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Medical Mistakes and What Doctors Can Learn From Pilots
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American Academy of Ophthalmology
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/future-patient-and-family-engagement-quality-and-patient-safety
February 24, 2025 - Special or Theme Issue
The Future of Patient and Family Engagement in Quality and Patient Safety.
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The Future of Patient and Family Engagement in Quality and Patient Safety. Front Health Serv. 2024.
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April 10, 2025 - Swiss Cheese Model
Reason developed the "Swiss cheese model" to illustrate how analyses of major accidents and catastrophic systems failures tend to reveal multiple, smaller failures leading up to the actual hazard. In the model, each slice of cheese represents a safety barrier or precaution relevant to a particular …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/periodic-issue/periodic-issue-470
December 31, 2024 - January 15, 2025 Weekly Issue
PSNet highlights the latest patient safety literature, news, and expert commentary, including Weekly
Updates, WebM&M, and Perspectives on Safety. The current issue highlights what's new this week in patient
safety literature, news, conferences, report…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37412/psn-pdf
December 12, 2007 - The checklist.
December 12, 2007
Gawande A. New Yorker. December 10, 2007:86-95.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/checklist
This article by bestselling author and surgeon Atul Gawande illustrates the complexity of intensive care and
profiles Peter Pronovost, the Johns Hopkins intensivist and safety leader whose effort…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34636/psn-pdf
June 14, 2011 - The wrong patient.
June 14, 2011
Chassin MR, Becher EC. The wrong patient. Ann Intern Med. 2002;136(11):826-833.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/wrong-patient
This case study describes the events of a patient who underwent an unintended invasive cardiac
electrophysiology study. While reviewing the details of the case…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34638/psn-pdf
December 23, 2008 - What is accountability in health care?
December 23, 2008
Emanuel EJ, Emanuel LL. What is accountability in health care? Ann Intern Med. 1996;124(2):229-239.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/what-accountability-health-care
This perspective details the concepts surrounding “accountability” in health care. The discussion …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46723/psn-pdf
April 12, 2019 - Diagnostic assessment of deep learning algorithms for
detection of lymph node metastases in women with
breast cancer.
April 12, 2019
Bejnordi BE, Veta M, van Diest PJ, et al. Diagnostic Assessment of Deep Learning Algorithms for Detection
of Lymph Node Metastases in Women With Breast Cancer. JAMA. 2017;318(22):219…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/sentinel-event-alert-67-preserving-patient-safety-after-cyberattack
March 13, 2024 - Sentinel Event Alerts
Sentinel Event Alert 67: Preserving Patient Safety After a Cyberattack.
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Sentinel Event Alert 67: Preserving Patient Safety After a Cyberattack. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2023;49(12):724-729. doi:10.1016/j.jcjq.2023.07.006.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46349/psn-pdf
August 16, 2017 - Health Literacy Tools for Providers of Medication Therapy
Management.
August 16, 2017
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; July 2017.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-literacy-tools-providers-medication-therapy-management
Health literacy is important for effective care communications and s…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/dont-use-port-insert-picc
December 22, 2018 - Don't Use That Port: Insert a PICC
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Ilan R. Don't Use That Port: Insert a PICC. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2013.
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April 21, 2015 - Human error: models and management.
April 21, 2015
Reason J. Human error: models and management. BMJ. 2000;320(7237):768-770.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/human-error-models-and-management
The author discusses concepts of human error, contrasting the person approach with a system approach in
understanding the diff…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/what-medications-does-your-patient-take-enhancing-medication-safety-outpatient-setting
January 08, 2020 - Commentary
What medications does your patient take? Enhancing medication safety in the outpatient setting.
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What medications does your patient take? Enhancing medication safety in the outpatient setting. Institute for Healthcare Improvement; IHI
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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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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33606/psn-pdf
December 15, 2024 - Opioid Safety
December 15, 2024
Opioid Safety. PSNet [internet]. 2019.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/opioid-safety
PSNet primers are regularly reviewed and updated by the UC Davis PSNet Editorial Team to ensure that
they reflect current research and practice in the patient safety field. Last reviewed in 2024.
Bac…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/second-victims-support-clinicians-involved-errors-and-adverse-events
December 15, 2024 - Second Victims: Support for Clinicians Involved in Errors and Adverse Events
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Second Victims: Support for Clinicians Involved in Errors and Adverse Events. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2019.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/triggers-and-trigger-tools
September 15, 2024 - Triggers and Trigger Tools
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Triggers and Trigger Tools. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2019.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/media-essential-if-sometimes-arbitrary-promoter-patient-safety
October 01, 2009 - single case later leads to more thoughtful analyses of the safety hazards it illustrates, accompanied by discussions
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43342/psn-pdf
July 16, 2014 - Prevalence and severity of patient harm in a sample of
UK-hospitalised children detected by the Paediatric
Trigger Tool.
July 16, 2014
Chapman SM, Fitzsimons J, Davey N, et al. Prevalence and severity of patient harm in a sample of UK-
hospitalised children detected by the Paediatric Trigger Tool. BMJ Open. 2014;4…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/which-end-which
February 09, 2011 - Which End Is Which?
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Campbell AR. Which End Is Which?. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2003.
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