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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/836832/psn-pdf
March 30, 2022 - Improving Education—A Key to Better Diagnostic
Outcomes.
March 30, 2022
Olson APJ, Danielson J, Stanley J, et al. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality;
March 2022. AHRQ Publication No. 22-0026-1-EF
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-education-key-better-diagnostic-outcomes
Diagnostic skil…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60164/psn-pdf
March 25, 2020 - Patient Safety, Spring 2019 Final CDP Report.
March 25, 2020
Patient Safety Standing Committee. February 6, 2020. Washington DC; National Quality Forum. February
2020.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-spring-2019-final-cdp-report
The development of effective measures to document and track patient safety…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/764408/psn-pdf
March 02, 2022 - Ensuring critical instruments and devices are appropriate
for reuse.
March 2, 2022
Quick Safety. February 14, 2022;(64):1-3.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ensuring-critical-instruments-and-devices-are-appropriate-reuse
Complete, appropriate reprocessing and sterilization of reusable medical instruments and devices …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36016/psn-pdf
September 27, 2016 - Strategies used by nurses to recover medical errors in an
academic emergency department setting.
September 27, 2016
Henneman EA, Blank FSJ, Gawlinski A, et al. Strategies used by nurses to recover medical errors in an
academic emergency department setting. Appl Nurs Res. 2006;19(2):70-7.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/iss…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42376/psn-pdf
December 18, 2013 - Changes to supervision in community pharmacy:
pharmacist and pharmacy support staff views.
December 18, 2013
Bradley F, Schafheutle EI, Willis SC, et al. Changes to supervision in community pharmacy: pharmacist
and pharmacy support staff views. Health Soc Care Community. 2013;21(6):644-54.
doi:10.1111/hsc.12053.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73383/psn-pdf
January 01, 2020 - Actionable Patient Safety Solutions (APSS): Creating a
Foundation for Safe and Reliable Care
January 1, 2020
Irvine, CA: The Patient Safety Movement; 2020.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/actionable-patient-safety-solutions-apss-creating-foundation-safe-and-reliable-
care
Patient safety success requires leadership, …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44472/psn-pdf
January 22, 2016 - Understanding medical errors and adverse events in ICU
patients.
January 22, 2016
Garrouste-Orgeas M, Flaatten H, Moreno R. Understanding medical errors and adverse events in ICU
patients. Intensive Care Med. 2016;42(1):107-9. doi:10.1007/s00134-015-3968-x.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/understanding-medical-errors…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45661/psn-pdf
November 09, 2016 - Center for Diagnostic Excellence.
November 9, 2016
Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/center-diagnostic-excellence
Diagnostic error has recently been recognized as a serious patient safety concern. Established within the
Armstrong Center for Patient Safety and Quality, …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38418/psn-pdf
February 18, 2009 - Using snowball sampling method with nurses to
understand medication administration errors.
February 18, 2009
Sheu S-J, Wei I-L, Chen C-H, et al. Using snowball sampling method with nurses to understand medication
administration errors. J Clin Nurs. 2009;18(4):559-69. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02048.x.
https://p…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38546/psn-pdf
June 16, 2009 - Improved pain resolution in hospitalized patients through
targeting of pain mismanagement as medical error.
June 16, 2009
Okon TR, Lutz PS, Liang H. Improved pain resolution in hospitalized patients through targeting of pain
mismanagement as medical error. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2009;37(6):1039-49.
doi:10.1016/j.j…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38734/psn-pdf
July 01, 2009 - Safety and efficiency considerations for the introduction
of electronic ordering in a blood bank.
July 1, 2009
Georgiou A, Greenfield T, Callen J, et al. Safety and efficiency considerations for the introduction of
electronic ordering in a blood bank. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2009;133(6):933-7. doi:10.1043/1543-2165-
…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47983/psn-pdf
May 01, 2019 - Health systems and hospitals in pursuit of high reliability.
May 1, 2019
Cheney C. HealthLeaders Media. April 17, 2019.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-systems-and-hospitals-pursuit-high-reliability
This news article describes how a 19-hospital health system successfully applied high reliability principles
to …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46634/psn-pdf
November 22, 2017 - Ambulatory Care Patient Safety 2017–2018.
November 22, 2017
National Quality Forum; NQF.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ambulatory-care-patient-safety-2017-2018
Patient safety in ambulatory care is emerging as a focus of research, regulation, and measurement efforts.
This website provides information and resources r…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46452/psn-pdf
November 15, 2017 - Quality Improvement.
November 15, 2017
Gupta M, Kaplan HC, eds. Clin Perinatol. 2017;44(3):469-728.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/quality-improvement
Improvement efforts in health care focus on quality and patient safety. Articles in this special issue explore
the complexities of providing effective perinatal–neona…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40249/psn-pdf
June 20, 2011 - Nurses' perceptions of how rapid response teams affect
the nurse, team, and system.
June 20, 2011
Williams DJ, Newman A, Jones CB, et al. Nurses' perceptions of how rapid response teams affect the
nurse, team, and system. J Nurs Care Qual. 2011;26(3):265-72. doi:10.1097/NCQ.0b013e318209f135.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41194/psn-pdf
March 11, 2013 - Effects of an educational patient safety campaign on
patients' safety behaviours and adverse events.
March 11, 2013
Schwappach DLB, Frank O, Buschmann U, et al. Effects of an educational patient safety campaign on
patients' safety behaviours and adverse events. J Eval Clin Pract. 2013;19(2):285-91. doi:10.1111/j.13…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45359/psn-pdf
September 21, 2016 - Health care worker fatigue.
September 21, 2016
Gardner LA, Dubeck D. Health Care Worker Fatigue. Am J Nurs. 2016;116(8):58-62.
doi:10.1097/01.NAJ.0000490182.21432.85.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-care-worker-fatigue
Fatigue can contribute to human error. This commentary discusses incidents reported to Penns…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/847547/psn-pdf
March 12, 2025 - National Action Alliance to Advance Patient and
Workforce Safety Webinar Series.
March 12, 2025
US Department of Health and Human Services. 2023-2025.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/national-action-alliance-advance-patient-safety-webinar-series
Work toward zero harm in health care is gaining national attention…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/865588/psn-pdf
April 17, 2024 - Inattentional blindness in medicine.
April 17, 2024
Hults CM, Ding Y, Xie GG, et al. Inattentional blindness in medicine. Cogn Res Princ Implic. 2024;9(1):18.
doi:10.1186/s41235-024-00537-x.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/inattentional-blindness-medicine
Inattentional blindness occurs when a person is focused so int…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50607/psn-pdf
December 01, 2020 - Digital Health and Patient Safety.
December 1, 2020
Health Informatics J. 2020;26:181-189;576-591;683-718;1017-1042;2295-2299;3123-3162.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/digital-health-and-patient-safety-technology-not-magic-wand
This special collection examines the use of novel health information technology (HIT) to p…