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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41082/psn-pdf
January 27, 2012 - The effect of medication reconciliation in elderly patients
at hospital discharge.
January 27, 2012
Midlöv P, Bahrani L, Seyfali M, et al. The effect of medication reconciliation in elderly patients at hospital
discharge. Int J Clin Pharm. 2012;34(1):113-9. doi:10.1007/s11096-011-9599-6.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41035/psn-pdf
January 04, 2012 - Extraneous tissue a potential source for diagnostic error
in surgical pathology.
January 4, 2012
Layfield LJ, Witt BL, Metzger KG, et al. Extraneous tissue: a potential source for diagnostic error in surgical
pathology. Am J Clin Pathol. 2011;136(5):767-72. doi:10.1309/AJCP4FFSBPHAU8IU.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35408/psn-pdf
August 05, 2009 - Factors influencing preceptors' responses to medical
errors: a factorial survey.
August 5, 2009
Mazor KM, Fischer M, Haley H-L, et al. Factors influencing preceptors' responses to medical errors: a
factorial survey. Acad Med. 2005;80(10 Suppl):S88-92.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/factors-influencing-preceptors-res…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/74195/psn-pdf
December 15, 2021 - Technology, Education and Safety.
December 15, 2021
Ruskin KJ, ed. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2021;34(6):720-765
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/technology-education-and-safety-0
Anesthesia services are high risk despite progress made in the specialty to improve its safety. This special
section covers issues that affect…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39340/psn-pdf
March 17, 2010 - Adverse Events in Hospitals: Methods for Identifying
Events.
March 17, 2010
Levinson DR. Washington, DC: US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector
General; March 2010. Report No. OEI-06-08-00221.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/adverse-events-hospitals-methods-identifying-events
This report…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36316/psn-pdf
October 26, 2010 - Improving self-reporting of adverse drug events in a West
Virginia hospital.
October 26, 2010
Schade CP, Hannah K, Ruddick P, et al. Improving self-reporting of adverse drug events in a West Virginia
hospital. Am J Med Qual. 2006;21(5):335-41.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-self-reporting-adverse-drug-even…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47292/psn-pdf
May 01, 2022 - Nebraska Coalition for Patient Safety Annual Report.
May 1, 2022
Omaha, NE: Nebraska Coalition for Patient Safety; 2022.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/nebraska-coalition-patient-safety-2018-annual-report
Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs) provide local evidence to inform learning among their members. This
annual r…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39068/psn-pdf
October 28, 2009 - Four patients say Cedars-Sinai did not tell them they had
received a radiation overdose.
October 28, 2009
Zarembo A.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/four-patients-say-cedars-sinai-did-not-tell-them-they-had-received-radiation-
overdose
This news piece describes communication gaps following a radiation overdose incid…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41086/psn-pdf
January 25, 2012 - Cognitive errors detected in anaesthesiology: a literature
review and pilot study.
January 25, 2012
Stiegler MP, Neelankavil JP, Canales C, et al. Cognitive errors detected in anaesthesiology: a literature
review and pilot study. Br J Anaesth. 2012;108(2):229-35. doi:10.1093/bja/aer387.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issu…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40090/psn-pdf
May 13, 2015 - Patient safety in geriatrics: a call for action.
May 13, 2015
Tsilimingras D, Rosen AK, Berlowitz DR. Patient safety in geriatrics: a call for action. J Gerontol A Biol Sci
Med Sci. 2003;58(9):M813-9.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-geriatrics-call-action
This review discusses medication errors and pat…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38557/psn-pdf
April 22, 2009 - Antecedents of severe and nonsevere medication errors.
April 22, 2009
Chang Y-K, Mark BA. Antecedents of severe and nonsevere medication errors. J Nurs Scholarsh.
2009;41(1):70-8. doi:10.1111/j.1547-5069.2009.01253.x.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/antecedents-severe-and-nonsevere-medication-errors
This study examin…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36879/psn-pdf
June 13, 2011 - Medication Safety and Hospital Referrals: A Report by the
Health and Disability Commissioner.
June 13, 2011
Paterson R. Auckland, NZ; Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner: April 2007.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-safety-and-hospital-referrals-report-health-and-disability-
commissioner
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45735/psn-pdf
July 17, 2017 - CMPA Good Practices Guide.
July 17, 2017
Ottawa, Ontario: Canadian Medical Protective Association; 2016.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cmpa-good-practices-guide
Key patient safety topics include human factors, teamwork, adverse events, communication,
professionalism, and risk management. This website provides resou…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38796/psn-pdf
April 04, 2011 - A 62-year-old woman with skin cancer who experienced
wrong-site surgery.
April 4, 2011
Gallagher TH. A 62-year-old woman with skin cancer who experienced wrong-site surgery: review of
medical error. JAMA. 2009;302(6):669-77. doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1011.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/62-year-old-woman-skin-cancer-who…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42213/psn-pdf
April 17, 2013 - Quality: performance improvement, teamwork,
information technology and protocols.
April 17, 2013
Coleman NE, Pon S. Quality: performance improvement, teamwork, information technology and protocols.
Crit Care Clin. 2013;29(2):129-51. doi:10.1016/j.ccc.2012.11.002.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/quality-performance-im…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46442/psn-pdf
October 04, 2017 - Handoff Communication.
October 4, 2017
APSF Newsletter. October 2017;32:29-56.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/handoff-communication
Handoff processes are known to carry risks of communication errors. This special issue focuses on
transfers involving anesthesia care. Articles review different types of handoffs, chara…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45075/psn-pdf
May 18, 2019 - NHS Improvement.
May 18, 2019
NHS England.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/nhs-improvement
The National Health Service (NHS) has been a global leader in patient safety improvement since the
publication of An Organization With a Memory in 2000. This government resource combines several NHS
initiatives—such as the Nat…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46280/psn-pdf
December 03, 2018 - Lost Mothers: Maternal Care and Preventable Deaths.
December 3, 2018
New York, NY: ProPublica, Inc; 2017-2020.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/lost-mothers-maternal-care-and-preventable-deaths
Maternal mortality is a sentinel event that affects mothers and families across a wide range of
socioeconomic characteristics…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37500/psn-pdf
January 30, 2008 - The prevalence of wrong level surgery among spine
surgeons.
January 30, 2008
Mody MG, Nourbakhsh A, Stahl DL, et al. The prevalence of wrong level surgery among spine surgeons.
Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2008;33(2):194-198. doi:10.1097/BRS.0b013e31816043d1.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prevalence-wrong-level-surgery-a…
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July 15, 2020 - Surprise Wire
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