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  1. 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

  2. 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…

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. Ensuring Patient and Workforce Safety Culture in Healthcare | PSNet

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    March 27, 2024 - November 27, 2023 Perspectives on Safety Suicide Prevention … Interview In Conversation with Edwin Boudreaux about Suicide Prevention

  6. 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. 

  7. 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, …

  8. 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…

  9. 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

  10. Wrong Route for Nutrients | PSNet

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

  11. 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

  12. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    August 26, 2020 - admitted to a major trauma center for a pathologic pelvic fracture (secondary to osteoporosis) after a fall … Pressure Ulcer Prevention in the Hospital Setting Using Silicone Foam Dressings. 

  13. Spotlight

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    January 01, 2024 - Dangerous mechanism (i.e., pedestrian struck by motor vehicle, occupant ejected from motor vehicle, or fall … negative CT interpretation would result in a treatment plan that does not include measures aimed at prevention

  14. 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…

  15. Health Equity and Maternal Health | PSNet

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    October 06, 2021 - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Accessed September 23, 2021. … devices], and to be provided instructions for their follow-up care, and then we see that they can't fall … - July 27, 2023 ‘I felt like I was dying’: how women with postpartum depression fall

  16. In Conversation With….Alison Stuebe, MD, MSc and Kristin Tully, PhD | PSNet

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    October 06, 2021 - devices], and to be provided instructions for their follow-up care, and then we see that they can't fall … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Accessed September 23, 2021. … - July 27, 2023 ‘I felt like I was dying’: how women with postpartum depression fall

  17. Periodic Issue | PSNet

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    May 16, 2022 - no major changes in the types of, or reasons for, MNC compared to the reference survey completed in fall

  18. 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…

  19. 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…

  20. 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
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