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  1. Preoperative multidisciplinary team huddle improves communication and safety for unscheduled cesarean deliveries: a system redesign using improvement science. | PSNet

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    October 19, 2022 - Study Preoperative multidisciplinary team huddle improves communication and safety for unscheduled cesarean deliveries: a system redesign using improvement science. Citation Text: Girnius A, Snyder C, Czarny H, et al. Preoperative multidisciplinary team huddle improves communication and …

  2. A National Web Conference on Improving Health IT Safety Through the Use of Natural Language Processing to Improve Accuracy of EHR Documentation. | PSNet

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    May 01, 2017 - Webinar A National Web Conference on Improving Health IT Safety Through the Use of Natural Language Processing to Improve Accuracy of EHR Documentation. Citation Text: A National Web Conference on Improving Health IT Safety Through the Use of Natural Language Processing to Improve Accura…

  3. Surgical safety checklist audits may be misleading! Improving the implementation and adherence of the surgical safety checklist: a quality improvement project. | PSNet

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    November 24, 2021 - Study Surgical safety checklist audits may be misleading! Improving the implementation and adherence of the surgical safety checklist: a quality improvement project. Citation Text: Brown B, Bermingham S, Vermeulen M, et al. Surgical safety checklist audits may be misleading! Improving th…

  4. Standardized postoperative handover process improves outcomes in the intensive care unit: a model for operational sustainability and improved team performance. | PSNet

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    June 21, 2015 - Study Standardized postoperative handover process improves outcomes in the intensive care unit: a model for operational sustainability and improved team performance. Citation Text: Bhakta RT, Stockwell DC. Transitions of care in the pediatric cardiac intensive care unit*. Crit Care Med…

  5. In Conversation with...David Marx, JD | PSNet

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    October 01, 2007 - As we make improvements in the process, we make sure we design it to prevent error, make risk apparent

  6. Spotlight (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2021 - comorbidities, increased use of spinal instrumentation, rising rates of intravenous drug use, and improvements

  7. Intraosseous Line Extravasation in a Pediatric Trauma Patient | PSNet

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    September 29, 2021 - Davis, Health must ensure balance, independence and objectivity in all its CME activities to promote improvements

  8. Some Patients Can't Wait: Improving Timeliness of Emergency Department Care | PSNet

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    November 25, 2020 - Davis, Health must ensure balance, independence and objectivity in all its CME activities to promote improvements

  9. Artificial Intelligence and Diagnostic Errors | PSNet

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    January 31, 2020 - For example, with improvements in image analysis, systems may be used to autonomously triage patients

  10. Safety Across The Board | PSNet

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    August 31, 2020 - adopted the Lean Six Sigma principles of performance improvement and use that to methodically drive the improvements

  11. Culture Clash No More: Integration and Coordination of Disease Treatment and Palliative Care | PSNet

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    December 23, 2020 - Davis, Health must ensure balance, independence and objectivity in all its CME activities to promote improvements

  12. Playing Well with Others: "Translocational Research" in Patient Safety | PSNet

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    September 01, 2005 - longer says that we're a research agency and we conduct important research that will hopefully lead to improvements

  13. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    November 30, 2021 - Davis, Health must ensure balance, independence and objectivity in all its CME activities to promote improvements

  14. Overdose of Gabapentin and Oxycodone in a Patient with End-Stage Renal Disease: A Case for Appropriate Interruptive Drug-Disease Alerts. | PSNet

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    October 31, 2023 - Davis, Health must ensure balance, independence and objectivity in all its CME activities to promote improvements

  15. How Does Infection Prevention Fit Into a Safety Program? | PSNet

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    March 01, 2014 - AH : The use of data to drive quality improvements—Florence Nightingale was looking at infection-related

  16. Two Cases of Retained Vaginal Packing: When Writing an Order is Not Enough | PSNet

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    September 01, 2003 - Davis, Health must ensure balance, independence and objectivity in all its CME activities to promote improvements

  17. In Conversation With… Alison Holmes, MD, MPH | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-alison-holmes-md-mph
    March 01, 2014 - AH : The use of data to drive quality improvements—Florence Nightingale was looking at infection-related

  18. Preparing for Health Reform: The Federal Government and the Nursing Workforce | PSNet

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    September 01, 2012 - December 23, 2020 Effect of changes in hospital nursing resources on improvements in

  19. The Role of the National Quality Forum (NQF) in the Quest for Transparency in U.S. Hospitals' Patient Safety Performance | PSNet

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    April 01, 2010 - But in all honesty, we haven't seen large improvements in quality or safety, and we haven't really achieved

  20. Balancing Supervision and Autonomy: An Ongoing Tension | PSNet

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    February 01, 2012 - August 16, 2023 National improvements in resident physician-reported patient safety after
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