"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2016 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2017 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Patient Safety" by people in Profiles.
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Fostering Collaboration: An Interprofessional Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Workshop for Medical, Physician Assistant, Nursing, and Pharmacy Students. South Med J. 2026 Jan; 119(1):12-16.
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Two decades of diagnostic safety research: advances, challenges, and next steps. Diagnosis (Berl). 2025 Nov 01; 12(4):549-556.
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Revisions to the Safety Assurance Factors for Electronic Health Record Resilience (SAFER) Guides to update national recommendations for safe use of electronic health records. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2025 04 01; 32(4):755-760.
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Structural Equation Modeling Analysis on Associations of Moral Distress and Dimensions of Organizational Culture in Healthcare: A Cross-Sectional Study of Healthcare Professionals. AJOB Empir Bioeth. 2024 Apr-Jun; 15(2):120-132.
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Factors influencing agitation, de-escalation, and physical restraint at a children's hospital. J Hosp Med. 2023 08; 18(8):693-702.
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Efficacy of cannabidiol in convulsive and nonconvulsive seizure types associated with treatment-resistant epilepsies in the Expanded Access Program. Epilepsia. 2023 08; 64(8):e156-e163.
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Translating electronic health record-based patient safety algorithms from research to clinical practice at multiple sites. BMJ Health Care Inform. 2022 Jul; 29(1).
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Dashboards for visual display of patient safety data: a systematic review. BMJ Health Care Inform. 2021 Oct; 28(1).
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The Standardisation of handoffs in a large academic paediatric emergency department using I-PASS. BMJ Open Qual. 2021 07; 10(3).
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International Society of Oncology Pharmacy Practitioners (ISOPP) position statement: Role of the oncology pharmacy team in cancer care. J Oncol Pharm Pract. 2021 Jun; 27(4):785-801.