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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/triage-time-bomb
September 01, 2008 - In the end, of course, these measures must be placed in the context of the broader health care environment
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/chest-tube-complications
September 27, 2023 - Despite these measures, the patient did not recover spontaneous circulation for more than 30 minutes
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60652/psn-pdf
June 29, 2020 - We’ve heard about some measures being taken to allow for less
exposure within a traditional dispensing
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49462/psn-pdf
October 01, 2004 - Ventilation with 100% CO2 would rapidly
cause a cardiac arrest in the patient, and the usual resuscitative measures
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psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-and-diagnostic-error
July 30, 2020 - April 17, 2013
Repurposing clinical decision support system data to measure dosing errors
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-witheric-coleman-md-mph
December 01, 2007 - something interesting about the fundamental role of measurement: that there are no real performance measures … If performance measures suddenly materialized and showed that we really stink at moving information from … hospitals to skilled nursing facilities or to home, what's the magic in those measures? … value of having community-wide or even nationwide quality measurements and public reporting of those measures … measure of their transition experience.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/care-transitions
December 01, 2007 - working with the American College of Physicians and other organizations to develop care transition measures … something interesting about the fundamental role of measurement: that there are no real performance measures … If performance measures suddenly materialized and showed that we really stink at moving information from … hospitals to skilled nursing facilities or to home, what's the magic in those measures? … measure of their transition experience.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/discharged-blindly
October 26, 2022 - Discharged Blindly
Citation Text:
Iezzoni LI. Discharged Blindly. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2005.
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February 26, 2025 - Learning Health Systems for Patient Safety
February 26, 2025
Savitz LA, Sousane Z, Mossburg SE. Learning Health Systems for Patient Safety. PSNet [internet]. 2025.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/learning-health-systems-patient-safety
Despite an observable decrease in adverse events in health care over time, rat…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49770/psn-pdf
September 01, 2016 - Wrong-Time Error With High-Alert Medication
September 1, 2016
Yang A, Nelson LS. Wrong-Time Error With High-Alert Medication. PSNet [internet]. 2016.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/wrong-time-error-high-alert-medication
The Case
A 60-year-old man was admitted to the hospital for a total knee arthroplasty. During th…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.266_slideshow.ppt
May 01, 2012 - Spotlight Case July 2008
Spotlight Case
The Perils of Cross Coverage
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Source and Credits
This presentation is based on the May 2012
AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case
See the full article at http://webmm.ahrq.gov
CME credit is available
Commentary by: Jeanne M. Farnan, MD, MHPE, and Vineet M. Arora, MD, MAPP, …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49860/psn-pdf
April 01, 2019 - Hip Fractures in Older Patients: the Case for Geriatrics
Comanagement
April 1, 2019
Rogers S, Ward D. Hip Fractures in Older Patients: the Case for Geriatrics Comanagement. PSNet
[internet]. 2019.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/hip-fractures-older-patients-case-geriatrics-comanagement
The Case
An 82-year-old man …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33808/psn-pdf
May 01, 2016 - Reducing the Safety Hazards of Monitor Alert and Alarm
Fatigue
May 1, 2016
Jacques S, Williams E. Reducing the Safety Hazards of Monitor Alert and Alarm Fatigue. PSNet [internet].
2016.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/reducing-safety-hazards-monitor-alert-and-alarm-fatigue
Perspective
Alarm fatigue occurs whe…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49463/psn-pdf
October 14, 2004 - Moved Too Soon
October 1, 2004
Lindenauer PK. Moved Too Soon. PSNet [internet]. 2004.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/moved-too-soon
The Case
A 67-year-old man was admitted to a general hospital ward after undergoing a laminectomy. Two hours
after arriving, while the patient was still groggy from anesthesia, a nurs…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49659/psn-pdf
July 01, 2012 - Sloppy and Paste
July 1, 2012
Hirschtick RE. Sloppy and Paste. PSNet [internet]. 2012.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/sloppy-and-paste
The Case
A 78-year-old man with hypertension and diabetes presented to an emergency department (ED) with new
onset chest pain. The ED physician reviewed the patient's electronic me…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49617/psn-pdf
January 01, 2011 - Failure to Reevaluate
December 1, 2010
Wong-Beringer A. Failure to Reevaluate. PSNet [internet]. 2010.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/failure-reevaluate
The Case
A 61-year-old woman receiving palliative chemotherapy for non–small-cell lung cancer at a community
hospital developed methicillin-resistant staphylococc…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49623/psn-pdf
March 01, 2011 - Are We Pushing Graduate Nurses Too Fast?
March 1, 2011
Spector ND. Are We Pushing Graduate Nurses Too Fast? . PSNet [internet]. 2011.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/are-we-pushing-graduate-nurses-too-fast
The Case
A middle-aged man was admitted to the surgical intensive care unit (SICU) following a complex surgical…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.275_slideshow.ppt
August 01, 2012 - Spotlight Case
Spotlight Case
No News May Not Be Good News
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This presentation is based on the August 2012
AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case
See the full article at http://webmm.ahrq.gov
CME credit is available
Commentary by: Carlton R. Moore, MD, MS; University of North Carolina, School of Medicin…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/lethal-cap
December 19, 2018 - Lethal Cap
Citation Text:
Schillinger D. Lethal Cap. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2004.
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August 16, 2023 - Ruptured Heterotopic Pregnancy
Citation Text:
Cedars MI. Ruptured Heterotopic Pregnancy. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2004.
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