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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/relationships-between-medications-used-mental-health-hospital-and-types-medication-errors
November 29, 2023 - This study used 8 years of medication records to identify when in the medication process the error occurred … Nearly one-third of errors were wrong dose and occurred in the prescribing stage.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37446/psn-pdf
January 06, 2017 - Investigators discovered that inpatient warfarin-
related errors occurred most frequently during transcription … /documentation and administration, while
outpatient errors occurred most frequently during prescribing
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36200/psn-pdf
February 15, 2011 - Prior research revealed that patients wanted the physicians to apologize for the
error, explain how it occurred … Approximately
half of respondents declined to explain how the error occurred or discuss specific plans
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39402/psn-pdf
August 08, 2010 - A fatal
vincristine error that occurred in the United Kingdom was the subject of a detailed investigation … preventing-vincristine-administration-errors
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/external-inquiry-adverse-incident-occurred-queens-medical-centre-nottingham
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41522/psn-pdf
December 02, 2014 - resulted in patient harm in the outpatient
setting, and this study found that more than 250 such errors occurred … Although pharmacists intercepted nearly half the errors, more than one-third occurred at
the time of
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/omission-high-alert-medications-hidden-danger
January 11, 2017 - The investigation found that more than half of errors occurred during the administration process, and … September 27, 2016
External Inquiry into the adverse incident that occurred at Queen's
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40819/psn-pdf
January 07, 2015 - Although fewer overall errors occurred with the new system, the reduction in
administration errors occurred
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36342/psn-pdf
March 02, 2011 - Diagnostic errors resulting in patient harm occurred in 181 cases, chiefly
consisting of missed or delayed … As with prior studies
using chart review, reviewer's agreement on whether an error occurred was only
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventable-harm-occurring-critically-ill-children
September 28, 2010 - Approximately one error occurred for every five patient-days, although more than three-quarters of these
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/choosing-your-words-carefully-how-physicians-would-disclose-harmful-medical-errors-patients
February 16, 2011 - Prior research revealed that patients wanted the physicians to apologize for the error, explain how it occurred … Approximately half of respondents declined to explain how the error occurred or discuss specific plans
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/how-useful-are-voluntary-medication-error-reports-case-warfarin-related-medication-errors
May 27, 2011 - Investigators discovered that inpatient warfarin-related errors occurred most frequently during transcription … /documentation and administration, while outpatient errors occurred most frequently during prescribing
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/physician-intent-pharmacy-label-prevalence-and-description-discrepancies-cross-sectional
July 22, 2020 - The investigators found that errors occurred at each stage of the process, with a small but significant … These errors often occurred when providers entered free-text instructions into the e-prescribing system
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42968/psn-pdf
February 26, 2014 - The investigators found that errors occurred at each stage of the
process, with a small but significant … These errors often occurred when providers
entered free-text instructions into the e-prescribing system
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.239_slideshow.ppt
May 01, 2011 - Disclosure
Discussing medical errors with patients is challenging
Patients want to know when errors have occurred … Disclosure respects patient autonomy
In general, patients want to learn about harmful errors that have occurred … Additional factors complicate this case:
The disclosing physicians did not make the error
The error occurred … the care provided
Examination of the possible error might involve a root cause analysis
If an error occurred … two hospitals should have had an open dialogue about the case
If they determined that a clear error occurred
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/multimodal-system-designed-reduce-errors-recording-and-administration-drugs-anaesthesia
September 26, 2012 - Although fewer overall errors occurred with the new system, the reduction in administration errors occurred
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psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/adverse-events-near-misses-and-errors
March 30, 2022 - independently reviewed by two clinically experienced reviewers in order to determine whether an adverse event occurred … When an adverse event occurred, reviewers also may disagree about whether the event was preventable. … Important subcategories of adverse events include: Preventable adverse events : those that occurred due … could have been less harmful if care had been different; Adverse events due to negligence : those that occurred
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49395/psn-pdf
April 01, 2003 - references
additional 5% experience a potential ADE (ie, the error reached the patient, but no harm occurred … reported similar rates of ADEs, though rates of potential
ADEs were even higher.(5) Most potential ADEs occurred … (Figure 1, Figure 2)
The error in this case occurred independent of prescription legibility. … confusion between ‘dose’ and
‘day,’ due to ambiguous use of the abbreviation “d” in “mg/kg/d,” could have occurred … ensures that orders are complete and in a standard format, eliminating ambiguous dosing
orders as occurred
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/missed-and-delayed-diagnoses-ambulatory-setting-study-closed-malpractice-claims
October 26, 2010 - Diagnostic errors resulting in patient harm occurred in 181 cases, chiefly consisting of missed or delayed … As with prior studies using chart review, reviewer's agreement on whether an error occurred was only
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.64_slideshow.ppt
June 01, 2004 - dopt=Abstract&list_uids=12477944
Disclosure: What Patients Want
Jargon-free statement that error occurred … discussing such issues
Physician may choose words carefully to avoid explicitly stating that an error occurred … malpractice claims
Others argue that the reason few injured patients sue is because they are unaware error occurred … should be disclosed to patients
Error disclosure should include an explicit statement that an error occurred
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/misread-label
August 28, 2024 - On face value, it is almost impossible to imagine how this could have occurred. … In addition to exploring why the error occurred at the level of individuals at the "sharp end," such … effectively, but involves interviewing staff involved to identify care management problems and why each occurred … Although physicians disclosed the adverse event, they often avoided stating that an error had occurred