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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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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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January 04, 2010 - Safety as a criterion for quality: The Critical Nursing
Situation Index in paediatric critical care, an observational
study.
January 4, 2010
de Neef M, Bos AP, Tol D. Safety as a criterion for quality: the critical nursing situation index in paediatric
critical care, an observational study. Intensive Crit Care Nur…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37477/psn-pdf
January 16, 2008 - Enhancing healthcare process design with human factors
engineering and reliability science, part 1: setting the
context.
January 16, 2008
Boston-Fleischhauer C. Enhancing healthcare process design with human factors engineering and
reliability science, part 1: setting the context. J Nurs Adm. 2008;38(1):27-32.
do…
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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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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/867394/psn-pdf
March 10, 2025 - Request for Information: Diagnostic Excellence
Measurement.
December 18, 2024
Request for Information: Diagnostic Excellence Measurement. Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality. Fed Register. December 12, 2024;89:100497-100498.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/request-information-diagnostic-excellence-measurement
…
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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…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43230/psn-pdf
July 15, 2014 - Hospital deaths in patients with sepsis from 2
independent cohorts.
July 15, 2014
Liu V, Escobar GJ, Greene JD, et al. Hospital deaths in patients with sepsis from 2 independent cohorts.
JAMA. 2014;312(1):90-2.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospital-deaths-patients-sepsis-2-independent-cohorts
This study used nati…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34658/psn-pdf
March 07, 2005 - The role of error in organizing behaviour.
March 7, 2005
Rasmussen J. The role of error in organizing behaviour. Qual Saf Health Care. 2003;12(5):377-383.
doi:10.1136/qhc.12.5.377.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/role-error-organizing-behaviour
In this article, Rasmussen presents the concept of human error, and how c…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/841490/psn-pdf
December 14, 2022 - Prevent administration of ear drops into the eyes.
December 14, 2022
ISMP Medication Safety Alert!: Acute Care Edition. December 1, 2022;27(24):1-3.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prevent-administration-ear-drops-eyes
Look-alike medications are vulnerable to wrong route and other use errors. This article examines the…
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/research-results/results/webinars/health-it.html
March 01, 2021 - Health Information Technology to Improve Primary Care
June 22, 2016: Practical Solutions for Supporting Primary Care Quality Improvement With Health Information Technology
This EvidenceNOW Webinar focused on how health information technology (IT) can support quality improvement (QI) in primary care practices.…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/839328/psn-pdf
November 02, 2022 - Quality and Safety.
November 2, 2022
Iyer R, Walker A, eds. Paediatr Anaesth. 2022;32(11):1176-1272.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/quality-and-safety-1
Progress made in the adoption of infrastructure, Safety I, and Safety II concepts in high- and middle- to
lower-income countries around the world support safe pedia…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/838645/psn-pdf
January 19, 2022 - LeDeR - Learning from Lives and Deaths.
January 19, 2022
Norah Frye Centre for Disability Studies; Bristol, England.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/leder-learning-lives-and-deaths
People with a Learning Disability and autistic people (LeDeR) is a National Health Service-sponsored
initiative that seeks to improve the…
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September 27, 2017 - 'Safe enough in here?': Patients' expectations and
experiences of feeling safe in an acute psychiatric
inpatient ward.
September 27, 2017
Stenhouse RC. 'Safe enough in here?': patients' expectations and experiences of feeling safe in an acute
psychiatric inpatient ward. J Clin Nurs. 2013;22(21-22):3109-19. doi:10.…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45550/psn-pdf
August 01, 2023 - Leape Ahead Award.
August 1, 2023
American Association for Physician Leadership.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/leape-ahead-award
Efforts to incorporate respect and patient safety concepts into medical training have been inspired by the
work and leadership of Dr. Lucian Leape, founding chairman of the Lucian Leape I…