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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/855435/psn-pdf
November 15, 2023 - Technology, Education and Safety
November 15, 2023
Arnal-Velasco, D, ed. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2023;36(6):649-705.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/technology-education-and-safety-2
Adoption of new ideas is necessary to create safety in the perioperative environment. This collection of
reviews illustrates relationsh…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43936/psn-pdf
December 04, 2015 - Exploring the Potential Use of Safety Cases in Health
Care.
December 4, 2015
Safety Cases Working Group. London, UK: Health Foundation; 2015.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/exploring-potential-use-safety-cases-health-care
This report describes a consensus-building initiative in the United Kingdom seeking to determin…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38213/psn-pdf
November 12, 2008 - AHRQ announces interest in research on diagnostic
errors in ambulatory care settings.
November 12, 2008
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Special Emphasis Notice. October 25, 2007.
Publication No. NOT-HS-08-002.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ahrq-announces-interest-research-diagnostic-error…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47062/psn-pdf
October 13, 2018 - Latent risk assessment tool for health care leaders.
October 13, 2018
Paine LA, Holzmueller CG, Elliott R, et al. Latent risk assessment tool for health care leaders. J Healthc
Risk Manag. 2018;38(2):36-46. doi:10.1002/jhrm.21316.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/latent-risk-assessment-tool-health-care-leaders
Health …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43790/psn-pdf
October 23, 2023 - Complaints to the Parliamentary and Health Service
Ombudsman.
October 23, 2023
Manchester, UK: Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/complaints-about-acute-trusts-2016-2017
The National Health Service broadly reports the results of system-level analyses and investigations into
t…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/48106/psn-pdf
July 24, 2019 - Teamwork Toolkit.
July 24, 2019
Durham, NC: Duke Center for Healthcare Safety and Quality; June 2019.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/teamwork-toolkit
Improving teamwork and communication is a continued focus in the hospital setting. This toolkit is designed
to help organizations create a culture that embeds teamwork…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/72685/psn-pdf
January 27, 2021 - Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare.
January 27, 2021
Carayon P, Hignett S, Albolino S eds. Int J Qual Health Care. 2021;33(Supp1):1-71.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/human-factors-and-ergonomics-healthcare
Human factors approaches have been identified as one of the primary vehicles to create las…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37555/psn-pdf
February 14, 2018 - ACOG Committee Opinion #730: fatigue and patient
safety.
February 14, 2018
ACOG Committee on Patient Safety and Quality Improvement. Obstet Gynecol. 2018;131(2):e78-
e81.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/acog-committee-opinion-730-fatigue-and-patient-safety
This commentary discusses how sleep deprivation affects…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60674/psn-pdf
July 08, 2020 - Sway: Unravelling Unconscious Bias
July 8, 2020
Agarwal P. London, UK: Bloomsbury Sigma; 2020. ISBN 9781472971357.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/sway-unravelling-unconscious-bias
Implicit biases influence behavior and decision making. This publication discusses how a range of implicit
biases affect legal…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/840164/psn-pdf
November 16, 2022 - Medical error and vulnerable communities.
November 16, 2022
Jean-Pierre P. Boston U Law Rev. 2022; 102(1):327-392.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medical-error-and-vulnerable-communities
Bias and discrimination are receiving overdue attention as primary barriers to patient safety. This article
discusses medical erro…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73715/psn-pdf
September 15, 2021 - The successful anesthesia patient safety officer.
September 15, 2021
Cohen JB, Patel SY. The successful anesthesia patient safety officer. Anesth Analg. 2021;133(3):816-820.
doi:10.1213/ane.0000000000005637.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/successful-anesthesia-patient-safety-officer
Designated safety leadership role…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39622/psn-pdf
June 23, 2010 - Safety concerns of hospital-based new-to-practice
registered nurses and their preceptors.
June 23, 2010
Myers S, Reidy P, French B, et al. Safety concerns of hospital-based new-to-practice registered nurses and
their preceptors. J Contin Educ Nurs. 2010;41(4):163-71. doi:10.3928/00220124-20100326-02.
https://psnet…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36792/psn-pdf
August 26, 2011 - Adaptive regulation or governmentality: patient safety
and the changing regulation of medicine.
August 26, 2011
Waring J. Adaptive regulation or governmentality: patient safety and the changing regulation of medicine.
Sociol Health Illn. 2007;29(2):163-79.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/adaptive-regulation-or-govern…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47056/psn-pdf
April 20, 2022 - Healthcare Simulation Week.
April 20, 2022
Society for Simulation in Healthcare.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/healthcare-simulation-week
Simulation provides a safe space to observe behaviors and generate constructive feedback to enhance
individual and team performance. This website provides promotional materials f…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35046/psn-pdf
June 22, 2009 - Patient safety: do nursing and medical curricula address
this theme?
June 22, 2009
Wakefield A, Attree M, Braidman I, et al. Patient safety: do nursing and medical curricula address this
theme? Nurse Educ Today. 2005;25(4):333-40.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-do-nursing-and-medical-curricula-address…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35482/psn-pdf
May 27, 2011 - The introduction of computerized physician order entry
and change management in a tertiary pediatric hospital.
May 27, 2011
Upperman JS, Staley P, Friend K, et al. The introduction of computerized physician order entry and change
management in a tertiary pediatric hospital. Pediatrics. 2005;116(5):e634-42.
https:/…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/839330/psn-pdf
November 02, 2022 - Diagnosis: Reducing Errors and Improving Quality.
November 2, 2022
Schiff G. Chapter In: Loscalzo J, Fauci A, Kasper D, et al, eds. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine,
21e. New York, NY: McGraw Hill; 2022
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/diagnosis-reducing-errors-and-improving-quality
The task of performing a …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35079/psn-pdf
November 04, 2015 - Medical Error: What Do We Know? What Do We Do?
November 4, 2015
Rosenthal MM; Sutcliffe KM, eds. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass; 2002.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medical-error-what-do-we-know-what-do-we-do
Opening with a review of lessons learned since the Harvard Medical Practice Study (HMPS),
this book explore…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43100/psn-pdf
April 02, 2014 - Taking National Action to Prevent and Eliminate
Healthcare-Associated Infections.
April 2, 2014
Kahn KL, Battles JB, eds. Med Care. 2014;52:i-ii,s1-s100.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/taking-national-action-prevent-and-eliminate-healthcare-associated-infections
This special issue explores a national initiativ…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43844/psn-pdf
January 21, 2015 - Unintended side effects: arbitration and the deterrence of
medical error.
January 21, 2015
Shieh D. N Y Univ Law Rev. 2014;89:1806-1835.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/unintended-side-effects-arbitration-and-deterrence-medical-error
This commentary explores the role of medical malpractice arbitration as a deterrent …