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March 04, 2020 - Study
Finding blunders in thyroid testing: experience in newborns.
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Zilka LJ, Lott JA, Baker LC, et al. Finding blunders in thyroid testing: experience in newborns. J Clin Lab Anal. 2008;22(4):254-6. doi:10.1002/jcla.20247.
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April 24, 2018 - Written Signout: It Only Works If You Use The Right One
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Lewis K, Rosenbluth G. Written Signout: It Only Works If You Use The Right One. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2018.
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April 05, 2023 - Implement strategies to prevent persistent medication
errors and hazards.
April 5, 2023
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute care edition. March 23, 2023;28(6):1-4.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/implement-strategies-prevent-persistent-medication-errors-and-hazards
Medication mistakes are recognized contributors to p…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38889/psn-pdf
April 01, 2010 - Anatomy of a failure: a sociotechnical evaluation of a
laboratory physician order entry system implementation.
April 1, 2010
Peute LW, Aarts J, Bakker PJM, et al. Anatomy of a failure: a sociotechnical evaluation of a laboratory
physician order entry system implementation. Int J Med Inform. 2010;79(4):e58-70.
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April 03, 2024 - Implement strategies to prevent persistent medication
errors and hazards: 2024.
April 3, 2024
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care. 2024;29(6):1-4.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/implement-strategies-prevent-persistent-medication-errors-and-hazards-2024
Systemic failures can perpetuate unsafe care if a lack of p…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50875/psn-pdf
February 05, 2020 - Implementing Closing the Loop. Safe Practices for
Diagnostic Results
February 5, 2020
Partnership for HIT Patient Safety. Plymouth Meeting, PA: ECRI Institute; 2020.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/implementing-closing-loop-safe-practices-diagnostic-results
Health information technology (HIT) can improve record keepi…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42355/psn-pdf
February 11, 2015 - Advancing Successful Care Transitions to Improve
Outcomes.
February 11, 2015
Society of Hospital Medicine
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/project-boost-mentored-implementation-program
This Web site provides resources associated with the Better Outcomes for Older adults through Safe
Transitions project, called Projec…
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October 30, 2024 - currently in operation in the U.S., each with its own patient care and staffing model. 8
Date First Implemented
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Toolkit Submissions
PSNet encourages healthcare-related organizations to help make care safer by submitting a Patient Safety Toolkit to support the implementation of products, services, processes, systems, policies, organizational stru…
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March 13, 2013 - The top patient safety strategies that can be encouraged
for adoption now.
March 13, 2013
Shekelle PG, Pronovost P, Wachter R, et al. The top patient safety strategies that can be encouraged for
adoption now. Ann Intern Med. 2013;158(5 Pt 2):365-8. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-158-5-201303051-00001.
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March 03, 2025 - Improving Quality and Safety in Healthcare.
March 3, 2025
Dixon-Woods M, Martin G, eds. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press; 2022-2025.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-quality-and-safety-healthcare
Improvement activities are complex initiatives that require synergistic actions by organizations to be
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/837038/psn-pdf
May 04, 2022 - Mind the Implementation Gap. The Persistence of
Avoidable Harm in the NHS.
May 4, 2022
London UK: Patient Safety Learning: 2022.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/mind-implementation-gap-persistence-avoidable-harm-nhs
Unsafe care affects a wide range of individuals and organizations physically, emotionally, and financi…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45619/psn-pdf
August 16, 2017 - Checking the lists: a systematic review of electronic
checklist use in health care.
August 16, 2017
Kramer HS, Drews FA. Checking the lists: A systematic review of electronic checklist use in health care. J
Biomed Inform. 2017;71S:S6-S12. doi:10.1016/j.jbi.2016.09.006.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73249/psn-pdf
May 12, 2021 - I-PASS handover system: a decade of evidence demands
action.
May 12, 2021
Shahian DM. I-PASS handover system: a decade of evidence demands action. BMJ Qual Saf.
2021;30(10):769-774. doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2021-013314.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/i-pass-handover-system-decade-evidence-demands-action
The I-PASS structu…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42903/psn-pdf
September 29, 2017 - How policy makers can smooth the way for
communication-and-resolution programs.
September 29, 2017
Sage WM, Gallagher TH, Armstrong S, et al. How policy makers can smooth the way for communication-
and- resolution programs. Health Aff (Millwood). 2014;33(1):11-9. doi:10.1377/hlthaff.2013.0930.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37116/psn-pdf
October 04, 2011 - Adopting National Quality Forum medication safe
practices: progress and barriers to hospital
implementation.
October 4, 2011
Rask KJ, Culler SD, Scott T, et al. Adopting National Quality Forum medication safe practices: Progress
and barriers to hospital implementation. J Hosp Med. 2007;2(4). doi:10.1002/jhm.187.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/866072/psn-pdf
June 05, 2024 - WHO Global Report on Patient Safety.
June 5, 2024
Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 2024. ISBN 9789240095458.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/who-global-report-patient-safety
Comparative data can help to inform and motivate patient safety improvement efforts. This report uses the
seven objectives of the…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38474/psn-pdf
March 10, 2011 - Using computerized provider order entry and clinical
decision support to improve referring physicians'
implementation of consultants' medical
recommendations.
March 10, 2011
Were MC, Abernathy G, Hui SL, et al. Using computerized provider order entry and clinical decision
support to improve referring physicians' …
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May 31, 2023 - Date First Implemented
2006
Problem Addressed
Severely injured patients
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September 15, 2024 - going around the circle giving each person the opportunity to share or use of a “talking stick” can be implemented