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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49425/psn-pdf
November 01, 2003 - Misread Label
November 1, 2003
Franklin BD. Misread Label. PSNet [internet]. 2003.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/misread-label
The Case
An infant was born with sluggish respirations. During labor the infant’s mother had received meperidine
[Demerol, a pain medication], a narcotic with a half-life of 2.5-4.0 hours…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49500/psn-pdf
January 01, 2006 - Confusion With Acetaminophen
January 1, 2006
Heubi JE. Confusion With Acetaminophen. PSNet [internet]. 2006.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/confusion-acetaminophen
The Case
Parents brought their 5-year-old son to the emergency department (ED) with a 24-hour history of fever,
cough, and frontal headache. Physical e…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33790/psn-pdf
August 01, 2015 - New Insights on Safety and Health IT
August 1, 2015
Hettinger ZA, Ratwani RM, Fairbanks RJ. New Insights on Safety and Health IT. PSNet [internet]. 2015.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/new-insights-safety-and-health-it
Perspective
Despite the widespread adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) over the las…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49766/psn-pdf
August 21, 2016 - Getting the (Right) Doctor, Right Away
August 21, 2016
Gupta K, Khanna R. Getting the (Right) Doctor, Right Away. PSNet [internet]. 2016.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/getting-right-doctor-right-away
The Case
A 57-year-old woman with a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease underwent hip surgery.
Postop…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33627/psn-pdf
February 01, 2006 - Removing Insult from Injury—Disclosing Adverse Events
February 1, 2006
Wu AW. Removing Insult from Injury—Disclosing Adverse Events. PSNet [internet]. 2006.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/removing-insult-injury-disclosing-adverse-events
Perspective
You pull into a parking space, swing open the car door, and ar…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33781/psn-pdf
March 01, 2015 - In Conversation With… Brian Jarman, PhD
March 1, 2015
In Conversation With… Brian Jarman, PhD. PSNet [internet]. 2015.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-brian-jarman-phd
Editor's note: Sir Brian Jarman is an emeritus professor at Imperial College School of Medicine and a
past president of the Britis…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/inadvertent-use-more-potent-acid-leads-burn
November 01, 2023 - Inadvertent Use of More Potent Acid Leads to Burn
Citation Text:
Maibach HI. Inadvertent Use of More Potent Acid Leads to Burn. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2016.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49410/psn-pdf
July 01, 2003 - A Little Shuteye
July 1, 2003
Farion KJ. A Little Shuteye. PSNet [internet]. 2003.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/little-shuteye
The Case
A 3-year-old boy was seen in urgent care for a superficial laceration above the left eyebrow. The
pediatrician had heard of the availability of topical skin adhesive that can be…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33755/psn-pdf
September 01, 2013 - What We've Learned About Leveraging Leadership and
Culture to Affect Change and Improve Patient Safety
September 1, 2013
Singer SJ. What We've Learned About Leveraging Leadership and Culture to Affect Change and Improve
Patient Safety. PSNet [internet]. 2013.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/what-weve-learned-ab…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/836878/psn-pdf
April 27, 2022 - The Media’s Role in Patient Safety
April 27, 2022
Millenson ML, Dowell P, Mossburg SE. The Media’s Role in Patient Safety. PSNet [internet]. 2022.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/medias-role-patient-safety
Brief History of the Media Influencing Patient Safety
Despite studies raising questions about avoidable ha…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.299_slideshow.ppt
May 01, 2013 - Spotlight Case July 2008
Spotlight Case
Right Regimen, Wrong Cancer: Patient Catches Medical Error
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Source and Credits
This presentation is based on the May 2013
AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case
See the full article at http://webmm.ahrq.gov
CME credit is available
Commentary by: Joseph O. Jacobson, MD, MSc…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33713/psn-pdf
June 01, 2011 - The Safety of Medical Devices
June 1, 2011
Nemeth CP. The Safety of Medical Devices. PSNet [internet]. 2011.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/safety-medical-devices
Perspective
Edward Tenner is right. Technology does have reverberations, including unintended consequences, or
"revenge effects."(1) While such dra…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.200_slideshow.ppt
May 01, 2009 - Spotlight Case July 2008
Spotlight Case
Delirium or Dementia?
Source and Credits
This presentation is based on the May 2009
AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case
See the full article at http://webmm.ahrq.gov
CME credit is available
Commentary by: James L. Rudolph, MD, SM
Editor, AHRQ WebM&M: Robert Wachter, MD
Sp…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.398_slideshow.ppt
February 01, 2017 - PowerPoint Presentation
Spotlight
The Hazards of Distraction: Ticking All the EHR Boxes
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Source and Credits
This presentation is based on the February 2017
AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case
See the full article at https://psnet.ahrq.gov/webmm
CME credit is available
Commentary by: Anthony C. Easty, PhD, Adjunct Pr…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/getting-patient-safety-personal-story
August 01, 2006 - safety behaviors (particularly the technologies mentioned above), the recruitment and education of an increasing
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-withlucian-leape-md
August 01, 2006 - safety behaviors (particularly the technologies mentioned above), the recruitment and education of an increasing
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/framework-assessing-reasoning-about-controversial-end-life-clinical-decisions
November 30, 2023 - Maintaining an awareness that shared decision-making requires shared reasoning is important because of the increasing
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-libby-hoy-and-stephen-hoy
March 10, 2021 - patient engagement, ensuring patients a means of providing their feedback is a potential approach for increasing
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/diagnostic-errors-medicine-what-do-doctors-and-umpires-have-common
February 01, 2007 - And of course there is increasing pressure on the system to get it right, to not make so many mistakes
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psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/post-acute-transitional-services-safety-home-based-care-programs
April 24, 2024 - with hospitalization (e.g., nosocomial infections, delirium, and other adverse events) have led to increasing