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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-withjames-l-reinertsen-md
August 01, 2007 - The second thing that happened in many hospitals was that they had a shocking incident. … "How could that have happened here?"
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-harlan-krumholz-md-sm
April 01, 2018 - We never saw them as a tool for communication or as essential to communicating what happened in the hospital … Our study showed that they cannot recount the basic facts of their condition or what happened to them
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73331/psn-pdf
May 26, 2021 - Cancer diagnoses delayed among prisoners in
Washington state.
May 26, 2021
Medscape Medical News. May 12, 2021.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cancer-diagnoses-delayed-among-prisoners-washington-state
Delays and mistakes in health care for distinct patient populations hold improvement lessons for the
broader system…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36352/psn-pdf
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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December 12, 2020 - Latent Error (or Latent Condition)
The terms active and latent as applied to errors were coined by Reason . Latent errors (or latent conditions) refer to less apparent failures of organization or design that contributed to the occurrence of errors or allowed them to cause harm to patients. For instance, whereas …
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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/74276/psn-pdf
January 19, 2022 - Guideline for Prevention of Unintentionally Retained
Surgical Items.
January 19, 2022
Croke L. Guideline for prevention of unintentionally retained surgical items. AORN J. 2021;114(6):4-6.
doi:10.1002/aorn.13579.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/guideline-prevention-unintentionally-retained-surgical-items
Retained su…
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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/43513/psn-pdf
September 10, 2014 - Preventing medical errors: how to proceed with caution.
September 10, 2014
Shaw G. Preventing Medical Errors. The Hearing Journal. 2014;67(7).
doi:10.1097/01.hj.0000452244.07451.64.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-medical-errors-how-proceed-caution
This article provides an overview of patient safety issues…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-matthew-weinger-md
August 01, 2018 - Why hasn't that happened?
MW : It's a function of the structure of health care.
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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/node/34854/psn-pdf
March 28, 2005 - Preventing lawsuits: Coalition pushes apologies and cash
up-front. Dealing with medical errors when they happen--
instead of in court--can benefit doctors and patients,
supporters say.
March 28, 2005
Albert T. AMNews. February 7, 2005.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-lawsuits-coalition-pushes-apologies-an…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36499/psn-pdf
January 07, 2011 - Retrospective analysis of medication incidents reported
using an on-line reporting system.
January 7, 2011
Ashcroft DM, Cooke J. Retrospective analysis of medication incidents reported using an on-line reporting
system. Pharmacy World & Science. 2006;28(6). doi:10.1007/s11096-006-9040-8.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/iss…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/use-interactive-telephone-based-self-management-support-program-identify-adverse-events-among
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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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33613/psn-pdf
May 01, 2005 - Organizational Change in the Face of Highly Public
Errors—II. The Duke Experience
May 1, 2005
Frush K. Organizational Change in the Face of Highly Public Errors—II. The Duke Experience. PSNet
[internet]. 2005.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/organizational-change-face-highly-public-errors-ii-duke-experience
Pe…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-withchristopher-p-landrigan-md
April 01, 2005 - However, it turned out that this kind of thing happened only a handful of times over the life of the
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/introducing-new-ahrq-webmm-and-ahrq-patient-safety-network-psnet
April 01, 2005 - However, it turned out that this kind of thing happened only a handful of times over the life of the
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-andrew-gettinger-md
September 01, 2017 - of federal funding really changed the inflection point and pushed adoption faster than it would have happened … Thus, unforeseen events happened more frequently and were more severe than anyone predicted.( 12 ) Over
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/patient-safety-during-hospital-discharge
April 01, 2018 - We never saw them as a tool for communication or as essential to communicating what happened in the hospital … Our study showed that they cannot recount the basic facts of their condition or what happened to them
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45936/psn-pdf
March 08, 2017 - Using information from external errors to signal a "clear
and present danger."
March 8, 2017
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute care edition. February 9, 2017;22:1-5.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/using-information-external-errors-signal-clear-and-present-danger
Monitoring external reports of error and harm can pr…