Taubman Health Sciences Library Blog- Blog Retired
- Global Innovation – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of October 20, 2014)
- Local Innovation & #MCubed – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of October 13, 2014)
- Open Access Journal on Clinical Diabetes and Endocrinology
- National Medical Librarians Month 2014
- Suicide Prevention & Trauma on Social Media – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of October 6, 2014)
- Radiation Oncology Journal Club (#RadOnc) – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of September 29, 2014)
- From the National Library of Medicine: Roosevelt at NIH
- Patients on the Right TEDMED Questions – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of September 22, 2014)
- TEDMED on Patient Engagement – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of September 15, 2014)
Tag Archives: patient safety
Webinar: Team training and patient safety
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) will host a 1-hour webinar on the use of the agency’s teamwork training program, TeamSTEPPS® & what evidence is available to demonstrate the program’s efficacy in improving patient safety. David Baker, Ph.D., … Continue reading
Patient & family engagement in hospital quality & safety
From the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ): A new online resource from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) helps hospitals improve quality and safety by building productive partnerships between health care professionals, patients, and family members. Patient … Continue reading
Posted in Government publications, News
Tagged AHRQ, consumer health, health communication, patient safety
Leave a comment
Hazards leading to surgical site infections at ambulatory surgical centers
From the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ): A recently completed AHRQ-funded study explores the use of a proactive risk assessment to identify hazards that can lead to surgical site infections in the ambulatory surgery center setting. Select to … Continue reading
Many injury-related hospital stays among elderly result in readmission
From AHRQ: A new AHRQ-funded study finds that about one in seven elderly patients (14 percent) admitted to the hospital for an injury will be readmitted within 30 days. The study examined 2006 data from hospitals in 11 states for … Continue reading
More avoidable deaths in the US than in three European countries
From Health Affairs: Amenable mortalitydeaths that could have been avoided with timely and appropriate health careaccounts for 21 percent of deaths among men and 30 percent of deaths among women under the age of 75 in several high-income countries. A … Continue reading
New studies added to AHRQ’s Knowledge Transfer Case Studies
AHRQ’s Impact Case Studies Program catalogues the impact the Agency’s research and resources have on outcomes, quality, cost, use, and access. They demonstrate how AHRQ-funded research, tools, and products are actually being used by Federal and State Government; individual practices, … Continue reading
Posted in News
Tagged comparative effectiveness research, patient safety, utilization
Leave a comment
Public Health--Research & Library News 