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  1. Patient Engagement and Patient Safety | PSNet

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

  2. Bleeding Risk | PSNet

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    November 01, 2003 - Take-Home Points Oral warfarin is safe and effective in the treatment and prevention of many thromboembolic

  3. Periodic Issue | PSNet

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    November 30, 2021 - Review Prevention of failure to rescue in obstetric patients: a realist review. … The patient subsequently presented to Emergency Department after a fall at home and was found to have

  4. 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…

  5. Preparing for Health Reform: The Federal Government and the Nursing Workforce | PSNet

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    September 01, 2012 - Preparing for Health Reform: The Federal Government and the Nursing Workforce Peter I. Buerhaus, PhD, RN | September 1, 2012  Also Read a Conversation View more articles from the same authors. Citation Text: Buerhaus P. Preparing for Health Reform: The Federal G…

  6. Continuing Education | PSNet

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    February 26, 2025 - Continuing Education What is PSNet Continuing Education? PSNet Continuing Education offerings include WebM&M Spotlight Cases and Commentaries, which are certified for Continuing Medical Education/Continuing Education Units (CME/CEU) and Maintenance of Certification (MOC) credit through the University of Calif…

  7. Missed CANDOR Implementation Opportunities. | PSNet

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    November 11, 2020 - and a thoracic aortic aneurysm presented to the Emergency Department (ED) after a syncopal event and fall

  8. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    August 28, 2024 - and a thoracic aortic aneurysm presented to the Emergency Department (ED) after a syncopal event and fall

  9. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    March 22, 2009 - Francisco, Director of the UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations, and Chief of the California Diabetes Prevention … thinking about the period of time between visits as an opportunity to be proactive before patients fall

  10. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    August 05, 2022 - I am core faculty of the Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease … devices or have internet access but for people who don’t have those things; it is for people who might fall … plenty of use cases for smartphone applications in the cardiology space demonstrating that secondary prevention

  11. In Conversation With… Edward Kelley, PhD | PSNet

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    December 01, 2014 - The first one was on infection prevention and control and really working on hand hygiene. … Similarly in infection prevention we have one of the world's experts working on the team. … Then some of these tools, either through Internet or mobile phone programs, can fall on fertile ground

  12. 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

  13. Becoming a Patient Safety Organization | PSNet

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    July 01, 2011 - March 8, 2023 6-PACK programme to decrease fall injuries in acute hospitals: cluster

  14. Periodic Issue | PSNet

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    May 29, 2024 - June 12, 2024 Weekly Issue PSNet highlights the latest patient safety literature, news, and expert commentary, including Weekly Updates, WebM&M, and Perspectives on Safety. The current issue highlights what's new this week in patient safety literature, news, conferences, reports, …

  15. Wrong Route for Nutrients | PSNet

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

  16. 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

  17. 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…

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. 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
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