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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/48068/psn-pdf
June 12, 2019 - Health Professions Education.
June 12, 2019
Dhaliwal G, Olson APJ, Singhal G, eds. Diagnosis (Berl). 2019;6(2):75-185.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-professions-education
Clinical and educational environments are increasingly focusing on improving diagnosis. This special issue
explores an overarching approac…
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July 27, 2022 - Measure Dx: A Resource to Identify, Analyze, and Learn
from Diagnostic Safety Events.
July 27, 2022
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; July 2022. AHRQ Publication No. 22-
0038.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/measure-dx-resource-identify-analyze-and-learn-diagnostic-safety-events
Diagno…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/838142/psn-pdf
September 21, 2022 - A health system that won't learn from its mistakes.
September 21, 2022
Keller C. A health system that won't learn from its mistakes. Health Aff (Millwood). 2022;41(9):1353-1356.
doi:10.1377/hlthaff.2022.00581.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-system-wont-learn-its-mistakes
Communication failures due to hierarch…
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August 17, 2022 - Defining and studying errors in surgical care: a
systematic review.
August 17, 2022
Marsh KM, Turrentine FE, Knight K, et al. Defining and studying errors in surgical care: a systematic
review. Ann Surg. 2022;275(6):1067-1073. doi:10.1097/sla.0000000000005351.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/defining-and-studying-err…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47229/psn-pdf
August 01, 2018 - The practice of respect in the ICU.
August 1, 2018
Brown SM, Azoulay E, Benoit D, et al. The Practice of Respect in the ICU. Am J Respir Crit Care Med.
2018;197(11):1389-1395. doi:10.1164/rccm.201708-1676CP.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/practice-respect-icu
This commentary explores the results of a multidisciplina…
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July 05, 2013 - Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare.
July 5, 2013
Joint Commission.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/joint-commission-center-transforming-healthcare
The Joint Commission has traditionally focused on accreditation of health care organizations and, through
its Joint Commission Resources arm, on quality i…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60604/psn-pdf
June 17, 2020 - The limits of current A.I. in health care: patient safety
policing in hospitals.
June 17, 2020
Furrow BR. NE Univ Law Rev. 2020;12(1):1-55.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/limits-current-ai-health-care-patient-safety-policing-hospitals
Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to improve the use of big data to e…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/854637/psn-pdf
October 18, 2023 - A scoping review of clinical handover mnemonic devices.
October 18, 2023
Yung AHW, Pak CS, Watson B. A scoping review of clinical handover mnemonic devices. Int J Qual Health
Care. 2023;35(3):mzad065. doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzad065.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/scoping-review-clinical-handover-mnemonic-devices
Cogniti…
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July 15, 2020 - Culture as a Cure: Assessments of Patient Safety Culture
in OECD Countries.
July 15, 2020
de Bienassisi K, Kristensenii S, Burtscheri M, et al for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation
and Development. Paris, France: OECD Publishing; 2020. OECD Health Working Papers, No. 119.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34648/psn-pdf
April 21, 2015 - Gaps in the continuity of care and progress on patient
safety.
April 21, 2015
Cook RI, Render M, Woods DD. Gaps in the continuity of care and progress on patient safety. BMJ.
2000;320(7237):791-4.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/gaps-continuity-care-and-progress-patient-safety
This commentary discusses the concept o…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44946/psn-pdf
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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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35176/psn-pdf
June 23, 2009 - Mapping changes in surgical mortality over 9 years by
peer review audit.
June 23, 2009
Thompson A, Ashraf Z, Burton H, et al. Mapping changes in surgical mortality over 9 years by peer review
audit. Br J Surg. 2005;92(11):1449-52.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/mapping-changes-surgical-mortality-over-9-years-peer-re…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60040/psn-pdf
March 11, 2020 - Shifting the Mindset: A Closer Look at Hospital
Complaints.
March 11, 2020
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Healthwatch; January 2020.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/shifting-mindset-closer-look-hospital-complaints
Organizations need to do more than report and collect complaint data to realize improvements based on
what is…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44132/psn-pdf
May 13, 2015 - Adverse outcomes: why bad things happen to good
people.
May 13, 2015
Sonnenberg A. Adverse outcomes: why bad things happen to good people. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol.
2015;13(5):820-3.e1. doi:10.1016/j.cgh.2014.07.064.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/adverse-outcomes-why-bad-things-happen-good-people
This commentary…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47464/psn-pdf
October 17, 2018 - How to prevent the top 4 medication errors.
October 17, 2018
Sederstrom J. Drug Topics. September 17, 2018.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/how-prevent-top-4-medication-errors
Medication errors continue to be a worldwide patient safety challenge that requires both systems and
individual practice strategies for improv…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50425/psn-pdf
September 04, 2019 - Why doctors still offer treatments that may not help.
September 4, 2019
Frakt A. New York Times. August 26, 2019.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/why-doctors-still-offer-treatments-may-not-help
The slow adoption of improvement innovations is a persistent challenge to high-quality and safe patient
care. This newspaper…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/851653/psn-pdf
July 26, 2023 - Content analysis of nurses' reflections on medication
errors in a regional hospital.
July 26, 2023
Issacs AN, RAYMOND A, KENT B. Content analysis of nurses’ reflections on medication errors in a
regional hospital. Contemp Nurse. 2023;59(3):202-213. doi:10.1080/10376178.2023.2220432.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/co…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43219/psn-pdf
January 01, 2015 - Developing a reporting and tracking tool for nursing
student errors and near misses.
May 28, 2014
Disch J, Barnsteiner J. Developing a Reporting and Tracking Tool for Nursing Student Errors and Near
Misses. J Nurs Reg. 2015;5(1):4-10. doi:10.1016/s2155-8256(15)30093-4.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/developing-repor…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40790/psn-pdf
January 01, 2012 - Nurses' perceptions of simulation-based interprofessional
training program for rapid response and code blue
events.
December 1, 2011
Wehbe-Janek H, Lenzmeier CR, Ogden PE, et al. Nurses' perceptions of simulation-based
interprofessional training program for rapid response and code blue events. J Nurs Care Qual.
2…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46073/psn-pdf
May 30, 2018 - The burnout crisis in American medicine.
May 30, 2018
Xu R. The Atlantic. May 11, 2018.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/burnout-crisis-american-medicine
Clinician burnout is a growing concern in health care. This magazine article illustrates how ineffective
electronic health record systems contribute to the problem a…