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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39296/psn-pdf
January 22, 2017 - Applying Lean Sigma solutions to mistake-proof the
chemotherapy preparation process.
January 22, 2017
Aboumatar HJ, Winner L, Davis RO, et al. Applying Lean Sigma solutions to mistake-proof the
chemotherapy preparation process. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2010;36(2):79-86.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/applying-lea…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/841774/psn-pdf
December 21, 2022 - The prosecution of RaDonda Vaught: an ethical and legal
mistake.
December 21, 2022
Vogelstein E. The prosecution of RaDonda Vaught: An ethical and legal mistake. Nurs Forum.
2022;57(6):1571-1574. doi:10.1111/nuf.12838.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prosecution-radonda-vaught-ethical-and-legal-mistake
The criminal …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45355/psn-pdf
September 28, 2016 - psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/getting-it-right-patient-safety-specimen-collection-process-improvement-
operating-room
Mistakes
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60717/psn-pdf
July 22, 2020 - The U.S. is repeating its deadliest pandemic mistake.
July 22, 2020
KHAZAN OLGA. The U.S. is repeating its deadliest pandemic mistake. The Atlantic. 2020;July 6.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/us-repeating-its-deadliest-pandemic-mistake
Residential care facilities have been particularly challenged by COVID-19. This a…
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April 24, 2018 - September 1, 2018
Mistakes were made (by me). … October 18, 2017
Inpatient Notes: mistakes in the hospital—communicating, apologizing
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/checklists-improve-experts-diagnostic-decisions
February 06, 2014 - February 6, 2014
Finding and fixing mistakes: do checklists work for clinicians with … December 27, 2014
Finding and fixing mistakes: do checklists work for clinicians with
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46037/psn-pdf
April 16, 2018 - 'If no-one stops me, I'll make the mistake again': changing
prescribing behaviours through feedback; a Perceptual
Control Theory perspective.
April 16, 2018
Ferguson J, Keyworth C, Tully MP. 'If no-one stops me, I'll make the mistake again': Changing prescribing
behaviours through feedback; A Perceptual Control Th…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39241/psn-pdf
March 05, 2010 - Dealing honestly with an honest mistake.
March 5, 2010
Liang NL, Herring ME, Bush RL. Dealing honestly with an honest mistake. J Vasc Surg. 2010;51(2):494-5.
doi:10.1016/j.jvs.2009.11.001.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/dealing-honestly-honest-mistake
This case report describes a near miss involving a potential hepa…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39771/psn-pdf
August 18, 2010 - Bearing witness to the ethics of practice: storying
physicians' medical mistake narratives.
August 18, 2010
Carmack HJ. Bearing witness to the ethics of practice: storying physicians' medical mistake narratives.
Health Commun. 2010;25(5):449-58. doi:10.1080/10410236.2010.484876.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/bearin…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37148/psn-pdf
March 11, 2009 - CMS: your mistake, your problem.
March 11, 2009
Lubell J. CMS: your mistake, your problem. Eight hospital-acquired conditions won't be paid for. Modern
healthcare. 2007;37(33):10-1.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cms-your-mistake-your-problem
This article discusses the challenges hospitals face in responding to rece…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42753/psn-pdf
November 20, 2013 - Dealing with a medical mistake: should physicians
apologize to patients?
November 20, 2013
Tabler NG Jr.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/dealing-medical-mistake-should-physicians-apologize-patients
This article discusses how apologies address patients' needs when a medical mistake has occurred and
how such disclosur…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37044/psn-pdf
September 05, 2007 - Make no mistake about it: chain pharmacies are finding
innovative ways to combat medication errors.
September 5, 2007
Levy S. Drug Topics. July 9, 2007
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/make-no-mistake-about-it-chain-pharmacies-are-finding-innovative-ways-
combat-medication
This article reports on ways in which chain …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39344/psn-pdf
March 03, 2010 - Mistake-proofing healthcare: why stopping processes
may be a good start.
March 3, 2010
Grout JR, Toussaint JS. Mistake-proofing healthcare: Why stopping processes may be a good start. Bus
Horiz. 2009;53(2):149-156. doi:10.1016/j.bushor.2009.10.007.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/mistake-proofing-healthcare-why-stopp…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39634/psn-pdf
December 04, 2016 - We meant no harm, yet we made a mistake; why not
apologize for it? A student's view.
December 4, 2016
Sanford DE, Fleming DA. We meant no harm, yet we made a mistake; why not apologize for it? A student's
view. HEC Forum. 2010;22(2):159-69. doi:10.1007/s10730-010-9131-8.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/we-meant-no-ha…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39129/psn-pdf
November 25, 2009 - How to avoid falling victim to a hospital mistake.
November 25, 2009
Cohen E.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/how-avoid-falling-victim-hospital-mistake
This news story describes an incident of patient misidentification and offers tips to help patients confirm
their care during a hospitalization.
https://psnet.ahrq.g…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38882/psn-pdf
November 14, 2011 - Dead by Mistake.
November 14, 2011
Crowley CF, Nalder E. New York, NY: Hearst Digital News; August 2009.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/dead-mistake
This Web site provides access to numerous materials relating stories of medical harm and reporting data
as well as contextual information from a news media investigatio…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42766/psn-pdf
November 27, 2013 - The biggest mistake doctors make.
November 27, 2013
Landro L. Wall Street Journal. November 17, 2013.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/biggest-mistake-doctors-make
This newspaper article describes efforts to prevent diagnostic errors, including improving follow-up of
abnormal test results and implementing decision sup…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36892/psn-pdf
December 01, 2017 - Mistake-Proofing the Design of Health Care Processes.
December 1, 2017
Grout JR. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; May 2007. AHRQ Publication No.
07-0020.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/mistake-proofing-design-health-care-processes
In this report, the author draws from multidisciplinary sour…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34597/psn-pdf
March 28, 2005 - Mistaking error.
March 28, 2005
Cook RI, Woods DD. Chapter in: Youngberg BJ, Hatlie, MJ, ed. Patient Safety Handbook, Sudbury, MA:
Jones and Bartlett; 2004.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/mistaking-error
This chapter discusses the "New Look" as a paradigm shift in understanding the complexity of error and
how to se…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43545/psn-pdf
September 17, 2014 - Feds reverse course, will release hospital mistake data.
September 17, 2014
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/feds-reverse-course-will-release-hospital-mistake-data
This newspaper article reports on the decision to reinstate distribution of publicly-reported information on
hospital-acquired conditions that, in an attemp…