A5023589215- Patient Safety and Medication Errors
- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Electronic Health Records Systems
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
- Physical Education and Pedagogy
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Youth Development and Social Support
- Global Health Care Issues
- Healthcare cost, quality, practices
- Reading and Literacy Development
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues
- Parental Involvement in Education
- Healthcare Quality and Management
- Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
- Ethics in medical practice
- Disability Education and Employment
- Family Support in Illness
- Clinical practice guidelines implementation
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Quality and Safety in Healthcare
- Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
Cardiff Metropolitan University
2020
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2005-2017
St Christopher's Hospice
2016
Kings Health Partners
2015
University College London
2015
Williams (United Kingdom)
2014
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
2014
London Cancer
2013
Introduction Cancers diagnosed following visits to emergency departments (ED) or admissions (emergency presentations) are associated with poor survival and may result from preventable diagnostic delay. To improve outcomes for these patients, a better understanding is needed about how presentations arise. This study sought capture patients' experiences of this pathway in the English NHS. Methods Eligible patients were identified service evaluation invited participate. Interviews, using an...
<h3>Background</h3> Legislation enacted in the US State of North Carolina 2003 requires all licenced nursing homes to report medication errors. In 2007, were encouraged voluntarily convert from aggregate reporting a new online system where they reported each individual error. <h3>Methods</h3> A optional web-based tool was made available 393 submit error reports for distinct as occurred during year. <h3>Results</h3> total 5823 submitted by 203 sites (52%) using year, median 18 per site. Of...
Latino families raising children with mental health and other special care needs report greater dissatisfaction compared families. Activation is a promising strategy to eliminate disparities. This study examined the comparative effectiveness of MePrEPA, an activation intervention for parents whose receive services.A randomized controlled trial (N=172) was conducted in Spanish-language clinic assess four-week group psychoeducational enhance parent among parents, parent-support control group....
Abstract Purpose To explore the use of disproportionality analysis medication error data as a novel method to identify relationships that might not be obvious through traditional analyses. This approach can supplement descriptive and target quality improvement efforts. Methods Data came from Medication Error Quality Initiative (MEQI) individual event reporting system. Participants were North Carolina nursing homes who submitted incident reports Web‐based MEQI repository during 2006 2007...
Abstract Appropriate and safe use of medications is an important aspect quality care in nursing home patients. Because their complex medication process, anticoagulants are prone to errors the frail elderly. Therefore, we designed this study characterize anticoagulant evaluate association with patient harm using individual error incidents reported by all North Carolina homes Medication Error Quality Initiative (MEQI) during fiscal years 2010–2011. Characteristics, causes, specific outcomes...
Objectives: North Carolina legislation enacted in 2003 requires all nursing homes to report medication errors. A statewide mandatory home error reporting system for errors annually on an aggregate basis 385 licensed Carolina, exclusive of hospital-based facilities, was implemented. Methods: Web-based tool developed staff retrospective year-end summary data occurring during a nine-month period. voluntary follow-up survey used at the end collection period evaluate process. Results: is first...
In 2010, UCLPartners, a partnership of health care providers and universities in North Central London, began collaboration with local commissioners that aimed to think about cancer diagnosis differently. Understanding good patient experience can only be delivered by putting patients first working together along their journey from symptoms recovery, we brought clinical leaders how improve outcomes for patients, outside institutional barriers. From the very beginning this new network, an...
Objectives: Since 2003, North Carolina nursing homes have been required by state law to report all medication errors, but the not had usable and timely access their own error data. We created pilot tested a new online graphic reporting feature give practical reports on reported errors for use in improving processes. Methods: The was added existing system provides immediate set of tables graphs submitted errors. Fifteen were recruited participate test reports. Key informant interviews...
Hospice care continues to meet the needs of only a minority patients who have specialist palliative needs, either because prognosis is uncertain, themselves are not ready accept 'hospice' or referrer/referee do directly consider prognosis. Indeed, many with non-cancer diagnoses will never see despite complex symptomatology and psychological morbidity. Recognising this gap, St Wilfrid's developed pilot clinic bridge gap in provision: accepting any patient physical symptoms needing clinical...
<h3></h3> Clinical nurse specialists (CNS) in palliative care have been encouraged to extend their role. Many see these developments as an opportunity improve the of patients and therapeutic relationship. Courses physical assessment skills often learning beyond specialist needs a hospice CNS. It was our experience that then diluted failed meet more specific context care. In response, St Wilfrid's Hospice developed three-day focused course for CNS, delivered two groups six students. During...
60 Background: London Cancer aims to use transparency of service and quality measures drive improvement in cancer care North East surrounding areas, serving our population 3.5m people. Whilst the on-going implementation National Outcome Service Dataset for UK is expected take 18 months we have chosen develop with teams accountable deliver by using available data from a variety existent sources illustrate this value scorecards tracking patient pathway. Methods: Building on an engagement...