The Quality of Informed Consent after the Establishment of Patient Safety Standards : The Consent of the Physician, the Presence of a Third Party, the Description of the Type of Procedure, the Description of the Benefits of the Procedure

Author(s):  
Masoumeh Kazemi Torki ◽  
Farin Razaghi Kashani
2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (7_suppl) ◽  
pp. 82-82
Author(s):  
Lauren Azure Zatarain ◽  
Jessica Ashford ◽  
David Bivens

82 Background: Oral oncology medication prescribing is on the rise nationwide. Given that these medications are self-administered, drug compliance is a concern. Appropriate patient education directly impacts drug adherence. Prior to the process improvement initiative in our community based medical oncology clinic, implied consent was obtained while educating patients on side effects and written informed consent was documented 0% of the time. This creates a patient safety and risk management problem. Methods: Our clinic implemented a new process for consenting and educating patients starting on new oral oncology medications from April – October 2015. The plan/do/study/act performance improvement technique was utilized. A new consent form was created for oral oncology medications meeting ASCO/ONS safety standards. The consent and education packets were placed centrally in the office and coincided with an initiative to improve consenting for IV chemotherapy. Providers were in-serviced to contact the nurse prior to patients exiting clinic to initiate the new prescription and begin the patient education process. Reminder checklists were placed in exam rooms to trigger the provider to communicate with nursing staff. Outcome measures included data on the percent of patients with written informed consent in health record and percent of patients with patient education handouts in health record prior to drug start. Data on percent of patients for whom the provider notified nurse prior to end of clinic visit were collected as a balance measure. Results: Over a 6 month period, 101 consecutive patients initiated on oral oncology drugs were included in the data analysis. The baseline mean improved from 0% to 75% for obtaining written informed consent (p chart, 3 sigma). The baseline mean improved from 37% to 80% for documenting patient education in health record prior to oral oncology medication start (p chart, 3 sigma). Conclusions: There was significant improvement in obtaining written informed consent and providing patient education prior to oral oncology drug start after implementation of new clinic processes.


BMJ Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. e047102
Author(s):  
Gemma Louch ◽  
Abigail Albutt ◽  
Joanna Harlow-Trigg ◽  
Sally Moore ◽  
Kate Smyth ◽  
...  

ObjectivesTo produce a narrative synthesis of published academic and grey literature focusing on patient safety outcomes for people with learning disabilities in an acute hospital setting.DesignScoping review with narrative synthesis.MethodsThe review followed the six stages of the Arksey and O’Malley framework. We searched four research databases from January 2000 to March 2021, in addition to handsearching and backwards searching using terms relating to our eligibility criteria—patient safety and adverse events, learning disability and hospital setting. Following stakeholder input, we searched grey literature databases and specific websites of known organisations until March 2020. Potentially relevant articles and grey literature materials were screened against the eligibility criteria. Findings were extracted and collated in data charting forms.Results45 academic articles and 33 grey literature materials were included, and we organised the findings around six concepts: (1) adverse events, patient safety and quality of care; (2) maternal and infant outcomes; (3) postoperative outcomes; (4) role of family and carers; (5) understanding needs in hospital and (6) supporting initiatives, recommendations and good practice examples. The findings suggest inequalities and inequities for a range of specific patient safety outcomes including adverse events, quality of care, maternal and infant outcomes and postoperative outcomes, in addition to potential protective factors, such as the roles of family and carers and the extent to which health professionals are able to understand the needs of people with learning disabilities.ConclusionPeople with learning disabilities appear to experience poorer patient safety outcomes in hospital. The involvement of family and carers, and understanding and effectively meeting the needs of people with learning disabilities may play a protective role. Promising interventions and examples of good practice exist, however many of these have not been implemented consistently and warrant further robust evaluation.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (02) ◽  
pp. 199-207
Author(s):  
Liang Yan ◽  
Thomas Reese ◽  
Scott D. Nelson

Abstract Objective Increasingly, pharmacists provide team-based care that impacts patient care; however, the extent of recent clinical decision support (CDS), targeted to support the evolving roles of pharmacists, is unknown. Our objective was to evaluate the literature to understand the impact of clinical pharmacists using CDS. Methods We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Cochrane Central for randomized controlled trials, nonrandomized trials, and quasi-experimental studies which evaluated CDS tools that were developed for inpatient pharmacists as a target user. The primary outcome of our analysis was the impact of CDS on patient safety, quality use of medication, and quality of care. Outcomes were scored as positive, negative, or neutral. The secondary outcome was the proportion of CDS developed for tasks other than medication order verification. Study quality was assessed using the Newcastle–Ottawa Scale. Results Of 4,365 potentially relevant articles, 15 were included. Five studies were randomized controlled trials. All included studies were rated as good quality. Of the studies evaluating inpatient pharmacists using a CDS tool, four showed significantly improved quality use of medications, four showed significantly improved patient safety, and three showed significantly improved quality of care. Six studies (40%) supported expanded roles of clinical pharmacists. Conclusion These results suggest that CDS can support clinical inpatient pharmacists in preventing medication errors and optimizing pharmacotherapy. Moreover, an increasing number of CDS tools have been developed for pharmacists' roles outside of order verification, whereby further supporting and establishing pharmacists as leaders in safe and effective pharmacotherapy.


2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 205979912098776
Author(s):  
Joseph Da Silva

Interviews are an established research method across multiple disciplines. Such interviews are typically transcribed orthographically in order to facilitate analysis. Many novice qualitative researchers’ experiences of manual transcription are that it is tedious and time-consuming, although it is generally accepted within much of the literature that quality of analysis is improved through researchers performing this task themselves. This is despite the potential for the exhausting nature of bulk transcription to conversely have a negative impact upon quality. Other researchers have explored the use of automated methods to ease the task of transcription, more recently using cloud-computing services, but such services present challenges to ensuring confidentiality and privacy of data. In the field of cyber-security, these are particularly concerning; however, any researcher dealing with confidential participant speech should also be uneasy with third-party access to such data. As a result, researchers, particularly early-career researchers and students, may find themselves with no option other than manual transcription. This article presents a secure and effective alternative, building on prior work published in this journal, to present a method that significantly reduced, by more than half, interview transcription time for the researcher yet maintained security of audio data. It presents a comparison between this method and a fully manual method, drawing on data from 10 interviews conducted as part of my doctoral research. The method presented requires an investment in specific equipment which currently only supports the English language.


2016 ◽  
Vol 223 (4) ◽  
pp. e16
Author(s):  
Megan Applewhite ◽  
Michael A. White ◽  
Frederic Mercier ◽  
Edwin L. Kaplan ◽  
Briseis Aschebrook-Kilfoy ◽  
...  

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Nobile ◽  
Elena Garavelli ◽  
Barbara Gagliardi ◽  
Silvia Giovanelli ◽  
Paolo Rebulla ◽  
...  

<em>Background</em>. The Center for Transfusion Medicine, Cell Therapy and Cryobiology, Milan, Northern Italy, is the headquarter of the POLI-MI biobank. It co-ordinates the biobank activities of the Fondazione Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico of Milan. Such activities require specific safeguarding of donors’ rights and protection of sensitive and genetic data. The Fondazione Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico has set up a project on informed consent with the aim of developing awareness and understanding of this issue. Within this project, it has been decided to evaluate how consent for biobanking material is expressed. <em>Design and methods.</em> The aim of the study was to evaluate the quality and completeness of consent to biobanking in the POLI-MI biobank. This was a retrospective study carried out in 2012 on samples of consent declarations collected by biobank units in 2011. Some units used a single, standard consent model available from a previous POLI-MI biobank workgroup. Other units used models which had been previouly formulated. Evaluation was made using a form that indicated the essential elements of consent. <em>Results</em>. A total of 48 consent declarations were collected using the single, standard model and 84 were collected using other models. The consent declarations that used the single, standard model were found to be the most complete and were filled in better than other models. <em>Conclusions</em>. Progressive adoption of a simple, standard consent model is expected to improve the quality of consent acquisition. Regular audit of the compliance of consent practices with ethical and legal requirements is mandatory to improve the quality of research biobanking.


2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 239-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marlene R. Miller ◽  
Peter Pronovost ◽  
Michele Donithan ◽  
Scott Zeger ◽  
Chunliu Zhan ◽  
...  

IEEE Software ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 55-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
W.T. Councill

Tunas Agraria ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 53-75
Author(s):  
Dedy Setyo Irawan ◽  
Harvini Wulansari

Abstract: Complete Systematic Land Registration is a program which taken by the government in providing legal certainty in the field of land in Indonesia. PTSL activities at Sidoarjo Regency and Pasuruan Regency Land Office are carried out with third parties. Before starting the measurement, it is necessary to carry out the contradictoire delimitatie principle to ensure legal certainty of ownership of land rights. The research used a qualitative method with a descriptive approach. The data analysis carried out by compiling logically proportional statements to answer research questions. Problem analysis is carried out by making a description based on premier data and secondary data obtained through interviews and observations of implementation. The results of the research showed that the implementation of the contradictoire delimitatie principle is broadly following PP. No. 24 of 1997 and PMNA KaBPN No. 3 of 1997. The results of the study also showed that there were obstacles in the implementation of the contradictoire delimitatie principle, such as the third parties were not following technical guidelines No. 01 / JUKNIS-300/1/2018 annex 10 in the making of measurement drawings. Quality control is needed to improve the quality of work and results of third party products and minimize land problems in the future.Keywords: principle of contradictoire delimitation, third party. Intisari : Pendaftaran Tanah Sistematis Lengkap (PTSL) merupakan langkah pemerintah dalam memberikan jaminan kepastian hukum dalam bidang pertanahan di Indonesia. Kegiatan PTSL di Kantor Pertanahan Kabupaten Sidoarjo dan Kabupaten Pasuruan dilaksanakan bekerjasama dengan Pihak Ketiga yang sebelumnya melalui tahapan asas contradictoire delimitatie untuk menjamin kepastian hukum kepemilikan hak atas tanah. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah metode kualitatif dengan pendekatan deskriptif. Teknik analisa yang dilakukan yaitu dengan menyusun pernyataan-pernyataan proposional secara logis untuk menjawab pertanyaan penelitian. Analisa permasalahan dilakukan dengan membuat uraian berdasarkan data premier dan data sekunder yang diperoleh melalui wawancara serta observasi langsung terhadap pelaksanaan kegiatan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pelaksanaan asas contradictoire delimitatie secara garis besar telah sesuai dengan PP. No. 24 Tahun 1997 dan PMNA KaBPN No. 3 Tahun 1997. Dalam pelaksanaanya terdapat hambatan yakni  pembuatan Gambar Ukur oleh Pihak Ketiga tidak sesuai dengan pedoman JUKNIS No. 01/JUKNIS-300/1/2018 lampiran 10. Sehingga diperlukan pengawasan kendali mutu terkait pekerjaan dan hasil produk dari Pihak Ketiga agar kedepannya hasil pekerjaan yang dihasilkan lebih baik dan tidak menjadi permasalahan pertanahan dikemudian hari.Kata Kunci : asas contradictoire delimitatie, pihak ketiga.


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