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Mashup Score: 125Physician associates: What are the patient safety issues? An interview with Asif Qasim - 5 day(s) ago
Helen Hughes speaks to Asif Qasim, Consultant Cardiologist about the role of physician associates (PAs) in the NHS. They discuss the patient safety issues arising from inappropriate use of PAs in both primary and secondary care and outline concerns about the planned rapid increase in the number of PAs working in the healthcare system.
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Mashup Score: 125Physician associates: What are the patient safety issues? An interview with Asif Qasim - 5 day(s) ago
Helen Hughes speaks to Asif Qasim, Consultant Cardiologist about the role of physician associates (PAs) in the NHS. They discuss the patient safety issues arising from inappropriate use of PAs in both primary and secondary care and outline concerns about the planned rapid increase in the number of PAs working in the healthcare system.
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Mashup Score: 6According to medical guidelines, your doctor needs a 27-hour workday - 1 month(s) ago
Some doctors say that however reasonable guidelines may seem, their cumulative burden causes “constant frustration” to medical practice. A team of doctors wrote a study last year for the Journal of General Internal Medicine which suggested that if an American doctor followed all of the guidelines…
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Mashup Score: 1Electronic patient record systems: Putting patient safety at the heart of implementation (Patient Safety Learning, 31 July 2024) - 4 month(s) ago
What is an electronic patient record, or EPR? An electronic patient record (EPR) is a set of electronic information about a single patient. It can include: a patients’ own notes test results observations by a range of different clinicians prescribed medications. EPR systems are a way of managing …
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Mashup Score: 1Risk controls identified in action plans following Serious Incident Investigations in secondary care: A qualitative study (26 June 2024) - 4 month(s) ago
This study in the Journal of Patient Safety aimed to identify the range and apparent strength of risk controls generated from investigations into serious incidents
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Mashup Score: 1Bariatric tourism care costs NHS more than actual surgery - 10 month(s) ago
People who go abroad for weight-loss surgery, and then need urgent medical care back in the UK, cost the NHS more than it costs to carry out the operation itself, according to new research. A study featuring five London hospitals recorded the details of 35 people who had suffered complications af…
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I talked with @ptsafetylearn about PA patient safety risks around scope and supervision @trishgreenhalgh @mmamas1973 @doctor_oxford @TYoungstein @DrSteveTaylor @DrNeenaJha @ExplosiveEnema https://t.co/jFRpeABchH