Pressure ulcer risk assessment and prevention: a systematic comparative effectiveness review

R Chou, T Dana, C Bougatsos, I Blazina… - Annals of internal …, 2013 - acpjournals.org
Background: Pressure ulcers are associated with substantial health burdens but may be
preventable. Purpose: To review the clinical utility of pressure ulcer risk assessment …

[HTML][HTML] Changes in medical errors after implementation of a handoff program

AJ Starmer, ND Spector, R Srivastava… - … England Journal of …, 2014 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Miscommunications are a leading cause of serious medical errors. Data from
multicenter studies assessing programs designed to improve handoff of information about …

Rates of medical errors and preventable adverse events among hospitalized children following implementation of a resident handoff bundle

AJ Starmer, TC Sectish, DW Simon, C Keohane… - Jama, 2013 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Handoff miscommunications are a leading cause of medical errors. Studies
comprehensively assessing handoff improvement programs are lacking. Objective To …

I-pass, a mnemonic to standardize verbal handoffs

AJ Starmer, ND Spector, R Srivastava, AD Allen… - …, 2012 - publications.aap.org
Background Communication errors are a contributing cause of approximately two-thirds of
sentinel events, 3 over half of which involve handoff failures. 4 In health care, the magnitude …

Development, implementation, and dissemination of the I-PASS handoff curriculum: a multisite educational intervention to improve patient handoffs

AJ Starmer, JK O'Toole, G Rosenbluth… - Academic …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Patient handoffs are a key source of communication failures and adverse events in
hospitals. Despite Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education requirements for …

Patient safety after implementation of a coproduced family centered communication programme: multicenter before and after intervention study

A Khan, ND Spector, JD Baird, M Ashland, AJ Starmer… - Bmj, 2018 - bmj.com
Objective To determine whether medical errors, family experience, and communication
processes improved after implementation of an intervention to standardize the structure of …

Work–life balance, burnout, and satisfaction of early career pediatricians

AJ Starmer, MP Frintner, GL Freed - Pediatrics, 2016 - publications.aap.org
METHODS: We analyzed 2013 survey data of pediatricians who graduated residency
between 2002 and 2004. Dependent variables included:(1) balance between personal and …

Families as partners in hospital error and adverse event surveillance

A Khan, M Coffey, KP Litterer, JD Baird… - JAMA …, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Medical errors and adverse events (AEs) are common among hospitalized
children. While clinician reports are the foundation of operational hospital safety surveillance …

Gender discrepancies related to pediatrician work-life balance and household responsibilities

AJ Starmer, MP Frintner, K Matos, C Somberg… - …, 2019 - publications.aap.org
BACKGROUND: Physicians must balance career and home responsibilities, yet previous
studies on work-life balance are focused primarily on work-based tasks. We examined …

Association of pediatric resident physician depression and burnout with harmful medical errors on inpatient services

KA Brunsberg, CP Landrigan, BM Garcia… - Academic …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Purpose To determine whether higher rates of medical errors were associated with positive
screenings for depression or burnout among resident physicians. Method The authors …