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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-22
November 26, 2008 - Surgical safety is a recognized area of emphasis in patient safety improvement.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34604/psn-pdf
December 24, 2008 - preventable-hospitalizations-window-primary-and-preventive-care-2000
This Fact Book examines a critical area
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/what-happens-when-doctors-make-diagnostic-errors
December 18, 2019 - Misdiagnosis growing area of concern in health care.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35055/psn-pdf
November 04, 2015 - They suggest three strategies to support research in this area.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospitals-tally-their-avoidable-mistakes
October 23, 2019 - This news article reports on Washington, DC–area initiatives to track preventable patient injury and
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42282/psn-pdf
October 08, 2013 - out
that the transition of patients from the ED to other hospital areas is a relatively understudied area
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33779/psn-pdf
March 01, 2015 - A similar situation has emerged regarding the broader area of improving transitions of care, particularly … Transitions of Care
The area of care transitions, particularly those associated with hospital discharge … The review below focuses on some of the highest
impact studies in this area. … Summary
The year 2014 was an exciting one in the area of improving handoff communications.
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September 12, 2016 - response team implementation and mortality from failure to
rescue among hospitals in a large metropolitan area
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/hyperbilirubinemia-refractory-phototherapy
March 01, 2006 - configuration [overhead or blanket/wraps] and irradiance), duration of exposure, and exposed body surface area … μr/cm2/nm (confirmed with an appropriate irradiance meter), and illuminate the maximal body surface area … Furthermore, with some devices, increasing the proximity may reduce an infant's exposed body surface area … Because the irradiance distribution to the illuminated area (footprint) is rarely uniform, measurements … prescribe phototherapy by specifying a desired irradiance, light wavelength, and exposed body surface area
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42193/psn-pdf
May 08, 2013 - identified wrong-site surgery and medication errors as the most pressing patient
safety concerns in their area
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46418/psn-pdf
September 20, 2017 - /psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/iatrogenesis-pediatrics
Iatrogenesis—an adverse effect of medical care—is an area
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/five-hospitals-release-data-inspections
August 24, 2016 - This article reports on the results from Joint Commission site inspections of five Boston-area hospitals
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ismp-medication-safety-self-assessmentr-perioperative-settings
January 26, 2023 - 25, 2022
Institute for Safe Medication Practices
The perioperative setting is a high-risk area
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-diagnostic-quality-safetyreducing-diagnostic-error-measurement-considerations
November 20, 2019 - The authors also identified advancing the science of diagnostic error as an emerging area of focus.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40865/psn-pdf
September 12, 2016 - review-current-and-emerging-approaches-address-failure-rescue
Describing failure to rescue as a key area
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39988/psn-pdf
November 10, 2010 - development-trigger-tools-surveillance-adverse-events-ambulatory-surgery
Ambulatory surgery remains a relatively understudied area
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35357/psn-pdf
February 03, 2011 - indicate how such changes have
affected residents' education and call for more rigorous study in this area
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47050/psn-pdf
April 18, 2018 - issue/physician-well-being
Physician and resident well-being is receiving increased attention as an area
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46332/psn-pdf
September 24, 2017 - sharing-process-diagnostic-decision-making
Improving diagnosis has been recently promoted as a core area
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38417/psn-pdf
February 18, 2009 - A centralized transfusion service maintains transfusion records for 16 hospitals in the Pittsburgh area