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pso.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/Choosing%20a%20PSO.pdf
August 01, 2012 - Choosing a Patient Safety Organization: Tips for Hospitals and Health Care Providers
Background
The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005
(Patient Safety Act) authorized the creation of Patient
Safety Organizations (PSOs). It encourages clinicians
and health care organizations to voluntarily report to…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/ltc-quality-measures.html
December 01, 2022 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders
Measuring What Matters: Catalyzing Conversations on the Quality of Long-Term Care
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15
2022
By
Members of AHRQ’s National Advisory Council:
Catherine H. Ivory, Ph.D., R.N.; Komal Bajaj, M.D.; MS-HPEd, Jiajie Zhang, Ph.D.; and Kannan Ramar, …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/fed-IWG-dxsafety-Nov19mtg.pdf
November 15, 2019 - Federal Interagency Workgroup on Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality in Health Care November Meeting Summary
Federal Interagency Workgroup on Improving Diagnostic
Safety and Quality in Health Car…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/distribute/promote/social-marketing.html
June 01, 2019 - Applying the Lessons of Social Marketing to a Quality Report
Social marketing is the application of the principles and techniques of commercial marketing to promote socially desirable goals. It has been applied extensively, and with considerable success, in efforts to encourage/discourage specific health beha…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/education-dx-outcomes-3.html
March 01, 2022 - Improving Education—A Key to Better Diagnostic Outcomes
Current State of Diagnosis Education
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Table of Contents
Improving Education—A Key to Better Diagnostic Outcomes
Introduction
Foundations of Diagnosis Education
Current State of Diagnosis Education
Competencies To …
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/modules/checklist5.html
August 01, 2022 - Disclosure Checklist
AHRQ Communication and Optimal Resolution Toolkit
Purpose: To provide guidance to individuals who are conducting initial or followup disclosure conversations, including key disclosure communication skills.
Who should use this tool? Disclosure Lead and any staff who will be engaged in …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/candor/module5/mod5-disclosure-checklist.pdf
April 01, 2016 - Purpose: To provide guidance to individuals who are conducting initial or followup disclosure conversations,
including key disclosure communication skills.
Who should use this tool? Disclosure Lead and any staff who will be engaged in disclosure conversations.
How to use this tool: Use Part I of the checklist to pre…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/diagnostic-safety-workgroup-march-2022-meeting-notes.pdf
January 01, 2022 - Federal Interagency Workgroup: Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality in Healthcare
Federal Interagency Workgroup: Improving Diagnostic Safety
and Quality in Healthcare
Workgroup Goal: Established by Senate Report 115-150. The Senate Committee on
Appropriations requested “AHRQ to convene a cross agency working …
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www.ahrq.gov/sops/about/patient-safety-culture.html
June 01, 2024 - What Is Patient Safety Culture?
Patient Safety Culture Defined Patient safety culture is the extent to which an organization's culture supports and promotes patient safety. It refers to the values, beliefs, and norms that are shared by healthcare practitioners and other staff throughout the organization that in…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol3/Advances-Prologue_Keyes_Vol3.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Prologue: The Shift toward Performance and Tools
Prologue
The Shift toward Performance and Tools
Margaret A. Keyes, M.A.
The articles in this volume provide a number of perspectives on performance and tools used to
improve the safe delivery of health care. They include a wide variety of approaches that
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/high-rate-implementation-proposed-actions-improvement-healthcare-failure-mode-effect-analysis
December 09, 2020 - Study
High rate of implementation of proposed actions for improvement with the Healthcare Failure Mode Effect Analysis method: evaluation of 117 analyses.
Citation Text:
Öhrn A, Ericsson C, Andersson C, et al. High Rate of Implementation of Proposed Actions for Improvement With the Healt…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33653/psn-pdf
June 01, 2007 - In response to "Failure to Report" (March 2007)
June 1, 2007
Paparella S, Vaida AJ, Spath P. In response to "Failure to Report" (March 2007). PSNet [internet]. 2007.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/response-failure-report-march-2007
In response to "Failure to Report" (March 2007)
Letter
To the editors:
Dr. Sp…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-incidents-associated-obesity-review-reports-national-patient-safety-agency-and
October 19, 2022 - Study
Patient safety incidents associated with obesity: a review of reports to the National Patient Safety Agency and recommendations for hospital practice.
Citation Text:
Booth CMA, Moore CE, Eddleston J, et al. Patient safety incidents associated with obesity: a review of reports to …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/intended-and-unintended-consequences-communication-systems-general-internal-medicine
October 31, 2011 - Study
The intended and unintended consequences of communication systems on general internal medicine inpatient care delivery: a prospective observational case study of five teaching hospitals.
Citation Text:
Wu RC, Lo V, Morra D, et al. The intended and unintended consequences of communi…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/types-and-effects-feedback-emergency-ambulance-staff-systematic-mixed-studies-review-and-meta
April 06, 2022 - Study
Types and effects of feedback for emergency ambulance staff: a systematic mixed studies review and meta-analysis.
Citation Text:
Wilson C, Janes G, Lawton R, et al. Types and effects of feedback for emergency ambulance staff: a systematic mixed studies review and meta-analysis. BMJ…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-event-huddles-tool-reducing-adverse-drug-events
December 19, 2014 - Commentary
Medication event huddles: a tool for reducing adverse drug events.
Citation Text:
Morvay S, Lewe D, Stewart B, et al. Medication event huddles: a tool for reducing adverse drug events. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2014;40(1):39-45.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medical-errors-during-training-how-do-residents-cope-descriptive-study
October 13, 2021 - Study
Medical errors during training: how do residents cope?: a descriptive study.
Citation Text:
Fatima S, Soria S, Esteban- Cruciani N. Medical errors during training: how do residents cope?: a descriptive study. BMC Med Educ. 2021;21(1):408. doi:10.1186/s12909-021-02850-1.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/identifying-risks-areas-related-medication-administrations-text-mining-analysis-using-free
December 18, 2019 - Study
Identifying risks areas related to medication administrations - text mining analysis using free-text descriptions of incident reports.
Citation Text:
Härkänen M, Paananen J, Murrells T, et al. Identifying risks areas related to medication administrations - text mining analysis usin…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/infections-and-interaction-rituals-organisation-clinician-accounts-speaking-or-remaining
November 03, 2015 - Study
Infections and interaction rituals in the organisation: clinician accounts of speaking up or remaining silent in the face of threats to patient safety.
Citation Text:
Szymczak JE. Infections and interaction rituals in the organisation: clinician accounts of speaking up or remaining…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/implementation-and-adaptation-re-engineered-discharge-red-five-california-hospitals
August 04, 2021 - Study
Implementation and adaptation of the Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) in five California hospitals: a qualitative research study.
Citation Text:
Mitchell SE, Weigel GM, Laurens V, et al. Implementation and adaptation of the Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) in five California hospitals: a…