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March 25, 2025 - Case Submission Benefits
Case Selection Criteria
Who Can Submit a Case? … Does the case have significant educational value?
5. … case. … An appropriate title for the case
2. … a commentary based on the case.
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August 10, 2025 - The Submit a Case Process
PSNet’s Submit a Case feature allows health care professionals to submit … Watch the video below to learn more about the Submit a Case process. … Submit Your Case
Audio-Described Version (1 minute, 39 seconds)
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/business-case-quality-case-studies-and-analysis
February 23, 2019 - Study
Classic
The business case for quality: case studies … The business case for quality: case studies and an analysis. … The authors examine four case studies to explore the financial and clinical implications of quality improvements … share the differing perspectives of the stakeholders to demonstrate how intimately tied a “business case … The business case for quality: case studies and an analysis.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.127_slideshow.ppt
May 01, 2006 - Spotlight Case
Spotlight Case May 2006
Right? Left? Neither! … Case: Right? Left? Neither! … Case: Right? Left? Neither! … Case: Right? Left? Neither! … Case: Right? Left? Neither!
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.206_slideshow.ppt
October 01, 2009 - Spotlight Case
Spotlight Case
Difficult Encounters:
A CMO and CNO Respond
Source and Credits … This presentation is based on the October 2009
AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case
See the full article at … Case: Difficult Encounters (2)
On the afternoon following the cardiologist’s report, the orthopedic … the attending orthopedic surgeon to review x-rays of the case. … The attending then called the operating room to cancel the case.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.275_slideshow.ppt
August 01, 2012 - Spotlight Case
Spotlight Case
No News May Not Be Good News
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Source and Credits
This presentation … is based on the August 2012
AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case
See the full article at http://webmm.ahrq.gov … test results
Understand the hazards of alert fatigue in automated results management systems
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Case … The pediatrician was busy all day long but near the end of the day found the result.
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Case: No … She was given insulin and specific instructions on management at home.
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Case: No News (3)
The
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Submit a Case
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Breadcrumb … Submit a Case
Case Form
The content of case submissions is … your case to another site, please do so independent of your submission to AHRQ WebM&M. … edit the case. … your case to another site, please do so independent of your submission to AHRQ WebM&M.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.254_slideshow.ppt
November 01, 2011 - Spotlight Case July 2008
Spotlight Case
Near Miss with Bedside Medications
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Source and Credits … This presentation is based on the November 2011
AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case
See the full article at … *
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Case: Near Miss (3)
The pharmacist came to the ED to teach the patient how to do subcutaneous … *
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Background: Near Miss
Multiple errors in this case
Fortunately, patient was not harmed … This case can be defined as a near miss
Near misses are unsafe acts that have the potential to injure
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.290_slideshow.ppt
February 01, 2013 - Spotlight Case July 2008
Spotlight Case
Delay in Treatment:
Failure to Contact Patient Leads to Significant … *
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Source and Credits
This presentation is based on the February 2013
AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case … *
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Case: Failure to Contact (3)
One week later, the patient went to the radiology department … similar health care provider or institution would or should do in the same circumstances
Determined on case-by-case … participate in appropriate follow up
There are no specific rules or guidelines; determination is made on a case-by-case
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.131_slideshow.ppt
August 01, 2006 - Spotlight Case [MONTH] 2003
Spotlight Case August 2006
Physical Diagnosis: A Lost Art? … Source and Credits
This presentation is based on the August 2006
AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case
See the … Initial physical exam was recorded as follows:
Case: Physical Diagnosis: A Lost Art? … Case (cont.): Physical Diagnosis: A Lost Art? … Case (cont.): Physical Diagnosis: A Lost Art?
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.68_slideshow.ppt
July 01, 2004 - Spotlight Case [MONTH] 2003
Spotlight Case July 2004
Preventing Inappropriate Use of Novel Therapeutic … Agents
Source and Credits
This presentation is based on the July 2004 AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case … Case: Novel Drug Misuse
A 48-year-old man was admitted to the intensive care unit after a motor vehicle … Case (cont.): Novel Drug Misuse
Post-operatively, the patient developed renal failure; an APACHE II … Case (cont.): Novel Drug Misuse
Eighteen hours after infusion, the patient developed severe bleeding
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.242_slideshow.ppt
June 01, 2011 - Spotlight Case July 2008
Spotlight Case
The ECG is Not Normal
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Source and Credits
This presentation … is based on the June 2011
AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case
See the full article at http://webmm.ahrq.gov … relatives
Appreciate some of the steps hospitals take to prevent identification errors
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Case: ECG Not Normal (2)
“The ECG was performed, and as we were leaving the office I asked … ”
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Case: ECG Not Normal (3)
“My mind raced, filled with the worst diseases I could imagine.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.191_slideshow.ppt
January 01, 2009 - Spotlight Case July 2008
Spotlight Case January 2009
To Transfer or Not to Transfer
Source and … Credits
This presentation is based on the January 2009
AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case
See the full article … diversion and federal EMTALA statutes
Identify ways to improve continuity of hospital care
Case … Case: To Transfer or Not (3)
The patient told paramedics that he had just been discharged and received … Issues from Case
Safety for prehospital, emergency department (ED), and hospital care
Did decision
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.239_slideshow.ppt
May 01, 2011 - Spotlight Case July 2008
Spotlight Case
Duty to Disclose Someone Else’s Error
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Source and … Credits
This presentation is based on the May 2011
AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case
See the full article … *
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Case: Duty to Disclose (2)
Over the next 24 hours, the child became increasingly confused … *
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Case: Duty to Disclose (3)
He was transferred from this hospital to a tertiary care center … *
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Case: Duty to Disclose (5)
When it was clear the child could not survive, the pediatricians
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.218_slideshow.ppt
May 01, 2010 - Spotlight Case [MONTH] 2003
Spotlight Case
Fatal Error in Neonate: Does ‘Just Culture’ Provide an Answer … *
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Source and Credits
This presentation is based on the May 2010
AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case
See … response to an error
Distinguish accountability for failure and learning from failure
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Case: Fatal Error in Neonate (3)
Within 4 hours of starting the lipid emulsion through the TPN … *
The Present Case
The case is severe and shocking, as is the outcome: the death of a infant
In
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.95_slideshow.ppt
May 01, 2005 - Spotlight Case [MONTH] 2003
Spotlight Case May 2005
Diagnosing Diagnostic Mistakes
Source and … Credits
This presentation is based on the May 2005 AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case
See the full article … WebM&M Case Analysis
The case is considered to “dramatically and tragically” illustrate a diagnostic … She later dies of an aortic dissection and the case is presented as a diagnostic error. … WebM&M Case Analysis
Initial diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome reasonable due to lower base rates
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.299_slideshow.ppt
May 01, 2013 - Spotlight Case July 2008
Spotlight Case
Right Regimen, Wrong Cancer: Patient Catches Medical Error … *
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Source and Credits
This presentation is based on the May 2013
AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case … *
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Case: Right Regimen, Wrong Cancer (2)
In the morning his bedside nurse for the day came in … *
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Case: Right Regimen, Wrong Cancer (3)
Rather than the 3-day regimen for metastatic penile … Informed patients can catch some errors, as in this case.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.116_slideshow.ppt
February 01, 2006 - Spotlight Case [MONTH] 2003
Spotlight Case February 2006
Lost in Transition
Source and Credits … This presentation is based on the February 2006 AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case
See the full article at … of transitions in emergency care
Provide suggestions to decrease risk at shift transitions
Case … Case (cont.): Lost in Transition
Sixty minutes after arrival, the patient was admitted to the internal … Case (cont.): Lost in Transition
The outgoing ED physician had just completed the shift, and signed
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.197_slideshow.ppt
April 01, 2009 - Spotlight Case July 2008
Spotlight Case
Breakage of a PICC Line
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Source and Credits
This … presentation is based on the April 2009 AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case
See the full article at http://webmm.ahrq.gov … breakage
Understand the risk factors for PICC line breakage
Understand the treatment options in case … Appreciate the guidelines to reduce risk of complications from central venous catheters
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Case: PICC Line Breakage (3)
After several attempts to retrieve the remainder of the line
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.182_slideshow.ppt
September 01, 2008 - Spotlight Case July 2008
Spotlight Case
Empiric Steroids: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Source … and Credits
This presentation is based on the September 2008 AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case
See the full … Understand which chronic illnesses and systemic diseases can benefit from glucocorticoid use
Case … Case B: Part 1 (cont.) … Case C: Part 1 (cont.)
On examination he appeared ill and was mildly tachypneic.