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October 30, 2024 - Harm Reduction Strategies to Improve Safety for People Who Use Substances
Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar, MD, MPH, Bryan Gale, MA, Sarah Mossburg, Phd | October 30, 2024
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October 30, 2024 - In Conversation with Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar about Harm Reduction Strategies to Improve Safety for People Who Use Substances
Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar, MD, MPH, Bryan Gale, MA, Sarah Mossburg, Phd | October 30, 2024
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October 01, 2013 - Safety in Radiology
October 1, 2013
Pinto A. Safety in Radiology. PSNet [internet]. 2013.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/safety-radiology
Perspective
The use of medical imaging to depict and to help diagnose illness and injury as well as to guide therapeutic
interventions has expanded greatly during the past …
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November 26, 2019 - Patient Safety in Frail Older Patients
November 26, 2019
Wald HL, Hall KK, Fitall E. Patient Safety in Frail Older Patients. PSNet [internet]. 2019.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/patient-safety-frail-older-patients
Background
Older patients are at a particular risk of experiencing a patient safety event. Stud…
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February 26, 2025 - Are We Safer Today?
February 26, 2025
Bates DW, Lee M, Mossburg SE. Are We Safer Today? PSNet [internet]. 2025.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/are-we-safer-today
In the 1999 report, To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System, the Institute of Medicine (now the
National Academy of Medicine) drew on two lar…
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May 01, 2017 - Hemolysis Holdup
May 1, 2017
Lehman CM. Hemolysis Holdup. PSNet [internet]. 2017.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/hemolysis-holdup
The Case
A 72-year-old man with congestive heart failure due to nonischemic cardiomyopathy, stage 3 chronic
kidney disease, atrial fibrillation, and type 2 diabetes mellitus presented t…
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March 01, 2007 - Polypharmacy
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Guglielmo JB. Polypharmacy. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2013.
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January 01, 2017 - The Weekend Effect
January 1, 2017
Ranji SR. The Weekend Effect. PSNet [internet]. 2017.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/weekend-effect
Annual Perspective 2017
Introduction
Anyone who has spent time in a hospital as a patient or staff member may recognize that the availability of
services and personnel can va…
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April 01, 2006 - Insert Omission
April 1, 2006
Darney P. Insert Omission. PSNet [internet]. 2006.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/insert-omission
The Case
A multiparous woman presented to the gynecology clinic requesting intrauterine contraceptive (IUC)
placement (Figure). She was appropriately counseled on the risks and benefits o…
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October 01, 2012 - Looking for Meds in All the Wrong Places
October 1, 2012
Manias E. Looking for Meds in All the Wrong Places. PSNet [internet]. 2012.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/looking-meds-all-wrong-places
The Case
A 40-year-old uninsured woman with anxiety ran out of her prescribed clonazepam and had a seizure. She
went to t…
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November 01, 2006 - Secured But Not Always Safe
November 1, 2006
Jahr JS, Hosseini P. Secured But Not Always Safe. PSNet [internet]. 2006.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/secured-not-always-safe
The Case
An 84-year-old healthy woman underwent an elective left total knee replacement for degenerative
osteoarthritis. She received spinal …
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September 01, 2013 - A Picture Speaks 1000 Words
September 1, 2013
Hemphill RR. A Picture Speaks 1000 Words. PSNet [internet]. 2013.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/picture-speaks-1000-words
The Case
A 62-year-old man with a past medical history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and type A aortic dissection
repair presented with chest p…
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November 01, 2006 - Human Factors Engineering Can Teach You How to Be
Surprised Again
November 1, 2006
Gosbee JW. Human Factors Engineering Can Teach You How to Be Surprised Again. PSNet [internet].
2006.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/human-factors-engineering-can-teach-you-how-be-surprised-again
Perspective
Certain phrases ar…
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October 30, 2024 - Critical Radiology Alert Process
October 30, 2024
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/innovation/critical-radiology-alert-process
Summary
Vanderbilt University Medical Center developed an electronic trigger tool that alerts the care team of
unrelated abnormal findings and provides a companion follow-up process, with the goal o…
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February 01, 2017 - PowerPoint Presentation
Spotlight
The Hazards of Distraction: Ticking All the EHR Boxes
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Source and Credits
This presentation is based on the February 2017
AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case
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January 01, 2017 - Annual Perspective
Update: Patient Engagement in Safety
Rachel J. Stern, MD, and Urmimala Sarkar, MD | January 1, 2018
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September 15, 2024 - Triggers and Trigger Tools
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Triggers and Trigger Tools. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2019.
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January 29, 2020 - High Reliability
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High Reliability. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2019.
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January 01, 2018 - Update: Patient Engagement in Safety
January 1, 2018
Stern RJ, Sarkar U. Update: Patient Engagement in Safety. PSNet [internet]. 2018.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/update-patient-engagement-safety
Annual Perspective 2018
Background
Patient engagement has become a cornerstone of patient safety. A Patient Saf…
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September 28, 2022 - Primary Care and Patient Safety: Opportunities at the Interface
September 28, 2022
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In Conversation With... Freya Spielberg, MD, MPH
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