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Understanding Medication Safety Training

American Medical Compliance

The following Understanding Medication Safety Training educates healthcare providers on common medication safety issues. Ensuring patient safety during health services delivery is fundamental for an efficient healthcare system.

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Improving Care for Patients with a Non-English Language Preference (NELP)

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Certified interpreter use can improve communication and patient outcomes. Improving patient safety systems for patients with limited English proficiency: a guide for hospitals. Hospital and health system-level interventions to improve care for limited English proficiency patients: a systematic review.

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The ‘Hidden C’

Don't Forget the Bubbles

High levels of incivility correlate with adverse outcomes for patients, staff, and the organisation. staff wellbeing/turnover and patient safety) can boost engagement. At its heart lies an unpleasant reality- a critically unwell child with an anxious carer hoping for a positive outcome. BMJ Quality & Safety.

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Contrast Media Shortage of 2022 – Lessons Learned

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Background and Context Contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT) is of paramount importance in the emergency department (ED) due to its indispensable role in facilitating precise diagnostic outcomes. Published online 2019. doi:10.1155/2019/2350948 Salameh S, Antopolsky M, Simanovsky N, Arami E, Hiller N. West J Emerg Med.

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SGEM#250: Scribes – I Want to Break Free (from the EMR)

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Date: March 20th, 2019 Guest Skeptic: Dr.Katie Walker is an emergency physician in Melbourne, Australia. You have ambulances ramping and patients queuing at triage. Date: March 20th, 2019 Guest Skeptic: Dr.Katie Walker is an emergency physician in Melbourne, Australia. Case: The emergency department is backing up.

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The CLOVERS Trial

Taming the SRU

Recent meta-analyses and systematic reviews evaluating mortality in patients with septic shock reported mortality as high as 35% and 38% at 30 and 90 days, respectively (Vincent, Jones et al. 2019, Bauer, Gerlach et al. 2019, Evans, Rhodes et al. for patients with ESRD in the restrictive group (95% CI; -41.9 versus 14.9%

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2023 ACEP Elections Preview: Meet the President-Elect and Council Officer Candidates

ACEP Now

The weighting must strongly be on patient safety and on expanding the opportunities for board certified emergency physicians. Recent data published in Annals showed that between 2013 and 2019, the percentage of clinicians working in rural areas who were emergency physicians actually dropped slightly.