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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49628/psn-pdf
June 01, 2011 - Routine Goes Awry
June 1, 2011
Huoh KC, Rosbe KW. Routine Goes Awry. PSNet [internet]. 2011.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/routine-goes-awry
The Case
A 6-year-old girl with a history of asthma and chronic adenotonsillitis was referred to a surgeon and
scheduled for a tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy. She was in ot…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60653/psn-pdf
April 25, 2020 - Health Care Delivery and Pharmacists During the COVID-
19 Pandemic
June 29, 2020
Dopp AL, Fitall E, Hall KK, et al. Health Care Delivery and Pharmacists During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
PSNet [internet]. 2020.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/health-care-delivery-and-pharmacists-during-covid-19-pandemic
Medication…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/612828/psn-pdf
February 23, 2022 - Delayed Diagnosis of Kidney Transplant Complications
February 23, 2022
Kapa N, Morfín JA. Delayed Diagnosis of Kidney Transplant Complications. PSNet [internet]. 2022.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/delayed-diagnosis-kidney-transplant-complications
Objectives
Recognition, early evaluation, and management of kidney …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49644/psn-pdf
December 01, 2011 - Missing the Point—Eye Injury
December 1, 2011
Sharma R, Brunette DD. Missing the Point—Eye Injury. PSNet [internet]. 2011.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/missing-point-eye-injury
The Case
A 31-year-old woman presented to the emergency department (ED) after suffering multiple lacerations
during an assault. The pati…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/curated-article-libraries
March 18, 2025 - Curated Libraries
Curated Libraries are groupings of PSNet content, curated by AHRQ and by other experts in the patient safety field.
Watch the video to learn more about how this new feature works and how it can be of benefit to you.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/organizational-change-face-highly-public-errors-i-dana-farber-cancer-institute
December 23, 2020 - Organizational Change in the Face of Highly Public Errors—I. The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Experience
James B. Conway; Saul N. Weingart, MD, PhD | May 1, 2005
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Citation Text:
Conway JB, Weingart SN. Organizational Change…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/emergence-application-based-healthcare
August 05, 2022 - Emergence of Application-based Healthcare
August 5, 2022
Also Read the Conversation
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Citation Text:
Marvel FA, Dowell P, Mossburg SE. Emergence of Application-based Healthcare. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency fo…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-francoise-marvel-md
August 05, 2022 - In Conversation With... Francoise Marvel, MD
August 5, 2022
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Citation Text:
In Conversation With.. Francoise Marvel, MD. PSNet [internet]. 2022.In Conversation With... Francoise Marvel, MD. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcar…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/rediscovering-power-surgical-mm-conference-mm-matrix
September 01, 2007 - Rediscovering the Power of the Surgical M&M Conference: The M+M Matrix
Leo A. Gordon, MD | September 1, 2007
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Gordon LA. Rediscovering the Power of the Surgical M&M Conference: The…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/853774/psn-pdf
September 27, 2023 - Delayed Evaluation of Abdominal Pain in an Elderly
Patient.
September 27, 2023
Klimkiv L, Utter GH, Barnes DK. Delayed Evaluation of Abdominal Pain in an Elderly Patient. PSNet
[internet]. 2023.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/delayed-evaluation-abdominal-pain-elderly-patient
The Case
An 85-year-old woman presente…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/errors-and-near-misses-what-health-care-could-learn-aviation
September 01, 2006 - Errors and Near Misses: What Health Care Could Learn From Aviation
Carl Macrae, PhD | December 1, 2016
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Macrae C. Errors and Near Misses: What Health Care Could Learn From Aviation…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-withpeter-j-pronovost-md-phd-0
October 01, 2010 - In Conversation with...Peter J. Pronovost, MD, PhD
October 1, 2010
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Citation Text:
In Conversation with..Peter J. Pronovost, MD, PhD. PSNet [internet]. 2010.In Conversation with...Peter J. Pronovost, MD, PhD. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Ag…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/healthcare-failure-mode-and-effect-analysis-chemotherapy-preparation-process
March 09, 2022 - Study
Healthcare failure mode and effect analysis in the chemotherapy preparation process.
Citation Text:
Pueyo-López C, Sánchez-Cuervo M, Vélez-Díaz-Pallarés M, et al. Healthcare failure mode and effect analysis in the chemotherapy preparation process. J Oncol Pharm Pract. 2021;27(7):15…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/creating-high-reliability-health-care-system-improving-performance-core-processes-care-johns
January 27, 2016 - Study
Creating a high-reliability health care system: improving performance on core processes of care at Johns Hopkins Medicine.
Citation Text:
Pronovost P, Armstrong M, Demski R, et al. Creating a high-reliability health care system: improving performance on core processes of care at Jo…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/validity-unplanned-admission-intensive-care-unit-measure-patient-safety-surgical-patients
May 26, 2021 - Study
Validity of unplanned admission to an intensive care unit as a measure of patient safety in surgical patients.
Citation Text:
Haller G, Myles PS, Wolfe R, et al. Validity of unplanned admission to an intensive care unit as a measure of patient safety in surgical patients. Anesthe…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/sbar-improves-communication-and-safety-climate-and-decreases-incident-reports-due
June 01, 2016 - Study
SBAR improves communication and safety climate and decreases incident reports due to communication errors in an anaesthetic clinic: a prospective intervention study.
Citation Text:
Randmaa M, Mårtensson G, Swenne CL, et al. SBAR improves communication and safety climate and decreas…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medical-crisis-checklists-emergency-department-simulation-based-multi-institutional
February 16, 2022 - Study
Medical crisis checklists in the emergency department: a simulation-based multi-institutional randomised controlled trial.
Citation Text:
Dryver E, Lundager Forberg J, Hård af Segerstad C, et al. Medical crisis checklists in the emergency department: a simulation-based multi-instit…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/using-health-care-failure-mode-and-effect-analysis-va-national-center-patient-safetys
January 17, 2012 - Study
Classic
Using Health Care Failure Mode and Effect Analysis: the VA National Center for Patient Safety's prospective risk analysis system.
Citation Text:
DeRosier JM, Stalhandske E, Bagian JP, et al. Using health care Failure Mode and Effect Analysis: the V…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/new-recommendations-duty-hours-acgme-task-force
July 14, 2021 - Commentary
Classic
The new recommendations on duty hours from the ACGME Task Force.
Citation Text:
Nasca TJ, Day SH, Amis S, et al. The new recommendations on duty hours from the ACGME Task Force. N Engl J Med. 2010;363(2):e3. doi:10.1056/NEJMsb1005800.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/development-prescribing-indicators-related-opioid-related-harm-patients-chronic-pain-primary
April 12, 2019 - Study
Development of prescribing indicators related to opioid-related harm in patients with chronic pain in primary care- a modified e-Delphi study.
Citation Text:
Bansal N, Campbell SM, Lin C-Y, et al. Development of prescribing indicators related to opioid-related harm in patients with…