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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/864865/psn-pdf
March 20, 2024 - The Top Five: A Review of Post-Pandemic Patient Safety
Priorities.
March 20, 2024
Sacramento, CA: Hospital Quality Institute; 2024.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/top-five-review-post-pandemic-patient-safety-priorities
The COVID pandemic posed wide-ranging challenges to both society at large as well as to the health…
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March 02, 2022 - Telemedicine: Ensuring Safe, Equitable, Person-Centered
Virtual Care.
March 2, 2022
Perry AF, Federico F, Huebner J. Boston, MA: Institute for Healthcare Improvement; 2021.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/telemedicine-ensuring-safe-equitable-person-centered-virtual-care
The emergence of telemedicine during…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41246/psn-pdf
April 06, 2012 - Utilizing improvement science methods to improve
physician compliance with proper hand hygiene.
April 6, 2012
White CM, Statile AM, Conway PH, et al. Utilizing improvement science methods to improve physician
compliance with proper hand hygiene. Pediatrics. 2012;129(4):e1042-50. doi:10.1542/peds.2011-1864.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43399/psn-pdf
August 06, 2014 - Pediatric medication administration errors and workflow
following implementation of a bar code medication
administration system.
August 6, 2014
Hardmeier A, Tsourounis C, Moore M, et al. Pediatric medication administration errors and workflow
following implementation of a bar code medication administration system.…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37809/psn-pdf
November 21, 2016 - Partnering with Patients and Families to Design a Patient-
and Family-Centered Health Care System:
Recommendations and Promising Practices.
November 21, 2016
Johnson B, Abraham M, Conway J, et al. Bethesda, MD: Institute for Family-Centered Care; April 2008.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/partnering-patients-and-fam…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35766/psn-pdf
March 02, 2011 - Unexpected hypoglycemia in a critically ill patient.
March 2, 2011
Bates DW. Unexpected hypoglycemia in a critically ill patient. Ann Intern Med. 2002;137(2):110-6.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/unexpected-hypoglycemia-critically-ill-patient
This case study shares the experiences of a patient who suffered a medicati…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/72511/psn-pdf
November 25, 2020 - Hospital Preparedness for a COVID-19 Surge:
Assessment Tool.
November 25, 2020
Boston, MA: Institute for Healthcare Improvement; 2020.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospital-preparedness-covid-19-surge-assessment-tool
Hospital crisis management, preparation, and planning are of heightened interest due to the …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/837192/psn-pdf
May 25, 2022 - Declaration to Advance Patient Safety.
May 25, 2022
National Steering Committee for Patient Safety. Boston, MA: Institute for Healthcare Improvement; May
2022.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/declaration-advance-patient-safety
Leadership commitment is crucial to attaining sustainable improvement in patient safety. Th…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47766/psn-pdf
March 27, 2019 - Advancing the Safety of Acute Pain Management.
March 27, 2019
Boston, MA: Institute for Healthcare Improvement; 2019.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/advancing-safety-acute-pain-management
Pain management has emerged as a complex safety concern. This report discusses four organizational
prerequisites to improve pain …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/844556/psn-pdf
February 15, 2023 - Using Machine Learning to Improve Patient Safety in the
Home or Remote Setting for Adults.
February 15, 2023
Feske-Kirby K, Whittington J, McGaffigan P. Boston, MA: Institute for Healthcare Improvement; 2022.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/using-machine-learning-improve-patient-safety-home-or-remote-setting-adults
T…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/impl-guide/implementation-guide-appendix-d.pdf
October 05, 2015 - Appendix D. Poster on Indications for Urinary Catheters
AHRQ Safety Program for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals
Appendix D. Poster on Indications for Urinary Catheters
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November 01, 2018 - Key Initiatives in Measuring and Reporting Health Care Quality
Several individual organizations and collaborative initiatives have helped to shape the national health care agenda with respect to transparency, accountability, improvement, and informed choice. Within their respective areas of focus, they have spu…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/855002/psn-pdf
November 01, 2023 - Temporarily holding medication orders safely in order to
prevent patient harm.
November 1, 2023
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute care edition. October 19, 2023;28(21):1-4.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/temporarily-holding-medication-orders-safely-order-prevent-patient-harm
Process disconnects can cause administr…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45565/psn-pdf
May 24, 2017 - Leading a Culture of Safety: a Blueprint for Success.
May 24, 2017
Chicago, IL: American College of Healthcare Executives, National Patient Safety Foundation's Lucian
Leape Institute; 2017.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/leading-culture-safety-blueprint-success
Health care leadership plays an undeniable role in sust…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44946/psn-pdf
February 01, 2017 - Quality gaps identified through mortality review.
February 1, 2017
Kobewka DM, van Walraven C, Turnbull J, et al. Quality gaps identified through mortality review. BMJ Qual
Saf. 2017;26(2):141-149. doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004735.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/quality-gaps-identified-through-mortality-review
Inpatien…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33934/psn-pdf
March 02, 2011 - A hospitalization from hell: a patient's perspective on
quality.
March 2, 2011
Cleary PD. A hospitalization from hell: a patient's perspective on quality. Ann Intern Med. 2003;138(1):33-
39.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospitalization-hell-patients-perspective-quality
The author shares the unique perspectives of…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/72762/psn-pdf
February 17, 2021 - Optimizing Health IT for Safe Integration of Behavioral
Health and Primary Care.
February 17, 2021
Partnership for Health IT Patient Safety. Plymouth Meeting, PA: ECRI Institute; 2021.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/optimizing-health-it-safe-integration-behavioral-health-and-primary-care
Effective integration of hea…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46069/psn-pdf
February 28, 2018 - Strategies for Creating, Sustaining, and Improving a
Culture of Safety in Health Care, Second Edition.
February 28, 2018
Joint Commission Resources. Oak Brook, IL: Joint Commission; 2017. ISBN: 9781599409474.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/strategies-creating-sustaining-and-improving-culture-safety-health-care-
seco…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50867/psn-pdf
February 05, 2020 - Cognitive testing of older clinicians prior to
recredentialing.
February 5, 2020
Cooney L, Balcezak T. Cognitive Testing of Older Clinicians Prior to Recredentialing. JAMA.
2020;323(2):179-180. doi:10.1001/jama.2019.18665.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cognitive-testing-older-clinicians-prior-recredentialing
In an…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60008/psn-pdf
July 09, 2024 - IHI Patient Safety Congress.
July 9, 2024
Institute for Healthcare Improvement. San Diego, CA, March 10-11, 2025.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ihi-patient-safety-congress
This annual conference will host pre-session workshops, panels, and presentations covering a variety of
patient safety topics that ali…