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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/72686/psn-pdf
January 27, 2021 - The Cognitive Autopsy: A Root Cause Analysis of Medical
Decision Making.
January 27, 2021
Croskerry P. New York, NY: Oxford University Press; 2020. ISBN: 9780190088743.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cognitive-autopsy-root-cause-analysis-medical-decision-making
Diagnostic error reduction methods are evolv…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50600/psn-pdf
October 30, 2019 - HHS Guide for Clinicians on the Appropriate Dosage
Reduction or Discontinuation of Long-Term Opioid
Analgesics.
October 30, 2019
HHS Guide for Clinicians on the Appropriate Dosage Reduction or Discontinuation of Long-Term Opioid
Analgesics. Washington DC: US Department of Health and Human Services. October 2019.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/854264/psn-pdf
October 04, 2023 - Patient death tied to lack of proper escalation process for
barcode scanning failures.
October 4, 2023
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care edition. 2023;28(19):1-3.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-death-tied-lack-proper-escalation-process-barcode-scanning-failures
Lack of experience with distinct process…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50849/psn-pdf
January 29, 2020 - Prescription drug overload: critics fighting to curb an
epidemic of medication side effects.
January 29, 2020
Weisman R. Boston Globe. January 13, 2020.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prescription-drug-overload-critics-fighting-curb-epidemic-medication-side-
effects
Polypharmacy is a known contributor to adverse dr…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43996/psn-pdf
November 10, 2018 - When doing wrong feels so right: normalization of
deviance.
November 10, 2018
Price MR, Williams TC. When Doing Wrong Feels So Right: Normalization of Deviance. J Patient Saf.
2018;14(1):1-2. doi:10.1097/PTS.0000000000000157.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/when-doing-wrong-feels-so-right-normalization-deviance
This…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/842777/psn-pdf
January 18, 2023 - Patient safety performance: reversing recent declines
through shared profession-wide system-level solutions.
January 18, 2023
doi:full/10.1056/CAT.22.0318.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-performance-reversing-recent-declines-through-shared-
profession-wide-system
The COVID-19 pandemic revealed fractu…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/848825/psn-pdf
May 10, 2023 - Laura Levis' death outside ER has changed hospital
signage, lighting in Mass.
May 10, 2023
Mullins L, Menard F. WBUR. April 27, 2023.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/laura-levis-death-outside-er-has-changed-hospital-signage-lighting-mass
Incomplete information and building design problems can reduce access to care an…
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May 19, 2014 - How can the criminal law support the provision of quality
in healthcare?
May 19, 2014
Yeung K, Horder J. How can the criminal law support the provision of quality in healthcare? BMJ Qual Saf.
2014;23(6):519-24. doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2013-002688.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/how-can-criminal-law-support-provision-quali…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45363/psn-pdf
September 14, 2016 - Effective perioperative communication to enhance patient
care.
September 14, 2016
Garrett H. Effective Perioperative Communication to Enhance Patient Care. AORN J. 2016;104(2):111-20.
doi:10.1016/j.aorn.2016.06.001.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effective-perioperative-communication-enhance-patient-care
Poor team …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45637/psn-pdf
February 17, 2017 - Opportunities to enhance laboratory professionals' role
on the diagnostic team.
February 17, 2017
Taylor JR, Thompson PJ, Genzen JR, et al. Opportunities to enhance laboratory professionals' role on the
diagnostic team. Lab Med. 2017;48(1):97-103. doi:10.1093/labmed/lmw048.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/opportuniti…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45466/psn-pdf
September 07, 2016 - Building a highway to quality health care.
September 7, 2016
Watson S, Pronovost P. Building a Highway to Quality Health Care. J Patient Saf. 2016;12(3):165-6.
doi:10.1097/PTS.0000000000000074.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/building-highway-quality-health-care
Substantial progress has been made in improving health …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46748/psn-pdf
February 08, 2019 - Safety culture, patient safety, and quality of care
outcomes: a literature review.
February 8, 2019
Lee SE, Scott LD, Dahinten S, et al. Safety Culture, Patient Safety, and Quality of Care Outcomes: A
Literature Review. West J Nurs Res. 2019;41(2):279-304. doi:10.1177/0193945917747416.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/74188/psn-pdf
December 15, 2021 - Semantically ambiguous language in the teaching
operating room.
December 15, 2021
Liu C, McKenzie A, Sutkin G. Semantically ambiguous language in the teaching operating room. J Surg
Edu. 2021;78(6):1938-1947. doi:10.1016/j.jsurg.2021.03.020.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/semantically-ambiguous-language-teaching-ope…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/837430/psn-pdf
June 15, 2022 - Stop using these adult bed rails, warns the Consumer
Product Safety Commission.
June 15, 2022
Treisman R. National Public Radio. June 6, 2022
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/stop-using-these-adult-bed-rails-warns-consumer-product-safety-commission
Bedrails are used in hospitals and at home to minimize falls despite t…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/61106/psn-pdf
November 04, 2020 - Why false positives merit concern, too.
November 4, 2020
Wu KJ. New York Times. October 25, 2020.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/why-false-positives-merit-concern-too
False-positive test results, while rare, can create conditions for patient harm. This news story discusses
negative impacts of a false-posit…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60218/psn-pdf
April 08, 2020 - As COVID-19 bears down, doctors confront difficult
choices on elective surgeries.
April 8, 2020
Alesse L, Dukakis A, Tatum S, Mosk M. ABC News. March 20, 2020.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/covid-19-bears-down-doctors-confront-difficult-choices-elective-surgeries
Delays in elective surgery and other procedures have…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47404/psn-pdf
September 12, 2018 - The gap in electronic drug information resources: a
systematic review.
September 12, 2018
Rambaran KA, Huynh HA, Zhang Z, et al. The Gap in Electronic Drug Information Resources: A Systematic
Review. Cureus. 2018;10(6):e2860. doi:10.7759/cureus.2860.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/gap-electronic-drug-information-res…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44990/psn-pdf
July 11, 2017 - Automatic errors: a case series on the errors inherent in
electronic prescribing.
July 11, 2017
Lourenco LM, Bursua A, Groo VL. Automatic Errors: A Case Series on the Errors Inherent in Electronic
Prescribing. J Gen Intern Med. 2016;31(7):808-811. doi:10.1007/s11606-016-3606-5.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/automat…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47788/psn-pdf
March 06, 2019 - Medical device-related pressure ulcers: a systematic
review and meta-analysis.
March 6, 2019
Jackson D, Sarki AM, Betteridge R, et al. Medical device-related pressure ulcers: A systematic review and
meta-analysis. Int J Nurs Stud. 2019;92:109-120. doi:10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2019.02.006.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/me…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44531/psn-pdf
September 30, 2015 - Never Events for Hospital Care in Canada: Safer Care for
Patients.
September 30, 2015
Toronto, ON: Health Quality Ontario and the Canadian Patient Safety Institute; September 2015. ISBN:
9781460666180.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/never-events-hospital-care-canada-safer-care-patients
The never events list was dev…