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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/impatient-inpatient-dosing
June 24, 2020 - When a first-time warfarin dose is ordered, the computer would capture the demographic data (age, height
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49854/psn-pdf
February 01, 2019 - Diagnostic Failure: The Growing Deficit
February 1, 2019
Chang R, Flanders S. Diagnostic Failure: The Growing Deficit. PSNet [internet]. 2019.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/diagnostic-failure-growing-deficit
The Case
A 65-year-old woman with a history of diabetes and hypertension was admitted to a hospital's telem…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/primers-0
March 15, 2025 - Primers
Guides for key topics in patient safety through context, epidemiology, and relevant AHRQ PSNet content. The Patient Safety 101 Primer provides an overview of the patient safety field and covers key definitions and concepts.
Latest Primers
Clinical Decision Support Systems
March…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60167/psn-pdf
April 12, 2024 - Discharge Planning and Transitions of Care
March 25, 2020
Bajorek SA, McElroy V. Discharge Planning and Transitions of Care. PSNet [internet]. 2020.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/discharge-planning-and-transitions-care
Background
Transitions of care refer to the movement of patients between different healthcare se…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patients-teachers-randomised-controlled-trial-use-personal-stories-harm-raise-awareness
September 04, 2013 - April 22, 2012
How might health services capture patient-reported safety concerns in
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/can-staff-and-patient-perspectives-hospital-safety-predict-harm-free-care-analysis-staff-and
July 21, 2017 - August 2, 2017
How might health services capture patient-reported safety concerns in
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/what-can-patients-tell-us-about-quality-and-safety-hospital-care-findings-uk-multicentre
July 21, 2017 - June 25, 2014
How might health services capture patient-reported safety concerns in a
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-withrobert-m-wachter-md
October 01, 2008 - In Conversation with…Robert M. Wachter, MD
October 1, 2008
Also Read an Essay
Citation Text:
In Conversation with…Robert M. Wachter, MD. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2008…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-withjoseph-britto-md
February 01, 2007 - In Conversation with...Joseph Britto, MD
February 1, 2007
Also Read an Essay
Citation Text:
In Conversation with..Joseph Britto, MD. PSNet [internet]. 2007.In Conversation with...Joseph Britto, MD. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-barbara-drew-rn-phd
May 01, 2016 - In Conversation With... Barbara Drew, RN, PhD
May 1, 2016
Also Read an Essay
Citation Text:
In Conversation With.. Barbara Drew, RN, PhD. PSNet [internet]. 2016.In Conversation With... Barbara Drew, RN, PhD. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/connecting-perspectives-quality-and-safety-patient-level-linkage-incident-adverse-event-and
April 28, 2021 - Study
Connecting perspectives on quality and safety: patient-level linkage of incident, adverse event and complaint data.
Citation Text:
de Vos MS, Hamming JF, Chua-Hendriks JJC, et al. Connecting perspectives on quality and safety: patient-level linkage of incident, adverse event and co…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-error-prevention-clinical-pharmacists-two-childrens-hospitals
October 15, 2014 - Study
Classic
Medication error prevention by clinical pharmacists in two children's hospitals.
Citation Text:
Medication error prevention by clinical pharmacists in two children's hospitals. Folli HL; Poole RL; Benitz WE; Russo JC
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36319/psn-pdf
August 05, 2008 - Selling soap.
August 5, 2008
Dubner SJ; Levitt SD.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/selling-soap
This article discusses physician noncompliance with hand hygiene recommendations and describes
several low-tech interventions, including a screensaver showing germs captured in a Petri dish off a
physician's "clean" hands…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36911/psn-pdf
September 01, 2011 - Managing clinical failure: a complex adaptive system
perspective.
September 1, 2011
Matthews JI, Thomas PT. Managing clinical failure: a complex adaptive system perspective. Int J Health
Care Qual Assur. 2007;20(3):184-194. doi:10.1108/09526860710743336.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/managing-clinical-failure-compl…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40908/psn-pdf
December 08, 2011 - Patients' identification and reporting of unsafe events at
six hospitals in Japan.
December 8, 2011
Hasegawa T, Fujita S, Seto K, et al. Patients' identification and reporting of unsafe events at six hospitals in
Japan. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2011;37(11):502-508.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patients-identifi…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39725/psn-pdf
August 11, 2010 - The Invisible Gorilla: and Other Ways Our Intuitions
Deceive Us.
August 11, 2010
Chabris C, Simons D. New York, NY: Crown Publishing Group; 2010. ISBN: 0307459659.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/invisible-gorilla-and-other-ways-our-intuitions-deceive-us
This book explores inattentional blindness, as demonstrated in …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34790/psn-pdf
December 23, 2008 - Cognitive errors in diagnosis: instantiation, classification,
and consequences.
December 23, 2008
Kassirer JP, Kopelman RI. Cognitive errors in diagnosis: instantiation, classification, and consequences.
Am J Med. 1989;86(4):433-41.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cognitive-errors-diagnosis-instantiation-classificati…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34954/psn-pdf
June 23, 2009 - Active surveillance of vaccine safety: a system to detect
early signs of adverse events.
June 23, 2009
Davis RL, Kolczak M, Lewis E, et al. Active surveillance of vaccine safety: a system to detect early signs of
adverse events. Epidemiology. 2005;16(3):336-41.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/active-surveillance-vacc…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34805/psn-pdf
November 07, 2017 - Medication errors in neonatal and paediatric intensive-
care units.
November 7, 2017
Raju TN, Kecskes S, Thornton JP, et al. Medication errors in neonatal and paediatric intensive-care units.
Lancet. 1989;2(8659):374-6.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-errors-neonatal-and-paediatric-intensive-care-units
Th…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36671/psn-pdf
January 18, 2011 - Increasing vigilance on the medical/surgical floor to
improve patient safety.
January 18, 2011
Jacobs JL, Apatov N, Glei M. Increasing vigilance on the medical/surgical floor to improve patient safety. J
Adv Nurs. 2007;57(5). doi:10.1111/j.1365-2648.2006.04161.x.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/increasing-vigilance-m…