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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36124/psn-pdf
June 15, 2011 - System failure versus personal accountability--the case
for clean hands.
June 15, 2011
Goldmann DA. System failure versus personal accountability--the case for clean hands. N Engl J Med.
2006;355(2):121-3.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/system-failure-versus-personal-accountability-case-clean-hands
The author argue…
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June 24, 2020 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
Fatal Error in Neonate: Does "Just Culture" Provide an Answer?
Citation Text:
Dekker SWA. Fatal Error in Neonate: Does "Just Culture" Provide an Answer?. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2010. …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36452/psn-pdf
December 22, 2010 - Transfer of accountability: transforming shift handover to
enhance patient safety.
December 22, 2010
Alvarado K, Lee R, Christoffersen E, et al. Transfer of accountability: transforming shift handover to
enhance patient safety. Healthc Q. 2006;9 Spec No:75-79.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/transfer-accountability-t…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39693/psn-pdf
July 21, 2010 - Learning accountability for patient outcomes.
July 21, 2010
Pronovost P. Learning accountability for patient outcomes. JAMA. 2010;304(2):204-5.
doi:10.1001/jama.2010.979.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/learning-accountability-patient-outcomes
This commentary discusses efforts to reduce central line blood stream infe…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49603/psn-pdf
June 01, 2010 - Fatal Error in Neonate: Does "Just Culture" Provide an
Answer?
June 1, 2010
Dekker SWA. Fatal Error in Neonate: Does "Just Culture" Provide an Answer? PSNet [internet]. 2010.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/fatal-error-neonate-does-just-culture-provide-answer
Case Objectives
Describe the just culture approach to in…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39719/psn-pdf
July 28, 2010 - Bedside shift report improves patient safety and nurse
accountability.
July 28, 2010
Baker SJ. Bedside shift report improves patient safety and nurse accountability. Journal of emergency
nursing: JEN : official publication of the Emergency Department Nurses Association. 2010;36(4):355-8.
doi:10.1016/j.jen.2010.03.…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44827/psn-pdf
February 14, 2017 - Using coworker observations to promote accountability
for disrespectful and unsafe behaviors by physicians and
advanced practice professionals.
February 14, 2017
Webb LE, Dmochowski RR, Moore IN, et al. Using Coworker Observations to Promote Accountability for
Disrespectful and Unsafe Behaviors by Physicians and A…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38147/psn-pdf
October 15, 2008 - Learning not to take it seriously: junior doctors' accounts
of error.
October 15, 2008
Kroll L, Singleton A, Collier J, et al. Learning not to take it seriously: junior doctors' accounts of error. Med
Educ. 2008;42(10):982-90. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2923.2008.03151.x.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/learning-not-take-it-…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/no-fault-compensation-new-zealand-harmonizing-injury-compensation-provider-accountability-and
April 22, 2011 - Commentary
No-fault compensation in New Zealand: harmonizing injury compensation, provider accountability, and patient safety.
Citation Text:
Bismark M, Paterson R. No-fault compensation in New Zealand: harmonizing injury compensation, provider accountability, and patient safety. Healt…
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March 25, 2025 - Breadcrumb
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PSNet is looking for interesting, provocative cases that illustrate key issues in patient safety such as medication errors, diagnostic errors, and adverse events that either had the potential …
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September 02, 2009 - An ethnographic study of classifying and accounting for
risk at the sharp end of medical wards.
September 2, 2009
Dixon-Woods M, Suokas A, Pitchforth E, et al. An ethnographic study of classifying and accounting for risk
at the sharp end of medical wards. Soc Sci Med. 2009;69(3):362-9. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/high-alert-medications-shared-accountability-risk-identification-and-error-prevention
September 24, 2010 - Commentary
High-alert medications: shared accountability for risk identification and error prevention.
Citation Text:
Paparella S. High-alert medications: shared accountability for risk identification and error prevention. Journal of emergency nursing: JEN : official publication of the …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39654/psn-pdf
September 20, 2011 - Accountability measures—using measurement to
promote quality improvement.
September 20, 2011
Chassin MR, Loeb JM, Schmaltz SP, et al. Accountability measures--using measurement to promote
quality improvement. N Engl J Med. 2010;363(7):683-8. doi:10.1056/NEJMsb1002320.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/accountability-me…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45671/psn-pdf
November 23, 2016 - America's Hospitals: Improving Quality and Safety—The
Joint Commission's Annual Report 2016.
November 23, 2016
Oakbrook Terrace, IL: The Joint Commission; November 2016.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/americas-hospitals-improving-quality-and-safety-joint-commissions-annual-
report-2016
This Joint Commission annual …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39619/psn-pdf
September 26, 2010 - Devastatingly human: an analysis of registered nurses'
medication error accounts.
September 26, 2010
Treiber LA, Jones JH. Devastatingly human: an analysis of registered nurses' medication error accounts.
Qual Health Res. 2010;20(10):1327-42. doi:10.1177/1049732310372228.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/devastatingly…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34752/psn-pdf
November 18, 2015 - Demanding Medical Excellence. Doctors and
Accountability in the Information Age.
November 18, 2015
Millenson ML. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press; 1999. ISBN: 9780226525884.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/demanding-medical-excellence-doctors-and-accountability-information-age
Millenson, a Pulitzer-nomin…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47373/psn-pdf
November 14, 2018 - Blame: what does it look like?
November 14, 2018
Duthie EA. Blame: What does it look like? Nurs Manage. 2018;49(11):18-21.
doi:10.1097/01.NUMA.0000547256.76967.9e.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/blame-what-does-it-look
A just culture balances organizational context with appropriate accountability after an error. Thi…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43456/psn-pdf
October 03, 2017 - Veterans' Access to Care through Choice, Accountability,
and Transparency Act of 2014.
October 3, 2017
HR 3230, 113th Congress: 2014.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/veterans-access-care-through-choice-accountability-and-transparency-act-
2014
The Veterans Affairs (VA) health system has both achieved success and str…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50876/psn-pdf
April 22, 2021 - Veterans Accountability Improvement Act.
April 22, 2021
SB 1307, 117th Congress: 2021.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/veterans-accountability-improvement-act
Reporting clinicians who exhibit practice behaviors that are detrimental to safety is challenged by system
and cultural norms. This legislation aims to strengt…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43735/psn-pdf
January 20, 2015 - Patient safety is not elective: a debate at the NPSF Patient
Safety Congress.
January 20, 2015
McTiernan P, Wachter R, Meyer GS, et al. Patient safety is not elective: a debate at the NPSF Patient
Safety Congress. BMJ Qual Saf. 2015;24(2):162-6. doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2014-003429.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-s…