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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/853629/psn-pdf
September 20, 2023 - Global Knowledge Sharing Platform for Patient Safety.
September 20, 2023
World Health Organization.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/global-knowledge-sharing-platform-patient-safety
The sharing of best practices is a key component of enabling successful strategy implementation in support
of patient safety plans and go…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42668/psn-pdf
January 09, 2014 - Delayed medical emergency team calls and associated
outcomes.
January 9, 2014
Boniatti MM, Azzolini N, Viana M, et al. Delayed medical emergency team calls and associated outcomes.
Crit Care Med. 2014;42(1):26-30. doi:10.1097/CCM.0b013e31829e53b9.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/delayed-medical-emergency-team-calls-a…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41682/psn-pdf
September 19, 2012 - Impact of the unit-based patient safety officer.
September 19, 2012
Nedved P, Chaudhry R, Pilipczuk D, et al. Impact of the unit-based patient safety officer. J Nurs Adm.
2012;42(9):431-434. doi:10.1097/NNA.0b013e318266810e.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-unit-based-patient-safety-officer
A unit-based nurse p…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43003/psn-pdf
March 05, 2014 - Learning from every death.
March 5, 2014
Huddleston JM, Diedrich DA, Kinsey GC, et al. Learning from every death. J Patient Saf. 2014;10(1):6-12.
doi:10.1097/PTS.0000000000000053.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/learning-every-death
This commentary describes how design and implementation of an institutional mortality…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37115/psn-pdf
October 04, 2011 - Evaluation of an anonymous system to report medical
errors in pediatric inpatients.
October 4, 2011
Taylor JA, Brownstein D, Klein EJ, et al. Evaluation of an anonymous system to report medical errors in
pediatric inpatients. J Hosp Med. 2007;2(4):226-33.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/evaluation-anonymous-system-re…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43315/psn-pdf
May 10, 2016 - Chief resident for quality improvement and patient safety:
a description.
May 10, 2016
Cox LAM, Fanucchi LC, Sinex NC, et al. Chief resident for quality improvement and patient safety: a
description. Am J Med. 2014;127(6):565-8. doi:10.1016/j.amjmed.2014.02.034.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/chief-resident-quality-…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41261/psn-pdf
May 04, 2012 - Case-based learning for patient safety: the Lessons
Learnt program for UK junior doctors.
May 4, 2012
Ahmed M, Arora S, Baker P, et al. Case-based learning for patient safety: the Lessons Learnt program for
UK junior doctors. World J Surg. 2012;36(5):956-8. doi:10.1007/s00268-012-1499-y.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/iss…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38117/psn-pdf
September 29, 2017 - Advances in Patient Safety: New Directions and
Alternative Approaches.
September 29, 2017
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; July 2008. AHRQ Publication Nos. 080034 (1-
4).
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/advances-patient-safety-new-directions-and-alternative-approaches
The 115 articles freel…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35357/psn-pdf
February 03, 2011 - Effects of work hour reduction on residents' lives: a
systematic review.
February 3, 2011
Fletcher KE, Underwood W, Davis SQ, et al. Effects of Work Hour Reduction on Residents’ Lives. JAMA.
2005;294(9):1088. doi:10.1001/jama.294.9.1088.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effects-work-hour-reduction-residents-lives-syst…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36241/psn-pdf
October 21, 2010 - 'Clean Care is Safer Care': the Global Patient Safety
Challenge 2005-2006.
October 21, 2010
Pittet D, Allegranzi B, Storr J, et al. 'Clean Care is Safer Care': the Global Patient Safety Challenge 2005-
2006. Int J Infect Dis. 2006;10(6):419-24.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/clean-care-safer-care-global-patient-safe…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39701/psn-pdf
April 14, 2011 - Medication errors with electronic prescribing (eP): two
views of the same picture.
April 14, 2011
Savage I, Cornford T, Klecun E, et al. Medication errors with electronic prescribing (eP): Two views of the
same picture. BMC Health Serv Res. 2010;10:135. doi:10.1186/1472-6963-10-135.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/me…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35980/psn-pdf
January 01, 2019 - The development of the National Reporting and Learning
System in England and Wales, 2001-2005.
December 23, 2012
Williams SK, Osborn SS. The development of the National Reporting and Learning System in England and
Wales, 2001–2005. Med J Aust. 2019;184(S10) (S10):s65-s68. doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00366.x.
ht…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36754/psn-pdf
August 09, 2011 - Improving patient safety and communication through care
rounds in a pediatric oncology outpatient clinic.
August 9, 2011
Blough CA, Walrath JM. Improving patient safety and communication through care rounds in a pediatric
oncology outpatient clinic. J Nurs Care Qual. 2007;22(2):159-63.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/48052/psn-pdf
June 12, 2019 - How organisations contribute to improving the quality of
healthcare.
June 12, 2019
Fulop NJ, Ramsay AIG. How organisations contribute to improving the quality of healthcare. BMJ.
2019;365:l1773. doi:10.1136/bmj.l1773.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/how-organisations-contribute-improving-quality-healthcare
Quality a…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/837808/psn-pdf
August 05, 2024 - Recognizing Excellence in Diagnosis: Recommended
Practices for Hospitals.
August 5, 2024
Washington, DC: Leapfrog Group; July 2024.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/recognizing-excellence-diagnosis-recommended-practices-hospitals
Diagnostic safety is beginning to be established as a systemic, rather than solely an ind…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38890/psn-pdf
December 30, 2014 - Intravenous infusion safety technology: return on
investment.
December 30, 2014
Danello SH, Maddox RR, Schaack GJ. Intravenous Infusion Safety Technology: Return on Investment.
Hosp Pharm. 2010;44(8):680-688. doi:10.1310/hpj4408-680.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/intravenous-infusion-safety-technology-return-invest…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/867804/psn-pdf
February 26, 2025 - Are We Safer Today?
February 26, 2025
Bates DW, Lee M, Mossburg SE. Are We Safer Today? PSNet [internet]. 2025.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/are-we-safer-today
In the 1999 report, To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System, the Institute of Medicine (now the
National Academy of Medicine) drew on two lar…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.326_slideshow.ppt
June 01, 2014 - PowerPoint Presentation
Spotlight
Wandering Off the Floors: Safety and Security Risks of Patient Wandering
1
This presentation is based on the June 2014
AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case
See the full article at http://webmm.ahrq.gov
CME credit is available
Commentary by: Thomas A. Smith, CHPA, CPP, President, Healthc…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45320/psn-pdf
January 01, 2017 - The problem with the '5 whys.'
September 14, 2016
Card AJ. The problem with '5 whys'. BMJ Qual Saf. 2017;26(8):671-677. doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2016-005849.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/problem-5-whys
Investigation of incidents in complex systems can be hindered by time limitations, lack of follow-up, and
incomplete res…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45476/psn-pdf
September 21, 2016 - Use of a surgical safety checklist to improve team
communication.
September 21, 2016
Cabral RA, Eggenberger T, Keller K, et al. Use of a surgical safety checklist to improve team
communication. AORN J. 2016;104(3):206-216. doi:10.1016/j.aorn.2016.06.019.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/use-surgical-safety-checklist-i…