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Rainu Kaushal

Professor and Chair, Department of Healthcare Policy and Research, Weill Cornell
Verified email at med.cornell.edu
Cited by 25108

Medication errors and adverse drug events in pediatric inpatients

R Kaushal, DW Bates, C Landrigan, KJ McKenna… - Jama, 2001 - jamanetwork.com
ContextIatrogenic injuries, including medication errors, are an important problem in all
hospitalized populations. However, few epidemiological data are available regarding medication …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of reducing interns' work hours on serious medical errors in intensive care units

…, JM Rothschild, JW Cronin, R Kaushal… - … England Journal of …, 2004 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Although sleep deprivation has been shown to impair neurobehavioral
performance, few studies have measured its effects on medical errors. Methods We conducted a …

Effects of computerized physician order entry and clinical decision support systems on medication safety: a systematic review

R Kaushal, KG Shojania, DW Bates - Archives of internal …, 2003 - jamanetwork.com
Kaushal and Bates); and the Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco
(Dr Shojania). Drs Kaushal and Shojania have no relevant financial interest in this article. …

[HTML][HTML] Electronic health records in ambulatory care—a national survey of physicians

…, K Donelan, TG Ferris, A Jha, R Kaushal… - … England Journal of …, 2008 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Electronic health records have the potential to improve the delivery of health care
services. However, in the United States, physicians have been slow to adopt such systems…

The Critical Care Safety Study: The incidence and nature of adverse events and serious medical errors in intensive care

…, CP Landrigan, JW Cronin, R Kaushal… - Critical care …, 2005 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Critically ill patients require high-intensity care and may be at especially high risk
of iatrogenic injury because they are severely ill. We sought to study the incidence and …

Prioritizing strategies for preventing medication errors and adverse drug events in pediatric inpatients

EB Fortescue, R Kaushal, CP Landrigan… - …, 2003 - publications.aap.org
Objectives. Medication errors in pediatric inpatients occur at similar rates as in adults but
have 3 times the potential to cause harm. Error prevention strategies in this setting remain …

[HTML][HTML] Data-driven identification of post-acute SARS-CoV-2 infection subphenotypes

…, MG Weiner, TW Carton, F Wang, R Kaushal - Nature Medicine, 2023 - nature.com
The post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC) refers to a broad spectrum of
symptoms and signs that are persistent, exacerbated or newly incident in the period after acute …

Overcoming barriers to adopting and implementing computerized physician order entry systems in US hospitals

…, T Jaggi, MM Honour, DW Bates, R Kaushal - Health …, 2004 - healthaffairs.org
Few US hospitals have implemented computerized physician order entry (CPOE) in spite of
its effectiveness at preventing serious medication errors. We interviewed senior …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of workload, work complexity, and repeated alerts on alert fatigue in a clinical decision support system

…, S Nosal, D Hauser, E Mauer, R Kaushal… - BMC medical informatics …, 2017 - Springer
Background Although alert fatigue is blamed for high override rates in contemporary clinical
decision support systems, the concept of alert fatigue is poorly defined. We tested …

Correlates of electronic health record adoption in office practices: a statewide survey

SR Simon, R Kaushal, PD Cleary… - Journal of the …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Objective: Despite emerging evidence that electronic health records (EHRs) can improve the
efficiency and quality of medical care, most physicians in office practice in the United States …