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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/meltdown-why-our-systems-fail-and-what-we-can-do-about-it
March 09, 2016 - Complex systems are prone to failure. … This book provides a multi-industry discussion of factors that contribute to failure. … highlight how complexity can exacerbate problems, small glitches can manifest themselves in large-scale failure
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-process-while-changing-practice-fmea-and-medication-administration
January 18, 2011 - This article describes one hospital's experience using failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) to transform … October 4, 2011
Failure mode and effects analysis: a useful tool for risk identification … January 12, 2011
Failure mode and effect analysis: a technique to prevent chemotherapy
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35991/psn-pdf
September 12, 2016 - Longitudinal analyses of nurse staffing and patient
outcomes: more about failure to rescue. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/longitudinal-analyses-nurse-staffing-and-patient-outcomes-more-about-failure … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/longitudinal-analyses-nurse-staffing-and-patient-outcomes-more-about-failure-rescue … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/longitudinal-analyses-nurse-staffing-and-patient-outcomes-more-about-failure-rescue
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.290_slideshow.ppt
February 01, 2013 - Spotlight Case July 2008
Spotlight Case
Delay in Treatment:
Failure to Contact Patient Leads to Significant … to act on abnormal test results
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Per standard protocol, the positive laboratory result was sent … *
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Case: Failure to Contact (3)
One week later, the patient went to the radiology department … *
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Case: Failure to Contact (5)
This severe form of chlamydial infection likely developed due
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39730/psn-pdf
December 21, 2014 - Surgical case listing accuracy: failure analysis at a high-
volume academic medical center. … Surgical case listing accuracy: failure analysis at a high-volume
academic medical center. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/surgical-case-listing-accuracy-failure-analysis-high-volume-academic-medical … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/surgical-case-listing-accuracy-failure-analysis-high-volume-academic-medical-center … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/surgical-case-listing-accuracy-failure-analysis-high-volume-academic-medical-center
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psnet.ahrq.gov/cme
February 26, 2025 - He underwent surgery but died three days later from multi-organ failure and sepsis caused by necrotic … February 26, 2025
Mismanagement of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure with Hypertensive Emergency … Diagnostic tests revealed acute heart failure exacerbation with pulmonary edema, marked elevation of … diuretics and antihypertensives, her condition deteriorated, leading to intubation due to respiratory failure … July 31, 2024
Hemorrhagic Shock after Elective Spine Surgery: Failure to Rescue after Limited Response
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49823/psn-pdf
March 01, 2018 - Shortcuts to Acetaminophen-induced Liver Failure
March 1, 2018
Bacak S, Thornburg L. … Shortcuts to Acetaminophen-induced Liver Failure. PSNet [internet]. 2018. … , the
incidence of acute liver failure in pregnancy remains unknown. … Some patients may have no symptoms prior to the onset of acute liver failure. … Acute liver failure. N Engl J Med. 2013;369:2525-2534. [go to PubMed]
5. Fontana RJ.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospital-mortality-when-failure-not-good-measure-success
December 22, 2010 - Commentary
Hospital mortality: when failure is not a good measure of success. … Hospital mortality: when failure is not a good measure of success. … Hospital mortality: when failure is not a good measure of success.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/curated-library/organizational-learning
August 11, 2025 - Read More
Classic
Strategies for learning from failure … High reliability organizations consistently examine what goes wrong and remain aware that failure can … : the situational impact of failure on organisational learning. … : the situational impact of failure on organisational learning. … Several factors susceptible to the impact of learning from failure (e.g., workload, communication) can
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/848125/psn-pdf
April 26, 2023 - Failure to rescue is a serious
patient safety issue in the inpatient setting; research estimates between … at three critical points: (1) failure to recognize the complications; (2) failure to relay
information … to the care team, and (3) failure to react in a timely and appropriate manner. … Although it is only one part of a
larger approach to addressing failure to rescue, this strategy has … Understanding the volume-outcome effect in
cardiovascular surgery: the role of failure to rescue.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/future-safety-and-quality-radiation-oncology
May 17, 2023 - Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality
April 26, 2023
Using Failure … August 31, 2022
Using failure mode and effects analysis to increase patient safety in … February 10, 2015
Failure mode and effect analysis: a technique to prevent chemotherapy … The Topic
Ambulatory Clinic or Office
Medical Oncology
Error Reporting and Analysis
Failure
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/clinical-progress-note-situation-awareness-clinical-deterioration-hospitalized-children
January 19, 2022 - More
Related Resources
Patient Safety Primers
Failure … April 20, 2022
Rapid response teams as a patient safety practice for failure to rescue … July 7, 2021
Failure to rescue deteriorating patients: a systematic review of root causes … Hospitals
Quality and Safety Professionals
Pediatrics
Psychological and Social Complications
Failure
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33568/psn-pdf
June 15, 2024 - https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/systems-approach
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/glossary/active-error-or-active-failure … error-prone scheduling system that identified patients by name rather than
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/failure-report … overreliance on weak solutions (such as
educational interventions and enforcing existing policies), failure … to aggregate data across institutions, and
failure to incorporate principles of human factors engineering … swiss-cheese-model
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/our-current-approach-root-cause-analysis-it-contributing-our-failure-improve-patient-safety
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/potentially-inappropriate-prescribing-elderly-patients-2-outpatient-settings
November 18, 2009 - September 18, 2024
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Related Resources
Using Healthcare Failure … Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality
April 26, 2023
Using failure … September 13, 2017
Using Failure Mode and Effects Analysis for safe administration of … May 4, 2016
Health care failure mode and effect analysis to reduce NICU line–associated … Providers
Medicine
Ordering/Prescribing Errors
Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events
Failure
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40365/psn-pdf
February 12, 2014 - Strategies for learning from failure.
February 12, 2014
Edmondson A. … Strategies of learning from failure. Harv Bus Rev. 2011;89(4):48-55, 137. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/strategies-learning-failure
Failures are inevitable in any industry, especially … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/strategies-learning-failure
https://psnet.ahrq.gov//#highreliabilityorganizations
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49442/psn-pdf
May 01, 2004 - year-old white female with no past medical history presented to the hospital with fevers, respiratory
failure … The Commentary
This case represents an unfortunate failure to identify tuberculosis (TB) in a young … TB is a relatively infrequent cause of respiratory failure. … Tuberculosis as a primary cause of respiratory
failure requiring mechanical ventilation. … Pulmonary tuberculosis presenting as acute respiratory failure:
radiologic findings.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/temporal-clustering-critical-illness-events-medical-wards
January 31, 2024 - August 31, 2022
Failure to rescue deteriorating patients: a systematic review of root … July 15, 2020
Using crew resource management and a 'read-and-do checklist' to reduce failure-to-rescue … September 12, 2016
Exploratory analyses of the "failure to rescue" measure: evaluation … More About The Topic
Hospitals
Hospital Medicine
Nurse Care
Medical Complications
Failure
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/communication-failure-basic-components-contributing-factors-and-call-structure
March 04, 2011 - Commentary
Communication failure: basic components, contributing factors, and the … Communication failure: basic components, contributing factors, and the call for structure. … Communication failure: basic components, contributing factors, and the call for structure.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/delay-treatment-failure-contact-patient-leads-significant-complications
February 01, 2004 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
Delay in Treatment: Failure to Contact Patient Leads to Significant Complications … Delay in Treatment: Failure to Contact Patient Leads to Significant Complications. … Delay in Treatment: Failure to Contact Patient Leads to Significant Complications. … Describe some steps that might reduce the harm from failure to act on abnormal test results. … Delay in Treatment: Failure to Contact Patient Leads to Significant Complications.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/empowerment-failure-how-shortcomings-physician-communication-unwittingly-undermine-patient
January 17, 2019 - Study
Empowerment failure: how shortcomings in physician communication unwittingly … Empowerment Failure: How Shortcomings in Physician Communication Unwittingly Undermine Patient Autonomy … Empowerment Failure: How Shortcomings in Physician Communication Unwittingly Undermine Patient Autonomy