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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40938/psn-pdf
November 16, 2011 - Decreasing 30-day readmission rates.
November 16, 2011
Lacker C. Decreasing 30-day readmission rates. Am J Nurs. 2011;111(11):65-69.
doi:10.1097/01.NAJ.0000407308.53587.02.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/decreasing-30-day-readmission-rates
Analyzing data from the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority Reporting Syste…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36587/psn-pdf
January 14, 2011 - The value of inking breast cores to reduce specimen mix-
up.
January 14, 2011
Renshaw AA, Kish R, Gould EW. The value of inking breast cores to reduce specimen mix-up. Am J Clin
Pathol. 2007;127(2):271-2.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/value-inking-breast-cores-reduce-specimen-mix
The authors describe a tissue spec…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35246/psn-pdf
July 11, 2007 - Treatment errors in healthcare: a safety climate approach.
July 11, 2007
Naveh E, Katz-Navon T, Stern Z. Treatment errors in healthcare: a safety climate approach. . Manage Sci.
2005;51(6):948-960. doi:10.1287/mnsc.1050.0372.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/treatment-errors-healthcare-safety-climate-approach
The auth…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40317/psn-pdf
November 21, 2016 - Achieving an Exceptional Patient and Family Experience
of Inpatient Hospital Care.
November 21, 2016
Balik B, Conway J, Zipperer L, Watson J. Cambridge, MA: Institute for Healthcare Improvement; 2011.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/achieving-exceptional-patient-and-family-experience-inpatient-hospital-care
This whit…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38139/psn-pdf
October 15, 2008 - Medication reconciliation at hospital discharge:
evaluating discrepancies.
October 15, 2008
Wong JD, Bajcar J, Wong GG, et al. Medication reconciliation at hospital discharge: evaluating
discrepancies. Ann Pharmacother. 2008;42(10):1373-9. doi:10.1345/aph.1L190.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-reconciliati…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35952/psn-pdf
August 02, 2010 - Manage staff fatigue to improve patient safety.
August 2, 2010
Spath P. Manage staff fatigue to improve patient safety. Part 2 of 2. Hospital peer review. 2006;31(5):70-2.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/manage-staff-fatigue-improve-patient-safety
The author discusses three steps for reducing staff fatigue. Part I of …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35390/psn-pdf
September 10, 2009 - Teaching and medical errors: primary care preceptors'
views.
September 10, 2009
Mazor KM, Fischer M, Haley H-L, et al. Teaching and medical errors: primary care preceptors' views. Med
Educ. 2005;39(10):982-90.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/teaching-and-medical-errors-primary-care-preceptors-views
The authors inter…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36313/psn-pdf
October 26, 2010 - Observational assessment of surgical teamwork: a
feasibility study.
October 26, 2010
Undre S, Healey A, Darzi A, et al. Observational assessment of surgical teamwork: a feasibility study.
World J Surg. 2006;30(10):1774-83.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/observational-assessment-surgical-teamwork-feasibility-study
T…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39128/psn-pdf
December 01, 2009 - Rapid response teams and continuous quality
improvement.
November 25, 2009
Dailey MS, Durkin S, Gulczynski B, et al. Patient Saf Qual Healthc. Nov/Dec 2009;6:28-31.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/rapid-response-teams-and-continuous-quality-improvement
This study discusses how analysis of rapid response team calls id…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35787/psn-pdf
July 01, 2009 - Hospital Bed System Dimensional and Assessment
Guidance to Reduce Entrapment.
July 1, 2009
Rockville MD: Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration; 2006.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospital-bed-system-dimensional-and-assessment-guidance-reduce-
entrapment
This document provides ba…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35830/psn-pdf
July 22, 2010 - EMS helicopter crashes: what influences fatal outcome?
July 22, 2010
Baker SP, Grabowski JG, Dodd RS, et al. EMS helicopter crashes: what influences fatal outcome? Ann
Emerg Med. 2006;47(4):351-356.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ems-helicopter-crashes-what-influences-fatal-outcome
The authors studied data on emerge…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38978/psn-pdf
January 04, 2010 - Unintended exposure in radiotherapy: identification of
prominent causes.
January 4, 2010
Boadu M, Rehani MM. Unintended exposure in radiotherapy: identification of prominent causes. Radiother
Oncol. 2009;93(3):609-17. doi:10.1016/j.radonc.2009.08.044.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/unintended-exposure-radiotherapy-i…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35527/psn-pdf
June 29, 2011 - Patient-reported service quality on a medicine unit.
June 29, 2011
Weingart SN, Pagovich O, Sands DZ, et al. Patient-reported service quality on a medicine unit. Int J Qual
Health Care. 2006;18(2):95-101.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-reported-service-quality-medicine-unit
The investigators interviewed pati…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38074/psn-pdf
June 04, 2018 - Questions and Answers on FDA's Adverse Event
Reporting System (FAERS).
October 3, 2017
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, US Food and Drug Administration. June 4, 2018.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/questions-and-answers-fdas-adverse-event-reporting-system-faers
This FAQ provides information on and access to …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38520/psn-pdf
September 19, 2016 - Inpatient suicide in a general hospital.
September 19, 2016
Cheng I-C, Hu F-C, Tseng M-CM. Inpatient suicide in a general hospital. Gen Hosp Psychiatry.
2009;31(2):110-5. doi:10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2008.12.008.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/inpatient-suicide-general-hospital
Suicide attempts by hospitalized patient…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36408/psn-pdf
December 22, 2010 - Development of a rating system for surgeons' non-
technical skills.
December 22, 2010
Yule S, Flin R, Paterson-Brown S, et al. Development of a rating system for surgeons' non-technical skills.
Med Educ. 2006;40(11):1098-104.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/development-rating-system-surgeons-non-technical-skills
The…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36113/psn-pdf
September 28, 2010 - "It's not our ass": medical resident sense-making
regarding lawsuits.
September 28, 2010
Noland CM, Carl WJ. "It's not our ass": medical resident sense-making regarding lawsuits. Health
Commun. 2006;20(1):81-9.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/its-not-our-ass-medical-resident-sense-making-regarding-lawsuits
The inves…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38375/psn-pdf
December 01, 2019 - ISMP QuarterWatch Reports.
April 17, 2019
Horsham, PA: Institute for Safe Medication Practices.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ismp-quarterwatch-reports
This website provides quarterly reports that identify and analyze new risks related to medications and
adverse drug events submitted to the Food and Drug Administra…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39743/psn-pdf
October 13, 2010 - Anatomy and pathophysiology of errors occurring in
clinical radiology practice.
October 13, 2010
Brook OR, O'Connell AM, Thornton E, et al. Quality initiatives: anatomy and pathophysiology of errors
occurring in clinical radiology practice. Radiographics. 2010;30(5):1401-10. doi:10.1148/rg.305105013.
https://psnet…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37503/psn-pdf
January 06, 2017 - Addressing postdischarge adverse events: a neglected
area.
January 6, 2017
Tsilimingras D. Addressing postdischarge adverse events: a neglected area. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf.
2008;34(2):85-97.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/addressing-postdischarge-adverse-events-neglected-area
This review examined the literatur…