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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35729/psn-pdf
May 08, 2018 - Pump up the volume—tips for increasing error reporting.
May 8, 2018
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. February 9, 2006;11:1-2,4.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pump-volume-tips-increasing-error-reporting
This article presents best practices in six areas that can influence the success of incident repor…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35864/psn-pdf
June 17, 2014 - Exploring strategies for reducing hospital errors.
June 17, 2014
McFadden KL, Stock GN, Gowen CR. Exploring strategies for reducing hospital errors. J Healthc Manag.
2006;51(2):123-136.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/exploring-strategies-reducing-hospital-errors
The authors surveyed health care quality directors on …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38992/psn-pdf
April 16, 2018 - Safe patient outcomes occur with timely, standardized
communication of critical values.
April 16, 2018
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safe-patient-outcomes-occur-timely-standardized-communication-critical-
values
This article reports on failures surrounding critical test results and describes mechanisms to standardi…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39971/psn-pdf
January 22, 2017 - Rapid response systems: from implementation to
evidence base.
January 22, 2017
Sarani B, Scott SD. Rapid response systems: from implementation to evidence base. Jt Comm J Qual
Patient Saf. 2010;36(11):514-7, 481.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/rapid-response-systems-implementation-evidence-base
This commentary revi…
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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/838175/psn-pdf
September 28, 2022 - Modes of failure in venous thromboembolism
prophylaxis.
September 28, 2022
Richie CD, Castle JT, Davis GA, et al. Modes of failure in venous thromboembolism prophylaxis.
Angiology. 2022;73(8):712-715. doi:10.1177/00033197221083724.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/modes-failure-venous-thromboembolism-prophylaxis
Hosp…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47851/psn-pdf
May 22, 2019 - Communication and Resolution After an Adverse Health
Care Incident.
May 22, 2019
Pettersen B, Tate J, Tipper K, McKean H. Colorado Senate Bill 19-201.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/communication-and-resolution-after-adverse-health-care-incident
Communication-and-resolution mechanisms are seen as important approache…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39196/psn-pdf
January 16, 2010 - Detecting adverse events in dermatologic surgery.
January 16, 2010
Pinney D, Pearce DJ, Feldman SR. Detecting adverse events in dermatologic surgery. Dermatol Surg.
2010;36(1):8-14. doi:10.1111/j.1524-4725.2009.01378.x.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/detecting-adverse-events-dermatologic-surgery
This review identifi…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39693/psn-pdf
July 21, 2010 - Learning accountability for patient outcomes.
July 21, 2010
Pronovost P. Learning accountability for patient outcomes. JAMA. 2010;304(2):204-5.
doi:10.1001/jama.2010.979.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/learning-accountability-patient-outcomes
This commentary discusses efforts to reduce central line blood stream infe…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39724/psn-pdf
July 28, 2010 - Prone to error: earliest steps to find cancer.
July 28, 2010
Saul S. New York Times. July 19, 2010;A1.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prone-error-earliest-steps-find-cancer
This newspaper article investigates diagnostic errors in breast cancer through the story of a patient who
was misdiagnosed. Concern about the ac…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/dnr-or-and-afterwards
July 01, 2003 - DNR in the OR and Afterwards
Citation Text:
Lo B. DNR in the OR and Afterwards. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2006.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37781/psn-pdf
May 21, 2008 - Alcohol based surgical prep solution and the risk of fire in
the operating room: a case report.
May 21, 2008
Batra S, Gupta R. Alcohol based surgical prep solution and the risk of fire in the operating room: a case
report. Patient Saf Surg. 2008;2(1):10. doi:10.1186/1754-9493-2-10.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/alc…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35595/psn-pdf
January 04, 2009 - Patient Safety: Achieving a New Standard of Care.
January 4, 2009
Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on Data Standards for Patient Safety, Aspden P, Corrigan JM,
Wolcott J, Erickson SM, eds. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2004.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-achieving-new-standa…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46494/psn-pdf
January 24, 2018 - Complications.
January 24, 2018
Anaesthesia. 2018;73(suppl 1):3-101.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/complications
Study of complications can provide insights into presurgical patient counseling, risk assessment, and
medical harm prevention. Articles in this special issue explore complications in anesthesia, includin…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41913/psn-pdf
December 12, 2012 - Waking up the next morning: surgeons' emotional
reactions to adverse events.
December 12, 2012
Luu S, Patel P, St-Martin L, et al. Waking up the next morning: surgeons' emotional reactions to adverse
events. Med Educ. 2012;46(12):1179-88. doi:10.1111/medu.12058.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/waking-next-morning-sur…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/failure-utilize-functions-electronic-prescribing-system-and-subsequent-generation-technically
February 15, 2012 - Study
Failure to utilize functions of an electronic prescribing system and the subsequent generation of 'technically preventable' computerized alerts.
Citation Text:
Baysari M, Reckmann MH, Li L, et al. Failure to utilize functions of an electronic prescribing system and the subsequent g…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39023/psn-pdf
November 19, 2018 - Pediatric Readiness in the Emergency Department.
November 19, 2018
Remick K, Gausche-Hill M, Joseph MM, et al. Pediatric Readiness in the Emergency Department.
Pediatrics. 2018;142(5):e20182459. doi:10.1542/peds.2018-2459.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pediatric-readiness-emergency-department
This revised set of gu…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33956/psn-pdf
March 07, 2005 - The Report of the Manitoba Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Inquest: An Inquiry into Twelve Deaths at the Winnipeg
Health Sciences Center in 1994.
March 7, 2005
Inquest, Manitoba Pediatric Cardiac Surgery. Winnepeg, Manitoba: Provincial Court of Manitoba; 1999.
ISBN 0771115164.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/report-manito…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47050/psn-pdf
April 18, 2018 - Improving Physician Well-Being, Restoring Meaning in
Medicine.
April 18, 2018
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/physician-well-being
Physician and resident well-being is receiving increased attention as an area of focus of the clinical
learning environment. This we…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43985/psn-pdf
December 06, 2017 - Development of a medication safety and quality survey
for small rural hospitals.
December 6, 2017
Winterstein AG, Johns TE, Campbell KN, et al. Development of a Medication Safety and Quality Survey for
Small Rural Hospitals. J Patient Saf. 2017;13(4):249-254. doi:10.1097/PTS.0000000000000154.
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