Journal of evaluation in clinical practice
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During the coronavirus disease pandemic, audio-only and video telehealth visits became more widely available, but the relative patient satisfaction between telehealth and in-person modalities is not well-described. ⋯ Of the visit modalities, video visits had the highest mean satisfaction scores across all domains. Telehealth may improve experiences with access, but audio-only visits may provide poorer visit experiences.
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Around one-third of medication errors resulting in death within 48 h involve insulin therapy. Despite a growing number of interventional strategies that have been published over the past decade, it remains unclear which of these interventions is effective in reducing insulin errors. Therefore, the study aimed to synthesize interventions to reduce the frequency of insulin errors in either home or health care settings. ⋯ While the strategies might be effective in reducing insulin administration errors in the home settings, computerized protocols, continuing education and the manual validation of insulin products appear to be the most effective strategies for reducing such insulin errors in healthcare settings. Understanding these findings may help clinicians and patients to decrease the number of insulin errors administration.