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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/discharged-iv-antibiotics-when-issues-arise-who-manages-complications
October 10, 2017 - A lead clinician (pharmacist, advanced practice provider, or physician) must take responsibility to actively
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-withalbert-wu-md-mph
February 26, 2025 - Some solutions are at the level of making a policy or retraining an individual clinician.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49588/psn-pdf
August 01, 2009 - These alternative solutions require clinician teamwork and strict adherence to
handoff communication
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/crossing-line
December 01, 2012 - institutional priority to reduce complications of central venous catheterization, (ii) identify a respected clinician
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/painful-medication-reconciliation-mishap
May 01, 2008 - The primary care clinician in this case recognized the error and appropriately discontinued the naltrexone
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49777/psn-pdf
December 01, 2016 - recognize
mental health issues and what to do to help.(9) In this case, the staff member should have had a clinician
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2020-05/final_may-spotlight-fatal_pca_slides_05.01.2020_cme_review-revised.pdf
January 01, 2020 - Most injuries occurred within 24h of surgery and were deemed
preventable with better monitoring and clinician
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.17_slideshow.ppt
June 01, 2003 - PowerPoint Presentation
Spotlight Case June 2003
Missed Appendicitis
webmm.ahrq.gov
Source and Credits
This presentation is based on June 2003
AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case in Surgery
See the full article at http://webmm.ahrq.gov
CME credit is available through the Web site
Commentary by: James Adams, MD, Fei…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50699/psn-pdf
November 26, 2019 - Patient Safety in Frail Older Patients
November 26, 2019
Wald HL, Hall KK, Fitall E. Patient Safety in Frail Older Patients. PSNet [internet]. 2019.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/patient-safety-frail-older-patients
Background
Older patients are at a particular risk of experiencing a patient safety event. Stud…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/867804/psn-pdf
February 26, 2025 - Are We Safer Today?
February 26, 2025
Bates DW, Lee M, Mossburg SE. Are We Safer Today? PSNet [internet]. 2025.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/are-we-safer-today
In the 1999 report, To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System, the Institute of Medicine (now the
National Academy of Medicine) drew on two lar…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50610/psn-pdf
October 30, 2019 - First, Do No Harm: Value-driven Patient Safety in the
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
October 30, 2019
Profit J, Scheid A, Ridout E. First, Do No Harm: Value-driven Patient Safety in the Neonatal Intensive Care
Unit. PSNet [internet]. 2019.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/first-do-no-harm-value-driven-patient-safe…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49524/psn-pdf
November 01, 2006 - Secured But Not Always Safe
November 1, 2006
Jahr JS, Hosseini P. Secured But Not Always Safe. PSNet [internet]. 2006.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/secured-not-always-safe
The Case
An 84-year-old healthy woman underwent an elective left total knee replacement for degenerative
osteoarthritis. She received spinal …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33617/psn-pdf
August 01, 2005 - In Conversation with…Barbara A. Blakeney, MS, RN
August 1, 2005
In Conversation with…Barbara A. Blakeney, MS, RN. PSNet [internet]. 2005.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-withbarbara-blakeney-ms-rn
Editor's Note: Barbara A. Blakeney, MS, RN, is President of the 150,000-member American Nurses
Associa…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33790/psn-pdf
August 01, 2015 - New Insights on Safety and Health IT
August 1, 2015
Hettinger ZA, Ratwani RM, Fairbanks RJ. New Insights on Safety and Health IT. PSNet [internet]. 2015.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/new-insights-safety-and-health-it
Perspective
Despite the widespread adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) over the las…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.251_slideshow.ppt
October 01, 2011 - Spotlight Case [MONTH] 2003
Spotlight Case
Mobility Lost in the ICU
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Source and Credits
This presentation is based on the October 2011
AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case
See the full article at http://webmm.ahrq.gov
CME credit is available
Commentary by: Jim Smith, PT, DPT, MA; Associate Professor of Physical …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.64_slideshow.ppt
June 01, 2004 - Spotlight Case [MONTH] 2003
Spotlight Case June 2004
The Wrong Shot:
Error Disclosure
Source and Credits
This presentation is based on the June 2004
AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case in Pediatrics
CME credit is available through the Web site
See the full article at http://webmm.ahrq.gov
Commentary by: Thomas H. …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49689/psn-pdf
August 21, 2013 - Anesthesia: A Weighty Issue
August 21, 2013
Sinha AC. Anesthesia: A Weighty Issue. PSNet [internet]. 2013.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/anesthesia-weighty-issue
The Case
A 77-year-old woman was evaluated preoperatively in anticipation of an elective left hip arthroplasty. She
reported having a history of hyperte…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33781/psn-pdf
March 01, 2015 - In Conversation With… Brian Jarman, PhD
March 1, 2015
In Conversation With… Brian Jarman, PhD. PSNet [internet]. 2015.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-brian-jarman-phd
Editor's note: Sir Brian Jarman is an emeritus professor at Imperial College School of Medicine and a
past president of the Britis…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/72836/psn-pdf
January 26, 2021 - Meaningful Measurement in Patient and Family
Engagement
March 10, 2021
Hoy L, Hoy S, Fitall E, et al. Meaningful Measurement in Patient and Family Engagement. PSNet [internet].
2021.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/meaningful-measurement-patient-and-family-engagement
Defining Patient and Family Engagement
Pat…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/851389/psn-pdf
July 31, 2023 - Ambulatory Safety Nets to Reduce Missed and Delayed
Diagnoses of Cancer
July 31, 2023
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/innovation/ambulatory-safety-nets-reduce-missed-and-delayed-diagnoses-cancer
Summary
Concern over patient safety issues associated with inadequate tracking of test results has grown over the
last decade, a…