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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/culture-safety-ems-systems-0
February 18, 2011 - Organizational Policy/Guidelines
A culture of safety in EMS systems.
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A culture of safety in EMS systems. American College of Emergency Physicians, National Association of Emergency Medical Services. Ann Emerg Med. 2021;78(3):e37-e57.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/quality-and-safety-track-training-future-physician-leaders
March 28, 2018 - Commentary
The quality and safety track: training future physician leaders.
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Vinci LM, Oyler J, Arora V. The Quality and Safety Track: Training Future Physician Leaders. Am J Med Qual. 2014;29(4):277-83. doi:10.1177/1062860613498264.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/view-world-through-different-lens-shadowing-another-provider
January 22, 2017 - Commentary
View the world through a different lens: shadowing another provider.
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Thompson DA, Holzmueller CG, Lubomski LH, et al. View the world through a different lens: shadowing another provider. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2008;34(10):614-8, 561.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-experience-must-move-beyond-bad-apples
September 02, 2009 - Commentary
Patient experience must move beyond bad apples.
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Hamedani A, Safdar B, Aaronson E, et al. Patient Experience Must Move Beyond Bad Apples. Ann Intern Med. 2016;165(12):869-870. doi:10.7326/M16-1725.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/diagnostic-errors-and-bedside-clinical-examination
August 20, 2018 - Review
Emerging Classic
Diagnostic errors and the bedside clinical examination.
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Clark BW, Derakhshan A, Desai S. Diagnostic Errors and the Bedside Clinical Examination. Med Clin North Am. 2018;102(3):453-464. doi:10.1016/j.mcna.2017.12.007.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/viewpoint-patient-safety-primary-care-patients-are-not-just-beneficiary-critical-component
August 16, 2017 - Commentary
Viewpoint: Patient safety in primary care - patients are not just a beneficiary but a critical component in its achievement.
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Kavanagh KT, Cormier LE. Viewpoint: Patient safety in primary care – patients are not just a beneficiary but a critical component in its …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/perspective-beyond-counting-hours-importance-supervision-professionalism-transitions-care-and
September 20, 2011 - Commentary
Perspective: beyond counting hours: the importance of supervision, professionalism, transitions of care, and workload in residency training.
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Schumacher D, Slovin SR, Riebschleger MP, et al. Perspective. Academic Medicine. 2012;87(7). doi:10.1097/acm.0b013e318257…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/your-code-cart-ready
August 30, 2017 - Newspaper/Magazine Article
Is your code cart ready?
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Cohen ML. Is your code cart ready? Medical economics. 2005;82(18):45-6, 48.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/assessing-hospital-safety-nights-and-weekends-swan-tool
September 28, 2010 - Commentary
Assessing hospital safety on nights and weekends: the SWAN tool.
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Shulkin DJ. Assessing hospital safety on nights and weekends: the SWAN tool. J Patient Saf. 2009;5(2):75-8. doi:10.1097/PTS.0b013e3181a5db10.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/inpatient-notes-reducing-diagnostic-error-new-horizon-opportunities-hospital-medicine
February 24, 2021 - Commentary
Inpatient notes: reducing diagnostic error—a new horizon of opportunities for hospital medicine.
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Singh H, Zwaan L. Web Exclusives. Annals for Hospitalists Inpatient Notes - Reducing Diagnostic Error-A New Horizon of Opportunities for Hospital Medicine. Ann Inter…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/best-care-lower-cost-path-continuously-learning-health-care-america
July 08, 2016 - Book/Report
Classic
Best Care at Lower Cost: The Path to Continuously Learning Health Care in America.
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Best Care at Lower Cost: The Path to Continuously Learning Health Care in America. Smith M, Saunders R, Stuckhardt L, McGinnis JM, eds. Committe…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ambulatory-medication-errors-and-adverse-events-involved-medicine-related-malpractice-cases
November 18, 2016 - Study
Ambulatory medication errors and adverse events involved in medicine-related malpractice cases from 2011 to 2021.
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Boisvert S, Nelson M, Ross J. Ambulatory medication errors and adverse events involved in medicine-related malpractice cases from 2011 to 2021. J Patient…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-it-and-patient-safety-building-safer-systems-better-care
June 16, 2011 - Book/Report
Classic
Health IT and Patient Safety: Building Safer Systems for Better Care.
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Health IT and Patient Safety: Building Safer Systems for Better Care. Committee on Patient Safety and Health Information Technology, Board on Health Care Ser…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/topics-0
March 03, 2025 - Topics
Guides for key topics in patient safety through context, epidemiology, and relevant AHRQ PSNet content. The Patient Safety 101 Primer provides an overview of the patient safety field and covers key definitions and concepts.
Featured Topics in Patient Safety
Updated Date: March 3, 2025
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73406/psn-pdf
June 16, 2021 - Machine learning is booming in medicine. It’s also facing
a credibility crisis.
June 16, 2021
Ross C. STAT. June 2, 2021.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/machine-learning-booming-medicine-its-also-facing-credibility-crisis
Artificial intelligence and machine learning are often promoted as tools with impressive p…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50758/psn-pdf
December 18, 2019 - Still Not Safe: Patient Safety and the Middle-Managing of
American Medicine.
December 18, 2019
Wears R, Sutcliffe K. New York, NY: Oxford University Press; 2019. ISBN: 9780190271268.
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The modern patient safety movement …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47781/psn-pdf
February 27, 2019 - Medicine Safety: Take Care.
February 27, 2019
Lim R, Semple S, Ellett LK, Roughead L. Canberra, Australia: Pharmaceutical Society of Australia; 2019.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medicine-safety-take-care
Analyzing the evidence on medication errors in Australia, this report estimates the incidence of acute care
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/48145/psn-pdf
July 17, 2019 - Mental mayhem: the peril of multitasking in medicine.
July 17, 2019
Joseph R; Harry E.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/mental-mayhem-peril-multitasking-medicine
Multitasking can negatively affect cognitive load and diminish safety. This magazine article reports on how
multitasking can contribute to surgeon fatigue, b…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/consequences-medical-overuse
May 05, 2021 - being treated with dual antiplatelet therapy.( 18 ) Thus, starting a patient on this combination of medicines
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49768/psn-pdf
September 01, 2016 - Challenges to optimal medicines use in people living with
dementia and their caregivers: a literature