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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50874/psn-pdf
February 05, 2020 - Checking In on the Checklist.
February 5, 2020
Buissonniere M. Brooklyn NY: Lifebox and Ariadne Labs; 2020.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/checking-checklist
Checklists are integrated into error reduction strategies and healthcare team communication efforts
worldwide but implementation and impact of the tool varies …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34992/psn-pdf
September 29, 2017 - Lessons from the war on cancer: the need for basic
research on safety.
September 29, 2017
Cook RI. J Patient Saf. 2005.1(1):7-8
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/lessons-war-cancer-need-basic-research-safety
The author examines parallels between President Nixon's "War on Cancer" and the work of patient safety
today, p…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60563/psn-pdf
June 03, 2020 - ‘Last responders’ seek to expand postmortem COVID
testing In unexplained deaths.
June 3, 2020
Andrews M. Kaiser News Network. May 19, 2020.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/last-responders-seek-expand-postmortem-covid-testing-unexplained-deaths
Post-mortem examination is an important tool for determining if misdiagnos…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34679/psn-pdf
February 09, 2011 - Patient complaints and malpractice risk.
February 9, 2011
Hickson GB, Federspiel CF, Pichert JW, et al. Patient complaints and malpractice risk. JAMA.
2002;287(22):2951-7.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-complaints-and-malpractice-risk
This study examines the association between physicians’ patient complaint …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37109/psn-pdf
July 15, 2013 - Putting the sleepy resident issue to bed: federal
legislation is not the answer to excessive medical
resident working hours.
July 15, 2013
Stone JD.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/putting-sleepy-resident-issue-bed-federal-legislation-not-answer-excessive-
medical-resident
This article examines work-hour reduction …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60855/psn-pdf
August 26, 2020 - The paradoxes of defensive medicine.
August 26, 2020
Saks MJ, Landsman S. Health Matrix: J Law-Med. 2020;30(1):25-84.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/paradoxes-defensive-medicine
Defensive medicine behaviors seeking to avoid malpractice risk due to care omissions challenge patient
safety and value narratives. This le…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37432/psn-pdf
November 29, 2009 - The Pennsylvania Learning Exchange: Helping States
Improve and Integrate Patient Safety
Initiatives—Summary Report.
November 29, 2009
Hanlon C; Rosenthal J. Portland, ME: National Academy for State Health Policy; 2007.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pennsylvania-learning-exchange-helping-states-improve-and-integrate…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43597/psn-pdf
November 04, 2014 - The lost art of the history and physical.
November 4, 2014
Natt B, Szerlip HM. The lost art of the history and physical. Am J Med Sci. 2014;348(5):423-5.
doi:10.1097/MAJ.0000000000000326.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/lost-art-history-and-physical
Highlighting concerns about over-reliance on laboratory tests to for…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/837644/psn-pdf
July 06, 2022 - Reducing administrative harm in medicine - clinicians and
administrators together.
July 6, 2022
O’Donnell WJ. Reducing administrative harm in medicine - clinicians and administrators together. N Engl J
Med. 2022;386(25):2429-2432. doi:10.1056/nejmms2202174.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/reducing-administrative-harm…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/61055/psn-pdf
October 21, 2020 - How administrative burdens can harm health.
October 21, 2020
Herd P, Moynihan D. Health Affairs Health Policy Brief. October 2, 2020.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/how-administrative-burdens-can-harm-health
The crossover of health equity concepts to patient safety has emerged as a consideration for
improvement. Thi…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35680/psn-pdf
March 03, 2011 - Impact of adverse events on prescribing warfarin in
patients with atrial fibrillation: matched pair analysis.
March 3, 2011
Choudhry NK, Anderson G, Laupacis A, et al. Impact of adverse events on prescribing warfarin in patients
with atrial fibrillation: matched pair analysis. BMJ. 2006;332(7534):141-5.
https://ps…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/853627/psn-pdf
September 20, 2023 - Understanding And Addressing Pre-Hospital Diagnostic
Delays.
September 20, 2023
Health Affairs Forefront; May-September 2023.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/understanding-and-addressing-pre-hospital-diagnostic-delays
Diagnostic delays stem from both human and process failures. This series of articles examines how
s…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41710/psn-pdf
November 08, 2012 - Improving teamwork on general medical units: when
teams do not work face-to-face.
November 8, 2012
McComb SA, Henneman EA, Hinchey KT, et al. Improving teamwork on general medical units: when teams
do not work face-to-face. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2012;38(10):471-478.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-tea…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35946/psn-pdf
July 26, 2010 - A review of educational philosophies as applied to
radiation safety training at medical institutions.
July 26, 2010
Dauer LT, St Germain J. A review of educational philosophies as applied to radiation safety training at
medical institutions. Health Phys. 2006;90(5 Suppl):S67-72.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/review…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34640/psn-pdf
March 02, 2011 - The hazards of hospitalization.
March 2, 2011
Schimmel E. THE HAZARDS OF HOSPITALIZATION. Ann Intern Med. 1964;60:100-110.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hazards-hospitalization
This article examines a prospective study of more than 1000 patients admitted to a university medical
service. The author studied the type …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40516/psn-pdf
July 15, 2013 - Characteristics of unsafe undergraduate nursing students
in clinical practice: an integrative literature review.
July 15, 2013
Killam LA, Luhanga F, Bakker D. Characteristics of unsafe undergraduate nursing students in clinical
practice: an integrative literature review. J Nurs Educ. 2011;50(8):437-46. doi:10.3928/…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50739/psn-pdf
December 11, 2019 - Medical error and moral luck.
December 11, 2019
Allhoff F. Medical Error and Moral Luck. Kennedy Inst Ethics J. 2019;29(3):187-203.
doi:10.1353/ken.2019.0022.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medical-error-and-moral-luck
Medical error is an important problem but there has been little examination of associated conceptu…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38619/psn-pdf
May 07, 2018 - Failed check system for chemotherapy leads to
pharmacist's "no contest" plea for involuntary
manslaughter.
May 7, 2018
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. April 23, 2009;14:1-2.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/failed-check-system-chemotherapy-leads-pharmacists-no-contest-plea-
involuntary-manslaughter
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pathology-and-patient-safety-critical-role-pathology-informatics-error-reduction-and-quality
July 20, 2009 - Resources From the Same Author(s)
Database construction for improving patient safety by examining
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/does-your-knee-make-more-click-or-clack-teaching-car-talk-new-docs
April 17, 2019 - November 4, 2014
Examining the diagnostic justification abilities of fourth-year medical