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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.146_slideshow.ppt
March 01, 2007 - Spotlight Case [MONTH] 2003
Spotlight Case March 2007
Failure to Report
Source and Credits
This presentation is based on the March 2007
AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case
See the full article at http://webmm.ahrq.gov
CME credit is available through the Web site
Commentary by: Patrice L. Spath, BA, RHIT, Brown-Sp…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49850/psn-pdf
January 01, 2019 - Critical Order Set Change and Critical Limb Ischemia
January 1, 2019
Clay B. Critical Order Set Change and Critical Limb Ischemia. PSNet [internet]. 2019.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/critical-order-set-change-and-critical-limb-ischemia
The Case
A 72-year-old woman with a history of severe peripheral vascular dis…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49389/psn-pdf
February 01, 2003 - Procedural Mishap: Learning Curve?
February 1, 2003
Gibbs VC, Leape L. Procedural Mishap: Learning Curve? PSNet [internet]. 2003.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/procedural-mishap-learning-curve
The Case
A 28-year-old multiparous obese female presented for laparoscopic tubal ligation. The patient had
undesired fert…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/837785/psn-pdf
August 05, 2022 - Emergence of Application-based Healthcare
August 5, 2022
Marvel FA, Dowell P, Mossburg SE. Emergence of Application-based Healthcare. PSNet [internet]. 2022.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/emergence-application-based-healthcare
Introduction
The demand for digital healthcare, including both telemedicine and hea…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2020-10/final_slides_oct_2020_spotlight_case_inpt_stroke_mngt_in_adolescent_with_type1_diabetes.pdf
January 01, 2020 - Spotlight
Spotlight
Inpatient Stroke Management in a Patient
with Type 1 Diabetes and Home Insulin
Pump
Source and Credits
• This presentation is based on the October 2020 AHRQ WebM&M
Spotlight Case
o See the full article at https://psnet.ahrq.gov/webmm
o CME credit is available
o Commentary by: Berit B…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33797/psn-pdf
January 01, 2016 - Diagnostic Errors: A New Chapter in Patient Safety
Science, Policy, and Practice
January 1, 2016
Singh H. Diagnostic Errors: A New Chapter in Patient Safety Science, Policy, and Practice. PSNet
[internet]. 2016.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/diagnostic-errors-new-chapter-patient-safety-science-policy-and-prac…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49456/psn-pdf
July 12, 2004 - Glucose Roller Coaster
July 1, 2004
Sharpe B. Glucose Roller Coaster. PSNet [internet]. 2004.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/glucose-roller-coaster
The Case
A 71-year-old woman with congestive heart failure was admitted to the hospital. Her medical history was
significant for dialysis-dependent, end-stage kidney d…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33621/psn-pdf
November 01, 2005 - Rapid Response Teams: Lessons from the Early
Experience
November 1, 2005
Krimsky WS. Rapid Response Teams: Lessons from the Early Experience. PSNet [internet]. 2005.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/rapid-response-teams-lessons-early-experience
Perspective
Health care organizations throughout the world have ide…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49471/psn-pdf
December 01, 2004 - Carpe Diem (Seize the Day)
December 1, 2004
Krumholz A. Carpe Diem (Seize the Day). PSNet [internet]. 2004.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/carpe-diem-seize-day
The Case
A 53-year-old man presented for a new patient visit at a local medical clinic. He had several chronic
medical conditions including hypertension, h…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49631/psn-pdf
July 01, 2011 - Patient Safety and Adherence to Self-Administered
Medications
July 1, 2011
Spall H, Van-Spall C, Nieuwlaat R, et al. Patient Safety and Adherence to Self-Administered Medications.
PSNet [internet]. 2011.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/patient-safety-and-adherence-self-administered-medications
The Case
A 30-year-o…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49405/psn-pdf
June 01, 2003 - XL or Smaller?
June 1, 2003
Kozer E. XL or Smaller? PSNet [internet]. 2003.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/xl-or-smaller
The Case
With a history of hypertension and chronic renal failure secondary to hemolytic uremia syndrome at age 3,
a 14-year-old boy presented to the emergency department with dehydration second…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33835/psn-pdf
June 01, 2017 - In Conversation With… Paul Aylin, MBChB
June 1, 2017
In Conversation With… Paul Aylin, MBChB. PSNet [internet]. 2017.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-paul-aylin-mbchb
Editor's note: Professor Aylin is Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at Imperial College London,
where he is also Co-Direc…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49827/psn-pdf
April 01, 2018 - Walking Patient, Missing Drain
April 1, 2018
Olkowski BF, Ravenel M, Stiefel MF. Walking Patient, Missing Drain. PSNet [internet]. 2018.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/walking-patient-missing-drain
The Case
A 43-year-old woman with a history of metastatic breast cancer was admitted to the hospital for an elective
…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33676/psn-pdf
November 01, 2008 - In Conversation with…Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH
November 1, 2008
In Conversation with…Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH. PSNet [internet]. 2008.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-withsanjay-saint-md-mph
Editor's note: Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH, is Professor of Medicine at the University of Michigan and the Ann
Arbor VA …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/weighing-surgical-safety
August 04, 2021 - and lung volume is further reduced when they lie flat.( 8 ) The supine position causes significant increases … the laryngoscopist's view during direct laryngoscopy, and most importantly recruits lung volume and increases … upper body are elevated so that an imaginary horizontal line can be drawn from the sternum to the ear, increases
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effects-introduction-who-surgical-safety-checklist-hospital-mortality-cohort-study
April 24, 2018 - January 9, 2013
The implementation of a perioperative checklist increases patients' perioperative
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/insert-omission
May 09, 2014 - The presence of an IUC increases the risk of spontaneous abortion nearly three-fold, so, whether a pregnancy … should be removed as soon as possible because the risk of spontaneous abortion in the presence of an IUC increases
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49503/psn-pdf
February 01, 2006 - Nurses feel that they must respond to these interruptions and
hassles (5), but doing so increases the … In addition to interruptions and hassles, another factor that increases the risks to patients is low
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49826/psn-pdf
April 01, 2018 - The use of checklists in clinical environments increases adherence to protocols, reduces complications … The use of checklists in clinical environments increases adherence to protocols, reduces
complications
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49473/psn-pdf
March 01, 2005 - The tendency to take
shortcuts and save time is a very human one, but it also increases the risk of … Lack of predictability greatly
increases the risk of mistakes.