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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33830/psn-pdf
March 22, 2016 - Measuring and Responding to Deaths From Medical
Errors
March 22, 2016
Ranji SR. Measuring and Responding to Deaths From Medical Errors. PSNet [internet]. 2016.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/measuring-and-responding-deaths-medical-errors
Annual Perspective 2016
The Prevalence of Deaths Due to Preventable Adve…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/sweet-case-hidden-hydrogen-ions
November 30, 2023 - November 30, 2023
Influence of opioid prescription policy on overdoses and related … April 15, 2016
Prescription opioid dose reductions and potential adverse events: a multi-site
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/846169/psn-pdf
March 15, 2023 - The anesthesiologist was distracted briefly by the
anesthesia technologist to sign for opioid drugs … distractions for the anesthesiologist
The anesthesiologist in this case was distracted by having to sign for opioid
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/role-community-pharmacists-patient-safety
October 24, 2021 - Pharmacists must identify patients at risk for fatal overdose and facilitate access to the emergency opioid … the positive impact of pharmacists on preventative care such as health screenings and immunizations, opioid … understand why they're taking their therapy, or counseling on controlled substance utilization or even opioid
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/72616/psn-pdf
December 22, 2020 - adverse-events-dentistry
https://psnet.ahrq.gov//#_edn1
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/antibiotic-and-opioid-stewardship-dentistry
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33586/psn-pdf
December 15, 2024 - impact-national-qi-programme-reducing-electronic-health-record-notifications-clinicians
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/clinically-inconsequential-alerts-characteristics-opioid-drug-alerts-and-their-utility
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psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/readmissions-and-adverse-events-after-discharge
April 27, 2022 - Preventable Transfer to the Hospital July 8, 2022
Lost in Transitions of Care: Managing an Opioid-Dependent
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psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/diagnostic-errors
June 15, 2024 - Framing effects Diagnostic decision-making unduly biased by subtle cues and collateral information A with opioid
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psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/leadership-role-improving-safety
September 15, 2024 - Tools
March 15, 2025
Patient Safety Primers
Opioid
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/distraction-anesthesiologist-and-lack-resuscitation-drugs-resulting-delayed-treatment
January 29, 2021 - The anesthesiologist was distracted briefly by the anesthesia technologist to sign for opioid drugs in … for the anesthesiologist
The anesthesiologist in this case was distracted by having to sign for opioid
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.200_slideshow.ppt
May 01, 2009 - Spotlight Case July 2008
Spotlight Case
Delirium or Dementia?
Source and Credits
This presentation is based on the May 2009
AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case
See the full article at http://webmm.ahrq.gov
CME credit is available
Commentary by: James L. Rudolph, MD, SM
Editor, AHRQ WebM&M: Robert Wachter, MD
Sp…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/respiratory-distress-after-neck-surgery-two-cases-postoperative-cervical-hematoma
August 14, 2024 - osteoarthritis, and spinal stenosis, status/post two previous spine surgeries and long-term use of opioid … WebM&M Cases
Fatal Patient-Controlled Analgesia (PCA) Opioid-Induced
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/great-pretender-syphilis-still-stumping-healthcare-providers
January 07, 2022 - Delayed Diagnosis
June 24, 2020
Healthcare system-wide implementation of opioid-safety … guideline recommendations: the case of urine drug screening and opioid-patient suicide- and overdose-related
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-01/spotlight_case_misdiagnosis_of_small_bowel_obstruction_-_slides_-_final.pptx
January 01, 2025 - Overview (3)
Given a history of previous abdominal operations, severe abdominal pain not responsive to opioid … observation unit for further treatment, especially given his continued guarding on reassessment despite opioid
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psnet.ahrq.gov/webmm-case-studies
March 25, 2025 - From Pain Relief to Risk: A Case of Suspected Opioid Overdose in a Pediatric Patient
Kristine Markham … Inadvertent dose stacking and opioid polypharmacy may have contributed to this patient’s death.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-richard-platt-md-msc
October 01, 2016 - build systems that would make it much easier to identify patients who are at risk for problems with opioid … dependence or complications of opioid therapy that would guide clinicians with better prescribing.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/computerized-provider-order-entry-and-patient-safety
January 01, 2014 - January 1, 2014
Annual Perspective
Patient Safety and Opioid
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/867672/psn-pdf
February 26, 2025 - Given a history of previous abdominal operations, severe abdominal pain not responsive to opioid
analgesia … observation
unit for further treatment, especially given his continued guarding on reassessment despite opioid
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/misdiagnosis-small-bowel-obstruction-setting-previous-abdominal-operations
September 27, 2023 - Given a history of previous abdominal operations, severe abdominal pain not responsive to opioid analgesia … observation unit for further treatment, especially given his continued guarding on reassessment despite opioid
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49824/psn-pdf
March 01, 2018 - Missing ECG and Missed Diagnosis Lead to Dangerous
Delay
March 1, 2018
O'Connor RE. Missing ECG and Missed Diagnosis Lead to Dangerous Delay. PSNet [internet]. 2018.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/missing-ecg-and-missed-diagnosis-lead-dangerous-delay
The Case
A 35-year-old woman with no prior cardiac history calle…