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  1. Improving diagnosis in health care—the next imperative for patient safety. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-diagnosis-health-care-next-imperative-patient-safety
    July 15, 2015 - Academy of Medicine (NAM) report, Improving Diagnosis in Health Care , estimated that most United States adults

  2. System weaknesses as contributing causes of accidents in health care. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/system-weaknesses-contributing-causes-accidents-health-care
    August 31, 2022 - factors associated with new prescribing of potentially inappropriate medications in multimorbid US older adults

  3. How can we keep patients with dementia safe in our acute hospitals? A review of challenges and solutions. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/how-can-we-keep-patients-dementia-safe-our-acute-hospitals-review-challenges-and-solutions
    February 04, 2015 - May 13, 2015 Strategies to reduce the risk of iatrogenic illness in complex older adults

  4. The tangible handoff: a team approach for advancing structured communication in labor and delivery. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/tangible-handoff-team-approach-advancing-structured-communication-labor-and-delivery
    June 12, 2013 - Evaluation of clinical practice guidelines on fall prevention and management for older adults

  5. Injection practices among clinicians in United States health care settings. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/injection-practices-among-clinicians-united-states-health-care-settings
    January 06, 2017 - Evaluation of clinical practice guidelines on fall prevention and management for older adults

  6. Postoperative opioid prescribing: Getting it RIGHTT. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/postoperative-opioid-prescribing-getting-it-rightt
    August 20, 2018 - The MedSafer study-electronic decision support for deprescribing in hospitalized older adults

  7. The pharmacist-physician relationship in the detection of ambulatory medication errors. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pharmacist-physician-relationship-detection-ambulatory-medication-errors
    September 30, 2020 - June 30, 2009 Medication safety in older adults: home-based practice patterns.

  8. The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005: developing an error reporting system to improve patient safety. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-and-quality-improvement-act-2005-developing-error-reporting-system-improve
    January 14, 2011 - Related Resources State legal restrictions and prescription-opioid use among disabled adults

  9. Teaching medical students to recognise and report errors. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/teaching-medical-students-recognise-and-report-errors
    March 01, 2023 - 2013 State of the Science and Future Directions to Improve Diagnostic Safety in Older Adults

  10. Drs Bramhall and Bawa-Garba and the rightful domain of the criminal law. | PSNet

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    November 13, 2024 - inappropriate medication use is associated with increased risk of incident disability in healthy older adults

  11. Discussing harm-causing errors with patients: an ethics primer for plastic surgeons. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/discussing-harm-causing-errors-patients-ethics-primer-plastic-surgeons
    February 28, 2018 - Adverse medication events related to hospitalization in the United States: a comparison between adults

  12. Peer Review of a Report on Strategies to Improve Patient Safety. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/peer-review-report-strategies-improve-patient-safety
    May 19, 2021 - May 13, 2020 Advancing Diagnostic Excellence for Older Adults: Proceedings of a Workshop

  13. Handovers from the OR to the ICU. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/handovers-or-icu
    January 03, 2017 - Evaluation of clinical practice guidelines on fall prevention and management for older adults

  14. Early access to a neurologist reduces the rate of missed diagnosis in young strokes. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/early-access-neurologist-reduces-rate-missed-diagnosis-young-strokes
    December 07, 2011 - From the Same Author(s) Factors associated with misdiagnosis of acute stroke in young adults

  15. A very public failure: lessons for quality improvement in healthcare organisations from the Bristol Royal Infirmary. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/very-public-failure-lessons-quality-improvement-healthcare-organisations-bristol-royal
    April 08, 2011 - September 20, 2011 Inappropriate diagnosis of pneumonia among hospitalized adults.

  16. Care and outcomes of patients with in-hospital stroke. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/care-and-outcomes-patients-hospital-stroke
    September 18, 2024 - August 4, 2015 Factors associated with misdiagnosis of acute stroke in young adults.

  17. Navigating the complex terrain of patient safety: challenges, strategies, and the importance of ongoing evaluation and knowledge sharing. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/navigating-complex-terrain-patient-safety-challenges-strategies-and-importance-ongoing
    July 01, 2017 - May 24, 2009 Therapeutic errors involving adults in the community setting: nature, causes

  18. Filling the gaps on the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) Do Not Crush List for Immediate-release Products | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/filling-gaps-institute-safe-medication-practices-ismp-do-not-crush-list-immediate-release
    July 21, 2021 - October 13, 2021 Potentially inappropriate prescribing for adults living with diabetes

  19. Characteristics of patients misdiagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and their medication use: an analysis of the NACC-UDS database. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/characteristics-patients-misdiagnosed-alzheimers-disease-and-their-medication-use-analysis
    June 16, 2011 - Underdiagnosis of dementia: an observational study of patterns in diagnosis and awareness in US older adults

  20. Examining markers of safety in homecare using the international classification for patient safety. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/examining-markers-safety-homecare-using-international-classification-patient-safety
    March 02, 2016 - View More Related Resources Interventions to prevent falls in older adults
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