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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33947/psn-pdf
November 21, 2016 - Improving Health Care Quality: A Guide for Patients and
Families.
November 21, 2016
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-health-care-quality-guide-patients-and-families
This guide offers information and resources to allow consumers to understand quality health ca…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40420/psn-pdf
July 08, 2013 - Health Care Leaders Action Guide: Hospital Strategies for
Reducing Preventable Mortality.
July 8, 2013
Chicago, IL: Health Research & Educational Trust; March 2011.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-care-leaders-action-guide-hospital-strategies-reducing-preventable-
mortality
This report discusses steps hospita…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39737/psn-pdf
November 30, 2016 - Physician's Guide to Patient Safety Organizations.
November 30, 2016
Chicago, IL: American Medical Association; 2009.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/physicians-guide-patient-safety-organizations
This guide reviews the Patient Safety Quality and Improvement Act of 2005 and aims to further physician
knowledge of and p…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39281/psn-pdf
March 05, 2010 - Health Care Leader Action Guide to Reduce Avoidable
Readmissions.
March 5, 2010
Osei-Anto A, Joshi M, Audet AJ, Berman A, Jencks SF. New York, NY: The Commonwealth Fund, The
John Hartford Foundation, Health Research and Educational Trust; January 25, 2010.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-care-leader-action-gui…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39191/psn-pdf
February 08, 2011 - Leadership in Healthcare Organizations: A Guide to Joint
Commission Leadership Standards.
February 8, 2011
Schyve PM. San Diego, CA: Governance Institute; 2009.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/leadership-healthcare-organizations-guide-joint-commission-leadership-
standards
This white paper provides comprehensive inf…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41460/psn-pdf
June 13, 2012 - Help your patient "get" what you just said: a health
literacy guide.
June 13, 2012
Roett MA, Wessel L. Help your patient "get" what you just said: a health literacy guide. J Family Pract.
2012;61(4):190-196.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/help-your-patient-get-what-you-just-said-health-literacy-guide
This commentar…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35514/psn-pdf
April 03, 2009 - Information Design for Patient Safety: A Guide to the
Graphic Design of Medication Packaging. 2nd edition.
April 3, 2009
Swayne T. London, UK: National Patient Safety Agency, The Helen Hamlyn Research Centre; 2007.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/information-design-patient-safety-guide-graphic-design-medication-p…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39509/psn-pdf
August 08, 2010 - Bad stars or guiding lights? Learning from disasters to
improve patient safety.
August 8, 2010
Hughes C, Travaglia JF, Braithwaite J. Bad stars or guiding lights? Learning from disasters to improve
patient safety. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19(4):332-6. doi:10.1136/qshc.2008.030148.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ba…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45663/psn-pdf
November 09, 2016 - Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide.
November 9, 2016
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; October 2016.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/nursing-home-antimicrobial-stewardship-guide
Antimicrobial stewardship is one strategy to reduce health care–associated infections in a variety of
set…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36708/psn-pdf
April 21, 2011 - Missed breast cancers at US-guided core needle biopsy:
how to reduce them.
April 21, 2011
Youk JH, Kim E-K, Kim MJ, et al. Missed breast cancers at US-guided core needle biopsy: how to reduce
them. Radiographics. 2007;27(1):79-94.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/missed-breast-cancers-us-guided-core-needle-biopsy-how-…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37840/psn-pdf
June 28, 2016 - Engaging Patients as Safety Partners: a Guide for
Reducing Errors and Improving Satisfaction.
June 28, 2016
Spath P, ed. Chicago, IL: AHA Press; 2008. ISBN: 9781556483530.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/engaging-patients-safety-partners-guide-reducing-errors-and-improving-
satisfaction
This book discusses strategie…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35009/psn-pdf
May 27, 2011 - Guided prescription of psychotropic medications for
geriatric inpatients.
May 27, 2011
Peterson JF, Kuperman GJ, Shek C, et al. Guided prescription of psychotropic medications for geriatric
inpatients. Arch Intern Med. 2005;165(7):802-7.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/guided-prescription-psychotropic-medications-ger…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42811/psn-pdf
December 11, 2013 - The Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool
(PEMAT) and User's Guide: An Instrument to Assess the
Understandability and Actionability of Print and
Audiovisual Patient Education Materials.
December 11, 2013
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; October 2013.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pa…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34573/psn-pdf
August 16, 2017 - Medical Errors and Patient Safety: A Curriculum Guide for
Teaching Medical Students and Family Practice
Residents.
August 16, 2017
Halbach JL; Sullivan L; New York Medical College
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medical-errors-and-patient-safety-curriculum-guide-teaching-medical-students-
and-family
This curriculum…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39576/psn-pdf
September 25, 2010 - Taking Care of Myself: A Guide for When I Leave the
Hospital.
September 25, 2010
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; April 2010. AHRQ Publication No. 10-0059.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/taking-care-myself-guide-when-i-leave-hospital
This guide provides patients with information they need t…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37332/psn-pdf
November 14, 2007 - Is Our Pharmacy Meeting Patients' Needs? A Pharmacy
Health Literacy Assessment Tool User's Guide.
November 14, 2007
Jacobson KL, Gazmararian JA, Kripalani S, et al. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality. October 2007. AHRQ Publication No. 07-0051.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/our-pharmacy-meeti…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-and-family-engagement-primary-care-case-studies
November 01, 2016 - Book/Report
Patient and Family Engagement in Primary Care: Case Studies.
Citation Text:
Patient and Family Engagement in Primary Care: Case Studies. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; September 2016. AHRQ Publication No. 16-0035-2-EF.
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November 10, 2015 - Hospital ratings: a guide for the perplexed.
November 10, 2015
Zuger A. Hospital ratings: a guide for the perplexed. JAMA. 2015;313(19):1911-2.
doi:10.1001/jama.2015.5269.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospital-ratings-guide-perplexed
Concerns have been raised about the variability of measures used to rate safety a…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40764/psn-pdf
December 29, 2014 - Wristbands as aids to reduce misidentification: an
ethnographically guided task analysis.
December 29, 2014
Smith A, Casey K, Wilson J, et al. Wristbands as aids to reduce misidentification: an ethnographically
guided task analysis. Int J Qual Health Care. 2011;23(5):590-9. doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzr045.
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December 24, 2008 - Multi-use Website
Guide to Patient and Family Engagement in Hospital Quality and Safety.
Citation Text:
Guide to Patient and Family Engagement in Hospital Quality and Safety. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; June 2013.
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