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March 06, 2024 - Legacy: a Black Physician Reckons with Racism in
Medicine.
March 6, 2024
Blackstock U. New York, NY: Viking; 2024. ISBN: 9780593491287.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/legacy-black-physician-reckons-racism-medicine
The history of systemic racism is emerging to motivate health care equity and safety efforts. This memo…
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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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June 11, 2010 - Study
Use of an interactive, telephone-based self-management support program to identify adverse events among ambulatory diabetes patients.
Citation Text:
Sarkar U, Handley MA, Gupta R, et al. Use of an interactive, telephone-based self-management support program to identify adverse ev…
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April 14, 2011 - Patient expectations of fair complaint handling in
hospitals: empirical data.
April 14, 2011
Friele RD, Sluijs EM. Patient expectations of fair complaint handling in hospitals: empirical data. BMC
Health Serv Res. 2006;6:106.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-expectations-fair-complaint-handling-hospitals-empir…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50838/psn-pdf
January 29, 2020 - Start the new year off right by preventing these top 10
medication errors and hazards.
January 29, 2020
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute care edition. January 16, 2020;26(2):1-6.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/start-new-year-right-preventing-these-top-10-medication-errors-and-hazards
Medication errors routinely c…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/854639/psn-pdf
October 18, 2023 - Right Kind of Wrong: Why Learning to Fail can Teach us
to Thrive.
October 18, 2023
Edmondson A. Atria Books, New York, 2023. ISBN: 9781982195069.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/right-kind-wrong-why-learning-fail-can-teach-us-thrive
Despite the harm that failure can cause, its value as a learning opportunity, if exam…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45840/psn-pdf
February 08, 2017 - Implementation of the safety huddle.
February 8, 2017
Kylor C, Napier T, Rephann A, et al. Implementation of the Safety Huddle. Crit Care Nurse. 2016;36(6):80-
82.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/implementation-safety-huddle
The safety huddle is becoming common within health care practice as a way to inform clinician…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37024/psn-pdf
January 02, 2017 - Every error a treasure: improving medication use with a
nonpunitive reporting system.
January 2, 2017
Lehmann DF, Page N, Kirschman K, et al. Every Error a Treasure: Improving Medication Use with a
Nonpunitive Reporting System. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2016;33(7):401-407. doi:10.1016/s1553-
7250(07)33046-8.
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December 03, 2014 - Joshua’s Story.
December 3, 2014
Anderson-Wallace M, Denning R. Leeds, UK: Patient Stories; October 18, 2014.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/joshuas-story
Patient stories are a growing component of understanding the impact of medical errors on patients and
uncovering underlying causes. This video features an in-dept…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/74846/psn-pdf
February 16, 2022 - Weight-based Medication Errors in Children.
February 16, 2022
Farnborough, UK: Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch; February 2022.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/weight-based-medication-errors-children
Weight-calculation errors can result in pediatric patient harm as they affect medication prescribing,
dispensing…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73498/psn-pdf
July 14, 2021 - Leaving a discontinued FentaNYL infusion attached to the
patient leads to a tragic error
July 14, 2021
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute care edition. 2021;26(13);1-2.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/leaving-discontinued-fentanyl-infusion-attached-patient-leads-tragic-error
High-alert medication misadministration i…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/851924/psn-pdf
August 02, 2023 - The things we carry: the scope and impact of second
victim syndrome.
August 2, 2023
Nosanov L, Elseth AJ, Maxwell J, et al. The things we carry: the scope and impact of second victim
syndrome. Am J Surg. 2023;226(5):726-728. doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2023.06.035.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/things-we-carry-scope-and-…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44917/psn-pdf
November 30, 2016 - Canadian Incident Analysis Framework.
November 30, 2016
Incident Analysis Collaborating Parties. Edmonton, AB: Canadian Patient Safety Institute; 2012. ISBN:
9781926541440.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/canadian-incident-analysis-framework
Performing incident analysis can help organizations understand why adverse e…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33704/psn-pdf
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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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49450/psn-pdf
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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November 06, 2015 - Service members are left in dark on health errors.
November 6, 2015
LaFraniere S. New York Times. April 19, 2015.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/service-members-are-left-dark-health-errors
Reporting on a case involving an overlooked test result that contributed to the death of a patient in the
military medical syste…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34773/psn-pdf
March 08, 2017 - Medication Errors: The Nursing Experience.
March 8, 2017
Wolf ZR. Albany NY: Delmar Publishers; 1994. ISBN: 9780827362628.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-errors-nursing-experience
In one of the first professional books to deal with medication error from the nursing perspective, Wolf
provides a comprehensi…
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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/node/842779/psn-pdf
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…