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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39256/psn-pdf
November 14, 2011 - Improving America's Hospitals: The Joint Commission's
Annual Report on Quality and Safety 2009.
November 14, 2011
Oakbrook Terrace, IL: The Joint Commission; January 2010.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-americas-hospitals-joint-commissions-annual-report-quality-and-
safety-2009
America's hospitals continu…
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June 12, 2013 - A multicenter, multidisciplinary, high-alert medication
collaborative to improve patient safety: the Singapore
experience.
June 12, 2013
Khoo AL, Teng M, Lim BP, et al. A multicenter, multidisciplinary, high-alert medication collaborative to
improve patient safety: the Singapore experience. Jt Comm J Qual Patient …
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June 24, 2020 - Education is “predictably disappointing” and should
never be relied upon alone to improve safety.
June 24, 2020
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute care edition. June 4, 2020;25(11):1-4.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/education-predictably-disappointing-and-should-never-be-relied-upon-alone-
improve-safety
Interven…
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May 26, 2021 - Care and Oversight Deficiencies Related to Multiple
Homicides at the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in
Clarksburg, West Virginia.
May 26, 2021
Washington DC: Department of Veterans Affairs. Office of Inspector General; May 11, 2021. Report
No. 20-03593-140.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/care-and-oversigh…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/837041/psn-pdf
May 04, 2022 - APSF endorsed statement on revising recommendations
for patient monitoring during anesthesia.
May 4, 2022
The APSF Committee on Technology. APSF Newsletter. 2022;37(1):7–8.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/apsf-endorsed-statement-revising-recommendations-patient-monitoring-during-
anesthesia
Variation across sta…
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June 22, 2009 - Cause and effect analysis of closed claims in obstetrics
and gynecology.
June 22, 2009
White AA, Pichert JW, Bledsoe SH, et al. Cause and effect analysis of closed claims in obstetrics and
gynecology. Obstet Gynecol. 2005;105(5 Pt 1):1031-1038.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cause-and-effect-analysis-closed-claims-o…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/837855/psn-pdf
August 17, 2022 - Patterns of error in interpretive pathology.
August 17, 2022
Packer MDC, Ravinsky E, Azordegan N. Patterns of error in interpretive pathology. Am J Clin Pathol.
2022;157(5):767-773. doi:10.1093/ajcp/aqab190.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patterns-error-interpretive-pathology
Studies have shown diagnostic discordanc…
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January 14, 2009 - Adverse Events in Hospitals: Overview of Key Issues.
January 14, 2009
Levinson DR. Washington, DC: US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector
General; December 2008. Report No. OEI-06-07-00470.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/adverse-events-hospitals-overview-key-issues
The Tax Relief and Hea…
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December 14, 2022 - ASHP Guidelines on Preventing Diversion of Controlled
Substances.
December 14, 2022
Clark J, Fera T, Fortier CR, et al. ASHP Guidelines on Preventing Diversion of Controlled Substances. Am
J Health Syst Pharm. 2022;79(24):2279-2306. doi:10.1093/ajhp/zxac246.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ashp-guidelines-preventing-…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/849615/psn-pdf
May 31, 2023 - Clinical Investigation Booking Systems Failures: Written
Communications in Community Languages.
May 31, 2023
Farnborough, UK: Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch; April 2023.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/clinical-investigation-booking-systems-failures-written-communications-
community-languages
Gaps in patient…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/48134/psn-pdf
August 14, 2019 - Root cause analysis for hospital-acquired pressure injury.
August 14, 2019
Black JM. Root cause analysis for hospital-acquired pressure injury. J Wound Ostomy Continence Nurs.
2019;46(4):298-304. doi:10.1097/WON.0000000000000546.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/root-cause-analysis-hospital-acquired-pressure-injury
Pr…
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November 08, 2017 - Workarounds are routinely used by nurses—but are they
ethical?
November 8, 2017
Berlinger N. Workarounds Are Routinely Used by Nurses-But Are They Ethical? Am J Nurs.
2017;117(10):53-55. doi:10.1097/01.NAJ.0000525875.82101.b7.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/workarounds-are-routinely-used-nurses-are-they-ethical
Wor…
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October 23, 2024 - What can we learn from coroners’ reports on preventable
deaths?
October 23, 2024
Jeraj S. What can we learn from coroners’ reports on preventable deaths? BMJ. 2024;386:q1943.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/what-can-we-learn-coroners-reports-preventable-deaths
Analysis of system failure is only the beginning of the i…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46670/psn-pdf
December 18, 2017 - A narrative review of the safety concerns of deprescribing
in older adults and strategies to mitigate potential harms.
December 18, 2017
Reeve E, Moriarty F, Nahas R, et al. A narrative review of the safety concerns of deprescribing in older
adults and strategies to mitigate potential harms. Expert Opin Drug Saf. 2…
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August 23, 2017 - Swimming against the tide: primary care physicians'
views on deprescribing in everyday practice.
August 23, 2017
Wallis KA, Andrews A, Henderson M. Swimming Against the Tide: Primary Care Physicians’ Views on
Deprescribing in Everyday Practice. Ann Fam Med. 2017;15(4):341-346. doi:10.1370/afm.2094.
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March 23, 2011 - Promoting patient safety through prospective risk
identification: example from peri-operative care.
March 23, 2011
Smith AF, Boult M, Woods I, et al. Promoting patient safety through prospective risk identification: example
from peri-operative care. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19(1):69-73. doi:10.1136/qshc.2008.0280…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38070/psn-pdf
March 10, 2011 - Can surveillance systems identify and avert adverse drug
events? A prospective evaluation of a commercial
application.
March 10, 2011
Jha AK, Laguette J, Seger AC, et al. Can surveillance systems identify and avert adverse drug events? A
prospective evaluation of a commercial application. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 20…
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February 11, 2015 - Medicare’s Oversight of Compounded Pharmaceuticals
Used in Hospitals.
February 11, 2015
Levinson DR. Washington, DC: US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector
General; January 2015. Report No. OEI-01-13-00400.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medicares-oversight-compounded-pharmaceuticals-use…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42996/psn-pdf
March 19, 2014 - The "physician-led chart audit": engaging providers in
fortifying a culture of safety.
March 19, 2014
Gitkind MJ, Perla RJ, Manno M, et al. The "physician-led chart audit: " engaging providers in fortifying a
culture of safety. J Patient Saf. 2014;10(1):72-9. doi:10.1097/PTS.0000000000000057.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35721/psn-pdf
March 28, 2011 - Health Care Failure Mode and Effect Analysis: a useful
proactive risk analysis in a pediatric oncology ward.
March 28, 2011
van Tilburg CM, Leistikow IP, Rademaker CMA, et al. Health Care Failure Mode and Effect Analysis: a
useful proactive risk analysis in a pediatric oncology ward. Qual Saf Health Care. 2006;15(1…