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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42141/psn-pdf
April 03, 2013 - The silence of the unblown whistle: the Nevada hepatitis
C public health crisis.
April 3, 2013
Leary E, Diers D. The silence of the unblown whistle: the Nevada hepatitis C public health crisis. Yale J
Biol Med. 2013;86(1):79-87.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/silence-unblown-whistle-nevada-hepatitis-c-public-health-…
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August 31, 2016 - Learning From Mistakes.
August 31, 2016
London, UK: Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman; July 18, 2016. ISBN: 9781474135764.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/learning-mistakes
The National Health Service (NHS) has a history of sharing analyses of problems in its system.
Summarizing an NHS investigation into the…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/851067/psn-pdf
June 28, 2023 - Assessing medication safety in settings not designated
solely for pediatric patients.
June 28, 2023
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute care edition. June 15, 2023;28(12);1-5.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/assessing-medication-safety-settings-not-designated-solely-pediatric-patients
Pediatric patients are at increa…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47369/psn-pdf
April 08, 2019 - Why do hundreds of US women die annually in
childbirth?
April 8, 2019
Slomski A. Why Do Hundreds of US Women Die Annually in Childbirth? JAMA. 2019;321(13):1239-1241.
doi:10.1001/jama.2019.0714.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/why-do-hundreds-us-women-die-annually-childbirth
Maternal mortality is a sentinel event th…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/852449/psn-pdf
August 16, 2023 - Missed nursing care in emergency departments: a
scoping review.
August 16, 2023
Duhalde H, Bjuresäter K, Karlsson I, et al. Missed nursing care in emergency departments: a scoping
review. Int Emerg Nurs. 2023;69:101296. doi:10.1016/j.ienj.2023.101296.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/missed-nursing-care-emergency-depa…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/838125/psn-pdf
September 22, 2022 - Frontiers in measuring structural racism and its health
effects.
September 22, 2022
Brown TH, Homan PA. Frontiers in measuring structural racism and its health effects. Health Serv Res.
2022;57(3):443-447. doi:10.1111/1475-6773.13978.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/frontiers-measuring-structural-racism-and-its-healt…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/864846/psn-pdf
March 20, 2024 - The association between nurse staffing and quality of
care in emergency departments: a systematic review.
March 20, 2024
Drennan J, Murphy A, McCarthy VJC, et al. The association between nurse staffing and quality of care in
emergency departments: a systematic review. Int J Nurs Stud. 2024;153:104706.
doi:10.1016/…
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November 09, 2015 - The overlooked danger of delirium in hospitals.
November 9, 2015
Boodman SG. The Atlantic. June 7, 2015.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/overlooked-danger-delirium-hospitals
Delirium is a common unintended consequence of hospitalization, most often following a surgical
procedure. This magazine article discusses chara…
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June 06, 2018 - Please don't sleep through this wake-up call.
June 6, 2018
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. May 2, 2001.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/please-dont-sleep-through-wake-call
This is an alert from the Institute for Safe Medication Practices informing readers of a fatal medication error
that occu…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47453/psn-pdf
May 20, 2019 - Patient safety and the ageing physician: a qualitative
study of key stakeholder attitudes and experiences.
May 20, 2019
White AA, Sage WM, Osinska PH, et al. Patient safety and the ageing physician: a qualitative study of key
stakeholder attitudes and experiences. BMJ Qual Saf. 2019;28(6):468-475. doi:10.1136/bmjqs…
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June 02, 2021 - An estimate of missed pediatric sepsis in the emergency
department.
June 2, 2021
Cifra CL, Westlund E, Ten Eyck P, et al. An estimate of missed pediatric sepsis in the emergency
department. Diagnosis (Berl). 2020;8(2):193-198. doi:10.1515/dx-2020-0023.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/estimate-missed-pediatric-sepsis-…
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November 18, 2015 - Demanding Medical Excellence. Doctors and
Accountability in the Information Age.
November 18, 2015
Millenson ML. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press; 1999. ISBN: 9780226525884.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/demanding-medical-excellence-doctors-and-accountability-information-age
Millenson, a Pulitzer-nomin…
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August 16, 2023 - American Geriatrics Society 2023 updated AGS Beers
Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in
Older Adults.
August 16, 2023
American Geriatrics Society Beers Criteria® Update Expert Panel. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2023;71(7):2052-
2081.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/american-geriatrics-society-2023-updated-…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50884/psn-pdf
February 12, 2020 - Prescribing patterns of heart failure-exacerbating
medications following a heart failure hospitalization.
February 12, 2020
Goyal P, Kneifati-Hayek J, Archambault A, et al. Prescribing patterns of heart failure-exacerbating
medications following a heart failure hospitalization. JACC Heart Fail. 2019;8(1):25-34.
do…
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May 16, 2022 - Check Twice, Transport Once
May 16, 2022
DePew A, Rice J, Chou J. Check Twice, Transport Once. PSNet [internet]. 2022.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/check-twice-transport-once
The Case
Case #1: A 26-year-old woman (Patient A) presented to the Emergency Department (ED) with abdominal
pain and was diagnosed with “s…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/865662/psn-pdf
April 24, 2024 - Oncologist perceptions of racial disparity, racial anxiety,
and unconscious bias in clinical interactions, treatment,
and outcomes.
April 24, 2024
Balanean A, Bland E, Gajra A, et al. Oncologist perceptions of racial disparity, racial anxiety, and
unconscious bias in clinical interactions, treatment, and outcomes.…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/866517/psn-pdf
August 14, 2024 - Feedback loop failure modes in medical diagnosis: how
biases can emerge and be reinforced.
August 14, 2024
Aikens RC, Chen JH, Baiocchi M, et al. Feedback loop failure modes in medical diagnosis: how biases can
emerge and be reinforced. Med Decis Making. 2024;44(5):481-496. doi:10.1177/0272989x241248612.
https://p…
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November 17, 2011 - Acute Hepatitis C virus infections attributed to unsafe
injection practices at an endoscopy clinic—Nevada, 2007.
November 17, 2011
Prevention C for DC and. Acute hepatitis C virus infections attributed to unsafe injection practices at an
endoscopy clinic--Nevada, 2007. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2008;57(19):513-7.
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December 08, 2010 - Sentinel events. In memory of Ben—a case study.
December 8, 2010
Haas D. Sentinel events. In memory of Ben--a case study. Jt Comm Perspect. 1997;17(2):12-5.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/sentinel-events-memory-ben-case-study
Written from the perspective of a risk manager, the author tells the story of a medication a…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45387/psn-pdf
August 15, 2016 - Preventing medication errors.
August 15, 2016
Stefanacci RG, Riddle A. Preventing medication errors. Geriatr Nurs. 2016;37(4):307-10.
doi:10.1016/j.gerinurse.2016.06.005.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-medication-errors
Nursing home patients are particularly vulnerable to medication errors. This commentar…