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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/just-culture-foundation-staff-safety-perioperative-environment
June 09, 2021 - A just culture balances organizational and individual accountability when a medical error occurs
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/potentially-inappropriate-medication-use-and-healthcare-expenditures-us-community-dwelling
April 08, 2020 - cohort of noninstitutionalized elderly and found that inappropriate medication use in this population occurs
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/threat-within-mitigating-risk-medical-error
July 15, 2020 - Despite efforts to protect patients, harm still occurs during the course of medical care.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/grading-recommendations-enhanced-patient-safety-sentinel-event-analysis-recommendation
April 15, 2020 - The RIM consists of two elements—whether the intervention occurs before or after the event and whether
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patients-perspective-hematological-cancer-patients-experiences-adverse-events-part-care
December 01, 2019 - When an error or adverse event occurs, patients and families want to be informed.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/engage/interventions/warmhandoff.html
June 01, 2023 - A warm handoff is a transfer of care between two members of the health care team, where the handoff occurs
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/disclosure-and-resolution-programs-include-generous-compensation-offers-may-prompt-complex
November 20, 2024 - Some institutions have implemented disclosure-and-resolution programs whenever an error occurs, in which
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33561/psn-pdf
September 15, 2024 - reducing-preventable-patient-harm-due-retained-surgical-items-rsi-bundle
Patient death or serious injury associated with intravascular air embolism that occurs … serious injury of a patient or staff member resulting from a physical assault (i.e., battery)
that occurs
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/2025-annual-report/workforce.html
August 01, 2025 - notes to produce predicted practice burnout scores to facilitate the prevention of burnout before it occurs … enables real-time reports using already collected EHR data to help predict and prevent burnout before it occurs
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/why-do-acute-healthcare-staff-behave-unprofessionally-towards-each-other-and-how-can-these
July 24, 2024 - This narrative review characterized how, why, and under what circumstances unprofessional behavior occurs
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/doctors-were-alarmed-would-i-have-my-children-have-surgery-here
February 19, 2020 - November 9, 2022
Misdiagnosis of thoracic aortic emergencies occurs frequently among
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/pruhealing/assessment.html
December 01, 2017 - Evaluate once a week and whenever a change occurs in the wound. … As healing occurs in dark-skinned persons, the new skin is pink and may never darken. … In full thickness wounds it occurs from the edges only.
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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/systemdesign/leancasestudies/lean-exhibit3-2.html
November 01, 2014 - Communication about Lean: Ensure communication about changes resulting from project occurs.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-computerised-decision-support-alerts-tailored-intensive-care-administration-high-risk
October 18, 2023 - Alert fatigue occurs when clinical decision support systems (CDSS) produce numerous low-relevance alerts
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/pruhealing/puh-assessment.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Evaluate once a week and whenever a change occurs in the wound. … As healing occurs in dark-skinned persons, the new skin is pink and may never darken.
10. … In full thickness wounds it occurs from the edges only.
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/infographics/adverse.jsp
August 01, 2014 - Adverse Drug Events Occurring in U.S. Hospitals
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/reducing-risks-wrong-site-surgery-safety-practices-joint-commission-center-transforming
October 19, 2016 - Wrong-site surgery is a never event , but still occurs at alarming rates.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/serious-reportable-events-healthcare-2011-update
March 23, 2012 - When such an event occurs, many institutions mandate performance of a root cause analysis .
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/creating-highly-reliable-health-care-how-reliability-enhancing-work-practices-affect-patient
January 12, 2022 - within high-risk industries that have adopted processes to detect and address failures before harm occurs
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/organizational-learning-health-care-leaders-need-design-structures-and-processes-enhance
November 18, 2020 - The authors argue that true learning in health organizations occurs through a cyclical, dualistic, and