Eric Thomas
@EJThomas_safety
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General Internist and patient safety researcher for 20 years. Measurement of patient safety is off course, we need to measure what matters.
Houston Texas
Joined April 2014
RT @BMJ_Qual_Saf: Are you interested in joining the BMJ Quality & Safety editorial team? Applications are now open for Quality and Safety i…
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RT @BMJ_Qual_Saf: What factors does @BMJ_Qual_Saf consider when deciding if a research question is important?
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RT @TannenbaumScott: We’ve drawn upon the growing body of research on #teameffectiveness to offer evidence-based advice for healthcare team…
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RT @Owen4Aidan: Happy to see this in print and to have gotten to work with brilliant, resilient co-authors @DSTawfik @ProfitJochen @EJThoma…
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RT @HardeepSinghMD: Our new narrative review led by @shafergt on diagnostic errors in the neonatal intensive care unit
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RT @kgshojania: Terrific piece in NEJM by @leorahorwitzmd showing substantive improvements (and learning about changes that didn’t work out…
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RT @deansittig: The harms of promoting ‘Zero Harm’ @UTHealth_SBMI @UTHealth @histalk @ECRI_Institute
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RT @ProfitJochen: Getting to high reliability - Preoccupation with failure and adherence to shared baselines. Need to implement across NICU…
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RT @HardeepSinghMD: To accelerate progress in reducing preventable harm from diagnostic errors we propose a new ‘Safer Dx Trigger Tools Fra…
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RT @deansittig: Creating a comprehensive, unit-based approach to detecting and preventing harm in the neonatal intensive care unit https://…
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Couldn’t ask for a better wife and friend as well!
Congrats to my mentor Dr. Laura Petersen for 2017 Under Secretary's Award - the highest honor for a VA health services researcher @vahsrd You couldn't ask for a better mentor & boss More about her (not on twitter yet;-)
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RT @deansittig: Adherence to recommended electronic health record safety practices across eight health care organizations @AHRQNews https:…
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RT @deansittig: Physician Burnout in the Electronic Health Record Era: Are We Ignoring the Real Cause? ie, our outdated regulatory require…
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Article in @JAHA_AHA by @emoryheart reporting only 17% of cases identified through #EHR query as statin prescription failures were actually failures. EHR #FunctioningAsDesigned - not designed to measure quality.
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RT @HardeepSinghMD: In UK, 450,000 patients missed breast cancer screening due to “computer algorithm failure” Major IT error found on an…
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RT @JasonEtchegaray: We also found higher perceptions of safety culture and teamwork culture in those who feel comfortable speaking up. /2
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RT @JasonEtchegaray: Fear of no change, retaliation, and negative feedback prevent health care professionals from speaking up about #Patien…
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RT @deansittig: #FunctioningAsDesigned After checking the spelling of the last name 2x on admission, then again as the tech applied the Pat…
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To be fair #FunctioningAsDesigned EHR is good too. Saw diabetic with HTN not on ACEI or ARB. In 60 sec EHR allowed us to identify date in 2010 when it was stopped after acute renal failure. Now should be back on it. Would be longer or impossible to figure out with paper chart.
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@StuartBuck1 @hmkyale @ACCinTouch @AHAScience Why don’t EHR‘s prioritize presentation of evidence-based alternatives? If you asked the vendor they will likely push back and say #FunctioningAsDesigned
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