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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41581/psn-pdf
August 08, 2012 - How-to Guides: Improving Transitions from the Hospital
to Reduce Avoidable Rehospitalizations.
August 8, 2012
Cambridge, MA: Institute for Healthcare Improvement; June 2012.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/how-guides-improving-transitions-hospital-reduce-avoidable-rehospitalizations
This series, developed in conjunct…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35591/psn-pdf
December 21, 2005 - WHO Draft Guidelines for Adverse Event Reporting and
Learning Systems.
December 21, 2005
World Alliance for Patient Safety. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 2005.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/who-draft-guidelines-adverse-event-reporting-and-learning-systems
These guidelines present background on the…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39153/psn-pdf
December 02, 2009 - Checking the right boxes, but failing the patient.
December 2, 2009
Rifkin D. New York Times. November 16, 2009;Science Desk:5.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/checking-right-boxes-failing-patient
Reporting on cases of miscommunication and missed diagnosis, this news column illustrates how strictly
following quality …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36741/psn-pdf
August 15, 2007 - Prescription for Improving Patient Safety: Addressing
Medication Errors.
August 15, 2007
The Medication Errors Panel. Sacramento, CA: California State Senate; March 2007.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prescription-improving-patient-safety-addressing-medication-errors
This report shares findings from an exper…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37027/psn-pdf
September 12, 2007 - Why King-Harbor must die.
September 12, 2007
Wachter RM.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/why-king-harbor-must-die
Recently, California health officials have argued to revoke the license of King-Harbor Hospital, owing to
concerns about patient safety. In this op-ed piece, the author suggests that this urban hospital i…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41202/psn-pdf
March 07, 2012 - Reducing latent errors, drift errors, and stakeholder
dissonance.
March 7, 2012
Samaras GM. Work: J Prev Assess Rehabil. 2012;41:1948-1955.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/reducing-latent-errors-drift-errors-and-stakeholder-dissonance
This commentary discusses system and user errors in health information technology a…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36514/psn-pdf
May 11, 2014 - Medication reconciliation physician order form.
May 11, 2014
Lacy JL, Wilkinson ST. Medication Reconciliation Physician Order Form. Hosp Pharm. 2010;41(11):1117-
1119. doi:10.1310/hpj4111-1117.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-reconciliation-physician-order-form
The authors discuss background on one hospita…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34620/psn-pdf
March 17, 2011 - Consumers Advancing Patient Safety.
March 17, 2011
321 N Clark Street, Suite 500, Chicago, IL 60654. 312-445-6477
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/consumers-advancing-patient-safety
Consumers Advancing Patient Safety (CAPS) is a consumer-led nonprofit organization that serves as a
collective voice for individuals, fam…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37506/psn-pdf
March 12, 2019 - FDA public health notification: unretrieved device
fragments.
March 12, 2019
Silver Spring MD, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, US Food and Drug Administration; January
15, 2008.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/fda-public-health-notification-unretrieved-device-fragments
This notification alerts providers …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38653/psn-pdf
May 20, 2009 - The frustrating case of incident-reporting systems.
May 20, 2009
Shojania KG. The frustrating case of incident-reporting systems. Qual Saf Health Care. 2008;17(6):400-2.
doi:10.1136/qshc.2008.029496.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/frustrating-case-incident-reporting-systems
This commentary discusses the limitations …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41059/psn-pdf
May 28, 2014 - The Nurse's Role in Medication Safety, Second Edition.
May 28, 2014
Cima L, Clarke S, eds. Oakbrook Terrace, IL: Joint Commission; 2012. ISBN: 9781599406183
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/nurses-role-medication-safety-second-edition
Exploring nurses' role in care delivery and medication safety, this publication provi…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36959/psn-pdf
September 12, 2011 - Health care governance for quality and safety: the new
agenda.
September 12, 2011
Clough J, Nash DB. Health care governance for quality and safety: the new agenda. Am J Med Qual.
2007;22(3):203-13.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-care-governance-quality-and-safety-new-agenda
The authors provide an annotated l…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35071/psn-pdf
November 04, 2015 - Implementation, CPOE, and medication errors.
November 4, 2015
Bradley V. Implementation, CPOE, and medication errors. Comput Inform Nurs. 2005;23(3):113-114, 138.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/implementation-cpoe-and-medication-errors
In this editorial, a nurse informaticist responds to issues raised by the March …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33948/psn-pdf
December 18, 2008 - Patient safety laboratories: states pave the way for a
national effort.
December 18, 2008
Finkelstein JB. American Medical News. January 3, 2005.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-laboratories-states-pave-way-national-effort
States can find themselves in a position to make progress on patient safety…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40723/psn-pdf
August 24, 2011 - ALERT: reports of severe harm after intravenous
administration of breast milk to infants.
August 24, 2011
ISMP Canada Safety Bulletin. July 31, 2011;11:1-2.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/alert-reports-severe-harm-after-intravenous-administration-breast-milk-infants
This announcement reports on mistaken intra…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36729/psn-pdf
June 17, 2014 - Coding for Success: Simple Technology for Safer Patient
Care.
June 17, 2014
Healthcare Quality Directorate, Department of Health. London, UK; Crown Copyright: 2007.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/coding-success-simple-technology-safer-patient-care
This report discusses the impact that automated technologies, such as…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34122/psn-pdf
September 13, 2016 - Patient Safety, Risk and Quality.
September 13, 2016
ECRI
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-risk-and-quality
ECRI is a nonprofit health services research agency. Their mission involves improving the safety, quality,
and cost-effectiveness of health care. ECRI focuses on health care technology, health car…
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June 23, 2015 - Organisational Failure: An Exploratory Study in the Steel
Industry and Medical Domain.
June 23, 2015
van Vuuren W. Eindhoven, NL; Eindhoven University of Technology: 1998. ISBN 9038605897
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/organisational-failure-exploratory-study-steel-industry-and-medical-domain
This report provides a …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35142/psn-pdf
September 22, 2014 - Medical Errors and Medical Narcissism.
September 22, 2014
Banja JD. Sudbury MA: Jones and Bartlett, 2005. ISBN: 0763783617.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medical-errors-and-medical-narcissism
This book chronicles the issues surrounding appropriate disclosure of medical errors by health care
professionals. The …