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July 09, 2014 - Wake Up Safe and root cause analysis: quality
improvement in pediatric anesthesia.
July 9, 2014
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June 07, 2017 - Investigating the causes of adverse events.
June 7, 2017
Sanchez JA, Lobdell KW, Moffatt-Bruce SD, et al. Investigating the Causes of Adverse Events. Ann Thorac
Surg. 2017;103(6):1693-1699. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.04.001.
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Incident analysis enab…
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May 29, 2014 - Quality and safety in pediatric hematology/oncology.
May 29, 2014
Mueller BU. Quality and safety in pediatric hematology/oncology. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2014;61(6):966-9.
doi:10.1002/pbc.24946.
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Children with cancer are particularly vulner…
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March 17, 2010 - Bridging the gap: leveraging business intelligence tools
in support of patient safety and financial effectiveness.
March 17, 2010
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support of patient safety and financial effectiveness. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2010;1…
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April 05, 2017 - High-reliability and the I-PASS communication tool.
April 5, 2017
Clements K. High-reliability and the I-PASS communication tool. Nursing Management (Springhouse).
2017;48(3). doi:10.1097/01.numa.0000512897.68425.e5.
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High reliability has y…
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July 15, 2020 - The coronavirus pandemic’s wider health-care crisis.
July 15, 2020
Khullar D. The coronavirus pandemic’s wider health-care crisis. New Yorker. 2020;Jun 29.
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The COVID-19 crisis has disrupted care delivery around the globe. This story discuss…
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May 27, 2015 - Maintaining safety in the dialysis facility.
May 27, 2015
Kliger AS. Maintaining safety in the dialysis facility. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2015;10(4):688-95.
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Failure to consider human factors and poor communication can contri…
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June 02, 2021 - Advancing Maternal Health Equity and Reducing Maternal
Mortality Workshop.
June 2, 2021
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. June 7-8, 2021.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/advancing-maternal-health-equity-and-reducing-maternal-mortality-workshop
Maternal safety is challenged by clinical, equity…
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January 02, 2017 - Integrating the intensive care unit safety reporting system
with existing incident reporting systems.
January 2, 2017
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system with existing incident reporting systems. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2005;31(10):585-93.…
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August 21, 2019 - Organizational learning in hospitals: a realist review.
August 21, 2019
Lyman B, Jacobs JD, Hammond EL, et al. Organizational learning in hospitals: A realist review. J Adv Nurs.
2019;75(11):2352-2377. doi:10.1111/jan.14091.
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Organization…
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October 19, 2022 - Calibrate Dx: A Resource to Improve Diagnostic
Decisions.
October 19, 2022
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; October 2022. AHRQ Publication no. 22(23)-
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Delayed, wrong, and missed diagnoses are commo…
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August 28, 2019 - ASHP guidelines on perioperative pharmacy services.
August 28, 2019
Bickham P, Golembiewski J, Meyer T, et al. ASHP guidelines on perioperative pharmacy services. Am J
Health Syst Pharm. 2019;76(12):903-820. doi:10.1093/ajhp/zxz073.
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Pharm…
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September 16, 2015 - Environmental Cleaning for the Prevention of Healthcare-
Associated Infections (HAIs).
September 16, 2015
Leas BF, Sullivan N, Han JH, Pegues DA, Kaczmarek JL, Umscheid CA. Rockville, MD: Agency for
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January 03, 2017 - The tangible handoff: a team approach for advancing
structured communication in labor and delivery.
January 3, 2017
Block M, Ehrenworth JF, Cuce VM, et al. The tangible handoff: a team approach for advancing structured
communication in labor and delivery. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2010;36(6):282-287, 241.
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March 15, 2023 - Using A.I. to detect breast cancer that doctors miss.
March 15, 2023
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is an innovation that represents great promise for diagnostic accuracy and
timeliness im…
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August 21, 2024 - A daily dose of communication to improve quality and
safety outcomes.
August 21, 2024
Halm MA. A daily dose of communication to improve quality and safety outcomes. Am J Crit Care.
2024;33(4):305-310. doi:10.4037/ajcc2024318.
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January 27, 2021 - The Cognitive Autopsy: A Root Cause Analysis of Medical
Decision Making.
January 27, 2021
Croskerry P. New York, NY: Oxford University Press; 2020. ISBN: 9780190088743.
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Diagnostic error reduction methods are evolv…
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June 19, 2019 - A simulation-based approach to training in heuristic
clinical decision-making.
June 19, 2019
Altabbaa G, Raven AD, Laberge J. A simulation-based approach to training in heuristic clinical decision-
making. Diagnosis (Berl). 2019;6(2):91-99. doi:10.1515/dx-2018-0084.
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January 01, 2019 - Improving incident reporting among physician trainees.
September 28, 2016
Krouss M, Alshaikh J, Croft LD, et al. Improving Incident Reporting Among Physician Trainees. J Patient
Saf. 2019;15(4):308-310. doi:10.1097/PTS.0000000000000325.
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January 18, 2023 - Patient safety performance: reversing recent declines
through shared profession-wide system-level solutions.
January 18, 2023
doi:full/10.1056/CAT.22.0318.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-performance-reversing-recent-declines-through-shared-
profession-wide-system
The COVID-19 pandemic revealed fractu…