Patient Safety & Quality
New report reviews methods for reducing waste, improving efficiency with expensive injectable medications
28 Feb, 2021 | 21:29h | UTCOriginal report: Medications in Single Dose Vials: Implications of Discarded Drugs (2021) – National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Commentary on Twitter
"significant amounts of expensive injectable or infused drugs, distributed in single-dose vials, are discarded" but hard to quantify.
Medications in Single-Dose Vials and Implications of Discarded Injectable Drugs: A National Academies Report https://t.co/z3ebKGIcEg
— Suresh Nirody (@snirody) February 26, 2021
Decreasing patient-reported burden of treatment: A systematic review of quantitative interventional studies
26 Feb, 2021 | 08:21h | UTC
Medication review interventions to reduce hospital readmissions in older people
24 Feb, 2021 | 02:14h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
A medication review in combination with medication reconciliation, patient education, professional education and transitional care is associated with a decreased risk of hospital readmissions. #geriatrics https://t.co/nAeHF82dlm pic.twitter.com/50lEVVeQwn
— JAGS (@AGSJournal) February 16, 2021
How the COVID-19 pandemic will change the future of critical care
24 Feb, 2021 | 02:49h | UTCHow the COVID-19 pandemic will change the future of critical care – Intensive Care Medicine
Commentary on Twitter
Will #COVID19 change critical care?
➡️approach to crises
➡️flexible #ICU capacity/staff & safer design
➡️efficient supply/use of PPE, devices, consumables, meds
➡️triage principles
➡️communication
➡️end‐of‐life
➡️#AI, registries, agile collaborative RCTshttps://t.co/0aWmhQxItm pic.twitter.com/qFZCi4eYwM— Intens Care Med (@yourICM) February 23, 2021
SR: Integrating palliative care in ambulatory care of noncancer serious chronic illness
19 Feb, 2021 | 02:28h | UTCFull report: Integrating Palliative Care in Ambulatory Care of Noncancer Serious Chronic Illness
Evidence summary: Integrating Palliative Care in Ambulatory Care of Noncancer Serious Illness
M-A: Preventable medication harm across health care settings
18 Feb, 2021 | 02:43h | UTCCommentary: Preventable medication harm across health care settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis – PSNet
Sleep: the underhyped secret to success and safety in medicine
18 Feb, 2021 | 02:41h | UTCSleep: the underhyped secret to success and safety in medicine – The BMJ Opinion
Commentary on Twitter
“As medical students you feel guilty if you’re not up burning the midnight oil, but actually, from a learning point of view, you are much better in prioritising your sleep. Sleep is absolutely fundamental to learning.” @DrMikeFarquhar @BMJStudent https://t.co/MDxNWBCMVS
— The BMJ (@bmj_latest) February 17, 2021
Editorial: Bundled payment models in oncology
17 Feb, 2021 | 01:16h | UTCEditorial: Bundled Payment Models in Oncology: Learning to Think in New Ways – JCO Oncology Practice
Counterpoint: Oncology Care Model: A Herculean Effort With Fixable Fatal Flaws – JCO Oncology Practice
Effectiveness of telerehabilitation in physical therapy: A rapid overview
16 Feb, 2021 | 01:53h | UTCEffectiveness of telerehabilitation in physical therapy: A rapid overview – Physical Therapy
Editorial: Covid-19 has amplified moral distress in medicine
12 Feb, 2021 | 02:16h | UTCCovid-19 has amplified moral distress in medicine – The BMJ
Related: Physicians aren’t ‘burning out.’ They’re suffering from moral injury – STAT
Do you need a checklist? There’s limited evidence but apparent potential for these tools in hospital medicine
12 Feb, 2021 | 01:59h | UTCDo you need a checklist? – ACP Hospitalist
CDC Guidance: Improve the fit and filtration of your mask to reduce the spread of COVID-19
11 Feb, 2021 | 02:21h | UTC
CDC study on practical ways for maximizing fit for masks to reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission and exposure
11 Feb, 2021 | 02:25h | UTCCommentaries: CDC Says Double-Masking Offers More Protection Against The Coronavirus – NPR AND CDC report: Double-masking can block more than 90 percent of viral particles – NBC News
Choosing Wisely for Critical Care: The Next Five
9 Feb, 2021 | 01:07h | UTCChoosing Wisely For Critical Care: The Next Five – Critical Care Medicine
See complete lists of low-value practices: Choosing Wisely U.S. / Choosing Wisely UK / Choosing Wisely Australia AND Choosing Wisely Canada
Commentary on Twitter
Critical Care Choosing Wisely: The Next Five
?Don't retain catheters/drains w/o an indication
?Don't delay liberation from MV
?Don't continue antibiotics unnecessarily
?Don't delay mobilizing patients
?Don't provide goal-discordant carehttps://t.co/kSsMh33Okc pic.twitter.com/V9zGb2MLXY— Başak Çoruh (@basakcoruhUW) February 1, 2021
Review: Nosocomial infection in the ICU setting
9 Feb, 2021 | 01:05h | UTCNosocomial Infection – Critical Care Medicine
Mitigating inequities and saving lives with ICU triage during the COVID-19 pandemic
9 Feb, 2021 | 01:29h | UTC
Telehealth’s critics have it right: The industry must evolve
9 Feb, 2021 | 00:46h | UTCTelehealth’s critics have it right: The industry must evolve – STAT
RCT: Day-of-surgery video calls and phone calls increase patient satisfaction with outpatient surgery experience
9 Feb, 2021 | 00:44h | UTCCommentary: Day-of-Surgery Post-op Talks with Patients Worth the Effort – OrthoBuzz
Survey: Prevalence of and factors associated with nurse burnout in the US
7 Feb, 2021 | 20:51h | UTCPrevalence of and Factors Associated With Nurse Burnout in the US – JAMA Network Open
Commentary: Nurse Burnout Remains an Issue in the United States – HealthDay
Commentary on Twitter
Survey finds over 30% of nurses who left their jobs in 2017 reported burnout; working in the hospital and over 40 hours per week increased the odds of leaving due to burnout. @mkali80 @emoryhealthcare https://t.co/R6TYPtANeZ
— JAMA Network Open (@JAMANetworkOpen) February 4, 2021
Telemedicine and team-based care: The perils and the promise
5 Feb, 2021 | 01:23h | UTCTelemedicine and Team-Based Care – Mayo Clinic Proceedings
Randomized trial: Chlorhexidine + alcohol better at prevention of short-term peripheral venous catheter infection compared to iodine + alcohol. Innovative devices were associated with less catheter failure
3 Feb, 2021 | 01:26h | UTC
Global variation in postoperative mortality and complications after cancer surgery: a multicenter, prospective cohort study in 82 countries
25 Jan, 2021 | 01:21h | UTCCommentary: Better post-surgical care would boost cancer survival chances – University of Birmingham
Commentary on Twitter (thread – Click for more)
@GlobalSurg 3: Global variation in postoperative mortality & complications after cancer surgery, published in @TheLancet
16K patients underwent surgery across 82 countries.
Better postoperative care & facilities could significantly improve #cancer survivalhttps://t.co/QBRwGgyhLu pic.twitter.com/8f9T1N4O9i— Ewen Harrison (@ewenharrison) January 21, 2021
Cohort study: Tomographic radiation in patients who underwent appendectomy linked to increased risk of hematologic malignant neoplasms
22 Jan, 2021 | 08:25h | UTCRisk of Hematologic Malignant Neoplasms From Abdominopelvic Computed Tomographic Radiation in Patients Who Underwent Appendectomy – JAMA Surgery (free for a limited period)
Commentary: Optimizing the Gold Standard—Low-Dose Computed Tomography Modalities as a Part of Clinical Practice in Acute Appendicitis Imaging – JAMA Surgery (free for a limited period)
Author Interview: Risk of Hematologic Malignant Neoplasms From Abdominopelvic CT Radiation
Allocating scarce intensive care resources during the COVID-19 pandemic: practical challenges to theoretical frameworks
21 Jan, 2021 | 01:22h | UTC
Study: Crowded ICUs linked to increased mortality from COVID-19
20 Jan, 2021 | 01:53h | UTCCommentaries: Intensive Care Unit Strain and Mortality Risk Among Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19—There Is No “Me” in COVID – JAMA Network Open AND Crowded ICUs tied to higher risk of COVID-19 death – CIDRAP