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December 01, 2012 - Quality and Safety Challenges in Critical Care: Preventing and Treating Delirium in the Intensive Care Unit
Eduard E. Vasilevskis, MD; E. Wesley Ely, MD, MPH; Robert S. Dittus, MD, MPH | December 1, 2012
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December 18, 2024 - In Conversation with Patricia Dykes about The Ongoing Journey to Prevent Patient Falls
Patricia Dykes, PhD, MA, RN, FAAN, FACMI, Zoe Sousane, BS, Sarah E. Mossburg, RN, PhD | December 18, 2024
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December 04, 2016 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
An Inadvertent Bolus of Norepinephrine.
Citation Text:
Fazio S, Blackmon E, Doroy A, et al. An Inadvertent Bolus of Norepinephrine.. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2021.
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January 01, 2016 - Diagnostic Errors: A New Chapter in Patient Safety Science, Policy, and Practice
Hardeep Singh, MD, MPH | January 1, 2016
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Singh H. Diagnostic Errors: A New Chapter in Patient Safe…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/management-csf-leaks-after-elective-spine-surgery-routine-laminectomy-leads-fatal-discitis
March 09, 2022 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
Management of CSF Leaks After Elective Spine Surgery: Routine Laminectomy Leads to Fatal Discitis and Sepsis
Citation Text:
Castillo JA, Price R, Kim KD. Management of CSF Leaks After Elective Spine Surgery: Routine Laminectomy Leads to Fatal Discitis and Sepsis. PSNet [internet]. …
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September 28, 2022 - comfortable sharing their disagreement with treatment options because their values, preferences, and experiences
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April 27, 2022 - Managing Care Challenges in a Group Home Setting: Is Staffing Adequate for Unplanned Incidents?
Citation Text:
Ordona R, Bakerjian D. Managing Care Challenges in a Group Home Setting: Is Staffing Adequate for Unplanned Incidents?. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality,…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/866992/psn-pdf
May 29, 2024 - Harm Reduction Strategies to Improve Safety for People
Who Use Substances
October 30, 2024
Salisbury-Afshar E, Gale B, Mossburg S. Harm Reduction Strategies to Improve Safety for People Who
Use Substances . PSNet [internet]. 2024.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/harm-reduction-strategies-improve-safety-people-w…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2020-03/final_spotlight_case_delays_in_the_ed_powerpoint_for_cme_review_03.09.2020.pdf
January 01, 2020 - Spotlight
Spotlight
Some Patients Can’t Wait:
Improving Timeliness of
Emergency Department Care
Source and Credits
• This presentation is based on the 2020 AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight
Case
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• Commentary by: David K. Barnes, MD, FACEP and Rita Chang, MD
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49735/psn-pdf
June 01, 2015 - Anchoring Bias With Critical Implications
June 1, 2015
Etchells E. Anchoring Bias With Critical Implications. PSNet [internet]. 2015.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/anchoring-bias-critical-implications
Case Objectives
Appreciate that diagnostic errors are common in primary and ambulatory care.
Define premature clo…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/under_pressure.pdf
January 01, 2023 - Microsoft PowerPoint - FINAL Spotlight Case_Under Pressure.pptx
Spotlight
Under Pressure: Tracheostomy Cuff Over Inflation
Leading to Tissue Necrosis and Cuff Rupture
Source and Credits
• This presentation is based on the June 2023 AHRQ WebM&M
Spotlight Case
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33770/psn-pdf
August 01, 2014 - In Conversation With… Urmimala Sarkar, MD, MPH
August 1, 2014
In Conversation With… Urmimala Sarkar, MD, MPH. PSNet [internet]. 2014.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-urmimala-sarkar-md-mph
Editor's note: Urmimala Sarkar, MD, MPH, is associate professor of medicine at the University of
California, S…
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July 01, 2022 - Project BOOST Increases Patient Understanding of
Treatment and Follow-up Care
May 26, 2021
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/innovation/project-boost-increases-patient-understanding-treatment-and-follow-care
Summary
The Patient Safe-D(ischarge) program used standardized tools to educate patients about their discharge
needs,…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49786/psn-pdf
March 01, 2017 - Consequences of Medical Overuse
March 1, 2017
Morgan DJ, Foy AJ. Consequences of Medical Overuse. PSNet [internet]. 2017.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/consequences-medical-overuse
Case Objectives
Define overuse and overdiagnosis.
State how much of all care is estimated to be overuse.
Describe why the likelihood…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49546/psn-pdf
October 17, 2007 - Do Not Disturb!
October 1, 2007
Duffy DF, Cassel C. Do Not Disturb!. PSNet [internet]. 2007.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/do-not-disturb
Case Objectives
Define professionalism.
Discuss behaviors associated with lack of professionalism.
Outline steps one should take if a significant breach of professionalism is …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/846915/psn-pdf
March 29, 2023 - Challenging Case of Multiple Suicide Attempts in a
Complex Patient with Psychiatric Comorbidities.
March 29, 2023
Bourgeois JA, Xiong G. Challenging Case of Multiple Suicide Attempts in a Complex Patient with
Psychiatric Comorbidities. PSNet [internet]. 2023.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/challenging-case-multiple…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/837660/psn-pdf
July 08, 2022 - An Incomplete Anesthesia History Leads to Adverse
Outcomes
July 8, 2022
Bohringer C. An Incomplete Anesthesia History Leads to Adverse Outcomes. PSNet [internet]. 2022.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/incomplete-anesthesia-history-leads-adverse-outcomes
The Cases
Case 1: A 64-year-old man came in for a routine bron…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49840/psn-pdf
September 01, 2018 - Steroids and Safety: Preventing Medication Adverse
Events During Transitions of Care
September 1, 2018
Lucier DJ, Greenwald JL. Steroids and Safety: Preventing Medication Adverse Events During Transitions of
Care. PSNet [internet]. 2018.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/steroids-and-safety-preventing-medication-adver…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49388/psn-pdf
February 01, 2003 - Unexplained Apnea Under Anesthesia
February 1, 2003
Barach P. Unexplained Apnea Under Anesthesia. PSNet [internet]. 2003.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/unexplained-apnea-under-anesthesia
Case Objectives
Clinical Objectives
List the causes of prolonged apnea in the operating room
Describe the steps in management …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49738/psn-pdf
August 21, 2015 - Privacy or Safety?
August 21, 2015
Halamka JD, McGraw D. Privacy or Safety? PSNet [internet]. 2015.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/privacy-or-safety
Case Objectives
Understand that the HIPAA Omnibus Rule is an enabler of data sharing, not a barrier.
Review common misconceptions about privacy rules.
Understand the…