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November 20, 2024 - Misdiagnosis is dangerous. Help your doctor get it right.
November 20, 2024
Terry K. Misdiagnosis is dangerous. Help your doctor get it right. WebMD. November 11, 2024;
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/misdiagnosis-dangerous-help-your-doctor-get-it-right
Patients are partners in health care and can inform actions to id…
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August 01, 2018 - Why hasn't that happened?
MW : It's a function of the structure of health care.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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/node/33879/psn-pdf
May 01, 2019 - In Conversation With… Jane Brice, MD, MPH
May 1, 2019
In Conversation With… Jane Brice, MD, MPH. PSNet [internet]. 2019.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-jane-brice-md-mph
Editor's note: Dr. Brice is Professor and Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University
of North Carolina. She…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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…