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21. In Conversation with...Dean Schillinger, MD | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-withdean-schillinger-md
    March 01, 2009 - of Medicine at University of California, San Francisco, Director of the UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations … Robert Wachter, Editor, AHRQ WebM&M: You work in a county hospital with underserved populations, which … What are some of the unique challenges of doing patient safety work in that population? Dr. … One unique challenge that I face in caring for that population in that setting is the degree to which … RW: You mentioned that half of the U.S. population has health literacy levels below adequate.

22. Development of the just culture assessment tool: measuring the perceptions of health-care professionals in hospitals. | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/development-just-culture-assessment-tool-measuring-perceptions-health-care-professionals
    January 12, 2022 - This instrument now needs to be validated in other settings and among broader populations. … hematology patients: using medication triggers to identify patient harm in a specialized pediatric patient population

23. AHRQ Health Services Research Project: Partners Enabling Diagnostic Excellence (R01). | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ahrq-health-services-research-project-partners-enabling-diagnostic-excellence-r01
    April 20, 2022 - seek to examine diagnostic processes and diagnostic errors in a variety of settings and patient populations

24. Diagnostic errors, health disparities, and artificial intelligence: a combination for health or harm. | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/diagnostic-errors-health-disparities-and-artificial-intelligence-combination-health-or-harm
    December 09, 2020 - several innovations that could reduce health disparities and diagnostic errors in at-risk patient populations

25. Out-of-hospital medication errors: a 6-year analysis of the national poison data system. | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/out-hospital-medication-errors-6-year-analysis-national-poison-data-system
    September 08, 2010 - medications, and dosing errors were frequently reported (similar to a prior study in a pediatric population … Reducing outpatient medication errors will require new approaches to patient education , especially in populations

26. Handoffs and Transitions | PSNet
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    February 01, 2007 - delivery organizations have tried diverse approaches tailored to the culture, workforce, and patient population … and Dhalla studies highlight the need to customize certain interventions to a diverse set of patient populations … commentary that adjusting quality-performance scores based on the socioeconomic status of patient populations … substantial risk for penalizing healthcare organizations and providers who serve more disadvantaged populations … the importance of context in applying interventions in different settings and for different patient populations

27. Social disparities in patient safety in primary care: a systematic review. | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/social-disparities-patient-safety-primary-care-systematic-review
    January 08, 2025 - This systematic review found that vulnerable populations including women and minorities are more likely

28. Efficiency and thoroughness trade-offs in high-volume organisational routines: an ethnographic study of prescribing safety in primary care. | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/efficiency-and-thoroughness-trade-offs-high-volume-organisational-routines-ethnographic-study
    June 14, 2017 - number of requests and high physician workload, who cared for older and socioeconomically disadvantaged populations … Such emphasis may introduce additional prescribing safety concerns in a population already at significant … prescribing in primary care patients particularly vulnerable to adverse drug events: cross sectional population … prescribing in primary care patients particularly vulnerable to adverse drug events: cross sectional population

29. Ambulatory medication safety in primary care: a systematic review. | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ambulatory-medication-safety-primary-care-systematic-review
    February 22, 2023 - medication safety in primary care , researchers found that the majority of studies focused on high-risk populations

30. Older adult misuse of over-the-counter medications: effectiveness of a novel pharmacy-based intervention to improve patient safety. | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/older-adult-misuse-over-counter-medications-effectiveness-novel-pharmacy-based-intervention
    March 23, 2022 - over-the-counter (OTC) medications can result in significant patient harm, particularly for high-risk populations

31. Deficiencies in provider-reported interpreter use in a clinical trial comparing telephonic and video interpretation in a pediatric emergency department. | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/deficiencies-provider-reported-interpreter-use-clinical-trial-comparing-telephonic-and-video
    August 12, 2020 - can reduce language barriers contributing to safety risks, particularly in vulnerable  pediatric populations

32. Impact of repeated reimbursement penalties on hospital total quality scores. | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-repeated-reimbursement-penalties-hospital-total-quality-scores
    November 16, 2022 - that the differential improvement may be due to resource limitations at hospitals serving vulnerable populations

33. Prevalence and nature of medication errors and medication-related harm following discharge from hospital to community settings: a systematic review. | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prevalence-and-nature-medication-errors-and-medication-related-harm-following-discharge
    August 11, 2021 - that future research examine the burden of post-discharge medication errors, particularly in pediatric populations

34. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/867397/psn-pdf
    December 18, 2024 - patient characteristics associated with the prevalence of MRSA infections across distinct patient populations

35. Smart pumps improve medication safety but increase alert burden in neonatal care | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/smart-pumps-improve-medication-safety-increase-alert-burden-neonatal-care
    September 09, 2020 - adopted as one approach to preventing medication errors, but less is known about their use in pediatric populations

36. Severe illness getting noticed sooner - SIGNS-for-Kids: developing an illness recognition tool to connect home and hospital. | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/severe-illness-getting-noticed-sooner-signs-kids-developing-illness-recognition-tool-connect
    September 23, 2020 - in inpatient settings to identify clinical deterioration and prevent adverse events in pediatric populations

37. Compliance with and barriers to implementing the surgical safety checklist: a mixed-methods study. | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/compliance-and-barriers-implementing-surgical-safety-checklist-mixed-methods-study
    October 06, 2021 - The World Health Organization’s Surgical Safety Checklist has been used in populations around the

38. Racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in estimates of AHRQ patient safety indicators. | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/racial-ethnic-and-socioeconomic-disparities-estimates-ahrq-patient-safety-indicators
    April 03, 2005 - The results indicate discrepancies in care for specific populations.

39. STOPP/START criteria for potentially inappropriate prescribing in older people: version 2. | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/stoppstart-criteria-potentially-inappropriate-prescribing-older-people-version-2
    March 23, 2012 - This strategy can address high rates of adverse drug events in older populations, especially if integrated

40. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47918/psn-pdf
    April 03, 2019 - that seek to examine diagnostic processes and diagnostic errors in a variety of settings and patient populations