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Today is #WorldPatientSafetyDay! In a new blog on the hub, we set out the need for a transformation in our approach to patient safety and consider this year’s theme, ‘Improving diagnosis for patient safety’ pslhub.org/learn/patient-… #WorldPatientSafetyDay2024 #WPSD2024 #WPSD

A missed, delayed, incorrect, or miscommunicated diagnosis can result from - incomplete medical history, - lack of trained staff, - Poor communication, - equipment failure, among other factors. Addressing these issues will help protect #PatientSafety 👉bit.ly/WPSD2024WHO

The right diagnosis, at the right time, is the basis of safe and effective health care. By contrast, diagnostic errors can lead to serious harm, and even death. This #WorldPatientSafetyDay, we call for a great collaboration between health workers and managers, policymakers and

Reaching an accurate diagnosis is a complex process. Health workers can 🎓 Keep up with education & training, 🤝 Collaborate proactively with colleagues, 👥 Consider patients as part of a team, 🔎 Recognize biases, to get it right, make it safe 👉bit.ly/WPSD2024WHO

2024's World Health Organization (WHO) World #PatientSafety Day focuses on #ImprovingDiagnosis. Here are 10 ideas to improve diagnostic safety at a #healthsystem + learn from (misdiagnosis/delayed dx) based on #experiments we did at the #SaferDX Learning Lab 2017-2022 at Geisinger #WPSD2024 #WPSD24

“Clean indoor air is the lowest hanging fruit for transformational public health change.” - Prof Brendan Crabb Yesterday I received a briefing from Burnet Institute on “The Pathway to Clean Indoor Air in Victoria” - a $9.9 million initiative led by Victorian Government that’s nation leading.

Last Tuesday's World Patient Safety Day was focused on the theme of improving diagnosis for patient safety. In a new 'Top picks' article, we've selected a number of key blogs from the hub relating to diagnostic safety pslhub.org/learn/patient-… #patientsafety

Thanks for meeting with us & for taking this issue so seriously ⁦Anthony Albanese⁩ - it’s crucial for both this airborne pandemic & those that are to come. The lowest hanging fruit for major public health reform. abc.net.au/news/2024-09-2…

"Point of care patient engagement" (POCPE, like POCUS)... Clinicians communicating/acknowledging uncertainty throughout the journey of the evolving clinical diagnosis is paramount - Daniel Berg at #DEX24 #patientsafety

Cognitive errors and distortions are common in the ICU Here are the 6 most cognitive errors I see in the ICU (and how to avoid them) A 🧵 #medtwitter #FOAMed #cognitivebias

(6/6) Need for Closure Bias The discomfort of diagnostic uncertainty may lead us to use convenient labels like "aspiration" or "urosepsis." when a patient is undifferentiated. It is important to have diagnostic humility and be able to label a patient as "Not Yet Diagnosed" .

Thank you to ⁦CMAJ⁩ for publishing my essay on how it feels to be one of the few physicians still trying not to get Covid and trying to educate my patients about why they too should try not to get Covid. #saltingthevibes cmaj.ca/content/196/35…

Cool study Northwestern led by Gopi Astik -- Hospitalists at end of service week were asked to re-think dx trajectory of pts that had a change in dx while admitted. In 2 yrs, they found 59 cases to learn from. …w-acpjournals-org.geihsl.idm.oclc.org/doi/10.7326/AN… #patientsafety Annals of Int Med Andrew Olson, MD

Added to the hub this week, the Coroner's report concerning the death of Tamara Davis. This raises concerns about corridor care both at the hospital where she died and nationally pslhub.org/learn/investig…

.Carolyn Thomas ☮️ : “Hedging” during diagnostic uncertainty Carmel Crock OAM Dr Mary Dahm Jerome E Groopman myheartsisters.org/2024/10/27/hed…

Out today, an explainer on our recent MJA piece on viral persistence and what this means for treatments, prevention and de-mystifying long COVID. Long COVID appears to be driven by ‘long infection’. Here’s what the science says theconversation.com/long-covid-app… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

Research has shown a compelling link between compassion in leadership and staff wellbeing and performance. Explore the four behaviours of compassionate leadership and why it matters in health and care in our explainer 📚 kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-an…

Such an advance. Thanks Australian Department of Health and Aged Care and Mark Butler MP Ged Kearney health.gov.au/topics/environ…

5 years since the WHO marked COVID as a pandemic, our new report finds undiagnosed cases and long-term health impacts of the pandemic have driven an enduring decline in life expectancy. More in the The Australian today: theaustralian.com.au/health/covid-d…

Given recent news, I created a new visual for what’s at stake for patient safety Time to make patient safety a household word and let the general public know how AHRQ prevents harm from medical errors Here's why I care about AHRQ: jointcommissionjournal.com/article/S1553-…