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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49422/psn-pdf
November 01, 2003 - 40 of K
November 1, 2003
Lesar TS. 40 of K. PSNet [internet]. 2003.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/40-k
The Case
An 81-year-old female maintained on warfarin for a history of chronic atrial fibrillation and mitral valve
replacement developed asymptomatic runs of ventricular tachycardia while hospitalized. The unit…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38022/psn-pdf
August 27, 2008 - Hospitals try to calm doctors' outbursts: medical road
rage affecting patient safety, group says.
August 27, 2008
Kowalczyk L.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospitals-try-calm-doctors-outbursts-medical-road-rage-affecting-patient-
safety-group-says
This article describes how physician outbursts can affect patient …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37835/psn-pdf
July 31, 2008 - Medical students' experiences with medical errors: an
analysis of medical student essays.
July 31, 2008
Martinez W, Lo B. Medical students' experiences with medical errors: an analysis of medical student
essays. Med Educ. 2008;42(7):733-41. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2923.2008.03109.x.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medical…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43684/psn-pdf
November 26, 2014 - Rapid response systems.
November 26, 2014
Hillman KM, Chen J, Jones D. Rapid response systems. Med J Aust. 2014;201(9):519-21.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/rapid-response-systems
Rapid response systems have been widely accepted as a method to improve outcomes of hospitalized
patients demonstrating signs of rapid d…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44623/psn-pdf
November 11, 2015 - Quality, Safety, and Noninterpretive Skills.
November 11, 2015
Kruskal JB, Kung JW, eds. Radiographics. 2015;35(6):1627-1848.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/quality-safety-and-noninterpretive-skills
Increased radiation exposure has emerged as a patient safety problem, with the potential to result in harm
for provide…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39865/psn-pdf
May 28, 2014 - Failure Mode and Effects Analysis in Health Care:
Proactive Risk Reduction, Third Edition.
May 28, 2014
Oakbrook Terrace, IL: Joint Commission Resources; 2010. ISBN: 9781599404066.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/failure-mode-and-effects-analysis-health-care-proactive-risk-reduction-third-
edition
This publication p…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/836868/psn-pdf
April 06, 2022 - HEAR Her Concerns.
April 6, 2022
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Reproductive Health;
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hear-her-concerns
Maternal harm during and after pregnancy is a sentinel event. This campaign encoura…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35015/psn-pdf
June 16, 2011 - Keeping Patients Safe: Transforming the Work
Environment of Nurses.
June 16, 2011
Page A; Committee on the Work Environment for Nurses and Patient Safety, Board on Health Care
Services. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press; 2004. ISBN: 9780309090674.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/keeping-patients-safe-trans…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44068/psn-pdf
April 15, 2015 - Contemporary View of Medication-Related Harm. A New
Paradigm.
April 15, 2015
National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention; NCCMERP.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/contemporary-view-medication-related-harm-new-paradigm
Medication errors are a common factor in health care–associated harm…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47999/psn-pdf
May 15, 2019 - Pregnancy-related deaths: saving women’s lives before,
during and after delivery.
May 15, 2019
CDC Vital Signs. May 7, 2019.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pregnancy-related-deaths-saving-womens-lives-during-and-after-delivery
Maternal morbidity and mortality is a worldwide patient safety problem. This analysis desc…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45155/psn-pdf
May 25, 2016 - Interdisciplinary ICU cardiac arrest debriefing improves
survival outcomes.
May 25, 2016
Wolfe H, Zebuhr C, Topjian AA, et al. Interdisciplinary ICU cardiac arrest debriefing improves survival
outcomes*. Crit Care Med. 2014;42(7):1688-95. doi:10.1097/CCM.0000000000000327.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/interdiscipli…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45747/psn-pdf
December 21, 2016 - Implementing No Interruption Zones in the perioperative
environment.
December 21, 2016
Wright I. Implementing No Interruption Zones in the Perioperative Environment. AORN J. 2016;104(6):536-
540. doi:10.1016/j.aorn.2016.09.018.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/implementing-no-interruption-zones-perioperative-environme…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35397/psn-pdf
September 10, 2009 - The National Medical Error Disclosure and Compensation
(MEDiC) Act.
September 10, 2009
Rodham-Clinton H; Obama B. 109th Congress. 1st Session. S. 1784. September 28, 2005.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/national-medical-error-disclosure-and-compensation-medic-act
This bill, introduced to the Senate by Senators Clint…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41470/psn-pdf
November 15, 2024 - Hospital Safety Grade.
November 15, 2024
Leapfrog Group
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospital-safety-grade
Drawing from data reported by the Leapfrog Hospital Survey, the Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality (AHRQ), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Centers for Medicare and
Medic…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/836754/psn-pdf
March 16, 2022 - State of science: evolving perspectives on ‘human error’.
March 16, 2022
Read GJM, Shorrock S, Walker GH, et al. State of science: evolving perspectives on ‘human error’.
Ergonomics. 2021;64(9):1091-1114. doi:10.1080/00140139.2021.1953615.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/state-science-evolving-perspectives-human-error…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45968/psn-pdf
October 24, 2024 - State of Care.
October 24, 2024
Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK: Care Quality Commission; October 2024.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/state-care
This website provides access to an annual report that summarizes National Health Service hospital and
social care performance across a range of care quality metrics at both the tr…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47050/psn-pdf
April 18, 2018 - Improving Physician Well-Being, Restoring Meaning in
Medicine.
April 18, 2018
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/physician-well-being
Physician and resident well-being is receiving increased attention as an area of focus of the clinical
learning environment. This we…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40183/psn-pdf
February 02, 2011 - Nurses' work schedule characteristics, nurse staffing, and
patient mortality.
February 2, 2011
Trinkoff AM, Johantgen M, Storr CL, et al. Nurses' work schedule characteristics, nurse staffing, and patient
mortality. Nurs Res. 2011;60(1):1-8. doi:10.1097/NNR.0b013e3181fff15d.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/nurses-wor…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40407/psn-pdf
October 04, 2011 - Insights into the climate of safety towards the prevention
of falls among hospital staff.
October 4, 2011
Black AA, Brauer SG, Bell RAR, et al. Insights into the climate of safety towards the prevention of falls
among hospital staff. J Clin Nurs. 2011;20(19-20):2924-30. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03535.x.
https:…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41818/psn-pdf
July 02, 2014 - Perspective: a business school view of medical
interprofessional rounds: transforming rounding groups
into rounding teams.
July 2, 2014
Bharwani AM, Harris C, Southwick FS. Perspective: a business school view of medical interprofessional
rounds: transforming rounding groups into rounding teams. Acad Med. 2012;87(1…