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March 03, 2025 - Topics
Guides for key topics in patient safety through context, epidemiology, and relevant AHRQ PSNet content. The Patient Safety 101 Primer provides an overview of the patient safety field and covers key definitions and concepts.
Featured Topics in Patient Safety
Updated Date: March 3, 2025
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psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/opioid-safety
December 15, 2024 - Opioid Safety
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Opioid Safety. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2019.
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September 15, 2024 - Measurement of Patient Safety
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Measurement of Patient Safety. 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/perspective/patient-engagement-safety
January 01, 2018 - Annual Perspective
Patient Engagement in Safety
Rachel J. Stern, MD, and Urmimala Sarkar, MD | January 1, 2017
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Stern RJ, Sarkar U. Patient Engagement in Safety. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/865454/psn-pdf
March 27, 2024 - Ensuring Patient and Workforce Safety Culture in
Healthcare
March 27, 2024
Murray J, Sorra J, Gale B, et al. Ensuring Patient and Workforce Safety Culture in Healthcare. PSNet
[internet]. 2024.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/ensuring-patient-and-workforce-safety-culture-healthcare
Introduction
In 2020, the I…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60328/psn-pdf
May 27, 2020 - Fatal Patient-Controlled Analgesia (PCA) Opioid-Induced
Respiratory Depression
May 27, 2020
Fazio S, Firestone R. Fatal Patient-Controlled Analgesia (PCA) Opioid-Induced Respiratory Depression.
PSNet [internet]. 2020.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/fatal-patient-controlled-analgesia-pca-opioid-induced-respiratory-
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/866993/psn-pdf
October 30, 2024 - In Conversation with Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar about
Harm Reduction Strategies to Improve Safety for People
Who Use Substances
October 30, 2024
Salisbury-Afshar E, Gale B, Mossburg S. In Conversation with Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar about Harm
Reduction Strategies to Improve Safety for People Who Use Substances. P…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/health-care-data-science-quality-improvement-and-patient-safety
October 01, 2016 - Health Care Data Science for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
Alvin Rajkomar, MD | October 1, 2016
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Rajkomar A. Health Care Data Science for Quality Improvement and Patient S…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/need-eat
February 10, 2021 - The Need to Eat
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Widaman AM. The Need to Eat. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2019.
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December 18, 2019 - The Need to Eat
December 18, 2019
Widaman AM. The Need to Eat. PSNet [internet]. 2019.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/need-eat
The Case
A 62-year-old man with a history of Wernicke–Korsakoff encephalopathy – a degenerative brain disorder
caused by the lack of vitamin B1 – was admitted for possible aspiration pneum…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-edward-tenner-phd
June 01, 2011 - In Conversation with… Edward Tenner, PhD
June 1, 2011
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In Conversation with… Edward Tenner, PhD. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2011.
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August 01, 2010 - In Conversation with...Richard P. Shannon, MD
August 1, 2010
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In Conversation with..Richard P. Shannon, MD. PSNet [internet]. 2010.In Conversation with...Richard P. Shannon, MD. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthc…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33866/psn-pdf
September 01, 2018 - In Conversation With… Sigall K. Bell, MD
September 1, 2018
In Conversation With… Sigall K. Bell, MD. PSNet [internet]. 2018.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-sigall-k-bell-md
Editor's note: Dr. Bell is Director of Patient Safety and Discovery at OpenNotes, Beth Israel Deaconess
Medical Center and As…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-michael-cohen-rph-ms-scd-hon
April 01, 2006 - In Conversation with… Michael Cohen, RPh, MS, ScD (hon)
April 1, 2006
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In Conversation with… Michael Cohen, RPh, MS, ScD (hon). PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/impact-communication-medication-errors
August 01, 2009 - The Impact of Communication on Medication Errors
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Branch J, Hiner D, Jackson V. The Impact of Communication on Medication Errors. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2021.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/critical-echocardiogram-result-lost-follow
July 31, 2023 - Critical Echocardiogram Result Lost to Follow-up
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Boctor N, Molla M. Critical Echocardiogram Result Lost to Follow-up.. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2023.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/patient-safety-united-kingdom-evolution-and-progress
May 01, 2007 - The changes proposed in "Safety First" are now in the planning stages, and it will take time to see how
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/african-partnerships-patient-safety-lessons-learned
December 01, 2014 - APPS: National Patient Safety Policy and Strategic Planning Workshop.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-jose-morfin-md-fasn
April 28, 2021 - Remote patient management in home dialysis: planning considerations for the future.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/building-safety-program-vast-health-care-network
March 01, 2019 - also collaborate with local hospital leadership to suggest areas of focus and assist with improvement planning