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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49648/psn-pdf
March 01, 2012 - Postdischarge Follow-Up Phone Call
March 1, 2012
Mourad M, Rennke S. Postdischarge Follow-Up Phone Call. PSNet [internet]. 2012.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/postdischarge-follow-phone-call
Case Objectives
Understand why preventing readmissions through postdischarge phone calls is important.
Describe evidence su…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49651/psn-pdf
May 01, 2012 - The Perils of Cross Coverage
May 1, 2012
Farnan JM, Arora V. The Perils of Cross Coverage. PSNet [internet]. 2012.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/perils-cross-coverage
Case Objectives
Explain the recently instituted ACGME duty hour regulations for 2011 as they pertain to handoffs and
care transitions.
Describe ed…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49777/psn-pdf
December 01, 2016 - Suicidal Ideation in the Family Medicine Clinic
December 1, 2016
Moutier C. Suicidal Ideation in the Family Medicine Clinic. PSNet [internet]. 2016.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/suicidal-ideation-family-medicine-clinic
Case Objectives
Recognize suicide as a major public health problem and the critical role of pri…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-shantanu-agrawal-md-mphil
February 26, 2025 - In Conversation With… Shantanu Agrawal, MD, MPhil
September 1, 2019
Citation Text:
In Conversation With… Shantanu Agrawal, MD, MPhil. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2019.
Co…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49684/psn-pdf
May 01, 2013 - Right Regimen, Wrong Cancer: Patient Catches Medical
Error
May 1, 2013
Weingart SN, Jacobson J. Right Regimen, Wrong Cancer: Patient Catches Medical Error. PSNet [internet].
2013.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/right-regimen-wrong-cancer-patient-catches-medical-error
Case Objectives
Appreciate that chemotherapy a…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49666/psn-pdf
October 01, 2012 - CA-MRSA Skin Infections: An Ounce of Prevention is
Worth a Pound of Cure
October 1, 2012
Liu C. CA-MRSA Skin Infections: An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure. PSNet [internet].
2012.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/ca-mrsa-skin-infections-ounce-prevention-worth-pound-cure
Case Objectives
Identify risk f…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49810/psn-pdf
November 01, 2017 - Palliative Care: Comfort vs. Harm
November 1, 2017
Jox RJ. Palliative Care: Comfort vs. Harm. PSNet [internet]. 2017.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/palliative-care-comfort-vs-harm
Case Objectives
Recognize errors may be difficult to identify in palliative care.
State that medication errors and errors in communica…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/e-prescribing-e-error
February 03, 2021 - Improving patient safety by identifying side effects from introducing bar coding in medication administration
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49579/psn-pdf
March 21, 2009 - These "ring downs" are necessarily brief, do not include identifying information (beyond patient
age
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/adverse-event-during-intrahospital-transport
June 16, 2021 - Adverse Event During Intrahospital Transport
Citation Text:
Bergman L, Chaboyer W. Adverse Event During Intrahospital Transport. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2019.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/reconciling-records
September 01, 2017 - Reconciling Records
Citation Text:
Singh H, Sittig DF, Layden M. Reconciling Records. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2010.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/dropped-lung
February 06, 2012 - The Dropped Lung
Citation Text:
Heffner JR. The Dropped Lung. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2003.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49433/psn-pdf
June 23, 2021 - Environmental Safety in the OR
February 1, 2004
Linkin DR, Lautenbach E. Environmental Safety in the OR . PSNet [internet]. 2004.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/environmental-safety-or
The Case
The infection control department of a hospital noticed a marked increase in the rates of post-operative
sternal wound inf…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49665/psn-pdf
September 01, 2012 - Undetected Foreign Object
September 1, 2012
Cima RR. Undetected Foreign Object. PSNet [internet]. 2012.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/undetected-foreign-object
The Case
A 75-year-old man with a past medical history of end-stage renal disease (on hemodialysis), hypertension,
and diabetes was found to have obstruct…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.296_slideshow.ppt
April 01, 2013 - Spotlight Case July 2008
Spotlight Case
Total Parenteral Nutrition, Multifarious Errors
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Source and Credits
This presentation is based on the April 2013
AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case
See the full article at http://webmm.ahrq.gov
CME credit is available
Commentary by: Joseph I. Boullata, PharmD, RPh, BCNSP…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/new-patient-mistakenly-checked-another
October 01, 2013 - New Patient Mistakenly Checked in as Another
Citation Text:
Green RA, Adelman JS. New Patient Mistakenly Checked in as Another. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2016.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60543/psn-pdf
May 27, 2020 - Wrong Catheter in the Right Patient
May 27, 2020
Chia C, Molla M. Wrong Catheter in the Right Patient. PSNet [internet]. 2020.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/wrong-catheter-right-patient
The Case
A 55-year-old man with history of emphysema was admitted to the hospital for pneumonia. The patient had
two?peripheral…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/857059/psn-pdf
November 29, 2023 - poorly tolerated and the CT scan was misread, and (2) the
subsequent lack of consistent communication identifying
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44112/psn-pdf
November 03, 2015 - Unexpected death within 72 hours of emergency
department visit: were those deaths preventable?
November 3, 2015
Goulet H, Guerand V, Bloom B, et al. Unexpected death within 72 hours of emergency department visit:
were those deaths preventable? Crit Care. 2015;19(1):154. doi:10.1186/s13054-015-0877-x.
https://psnet…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45988/psn-pdf
April 24, 2018 - Translating concerns into action: a detailed qualitative
evaluation of an interdisciplinary intervention on medical
wards.
April 24, 2018
Pannick S, Archer S, Johnston MJ, et al. Translating concerns into action: a detailed qualitative evaluation
of an interdisciplinary intervention on medical wards. BMJ Open. 201…