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  1. Safety concerns of hospital-based new-to-practice registered nurses and their preceptors. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safety-concerns-hospital-based-new-practice-registered-nurses-and-their-preceptors
    September 24, 2016 - March 2, 2016 A randomized trial of a multifactorial strategy to prevent serious fall

  2. Transitional chaos or enduring harm? The EHR and the disruption of medicine. | PSNet

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    August 02, 2015 - July 19, 2023 Teamwork- Part 1: Divided We Fall; Part 2: Cursed By Knowledge: Building

  3. The spectrum of hospitalization-associated harm in the elderly. | PSNet

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    April 06, 2022 - Commentary The spectrum of hospitalization-associated harm in the elderly. Citation Text: Schattner A. The spectrum of hospitalization-associated harm in the elderly. Eur J Intern Med. 2023;115(Sept):29-33. doi:10.1016/j.ejim.2023.05.025. Copy Citation Format: DOI Google Sc…

  4. Reframing the morbidity and mortality conference: the impact of a just culture. | PSNet

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    November 15, 2018 - Review Reframing the morbidity and mortality conference: the impact of a just culture. Citation Text: Brook K, Agarwala AV, Tewfik GL. Reframing the morbidity and mortality conference: the impact of a just culture. J Patient Saf. 2024;40(4):280-287. doi:10.1097/pts.0000000000001224. Co…

  5. Interdisciplinary ICU cardiac arrest debriefing improves survival outcomes. | PSNet

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    September 02, 2020 - August 4, 2021 A randomized trial of a multifactorial strategy to prevent serious fall

  6. Health care consumers' inclination to engage in selected patient safety practices: a survey of adults in Pennsylvania. | PSNet

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    March 03, 2011 - Study Health care consumers' inclination to engage in selected patient safety practices: a survey of adults in Pennsylvania. Citation Text: Marella WM, Finley E, Thomas AD, et al. Health Care Consumers' Inclination to Engage in Selected Patient Safety Practices. J Patient Saf. 2008;3(4…

  7. Five strategies for how patients and families can improve patient safety: World Patient Safety Day 2023. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/five-strategies-how-patients-and-families-can-improve-patient-safety-world-patient-safety-day
    July 07, 2021 - September 18, 2024 A randomized trial of a multifactorial strategy to prevent serious fall

  8. Supporting second victims of patient safety events: shouldn't these communications be covered by legal privilege? | PSNet

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    November 06, 2019 - August 5, 2020 A randomized trial of a multifactorial strategy to prevent serious fall

  9. In Conversation With… Mark Chassin, MD, MPP, MPH | PSNet

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    April 26, 2023 - In Conversation With… Mark Chassin, MD, MPP, MPH April 1, 2017  Citation Text: In Conversation With… Mark Chassin, MD, MPP, MPH. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2017. Copy Cit…

  10. Microsoft PowerPoint - Spotlight Case_Agitated Delirium_FINAL.pptx (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2023 - • Due to the high incidence of delirium among hospitalized patients, strategies for surveillance, prevention … , and management should be implemented for older adults.16,17 • Delirium prevention and care bundles … Delirium in the Acute Care Setting (4) • Currently, there are no recommended pharmacologic treatments for prevention

  11. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    February 01, 2009 - In Conversation with…Robert M. Wachter, MD October 1, 2008 In Conversation with…Robert M. Wachter, MD. PSNet [internet]. 2008. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-withrobert-m-wachter-md Editor's note: At the University of California, San Francisco, Robert M. Wachter, MD, is Professor and Chief of the…

  12. Strategies and Approaches for Tracking Improvements in Patient Safety | PSNet

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    June 15, 2024 - Strategies and Approaches for Tracking Improvements in Patient Safety Citation Text: Shaikh U. Strategies and Approaches for Tracking Improvements in Patient Safety . PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2021. Copy Citat…

  13. Medication Safety in Nursing Homes: What's Wrong and How to Fix It | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/medication-safety-nursing-homes-whats-wrong-and-how-fix-it
    August 01, 2012 - October 11, 2023 A randomized trial of a multifactorial strategy to prevent serious fall

  14. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    December 01, 2012 - Delirium often sets off a spiral where someone is very confused and a fall risk, so they get assigned … RW: Can you talk a little bit about what you've learned about prevention strategies? … of those markers could be adapted to be very helpful for appropriate process measures for delirium prevention … SI: The highest bar would be the presence of HELP (Hospital Elder Life Program) or some delirium prevention … If we had a delirium prevention program in every hospital and staff that were trained to recognize delirium

  15. Medication Errors and Adverse Drug Events | PSNet

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    December 15, 2024 - Prevention of Adverse Drug Events The pathway connecting a clinician's decision to prescribe a medication … Safety Goal  for both hospitals and ambulatory clinics, and the  Partnership for Patients  included ADE prevention … The Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion issued the  National Action Plan for Adverse Drug … Event Prevention  in 2014, which identified ways to align the efforts of federal health agencies to … April 17, 2024 Prevention of adverse drug events in hospitals.

  16. A randomized clinical trial to compare the use of safety net enclosures with standard restraints in agitated hospitalized patients. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/randomized-clinical-trial-compare-use-safety-net-enclosures-standard-restraints-agitated
    September 07, 2022 - May 4, 2022 A randomized trial of a multifactorial strategy to prevent serious fall injuries

  17. A 'busy day' effect on perinatal complications of delivery on weekends: a retrospective cohort study. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/busy-day-effect-perinatal-complications-delivery-weekends-retrospective-cohort-study
    January 16, 2019 - June 7, 2023 A randomized trial of a multifactorial strategy to prevent serious fall

  18. Effect of therapeutic interchange on medication reconciliation during hospitalization and upon discharge in a geriatric population. | PSNet

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    November 20, 2013 - July 17, 2019 Modification of potentially inappropriate prescribing following fall-related

  19. High nursing staff turnover in nursing homes offers important quality information. | PSNet

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    September 16, 2020 - Study Classic High nursing staff turnover in nursing homes offers important quality information. Citation Text: Gandhi A, Yu H, Grabowski DC. High nursing staff turnover in nursing homes offers important quality information. Health Aff (Millwood). 2021;40(3):384…

  20. Internal reporting system to improve a pharmacy's medication distribution process. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/internal-reporting-system-improve-pharmacys-medication-distribution-process
    October 31, 2017 - October 7, 2013 A randomized trial of a multifactorial strategy to prevent serious fall
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