 Patient Safety
"Patient Safety" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Efforts to reduce risk, to address and reduce incidents and accidents that may negatively impact healthcare consumers.
| Descriptor ID |
D061214
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N06.850.135.060.075.399
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| Concept/Terms |
Patient Safety- Patient Safety
- Patient Safeties
- Safeties, Patient
- Safety, Patient
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Patient Safety" by people in this website by year, and whether "Patient Safety" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2012 | 7 | 9 | 16 | | 2013 | 12 | 10 | 22 | | 2014 | 6 | 7 | 13 | | 2015 | 8 | 11 | 19 | | 2016 | 13 | 10 | 23 | | 2017 | 13 | 12 | 25 | | 2018 | 11 | 5 | 16 | | 2019 | 10 | 15 | 25 | | 2020 | 12 | 15 | 27 | | 2021 | 8 | 6 | 14 | | 2022 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 2023 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2024 | 5 | 4 | 9 | | 2025 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Patient Safety" by people in Profiles.
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Auerbach A, Raffel K, Rasooly IR, Schnipper J. Diagnostic excellence: turning to diagnostic performance improvement. Diagnosis (Berl). 2025 Nov 01; 12(4):520-528.
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Beard LA, Ceballos KC, Staton KL, Conner KA, Math CM, Moore MK, Weikel BW, Barry JS. Reducing NICU Discharge Care-Related Failures by Improving Discharge Safety. Pediatrics. 2025 Aug 01; 156(2).
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Knees M, Flynn SJ, Hsiang EY, Kubey AA. Is secure messaging an effective tool for inpatient communication? J Hosp Med. 2025 Sep; 20(9):1022-1027.
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Thaxton L, Masten M. Procedural Abortion: Setting, Safety, and Patient Access. Obstet Gynecol Clin North Am. 2025 Jun; 52(2):239-253.
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Zandieh G, Yazdaninia I, Afyouni S, Borhani A, Yokoo T, Kamel IR. Updates on the MR safety guidelines - Essentials for radiologists. Clin Imaging. 2025 Feb; 118:110394.
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Bourne RS, Jeffries M, Jennings JK, Ashcroft DM, Norman P. Improving medication safety for intensive care patients transitioning to a hospital ward: development of a theory-informed intervention package. BMC Health Serv Res. 2024 Nov 26; 24(1):1476.
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Fu YH, Castora-Binkley M, Coe AB, Snyder ME, Cooke CE, Vogel CE, Hines L, Lyles A, Brandt N. Applying the Andersen behavioral model to the medication therapy management program: an approach for improving medication safety in older adults. Front Public Health. 2024; 12:1499362.
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Badr S, Nahle T, Rahman S, Al Soueidy A, Stefaniak M, Burden M, Rachoin JS. Hospital Rating Organizations' Quality and Patient Safety Scores: Analysis of Result Discrepancies. J Gen Intern Med. 2025 Feb; 40(3):525-531.
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Cool JA, Lai AR, Kramer H, Baduashvili A. SIMPLE procedures: Survey of Internal Medicine Providers' Limitations and Experiences with procedures and medical procedure services. J Hosp Med. 2024 Nov; 19(11):1019-1027.
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Scruth EA, Martinez VA, Worth K. Private Equity Ownership in Healthcare: Quality and Patient Safety Are in Jeopardy. Clin Nurse Spec. 2024 May-Jun 01; 38(3):116-118.
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