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May 15, 2019 - A systematic review of clinical decision support systems
for clinical oncology practice.
May 15, 2019
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July 15, 2020 - Culture as a Cure: Assessments of Patient Safety Culture
in OECD Countries.
July 15, 2020
de Bienassisi K, Kristensenii S, Burtscheri M, et al for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation
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June 15, 2011 - Ethical issues in patient safety.
June 15, 2011
Leape L. Ethical issues in patient safety. Thorac Surg Clin. 2005;15(4):493-501.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ethical-issues-patient-safety
This commentary, written by patient safety expert Lucian Leape, begins with a retrospective view on the
birth of patient safety…
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April 21, 2015 - Gaps in the continuity of care and progress on patient
safety.
April 21, 2015
Cook RI, Render M, Woods DD. Gaps in the continuity of care and progress on patient safety. BMJ.
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https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/gaps-continuity-care-and-progress-patient-safety
This commentary discusses the concept o…
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August 08, 2018 - Building the Case for Health Literacy: Proceedings of a
Workshop.
August 8, 2018
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Washington, DC: National Academies Press;
2018. ISBN: 9780309474290.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/building-case-health-literacy-proceedings-workshop
Health literacy affects p…
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May 24, 2015 - Psychiatry morbidity and mortality rounds:
implementation and impact.
May 24, 2015
Goldman S, Demaso DR, Kemler B. Psychiatry morbidity and mortality rounds: implementation and impact.
Acad Psychiatry. 2009;33(5):383-8. doi:10.1176/appi.ap.33.5.383.
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August 10, 2016 - Many well-known hospitals fail to score high in Medicare
rankings.
August 10, 2016
Rau J. National Public Radio. July 27, 2016.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/many-well-known-hospitals-fail-score-high-medicare-rankings
Although quality rating systems have yet to receive approval across the health care industry, they…
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December 04, 2019 - Cognitive engineering to improve patient safety and
outcomes in cardiothoracic surgery
December 4, 2019
Zenati MA, Kennedy-Metz L, Dias RD. Cognitive Engineering to Improve Patient Safety and Outcomes in
Cardiothoracic Surgery. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019. doi:10.1053/j.semtcvs.2019.10.011.
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May 13, 2015 - Adverse outcomes: why bad things happen to good
people.
May 13, 2015
Sonnenberg A. Adverse outcomes: why bad things happen to good people. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol.
2015;13(5):820-3.e1. doi:10.1016/j.cgh.2014.07.064.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/adverse-outcomes-why-bad-things-happen-good-people
This commentary…
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July 10, 2008 - Residents report on adverse events and their causes.
July 10, 2008
Jagsi R, Kitch BT, Weinstein DF, et al. Residents report on adverse events and their causes. Arch Intern
Med. 2005;165(22):2607-13.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/residents-report-adverse-events-and-their-causes
This survey demonstrated that more tha…
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September 04, 2019 - Why doctors still offer treatments that may not help.
September 4, 2019
Frakt A. New York Times. August 26, 2019.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/why-doctors-still-offer-treatments-may-not-help
The slow adoption of improvement innovations is a persistent challenge to high-quality and safe patient
care. This newspaper…
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February 10, 2012 - Consensus statement on effective communication of
urgent diagnoses and significant, unexpected diagnoses
in surgical pathology and cytopathology from the College
of American Pathologists and Association of Directors of
Anatomic and Surgical Pathology.
February 10, 2012
Nakhleh RE, Myers JL, Allen TC, et al. Conse…
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April 24, 2019 - Safe medication management at ambulatory surgery
centers.
April 24, 2019
Ubaldi K. Safe Medication Management at Ambulatory Surgery Centers. AORN J. 2019;109(4):435-442.
doi:10.1002/aorn.12635.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safe-medication-management-ambulatory-surgery-centers
Safe medication use can be challengin…
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February 13, 2019 - The role of purple pens in learning to prescribe.
February 13, 2019
Kinston R, McCarville N, Hassell A. The role of purple pens in learning to prescribe. Clin Teach.
2019;16(6):598-603. doi:10.1111/tct.12991.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/role-purple-pens-learning-prescribe
Interventions utilizing color as visual c…
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September 06, 2023 - Harm Caused by Delays in Transferring Patients to the
Right Place of Care.
September 6, 2023
Farnborough, UK: Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch; August 2023.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/harm-caused-delays-transferring-patients-right-place-care
Handoffs between prehospital emergency medical services (EMS) pro…
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July 26, 2023 - Content analysis of nurses' reflections on medication
errors in a regional hospital.
July 26, 2023
Issacs AN, RAYMOND A, KENT B. Content analysis of nurses’ reflections on medication errors in a
regional hospital. Contemp Nurse. 2023;59(3):202-213. doi:10.1080/10376178.2023.2220432.
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March 04, 2011 - Steering patients to safer hospitals? The effect of a tiered
hospital network on hospital admissions.
March 4, 2011
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January 01, 2015 - Developing a reporting and tracking tool for nursing
student errors and near misses.
May 28, 2014
Disch J, Barnsteiner J. Developing a Reporting and Tracking Tool for Nursing Student Errors and Near
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November 19, 2018 - A scholarly pathway in quality improvement and patient
safety.
November 19, 2018
Ferguson CC, Lamb G. A Scholarly Pathway in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety. Acad Med.
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March 27, 2019 - Closing the disclosure gap: medical errors in pediatrics.
March 27, 2019
Lin M, Famiglietti H. Closing the Disclosure Gap: Medical Errors in Pediatrics. Pediatrics. 2019;143(4).
doi:10.1542/peds.2019-0221.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/closing-disclosure-gap-medical-errors-pediatrics
Disclosure of errors and advers…