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psnet.ahrq.gov/periodic-issue/periodic-issue-470
December 31, 2024 - January 15, 2025 Weekly Issue
PSNet highlights the latest patient safety literature, news, and expert commentary, including Weekly
Updates, WebM&M, and Perspectives on Safety. The current issue highlights what's new this week in patient
safety literature, news, conferences, report…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/836790/psn-pdf
March 23, 2022 - Human Factors In Healthcare.
March 23, 2022
Keebler JR, Salas E, Rosen MA, et al. eds. Hum Factors. 2022;64(1):5-258.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/human-factors-healthcare
Human factors concepts are central to improvement in high-risk industries and efforts are emerging to
enfold them into health care organization…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46727/psn-pdf
August 21, 2021 - Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health.
August 21, 2021
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/alliance-innovation-maternal-health
This website provides information from a multidisciplinary collaboration whose mission was to support safe
health care for pregnant and p…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42166/psn-pdf
June 10, 2018 - Drawn curtains, muted alarms, and diverted attention lead
to tragedy in the postanesthesia care unit.
June 10, 2018
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. March 21, 2013;18:1-3.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/drawn-curtains-muted-alarms-and-diverted-attention-lead-tragedy-
postanesthesia-care-unit
This n…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60634/psn-pdf
January 01, 2021 - Quality & safety in the time of coronavirus--design better,
learn faster.
July 1, 2020
Fitzsimons J. Quality and safety in the time of Coronavirus: design better, learn faster. Int J Qual Health
Care. 2021;33(1):mzaa051. doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzaa051.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/quality-safety-time-coronavirus-desig…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45324/psn-pdf
August 31, 2016 - The problem with medication reconciliation.
August 31, 2016
Pevnick JM, Shane R, Schnipper JL. The problem with medication reconciliation. BMJ Qual Saf.
2016;25(9):726-730. doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004734.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/problem-medication-reconciliation
Medication reconciliation has demonstrated safet…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/838320/psn-pdf
May 12, 2010 - Regional variations in diagnostic practices.
May 12, 2010
Song Y, Skinner J, Bynum JPW, et al. Regional variations in diagnostic practices. N Engl J Med.
2010;363(1):45-53. doi:10.1056/nejmsa0910881.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/regional-variations-diagnostic-practices
Improving diagnostic safety is a national pri…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39086/psn-pdf
May 24, 2015 - Psychiatry morbidity and mortality rounds:
implementation and impact.
May 24, 2015
Goldman S, Demaso DR, Kemler B. Psychiatry morbidity and mortality rounds: implementation and impact.
Acad Psychiatry. 2009;33(5):383-8. doi:10.1176/appi.ap.33.5.383.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/psychiatry-morbidity-and-mortality-r…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43974/psn-pdf
April 26, 2015 - 2014 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award
Recipients Announced.
April 26, 2015
Joint Commission.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/2014-john-m-eisenberg-patient-safety-and-quality-award-recipients-announced
The Eisenberg Award honors individuals and organizations who have made vital accomplishments in
im…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36658/psn-pdf
May 27, 2011 - Potassium and phosphorus repletion in hospitalized
patients: implications for clinical practice and the
potential use of healthcare information technology to
improve prescribing and patient safety.
May 27, 2011
Hemstreet BA, Stolpman N, Badesch DB, et al. Potassium and phosphorus repletion in hospitalized
patient…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/838191/psn-pdf
September 28, 2022 - Improved Diagnostic Accuracy Through Probability-
Based Diagnosis.
September 28, 2022
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; September 2022. AHRQ Publication No. 22-
0026-3-EF.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improved-diagnostic-accuracy-through-probability-based-diagnosis
Correct consideration o…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40944/psn-pdf
March 06, 2012 - Using the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Patient Safety Indicators for targeting nursing quality
improvement.
March 6, 2012
Zrelak PA, Utter GH, Sadeghi B, et al. Using the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality patient
safety indicators for targeting nursing quality improvement. J Nurs Care Qual. …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47827/psn-pdf
February 27, 2019 - Improving Usability, Safety and Patient Outcomes With
Health Information Technology.
February 27, 2019
Lau F, Bartle-Clar JA, Bliss G, et al, eds. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2019;257:1-539. ISBN:
9781614999508.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-usability-safety-and-patient-outcomes-health-information-technol…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/839814/psn-pdf
January 01, 2023 - Influencing a culture of quality and safety through
huddles.
November 9, 2022
McCain N, Ferguson T, Barry Hultquist T, et al. Influencing a culture of quality and safety through huddles.
J Nurs Care Qual. 2023;38(1):26-32. doi:10.1097/ncq.0000000000000642.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/influencing-culture-quality-a…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/838083/psn-pdf
September 14, 2022 - A pause in pediatrics: implementation of a pediatric
diagnostic time-out.
September 14, 2022
Yale SC, Cohen SS, Kliegman RM, et al. A pause in pediatrics: implementation of a pediatric diagnostic
time-out. Diagnosis (Berl). 2022;9(3):348-351. doi:10.1515/dx-2022-0010.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pause-pediatrics-…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46586/psn-pdf
January 01, 2020 - Adverse event reporting: harnessing residents to improve
patient safety.
November 8, 2017
Tevis SE, Schmocker RK, Wetterneck TB. Adverse Event Reporting. J Patient Saf. 2020;16(4):294-298.
doi:10.1097/pts.0000000000000333.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/adverse-event-reporting-harnessing-residents-improve-patient-sa…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36520/psn-pdf
June 14, 2011 - Experiences of health professionals who conducted root
cause analyses after undergoing a safety improvement
programme.
June 14, 2011
Braithwaite J, Westbrook MT, Mallock NA, et al. Experiences of health professionals who conducted root
cause analyses after undergoing a safety improvement programme. Qual Saf Health…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42456/psn-pdf
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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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/74048/psn-pdf
November 10, 2021 - Causes of use errors in ventilation devices--systematic
review.
November 10, 2021
Coldewey B, Diruf A, Röhrig R, et al. Causes of use errors in ventilation devices - systematic review. Appl
Ergon. 2021;98:103544. doi:10.1016/j.apergo.2021.103544.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/causes-use-errors-ventilation-devices-s…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42965/psn-pdf
April 20, 2014 - Development of a Web-based surgical booking and
informed consent system to reduce the potential for error
and improve communication.
April 20, 2014
Siracuse JJ, Benoit E, Burke J, et al. Development of a Web-based surgical booking and informed consent
system to reduce the potential for error and improve communicat…