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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49584/psn-pdf
April 01, 2009 - EMR Entry Error: Not So Benign
April 1, 2009
Koppel R. EMR Entry Error: Not So Benign. PSNet [internet]. 2009.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/emr-entry-error-not-so-benign
The Case
A 47-year-old man with advanced AIDS was admitted to an academic medical center with a chief complaint
of shortness of breath. He was …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.332_slideshow.ppt
September 01, 2014 - PowerPoint Presentation
Spotlight
A Lot of Pain (Medications)
1
This presentation is based on the September 2014
AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case
See the full article at http://webmm.ahrq.gov
CME credit is available
Commentary by: Shoshana J. Herzig, MD, MPH, Division of General Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medic…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49760/psn-pdf
May 01, 2016 - Mismanagement of Delirium
May 1, 2016
Merrilees J, Lee KP. Mismanagement of Delirium. PSNet [internet]. 2016.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/mismanagement-delirium
The Case
An 85-year-old man with early stage vascular dementia fell on the sidewalk and fractured his leg. Although
fitted with a cast at a regional ho…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/854897/psn-pdf
October 31, 2023 - Weight and Height Juxtaposition in the Electronic Medical
Record Causing an Accidental Medication Overdose
October 31, 2023
Jain NP, Dakwa D. Weight and Height Juxtaposition in the Electronic Medical Record Causing an
Accidental Medication Overdose. PSNet [internet]. 2023.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/weight-and-…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/846768/psn-pdf
March 29, 2023 - Endotracheal Tube Fallout in a Patient with Severe
Obesity During Eye Surgery.
March 29, 2023
Bohringer C. Endotracheal Tube Fallout in a Patient with Severe Obesity During Eye Surgery. PSNet
[internet]. 2023.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/endotracheal-tube-fallout-patient-severe-obesity-during-eye-surgery
The Ca…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/forgotten-line
March 11, 2011 - The Forgotten Line
Citation Text:
Render ML. The Forgotten Line. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2012.
Copy Citation
Format:
Google Scholar BibTeX EndNote X3 XML EndNote 7 XML Endnote tagged PubMedId RIS …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/842923/psn-pdf
February 01, 2023 - Aspergillus Mediastinitis & Endocarditis in a Pediatric
Patient Complicating Cardiac Surgery and Bedside Chest
Closure.
February 1, 2023
Partridge E, Dodson D, Reilly M, et al. Aspergillus Mediastinitis & Endocarditis in a Pediatric Patient
Complicating Cardiac Surgery and Bedside Chest Closure. PSNet [internet]. …
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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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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33723/psn-pdf
December 01, 2011 - Implementing a Fall Prevention Program
December 1, 2011
Healey F. Implementing a Fall Prevention Program. PSNet [internet]. 2011.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/implementing-fall-prevention-program
Perspective
Throughout the developed world, most hospital beds are occupied by older people, many of whom have
b…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50949/psn-pdf
February 26, 2020 - Pre-analytical pitfalls: Missing and mislabeled specimens
February 26, 2020
Tran NK, Liu Y. Pre-analytical pitfalls: Missing and mislabeled specimens . PSNet [internet]. 2020.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/pre-analytical-pitfalls-missing-and-mislabeled-specimens
The Case
Case #1:
A 56-year-old man was admitted to…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49602/psn-pdf
April 01, 2010 - Anticoagulation: Held Too Long
April 1, 2010
Dunn AS. Anticoagulation: Held Too Long. PSNet [internet]. 2010.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/anticoagulation-held-too-long
The Case
A 68-year-old woman with a history of mitral valve replacement with a mechanical valve was admitted with
abdominal pain. Because of the…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49732/psn-pdf
May 01, 2015 - Errors in Sepsis Management
May 1, 2015
Shimabukuro D. Errors in Sepsis Management. PSNet [internet]. 2015.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/errors-sepsis-management
Case Objectives
Define sepsis, severe sepsis, and septic shock.
Describe the severe sepsis/septic shock resuscitation bundle.
Recognize commonly encou…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33814/psn-pdf
September 01, 2016 - In Conversation With… Reed V. Tuckson, MD
September 1, 2016
In Conversation With… Reed V. Tuckson, MD. PSNet [internet]. 2016.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-reed-v-tuckson-md
Editor's note: Dr. Tuckson is Managing Director of Tuckson Health Connections, LLC, and President of
the American Telemed…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33744/psn-pdf
February 01, 2013 - In Conversation With… Beverley H. Johnson
February 1, 2013
In Conversation With… Beverley H. Johnson. PSNet [internet]. 2013.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-beverley-h-johnson
Editor's note: Beverley H. Johnson is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Institute for Patient-
and Family-…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33704/psn-pdf
December 01, 2010 - In Conversation with...Geri Amori, PhD
December 1, 2010
In Conversation with..Geri Amori, PhD. PSNet [internet]. 2010.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-withgeri-amori-phd
Editor's note: Geri Amori, PhD, is Vice President for the Education Center at The Risk Management and
Patient Safety Institute, a…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33635/psn-pdf
July 01, 2006 - In Conversation with...Allan Frankel, MD
July 1, 2006
In Conversation with..Allan Frankel, MD. PSNet [internet]. 2006.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-withallan-frankel-md
Dr. Robert Wachter, Editor, AHRQ WebM&M: Tell us a little bit about how you became interested in this
kind of work.
Dr. Allan …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33774/psn-pdf
December 01, 2014 - In Conversation With… Edward Kelley, PhD
December 1, 2014
In Conversation With… Edward Kelley, PhD. PSNet [internet]. 2014.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-edward-kelley-phd
Editor's note: Edward Kelley, PhD, is Director of Service Delivery and Safety for the World Health
Organization (WHO). He ha…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33818/psn-pdf
November 01, 2016 - In Conversation With… Andrew Bindman, MD
November 1, 2016
In Conversation With… Andrew Bindman, MD. PSNet [internet]. 2016.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-andrew-bindman-md
Editor's note: Dr. Bindman was appointed as Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
(AHRQ) in May 2016. P…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49540/psn-pdf
August 21, 2007 - Resuscitation Errors: A Shocking Problem
August 21, 2007
Edelson DP, Abella BS. Resuscitation Errors: A Shocking Problem. PSNet [internet]. 2007.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/resuscitation-errors-shocking-problem
Case Objectives
Appreciate that delays in defibrillation can have significant negative effects on sur…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33674/psn-pdf
February 01, 2009 - In Conversation with…Robert M. Wachter, MD
October 1, 2008
In Conversation with…Robert M. Wachter, MD. PSNet [internet]. 2008.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-withrobert-m-wachter-md
Editor's note: At the University of California, San Francisco, Robert M. Wachter, MD, is Professor and
Chief of the…