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February 26, 2025 - Are We Safer Today?
February 26, 2025
Bates DW, Lee M, Mossburg SE. Are We Safer Today? PSNet [internet]. 2025.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/are-we-safer-today
In the 1999 report, To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System, the Institute of Medicine (now the
National Academy of Medicine) drew on two lar…
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April 01, 2021 - Strategies and Approaches for Tracking Improvements in
Patient Safety
April 1, 2021
Shaikh U. Strategies and Approaches for Tracking Improvements in Patient Safety . PSNet [internet]. 2021.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/strategies-and-approaches-tracking-improvements-patient-safety
Background
An essential aspect …
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October 01, 2012 - Looking for Meds in All the Wrong Places
October 1, 2012
Manias E. Looking for Meds in All the Wrong Places. PSNet [internet]. 2012.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/looking-meds-all-wrong-places
The Case
A 40-year-old uninsured woman with anxiety ran out of her prescribed clonazepam and had a seizure. She
went to t…
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August 01, 2005 - In Conversation with…Barbara A. Blakeney, MS, RN
August 1, 2005
In Conversation with…Barbara A. Blakeney, MS, RN. PSNet [internet]. 2005.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-withbarbara-blakeney-ms-rn
Editor's Note: Barbara A. Blakeney, MS, RN, is President of the 150,000-member American Nurses
Associa…
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June 01, 2014 - PowerPoint Presentation
Spotlight
Wandering Off the Floors: Safety and Security Risks of Patient Wandering
1
This presentation is based on the June 2014
AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case
See the full article at http://webmm.ahrq.gov
CME credit is available
Commentary by: Thomas A. Smith, CHPA, CPP, President, Healthc…
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December 01, 2005 - Introducing the Redesigned AHRQ Patient Safety Network
Robert M. Wachter, MD | November 1, 2015
View more articles from the same authors.
Citation Text:
Wachter R. Introducing the Redesigned AHRQ Patient Safety Network . PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency f…
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February 01, 2012 - Balancing Supervision and Autonomy: An Ongoing
Tension
February 1, 2012
Dine JC, Myers JS. Balancing Supervision and Autonomy: An Ongoing Tension. PSNet [internet]. 2012.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/balancing-supervision-and-autonomy-ongoing-tension
Perspective
Graduate Medical Education (GME) has changed …
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December 15, 2021 - Age-related COVID-19 vaccine mix-ups.
December 15, 2021
National Alert Network. Horsham, PA: Institute for Safe Medication Practices; Bethesda, MD: American
Society of Health-System Pharmacists. December 6, 2021.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/age-related-covid-19-vaccine-mix-ups
Vaccine missteps are known to …
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October 08, 2014 - Implications of Health Literacy for Public Health:
Workshop Summary.
October 8, 2014
Hewitt M, Hernandez LM; Roundtable on Health Literacy, Board on Population Health and Public Health
Practice, Institute of Medicine. Washington, DC: National Academies Press; 2014. ISBN: 9780309303651.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue…
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February 06, 2019 - ISMP Guidelines for Safe Electronic Communication of
Medication Information.
February 6, 2019
Horsham, PA: Institute for Safe Medication Practices; January 2019.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ismp-guidelines-safe-electronic-communication-medication-information
Inaccurate or incomplete data in electronic health reco…
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April 30, 2019 - ISMP Gap Analysis Tool (GAT) for Safe IV Push
Medication Practices.
April 30, 2019
Horsham, PA: Institute for Safe Medication Practices; 2018.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ismp-gap-analysis-tool-gat-safe-iv-push-medication-practices
Standardized practices have not been uniformly adopted to support safe IV medicati…
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April 20, 2022 - Criminalization of human error and a guilty verdict: a
travesty of justice that threatens patient safety.
April 20, 2022
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute care edition. April 7, 2022; 27(2):1-6.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/criminalization-human-error-and-guilty-verdict-travesty-justice-threatens-
patient-safety…
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February 18, 2011 - Continuous improvement as an ideal in health care.
February 18, 2011
Berwick D. Continuous improvement as an ideal in health care. New Engl J Med. 1989;320(1):53-56.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/continuous-improvement-ideal-health-care
Two approaches to improving quality in health care are illustrated in this artic…
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September 29, 2017 - Development of a high-value care culture survey: a
modified Delphi process and psychometric evaluation.
September 29, 2017
Gupta R, Moriates C, Harrison JD, et al. Development of a high-value care culture survey: a modified
Delphi process and psychometric evaluation. BMJ Qual Saf. 2017;26(6):475-483. doi:10.1136/bm…
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November 05, 2014 - An integrative review: fatigue among nurses in acute care
settings.
November 5, 2014
Smith-Miller CA, Shaw-Kokot J, Curro B, et al. An integrative review: fatigue among nurses in acute care
settings. J Nurs Adm. 2014;44(9):487-94. doi:10.1097/NNA.0000000000000104.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/integrative-review-fa…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40654/psn-pdf
January 01, 2012 - The computerized rounding report: implementation of a
model system to support transitions of care.
December 15, 2011
Wohlauer M, Rove KO, Pshak TJ, et al. The computerized rounding report: implementation of a model
system to support transitions of care. J Surg Res. 2012;172(1):11-7. doi:10.1016/j.jss.2011.04.015.
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June 18, 2014 - 2013 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award
Recipients Announced.
June 18, 2014
Joint Commission. January 27, 2014.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/2013-john-m-eisenberg-patient-safety-and-quality-award-recipients-announced
The Eisenberg Award honors individuals and organizations who have made vital accom…
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February 19, 2014 - Impact of a clinical pharmacy admission medication
reconciliation program on medication errors in "high-risk"
patients.
February 19, 2014
Buckley MS, Harinstein LM, Clark KB, et al. Impact of a clinical pharmacy admission medication
reconciliation program on medication errors in "high-risk" patients. Ann Pharmacot…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60711/psn-pdf
July 22, 2020 - Prevalence of Errors in Anaphylaxis in Kids (PEAK): a
multicenter simulation-based study.
July 22, 2020
Maa T, Scherzer DJ, Harwayne-Gidansky I, et al. Prevalence of Errors in Anaphylaxis in Kids (PEAK): a
multicenter simulation-based study. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2020;8(4):1239-1246.e3.
doi:10.1016/j.jaip.…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46551/psn-pdf
October 25, 2017 - Inpatient notes: diagnostic excellence starts with an
incessant watch.
October 25, 2017
Dhaliwal G. Annals for Hospitalists Inpatient Notes - Diagnostic Excellence Starts With an Incessant Watch.
Ann Intern Med. 2017;167(8):HO2-HO3. doi:10.7326/m17-2447.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/inpatient-notes-diagnostic-exce…