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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/866162/psn-pdf
June 19, 2024 - Surgeon and surgical trainee experiences after adverse
patient events.
June 19, 2024
Ginzberg SP, Gasior JA, Passman JE, et al. Surgeon and surgical trainee experiences after adverse
patient events. JAMA Netw Open. 2024;7(6):e2414329. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.14329.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/surgeon-and…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/866254/psn-pdf
July 10, 2024 - Top Penn State Health surgeon warned leaders about
transplant problems months before shutdown. Then he
was let go.
July 10, 2024
Massey W, Keith C. Spotlight PA: June 20, 2024.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/top-penn-state-health-surgeon-warned-leaders-about-transplant-problems-
months-shutdown-then
Whistleblowers…
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June 28, 2023 - Assessing medication safety in settings not designated
solely for pediatric patients.
June 28, 2023
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute care edition. June 15, 2023;28(12);1-5.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/assessing-medication-safety-settings-not-designated-solely-pediatric-patients
Pediatric patients are at increa…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/853247/psn-pdf
September 06, 2023 - Dangers and deaths around black pregnancies seen as a
‘completely preventable’ health crisis.
September 6, 2023
West S. KFF Health News. August 24, 2023.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/dangers-and-deaths-around-black-pregnancies-seen-completely-preventable-
health-crisis
The challenge of unsafe maternal care is gai…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/853077/psn-pdf
August 30, 2023 - 2022 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality
Awards.
August 30, 2023
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2023;49(9):435-450.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/2022-john-m-eisenberg-patient-safety-and-quality-awards
The legacy of AHRQ leader John Eisenberg, MD, still inspires safety improvement work decades after his
pass…
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August 14, 2019 - When there's no one to whom an error can be disclosed,
how should an error be handled?
August 14, 2019
Chiu RG. When There's No One to Whom an Error Can Be Disclosed, How Should an Error Be Handled?
AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E553-558. doi:10.1001/amajethics.2019.553.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/when-theres-no-one-…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33881/psn-pdf
August 01, 2019 - In Conversation With… Erik Hollnagel, PhD
June 1, 2019
In Conversation With… Erik Hollnagel, PhD. PSNet [internet]. 2019.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-erik-hollnagel-phd
Editor's note: Dr. Hollnagel is Senior Professor of Patient Safety at the University of Jönköping (Sweden)
as well as Visiting…
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December 01, 2010 - open and honest, I'd ask them if you could use it within the organization to help
ensure this doesn't happen
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June 01, 2004 - The Wrong Shot: Error Disclosure
June 1, 2004
Gallagher TH, Levinson W. The Wrong Shot: Error Disclosure. PSNet [internet]. 2004.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/wrong-shot-error-disclosure
Case Objectives
Describe the rationale for disclosing harmful errors to patients.
Describe the specific information that patie…
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May 01, 2011 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
The Wrong Shot: Error Disclosure
Citation Text:
Gallagher TH, Levinson W. The Wrong Shot: Error Disclosure. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2004.
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January 12, 2011 - Resilience Engineering in Practice: a Guidebook.
January 12, 2011
Hollnagel E, Parie?s J, Woods DD et al eds. Farnham UK; Ashgate, 2011. ISBN:
9781472420749
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/resilience-engineering-practice-guidebook
Safety-critical industries rely on organizational aptitude to respond to disr…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-robert-hirschtick-md
January 01, 2018 - We are testifying to things that didn't actually happen, physical exam findings that we didn't do, or
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-susan-haas-md-msc
March 01, 2019 - And how can we make sure this doesn't happen again? … And that often doesn't happen, or it happens in a flurry of white coats being led around without getting
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47159/psn-pdf
August 01, 2018 - Safety II behavior in a pediatric intensive care unit.
August 1, 2018
Merandi J, Vannatta K, Davis T, et al. Safety II Behavior in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Pediatrics.
2018;141(6):e20180018. doi:10.1542/peds.2018-0018.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safety-ii-behavior-pediatric-intensive-care-unit
The tradit…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43849/psn-pdf
January 28, 2015 - Advancing the science of measurement of diagnostic
errors in healthcare: the Safer Dx framework.
January 28, 2015
Singh H, Sittig DF. Advancing the science of measurement of diagnostic errors in healthcare: the Safer Dx
framework. BMJ Qual Saf. 2015;24(2):103-110. doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2014-003675.
https://psnet.ahrq.…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33816/psn-pdf
October 01, 2016 - ways illustrating that a patient is at risk for a bad
thing happening or a bad thing is starting to happen
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45455/psn-pdf
June 29, 2017 - JAMA professionalism: disclosure of medical error.
June 29, 2017
Levinson W, Yeung J, Ginsburg S. Disclosure of Medical Error. JAMA. 2016;316(7):764-5.
doi:10.1001/jama.2016.9136.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/jama-professionalism-disclosure-medical-error
Disclosing medical errors to patients is essential for maint…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47636/psn-pdf
December 12, 2018 - Learning from tragedy: the Julia Berg story.
December 12, 2018
Graber ML, Berg D, Jerde W, et al. Learning from tragedy: the Julia Berg story. Diagnosis (Berl).
2018;5(4):257-266. doi:10.1515/dx-2018-0067.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/learning-tragedy-julia-berg-story
This commentary provides a clinical review of …
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February 09, 2011 - Patients' and physicians' attitudes regarding the
disclosure of medical errors.
February 9, 2011
Gallagher TH, Waterman AD, Ebers AG, et al. Patients' and physicians' attitudes regarding the disclosure
of medical errors. JAMA. 2003;289(8):1001-7.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patients-and-physicians-attitudes-regar…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49425/psn-pdf
November 01, 2003 - Misread Label
November 1, 2003
Franklin BD. Misread Label. PSNet [internet]. 2003.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/misread-label
The Case
An infant was born with sluggish respirations. During labor the infant’s mother had received meperidine
[Demerol, a pain medication], a narcotic with a half-life of 2.5-4.0 hours…