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December 01, 2005 - An American View of the UK's Patient Safety Enterprise: Top Down vs. Bottom Up
Robert M. Wachter, MD | June 1, 2012
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September 01, 2007 - Discharging Our Responsibility
September 1, 2007
Fonarow GC. Discharging Our Responsibility. PSNet [internet]. 2007.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/discharging-our-responsibility
The Case
A 75-year-old man with a history of hypertension, coronary artery disease, and congestive heart failure
(CHF) presented to the …
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March 12, 2021 - Medication Administration Errors
March 12, 2021
MacDowell P, Cabri A, Davis M. Medication Administration Errors. PSNet [internet]. 2021.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/medication-administration-errors
Updated in March 2021. Originally published in January 2018 by researchers at the University of California,
San Fra…
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August 25, 2021 - Sick and Pregnant
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El-Ibiary S. Sick and Pregnant. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2008.
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August 21, 2007 - After-Visit Confusion
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Ventres W. After-Visit Confusion. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2014.
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July 31, 2023 - Authority, you played a large role on the
National Steering Committee for Patient Safety as the co-lead
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-withchristine-sinsky-md
February 26, 2025 - At UCSF, we now have a physician lead on patient experience, who works with a staff focused on this issue
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33785/psn-pdf
May 01, 2015 - It was really eye opening for me as the lead of the study.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33879/psn-pdf
May 01, 2019 - Or are there cases where what they find will lead to something
that they will do in the ambulance?
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38051/psn-pdf
May 05, 2018 - Misprogramming PCA concentration leads to dosing
errors.
May 5, 2018
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. August 28, 2008;13:1-3.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/misprogramming-pca-concentration-leads-dosing-errors
This article describes dosing errors associated with improper concentration programming of…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45113/psn-pdf
May 11, 2016 - Medical error—the third leading cause of death in the US.
May 11, 2016
Makary MA, Daniel M. Medical error-the third leading cause of death in the US. BMJ. 2016;353:i2139.
doi:10.1136/bmj.i2139.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medical-error-third-leading-cause-death-us
How many patients die each year due to preventabl…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40055/psn-pdf
December 01, 2010 - Parkland knee surgery done by doctor in training leads to
amputation, questions.
December 1, 2010
Egerton B. Dallas Morning News. November 14, 2010;A01.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/parkland-knee-surgery-done-doctor-training-leads-amputation-questions
This newspaper article investigates how surgical errors and pos…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39825/psn-pdf
June 10, 2018 - Electronic prescribing vulnerabilities: height and weight
mix-up leads to dosing error.
June 10, 2018
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute care edition. August 26, 2010;15:1-3.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/electronic-prescribing-vulnerabilities-height-and-weight-mix-leads-dosing-error
This article discusses a case …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73097/psn-pdf
March 31, 2011 - The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing
Health.
March 31, 2011
Institute of Medicine. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press: 2011.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/future-nursing-leading-change-advancing-health
The effective engagement of nursing is key to patient safety and care quality improvement. T…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45005/psn-pdf
May 04, 2016 - Leading High-Reliability Organizations in Healthcare.
May 4, 2016
Morrow R. Boca Raton, FL: Productivity Press; 2016. ISBN: 9781466594883.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/leading-high-reliability-organizations-healthcare
High reliability has been recently adopted as a goal for health care. This book reviews the primar…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44363/psn-pdf
May 05, 2018 - Selection of incorrect medication pump leads to
chemotherapy overdose.
May 5, 2018
ISMP Canada. August 26, 2015;15:1-4.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/selection-incorrect-medication-pump-leads-chemotherapy-overdose
Checklists are cognitive aids that help clinicians remember important steps to ensure safe practice. I…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34659/psn-pdf
April 07, 2010 - Leading change: why transformation efforts fail.
April 7, 2010
Kotter JP. Harvard Bus Rev 1995;73(2);59-67.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/leading-change-why-transformation-efforts-fail
Kotter, a professor at Harvard Business School, outlines the eight stages of a successful change process,
as well a…
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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/44303/psn-pdf
January 10, 2018 - Leading Health Care Transformation: A Primer for Clinical
Leaders.
January 10, 2018
Joshi M, Erb N, Zhang S, Sikka R. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press; 2015. ISBN: 9781498700184.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/leading-health-care-transformation-primer-clinical-leaders
Leadership can enable the change needed to address heal…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44183/psn-pdf
November 03, 2015 - The absence of a drug–disease interaction alert leads to a
child's death.
November 3, 2015
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. May 21, 2015;20:1-4.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/absence-drug-disease-interaction-alert-leads-childs-death
The disabling of alerts due to alarm fatigue can hinder the abilit…