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October 01, 2017 - department physicians' readings are compared with those of attending radiologists.( 5 )
Nonetheless, concern
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January 01, 2024 - earlier, nocturnal headaches that keep patients awake at night should prompt repeat imaging given the concern
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September 18, 2024 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
Diagnostic Delay in the Emergency Department
Citation Text:
Marshall K, Singh H. Diagnostic Delay in the Emergency Department. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2017.
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June 01, 2019 - Building a Safety Program Using Principles of Resilience
Engineering
June 1, 2019
Hegde S, Fairbanks RJ, Bisantz A. Building a Safety Program Using Principles of Resilience Engineering.
PSNet [internet]. 2019.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/building-safety-program-using-principles-resilience-engineering
Persp…
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July 01, 2006 - Key Issues in Developing a Successful Hospital Safety
Program
July 1, 2006
Whittington JC. Key Issues in Developing a Successful Hospital Safety Program. PSNet [internet]. 2006.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/key-issues-developing-successful-hospital-safety-program
Perspective
What are the key success factors…
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April 01, 2006 - Insert Omission
April 1, 2006
Darney P. Insert Omission. PSNet [internet]. 2006.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/insert-omission
The Case
A multiparous woman presented to the gynecology clinic requesting intrauterine contraceptive (IUC)
placement (Figure). She was appropriately counseled on the risks and benefits o…
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October 01, 2012 - Looking for Meds in All the Wrong Places
October 1, 2012
Manias E. Looking for Meds in All the Wrong Places. PSNet [internet]. 2012.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/looking-meds-all-wrong-places
The Case
A 40-year-old uninsured woman with anxiety ran out of her prescribed clonazepam and had a seizure. She
went to t…
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June 01, 2011 - The Safety of Medical Devices
June 1, 2011
Nemeth CP. The Safety of Medical Devices. PSNet [internet]. 2011.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/safety-medical-devices
Perspective
Edward Tenner is right. Technology does have reverberations, including unintended consequences, or
"revenge effects."(1) While such dra…
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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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November 01, 2008 - Spotlight Case [MONTH] 2003
Spotlight Case November 2008
Dangerous Shift
Source and Credits
This presentation is based on the November 2008
AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case
See the full article at http://webmm.ahrq.gov
CME credit is available
Commentary by: Emily S. Patterson, PhD
Institute for Ergonomics, Ohi…
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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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October 30, 2024 - Critical Radiology Alert Process
October 30, 2024
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/innovation/critical-radiology-alert-process
Summary
Vanderbilt University Medical Center developed an electronic trigger tool that alerts the care team of
unrelated abnormal findings and provides a companion follow-up process, with the goal o…
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January 29, 2020 - High Reliability
Citation Text:
High Reliability. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2019.
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June 15, 2024 - Duty Hours and Patient Safety
Citation Text:
Duty Hours and Patient Safety. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2019.
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November 25, 2020 - Unless there is concern for infection or an open fracture, it is perfectly acceptable to provide wound
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February 26, 2025 - In Conversation with David W. Bates about Are We Safer
Today?
February 26, 2025
Bates DW, Lee M, Mossburg SE. In Conversation with David W. Bates about Are We Safer Today? PSNet
[internet]. 2025.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-david-w-bates-about-are-we-safer-today
Editor’s note: David W. Bates, …
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September 23, 2020 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
A Lot of Pain (Medications)
Citation Text:
Herzig SJ. A Lot of Pain (Medications). PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2014.
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April 01, 2013 - From Possible to Probable to Sure to Wrong—Premature
Closure and Anchoring in a Complicated Case
April 1, 2013
Newman-Toker DE. From Possible to Probable to Sure to Wrong—Premature Closure and Anchoring in a
Complicated Case. PSNet [internet]. 2013.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/possible-probable-sure-wrong-premat…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33861/psn-pdf
July 01, 2018 - RW: I guess that leads to a concern: if you think about what health systems have done to address other
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73102/psn-pdf
July 01, 2022 - Care Managers Use Software-Aided Medication Review
Protocol for Frail, Community-Dwelling Seniors, Leading
to More Appropriate Medication Use
March 31, 2021
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/innovation/care-managers-use-software-aided-medication-review-protocol-frail-
community-dwelling
Summary
Care management staff (such …