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June 18, 2024 - Final Recommendation Statement: Interventions for High Body Mass Index in Children and Adolescents
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January 01, 2020 - Nursing Home Compare.
December 22, 2014
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/centers-medicare-and-medicaid-services-cms-nursing-home-compare
This website provides consumers with detailed information about the past performance of every Medicare-
and Medicaid-certified nursing hom…
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October 27, 2015 - Hospital Report Card: Ontario 2009.
October 27, 2015
Esmail N, Hazel M. Studies in Health Care Policy. Fraser Institute. Calgary, Alberta, Canada; March 2009.
ISSN: 1918-2082.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospital-report-card-ontario-2009
Designed to help patients choose hospitals, this report utilized AHRQ qualit…
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January 09, 2013 - Making Medical Devices Safer at Home.
January 9, 2013
Consumer Updates. Silver Spring, MD: US Food and Drug Administration; December 12, 2012.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/making-medical-devices-safer-home
Highlighting concerns associated with patients' use of medical devices at home, such as difficulty
understand…
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March 19, 2014 - Improvement of Pennsylvania healthcare consumers'
awareness of patient safety.
March 19, 2014
Munn J. PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. March 2014;11:23-29.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improvement-pennsylvania-healthcare-consumers-awareness-patient-safety
Patients are increasingly being asked to assume a role in ensurin…
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March 07, 2012 - Crisis resource management in emergency medicine.
March 7, 2012
Carne B, Kennedy M, Gray T. Review article: Crisis resource management in emergency medicine.
Emergency Medicine Australasia. 2011;24(1). doi:10.1111/j.1742-6723.2011.01495.x.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/crisis-resource-management-emergency-medicine
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July 31, 2013 - From mindless to mindful practice—cognitive bias and
clinical decision making.
July 31, 2013
Croskerry P. From mindless to mindful practice--cognitive bias and clinical decision making. N Engl J Med.
2013;368(26):2445-2448. doi:10.1056/NEJMp1303712.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/mindless-mindful-practice-cognitive-…
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September 18, 2009 - Management of adverse surgical events: a structured
education module for residents.
September 18, 2009
Brewster LP, Risucci DA, Joehl RJ, et al. Management of adverse surgical events: a structured education
module for residents. Am J Surg. 2005;190(5):687-90.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/management-adverse-surgica…
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March 28, 2011 - Assessing system failures in operating rooms and
intensive care units.
March 28, 2011
van Beuzekom M, Akerboom SP, Boer F. Assessing system failures in operating rooms and intensive care
units. Qual Saf Health Care. 2007;16(1):45-50.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/assessing-system-failures-operating-rooms-and-intens…
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September 28, 2010 - Prescribing errors resulting in adverse drug events: how
can they be prevented?
September 28, 2010
Thürmann PA. Prescribing errors resulting in adverse drug events: how can they be prevented? Expert
Opin Drug Saf. 2006;5(4):489-93.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prescribing-errors-resulting-adverse-drug-events-how-c…
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January 31, 2019 - Front Line of Defense: The Role of Nurses in Preventing
Sentinel Events. Third Edition.
January 31, 2019
Oakbrook, IL: Joint Commission Resources; 2018. ISBN: 9781635850611.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/front-line-defense-role-nurses-preventing-sentinel-events-third-edition
Nurses have an important role in ensurin…
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April 18, 2013 - Reducing hospital errors: interventions that build safety
culture.
April 18, 2013
Singer SJ, Vogus TJ. Reducing hospital errors: interventions that build safety culture. Annu Rev Public
Health. 2013;34:373-96. doi:10.1146/annurev-publhealth-031912-114439.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/reducing-hospital-errors-inter…
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October 08, 2013 - Patient safety in clinical research articles.
October 8, 2013
Vintzileos AM, Finamore PS, Sicuranza GB, et al. Patient safety in clinical research articles. Int J Gynaecol
Obstet. 2013;123(2):93-5. doi:10.1016/j.ijgo.2013.05.006.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-clinical-research-articles
This commentar…
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August 21, 2013 - Organising a manuscript reporting quality improvement
or patient safety research.
August 21, 2013
Holzmueller CG, Pronovost P. Organising a manuscript reporting quality improvement or patient safety
research. BMJ Qual Saf. 2013;22(9):777-85. doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2012-001603.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/organising-ma…
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April 13, 2011 - Safety culture in healthcare: a review of concepts,
dimensions, measures and progress.
April 13, 2011
Halligan M, Zecevic A. Safety culture in healthcare: a review of concepts, dimensions, measures and
progress. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20(4):338-43. doi:10.1136/bmjqs.2010.040964.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safety-cul…
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March 04, 2015 - Designing a safer radiology department.
March 4, 2015
Johnson D, Miranda R, Osborn HH, et al. Designing a safer radiology department. AJR Am J Roentgenol.
2012;198(2):398-404. doi:10.2214/AJR.11.7234.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/designing-safer-radiology-department
This commentary discusses how safety metrics app…
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September 09, 2011 - Integrating quality and safety content into clinical
teaching in the acute care setting.
September 9, 2011
Day L, Smith EL. Integrating quality and safety content into clinical teaching in the acute care setting. Nurs
Outlook. 2007;55(3). doi:10.1016/j.outlook.2007.03.002.
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July 20, 2011 - Before you make that big decision...
July 20, 2011
Kahneman D, Lovallo D, Sibony O. Before you make that big decision.. Harv Bus Rev. 2011;89(6):50-60,
137.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/you-make-big-decision
This commentary, whose first author won a Nobel prize for his seminal work on cognitive shortcuts that
und…
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August 01, 2018 - USPSTF Recommendation: Tobacco Smoking Cessation in Adults
Resource title: Behavioral Counseling and Pharmacotherapy Interventions for Tobacco Cessation in Adults: A Review of Reviews for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
Resource description: This comprehensive report synthesizes evidence on the use…
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Topic: Data
AHRQ offers offers robust data sets, including the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project and the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, to help healthcare organizations, providers, and others to examine the quality and safety of care as well as access to care.
Comp…