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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/covid-19-considerations.html
May 01, 2022 - COVID-19 Considerations for Long-Term Care Facilities
Resource: COVID-19 Considerations for Long-Term Care Facilities
This toolkit is a compilation of considerations for long-term care facilities based on lessons learned during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic accompanied by resources to inform pl…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/healthcare-workforce-well-being.html
July 01, 2021 - A Guide to Promoting Healthcare Workforce Well-Being During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic
Resource: A Guide to Promoting Healthcare Workforce Well-Being During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic
This guide provides ideas and lessons learned to improve the well-being of the healthcare workforce, including act…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/action-alliance-webinar.html
September 01, 2025 - Webinar - September 22: Safety Best Practices of High-Performing Healthcare Systems Related to Safety Culture, Leadership and Governance
Date: September 22, 2025 Time: 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. ET Leaders from three high-performing health systems will share insights about how leadership accountability, board eng…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43144/psn-pdf
March 29, 2016 - Autopsy advocates.
March 29, 2016
Clark C. HealthLeaders Media. April 11, 2014.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/autopsy-advocates
Highlighting how hospital autopsy programs can uncover diagnostic errors, reveal adverse events, and
enhance learning opportunities, this news article recommends that these initiatives int…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35084/psn-pdf
November 04, 2015 - Tort reform and the patient safety movement: seeking
common ground.
November 4, 2015
Budetti PP. Tort reform and the patient safety movement: seeking common ground. JAMA.
2005;293(21):2660-2.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/tort-reform-and-patient-safety-movement-seeking-common-ground
The author comments on two arti…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37279/psn-pdf
January 04, 2012 - Studying the technical work of emergency care.
January 4, 2012
Nemeth CP, Cook RI, Wears RL. Studying the technical work of emergency care. Ann Emerg Med.
2007;50(4):384-6.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/studying-technical-work-emergency-care
The authors introduce a set of articles that explore how clinicians plan a…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39718/psn-pdf
July 28, 2010 - What is patient safety culture? A review of the literature.
July 28, 2010
Sammer CE, Lykens K, Singh KP, et al. What is patient safety culture? A review of the literature. J Nurs
Scholarsh. 2010;42(2):156-65. doi:10.1111/j.1547-5069.2009.01330.x.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/what-patient-safety-culture-review-liter…
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digital.ahrq.gov/funding-mechanism/understanding-and-improving-diagnostic-safety-ambulatory-care-incidence-and
January 01, 2023 - AHRQ Understanding and Improving Diagnostic Safety in Ambulatory Care: Incidence and Contributing Factors (R01)
Complexity, Incidence, and Costs Related to Delayed Diagnosis of Venous Thromboembolism in Urban and Rural Primary and Urgent Care Settings
Description
This research…
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/national-center-pediatric-practice-based-research-and-learning/citation/shared
January 01, 2023 - A shared e-decision support portal for pediatric asthma.
Citation
Fiks AG, Mayne S, Karavite DJ, et al. A shared e-decision support portal for pediatric asthma. J Ambul Care Manage 2014;37(2):120-6. PMID: 24594560.
Link
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24594560
Principal Investigator …
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/labor-delivery/perinatal-care/modules/teamwork/implement-slides.html
July 01, 2023 - What did we learn?
What do we need to improve or change for next time?
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digital.ahrq.gov/program-overview/research-reports/2022-year-review/research-dissemination
January 01, 2022 - Click on the links in Table 1 to learn more about this research.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-edward-tenner-phd
June 01, 2011 - That's something that medicine has learned and could continue to learn from, that any member of the team … It's something that I have to learn for myself reading into the literature of many different fields,
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/102-how-to-integrate-cusp-approach-periop.pptx
April 01, 2025 - Approach
Steps of CUSP1
Educate staff on science of safety
Identify defects
Engage with senior executive
Learn
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/physiologic-monitoring-long-desc.html
January 01, 2025 - Pediatric Patient Safety Learning Laboratory to Reengineer Continuous Physiologic Monitoring Systems
Principal Investigator: Christopher Bonafide, M.D., M.S.C.E., Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), Philadelphia, PA AHRQ Grant No.: HS26620 Project Period: 09/30/18-07/31/23 Description: This lab’s goa…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/2-unc-webcast-ginsberg.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Implementation of an Event Reporting and Learning System Leads to Improvements in Patient Safety Culture at UNC Medical Center-Ginsberg
AHRQ’s Surveys on Patient Safety Culture™
(SOPS™) Program
Caren Ginsberg, PhD
Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, AHRQ
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AHRQ’s Core Competencies
AHRQ is a rese…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37536/psn-pdf
February 01, 2011 - Improving patient safety by taking systems seriously.
February 1, 2011
Shortell SM, Singer SJ. Improving patient safety by taking systems seriously. JAMA. 2008;299(4):445-447.
doi:10.1001/jama.299.4.445.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-patient-safety-taking-systems-seriously
The authors advocate that system…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/eprotect-respiratory.html
May 01, 2022 - ePROTECT Respiratory Infections (EN)
Resource: ePROTECT Respiratory Infections (EN)
This course provides a general introduction to Acute Respiratory Infections and basic hygiene measures to protect against infection. By the end of the course, participants should be able to describe basic information about A…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/basics-infection-prevention.html
April 01, 2022 - Basics of Infection Prevention & Control in the Post-COVID-19 World
Resource: Basics of Infection Prevention & Control in the Post-COVID-19 World
This course will review how COVID-19 spreads, signs and symptoms of COVID-19, and how to report illness. It will review the role of a healthcare worker in reporti…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/module-11d-linen-management.html
May 01, 2022 - Module 11D—Linen Management—Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training Course
Resource: Module 11D—Linen Management—Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training Course
This module discusses recommended practices for linen management. At the conclusion of the module, participants will understand how lin…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47614/psn-pdf
October 19, 2020 - Patient.
October 19, 2020
Canadian Patient Safety Institute;
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient
Patient stories and insights related to medical mishaps can inspire and motivate work to enhance health
care safety. This annual podcast series uses patient accounts of medical errors to collaboratively explore
solut…