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  1. Implementing root cause analysis and action: integrating human factors to create strong interventions and reduce risk of patient harm. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/implementing-root-cause-analysis-and-action-integrating-human-factors-create-strong
    December 23, 2020 - November 24, 2021 Root cause analysis using the prevention and recovery information system

  2. Speaking up about safety concerns: multi-setting qualitative study of patients' views and experiences. | PSNet

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    May 18, 2016 - Innovations Preventing Falls Through Patient and Family Engagement to Create Customized Prevention

  3. The incidence and nature of in-hospital adverse events: a systematic review. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/incidence-and-nature-hospital-adverse-events-systematic-review
    March 24, 2011 - October 29, 2012 Examining causes and prevention strategies of adverse events in deceased

  4. Room of hazards: a comparison of differences in safety hazard recognition among various hospital-based healthcare professionals and trainees in a simulated patient room. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/room-hazards-comparison-differences-safety-hazard-recognition-among-various-hospital-based
    April 01, 2020 - October 12, 2022 Improving hospital safety culture for falls prevention through interdisciplinary

  5. Effect of a quality improvement intervention with daily round checklists, goal setting, and clinician prompting on mortality of critically ill patients. | PSNet

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    June 25, 2014 - Innovations Preventing Falls Through Patient and Family Engagement to Create Customized Prevention

  6. A systematic review of methods for medical record analysis to detect adverse events in hospitalized patients. | PSNet

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    December 14, 2022 - January 12, 2022 Examining causes and prevention strategies of adverse events in deceased

  7. I-PASS illness diversity identifies patients at risk for overnight clinical deterioration. | PSNet

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    November 16, 2022 - Innovations Preventing Falls Through Patient and Family Engagement to Create Customized Prevention

  8. Health care safety during the pandemic and beyond--building a system that ensures resilience. | PSNet

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    July 20, 2022 - , and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI): the urgent need to refocus on hardwiring prevention

  9. Adequacy of hospital discharge summaries in documenting tests with pending results and outpatient follow-up providers. | PSNet

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    September 23, 2020 - Innovations Preventing Falls Through Patient and Family Engagement to Create Customized Prevention

  10. Multiple meanings of resilience: health professionals' experiences of a dual element training intervention designed to help them prepare for coping with error. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/multiple-meanings-resilience-health-professionals-experiences-dual-element-training
    August 10, 2022 - Innovations Preventing Falls Through Patient and Family Engagement to Create Customized Prevention

  11. Graded autonomy in medical education—managing things that go bump in the night. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/graded-autonomy-medical-education-managing-things-go-bump-night
    July 22, 2020 - September 1, 2021 Improving hospital safety culture for falls prevention through interdisciplinary

  12. The prevalence of medical error related to end-of-life communication in Canadian hospitals: results of a multicentre observational study. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prevalence-medical-error-related-end-life-communication-canadian-hospitals-results
    November 23, 2016 - Innovations Preventing Falls Through Patient and Family Engagement to Create Customized Prevention

  13. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    February 23, 2022 - Health care safety during the pandemic and beyond-- building a system that ensures resilience. February 23, 2022 Fleisher LA, Schreiber M, Cardo D, et al. Health care safety during the pandemic and beyond--building a system that ensures resilience. N Engl J Med. 2022;386(7):609-611. doi:10.1056/nejmp2118285. https…

  14. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    April 15, 2020 - How safety is compromised when hospital equipment is a poor fit for patients who are obese. April 15, 2020 Kukielka E. How safety is compromised when hospital equipment is a poor fit for patients who are obese. Patient Saf J. 2020;2(1):48-56. doi:10.33940/data/2020.3.4. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/how-safety-comp…

  15. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/74833/psn-pdf
    February 16, 2022 - Performance of a trigger tool for detecting drug-related hospital admissions in older people: analysis from the OPERAM trial. February 16, 2022 Zerah L, Henrard S, Thevelin S, et al. Performance of a trigger tool for detecting drug-related hospital admissions in older people: analysis from the OPERAM trial. Age Ag…

  16. Screening for Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Clinical Summary (pdf file)

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    Screening for Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Clinical Summary Screening for Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Clinical Summary Population Adults 65 years or older who do not present with vision problems Recommendation No recommendation. Grade: I (insufficient evidence) Risk Assessment Older ag…

  17. Patient Safety Tools: Improving Safety at the Point of Care. | PSNet

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    September 08, 2021 - Multi-use Website Patient Safety Tools: Improving Safety at the Point of Care. Save Save to your library Print Download PDF Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL November 14, 2011 Produced in conjunction with it…

  18. Preparing for and Recovering After Hip or Knee Replacement Surgery (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/booklets/hip-knee-surgery-booklet.pdf
    November 01, 2023 - ■ Put nightlights in the bathroom and hallways so you don’t fall. … It’s better to have a shoe with a back that’s more secure, so you don’t fall. … Hip or Knee Replacement Surgery Patient Education Guide 17 Call, Don’t Fall! … ■ You may be lightheaded and could fall. ■ Press the call button. A nurse will help you get up. … F Put nightlights in the hallways so you don’t fall.

  19. Meeting Minutes, November 2017 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    February 01, 2018 - Chesley Richards, M.D., M.P.H., FACP, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention AHRQ Staff Members … Topics addressed in new draft recommendations included screening for cervical cancer, prevention of falls … and prevention of fractures, preventive medication for vitamin D, calcium, or combined supplementation … for the primary prevention of fractures in adults, and behavioral counseling to prevent skin cancer. … They address prevention, training, education, treatment, and overdose.

  20. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49785/psn-pdf
    February 01, 2017 - Throughout his admission, he was assessed as a very high fall risk on a standard risk scale. … l, the staff's level of concern was heightened, in that a fall could be associated with dangerous bleeding … alerted the primary care team of the patient's declining mental status and their concern about increased fall
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