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December 04, 2019 - Quality and Safety of Healthcare in Switzerland.
December 4, 2019
Vincent C, Staines A. Bern, Switzerland: Federal Department of Home Affairs, Federal Office of Public
Health; 2019.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/quality-and-safety-healthcare-switzerland
Patient safety is a goal for countries worldwide. This report …
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December 16, 2015 - The persistent problem of diagnostic error.
December 16, 2015
Lundberg GD. Medscape. December 1, 2015.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/persistent-problem-diagnostic-error
Spotlighting the author's experience with autopsies to provide context regarding diagnostic errors as a
patient safety problem, this commentary out…
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May 10, 2013 - Rapid response systems: should we still question their
implementation?
May 10, 2013
Winters BD, Pronovost P. Rapid response systems: should we still question their implementation? J Hosp
Med. 2013;8(5):278-81. doi:10.1002/jhm.2050.
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May 29, 2024 - AHRQ Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit. 3rd
edition.
May 29, 2024
Brach C, ed. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; March 2024. AHRQ Publication
No. 15-0023-EF.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ahrq-health-literacy-universal-precautions-toolkit-2nd-edition
The AHRQ Health Literacy Un…
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January 01, 2023 - Ambulatory clinic exam room design with respect to computing devices: A laboratory simulation study.
Citation
Weiler DT, Satterly T, Rehman SU, et al. Ambulatory clinic exam room design with respect to computing devices: A laboratory simulation study. IISE Transactions on Occupational Ergonomics and H…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/glaucoma-screening_executive.pdf
April 01, 2012 - Three studies examined the GDx with enhanced
corneal compensation (ECC).59,86,87 The sample sizes
of … Scanning laser polarimetry with
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in normal … Diagnostic capability
of scanning laser polarimetry with and without enhanced corneal
compensation … Detection of
glaucoma using scanning laser polarimetry with enhanced corneal
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March 31, 2022 - Annual Perspective: Psychological Safety of Healthcare
Staff
March 31, 2022
Kingston MB, Dowell P, Mossburg SE, et al. Annual Perspective: Psychological Safety of Healthcare Staff.
PSNet [internet]. 2022.
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Introduction
The…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/good-catch-operating-room
August 27, 2017 - Good Catch in the Operating Room
Citation Text:
Day J, Paige JT. Good Catch in the Operating Room. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2019.
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March 21, 2023 - Impact of System Failures on Healthcare Workers
March 21, 2023
Zangaro G, Van CM, Mossburg S. Impact of System Failures on Healthcare Workers . PSNet [internet].
2023.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/impact-system-failures-healthcare-workers
Introduction
The March 2022 conviction of RaDonda Vaught, a former nu…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/innovations
February 26, 2025 - Innovations
The PSNet Innovations page highlights pioneering advances that can improve patient safety. PSNet innovations are defined as “new or updated interventions, approaches, systems, tools, policies, organizational structures or business models implemented to improve or enhance quality of care and reduce harm.” …
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-older-adults3.html
August 01, 2024 - State of the Science and Future Directions To Improve Diagnostic Safety in Older Adults
Implications for Practice Improvement, Research, and Policy
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State of the Science and Future Directions To Improve Diagnostic Safety in Older Adults
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Uniqu…
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/severity_overview.jsp
March 01, 2006 - Overview of Disease Severity Measures Disseminated with the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) and Kids' Inpatient Database (KID)
An official website of the Department of Health & Human Services
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January 01, 2018 - Using mHealth and Patient-Reported Outcomes to Deliver Evidence-Based Asthma Care - Final Report
Using mHealth and Patient-Reported Outcomes to Deliver Evidence-Based Asthma Care
Final Report
Principal Investigator and Team Members: Robert S. Rudin, PI; Maria O. Edelen, Co-I; David W.
Bates, Co…
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January 01, 2024 - PSNet
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Organizational Learning
Curated Library
Foundations
Organizational learning: health care leaders need to design structures and processes that enhance
collective learning.
Bohmer RM, Edmondson AC. Health Forum J. 2001;44:32-35.
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May 07, 2019 - Guidance for the Safe Use of Automated Dispensing
Cabinets.
May 7, 2019
Horsham, PA: Institute for Safe Medication Practices; 2019.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/guidance-safe-use-automated-dispensing-cabinets
Drug dispensing systems have been adopted in hospitals to prevent medication errors, but accidents
associ…
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digital.ahrq.gov/organization/american-association-homes-and-services-aged
January 01, 2023 - American Association of Homes and Services for the Aged
Telemonitoring in Rural Elder Nutrition Centers: Demonstration Project of Hypertension Management - 2011
Principal Investigator
Resnick, Helaine
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Telemonitoring in Rural Elder Nutrition Centers: …
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-full/slide164.html
October 01, 2014 - 164. Treatment Recommendations: Intensive Treatment (continued)
Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update
Text version of slide presentation.
Intensive counseling is especially effective. There is a strong dose-response relation between counseling intensity and quitting success. In general, the m…
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January 29, 2019 - Optimizing medication safety in the home.
January 29, 2019
LeBlanc RG, Choi J. Optimizing medication safety in the home. Home Healthc Now. 2015;33(6):313-319.
doi:10.1097/NHH.0000000000000246.
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Patients who receive home care services are vulnerable to a…
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September 30, 2011 - Improving patient safety in radiotherapy by learning from
near misses, incidents and errors.
September 30, 2011
Williams M. Improving patient safety in radiotherapy by learning from near misses, incidents and errors. Br
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