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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39416/psn-pdf
May 26, 2017 - Health Literacy.
May 26, 2017
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-literacy-0
This website provides tools, resources, research, and educational modules to help health care
professionals recognize and address health literacy deficiencies.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/healt…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42044/psn-pdf
February 13, 2013 - Patient Safety.
February 13, 2013
Minnesota Hospital Association; MHA.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-10
This Web site provides access to materials for patient safety improvement efforts in Minnesota, including
initiatives to reduce adverse drug events and hospital collaboratives to implement best pra…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42476/psn-pdf
September 27, 2016 - Lives and Dollars Lost Calculator.
September 27, 2016
Leapfrog Group.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/lives-and-dollars-lost-calculator
This Web site provides resources to help employers and purchasers estimate latent costs related to unsafe
care.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/lives-and-dollars-lost-calculator
https:…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34021/psn-pdf
March 07, 2005 - Focusing on Medical Errors.
March 7, 2005
Temple WJ, ed. J Surg Oncol. 2004;88(3):111-199.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/focusing-medical-errors
This issue provides a review of medical error from a variety of perspectives, including pediatrics,
anesthesiology, pharmacy, pathology, laboratory medicine, and insurers.…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34008/psn-pdf
March 17, 2011 - Sorry Works!
March 17, 2011
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/sorry-works
Sorry Works! supports a full-disclosure approach to medical errors. They encourage doctors and their
insurers to be honest when mistakes happen, offer apologies, and provide compensation up-front to
patients and their attorneys to minimize litiga…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36357/psn-pdf
December 19, 2009 - Error reporting in organizations.
December 19, 2009
Zhao B; Olivera F. Acad Manag Rev. 2006;31(4):1012-1030.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/error-reporting-organizations
The authors provide a framework for individual error reporting behavior that follows three phases: error
detection, situation assessment, and choic…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38247/psn-pdf
June 27, 2018 - Debriefing for patient safety.
June 27, 2018
Turner SH, Kurtz WD. Patient Saf Qual Healthc. November/December 2008:5:42-44,46.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/debriefing-patient-safety
This article provides guidelines for effective clinical debriefings and suggests how to position these
conversations as learning oppo…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36399/psn-pdf
May 04, 2015 - Tips for Safer Surgery.
May 4, 2015
Surgical Care Improvement Project. Oklahoma City, OK: Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality;
2006.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/tips-safer-surgery
This tip sheet provides a list of questions consumers should ask clinicians to help improve the safety of
their surgical car…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42817/psn-pdf
December 18, 2013 - Medication Reconciliation for Hospitalists.
December 18, 2013
Society of Hospital Medicine.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-reconciliation-hospitalists
This Web site provides resources to help health systems implement the Multi-Center Medication
Reconciliation Quality Improvement Study (MARQUIS) medication…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41829/psn-pdf
November 07, 2012 - Center for Drug Safety & Effectiveness.
November 7, 2012
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; JHSPH.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/center-drug-safety-effectiveness
This Web site provides resources for individuals at John Hopkins involved in training, research, patient
care, and public service to improve…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36257/psn-pdf
June 16, 2019 - ISMP medication error report analysis.
June 16, 2019
Cohen MR.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ismp-medication-error-report-analysis-7
This monthly selection of medication error reports provides examples of problems related to poorly
scanned pharmacy orders, ambiguous labeling, and abbreviation use.
https://psnet.ah…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35560/psn-pdf
June 16, 2019 - ISMP medication error report analysis.
June 16, 2019
Cohen MR.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ismp-medication-error-report-analysis-2
This monthly selection of medication error reports provides examples of problems with neuromuscular
blocking agents, confusion with drug names, and unclear labeling practices.
https:…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36840/psn-pdf
June 16, 2019 - ISMP medication error report analysis.
June 16, 2019
Cohen MR.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ismp-medication-error-report-analysis-11
This monthly selection of medication error reports provides examples of problems related to abbreviations,
electronic prescribing, and communication of critical lab values.
https://…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36071/psn-pdf
June 16, 2019 - ISMP medication error report analysis.
June 16, 2019
Cohen MR.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ismp-medication-error-report-analysis-6
This monthly selection of medication error reports provides examples of nimodipine administration
mishaps, a lithium overdose, and suggested adopted drug names for review.
https://ps…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36269/psn-pdf
September 16, 2009 - Nursing Care Quality at NQF.
September 16, 2009
National Quality Forum
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/nursing-care-quality-nqf
This Web site provides information on National Quality Forum activities in understanding nurses' impact on
patient safety and quality.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/nursing-care-quality-nqf
…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42391/psn-pdf
June 26, 2013 - Patient Notification Toolkit.
June 26, 2013
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; CDC.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-notification-toolkit
This toolkit provides guidance and resources to help organizations inform patients about infection control
lapses.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-notificatio…
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July 1, 2012
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July 01, 2012 - Patient Safety and Health Information Technology: Learning from Our Mistakes
Ross Koppel, PhD | July 1, 2012
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Barbara Pelletreau, RN; John Riggi | March 27, 2024
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