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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/74022/psn-pdf
March 01, 2021 - The Role of Community Pharmacists in Patient Safety
October 25, 2021
Luchen GG, Hall KK, Hough KR. The Role of Community Pharmacists in Patient Safety . PSNet [internet].
2021.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/role-community-pharmacists-patient-safety
What is a community pharmacy?
Community pharmacies are somet…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/867804/psn-pdf
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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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49667/psn-pdf
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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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33780/psn-pdf
July 01, 2015 - Safety and Medical Education
January 1, 2014
Ranji SR. Safety and Medical Education. PSNet [internet]. 2014.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/safety-and-medical-education
Annual Perspective 2014
As the patient safety field has grown, so too has the appreciation for the need to improve safety in medical
educatio…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33636/psn-pdf
July 01, 2006 - Key Issues in Developing a Successful Hospital Safety
Program
July 1, 2006
Whittington JC. Key Issues in Developing a Successful Hospital Safety Program. PSNet [internet]. 2006.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/key-issues-developing-successful-hospital-safety-program
Perspective
What are the key success factors…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49524/psn-pdf
November 01, 2006 - Secured But Not Always Safe
November 1, 2006
Jahr JS, Hosseini P. Secured But Not Always Safe. PSNet [internet]. 2006.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/secured-not-always-safe
The Case
An 84-year-old healthy woman underwent an elective left total knee replacement for degenerative
osteoarthritis. She received spinal …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.245_slideshow.ppt
July 01, 2011 - Spotlight Case July 2008
Spotlight Case
Watch the Warfarin!
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Source and Credits
This presentation is based on the July 2011
AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case
See the full article at http://webmm.ahrq.gov
CME credit is available
Commentary by: Raman Khanna, MD, and Margaret Fang, MD, MPH; University of California, Sa…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49460/psn-pdf
September 01, 2004 - Security Lapse
September 1, 2004
Mason D. Security Lapse. PSNet [internet]. 2004.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/security-lapse
The Case
A medical student learned that the hospital's radiology image library was accessible throughout the
university's computer system, meaning that patient x-rays could be viewed in d…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.257_slideshow.ppt
December 01, 2011 - Spotlight Case July 2008
Spotlight Case
Order Interrupted by Text: Multitasking Mishap
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Source and Credits
This presentation is based on the December 2011
AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case
See the full article at http://webmm.ahrq.gov
CME credit is available
Commentary by: John Halamka, MD, MS, Chief Informa…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.131_slideshow.ppt
August 01, 2006 - Spotlight Case [MONTH] 2003
Spotlight Case August 2006
Physical Diagnosis: A Lost Art?
Source and Credits
This presentation is based on the August 2006
AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case
See the full article at http://webmm.ahrq.gov
CME credit is available through the Web site
Commentary by: George Thompson III,…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.200_slideshow.ppt
May 01, 2009 - Spotlight Case July 2008
Spotlight Case
Delirium or Dementia?
Source and Credits
This presentation is based on the May 2009
AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case
See the full article at http://webmm.ahrq.gov
CME credit is available
Commentary by: James L. Rudolph, MD, SM
Editor, AHRQ WebM&M: Robert Wachter, MD
Sp…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49559/psn-pdf
April 01, 2008 - The Forgotten Drip
April 1, 2008
Josephson AS. The Forgotten Drip. PSNet [internet]. 2008.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/forgotten-drip
The Case
A 45-year-old man was brought to the emergency department by his friends because of a 1-day history of a
severe headache and "bizarre behavior." A computed tomography (C…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33757/psn-pdf
October 01, 2013 - Safety in Radiology
October 1, 2013
Pinto A. Safety in Radiology. PSNet [internet]. 2013.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/safety-radiology
Perspective
The use of medical imaging to depict and to help diagnose illness and injury as well as to guide therapeutic
interventions has expanded greatly during the past …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.107_slideshow.ppt
November 01, 2005 - Spotlight Case [MONTH] 2003
Spotlight Case November 2005
Reconciling Doses
Source and Credits
This presentation is based on the November 2005 Spotlight Case in Emergency Medicine
See the full article at http://webmm.ahrq.gov
CME credit is available through the Web site
Commentary by: Frank Federico, RPh,…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49410/psn-pdf
July 01, 2003 - A Little Shuteye
July 1, 2003
Farion KJ. A Little Shuteye. PSNet [internet]. 2003.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/little-shuteye
The Case
A 3-year-old boy was seen in urgent care for a superficial laceration above the left eyebrow. The
pediatrician had heard of the availability of topical skin adhesive that can be…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/reporting-patient-safety-events
March 30, 2022 - Reporting Patient Safety Events
Citation Text:
Reporting Patient Safety Events. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2019.
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March 30, 2022 - Adverse Events, Near Misses, and Errors
Citation Text:
Adverse Events, Near Misses, and Errors. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2019.
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November 26, 2019 - Patient Safety in Frail Older Patients
November 26, 2019
Wald HL, Hall KK, Fitall E. Patient Safety in Frail Older Patients. PSNet [internet]. 2019.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/patient-safety-frail-older-patients
Background
Older patients are at a particular risk of experiencing a patient safety event. Stud…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/867004/psn-pdf
October 30, 2024 - Critical Radiology Alert Process
October 30, 2024
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/innovation/critical-radiology-alert-process
Summary
Vanderbilt University Medical Center developed an electronic trigger tool that alerts the care team of
unrelated abnormal findings and provides a companion follow-up process, with the goal o…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.17_slideshow.ppt
June 01, 2003 - PowerPoint Presentation
Spotlight Case June 2003
Missed Appendicitis
webmm.ahrq.gov
Source and Credits
This presentation is based on June 2003
AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case in Surgery
See the full article at http://webmm.ahrq.gov
CME credit is available through the Web site
Commentary by: James Adams, MD, Fei…