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A health system has reduced serious adverse events by 83% over five years. The improvement is the result of a system-wide quality improvement effort.
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A 10-year old girl died as a result of complications due to pneumonia after doctors mistakenly diagnosed her with the flu.
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Huddles are used by many providers to improve safety, but there are few guides for how to conduct them. A specific format will improve the results of the huddle.
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Malpractice claims involving care provided at the University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbors three emergency departments (EDs) decreased by about half in the past decade, after a disclosure, apology, and compensation program was implemented, estimates Richard C. Boothman, JD, executive director for clinical safety and chief risk officer
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Resistant hypertension, defined as a systolic blood pressure (BP) that remains above goal despite treatment with at least three complementary antihypertensive agents of different classes at maximally tolerated doses, has become an increasingly common diagnosis in recent years.
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Beta-blockers have long been considered a cornerstone of therapy for patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI).
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This was a retrospective cohort study from Quebec and Ontario, Canada, examining patients ≥ 65 years of age admitted to a hospital with a diagnosis of atrial fibrillation (AF) between 1998 and 2007.
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Current guidelines recommend monotherapy with either beta-blockers or rate lowering calcium blockers for heart rate control in patients with permanent atrial fibrillation (AF).