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Burden of illness for children and where we stand in measuring the quality of this health careMarlene R Miller
Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Ambul Pediatr 5:268-78. 2005..Measures of health care quality for children are not as well developed as those for adults. It is also unclear the extent to which the current pool of measures address common causes of illness and health care utilization for children...
Medication errors in paediatric care: a systematic review of epidemiology and an evaluation of evidence supporting reduction strategy recommendationsMarlene R Miller
Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Qual Saf Health Care 16:116-26. 2007....- Pediatric patient safety in hospitals: a national picture in 2000Marlene R Miller
Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Pediatrics 113:1741-6. 2004..To describe potential patient safety events for hospitalized children, examine associated factors, and explore impacts of safety events... - Pediatric patient safety in the ambulatory settingMarlene R Miller
Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Ambul Pediatr 4:47-54. 2004 
Decreasing PICU catheter-associated bloodstream infections: NACHRI's quality transformation effortsMarlene R Miller
MSc, Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins Children s Center, CMSC 1 141, 600 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Pediatrics 125:206-13. 2010..In this study, we aimed to develop and evaluate effective catheter-care practices to reduce pediatric CA-BSIs...- Patient safety events during pediatric hospitalizationsMarlene R Miller
Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland, USA
Pediatrics 111:1358-66. 2003..Our objective was to describe potential patient safety events for hospitalized children, using the patient safety indicators (PSIs), and examine associations with these events... - Reducing PICU central line-associated bloodstream infections: 3-year resultsMarlene R Miller
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Pediatrics 128:e1077-83. 2011.... - Computer based medication error reporting: insights and implicationsM R Miller
Department of Pediatrics and Center for Innovations in Quality Patient Care, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Qual Saf Health Care 15:208-13. 2006..Despite the growing use of error reporting tools, the healthcare industry is inexperienced in receiving, understanding, and analyzing these reports... - Reduction of catheter-associated bloodstream infections in pediatric patients: experimentation and realityChristopher McKee
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA
Pediatr Crit Care Med 9:40-6. 2008..Few data exist on successes at reducing pediatric catheter-associated bloodstream infections (CA-BSI). The objective was to eradicate CA-BSI with a multifaceted pediatric-relevant intervention proven effective in adult patients... - Prescribing errors in a pediatric emergency departmentMichael L Rinke
Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 24:1-8. 2008..To determine the frequency, prescriber, and type of prescribing errors in written in-house orders and ambulatory prescriptions in a pediatric emergency department (PED)... - Transition from a traditional code team to a medical emergency team and categorization of cardiopulmonary arrests in a children's centerElizabeth A Hunt
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 600 N Wolfe St, Blalock 904, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 162:117-22. 2008..To study the effect of an intervention on prevention of respiratory arrest and cardiopulmonary arrest (CPA) and to characterize ward CPAs by preceding signs and symptoms and initial cardiac rhythm... - Perspective: Physician leadership in qualityPeter J Pronovost
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Quality and Safety Research Group, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21231, USA
Acad Med 84:1651-6. 2009..For AMCs to achieve significant improvements in quality and safety, they must invest in physician-leaders and in the support these leaders need to carry out their educational and operational roles... - Pediatric antidepressant medication errors in a national error reporting databaseMichael L Rinke
Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
J Dev Behav Pediatr 31:129-36. 2010..To describe inpatient and outpatient pediatric antidepressant medication errors... - Patient safety rounds in a pediatric tertiary care centerMichael L Rinke
Department of Pediatrics, John Hopkins University, Balitimore, USA
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 34:5-12. 2008..Completed issues were categorized into both Modified Vincent and University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) categorization schemes to compare and contrast their attributes... - Measurement of quality and assurance of safety in the critically illPeter J Pronovost
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA
Clin Chest Med 30:169-79, x. 2009..Future research should seek to create a scientifically sound and feasible safety scorecard and improve performance... - Urgency of emergency department visits by children with sickle cell disease: a comparison of 3 chronic conditionsDavid G Bundy
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Quality and Safety, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
Acad Pediatr 11:333-41. 2011..This study examined ED use by children with SCD by comparing the urgency of ED visits among children with SCD, asthma, and diabetes mellitus... - Implementation of a central line maintenance care bundle in hospitalized pediatric oncology patientsMichael L Rinke
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, 2091 Rubenstein Child Health Building, 200 N Wolfe St, Baltimore MD, 21287, USA
Pediatrics 130:e996-e1004. 2012.... - Reducing health care hazards: lessons from the commercial aviation safety teamPeter J Pronovost
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 28:w479-89. 2009..We propose a similar partnership in the health care community to coordinate national efforts and move patient safety and quality forward... - Assessing controlled substance prescribing errors in a pediatric teaching hospital: an analysis of the safety of analgesic prescription practice in the transition from the hospital to homeBenjamin H Lee
Department of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
J Pain 10:160-6. 2009..With a low therapeutic profile, the hospital may consider a review/verification process to reduce the risk of patient harm... - Ambulatory care connections of Medicaid-insured children with sickle cell diseaseDavid G Bundy
Division of Quality and Safety, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
Pediatr Blood Cancer 59:888-94. 2012..We examined when children with SCD establish ambulatory care connections, whether these connections are maintained, and how these connections are used before and after hospitalizations... - Medication errors in neonatesTheodora A Stavroudis
Eudowood Neonatal Pulmonary Division, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Clin Perinatol 35:141-61, ix. 2008..Safety initiatives applicable to minimizing medication errors also are discussed... - Medication errors in the ambulatory treatment of pediatric attention deficit hyperactivity disorderDavid G Bundy
Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 34:552-9, 497. 2008..Of 361 reports of errors involving pediatric attention deficit hyperactivity disorder from 2003 to 2005, 82% reached the patient but were not harmful; more serious errors were rare... - Can teaching medical students to investigate medication errors change their attitudes towards patient safety?Robert A Dudas
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
BMJ Qual Saf 20:319-25. 2011..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of a patient-safety curriculum administered during a paediatric clerkship on medical students' attitudes towards patient safety... - Cardiovascular medication errors in childrenDiana C Alexander
Department of Pediatrics, St Luke s Regional Medical Center, Boise, Idaho 83712, USA
Pediatrics 124:324-32. 2009..We sought to describe pediatric cardiovascular medication errors and to determine patients and medications with more-frequently reported and/or more-harmful errors... - Pediatric safety incidents from an intensive care reporting systemJulia Lynn Skapik
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
J Patient Saf 5:95-101. 2009..This study examined the demographic factors, types of events, contributing system factors, and harm associated with incidents that occur in pediatric intensive care units... - Excess length of stay, charges, and mortality attributable to medical injuries during hospitalizationChunliu Zhan
Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
JAMA 290:1868-74. 2003..Although medical injuries are recognized as a major hazard in the health care system, little is known about their impact... - Pediatric vaccination errors: application of the "5 rights" framework to a national error reporting databaseDavid G Bundy
Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Vaccine 27:3890-6. 2009..In this largest-ever analysis of pediatric vaccination errors, error types were associated with predictable vaccine-related human factors challenges. Efforts to reduce pediatric vaccination errors should focus on these human factors... - Increased catheter-related bloodstream infection rates after the introduction of a new mechanical valve intravenous access portLisa L Maragakis
Department of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control, The John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 27:67-70. 2006..We report a significant increase in catheter-related bloodstream infections after the introduction of a new needle-free positive-pressure mechanical valve intravenous access port at our institution... - Electronic health record-based monitoring of primary care patients at risk of medication-related toxicityDavid G Bundy
Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 38:216-23. 2012.... - Paying the piper: investing in infrastructure for patient safetyPeter J Pronovost
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Surgery, and Health Policy and Management, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 34:342-8. 2008..Yet, predicating safety efforts on the mistaken belief in a short-term return on investments will stall patient safety efforts... - Characteristics of pediatric chemotherapy medication errors in a national error reporting databaseMichael L Rinke
Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Cancer 110:186-95. 2007..Little is known regarding chemotherapy medication errors in pediatrics despite studies suggesting high rates of overall pediatric medication errors. In this study, the authors examined patterns in pediatric chemotherapy errors... - The effects of HMO penetration on preventable hospitalizationsChunliu Zhan
Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, Agency for Healthcare Research Quality, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
Health Serv Res 39:345-61. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: Our study suggests that HMO penetration has significant effects in reducing preventable hospitalizations due to some ambulatory care sensitive conditions... - Simulation of in-hospital pediatric medical emergencies and cardiopulmonary arrests: highlighting the importance of the first 5 minutesElizabeth A Hunt
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Pediatrics 121:e34-43. 2008.... - Tracking progress in patient safety: an elusive targetPeter J Pronovost
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA
JAMA 296:696-9. 2006 - Suboptimal prescribing in elderly outpatients: potentially harmful drug-drug and drug-disease combinationsChunliu Zhan
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, Maryland 20850, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 53:262-7. 2005..To assess the prevalence and correlates of potentially harmful drug-drug combinations and drug-disease combinations prescribed for elderly patients at outpatient settings... - Burden of influenza-related hospitalizations among children with sickle cell diseaseDavid G Bundy
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N Wolfe St, CMSC 2 121, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Pediatrics 125:234-43. 2010.... - Accuracy and usefulness of the HEDIS childhood immunization measuresDavid G Bundy
Division of Quality and Safety, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Pediatrics 129:648-56. 2012.... - Decreasing errors in pediatric continuous intravenous infusionsChristoph U Lehmann
Johns Hopkins Children's Medical and Surgical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
Pediatr Crit Care Med 7:225-30. 2006..With no observed errors in pharmacy preparation, this study provides data to support the use of computerized ordering as an independent safe and viable method for ordering continuous pediatric infusions... - Pediatric resident education about medical errorsKathleen E Walsh
Department of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
Ambul Pediatr 4:514-7. 2004..National organizations have called for patient safety curricula to help reduce the incidence of errors. Little is known about what trainees are taught about medical errors... - Outcomes research in pediatric settings: recent trends and future directionsChristopher B Forrest
Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Pediatrics 111:171-8. 2003..Pediatric outcomes research examines the effects of health care delivered in everyday medical settings on the health of children and adolescents. It is an area of inquiry in its nascent stages of development... - A national profile of patient safety in U.S. hospitalsPatrick S Romano
Division of General Medicine, University of California, Davis, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 22:154-66. 2003..The PSIs may be used in AHRQ's National Quality Report, while providers may use them to screen for preventable complications, target opportunities for improvement, and benchmark performance... - HIM's role in monitoring patient safetyPatrick S Romano
UC Davis Division of General Medicine, Stanford University, USA
J AHIMA 73:72-4. 2002 - Relationship between performance measurement and accreditation: implications for quality of care and patient safetyMarlene R Miller
Advisory Council on Performance Measurement for the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Department of Health and Human Services, USA
Am J Med Qual 20:239-52. 2005..There is a need to continuously reevaluate all measurement tools to ensure they are providing the public with reliable, consistent information about health care quality and safety... - Toward transparent clinical policiesRichard N Shiffman
Pediatrics 121:643-6. 2008.... - Authors incorrectly cited classification of adverse-event codesJennifer A Taylor
Pediatrics 116:1259-60; author reply 1260. 2005