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  1. The I-READI Quality and Safety Framework: Strong Communications Channels and Effective Practices to Rapidly Update and Implement Clinical Protocols During a Time of Crisis | PSNet

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    February 26, 2025 - May 31, 2023 Patient Safety Innovations Preventing Falls

  2. Language Barrier | PSNet

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    February 28, 2024 - Language Barrier Citation Text: Flores G. Language Barrier. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2006. Copy Citation Format: Google Scholar BibTeX EndNote X3 XML EndNote 7 XML Endnote tagged PubMedId RIS …

  3. Procedure Complications – Who is Responsible for Follow up? | PSNet

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    July 31, 2023 - Procedure Complications – Who is Responsible for Follow up? Citation Text: Chalupsky M, Wei H, Marquet E. Procedure Complications – Who is Responsible for Follow up?. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2023. Copy Cita…

  4. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2017 - The Empty Bag December 1, 2016 Vincent C. The Empty Bag. PSNet [internet]. 2016. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/empty-bag The Case A 90-year-old woman with end-stage dementia was admitted to an acute care hospital for treatment of a hip fracture after a fall at a nursing home. During the hospitalization, her kidne…

  5. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2007 - Language Barrier April 1, 2006 Flores G. Language Barrier. PSNet [internet]. 2006. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/language-barrier The Case A previously healthy 10-month-old girl was taken to a pediatrician's office by her monolingual Spanish- speaking parents when they noted that their daughter had generalized we…

  6. Patient Safety Events Involving Opioid Dose Stacking | PSNet

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    July 08, 2022 - While this topic falls outside of the scope of this commentary, it remains critical to treat the whole

  7. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    April 01, 2018 - The rates of infection, bleeding, blood clots, and falls were increasing—in addition to the risk of

  8. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    December 16, 2004 - Mark My Limb December 1, 2004 Jacott WE, O'Leary D. Mark My Limb. PSNet [internet]. 2004. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/mark-my-limb The Case A patient went to the operating room (OR) for surgery on the lower leg. Per the Universal Protocol, the surgeon marked the proper leg prior to bringing the patient to the O…

  9. Spotlight (ppt file)

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    November 01, 2018 - Case: Supervision and Entrustment A 65-year-old man was admitted with head and spine trauma after falling

  10. In Conversation with Jessica Behrhorst about The Evolution of Root Cause Analysis | PSNet

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    February 26, 2025 - We have individuals going out into individual homes, where some serious events occur, like patient falls … to examine patterns across multiple events within a category (such as medication errors or patient falls

  11. The Evolution of Root Cause Analysis | PSNet

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    February 26, 2025 - to examine patterns across multiple events within a category (such as medication errors or patient falls … We have individuals going out into individual homes, where some serious events occur, like patient falls

  12. Innovations in Promoting Hand Hygiene Compliance | PSNet

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    May 01, 2014 - make it problematic to generalize from the hand hygiene experience to let's say trying to decrease falls … Prostatic Hyperplasia August 10, 2019 Remote patient monitoring improves patient falls

  13. In Conversation with...Steven J. Spear, DBA, MS, MS | PSNet

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    August 01, 2009 - They started tackling some really tough problems: patient falls, surgical site infections, central line … region as a whole cut the infection rate 70%, and other hospitals eliminated other "never events" like falls

  14. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    May 01, 2019 - In Conversation With… Jane Brice, MD, MPH May 1, 2019 In Conversation With… Jane Brice, MD, MPH. PSNet [internet]. 2019. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-jane-brice-md-mph Editor's note: Dr. Brice is Professor and Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of North Carolina. She…

  15. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    January 12, 2022 - In Conversation With... Poonam Sharma, MD, MPH, the Senior Clinical Data Analyst at Atrium Health, and Rhonda Dickman, MSN, RN, CPHQ, the Director of the Tennessee Hospital Association PSO January 12, 2022 In Conversation With.. Poonam Sharma, MD, MPH, the Senior Clinical Data Analyst at Atrium Health, and Rhonda…

  16. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    April 28, 2021 - A Sweet Case of Hidden Hydrogen Ions April 28, 2021 Plante D, Falero A. A Sweet Case of Hidden Hydrogen Ions. PSNet [internet]. 2021. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/sweet-case-hidden-hydrogen-ions The Case  A?24-year-old, Arabic-speaking?woman?with a history of type 1?diabetes?mellitus, gastroparesis,?and severe e…

  17. Failed Interpretation of Screening Tool: Delayed Treatment | PSNet

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    August 20, 2018 - infection can initially present with nonspecific symptoms including fatigue, generalized weakness, falls

  18. Discharging Our Responsibility | PSNet

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    January 16, 2019 - Related Resources Patient Safety Innovations Preventing Falls

  19. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    June 14, 2023 - s authors shows that including patients and families during care transitions reduces harms such as falls

  20. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    June 01, 2014 - Important topics like health care disparities, personal technology, and much of what falls under the
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