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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cognitive-errors-diagnosis-instantiation-classification-and-consequences
June 21, 2016 - The authors conclude that cognitive errors lead to serious morbidity. … Classification of these error types may lead to future prevention efforts as a result of greater understanding
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46510/psn-pdf
January 01, 2019 - pediatric-weight-errors-and-resultant-medication-dosing-errors-emergency-
department
Weight-based dosing errors can lead … This retrospective study found that weight-
related errors are rare but did lead to medication dosing
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-jack-westfall-md-mph
September 28, 2022 - So, I think we’re well positioned to lead patient safety efforts. … Primary care needs to lead the proactive sharing of information when we transition patients and refer … We need to lead the charge in making sure that those organizations have the information they need to … JW: I want to just reiterate the point that primary care and family physicians can lead the efforts … AHRQ is the lead federal agency for patient safety research.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37026/psn-pdf
September 15, 2011 - residents-feel-unprepared-and-unsupervised-leaders-cardiac-arrest-teams-
teaching-hospitals
Housestaff traditionally lead … found that most respondents felt that ACLS training alone did not leave them adequately
prepared to lead
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33808/psn-pdf
May 01, 2016 - This desensitization can lead to longer response times or to missing
important alarms. … Staff education
Patient education
Artifacts in the Waveform
Waveform artifacts can be caused by poor lead … They can also lead to alarms when the monitor falsely perceives
arrhythmias. … placement and change the electrodes daily.(6) In addition, proper care and maintenance of lead wires … Hospitals should not only have a policy for electrode
changes, but also for monitoring and replacing lead
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/power-saying-i-dont-know-psychological-safety-and-participatory-strategies-healthcare-leaders
August 31, 2011 - BMJ Lead. 2024;Epub Jan 17. doi:10.1136/leader-2023-000906. … BMJ Lead . 2024; Epub Jan 17 .
View more articles from the same authors. … BMJ Lead. 2024;Epub Jan 17. doi:10.1136/leader-2023-000906.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38491/psn-pdf
January 31, 2011 - This commentary discusses individual and systems factors that lead to diagnostic error and
proposes … An AHRQ WebM&M perspective discussed cognitive biases that
lead to diagnostic error.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/harm-alarm-fatigue
February 14, 2018 - Yet excessive false alarms may lead to unintended harm. … Since one monitor watcher is responsible for watching as many as 40 patients' data, only one ECG lead … If the telemetry algorithm uses just one ECG lead for analysis, this can more easily be misinterpreted … the responsible physician, the correct action would have been to search for another ECG monitoring lead … For example, the resident and nurse could have checked the patient's full diagnostic standard 12-lead
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/defining-estimating-and-communicating-overdiagnosis-cancer-screening
October 13, 2018 - The associated overtreatment that results from overdiagnosis can lead to increased financial stress and … shown that breast cancer screening may identify lesions that are not clinically meaningful and may lead
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/opioid-prescribing-opioid-naive-patients-emergency-departments-and-other-settings
August 29, 2018 - has shown that prescribing opioids to opioid-naïve patients at the time of hospital discharge may lead … prescribing in the emergency department more often comported with CDC guidelines and was less likely to lead
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/missed-diagnoses-acute-cardiac-ischemia-emergency-department
November 30, 2012 - Missed or delayed diagnosis of cardiovascular disease can lead to adverse patient outcomes . … 2018
WebM&M Cases
Missing ECG and Missed Diagnosis Lead
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/distracting-communications-operating-theatre
August 18, 2017 - communication to errors, the authors speculate that the large number of "case-irrelevant communications" could lead … April 10, 2019
Inadequate preoperative team briefings lead to more intraoperative adverse
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/what-price-must-we-pay-safety-excessive-cost-epinephrine-auto-injectors-leads-error-prone-use
September 14, 2016 - administration methods used to reduce device costs can introduce heightened potential for dosing errors and lead
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/when-were-all-responsible-patients-death-no-one
December 09, 2020 - 2020
Open Notes shines light on errors in patient medical records — will the new rule lead … April 20, 2022
Will prosecuting medical errors lead to a culture of silence?
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42588/psn-pdf
September 18, 2013 - However, this process can lead to diagnostic error, as numerous cognitive biases can
adversely affect … Pat Croskerry, the lead author of these articles, was interviewed by AHRQ WebM&M in
2010.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46416/psn-pdf
March 13, 2018 - has shown that prescribing opioids to opioid-naïve patients at the time of hospital discharge
may lead … prescribing in the emergency department more often comported
with CDC guidelines and was less likely to lead
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/comparing-hospital-leadership-and-front-line-workers-perceptions-patient-safety-culture
June 07, 2016 - BMJ Lead. 2024;8(8):335-339. doi:10.1136/leader-2023-000922. … BMJ Lead . 2024; 8 (8) :335-339 .
View more articles from the same authors. … BMJ Lead. 2024;8(8):335-339. doi:10.1136/leader-2023-000922.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/when-work-harms-how-better-understanding-avoidable-employee-harm-can-improve-employee-safety
December 16, 2015 - BMJ Lead. 2024;8(1):59-62. doi:10.1136/leader-2023-000849. … BMJ Lead . 2024; 8 (1) :59-62 .
View more articles from the same authors. … BMJ Lead. 2024;8(1):59-62. doi:10.1136/leader-2023-000849.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/interprofessional-model-speaking-behaviour-healthcare-professionals-qualitative-study
December 21, 2017 - BMJ Lead. 2022;6(1):15-19. doi:10.1136/leader-2020-000407. … BMJ Lead . 2022; 6 (1) :15-19 .
View more articles from the same authors. … BMJ Lead. 2022;6(1):15-19. doi:10.1136/leader-2020-000407.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/report-links-georgias-abortion-ban-preventable-deaths
November 13, 2024 - How Abortion Bans Lead to Preventable Deaths. … How Abortion Bans Lead to Preventable Deaths.