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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42463/psn-pdf
July 31, 2013 - Safety Problems With Your Child's Medical Device?
July 31, 2013
Consumer Updates. Silver Spring, MD: US Food and Drug Administration; July 16, 2013.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safety-problems-your-childs-medical-device
This information sheet covers how misuse of medical devices in children may contribute to adver…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40688/psn-pdf
November 16, 2016 - Guide to Infection Prevention for Outpatient Settings:
Minimum Expectations for Safe Care.
November 16, 2016
Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2011.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/guide-infection-prevention-outpatient-settings-minimum-expectations-safe-care
This report suggests strategies to p…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35646/psn-pdf
December 16, 2008 - The National Report Card on the State of Emergency
Medicine.
December 16, 2008
American College of Emergency Physicians; ACEP
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/national-report-card-state-emergency-medicine
This Web site provides access to emergency medical services evaluations in four categories: access,
quality and p…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36161/psn-pdf
February 17, 2011 - Language barriers to health care in the United States.
February 17, 2011
Flores G. Language barriers to health care in the United States. N Engl J Med. 2006;355(3):229-31.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/language-barriers-health-care-united-states
The author discusses how language barriers can compromise a patient's h…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35607/psn-pdf
January 23, 2012 - The Patients' View: 2004 ISQSH National Survey.
January 23, 2012
Dublin: Irish Society for Quality and Safety in Healthcare; 2004.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patients-view-2004-isqsh-national-survey
This report provides results from a 26-hospital survey investigating areas of service and care weakness in
Irish h…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37611/psn-pdf
February 15, 2011 - SBAR for patients.
February 15, 2011
Denham CR. SBAR for Patients. J Patient Saf. 2008;4(1). doi:10.1097/pts.0b013e2181660c06.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/sbar-patients
This commentary presents information and background on the standardized communication process known
as SBAR (situation, background, assessment, a…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39153/psn-pdf
December 02, 2009 - Checking the right boxes, but failing the patient.
December 2, 2009
Rifkin D. New York Times. November 16, 2009;Science Desk:5.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/checking-right-boxes-failing-patient
Reporting on cases of miscommunication and missed diagnosis, this news column illustrates how strictly
following quality …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41202/psn-pdf
March 07, 2012 - Reducing latent errors, drift errors, and stakeholder
dissonance.
March 7, 2012
Samaras GM. Work: J Prev Assess Rehabil. 2012;41:1948-1955.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/reducing-latent-errors-drift-errors-and-stakeholder-dissonance
This commentary discusses system and user errors in health information technology a…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35071/psn-pdf
November 04, 2015 - Implementation, CPOE, and medication errors.
November 4, 2015
Bradley V. Implementation, CPOE, and medication errors. Comput Inform Nurs. 2005;23(3):113-114, 138.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/implementation-cpoe-and-medication-errors
In this editorial, a nurse informaticist responds to issues raised by the March …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35964/psn-pdf
August 10, 2010 - Using technology to promote perinatal patient safety.
August 10, 2010
McCartney PR. Using technology to promote perinatal patient safety. J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs.
2006;35(3):424-31.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/using-technology-promote-perinatal-patient-safety
The author presents recommendations for using h…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33906/psn-pdf
October 18, 2017 - Your Medicine, Be Smart, Be Safe.
October 18, 2017
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: 2011. AHRQ publication no. 11-0049-A.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/your-medicine-be-smart-be-safe
This Web site assists consumers in learning how to take medications safely. The materials answer
common que…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35148/psn-pdf
June 13, 2011 - IOM panel reviews lessons for medication safety.
June 13, 2011
Young D.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/iom-panel-reviews-lessons-medication-safety
This article summarizes comments made at the second meeting of the Committee on Identifying and
Preventing Medication Errors. Topics covered include teamwork, engaging pa…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39159/psn-pdf
May 04, 2010 - Radiologists' responses to inadequate referrals.
May 4, 2010
Lysdahl KB, Hofmann BM, Espeland A. Radiologists' responses to inadequate referrals. Eur Radiol.
2010;20(5):1227-33. doi:10.1007/s00330-009-1640-y.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/radiologists-responses-inadequate-referrals
Radiologists frequently receive i…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39632/psn-pdf
May 20, 2016 - Medical Liability Reform & Patient Safety Initiative.
May 20, 2016
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; AHRQ.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medical-liability-reform-patient-safety-initiative
This website disseminates information regarding an AHRQ-funded initiative to implement and evaluate
medical liability …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2021-02/final_feb_2021_spotlight_delay_in_appropriate_dx.pdf
January 01, 2021 - Microsoft PowerPoint - FINAL Feb 2021 Spotlight_Delay in Appropriate DX.pptx - Read-Only
Spotlight
Delay in Appropriate Diagnosis and
Treatment Leading to Death from
Pulmonary Embolism
Source and Credits
• This presentation is based on the February 2021 AHRQ WebM&M
Spotlight Case
o See the full article at ht…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/867656/psn-pdf
February 26, 2025 - In Conversation with Lucy Savitz about Learning Health
Systems for Patient Safety
February 26, 2025
Savitz LA, Sousane Z, Mossburg SE. In Conversation with Lucy Savitz about Learning Health Systems for
Patient Safety. PSNet [internet]. 2025.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-lucy-savitz-about-learnin…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/864867/psn-pdf
April 10, 2024 - Hindsight is 20/20: Thrombolytics for Alcohol Intoxication
April 10, 2024
Hindsight is 20/20: Thrombolytics for Alcohol Intoxication. PSNet [internet]. 2024.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/hindsight-2020-thrombolytics-alcohol-intoxication
Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships: As a provider accredited by th…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/843234/psn-pdf
January 01, 2013 - Overdose of Gabapentin and Oxycodone in a Patient with
End-Stage Renal Disease: A Case for Appropriate
Interruptive Drug-Disease Alerts.
February 1, 2023
Keenan CR, MacDonald S, Takeshita A, et al. Overdose of Gabapentin and Oxycodone in a Patient with
End-Stage Renal Disease: A Case for Appropriate Interruptive D…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60363/psn-pdf
March 01, 2021 - Transition Coaches® Reduce Readmissions for Medicare
Patients With Complex Postdischarge Needs
Originally published on June 12, 2020
Last updated on January 11, 2021
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/innovation/transition-coachesr-reduce-readmissions-medicare-patients-complex-
postdischarge-needs
Summary
Under a program kn…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/human-factors-engineering-can-teach-you-how-be-surprised-again
November 01, 2006 - Human Factors Engineering Can Teach You How to Be Surprised Again
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