Summary
These resource lists compiled by US insurance company MedPro Group, highlight a number of expert and evidence-based sources that can be used to increase awareness of safety issues, identify areas of risk and determine mitigation strategies. They cover a wide range of healthcare safety topics:
- Advanced practice providers
- Anaesthesia and surgery
- Artificial Intelligence
- Bed safety and entrapment in senior care
- Behavioural health
- Behavioural health in senior care
- Burnout in healthcare
- Culture of safety
- Cybersecurity
- Disclosure of unanticipated outcomes
- Disruptive behaviour
- Elder abuse
- Electronic Health Records
- Emergency medical Treatment and Labour Act
- Emergency preparedness and response
- Emergency preparedness and response in senior care organisations
- Ergonomics and safe patient handling
- Falls and fall risk in older adults
- Handoffs and care transitions
- Health equity and social determinants of health
- Health literacy and cultural competence
- Healthcare-associated infections
- Healthcare compliance
- HIPAA
- Human trafficking and trauma-informed care
- Infection prevention and control in ambulatory care settings
- Infection prevention and control in dentistry
- Infection prevention and control in senior care organisations
- Informed consent
- LGBT+-inclusive care
- Maternal morbidity and mortality
- Medical marijuana
- Medication safety during care transitions
- Obstetrics and gynaecology
- Opioid prescribing and pain management
- Patient engagement
- Pressure injuries in older adults
- Sepsis
- Social media in healthcare
- Staff shortages and workforce issues
- Suicide screening in primary care
- Telehealth/telemedicine
- Violence prevention in home healthcare
- Violence prevention in the Emergency Department
- Wrong-site procedures
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