of this study is...
Published in Perfusion
Monitoring oxygen delivery to the oxygenator of a heart lung machine (HLM) is typically accomplished with an O2 analyzer connected to the gas inflow line. It is assumed when the FiO2 is greater than 21% that oxygen is being delivered to the oxygenator. However, this assumption is imperfect because the connection of the inflow line to the oxygenator...
Published in Health services management research
Over the last decade, second victim phenomenon (SVP) has been identified as a serious issue for healthcare workers (HCWs). Results from a 2018 survey of Canadian HCWs demonstrated that the majority of those who responded had experienced SVP and indicated that there was a lack of support in the workplace. The overall objectives of this paper are to ...
Published in Health services management research
The measurement of patient safety climate within hospitals, and specifically in operating rooms is a basic tool for the development of the patient's safety policy. There are no validated Spanish versions of instruments to measure safety climate. The objective of this research was to validate the Spanish version of the Hospital Survey on Patient Saf...
Published in Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association
Background: This literature review sets out to increase the knowledge on patient safety within the telehealth modality of care, to inform the relevant local health service departments on the key considerations to minimize patient harm. Methods: A systematic search in Medline and Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Goo...
Published in BMJ quality & safety
Little is known about factors affecting implementation of patient safety programmes in low and middle-income countries. The goal of our study was to evaluate the implementation of a patient safety programme for paediatric care in Guatemala. We used a mixed methods design to examine the implementation of a patient safety programme across 11 paediatr...
Published in Journal of clinical medicine
Endovascular pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) has become an important strategy for rhythm control in patients with symptomatic atrial fibrillation (AF). Transseptal access is a critical step of this procedure and can result in potentially life-threatening complications. This retrospective study evaluates the safety of standardized, transesophageal ec...
Published in Family practice
Patient safety incidents (PSIs) are typically studied through engagement with healthcare providers, without input from patients despite their privileged viewpoint of care experiences. To examine the potential of the patient viewpoint as a lens for future safety improvement initiatives, by: (i) collecting and analysing patients' accounts of PSIs; an...
