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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Galt.pdf
January 01, 2005 - prescribing [e-
prescribing], or both) that was responsible for influencing the error. … Potential impact of PDA application on type of prescribing error
Provides opportunity to
reduce error … This improves our ability
to understand and compare data from error studies. … Fundamentals of medication
error research. Am J Hosp Pharm 1990;47:555–71.
34. … Potential impact of PDA application on type of prescribing error
Table 2.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/03-nh_webcast-castle.pdf
January 01, 2006 - between 44,000 and 98,000 individuals die each year as a result
of medical mistakes.
17
Medical Error … Human Error 1990
Patient Safety Culture in Nursing Homes
• Safety culture scores are lower on average … 25
The Importance of Safety Culture in Nursing Homes
The Importance of Safety Culture
Medical Error
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/public-notes-meeting-summary-072320.pdf
November 06, 2020 - • PSNet: Published a primer on 7/22/20 called COVID-19 and Dx
Error. … grant=R01+HS27614-01
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-and-diagnostic-error … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-and-diagnostic-error
https://www.cdc.gov … • Recently Published Diagnostic Safety Relevant Papers:
o Reducing the Risk of Diagnostic Error in … www.journalofhospitalmedicine.com/jhospmed/article/222266/hospital-medicine/reducing-risk-diagnostic-error-covid
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Campbell_94.pdf
March 30, 2008 - A staff survey in 2001 showed that there were opportunities for
improvement related to error reporting … Staff across the board felt they had responsibility for
error prevention but viewed the error-reporting … Survey
respondents also expressed fear of the consequences of being associated with an error. … However, the best technology alone will not eradicate error. … Only 55 percent of respondents felt
that error reporting was widely encouraged and nonpunitive.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/long-term-modules/module3/facnotes-spanish.docx
June 02, 2025 - Es posible que se necesite un proceso de prueba y error para implementar sistemas viables. … DIAPOSITIVA 18
DIGA:
En el video a continuación, Sharon le menciona un error al jefe de enfermería … sobre los errores a fin de volver a examinar el procedimiento y descubrir la causa del error. … Es importante que la respuesta al error no sea una sanción. … que el error era una oportunidad para aprender y no un perjuicio deliberado por parte de Sharon.
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/education-dx-outcomes-7.html
March 01, 2022 - Diagnostic error in internal medicine . Arch Intern Med. 2005;165(13):1493-9. … Diagnostic error in medicine—analysis of 583 physician-reported errors . … Cognitive interventions to reduce diagnostic error: a narrative review . … The patient is in: patient involvement strategies for diagnostic error mitigation . … Nurses, diagnosis, and diagnostic error . Diagnosis (Berl). 2017;4(4):197-9.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/modules/apply/ac-cusp.html
December 01, 2012 - Managing Error and Risk
Slide 8. … Can you identify examples of human error in your unit or hospital? … Managing Error and Risk
Say:
To improve outcomes, human error, at-risk behavior, and reckless … Human error is a product of both system design and behavioral choices. … Describe the connections between communication and medical error.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/diagnostic/dx-safety-issue-brief-co-design-rev.pdf
September 01, 2024 - independent national advocate for patients and families
Helen Haskell, M.S., Mothers Against Medical Error … Patients and caregivers who have experienced a diagnostic error can provide a unique perspective. … Goals for Improving Diagnosis and Reducing Diagnostic Error
• Facilitate more effective teamwork in … Burden of serious harms from diagnostic error in the
USA. … The patient is in: patient involvement strategies for
diagnostic error mitigation.
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-patients-source-understanding-dx-error-vol2-3.html
June 01, 2023 - from patients and families, one cannot simply ask respondents if they have experienced a diagnostic error … ” or “diagnostic error” within the survey. … ” or “diagnostic error” when inviting reports about patient experiences, the preferred alternative is … We also asked about clinician actions following the perceived medical error that “made things worse.” … Not one damn thing [to make things better following the error].
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/dxsafety-patient-experience-vol2.pdf
July 01, 2023 - ” or “diagnostic error” within the survey. … Not
one damn thing [to make things better following the error]. … following the medical error.” … The Public’s Views on Medical Error in Massachusetts. … Patients’
perspectives of diagnostic error: a qualitative study.
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March 01, 2002 - Medication error reporting is an essential
component of achieving these goals. … Level C
excludes drug-related injuries that are not the result of error. … error, transcription error, prescribing error, charting error, and a miscellaneous
“other” category … 17 (7.5) 0 (0) 17 (6.3)
Transcription error 17 (7.5) 10 (25.0) 27 (10.0)
Prescribing error 13 (5.7 … Current error reporting systems.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications2/files/MeasureDx-guide.pdf
July 01, 2022 - Diagnostic error in internal medicine. … What factors prompted the error discovery? … No Harm
� Category A- Circumstances or events that have the capacity to cause error
Error, No Harm … � Category B- An error occurred but the error did not reach the patient (An “error
of omission” does … occurred that required intervention necessary to sustain
life
Error, Death
� Category I- An error occurred
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-current-state1.html
January 01, 2024 - care. 1-9 For example, an estimated 5 percent of the U.S. adult population experiences a diagnostic error … setting every year, 1 and approximately 0.7 percent of inpatients experience harm from a diagnostic error
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/tools/index.html
June 01, 2025 - primary care offices consistently show that the process for managing tests is a significant source of error … a checklist and other resources to help patients understand what they can to do prevent diagnostic error … Diagnosis Improvement Course applies the TeamSTEPPS framework to the specific problem of diagnostic error
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www.ahrq.gov/npsd/data/dashboard/devices.html
September 01, 2025 - the type of device; type of device by residual harm to the patient; device defect, failure, or user error … ; device defect, failure, or user error by residual harm to the patient; type of health information technology
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www.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/mission/ahrq-fy2015-conf-spending.html
January 01, 2016 - Total Non-Feds on Travel: 0
Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (CQUIPS)
Diagnostic Error … and final of three annual conferences to be held as part of the large conference grant "Diagnostic Error … response to the AHRQ funding mechanism PAR09-257 and supports the AHRQ/CQUIPS program to reduce medical error
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Harder.pdf
May 19, 2003 - A Heparin Error Reduction Workgroup
(HERW)—consisting of staff nurses, pharmacists, and a cardiologist—was … The analysis also identified several
sources of potential error, particularly in situations in which … The potential sources of error and recommended actions are
discussed in the following subsections of … Potential sources of error
Confusing protocol selection. … A Heparin Error Reduction Workgroup was convened to address the issue.
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/education-dx-outcomes-3.html
March 01, 2022 - Clinical reasoning is challenging and represents the dominant issue in diagnostic error, as repeated … advancing healthcare careers) has important gaps in many other areas relevant to diagnosis and diagnostic error … Breakdowns in collaboration and teamwork are leading system-related issues in cases of diagnostic error … improving diagnosis education was an "ethical imperative," given the aggregate harm from diagnostic error
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/05-sops-teamstepps-webcast-mazur.pdf
April 30, 2022 - Category:
Delta
(% Positive -
% Negative)
Scores
Slope: Pattern
Communication
Response to
Error … IP
O
VE
R
AL
L
Key takeaways:
Positive:
Report,
communication,
learning and response
to error … 2024 SOPS Survey -- 323 responses
36
v Communication 323
72% 19% 9%
73% 64% | 9%
> Response to error … 318
68% 19% 13%
68% 60% | 8%
> Communication about error 310
74% 21% 5%
74% 70% | 4%
> Communication … 1.9-2.2)
40
TENTS vs Patient Safety Survey (Communication; 1 unit data only)
Communication about error
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/maternal-mortality-1.html
September 01, 2021 - Immediately After Childbirth: State of the Science
Introduction
The Contribution of Diagnostic Error … consensus has been reached on what extent maternal mortality and SMM are attributable to diagnostic error … diagnostic errors. 2 , 12
This issue brief discusses what is known about the contribution of diagnostic error