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J Patient Saf
August 2024
From the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri.
Objectives: Inadequate follow-up of incidental imaging findings (IIFs) can result in poor patient outcomes, patient dissatisfaction, and provider malpractice. At our institution, radiologists flag IIFs during report dictation to trigger electronic health record (EHR) notifications to providers and patients. Nurse coordinators directly contact patients or their primary care physicians (PCPs) regarding IIFs if follow-up is not completed within the recommended time frame.
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February 2024
Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
Objectives: To determine if a real-time monitoring system with automated clinician alerts improves 3-hour sepsis bundle adherence.
Design: Prospective, pragmatic clinical trial. Allocation alternated every 7 days.
Prog Orthod
July 2023
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Background: This study aimed at investigating the predatory publishing phenomenon in orthodontics by analyzing the content of unsolicited e-mail invitations received within 12 months.
Methods: All electronic invitations for manuscript submission, review and editorial membership received between 1 October 2021 and 30 September 2022 were collected from an orthodontist's inbox. The following data were recorded for each e-mail: date, journal title and origin, requested contribution, e-mail language, relevance to the researcher's discipline, journal characteristics (claimed metrics, editorial services, article types accepted, and publication fees), journal/publisher contact information and online presence.
World J Gastrointest Surg
May 2023
Department of Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54636, Greece.
Background: Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is a well-established, minimally invasive, and easy to perform procedure for nutrition delivery, applied to individuals unable to swallow for various reasons. PEG has a high technical success rate of insertion between 95% and 100% in experienced hands, but varying complication rates ranging from 0.4% to 22.
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September 2023
Department of Nursing, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Background: Nurses, who are the last safeguard against and have the final opportunity to prevent medication errors (MEs), play a vital role in patient safety by managing medications.
Objective: This study described the characteristics of medical dispute cases, medication information, and stage and types of MEs in Korea.
Methods: We performed a descriptive analysis of 27 medical dispute cases related to MEs in nursing care in Korea.
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