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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-mark-l-graber-md
January 01, 2016 - errors, these areas include clarifying responsibilities for follow-up of abnormal clinical findings, identifying … with further refinement, a single clinician could use the recently developed Safer Dx instrument for identifying
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/diagnostic-errors-new-chapter-patient-safety-science-policy-and-practice
January 01, 2016 - errors, these areas include clarifying responsibilities for follow-up of abnormal clinical findings, identifying … with further refinement, a single clinician could use the recently developed Safer Dx instrument for identifying
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/patient-safety-concerns-and-lgbtq-population
February 01, 2023 - Sharing sexual and gender history and personal health information is important in identifying, treating … There are other challenges in accessing healthcare and identifying providers.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/ems-patient-safety-field
July 28, 2021 - compliance with medical protocols. 9 The process can also serve to support quality improvement efforts by identifying … And then, how does the service itself perform in identifying critical patients and moving them to the
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39703/psn-pdf
March 18, 2016 - Patient Safety Culture Report: Focusing on Indicators.
March 18, 2016
Utrecht, Netherlands: European Network for Patient Safety; 2010.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-culture-report-focusing-indicators
This report identifies care process and outcome indicators in the European Union and describes how the…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37341/psn-pdf
January 20, 2010 - Patient-Centered Care: What Does It Take?
January 20, 2010
Shaller D. The Commonwealth Fund. October 2007.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-centered-care-what-does-it-take
By sharing the insights of health care leaders, this report identifies important factors for integrating patient-
centered care into organi…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38438/psn-pdf
February 25, 2009 - Minimising medication errors in children.
February 25, 2009
Wong ICK, Wong LYL, Cranswick NE. Minimising medication errors in children. Arch Dis Child.
2009;94(2):161-4. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.116442.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/minimising-medication-errors-children
This review identifies factors that contribute to…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40437/psn-pdf
May 18, 2011 - Health Policy Brief: Improving Quality and Safety.
May 18, 2011
Bethesda, MD: Health Affairs. April 15, 2011:1-7.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-policy-brief-improving-quality-and-safety
This publication explores health care quality and identifies the primary challenges affecting US quality and
safety …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38793/psn-pdf
August 12, 2016 - Pediatric Quality Indicators Overview.
August 12, 2016
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pediatric-quality-indicators-overview
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) Quality Indicators (QIs) represent quality
measures that make use of a hospital's available ad…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35004/psn-pdf
May 18, 2005 - Lean Six Sigma reduces medication errors.
May 18, 2005
Esimai G. Quality Progress; 2005;38(4):51-57.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/lean-six-sigma-reduces-medication-errors
The authors analyze one hospital’s quality management program. Using a Six Sigma methodology,
the program identified policy and practice changes…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35346/psn-pdf
September 21, 2005 - Guide to Healthcare Quality: How to Know It When You
See It.
September 21, 2005
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2005.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/guide-healthcare-quality-how-know-it-when-you-see-it
Part of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) consumer education campa…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41939/psn-pdf
February 11, 2014 - The role of the electronic health record in patient safety
events.
February 11, 2014
Sparnon E, Marella WM. Pa Patient Saf Advis 2012 Dec;9(4):113-21.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/role-electronic-health-record-patient-safety-events
This piece analyzes data submitted to the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting Sys…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33913/psn-pdf
December 22, 2014 - HCUPnet.
December 22, 2014
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hcupnet
This interactive tool identifies, tracks, analyzes, and compares statistics on hospital care. It is part of the
Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). With HCUPnet, users gain easy access to all nati…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40915/psn-pdf
January 04, 2012 - Simulation in obstetric anesthesia.
January 4, 2012
Pratt SD. Focused review: simulation in obstetric anesthesia. Anesth Analg. 2012;114(1):186-90.
doi:10.1213/ANE.0b013e3182377bbc.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/simulation-obstetric-anesthesia
This review examines how simulation training can improve performance, id…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42411/psn-pdf
July 24, 2013 - Surgical checklists: the human factor.
July 24, 2013
O'Connor P, Reddin C, O'Sullivan M, et al. Surgical checklists: the human factor. Patient Saf Surg.
2013;7(1):14. doi:10.1186/1754-9493-7-14.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/surgical-checklists-human-factor
This qualitative study identified several barriers to the …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42845/psn-pdf
December 18, 2014 - Breakdowns in the medication reconciliation process.
December 18, 2014
Gao T, Gaunt MJ. PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. December 2013;10:125-136.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/breakdowns-medication-reconciliation-process
Analyzing data submitted to the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System, this piece identifies
…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36287/psn-pdf
September 20, 2006 - Nursing Home Complaint Investigations.
September 20, 2006
Levinson DR. Washington DC: Office of the Inspector General; July 2006. OEI-01-04-00340.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/nursing-home-complaint-investigations
This report shares findings from an assessment of Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services response…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35953/psn-pdf
May 24, 2006 - Too exhausted to act safely?
May 24, 2006
Spath P. Hosp Peer Rev. 2006;31(4):56-59.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/too-exhausted-act-safely
The author discusses how to identify and evaluate worker fatigue. Part II of this article outlines specific
techniques for reducing health care worker fatigue.
https://psnet.ah…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41441/psn-pdf
July 08, 2021 - National Diabetes Inpatient Audit -- Harms.
July 8, 2021
Leeds, UK: Health and Social Care Information Centre.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/national-diabetes-inpatient-audit-2017
This annual report identified a significant number of medication errors associated with diabetes care in
acute hospitals in England and …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41505/psn-pdf
May 07, 2014 - Health IT Hazard Manager.
May 7, 2014
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. AHRQ Publication No. 12-0058-EF May 2012.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-it-hazard-manager
This Web site provides information associated with a software tool to identify and prevent hazards from
health information…