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December 11, 2019 - Awareness of diagnosis and follow up care after
discharge from the emergency department
December 11, 2019
Leamy K, Thompson J, Mitra B. Awareness of diagnosis and follow up care after discharge from the
Emergency Department. Australas Emerg Care. 2019;22(4):221-226. doi:10.1016/j.auec.2019.08.004.
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June 16, 2011 - Nurses' perceptions of error communication and
reporting in the intensive care unit.
June 16, 2011
Elder NC, Brungs SM, Nagy M, et al. Nurses' Perceptions of Error Communication and Reporting in the
Intensive Care Unit. J Patient Saf. 2008;4(3). doi:10.1097/pts.0b013e3181839b48.
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April 23, 2014 - Patient safety in obstetrics and obstetric anesthesia.
April 23, 2014
Kung A, Pratt SD. Patient safety in obstetrics and obstetric anesthesia. Int Anesthesiol Clin. 2014;52(2):86-
110. doi:10.1097/AIA.0000000000000017.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-obstetrics-and-obstetric-anesthesia
Labor and delive…
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November 22, 2017 - Assigning responsibility to close the loop on radiology
test results.
November 22, 2017
Kwan JL, Singh H. Assigning responsibility to close the loop on radiology test results. Diagnosis (Berl).
2017;4(3):173-177. doi:10.1515/dx-2017-0019.
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January 17, 2024 - Staff warned about the lack of psychiatric care at a VA
clinic. They couldn’t prevent tragedy.
January 17, 2024
McGrory K, Bedi N. ProPublica, January 6, 2024.
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Stories of mental health system failure provid…
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August 12, 2020 - Inadequate Emergency Department Care and Physician
Misconduct at the Washington DC VA Medical Center.
August 12, 2020
Office of the Inspector General. Washington, DC: Department of Veterans Affairs; July 28, 2020. Report
Number 19-07507-214.
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November 14, 2011 - Improving America's Hospitals: The Joint Commission's
Annual Report on Quality and Safety 2009.
November 14, 2011
Oakbrook Terrace, IL: The Joint Commission; January 2010.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-americas-hospitals-joint-commissions-annual-report-quality-and-
safety-2009
America's hospitals continu…
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February 11, 2015 - Cognitive Systems Engineering in Health Care.
February 11, 2015
Bisantz AM, Burns CM, Fairbanks RJ, eds. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press; 2014. ISBN: 9781466587960.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cognitive-systems-engineering-health-care
This publication provides information about the role of cognition in medical error. Th…
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July 26, 2017 - A new patient safety smartphone application for
prevention of "forgotten" ureteral stents: results from a
clinical pilot study in 194 patients.
July 26, 2017
Molina WR, Pessoa R, da Silva RD, et al. A new patient safety smartphone application for prevention of
"forgotten" ureteral stents: results from a clinical p…
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October 23, 2024 - What can we learn from coroners’ reports on preventable
deaths?
October 23, 2024
Jeraj S. What can we learn from coroners’ reports on preventable deaths? BMJ. 2024;386:q1943.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/what-can-we-learn-coroners-reports-preventable-deaths
Analysis of system failure is only the beginning of the i…
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April 25, 2016 - Why empathy may be the best risk management strategy.
April 25, 2016
Hertz BT. Why empathy may be the best risk management strategy. Medical economics. 2015;92(3):40-4.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/why-empathy-may-be-best-risk-management-strategy
Communication and response strategies have been shown to improve how …
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June 03, 2020 - Subtherapeutic heparin infusions: is your organization at
risk of bypassing soft low-dose alerts?
June 3, 2020
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. May 22, 2020;25(10).
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/subtherapeutic-heparin-infusions-your-organization-risk-bypassing-soft-low-
dose-alerts
Smart infusion …
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September 05, 2018 - Preventing medication errors in the information age.
September 5, 2018
Godshall M, Riehl M. Preventing medication errors in the information age. Nursing (Brux). 2018;48(9):56-
58. doi:10.1097/01.NURSE.0000544230.51598.38.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-medication-errors-information-age
Failure to consider…
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July 12, 2017 - Physician satisfaction with transition from CPOE to
paper-based prescription.
July 12, 2017
Griffon N, Schuers M, Joulakian M, et al. Physician satisfaction with transition from CPOE to paper-based
prescription. Int J Med Inform. 2017;103:42-48. doi:10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2017.04.007.
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March 04, 2015 - Design of endoscopic retrograde
cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) duodenoscopes may
impede effective cleaning.
March 4, 2015
FDA Safety Communication. Silver Spring, MD: US Food and Drug Administration; February 23, 2015.
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duode…
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April 02, 2014 - Do you hear what I hear? Communication practices about
medications between physicians and clients with chronic
illness in Canada.
April 2, 2014
Sears K, Bishop A, MacKinnon NJ. J Particip Med. 2014;6:e2.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/do-you-hear-what-i-hear-communication-practices-about-medications-
between-physic…
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May 21, 2016 - The Habits of an Improver. Thinking About Learning for
Improvement in Health Care.
May 21, 2016
Lucas B, Nacer H. London, UK: Health Foundation; October 2015. ISBN: 9781906461676.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/habits-improver-thinking-about-learning-improvement-health-care
Committed leadership is essential to enhan…
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September 27, 2017 - Unfinished nursing care, missed care, and implicitly
rationed care: state of the science review.
September 27, 2017
Jones TL, Hamilton P, Murry N. Unfinished nursing care, missed care, and implicitly rationed care: State of
the science review. Int J Nurs Stud. 2015;52(6):1121-1137. doi:10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2015.02.01…
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October 04, 2017 - The Human Contribution: Unsafe Acts, Accidents and
Heroic Recoveries.
October 4, 2017
Reason J. Farnham Surrey, UK: Ashgate; 2008. ISBN: 9780754674023.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/human-contribution-unsafe-acts-accidents-and-heroic-recoveries
The British psychologist James Reason’s insights into the nature of hum…
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May 22, 2024 - Critical care nurses' role in rapid response teams: a
qualitative systematic review.
May 22, 2024
Holtsmark C, Larsen MH, Steindal SA, et al. Critical care nurses' role in rapid response teams: a qualitative
systematic review. J Clin Nurs. 2024;33(10):3831-3843. doi:10.1111/jocn.17196.
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