 Patient Harm
"Patient Harm" 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.
A measure of PATIENT SAFETY considering errors or mistakes which result in harm to the patient. They include errors in the administration of drugs and other medications (MEDICATION ERRORS), errors in the performance of procedures or the use of other types of therapy, in the use of equipment, and in the interpretation of laboratory findings and preventable accidents involving patients.
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D064406
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N06.850.135.060.075.349 N06.850.725
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Patient Harm" by people in this website by year, and whether "Patient Harm" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Patient Harm" by people in Profiles.
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Nicholas LH, Hanson C, Segal JB, Eisenberg MD. Association Between Treatment by Fraud and Abuse Perpetrators and Health Outcomes Among Medicare Beneficiaries. JAMA Intern Med. 2020 01 01; 180(1):62-69.
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Nicholas LH, Segal J, Hanson C, Zhang K, Eisenberg MD. Medicare Beneficiaries' Exposure To Fraud And Abuse Perpetrators. Health Aff (Millwood). 2019 05; 38(5):788-793.
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Stockwell DC, Bisarya H, Classen DC, Kirkendall ES, Lachman PI, Matlow AG, Tham E, Hyman D, Lehman SM, Searles E, Muething SE, Sharek PJ. Development of an Electronic Pediatric All-Cause Harm Measurement Tool Using a Modified Delphi Method. J Patient Saf. 2016 12; 12(4):180-189.
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Bennett P, Hardiker N. A Quantitative Study Investigating the Effects of Computerised Clinical Decision Support in the Emergency Department. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2016; 225:53-7.
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