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February 13, 2019 - Just Culture and its critical link to patient safety—part 1
and part 2.
February 13, 2019
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. May 17, 2012;17:1-4; July 12, 2012;17:1-3.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/just-culture-and-its-critical-link-patient-safety-part-1-and-part-2
This newsletter article series pres…
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October 19, 2022 - Calibrate Dx: A Resource to Improve Diagnostic
Decisions.
October 19, 2022
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; October 2022. AHRQ Publication no. 22(23)-
0047-2-EF.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/calibrate-dx-resource-improve-diagnostic-decisions
Delayed, wrong, and missed diagnoses are commo…
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November 26, 2014 - Judging whether a patient is actually improving: more
pitfalls from the science of human perception.
November 26, 2014
Redelmeier DA, Dickinson VM. Judging whether a patient is actually improving: more pitfalls from the
science of human perception. J Gen Intern Med. 2012;27(9):1195-9. doi:10.1007/s11606-012-2097-2.…
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September 28, 2010 - Improving patient safety in hospitals: contributions of
high-reliability theory and normal accident theory.
September 28, 2010
Tamuz M, Harrison MI. Improving patient safety in hospitals: Contributions of high-reliability theory and
normal accident theory. Health Serv Res. 2006;41(4 Pt 2):1654-76.
https://psnet.ah…
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December 11, 2024 - Recommendations to ensure safety of AI in real-world
clinical care.
December 11, 2024
Sittig DF, Singh H. Recommendations to ensure safety of AI in real-world clinical care. JAMA.
2025;333(6):457-458. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.24598.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/recommendations-ensure-safety-ai-real-world-clinical-car…
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September 25, 2019 - Explainable artificial intelligence for safe intraoperative
decision support.
September 25, 2019
Gordon L, Grantcharov T, Rudzicz F. Explainable Artificial Intelligence for Safe Intraoperative Decision
Support. JAMA Surg. 2019. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2019.2821.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/explainable-artificial-int…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44475/psn-pdf
October 03, 2017 - Scoring no goal—further adventures in transparency.
October 3, 2017
Rosenbaum L. Scoring No Goal--Further Adventures in Transparency. N Engl J Med. 2015;373(15):1385-
8. doi:10.1056/NEJMp1510094.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/scoring-no-goal-further-adventures-transparency
This commentary explores challenges to mon…
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May 11, 2019 - Measuring shared mental models in healthcare.
May 11, 2019
Gisick LM, Webster KL, Keebler JR, et al. J Patient Saf Risk Manag. 2018;23:207–219.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/measuring-shared-mental-models-healthcare
Shared mental models are an important element of team collaboration. This review explores the current…
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June 08, 2022 - Decontamination of Surgical Instruments.
June 8, 2022
Farnborough, UK; Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch; May 26, 2022.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/decontamination-surgical-instruments
Surgical equipment sterilization can be hampered by equipment design, production pressures, process
complexity and policy mi…
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October 29, 2021 - Patient, Medical, and Legal Perspectives of Unsafe Care.
October 20, 2021
Patient Safety Movement. October 29, 2021.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-medical-and-legal-perspectives-unsafe-care
Effective response to medical harm involves a variety of perspectives that are aligned in purpose. This
webinar …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60965/psn-pdf
September 30, 2020 - Data collection for adverse events reporting by US dental
schools.
September 30, 2020
Rooney D, Barrett K, Bufford B, et al. Data collection for adverse events reporting by US dental schools. J
Patient Saf. 2020;16(3):e126-e130. doi:10.1097/pts.0000000000000281.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/data-collection-adverse…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39749/psn-pdf
August 11, 2010 - An evaluation of information transfer through the
continuum of surgical care: a feasibility study.
August 11, 2010
Nagpal K, Vats A, Ahmed K, et al. An evaluation of information transfer through the continuum of surgical
care: a feasibility study. Ann Surg. 2010;252(2):402-7. doi:10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181e986df.
http…
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October 21, 2021 - Disrespectful behavior in healthcare: has it improved?
Please take our survey!
October 21, 2021
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute care edition. September 9, 2021;26(18);1-5.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/disrespectful-behavior-healthcare-has-it-improved-please-take-our-survey
Disrespectful behavior is a persisten…
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March 07, 2005 - The problems of detecting medication errors in hospitals.
March 7, 2005
Barker KN, McConnell WE. The Problems of Detecting Medication Errors in Hospitals. Am J Health Syst
Pharm. 1962;19(8):360-369. doi:10.1093/ajhp/19.8.360.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/problems-detecting-medication-errors-hospitals
Perhaps the f…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/838015/psn-pdf
September 07, 2022 - Physicians and cognitive decline: a challenge for state
medical boards.
September 7, 2022
Hoffman S. Physicians and cognitive decline: a challenge for state medical boards. J Med Regulation.
2022;108(2):19-28. doi:10.30770/2572-1852-108.2.19.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/physicians-and-cognitive-decline-challenge-…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/837430/psn-pdf
June 15, 2022 - Stop using these adult bed rails, warns the Consumer
Product Safety Commission.
June 15, 2022
Treisman R. National Public Radio. June 6, 2022
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/stop-using-these-adult-bed-rails-warns-consumer-product-safety-commission
Bedrails are used in hospitals and at home to minimize falls despite t…
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September 11, 2013 - Error rating tool to identify and analyse technical errors
and events in laparoscopic surgery.
September 11, 2013
Bonrath EM, Zevin B, Dedy NJ, et al. Error rating tool to identify and analyse technical errors and events in
laparoscopic surgery. Br J Surg. 2013;100(8):1080-8. doi:10.1002/bjs.9168.
https://psnet.ah…
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May 10, 2023 - Laura Levis' death outside ER has changed hospital
signage, lighting in Mass.
May 10, 2023
Mullins L, Menard F. WBUR. April 27, 2023.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/laura-levis-death-outside-er-has-changed-hospital-signage-lighting-mass
Incomplete information and building design problems can reduce access to care an…
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March 07, 2018 - Safety with nebulized medications requires an
interdisciplinary team approach.
March 7, 2018
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute care edition. February 22, 2018;23(4):1-5.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safety-nebulized-medications-requires-interdisciplinary-team-approach
Myriad system and clinician failures can con…
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June 22, 2009 - The investigation and analysis of critical incidents and
adverse events in healthcare.
June 22, 2009
Woloshynowych M, Rogers S, Taylor-Adams S, et al. The investigation and analysis of critical incidents
and adverse events in healthcare. Health Technol Assess. 2005;9(19):1-143, iii.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/in…