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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/why-do-we-still-page-each-other-examining-frequency-types-and-senders-pages-academic-medical
September 11, 2019 - hospital and compared the data to a similar study performed in 1988. … This represented a nearly 50% increase in the volume of pages compared to 1988. … September 11, 2019
Effectiveness of a 'Do not interrupt' bundled intervention to reduce … March 2, 2022
How do hospital inpatients conceptualise patient safety? … September 26, 2016
Interruptions in a level one trauma center: a case study.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/do-malpractice-claim-clinical-case-vignettes-enhance-diagnostic-accuracy-and-acceptance
October 04, 2023 - Study
Do malpractice claim clinical case vignettes enhance diagnostic accuracy and … February 2, 2022
Do patients' disruptive behaviours influence the accuracy of a doctor's … February 14, 2017
How would final-year medical students perform if their skill-based … May 3, 2023
Use of a structured approach and virtual simulation practice to improve diagnostic … to check cognitive errors in clinical setting.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ranking-hospitals-avoidable-death-rates-derived-retrospective-case-record-review
August 10, 2022 - The concept of preventability can be difficult to apply to avoidable hospital mortality. … , this commentary outlines the weaknesses of this measure, such as how resource constraints can limit … January 7, 2015
Doing 'detective work' to find a cancer: how are non-specific symptom … March 12, 2025
The good, the bad and the ugly: what do we really do when we identify … November 18, 2016
What would you ideally do if there were no targets?
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/how-identify-and-manage-problem-behaviors
December 01, 2009 - The goal is to have a better understanding of how and why people react the way they do and, through this … resulting in either termination of employment or suspension of staff privileges (see Case Study ). … Case Study
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(Go to case study citation in perspective)
One organization was having a … RW: How do you do this across disciplines? … August 25, 2011
Understanding safety culture in long-term care: a case study.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/do-nurse-and-patient-injuries-share-common-antecedents-analysis-associations-safety-climate
February 29, 2012 - Study
Do nurse and patient injuries share common antecedents? … Do nurse and patient injuries share common antecedents? … Do nurse and patient injuries share common antecedents? … cross-sectional case study of puncture/laceration. … May 20, 2009
How will we know patients are safer?
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/decision-support-tools-systems-and-artificial-intelligence-cardiac-imaging
October 19, 2022 - Discussing how artificial intelligence can be utilized to inform diagnostic decision making and improve … February 10, 2021
To tell the truth, the whole truth, may do patients harm: the problem … A case study from a large metropolitan healthcare trust. … April 13, 2017
Do telephone call interruptions have an impact on radiology resident diagnostic … August 3, 2016
Clinically missed cancer: how effectively can radiologists use computer-aided
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.146_slideshow.ppt
March 01, 2007 - Note for speaker: examples of how to minimize interruptions in drug delivery zone: This can be done by … either moving medication storage to a quieter location or creating some type of “Do Not Disturb” signage … of disciplinary action
Perception that management would take no notice and was not likely to do anything … How to Improve Reporting:
Create a Culture of Safety
Caregivers must feel safe from undeserved disciplinary … Committed to Safety: Ten Case Studies on Reducing Harm to Patients.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/morphine-overdose-error-propagation-acute-pain-service-une-surdose-de-morphine-resultant-de
January 13, 2016 - The authors provide a case study involving patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) pump errors that contributed … They discuss how the case illustrates that small mistakes can combine to create major problems. … August 5, 2008
A Guide to Patient Safety in the Medical Practice. … February 20, 2008
To Do No Harm: Ensuring Patient Safety in Health Care Organizations … April 29, 2018
New technology, new errors: how to prime an upgrade of an insulin infusion
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/positive-deviance-different-approach-achieving-patient-safety
May 15, 2024 - Positive deviance: a different approach to achieving patient safety. … Highlighting how positive deviance has demonstrated an encouraging effect on hand hygiene compliance … Positive deviance: a different approach to achieving patient safety. … case study of department leaders in nursing homes. … April 21, 2015
From harm to hope and purposeful action: what could we do after Francis
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/anatomy-incident-disclosure-importance-dialogue
February 20, 2012 - This detailed case study discusses a unique incident disclosure process that involved prolonged dialogue … Download Citation
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What do … October 21, 2011
Patients' and family members' views on how clinicians enact and how … November 17, 2014
The contribution of nurses to incident disclosure: a narrative review … March 23, 2011
Reengineering hospital discharge: a protocol to improve patient safety
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/creation-root-cause-analysis-and-action-rca2-standard-work-multidisciplinary-team-prevent
October 19, 2022 - Creation of root cause analysis and action (RCA2) standard work by a multidisciplinary team to prevent … sentinel event: a qualitative case study. … November 29, 2023
Psychosocial processes in healthcare workers: how individuals' perceptions … conflicts: review of case reports from a national Veterans Affairs database. … April 20, 2011
WebM&M Cases
Do Not Disturb!
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/case-mistaken-intubation
July 01, 2016 - This case provides an opportunity to discuss how to optimally transmit wishes for life-sustaining treatments … the data-sharing agreements that first must be forged to do so safely. … State registries do not cross state lines, while patients often do. … health care preferences and how to ensure those wishes can easily be transmitted across health care … Ideally, the original hospital team would have been aware of how to upload his POLST, and this would
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/project-jessica
September 16, 2020 - Audiovisual
Do No Harm: Jess's Story. … This video chronicles how an undiagnosed heart condition led to a teenager's death and offers tips … coronavirus 2019: a checklist to facilitate disclosure. … September 28, 2016
Mortality review as a tool to assess the contribution of healthcare-associated … infections to death: results of a multicentre validity and reproducibility study, 11 European Union
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/learning-failure-need-independent-safety-investigation-healthcare
September 24, 2018 - leaders of nursing homes negotiate their dual responsibilities- a case study. … February 28, 2024
Leading quality and safety on the frontline - a case study of department … May 15, 2024
Investigating hospital supervision: a case study of regulatory inspectors … and requirements for complying with quality and safety regulation in nursing homes - a case study. … June 9, 2021
First do no harm: practitioners' ability to 'diagnose' system weaknesses
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/reduction-medication-errors-related-sliding-scale-insulin-introduction-standardized-order
June 19, 2024 - Insulin is known to be a high-risk medication. … This study demonstrates how standardization can support patient safety. … reports of diagnostic errors. … June 19, 2024
Diagnostic errors in uncommon conditions: a systematic review of case reports … February 14, 2018
Effectiveness of a 'Do not interrupt' bundled intervention to reduce
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patients-conceptualizations-responsibility-healthcare-typology-understanding-differing
January 08, 2020 - Yet, how patients perceive the responsibility for achieving safety remains poorly understood. … better understand how they attribute responsibility for their safety in the health care setting. … to care home transitions: a retrospective content analysis. … Socio-technical issues and challenges in implementing safe patient handovers: insights from ethnographic case … studies.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/am-i-right-when-i-am-sure-data-consistency-influences-relationship-between-diagnostic
March 18, 2013 - their diagnosis was and how certain they felt. … prospective observational case study of five teaching hospitals. … September 1, 2019
A patient safety approach to setting pass/fail standards for basic … January 9, 2014
Teaching about how doctors think: a longitudinal curriculum in cognitive … September 18, 2013
Do you have to re-examine to reconsider your diagnosis?
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/how-organisations-contribute-improving-quality-healthcare
June 25, 2014 - Commentary
How organisations contribute to improving the quality of healthcare. … How organisations contribute to improving the quality of healthcare. … How organisations contribute to improving the quality of healthcare. … February 20, 2019
How do hospital boards govern for quality improvement? … December 1, 2010
Case study: getting boards on board at Allen Memorial Hospital, Iowa
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/errors-and-near-misses-what-health-care-could-learn-aviation
September 01, 2006 - It's a matter of how do you get people to understand this? … leaders of nursing homes negotiate their dual responsibilities- a case study. … February 28, 2024
Leading quality and safety on the frontline - a case study of department … May 15, 2024
Investigating hospital supervision: a case study of regulatory inspectors … and requirements for complying with quality and safety regulation in nursing homes - a case study.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospital-board-and-management-practices-are-strongly-related-hospital-performance-clinical
October 27, 2021 - As many hospital boards still do not prioritize patient safety, these results help identify management … 1,500 avoidable deaths a year—and aim to do even better. … March 2, 2016
Post event debriefs: a commitment to learning how to better care for patients … January 13, 2016
Exploring the role of communications in quality improvement: a case … study of the 1000 Lives Campaign in NHS Wales.