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January 01, 2024 - Spotlight
Spotlight
A Cognitive and Communication Blind Spot Contributes to Permanent Paralysis
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Source and Credits
This presentation is based on the October 2024 AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case
See the full article at https://psnet.ahrq.gov/webmm
CME credit is available
Commentary by: Garth Utter, MD, MSc, FACS…
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June 01, 2020 - The Cleveland Clinic Pairs Advanced Practice Registered
Nurses and Paramedics To Provide Home Visits to
Recently Discharged Patients at Highest Risk for Hospital
Readmission
April 7, 2022
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/innovation/cleveland-clinic-pairs-advanced-practice-registered-nurses-and-
paramedics-provide-home
Sum…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/good-catch-operating-room
August 27, 2017 - Good Catch in the Operating Room
Citation Text:
Day J, Paige JT. Good Catch in the Operating Room. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2019.
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May 29, 2024 - Navigating Complications: The Unintended Journey of a
Guidewire During Dialysis Catheter Placement
May 29, 2024
Vuyyuru S, Kapa N. Navigating Complications: The Unintended Journey of a Guidewire During Dialysis
Catheter Placement. PSNet [internet]. 2024.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/navigating-complications-unint…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49531/psn-pdf
March 01, 2007 - Failure to Report
March 1, 2007
Spath P. Failure to Report. PSNet [internet]. 2007.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/failure-report
Case Objectives
List common causes of medical errors.
Appreciate the magnitude of underreporting of adverse events.
List the common barriers to reporting adverse events and near misses…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/857259/psn-pdf
November 30, 2023 - Medication Mix-Up Leads to Patient Death
November 30, 2023
Sanchez L, Romano PS. Medication Mix-Up Leads to Patient Death. PSNet [internet]. 2023.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/medication-mix-leads-patient-death
The Case
An 81-year-old man was transferred from an outside hospital and admitted to the intensive car…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49829/psn-pdf
May 01, 2018 - Root Cause Analysis Gone Wrong
May 1, 2018
Peerally MF, Dixon-Woods M. Root Cause Analysis Gone Wrong. PSNet [internet]. 2018.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/root-cause-analysis-gone-wrong
The Case
A 42-year-old man with history of end-stage renal disease on hemodialysis was awaiting a kidney
transplant. A suitabl…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49402/psn-pdf
June 01, 2003 - Inappropriate Antibiotic Use
June 1, 2003
Babcock HM, Fraser VJ. Inappropriate Antibiotic Use. PSNet [internet]. 2003.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/inappropriate-antibiotic-use
The Case
A 41-year-old woman presented to the hospital with acute renal failure, which came to be diagnosed as a
first presentation of s…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/weight-and-height-juxtaposition-electronic-medical-record-causing-accidental-medication
March 15, 2023 - Weight and Height Juxtaposition in the Electronic Medical Record Causing an Accidental Medication Overdose
Citation Text:
Jain NP, Dakwa D. Weight and Height Juxtaposition in the Electronic Medical Record Causing an Accidental Medication Overdose. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Rese…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33714/psn-pdf
July 01, 2011 - In Conversation with…William B. Munier, MD, MBA
July 1, 2011
In Conversation with…William B. Munier, MD, MBA. PSNet [internet]. 2011.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-withwilliam-b-munier-md-mba
Editor's note: William B. Munier, MD, MBA, is the Director of the Center for Quality Improvement and
Pati…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/855057/psn-pdf
October 31, 2023 - Addressing Workplace Violence and Creating a Safer
Workplace
October 31, 2023
Jones CB, Sousane Z, Mossburg S. Addressing Workplace Violence and Creating a Safer Workplace.
PSNet [internet]. 2023.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/addressing-workplace-violence-and-creating-safer-workplace
While violence in the w…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/safety-challenges-supervision-and-night-coverage-academic-residency
February 21, 2024 - The Safety Challenges of Supervision and Night Coverage in Academic Residency
Citation Text:
Raffel K. The Safety Challenges of Supervision and Night Coverage in Academic Residency. 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/thin-air
March 01, 2006 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
Thin Air
Citation Text:
Gaba DM. Thin Air. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2004.
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June 30, 2021 - Inadequate Anesthesia Preparation Leading to Difficult
Intubation and Severe Hypoxemia
June 30, 2021
Bohringer C. Inadequate Anesthesia Preparation Leading to Difficult Intubation and Severe Hypoxemia.
PSNet [internet]. 2021.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/inadequate-anesthesia-preparation-leading-difficult-intubat…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/missed-patient-assignment-anyone-there
September 01, 2017 - Missed Patient Assignment: Is Anyone There?
Citation Text:
Sittig DF, Campbell EM, Singh H. Missed Patient Assignment: Is Anyone There?. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2010.
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November 01, 2012 - Transfusion Overload
November 1, 2012
Patel MS, Carson JL. Transfusion Overload. PSNet [internet]. 2012.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/transfusion-overload
Case Objectives
Understand that the traditional transfusion thresholds of hemoglobin below 10 g/dL and hematocrit
below 30% are not supported by the evidence.…
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st374/stat374.shtml
July 01, 2012 - STATISTICAL BRIEF #374:
Changes in Adult Asthma Medication Use and Expenditures, United States, 1998-1999 to 2008-2009
Skip to main content
An official website of the Department of Health & Human Services
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January 04, 2024 - Radiology Missed an Intracranial Bleed in a Lethargic
Infant.
January 4, 2024
Yuk J, Magana J. Radiology Missed an Intracranial Bleed in a Lethargic Infant. PSNet [internet]. 2024.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/radiology-missed-intracranial-bleed-lethargic-infant
The Case
A 2-month-old full-term male infant was b…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/medication-mix-leads-patient-death
July 08, 2022 - Medication Mix-Up Leads to Patient Death
Citation Text:
Sanchez L, Romano PS. Medication Mix-Up Leads to Patient Death. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2023.
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February 23, 2022 - Navigating Complications: The Unintended Journey of a Guidewire During Dialysis Catheter Placement
Citation Text:
Vuyyuru S, Kapa N. Navigating Complications: The Unintended Journey of a Guidewire During Dialysis Catheter Placement. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Qualit…