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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34926/psn-pdf
February 03, 2010 - Strategies to improve the patient safety outcome
indicator: preventing or reducing falls.
February 3, 2010
Bright L. Strategies to improve the patient safety outcome indicator: preventing or reducing falls. Home
Healthc Nurse. 2005;23(1):29-36.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/strategies-improve-patient-safety-outcome…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37339/psn-pdf
January 02, 2017 - A check-up for safety culture in "my patient care area."
January 2, 2017
Sexton JB, Paine LA, Manfuso J, et al. A Check-up for Safety Culture in “My Patient Care Area”.
doi:10.1016/s1553-7250(07)33081-x.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/check-safety-culture-my-patient-care-area
This tool is designed to allow frontline…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60332/psn-pdf
May 13, 2020 - Circle Up Training.
May 13, 2020
Center for Medical Simulation.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/circle-training
Communication strategies are important for engaging staff in behaviors that support effective teamwork.
This website highlights a process that involves briefings, supportive conversations, and debriefings a…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/844798/psn-pdf
September 25, 2019 - Poetry and Medicine. Mistakes.
September 25, 2019
Kittleson M. JAMA. 2019;322(10):984.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/poetry-and-medicine-mistakes-0
Medical mistakes are a source of anxiety for both patients and clinicians. This poem articulates a
physician's perspective regarding the psychological impact of uncerta…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47556/psn-pdf
November 28, 2018 - Improving Diagnosis.
November 28, 2018
Deutsch E, ed. PA-PSRS Pa Patient Saf Advis. 2018 Oct 31;15(suppl 1):1-70.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-diagnosis
This special issue raises awareness of challenges to reducing diagnostic error. Articles discuss insights
from experts about how to improve diagnosis, t…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41711/psn-pdf
September 26, 2012 - Beyond FMEA: the structured what-if technique (SWIFT).
September 26, 2012
Card AJ, Ward JR, Clarkson PJ. Beyond FMEA: The structured what-if technique (SWIFT). J Healthc Risk
Manag. 2012;31(4):23-29. doi:10.1002/jhrm.20101.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/swift-new-tool-identifying-prospective-hazards
This commentary…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50633/psn-pdf
November 06, 2019 - Findings of Two Inaugural Leapfrog Surveys 2019.
November 6, 2019
Washington DC: Leapfrog Group; 2019.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/findings-two-inaugural-leapfrog-surveys-2019
Ambulatory surgery centers (ASC) are established venues for surgical care despite engagement in
assessment to ensure their safety. This re…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43800/psn-pdf
August 02, 2016 - Patient Safety Culture: Theory, Methods and Application.
August 2, 2016
Waterson P, ed. London, UK: Ashgate; 2014. ISBN: 9781409448143.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-culture-theory-methods-and-application
This publication covers patient safety culture including its background in high-risk industries, …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/patient-safety-united-kingdom-evolution-and-progress
May 01, 2007 - Most doctors, at least in my country, are not assessed once they've gone into autonomous practicefor
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50665/psn-pdf
November 13, 2019 - The SECOND Trial
November 13, 2019
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/second-trial
Surgical resident well-being is paramount to ensuring safe surgical care and a healthy workforce. This
website shares information on the Surgical Education Culture Optimization through t…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45741/psn-pdf
November 16, 2018 - Monitoring the diagnostic process on an inpatient
neurology service.
November 16, 2018
Dhand A, Bucelli R, Varadhachary A, et al. Monitoring the Diagnostic Process on an Inpatient Neurology
Service. Neurohospitalist. 2017;7(3):132-136. doi:10.1177/1941874416677681.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/monitoring-diagnosti…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40812/psn-pdf
November 16, 2011 - Introducing the patient safety professional: why, what,
who, how, and where?
November 16, 2011
Saint S, Krein SL, Manojlovich M, et al. Introducing the patient safety professional: why, what, who, how,
and where? J Patient Saf. 2011;7(4):175-80. doi:10.1097/PTS.0b013e318230e585.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/introd…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35034/psn-pdf
November 05, 2015 - Seven Leadership Leverage Points for Organization-Level
Improvement in Health Care. Second edition.
November 5, 2015
Reinertsen JL, Bisognano M, Pugh MD. Cambridge, MA: Institute for Healthcare Improvement; 2008.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/seven-leadership-leverage-points-organization-level-improvement-health-car…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/856639/psn-pdf
November 29, 2023 - Impact Wellbeing.
November 29, 2023
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-wellbeing
Clinician burnout has become a major concern for both healthcare workforce and patient safety. This portal
provides access to too…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36816/psn-pdf
August 26, 2011 - Embedding quality improvement and patient safety - the
UCLA value analysis experience.
August 26, 2011
Gambone JC, Broder MS. Embedding quality improvement and patient safety: the UCLA value analysis
experience. Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol. 2007;21(4):581-92.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/embedding-quality-…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43089/psn-pdf
April 02, 2014 - Save a brain, make a checklist.
April 2, 2014
Hamblin J. The Atlantic. March 17, 2014.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/save-brain-make-checklist
Reporting on the use of checklists, this magazine article describes studies that identified benefits, such as
reduced complication rates, along with research that questioned…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44693/psn-pdf
June 15, 2016 - Safety.
June 15, 2016
Center for Health Design.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safety-0
Elements of the health care work environment can affect the care delivery. This website highlights design
considerations for health care facilities that can help reduce noise, falls, and hospital-acquired infections.
The collect…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43675/psn-pdf
April 18, 2016 - Patient Safety 2015: Final Technical Report.
April 18, 2016
Washington, DC: National Quality Forum; 2016.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-2015-final-technical-report
The value of current measures to track patient safety has been called into question. This technical report
provides information about a c…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43964/psn-pdf
November 25, 2015 - Simulation-based Surgical Education.
November 25, 2015
Surgery. 2015;158:1395-1440.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/simulation-based-surgical-education
Simulation training is widely accepted as a method to enhance operative techniques and nontechnical
behaviors. Articles in this special issue cover topics in surgical…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/865934/psn-pdf
May 01, 2023 - MHA Person- and Family-Centered Care.
May 1, 2023
MHA Keystone Center. Michigan Health and Hospital Association.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/mha-person-and-family-centered-care
Person- and family-centered (PFC) care puts the patient and their family at the center of decision making
and planning for their health a…