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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/near-miss-bedside-medications
February 01, 2006 - Frequency of near misses relative to medical errors
Because of the lack of systematic mechanisms to
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/74713/psn-pdf
January 26, 2022 - Patient Safety Events Involving Opioid Dose Stacking
January 26, 2022
Porras H, Lammers C. Patient Safety Events Involving Opioid Dose Stacking. PSNet [internet]. 2022.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/patient-safety-events-involving-opioid-dose-stacking
Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships: As a provider ac…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2022-01/final_spotlight_stacked_opioid_administration_01.03.2022.pdf
January 01, 2022 - Spotlight
Spotlight
Patient Safety Events Involving Opioid
Dose Stacking
Source and Credits
• This presentation is based on the January 2022 AHRQ WebM&M
Spotlight Case
o See the full article at https://psnet.ahrq.gov/webmm
o CME credit is available
o Commentary by: Hollie Porras, PharmD, BCPS and Cathy Lammers…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/when-lytes-go-out-case-inpatient-cardiac-arrest
February 01, 2023 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
When the Lytes Go Out: A Case of Inpatient Cardiac Arrest
Citation Text:
Stripe B, Zuidema D. When the Lytes Go Out: A Case of Inpatient Cardiac Arrest . PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2020.…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49579/psn-pdf
March 21, 2009 - All in the History
March 21, 2009
Fee C. All in the History. PSNet [internet]. 2009.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/all-history
Case Objectives
Describe the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) and understand that it
does not apply to transfers to emergency departments from non-acute care faci…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/837660/psn-pdf
July 08, 2022 - An Incomplete Anesthesia History Leads to Adverse
Outcomes
July 8, 2022
Bohringer C. An Incomplete Anesthesia History Leads to Adverse Outcomes. PSNet [internet]. 2022.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/incomplete-anesthesia-history-leads-adverse-outcomes
The Cases
Case 1: A 64-year-old man came in for a routine bron…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49758/psn-pdf
April 01, 2016 - Dropping to New Lows
April 1, 2016
Juang PC, Kulasa K. Dropping to New Lows. PSNet [internet]. 2016.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/dropping-new-lows
Case Objectives
State how to manage diabetes medications when patients are admitted to the hospital
Describe a guideline-recommended insulin regimen for a hospitaliz…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/hidden-danger-insidious-postpartum-bleeding-after-emergency-cesarean-delivery
November 25, 2020 - Early Warning Systems
Multiple institutions and organizations have developed protocols and mechanisms
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/867676/psn-pdf
February 26, 2025 - Responding to Patient Safety Events
February 26, 2025
Shaikh U. Responding to Patient Safety Events. PSNet [internet]. 2025.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/responding-patient-safety-events
Background
Patient safety events that occur in health care facilities require prompt action to ensure that further harm is
mit…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33571/psn-pdf
March 15, 2025 - Reporting Patient Safety Events
March 15, 2025
Reporting Patient Safety Events. PSNet [internet]. 2019.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/reporting-patient-safety-events
PSNet primers are regularly reviewed and updated by the UC Davis PSNet Editorial Team to ensure that
they reflect current research and practice in th…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49800/psn-pdf
July 01, 2017 - The Hidden Harms of Hand Sanitizer
July 1, 2017
Stewart S. The Hidden Harms of Hand Sanitizer. PSNet [internet]. 2017.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/hidden-harms-hand-sanitizer
The Case
A 57-year-old woman with a history of alcohol abuse and severe depression was admitted to the hospital
for community-acquired pn…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33612/psn-pdf
May 01, 2005 - Organizational Change in the Face of Highly Public
Errors—I. The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Experience
May 1, 2005
Conway JB, Weingart SN. Organizational Change in the Face of Highly Public Errors—I. The Dana-Farber
Cancer Institute Experience. PSNet [internet]. 2005.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/organizat…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.233_slideshow.ppt
February 01, 2011 - Spotlight Case July 2008
Spotlight Case
One Toxic Drug Is Not Like Another
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Source and Credits
This presentation is based on the February 2011
AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case
See the full article at http://webmm.ahrq.gov
CME credit is available
Commentary by: Eric S. Holmboe, MD, American Board of Internal…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.221_slideshow.ppt
July 01, 2010 - Spotlight Case [MONTH] 2003
Spotlight Case
Weighing in on Surgical Safety
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Source and Credits
This presentation is based on the July 2010
AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case
See the full article at http://webmm.ahrq.gov
CME credit is available
Commentary by: Jay B. Brodsky, MD, Stanford University Medical Cente…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/suicidal-ideation-family-medicine-clinic
October 01, 2007 - Warning signs (thoughts, behaviors, situations) Internal coping mechanisms People/social settings that
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/transitions-adolescent-medicine
August 04, 2021 - youth that can assist in the transition-of-care quality improvement process.( 9 ) Clinics have employed mechanisms
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49771/psn-pdf
July 01, 2016 - enable easy back-tracking from erroneous choices.(14)
Given how common picklist errors are, there are mechanisms
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49843/psn-pdf
October 01, 2018 - Comparison of QSOFA score and SIRS criteria as
screening mechanisms for emergency department sepsis.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/dropping-new-lows
December 18, 2024 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
Dropping to New Lows
Citation Text:
Juang PC, Kulasa K. Dropping to New Lows. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2016.
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April 01, 2018 - In Conversation With… Harlan Krumholz, MD, SM
April 1, 2018
In Conversation With… Harlan Krumholz, MD, SM. PSNet [internet]. 2018.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-harlan-krumholz-md-sm
Editor's note: Dr. Krumholz, Harold H. Hines, Jr. Professor of Medicine at the Yale School of Medicine and
Directo…