Purpose Unmanaged distress has been shown to adversely affect survival and quality of life
in breast cancer survivors. Fortunately, distress can be managed and even prevented with …

Artificial intelligence (AI) represents a valuable tool that could be used to improve the safety
of care. Major adverse events in healthcare include: healthcare-associated infections …

Artificial intelligence (AI) represents a valuable tool that could be widely used to inform
clinical and public health decision-making to effectively manage the impacts of a pandemic …

Background Adverse events during hospitalization are a major cause of patient harm, as
documented in the 1991 Harvard Medical Practice Study. Patient safety has changed …

Background Patient information and education, such as decision aids, are gradually moving
toward online, computer-based environments. Considerable research has been conducted …

Adverse drug events (ADEs) represent one of the most prevalent types of health-care-
related harm, and there is substantial room for improvement in the way that they are …

OBJECTIVE: Informed consent for research has emphasized information provision over
support to people making a difficult decision. We assessed the extent to which existing …

Pharmacovigilance improves patient safety by detecting and preventing adverse drug
events. However, challenges exist that limit adverse drug event detection, resulting in many …

Evaluating Patient, Family and Public Engagement in Health Services Improvement and
System Redesign Page 1 Healthcare Quarterly Vol.21 Special Issue 2018 61 Abstract As …

Across all areas of health care, decision makers are in pursuit of what Berwick and
colleagues have called the “triple aim”: improving patient experiences with care, improving …