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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/848105/psn-pdf
April 26, 2023 - GoodDx.org
April 26, 2023
GoodDx.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/gooddxorg
Effective feedback is an important component of individual, team and organizational learning in order to
achieve safe diagnosis. GoodDx.org houses a variety of diagnostic performance feedback resources for
use by clinicians, patient safety p…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43674/psn-pdf
November 12, 2014 - Living with cancer: not talking about medical mistakes.
November 12, 2014
Gubar S.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/living-cancer-not-talking-about-medical-mistakes
This newspaper article describes how surgical complications, health care–associated infections, and
ineffective patient–provider communication contributed…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39049/psn-pdf
January 16, 2010 - Approaching the evidence basis for aviation-derived
teamwork training in medicine.
January 16, 2010
Zeltser M, Nash DB. Approaching the evidence basis for aviation-derived teamwork training in medicine.
Am J Med Qual. 2010;25(1):13-23. doi:10.1177/1062860609345664.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/approaching-evidence…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44906/psn-pdf
February 17, 2016 - Hospitals find a way to say, 'I'm sorry.'
February 17, 2016
Landro L.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospitals-find-way-say-im-sorry
Communication and resolution strategies that emphasize early disclosure after a medical error can
enhance patient safety. This newspaper article reports on communication and resolution…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39191/psn-pdf
February 08, 2011 - Leadership in Healthcare Organizations: A Guide to Joint
Commission Leadership Standards.
February 8, 2011
Schyve PM. San Diego, CA: Governance Institute; 2009.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/leadership-healthcare-organizations-guide-joint-commission-leadership-
standards
This white paper provides comprehensive inf…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37951/psn-pdf
May 26, 2011 - The Leapfrog Group's CPOE standard and evaluation tool.
May 26, 2011
Metzger JB, Welebob E, Turisco F, et al. Patient Saf Qual Healthc. July/August
2008;5:22-25.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/leapfrog-groups-cpoe-standard-and-evaluation-tool
This article describes an evaluation tool designed for…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34622/psn-pdf
March 17, 2011 - National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and
Death.
March 17, 2011
National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death; NCEPOD
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/national-confidential-enquiry-patient-outcome-and-death
Launched under the title National Confidential Enquiry into Perioperative Deaths (NC…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40046/psn-pdf
June 15, 2012 - Applying HFMEA to prevent chemotherapy errors.
June 15, 2012
Cheng C-H, Chou C-J, Wang P-C, et al. Applying HFMEA to prevent chemotherapy errors. J Med Syst.
2012;36(3):1543-51. doi:10.1007/s10916-010-9616-7.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/applying-hfmea-prevent-chemotherapy-errors
This study provides a practical ex…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38610/psn-pdf
May 06, 2009 - Medication errors resulting from computer entry by
nonprescribers.
May 6, 2009
Santell JP, Kowiatek JG, Weber RJ, et al. Medication errors resulting from computer entry by
nonprescribers. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2009;66(9):843-53. doi:10.2146/ajhp080208.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-errors-resulting-c…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41460/psn-pdf
June 13, 2012 - Help your patient "get" what you just said: a health
literacy guide.
June 13, 2012
Roett MA, Wessel L. Help your patient "get" what you just said: a health literacy guide. J Family Pract.
2012;61(4):190-196.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/help-your-patient-get-what-you-just-said-health-literacy-guide
This commentar…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37749/psn-pdf
July 16, 2018 - Practice advisory for the prevention and management of
operating room fires.
July 16, 2018
Fires AS of ATF on OR, Caplan RA, Barker SJ, et al. Practice advisory for the prevention and management
of operating room fires. Anesthesiology. 2008;108(5):786-801; quiz 971-2.
doi:10.1097/01.anes.0000299343.87119.a9.
htt…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36454/psn-pdf
January 31, 2019 - Front Line of Defense: The Role of Nurses in Preventing
Sentinel Events. Third Edition.
January 31, 2019
Oakbrook, IL: Joint Commission Resources; 2018. ISBN: 9781635850611.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/front-line-defense-role-nurses-preventing-sentinel-events-third-edition
Nurses have an important role in ensurin…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40860/psn-pdf
March 02, 2012 - Patient safety issues in advanced practice nursing
students' care settings.
March 2, 2012
Schnall R, Cook S, John RM, et al. Patient Safety Issues in Advanced Practice Nursing Students? Care
Settings. J Nurs Care Qual. 2011;27(2). doi:10.1097/ncq.0b013e3182310d27.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-issues…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47678/psn-pdf
December 19, 2018 - When mistakes happen.
December 19, 2018
Beck DL. ASH Clinical News. December 1, 2018.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/when-mistakes-happen
This article provides an overview of efforts to understand and improve patient safety and covers topics
such as the epidemiology of error, its impact on the individuals involved, …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36175/psn-pdf
September 29, 2010 - Discovering healthcare cognition: the use of cognitive
artifacts to reveal cognitive work.
September 29, 2010
Nemeth CP, O’Connor M, Klock PA, et al. Discovering Healthcare Cognition: The Use of Cognitive Artifacts
to Reveal Cognitive Work. Organization Studies. 2006;27(7). doi:10.1177/0170840606065708.
https://ps…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34718/psn-pdf
August 05, 2008 - How can we save the next victim?
August 5, 2008
Belkin L
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/how-can-we-save-next-victim
In this article, Belkin examines how the medical field has recently shifted away from blaming individuals for
medical error toward a model that searches for systems problems and solutions for preventio…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43338/psn-pdf
July 09, 2014 - In military care, a pattern of errors but not scrutiny.
July 9, 2014
LaFraniere S, Lehren AW. New York Times. June 28, 2014.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/military-care-pattern-errors-not-scrutiny
Reporting on serious lapses in the care provided by the military health system, this newspaper article
highlights how s…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36883/psn-pdf
August 31, 2011 - Voluntary review of quality of care peer review for patient
safety.
August 31, 2011
Stumpf PG. Voluntary review of quality of care peer review for patient safety. Best Pract Res Clin Obstet
Gynaecol. 2007;21(4):557-64.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/voluntary-review-quality-care-peer-review-patient-safety
The autho…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34628/psn-pdf
May 01, 2020 - Patient Safety and Quality Healthcare.
November 30, 2016
Middleton, MA: HealthLeaders Media. ISSN: 1553-6637.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-and-quality-healthcare
Beginning with its inaugural issue in August 2004 and ending in May 2020, Patient Safety and Quality
Healthcare (PSQH) published bi-monthl…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35226/psn-pdf
June 16, 2010 - Medical errors: mandatory reporting, voluntary reporting,
or both?
June 16, 2010
Grepperud S. Medical Errors: Mandatory Reporting, Voluntary Reporting, or Both? European Journal of
Law and Economics. 2005;20(1). doi:10.1007/s10657-005-1019-8.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medical-errors-mandatory-reporting-voluntar…