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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/851652/psn-pdf
July 26, 2023 - Breast cancer missed at screening; hindsight or
mistakes?
July 26, 2023
Hovda T, Larsen M, Romundstad L, et al. Breast cancer missed at screening; hindsight or mistakes? Eur J
Radiol. 2023;165:110913. doi:10.1016/j.ejrad.2023.110913.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/breast-cancer-missed-screening-hindsight-or-mistakes…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46324/psn-pdf
August 09, 2017 - IHI Framework for Improving Joy in Work.
August 9, 2017
Perlo J, Balik B, Swensen S, et al. Cambridge, MA: Institute for Healthcare Improvement; 2017.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ihi-framework-improving-joy-work
Leadership has a responsibility to establish a culture that fosters staff and clinician well-being as a…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/74871/psn-pdf
October 01, 2023 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention.
February 14, 2023
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. April 2022 – October 2023.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ahrq-safety-program-mrsa-prevention
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections are a persistent challenge in hospitals. Thi…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44856/psn-pdf
September 29, 2017 - Antibiotic Stewardship in Acute Care: A Practical
Playbook.
September 29, 2017
National Quality Partners. Washington, DC: National Quality Forum; 2016.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/antibiotic-stewardship-acute-care-practical-playbook
Antimicrobial stewardship has been promoted as a strategy to improve patient safe…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44538/psn-pdf
October 21, 2015 - Timing of the diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity
disorder and autism spectrum disorder.
October 21, 2015
Miodovnik A, Harstad E, Sideridis G, et al. Timing of the Diagnosis of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity
Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorder. Pediatrics. 2015;136(4):e830-7. doi:10.1542/peds.2015-1502.…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43602/psn-pdf
October 15, 2014 - Classifying errors in preventable and potentially
preventable trauma deaths: a 9-year review using the
Joint Commission's standardized methodology.
October 15, 2014
Vioque SM, Kim PK, McMaster J, et al. Classifying errors in preventable and potentially preventable trauma
deaths: a 9-year review using the Joint Com…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/webmm-case-studies
March 25, 2025 - WebM&M: Case Studies
WebM&M (Morbidity & Mortality Rounds on the Web) features expert analysis of medical errors reported anonymously by our readers. Spotlight Cases include interactive learning modules available for CME/CPE . Commentaries are written by patient safety experts and published monthly. Have you encou…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60722/psn-pdf
February 06, 2023 - Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Diagnostic
Error
January 11, 2022
Desai AN, Romano PS. Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Diagnostic Error. PSNet [internet].
2022.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-and-diagnostic-error
Originally published July 30, 2020. Updated January …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/61029/psn-pdf
October 14, 2020 - A doctor gave me an inept diagnosis for a neurological
problem. I should know: I’m a neurologist.
October 14, 2020
Horowitz SH. Washington Post. October 4, 2020.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/doctor-gave-me-inept-diagnosis-neurological-problem-i-should-know-im-
neurologist
The harm of misdiagnosis can be exte…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/845300/psn-pdf
March 01, 2023 - The impact of medication reconciliation and review in
patients using oral chemotherapy.
March 1, 2023
Darcis E, Germeys J, Stragier M, et al. The impact of medication reconciliation and review in patients using
oral chemotherapy. J Oncol Pharm Pract. 2023;29(2):270-275. doi:10.1177/10781552211066959.
https://psnet…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46972/psn-pdf
March 28, 2018 - SOPS Health Information Technology Patient Safety
Supplemental Item Set for the Hospital Survey.
March 28, 2018
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; March 2018.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/sops-health-information-technology-patient-safety-supplemental-item-set-
hospital-survey
Organizationa…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/72570/psn-pdf
January 01, 2021 - Provider-patient communication and hospital ratings:
perceived gaps and forward thinking about the effects of
COVID-19.
December 16, 2020
Belasen AT, Hertelendy AJ, Belasen AR, et al. Provider–patient communication and hospital ratings:
perceived gaps and forward thinking about the effects of COVID-19. Int J Qual …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40049/psn-pdf
April 12, 2011 - Field test results of a new ambulatory care Medication
Error and Adverse Drug Event Reporting
System—MEADERS.
April 12, 2011
Hickner J, Zafar A, Kuo GM, et al. Field test results of a new ambulatory care Medication Error and
Adverse Drug Event Reporting System--MEADERS. Ann Fam Med. 2010;8(6):517-25.
doi:10.1370/…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46965/psn-pdf
March 28, 2018 - The other opioid crisis: hospital shortages lead to patient
pain, medical errors.
March 28, 2018
Bartolone P. Kaiser Health News. March 16, 2018.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/other-opioid-crisis-hospital-shortages-lead-patient-pain-medical-errors
Drug shortages may require clinicians, pharmacists, and hospitals to…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41756/psn-pdf
October 10, 2012 - Patient safety and dentistry: what do we need to know?
Fundamentals of patient safety, the safety culture and
implementation of patient safety measures in dental
practice.
October 10, 2012
Yamalik N, Pérez BP. Patient safety and dentistry: what do we need to know? Fundamentals of patient
safety, the safety cultur…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47897/psn-pdf
January 01, 2021 - What influences sustainment and nonsustainment of
facilitation activities in implementation? Analysis of
organizational factors in hospitals implementing
TeamSTEPPS.
June 5, 2019
Baloh J, Zhu X, Ward MM. What influences sustainment and nonsustainment of facilitation activities in
implementation? Analysis of organ…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/841760/psn-pdf
December 21, 2022 - Pursuit of "endpoint diagnoses" as a cognitive forcing
strategy to avoid premature diagnostic closure.
December 21, 2022
Kaplan HM, Birnbaum JF, Kulkarni PA. Pursuit of “endpoint diagnoses” as a cognitive forcing strategy to
avoid premature diagnostic closure. Diagnosis (Berl). 2022;9(4):421-429. doi:10.1515/dx-202…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45142/psn-pdf
November 18, 2016 - Explanation and elaboration of the SQUIRE (Standards for
Quality Improvement Reporting Excellence) Guidelines,
V.2.0: examples of SQUIRE elements in the healthcare
improvement literature.
November 18, 2016
Goodman D, Ogrinc G, Davies L, et al. Explanation and elaboration of the SQUIRE (Standards for Quality
Impro…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43188/psn-pdf
May 21, 2014 - Training induces cognitive bias: the case of a simulation-
based emergency airway curriculum.
May 21, 2014
Park C, Stojiljkovic L, Milicic B, et al. Training induces cognitive bias: the case of a simulation-based
emergency airway curriculum. Simul Healthc. 2014;9(2):85-93. doi:10.1097/SIH.0b013e3182a90304.
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August 02, 2015 - Sustainability and long-term effectiveness of the WHO
surgical safety checklist combined with pulse oximetry in
a resource-limited setting: two-year update from Moldova.
August 2, 2015
Kim RY, Kwakye G, Kwok AC, et al. Sustainability and long-term effectiveness of the WHO surgical safety
checklist combined with pu…