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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-withsteven-j-spear-dba-ms-ms
August 01, 2009 - Soon after the start of the joint venture, that plant started winning awards from JD Power, and it continues … This pattern of behavior, called first-order problem solving, seems successful because patient care continues
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39128/psn-pdf
December 01, 2009 - Rapid response teams and continuous quality
improvement.
November 25, 2009
Dailey MS, Durkin S, Gulczynski B, et al. Patient Saf Qual Healthc. Nov/Dec 2009;6:28-31.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/rapid-response-teams-and-continuous-quality-improvement
This study discusses how analysis of rapid response team calls id…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40225/psn-pdf
March 12, 2011 - As industry automates, adverse events continue to haunt
caregivers.
March 12, 2011
Wetzel TG. As industry automates, adverse events haunt caregivers. Health data management.
2011;19(2):86, 88, 90 passim.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/industry-automates-adverse-events-continue-haunt-caregivers
This article discusse…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37972/psn-pdf
May 02, 2018 - Heparin errors continue despite prior, high-profile, fatal
events.
May 2, 2018
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. July 17, 2008;13:1-2.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/heparin-errors-continue-despite-prior-high-profile-fatal-events
Drawing on analysis from previously reported errors, this article descr…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45583/psn-pdf
January 18, 2017 - ASHP IV Adult Continuous Infusions.
January 18, 2017
Bethesda, MD: American Society of Health-System Pharmacists; 2016.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ashp-iv-adult-continuous-infusions
Miscalculations of intravenous infusion concentrations can result in patient harm. Representing the first
phase of a standards deve…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40520/psn-pdf
June 08, 2011 - Wrong body part, wrong patient surgeries continue
despite new procedures.
June 8, 2011
Rojas-Burke J.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/wrong-body-part-wrong-patient-surgeries-continue-despite-new-procedures
This newspaper article discusses wrong-site surgeries and explores why the number of reported errors has
not ch…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49576/psn-pdf
January 01, 2009 - To Transfer or Not to Transfer
January 1, 2009
Pines JM. To Transfer or Not to Transfer. PSNet [internet]. 2009.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/transfer-or-not-transfer
Case Objectives
Explore the benefits of the continuity of hospital care.
Understand the rules and regulations behind triage and hospital choice de…
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May 01, 2011 - "( 5 ) Yet disclosure of errors, particularly discussion of the details of the event, continues to be
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/death-pca
January 06, 2017 - order processing Dispensing Begins with a pharmacist's assessment of a medication order and continues
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49669/psn-pdf
November 01, 2012 - The optimal transfusion threshold continues to be a subject of much debate, although two trials provide
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49816/psn-pdf
January 01, 2018 - Postoperative pain experience: results from a national
survey suggest postoperative pain continues to
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49627/psn-pdf
June 01, 2011 - Had he
gone about obtaining the test "the right way," he continues, "I am sure I would have gotten the
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49450/psn-pdf
June 01, 2004 - "(5) Yet disclosure of errors,
particularly discussion of the details of the event, continues to be
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49760/psn-pdf
May 01, 2016 - 2,3) Although clinical guidelines and evidence-based
reviews are available (4-6), managing delirium continues
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49567/psn-pdf
September 01, 2008 - empiric steroids, 80–100 mg
prednisolone/day, intravenously, are appropriate therapy while the work-up continues
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/inside-time-out
March 01, 2004 - controversy surrounds the Universal Protocol, and in particular the time out portion of it, since there continues
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/role-graduate-medical-education-gme-improving-patient-safety
February 01, 2010 - Requirements and Policies
The Outcomes Project
The mainstay of resident education has been and continues … associated with discontinuity of care.( 1 ) At the present time, the ACGME Resident Duty Hour Task Force continues
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-withthomas-j-nasca-md
February 01, 2010 - Requirements and Policies
The Outcomes Project
The mainstay of resident education has been and continues … associated with discontinuity of care.( 1 ) At the present time, the ACGME Resident Duty Hour Task Force continues
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46636/psn-pdf
January 24, 2018 - Drug shortages continue to compromise patient care.
January 24, 2018
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. January 11, 2018;23:1-4.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/drug-shortages-continue-compromise-patient-care
Drug shortages are known to disrupt the safety of care. This newsletter article reports the res…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44714/psn-pdf
November 25, 2015 - Continuous Improvement of Patient Safety: The Case for
Change in the NHS.
November 25, 2015
Illingworth J. London, UK: The Health Foundation; 2015. ISBN: 9781906461706.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/continuous-improvement-patient-safety-case-change-nhs
The Francis inquiry uncovered problems in the National Health S…