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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42911/psn-pdf
February 12, 2014 - Computerized physician order entry: promise, perils, and
experience.
February 12, 2014
Khanna R, Yen T. Computerized physician order entry: promise, perils, and experience. Neurohospitalist.
2014;4(1):26-33. doi:10.1177/1941874413495701.
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January 02, 2009 - Chemotherapy safety and severe adverse events in
cancer patients: strategies to efficiently avoid
chemotherapy errors in in- and outpatient treatment.
January 2, 2009
Markert A, Thierry V, Kleber M, et al. Chemotherapy safety and severe adverse events in cancer patients:
Strategies to efficiently avoid chemotherap…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41693/psn-pdf
July 02, 2014 - Internal medicine trainees' views of training adequacy and
duty hours restrictions in 2009.
July 2, 2014
Shea JA, Weissman A, McKinney S, et al. Internal medicine trainees' views of training adequacy and duty
hours restrictions in 2009. Acad Med. 2012;87(7):889-94. doi:10.1097/ACM.0b013e3182582583.
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May 10, 2017 - An improvement approach to integrate teaching teams in
the reporting of safety events.
May 10, 2017
Dunbar AE, Cupit M, Vath RJ, et al. An Improvement Approach to Integrate Teaching Teams in the
Reporting of Safety Events. Pediatrics. 2017;139(2). doi:10.1542/peds.2015-3807.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improvemen…
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February 20, 2019 - Pro/con debate: color-coded medication labels.
February 20, 2019
Janik LS, Vender JS, Grissinger M, Litman RS. APSF Newsletter. February 2019;33:72-75.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/procon-debate-color-coded-medication-labels
This pair of commentaries reviews the use of color-coded medications as an anesthesia safe…
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January 01, 2024 - Bringing the equity lens to patient safety event reporting.
October 25, 2023
Gandhi TK, Schulson LB, Thomas AD. Bringing the equity lens to patient safety event reporting. Jt Comm J
Qual Patient Saf. 2024;50(1):87-89. doi:10.1016/j.jcjq.2023.09.003.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/bringing-equity-lens-patient-safety-e…
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June 16, 2021 - The impact of the built environment on patient falls in
hospital rooms: an integrative review.
June 16, 2021
Pati D, Valipoor S, Lorusso L, et al. The impact of the built environment on patient falls in hospital rooms:
an integrative review. J Patient Saf. 2021;17(4):273-281. doi:10.1097/pts.0000000000000613.
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December 29, 2014 - Missed medication doses in hospitalised patients: a
descriptive account of quality improvement measures and
time series analysis.
December 29, 2014
Coleman JJ, Hodson J, Brooks HL, et al. Missed medication doses in hospitalised patients: a descriptive
account of quality improvement measures and time series analysi…
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March 29, 2017 - Building a high-reliability organization: one system's
patient safety journey.
March 29, 2017
Building a high-reliability organization: one system's patient safety journey. J Healthc Manag. 2017;62.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/building-high-reliability-organization-one-systems-patient-safety-journey
High reliabil…
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May 21, 2019 - The Basics of FMEA. 2nd ed.
May 21, 2019
McDermott RE, Mikulak RJ, Beauregard MR. New York, NY: CRC Press; 2009. ISBN: 9781563273773.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/basics-fmea-2nd-edition
The authors provide a handbook that serves as the core tool for understanding and implementing the
failure mode and effect analy…
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March 13, 2024 - Creating a just culture in the perioperative setting.
March 13, 2024
Hooven K, Altmiller G. Creating a just culture in the perioperative setting. AORN J. 2024;119(2):152-160.
doi:10.1002/aorn.14074.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/creating-just-culture-perioperative-setting
Fear of retaliation by leaders or colleague…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45832/psn-pdf
April 05, 2017 - Best Practices in Patient Safety: 2nd Global Ministerial
Summit on Patient Safety.
April 5, 2017
Federal Ministry of Health and World Health Organization: Bonn, Germany; March 2017.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/best-practices-patient-safety-2nd-global-ministerial-summit-patient-safety
This report summarizes a wide…
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July 01, 2020 - The effect of virtual nursing and missed nursing care.
July 1, 2020
Schuelke S, Aurit S, Connot N, et al. The effect of virtual nursing and missed nursing care. Nurs Adm Q.
2020;44(3):280-287. doi:10.1097/naq.0000000000000419.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-virtual-nursing-and-missed-nursing-care
The COVID-19…
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February 25, 2015 - Stories from the sharp end: case studies in safety
improvement.
February 25, 2015
McCarthy D; Blumenthal D. Milbank Q. 2006;84(1):165-200
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/stories-sharp-end-case-studies-safety-improvement
This study shares the efforts of six different health care organizations in implementing intervent…
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August 13, 2014 - Hospital Experiences Using Electronic Health Records to
Support Medication Reconciliation.
August 13, 2014
Grossman JM, Gourevitch R, Cross D. Washington, DC: National Institute for Health Care Reform; July
2014. NIHCR Research Brief No. 17.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospital-experiences-using-electronic-health…
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December 13, 2017 - The effect of opioid prescribing guidelines on
prescriptions by emergency physicians in Ohio.
December 13, 2017
Weiner SG, Baker O, Poon SJ, et al. The Effect of Opioid Prescribing Guidelines on Prescriptions by
Emergency Physicians in Ohio. Ann Emerg Med. 2017;70(6):799-808.e1.
doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2017.03.0…
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February 01, 2017 - Quality gaps identified through mortality review.
February 1, 2017
Kobewka DM, van Walraven C, Turnbull J, et al. Quality gaps identified through mortality review. BMJ Qual
Saf. 2017;26(2):141-149. doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004735.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/quality-gaps-identified-through-mortality-review
Inpatien…
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September 09, 2013 - A toolkit to disseminate best practices in inpatient
medication reconciliation: Multi-Center Medication
Reconciliation Quality Improvement Study (MARQUIS).
September 9, 2013
Mueller SK, Kripalani S, Stein J, et al. A toolkit to disseminate best practices in inpatient medication
reconciliation: multi-center medicat…
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August 01, 2012 - Design and trial of a new ambulance-to-emergency
department handover protocol: 'IMIST-AMBO.'
August 1, 2012
Iedema R, Ball C, Daly B, et al. Design and trial of a new ambulance-to-emergency department handover
protocol: 'IMIST-AMBO'. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21(8):627-33. doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2011-000766.
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May 11, 2022 - At US hospitals, a drug mix-up is just a few keystrokes
away.
May 11, 2022
Kelman B. Kaiser Health News. April 29, 2022.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/us-hospitals-drug-mix-just-few-keystrokes-away
Technological solutions harbor unique risks that can result in patient harm. This article shares a response
to report…