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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/cybersecurity-and-how-maintain-patient-safety
March 27, 2024 - important to figure out what these issues are and how you are going to work through them when they occur … Often when these events occur, staff are told to not talk about them, but at some point, you need to
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-elsabeth-kalenderian-dds-mph-phd-and-muhammad-f-walji-phd
December 22, 2020 - adverse events and interpreting that data takes a lot more effort than measuring whether care processes occur … AEs they thought were more and less common in dental care, and in particular which AEs should never occur
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/navigating-complications-unintended-journey-guidewire-during-dialysis-catheter-placement
February 23, 2022 - By Sharmilee Vuyyuru, DO, and Nandakishor Kapa, MD This case demonstrates how an adverse event can occur … identify and retrain operators when new equipment is introduced, and to debrief after complications occur
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/errors-managing-open-wound-elbow-leading-multiple-complications-and-operations
September 27, 2023 - Complications (e.g., cellulitis, abscess, osteomyelitis, fistula, mechanical impairment, etc.) may occur … itself must be considered because damage to important structures (e.g., arteries, nerves, tendons) may occur … It is usually better to assume an infection will occur than to hope it won’t.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/root-cause-analysis-adverse-events-involving-opioid-overdoses-veterans-health-administration
November 17, 2021 - Study
Root cause analysis of adverse events involving opioid overdoses in the Veterans Health Administration.
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Norris B, Soncrant C, Mills PD, et al. Root cause analysis of adverse events involving opioid overdoses in the Veterans Health Administration. Jt Comm J Qual Patie…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/root-cause-analysis-icu-adverse-events-veterans-health-administration
June 23, 2021 - Study
Root cause analysis of ICU adverse events in the Veterans Health Administration.
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Corwin GS, Mills PD, Shanawani H, et al. Root Cause Analysis of ICU Adverse Events in the Veterans Health Administration. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2017;43(11):580-590. doi:10.1016/j.j…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/veterans-health-administration-response-covid-19-crisis-surveillance-action
November 17, 2021 - Commentary
Veterans Health Administration response to the COVID-19 crisis: surveillance to action.
Citation Text:
Charles MA, Yackel EE, Mills PD, et al. Veterans Health Administration response to the COVID-19 crisis: surveillance to action. J Patient Saf. 2022;18(7):686-691. doi:10.1097…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/diagnostic-failure-growing-deficit
June 01, 2005 - Provide contingency plans focused on the next step and a plan to reengage if the expected outcome did not occur
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psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/root-cause-analysis
March 30, 2022 - Root Cause Analysis
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Root Cause Analysis. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2019.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33572/psn-pdf
December 15, 2024 - associated with each behavior are also different: failures of schematic behavior
are called slips and occur
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psnet.ahrq.gov/curated-library/interdisciplinary-teamwork
April 17, 2025 - team members collectively reflect on actions and behaviors, and the context in which these actions occur … catalyzed 7 years of efforts to bring patient safety to the forefront and explain what future steps must occur
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/paroxysmal-supraventricular-tachycardia-masquerading-panic-attacks
September 01, 2017 - The symptom may be very brief such as may occur with premature beats or sustained, with or without a … correlation of patients’ symptoms with cardiac rhythms because arrhythmia episodes may be too infrequent to occur
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/update-patient-engagement-safety
January 01, 2017 - engaged patients to help health care systems identify safety hazards, regain trust after safety hazards occur
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/review-adverse-event-reports-emergency-departments-veterans-health-administration
November 17, 2021 - Study
A review of adverse event reports from emergency departments in the Veterans Health Administration.
Citation Text:
Gill S, Mills PD, Watts BV, et al. A Review of Adverse Event Reports From Emergency Departments in the Veterans Health Administration. J Patient Saf. 2021;17(8):e898-…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/adverse-patient-safety-events-during-covid-epidemic
May 03, 2023 - Study
Adverse patient safety events during the COVID epidemic.
Citation Text:
Yackel EE, Knowles RS, Jones CM, et al. Adverse patient safety events during the COVID epidemic. J Patient Saf. 2023;19(5):340-345. doi:10.1097/pts.0000000000001129.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/delays-diagnosis-treatment-and-surgery-root-causes-actions-taken-and-recommendations
March 25, 2020 - Study
Delays in diagnosis, treatment, and surgery: root causes, actions taken, and recommendations for healthcare improvement.
Citation Text:
Politi RE, Mills PD, Zubkoff L, et al. Delays in diagnosis, treatment, and surgery: root causes, actions taken, and recommendations for healthcare…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hemodialysis-bleeding-events-and-deaths-18-year-retrospective-analysis-patient-safety-and
June 23, 2021 - Study
Hemodialysis bleeding events and deaths: an 18-year retrospective analysis of patient safety and root cause analysis reports in the Veterans Health Administration.
Citation Text:
Walton E, Charles M, Morrish W, et al. Hemodialysis bleeding events and deaths: an 18-year retrospectiv…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/signout-fallout
November 16, 2022 - Handoffs occur in the hospital every time providers change shift and whenever a patient changes locations
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33594/psn-pdf
November 18, 2021 - A ‘cold debrief’ may occur
later in the day or week and is often held in a different space than the … Events
Clinical event debriefing can be challenging to implement due to uncertainty about when it will occur
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/teaching-medical-error-disclosure-physicians-training-scoping-review
June 09, 2015 - Review
Teaching medical error disclosure to physicians-in-training: a scoping review.
Citation Text:
Stroud L, Wong BM, Hollenberg E, et al. Teaching medical error disclosure to physicians-in-training: a scoping review. Acad Med. 2013;88(6):884-92. doi:10.1097/ACM.0b013e31828f898f.
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