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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/incidence-patterns-and-prevention-wrong-site-surgery
September 30, 2010 - September 29, 2017
Accidental deaths, saved lives, and improved quality.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-resident-engagement-quality-improvement-and-patient-safety-initiatives-bedside
December 21, 2017 - February 6, 2014
Saving lives by studying deaths: using standardized mortality reviews
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/delay-appropriate-diagnosis-and-treatment-leading-death-pulmonary-embolism
December 31, 2024 - United States, PE affects an estimated 500,000 to 600,000 people per year, with 200,000 to 300,000 deaths … PE-related hospitalizations occur annually in the United States, with 60,000 to 100,000 associated deaths
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/diagnostic-errors
December 01, 2013 - Another study reported that 8% of deaths at a Level 1 trauma center were definitely or potentially preventable … , with inaccurate diagnosis one of the most common contributing factors to the deaths. … Medications
January 1, 2016
WebM&M Cases
Deaths … Not Foretold: Are Unexpected Deaths Useful Patient Safety Signals?
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psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/never-events
June 15, 2024 - Never Events
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/despite-clues-failed-rescue
August 02, 2015 - Given that many surgical deaths may be avoidable ( 4-9 ), hospitals are implementing care protocols to … Perioperative deaths are often the culmination of a cascade of discrete clinical events. … Ultimately, avoiding inpatient deaths such as the one presented in this case will require a multipronged
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/unfinished-patient-safety-agenda
August 01, 2005 - purchasers, has aggressively promoted three initiatives that are estimated to potentially avert some 60,000 deaths … Staffing hospitals uniformly at four versus eight patients per nurse would be expected to prevent 5 deaths … February 19, 2010
Effects of nurse staffing and nurse education on patient deaths in
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/unexplained-apnea-under-anesthesia
December 01, 2005 - Kingdom found that only 1 patient in 185,000 died solely as result of anesthesia, although 1 in 1351 deaths … errors were the number one cause of adverse and preventable patient events, leading to more than 7000 deaths … Lessons from the confidential enquiry into perioperative deaths in three NHS regions.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/making-health-care-safer-critical-analysis-patient-safety-practices
July 27, 2018 - Harms: Interim Update on 2013 Annual Hospital-Acquired Condition Rate and Estimates of Cost Savings and Deaths
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/identifying-patient-safety-problems-associated-information-technology-general-practice
December 21, 2017 - February 8, 2023
Hemodialysis bleeding events and deaths: an 18-year retrospective analysis
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/explaining-organisational-responses-board-level-quality-improvement-intervention-findings
November 21, 2017 - October 5, 2022
Zero: Eliminating Unnecessary Deaths in a Post-pandemic NHS.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-opioid-use-disorder-after-nonfatal-opioid-overdose-and-association-mortality
October 03, 2018 - March 24, 2019
Prevention of prescription opioid misuse and projected overdose deaths
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/quasi-experimental-evaluation-effectiveness-large-scale-readmission-reduction-program
January 07, 2015 - View More
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/incidence-and-types-preventable-adverse-events-elderly-patients-population-based-review
June 23, 2015 - May 18, 2022
Accidental deaths, saved lives, and improved quality.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cost-effectiveness-computerized-provider-order-entry-system-improving-medication-safety
August 09, 2017 - Comparison of military and civilian methods for determining potentially preventable deaths
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/dying-hospital-advanced-dementia
November 01, 2016 - Describe one simple strategy to ensure primary care providers are aware of in-hospital deaths.