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Past Issues

August 20, 2020: Patient Safety Beat

August 20, 2020: Patient Safety Beat

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What's inside

  • Expanding database of vetted COVID-19 clinical care guidelines
  • Updated resources for safe dental care during the pandemic
  • Getting better at telehealth, together
August 6, 2020: Patient Safety Beat

August 6, 2020: Patient Safety Beat

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What's inside

  • 5 Questions with Dr. Gordon Schiff about 'telediagnosis' and health disparities during the pandemic
  • Avoiding the diagnostic pitfalls of COVID-19
  • Five ways to encourage behaviors that fight the spread of COVID-19
July 23, 2020: Patient Safety Beat

July 23, 2020: Patient Safety Beat

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What's inside

  • Accessing open notes to improve patient safety & reduce disparities
  • Apply these 5 safety and QI strategies to COVID-19 challenges
  • Keeping families involved in care during the pandemic & beyond
July 2, 2020: COVID-19 Safety News Briefs

July 2, 2020: COVID-19 Safety News Briefs

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What's inside

  • Advocating for those hit hardest: nursing home residents
  • Analyzing COVID-related patient safety events in hospitals
  • Prompting conversations about serious illness wishes
  • Guidance for kidney transplantation during COVID-19
June 16, 2020: COVID-19 Safety News Briefs

June 16, 2020: COVID-19 Safety News Briefs

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What's inside

  • A new framework to address diagnostic error during COVID-19
  • Learning from COVID: Teamwork within and beyond the hospital

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