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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33587/psn-pdf
June 15, 2024 - Missed Nursing Care
June 15, 2024
Missed Nursing Care. PSNet [internet]. 2019.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/missed-nursing-care
PSNet primers are regularly reviewed and updated by the UC Davis PSNet Editorial Team to ensure that
they reflect current research and practice in the patient safety field. Last reviewed…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35318/psn-pdf
September 20, 2024 - AHRQ Quality Indicators.
September 20, 2024
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ahrq-quality-indicators
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Quality Indicators (QIs) represent quality
measures that make use of a hospital's available administrative data to inform…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36172/psn-pdf
August 09, 2006 - The Patient Safety Group.
August 9, 2006
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-group
Development of The Patient Safety Group was motivated by the death of a young girl named Josie King.
The King family responded to their personal experience from medical errors by making a commitment to
improve and advance sa…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34114/psn-pdf
September 20, 2023 - Speak Up Initiative.
September 20, 2023
Joint Commission.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/speak-initiative
The Speak Up campaign provides sets of materials to enable patients and families to engage in making
their health care experiences as safe as possible. Topics covered include safe surgery, pain management,
medi…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34972/psn-pdf
May 11, 2017 - 2017 ISMP Medication Safety Self Assessment® for
Antithrombotic Therapy in Hospitals.
May 11, 2017
Horsham, PA: Institute for Safe Medication Practices; March 2017.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/2017-ismp-medication-safety-self-assessmentr-antithrombotic-therapy-
hospitals
This tool provides institutions with the …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39539/psn-pdf
January 13, 2013 - We need leaders: the 48th Annual Rovenstine Lecture.
January 13, 2013
Pronovost P. We need leaders: The 48th Annual Rovenstine Lecture. Anesthesiology. 2010;112(4):779-
785. doi:10.1097/ALN.0b013e3181d32047.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/we-need-leaders-48th-annual-rovenstine-lecture
Dr. Pronovost provides a histor…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34105/psn-pdf
December 24, 2008 - Barcode technology: its role in increasing the safety of
blood transfusion.
December 24, 2008
Turner CL, Casbard AC, Murphy MF. Barcode technology: its role in increasing the safety of blood
transfusion. Transfusion (Paris). 2004;43(9). doi:10.1046/j.1537-2995.2003.00428.x.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/barcode-tec…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42691/psn-pdf
October 23, 2013 - Patient Safety Investigation report into services at
University Hospital Galway (UHG) and as reflected in the
care provided to Savita Halappanavar.
October 23, 2013
Dublin, Ireland: Health Information and Quality Authority; October 2013.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-investigation-report-services-uni…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41429/psn-pdf
October 17, 2012 - Who makes prescribing decisions in hospital inpatients?
An observational study.
October 17, 2012
Ross S, Hamilton L, Ryan C, et al. Who makes prescribing decisions in hospital inpatients? An
observational study. Postgrad Med J. 2012;88(1043):507-10. doi:10.1136/postgradmedj-2011-130602.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issu…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46788/psn-pdf
April 11, 2018 - Preventing newborn falls and drops.
April 11, 2018
Quick Safety. March 27, 2018;(40):1-2.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-newborn-falls-and-drops
Falls are a common patient safety concern for adults but are rarely discussed as a threat to newborn
safety. This newsletter article provides a definition for a …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46500/psn-pdf
June 27, 2018 - Ariadne Labs.
June 27, 2018
Brigham & Women's Hospital; Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ariadne-labs
Checklists can help catch gaps in communication and process. This website provides resources related to
the use of checklists in surgical, obstetric, and other care environme…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41578/psn-pdf
October 09, 2013 - Improving Patient Safety in Long-Term Care Facilities:
Training Modules.
October 9, 2013
Taylor SL, Saliba D. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; July 2012. AHRQ
Publication No. 12-0001.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-patient-safety-long-term-care-facilities-training-modules
This se…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46003/psn-pdf
May 10, 2017 - National Healthcare Safety Network.
May 10, 2017
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/national-healthcare-safety-network-0
Health care–associated infection are a persistent patient safety problem. This website provides resources
related to a national health care–associated infec…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37580/psn-pdf
March 05, 2008 - Patient safety events reported in general practice: a
taxonomy.
March 5, 2008
Makeham MAB, Stromer S, Bridges-Webb C, et al. Patient safety events reported in general practice: a
taxonomy. Qual Saf Health Care. 2008;17(1):53-7. doi:10.1136/qshc.2007.022491.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-events-report…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35034/psn-pdf
November 05, 2015 - Seven Leadership Leverage Points for Organization-Level
Improvement in Health Care. Second edition.
November 5, 2015
Reinertsen JL, Bisognano M, Pugh MD. Cambridge, MA: Institute for Healthcare Improvement; 2008.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/seven-leadership-leverage-points-organization-level-improvement-health-car…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37559/psn-pdf
March 31, 2025 - John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award.
February 4, 2025
Joint Commission, National Quality Forum.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/john-m-eisenberg-patient-safety-and-quality-award
The Eisenberg Award honors individuals and organizations who have made key contributions to patient
safety and quality improv…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/856639/psn-pdf
November 29, 2023 - Impact Wellbeing.
November 29, 2023
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-wellbeing
Clinician burnout has become a major concern for both healthcare workforce and patient safety. This portal
provides access to too…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39052/psn-pdf
July 13, 2010 - Improving handoffs in the emergency department.
July 13, 2010
Cheung DS, Kelly JJ, Beach C, et al. Improving handoffs in the emergency department. Ann Emerg Med.
2010;55(2):171-80. doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.07.016.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-handoffs-emergency-department
Reviewing the conceptual f…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38796/psn-pdf
April 04, 2011 - A 62-year-old woman with skin cancer who experienced
wrong-site surgery.
April 4, 2011
Gallagher TH. A 62-year-old woman with skin cancer who experienced wrong-site surgery: review of
medical error. JAMA. 2009;302(6):669-77. doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1011.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/62-year-old-woman-skin-cancer-who…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45735/psn-pdf
July 17, 2017 - CMPA Good Practices Guide.
July 17, 2017
Ottawa, Ontario: Canadian Medical Protective Association; 2016.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cmpa-good-practices-guide
Key patient safety topics include human factors, teamwork, adverse events, communication,
professionalism, and risk management. This website provides resou…