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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/847733/psn-pdf
March 16, 2025 - ISMP Targeted Medication Safety Best Practices for
Community Pharmacy.
March 16, 2025
Institute for Safe Medication Practices: March 2025.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ismp-targeted-medication-safety-best-practices-community-pharmacy
Community pharmacies are common providers of medication delivery that harbor proc…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39960/psn-pdf
September 19, 2016 - Respectful Management of Serious Clinical Adverse
Events. Second Edition.
September 19, 2016
Conway J, Federico F, Stewart K, Campbell MJ. Cambridge, MA: Institute for Healthcare Improvement;
2011.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/respectful-management-serious-clinical-adverse-events-second-edition
This white paper e…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46554/psn-pdf
October 25, 2017 - Severe hyperglycemia in patients incorrectly using insulin
pens at home.
October 25, 2017
National Alert Network. Horsham, PA: Institute for Safe Medication Practices; Bethesda, MD: American
Society of Health-System Pharmacists. October 12, 2017.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/severe-hyperglycemia-patients-incorrect…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60589/psn-pdf
June 23, 2020 - Medication Safety During the COVID-19 Pandemic: What
Have We Learned in the United States.
June 23, 2020
Institute for Safe Medication Practices and US Food and Drug Administration Division of Drug Information.
June 23, 2020.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-safety-during-covid-19-pandemic-what-have-we-lear…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60626/psn-pdf
June 24, 2020 - A nursing home’s 64-day Covid siege: ‘They’re all going
to die’.
June 24, 2020
Barker K. A nursing home’s 64-day Covid siege: ‘They’re all going to die’. New York Times. 2020;June 10.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/nursing-homes-64-day-covid-siege-theyre-all-going-die
This feature story describes the COVID-19 experi…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50782/psn-pdf
January 08, 2020 - What can patient safety teach us about clinician burnout?
January 8, 2020
Wu AW, Dzau VJ. What Can Patient Safety Teach Us About Clinician Burnout? Ann Intern Med.
2019;171(12):933-934. doi:10.7326/m19-2397.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/what-can-patient-safety-teach-us-about-clinician-burnout
This commentary discu…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/72829/psn-pdf
March 10, 2021 - Safe Practices to Reduce CPOE Alert Fatigue through
Monitoring, Analysis, and Optimization.
March 10, 2021
Partnership for Health IT Patient Safety. Plymouth Meeting, PA: ECRI Institute; 2021.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safe-practices-reduce-cpoe-alert-fatigue-through-monitoring-analysis-and-
optimization
Alert…
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/tools/implementing-smbp.html
August 01, 2023 - Implementing Self-Measured Blood Pressure in Primary Care Practices
Resource: Implementing SMBP HH4M-Lunch-Learn (4-27-22) (video, 51:18 minutes)
In this webinar, American Medical Association (AMA) staff discuss how primary care practices can implement each of the 7 steps for implementing self-measured bl…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43791/psn-pdf
December 17, 2014 - Facilitating Patient Understanding of Discharge
Instructions: Workshop Summary.
December 17, 2014
Alper J, Hernandez LM; Roundtable on Health Literacy, Board on Population Health and Public Health
Practice, Institute of Medicine. Washington, DC: National Academies Press; December 2014. ISBN:
9780309307383.
https:…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43579/psn-pdf
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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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42949/psn-pdf
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/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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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44407/psn-pdf
April 15, 2016 - Frequency and severity of parenteral nutrition medication
errors at a large children's hospital after implementation
of electronic ordering and compounding.
April 15, 2016
MacKay M, Anderson C, Boehme S, et al. Frequency and Severity of Parenteral Nutrition Medication Errors
at a Large Children's Hospital After Im…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41917/psn-pdf
May 04, 2022 - ISMP Guidelines for Sterile Compounding and the Safe
Use of Sterile Compounding Technology.
May 4, 2022
Plymouth Meeting, PA: Institute for Safe Medication Practices; 2022.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ismp-guidelines-sterile-compounding-and-safe-use-sterile-compounding-
technology
This updated report describes b…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43633/psn-pdf
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/840163/psn-pdf
November 16, 2022 - Deep Dive: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health and
Healthcare.
November 16, 2022
Plymouth Meeting, PA: ECRI and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices; 2022.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/deep-dive-racial-and-ethnic-disparities-health-and-healthcare
Racist behavior directed at either patients or clinicians…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34885/psn-pdf
February 07, 2019 - Doctor’s orders killed cancer patient: Dana-Farber admits
drug overdose caused death of Globe columnist, damage
to second woman.
February 7, 2019
Knox RA. Boston Globe. March 23, 1995; metro/region:1.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/doctors-orders-killed-cancer-patient-dana-farber-admits-drug-overdose-
caused-death-…
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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…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46640/psn-pdf
August 08, 2018 - IDEA4PS: the development of a research-oriented
learning healthcare system.
August 8, 2018
Moffatt-Bruce SD, Huerta T, Gaughan A, et al. IDEA4PS: The Development of a Research-Oriented
Learning Healthcare System. Am J Med Qual. 2018;33(4):420-425. doi:10.1177/1062860617751044.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/idea4ps-…
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/tools/reduce-disparities.html
February 01, 2025 - Using Data to Reduce Disparities and Improve Quality
Resource: Using Data to Reduce Disparities and Improve Quality: A Guide for Health Care Organizations (PDF, 1 MB; 14 pages) This brief recommends strategies that primary care practices and health care organizations can use to effectively organize and inter…