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November 13, 2024 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
Abdominal Pain in Early Pregnancy
Citation Text:
Kilpatrick CC. Abdominal Pain in Early Pregnancy. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2015.
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May 29, 2024 - Reducing Preventable Patient Harm Due to Retained
Surgical Items: The RSI Bundle
May 29, 2024
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/innovation/reducing-preventable-patient-harm-due-retained-surgical-items-rsi-bundle
Summary
Retained surgical items (RSIs) cause severe yet preventable patient harm. RSIs are the most common
catego…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/radiology-missed-intracranial-bleed-lethargic-infant
August 21, 2016 - Radiology Missed an Intracranial Bleed in a Lethargic Infant.
Citation Text:
Yuk J, Magana J. Radiology Missed an Intracranial Bleed in a Lethargic Infant.. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2024.
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July 01, 2018 - "The Ultrasound Looked Fine": Point-of-Care Ultrasound
and Patient Safety
July 1, 2018
Lewiss RE. "The Ultrasound Looked Fine": Point-of-Care Ultrasound and Patient Safety. PSNet [internet].
2018.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/ultrasound-looked-fine-point-care-ultrasound-and-patient-safety
Case Objectives
Unders…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/inpatient-stroke-management-adolescent-type-1-diabetes-and-home-insulin-pump
February 01, 2023 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
Inpatient Stroke Management in an Adolescent with Type 1 Diabetes and Home Insulin Pump
Citation Text:
Bagley B, Zuidema D, Crossen S, et al. Inpatient Stroke Management in an Adolescent with Type 1 Diabetes and Home Insulin Pump . PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Heal…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/slippery-slide-life
January 21, 2017 - Slippery Slide Into Life
Citation Text:
Halamek LP. Slippery Slide Into Life. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2005.
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October 30, 2024 - A Cognitive and Communication Blind Spot Contributes
to Permanent Paralysis
October 30, 2024
Utter GH. A Cognitive and Communication Blind Spot Contributes to Permanent Paralysis. PSNet
[internet]. 2024.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/cognitive-and-communication-blind-spot-contributes-permanent-paralysis
Disclosur…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73300/psn-pdf
July 01, 2022 - Project BOOST Increases Patient Understanding of
Treatment and Follow-up Care
May 26, 2021
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/innovation/project-boost-increases-patient-understanding-treatment-and-follow-care
Summary
The Patient Safe-D(ischarge) program used standardized tools to educate patients about their discharge
needs,…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/volume-too-low-and-out
July 01, 2017 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
Volume Too Low: In and Out
Citation Text:
Miller MR. Volume Too Low: In and Out . PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2011.
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March 27, 2024 - Communication During Transitions of Care
March 27, 2024
Gurses AP, Sousane Z, Mossburg S. Communication During Transitions of Care. PSNet [internet]. 2024.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/communication-during-transitions-care
Introduction
Inaccurate or untimely communication and ineffective teamwork in healthca…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-timothy-b-mcdonald-md-jd
February 26, 2025 - In Conversation With… Timothy B. McDonald, MD, JD
April 1, 2019
Citation Text:
In Conversation With… Timothy B. McDonald, MD, JD. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2019.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/verbal-orders-and-medication-overrides-dangerous-combination
March 29, 2023 - Verbal Orders and Medication Overrides: A Dangerous Combination
Citation Text:
Mueller C, MacDowell P, Bourgeois JA. Verbal Orders and Medication Overrides: A Dangerous Combination. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2024…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/role-patient-improving-patient-safety
March 01, 2007 - The Role of the Patient in Improving Patient Safety
Rosemary Gibson, MSc | March 1, 2007
Also Read a Conversation
View more articles from the same authors.
Citation Text:
Gibson R. The Role of the Patient in Improving Patient Safety. PSNet [internet]. Rockville…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2020-03/final_spotlight_case_delays_in_the_ed_powerpoint_for_cme_review_03.09.2020.pdf
January 01, 2020 - Spotlight
Spotlight
Some Patients Can’t Wait:
Improving Timeliness of
Emergency Department Care
Source and Credits
• This presentation is based on the 2020 AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight
Case
○ See the full article at https://psnet.ahrq.gov/webmm
• Commentary by: David K. Barnes, MD, FACEP and Rita Chang, MD
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/strongyloides-hidden-traveler-and-potentially-lethal-missed-diagnosis
August 25, 2021 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
CME/MOC
Strongyloides: A Hidden Traveler and Potentially Lethal Missed Diagnosis.
Citation Text:
Carlile N, Smith CL, Maguire JH, et al. Strongyloides: A Hidden Traveler and Potentially Lethal Missed Diagnosis.. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Hea…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49666/psn-pdf
October 01, 2012 - CA-MRSA Skin Infections: An Ounce of Prevention is
Worth a Pound of Cure
October 1, 2012
Liu C. CA-MRSA Skin Infections: An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure. PSNet [internet].
2012.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/ca-mrsa-skin-infections-ounce-prevention-worth-pound-cure
Case Objectives
Identify risk f…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49585/psn-pdf
May 01, 2009 - Delirium or Dementia?
May 1, 2009
Rudolph JL. Delirium or Dementia? PSNet [internet]. 2009.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/delirium-or-dementia
Case Objectives
State the key diagnostic differences between delirium and dementia.
Describe the Confusion Assessment Method for workup of suspected delirium.
Explain the…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73200/psn-pdf
April 28, 2021 - A Sweet Case of Hidden Hydrogen Ions
April 28, 2021
Plante D, Falero A. A Sweet Case of Hidden Hydrogen Ions. PSNet [internet]. 2021.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/sweet-case-hidden-hydrogen-ions
The Case
A?24-year-old, Arabic-speaking?woman?with a history of type 1?diabetes?mellitus, gastroparesis,?and
severe e…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33771/psn-pdf
August 22, 2014 - Beyond the Hospital: the New Frontier of Patient Safety
August 22, 2014
Plews-Ogan M. Beyond the Hospital: the New Frontier of Patient Safety. PSNet [internet]. 2014.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/beyond-hospital-new-frontier-patient-safety
Perspective
The frontier of patient safety outside the hospital has y…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49777/psn-pdf
December 01, 2016 - Suicidal Ideation in the Family Medicine Clinic
December 1, 2016
Moutier C. Suicidal Ideation in the Family Medicine Clinic. PSNet [internet]. 2016.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/suicidal-ideation-family-medicine-clinic
Case Objectives
Recognize suicide as a major public health problem and the critical role of pri…