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  1. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    July 01, 2022 - Hospital at Home? Care Reduces Costs, Readmissions, and Complications and Enhances Satisfaction for Elderly Patients. April 7, 2021 https://psnet.ahrq.gov/innovation/hospital-homesm-care-reduces-costs-readmissions-and-complications- and-enhances Summary The Hospital at Homesm program provides hospital-level care…

  2. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    October 01, 2018 - Diffusion of Responsibility Leads to Danger October 1, 2018 Balcezak TJ, Deshpande O. Diffusion of Responsibility Leads to Danger. PSNet [internet]. 2018. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/diffusion-responsibility-leads-danger The Case A 70-year-old man was sent to the emergency department (ED) from a nursing facility…

  3. Wrong Route for Nutrients | PSNet

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    September 04, 2010 - Air October 1, 2004 WebM&M Cases Another Fall

  4. DNR in the OR and Afterwards | PSNet

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    July 01, 2003 - The Case An 85-year-old woman with dementia took a mechanical fall at her skilled nursing facility

  5. Patient Engagement and Patient Safety | PSNet

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    February 01, 2013 - Hospitalized patients' attitudes about and participation in error prevention.

  6. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    February 26, 2025 - In Conversation with Jessica Behrhorst about The Evolution of Root Cause Analysis February 26, 2025 Behrhorst J, Gale B, Van CM. In Conversation with Jessica Behrhorst about The Evolution of Root Cause Analysis. PSNet [internet]. 2025. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-jessica-behrhorst-about-evoluti…

  7. Opioid Overdose as a Patient Safety Problem | PSNet

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    May 01, 2017 - treatment of chronic pain in primary care, such as those developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National … Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Available at [ Available at ] 8. … opioid therapy for chronic pain: a systematic review for a National Institutes of Health Pathways to Prevention … opioid therapy for chronic pain: a systematic review for a National Institutes of Health Pathways to Prevention

  8. In Conversation With… David Juurlink, MD, PhD | PSNet

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    May 22, 2017 - treatment of chronic pain in primary care, such as those developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National … Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Available at [ Available at ] 8. … opioid therapy for chronic pain: a systematic review for a National Institutes of Health Pathways to Prevention … opioid therapy for chronic pain: a systematic review for a National Institutes of Health Pathways to Prevention

  9. In Conversation With… Gregg S. Meyer, MD, MSc | PSNet

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    June 01, 2016 - analysis, which provide a thorough, well-rounded review of patient safety concepts needed for harm prevention … Neonatal heparin overdose-a multidisciplinary team approach to medication error prevention. … Interview In Conversation with Edwin Boudreaux about Suicide Prevention

  10. Standard Deviations | PSNet

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    January 01, 2006 - SPOTLIGHT CASE Standard Deviations Citation Text: Sabin JE. Standard Deviations. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2009. Copy Citation Format: Google Scholar BibTeX EndNote X3 XML EndNote 7 XML E…

  11. The ECG Is Not Normal | PSNet

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    November 10, 2015 - SPOTLIGHT CASE The ECG Is Not Normal Citation Text: Zuger A. The ECG Is Not Normal. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2011. Copy Citation Format: Google Scholar BibTeX EndNote X3 XML EndNote 7 XM…

  12. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    August 30, 2023 - VIC takes some of the pressure off of the nurses on the floor with good catches and error prevention … It’s like Kathy says, that whole continuum of care, and how can we make it seamless so people don’t fall

  13. In Conversation With… Didier Pittet, MD, MS | PSNet

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    May 01, 2014 - setting, hospitals continue to struggle with suboptimal rates of compliance with this basic infection prevention … remarkable given widespread agreement that hand hygiene is the most important intervention for infection prevention … include insufficient time, work overload, inadequate knowledge, skepticism about hand hygiene as a prevention … Infection prevention promotion program based on the PRECEDE model: improving hand hygiene behaviors among

  14. Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Safety of Older Adults Residing in Nursing Homes | PSNet

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    April 10, 2024 - [Free full text] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. … Baltimore, MD: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; April 30, 2020. … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Accessed March 11,2022.  … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Accessed March 11, 2022.  … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Accessed December 2021. 

  15. A Case of Mistaken Capacity: Why A Thorough Psychosocial History Can Improve Care. | PSNet

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    July 08, 2022 - patient was incidentally diagnosed with prostate cancer, metastatic to bone, when he was admitted for a fall

  16. Where Does Risk-Adjusted Mortality Fit Into a Safety Measurement Program? | PSNet

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    March 01, 2015 - February 1, 2012 Perspective Implementing a Fall … Prevention Program December 1, 2011 Perspective

  17. Remote Patient Monitoring | PSNet

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    March 15, 2023 - These data tend to fall in a different category than the data we collect in the clinical setting, like

  18. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    June 01, 2014 - Community prevention: the program of the People's Medical Society.

  19. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    April 01, 2014 - CYP450 Drugs: Expect the Unexpected April 1, 2014 Gonzalez CJ. CYP450 Drugs: Expect the Unexpected. PSNet [internet]. 2014. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/cyp450-drugs-expect-unexpected The Case A 42-year-old man with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) (CD4 count 198), hip dystocia, and generalized anxiety …

  20. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    July 01, 2011 - A Seasonal Care Transition Failure July 1, 2011 Young JQ. A Seasonal Care Transition Failure. PSNet [internet]. 2011. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/seasonal-care-transition-failure The Case A 70-year-old healthy man presented to his primary care doctor—a third-year internal medicine resident—for routine follow-up…
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