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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42757/psn-pdf
November 20, 2013 - Clinical ICT Systems in the Victorian Public Health Sector.
November 20, 2013
Doyle J. Melbourne, Australia: Victorian Auditor-General's Office; October 30, 2013.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/clinical-ict-systems-victorian-public-health-sector
Following the implementation of a large clinical information communicati…
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September 12, 2016 - Failure to rescue as a process measure to evaluate fetal
safety during labor.
September 12, 2016
Beaulieu MJ. Failure to rescue as a process measure to evaluate fetal safety during labor. MCN Am J
Matern Child Nurs. 2009;34(1):18-23. doi:10.1097/01.NMC.0000343861.64614.c9.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/failure-resc…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41543/psn-pdf
January 18, 2013 - Research on nursing handoffs for medical and surgical
settings: an integrative review.
January 18, 2013
Staggers N, Blaz JW. Research on nursing handoffs for medical and surgical settings: an integrative
review. J Adv Nurs. 2013;69(2):247-62. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2648.2012.06087.x.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/resea…
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January 27, 2012 - Methods for assessing the preventability of adverse drug
events: a systematic review.
January 27, 2012
Hakkarainen KM, Sundell KA, Petzold M, et al. Methods for assessing the preventability of adverse drug
events: a systematic review. Drug Saf. 2012;35(2):105-26. doi:10.2165/11596570-000000000-00000.
https://psnet…
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November 13, 2019 - Deep Dive: Safe Ambulatory Care, Strategies for Patient
Safety & Risk Reduction.
November 13, 2019
Plymouth Meeting, PA: ECRI Institute; 2019.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/deep-dive-safe-ambulatory-care-strategies-patient-safety-risk-reduction
Outpatient safety is gaining traction as a focal point of analysis and …
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May 10, 2017 - National Healthcare Safety Network.
May 10, 2017
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/national-healthcare-safety-network-0
Health care–associated infection are a persistent patient safety problem. This website provides resources
related to a national health care–associated infec…
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April 02, 2014 - Save a brain, make a checklist.
April 2, 2014
Hamblin J. The Atlantic. March 17, 2014.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/save-brain-make-checklist
Reporting on the use of checklists, this magazine article describes studies that identified benefits, such as
reduced complication rates, along with research that questioned…
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July 12, 2010 - Improving the accuracy of patient identification in the
medication-use process.
July 12, 2010
Trapskin PJ, White L, Armitstead JA. Improving the accuracy of patient identification in the medication-use
process. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2006;63(3):218, 220-2.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-accuracy-patient-i…
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April 13, 2016 - Is misdiagnosis inevitable?
April 13, 2016
Page L. Medscape Business of Medicine. March 28, 2016.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/misdiagnosis-inevitable
This news article reports on the prevalence of diagnostic error and describes characteristics that contribute
to the problem, including insufficient clinician famil…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47490/psn-pdf
December 05, 2018 - Check your medical records for dangerous errors.
December 5, 2018
Graham J. Kaiser Health News. November 21, 2018.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/check-your-medical-records-dangerous-errors
Patients can identify errors in their medical records that health care providers may not recognize. This
news article highlight…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43564/psn-pdf
January 15, 2019 - Are hospitals in a med safety standard slump?
January 15, 2019
Wild D. Pharmacy Practice News. September 8, 2014.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/are-hospitals-med-safety-standard-slump
Highlighting how hospital compliance rates with Joint Commission medication–related standards have
remained mostly unchanged from 20…
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April 15, 2019 - Epidemiology of adverse events in air medical transport.
April 15, 2019
MacDonald RD, Banks BA, Morrison M. Epidemiology of adverse events in air medical transport. Acad
Emerg Med. 2008;15(10):923-931. doi:10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00241.x.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/epidemiology-adverse-events-air-medical-transpo…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36993/psn-pdf
September 15, 2011 - A transdisciplinary team acting on evidence through
analyses of moot malpractice cases.
September 15, 2011
Constantino RE. A transdisciplinary team acting on evidence through analyses of moot malpractice cases.
Dimens Crit Care Nurs. 2007;26(4):150-5.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/transdisciplinary-team-acting-evid…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42145/psn-pdf
March 27, 2013 - Trends in adverse events over time: why are we not
improving?
March 27, 2013
Shojania KG, Thomas EJ. Trends in adverse events over time: why are we not improving? BMJ Qual Saf.
2013;22(4):273-7. doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2013-001935.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/trends-adverse-events-over-time-why-are-we-not-improving
Th…
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June 10, 2018 - Oops, sorry, wrong patient! A patient verification process
is needed everywhere, not just at the bedside.
June 10, 2018
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute care edition. March 10, 2011;16:1-4.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/oops-sorry-wrong-patient-patient-verification-process-needed-everywhere-not-
just-bedside
Th…
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October 23, 2013 - Patient Safety Investigation report into services at
University Hospital Galway (UHG) and as reflected in the
care provided to Savita Halappanavar.
October 23, 2013
Dublin, Ireland: Health Information and Quality Authority; October 2013.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-investigation-report-services-uni…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39824/psn-pdf
December 06, 2010 - Team working in intensive care: current evidence and
future endeavors.
December 6, 2010
Richardson J, West MA, Cuthbertson BH. Team working in intensive care: current evidence and future
endeavors. Curr Opin Crit Care. 2010;16(6):643-8. doi:10.1097/MCC.0b013e32833e9731.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/team-working-in…
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April 14, 2011 - Effective healthcare teams require effective team
members: defining teamwork competencies.
April 14, 2011
Leggat SG. Effective healthcare teams require effective team members: defining teamwork competencies.
BMC Health Serv Res. 2007;7:17.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effective-healthcare-teams-require-effective-t…
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September 11, 2009 - Chronology of medication errors by nurses: accumulation
of stresses and PTSD symptoms.
September 11, 2009
Rassin M, Kanti T, Silner D. Chronology of medication errors by nurses: accumulation of stresses and
PTSD symptoms. Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2005;26(8):873-86.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/chronology-medicatio…
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January 07, 2015 - Syndromic surveillance for health information system
failures: a feasibility study.
January 7, 2015
Ong M-S, Magrabi F, Coiera E. Syndromic surveillance for health information system failures: a feasibility
study. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2013;20(3):506-12. doi:10.1136/amiajnl-2012-001144.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/iss…