Development of a Web-Based Nonoperative Small Bowel Obstruction Treatment Pathway App.

Objective: An electronic pathway for the management of adhesive small bowel obstruction (SBO) was built and implemented on top of the electronic health record. The aims of this study are to describe the development of the electronic pathway and to report early outcomes.

Methods: The electronic SBO pathway was designed and implemented at a single institution.

COVID-19 infections among HCWs exposed to a patient with a delayed diagnosis of COVID-19.

We report on COVID-19 risk among HCWs exposed to a patient diagnosed with COVID-19 on day 13 of hospitalization. There were 44 HCWs exposed to the patient before contact and droplet precautions were implemented: of these, 2 of 44 (5%) developed COVID-19 potentially attributable to the exposure.

Reflections on implementing a hospital-wide provider-based electronic inpatient mortality review system: lessons learnt.

Importance: Death due to preventable medical error is a leading cause of death, with varying estimates of preventable death rates (14%-56% of total deaths based on national extrapolated estimates, 3%-11% based on single-centre estimates). Yet, how best to reduce preventable mortality in hospitals remains unknown.

Objective: In this article, we detail lessons learnt from implementing a hospital-wide, automated, real-time, electronic mortality reporting system that relies on the opinions of front-line clinicians to identify opportunities for improvement.