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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49587/psn-pdf
May 01, 2009 - Missing Trauma
May 1, 2009
Jurkovich GJ. Missing Trauma. PSNet [internet]. 2009.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/missing-trauma
The Case
A 54-year-old woman collapsed behind the counter of a small neighborhood market. She was discovered a
few minutes later by a customer, who immediately called 911. On arrival, para…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33846/psn-pdf
November 01, 2017 - The Role of Patient-facing Technologies to Empower
Patients and Improve Safety
November 1, 2017
Rozenblum R, Bates DW. The Role of Patient-facing Technologies to Empower Patients and Improve
Safety. PSNet [internet]. 2017.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/role-patient-facing-technologies-empower-patients-and-imp…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.127_slideshow.ppt
May 01, 2006 - Spotlight Case
Spotlight Case May 2006
Right? Left? Neither!
Source and Credits
This presentation is based on the May 2006
AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case
See the full article at http://webmm.ahrq.gov
CME credit is available through the Web site
Commentary by: Elizabeth A. Howell, MD, MPP; Mark R. Chassin, MD…
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December 23, 2020 - Organizational Change in the Face of Highly Public Errors—I. The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Experience
James B. Conway; Saul N. Weingart, MD, PhD | May 1, 2005
View more articles from the same authors.
Citation Text:
Conway JB, Weingart SN. Organizational Change…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/849660/psn-pdf
May 31, 2023 - Strategies to Improve Organizational Health Literacy.
May 31, 2023
Seidel E, Cortes T, Chong C. Strategies to Improve Organizational Health Literacy. PSNet [internet]. 2023.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/strategies-improve-organizational-health-literacy
Background
Health literacy is important at both the personal …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49438/psn-pdf
March 05, 2004 - OR Peeping
March 1, 2004
Mackenzie CF. OR Peeping. PSNet [internet]. 2004.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/or-peeping
The Case
A healthy unmarried woman was undergoing a dilation and curettage (D&C) following an incomplete
spontaneous abortion (miscarriage).
At this community hospital, a new operating room (OR) su…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33676/psn-pdf
November 01, 2008 - In Conversation with…Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH
November 1, 2008
In Conversation with…Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH. PSNet [internet]. 2008.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-withsanjay-saint-md-mph
Editor's note: Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH, is Professor of Medicine at the University of Michigan and the Ann
Arbor VA …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33621/psn-pdf
November 01, 2005 - Rapid Response Teams: Lessons from the Early
Experience
November 1, 2005
Krimsky WS. Rapid Response Teams: Lessons from the Early Experience. PSNet [internet]. 2005.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/rapid-response-teams-lessons-early-experience
Perspective
Health care organizations throughout the world have ide…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49595/psn-pdf
December 01, 2009 - "Superficial" Report Leads to "Deep" Problem
December 1, 2009
Dhaliwal G. "Superficial" Report Leads to "Deep" Problem. PSNet [internet]. 2009.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/superficial-report-leads-deep-problem
The Case
A 35-year-old woman presented to the emergency department (ED) complaining of left foot and an…
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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/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/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/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…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42346/psn-pdf
June 10, 2018 - Fatal PCA adverse events continue to happen...better
patient monitoring is essential to prevent harm.
June 10, 2018
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. May 30, 2013;18:1-3.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/fatal-pca-adverse-events-continue-happenbetter-patient-monitoring-essential-
prevent-harm
Describi…