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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/72809/psn-pdf
March 03, 2021 - Dying on the waitlist.
March 3, 2021
Armstrong D. Allen M. ProPublica. February 18, 2021.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/dying-waitlist
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed systemic weaknesses in health care access and delivery. This story
examines how equipment shortages affected treatment decisions to culminate in r…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37413/psn-pdf
November 14, 2011 - Patient Safety Tools: Improving Safety at the Point of
Care.
November 14, 2011
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-tools-improving-safety-point-care-0
Produced in conjunction with its Partnerships in Implementing Patient Safety (PIPS) grant program,
AHRQ has released 17 freely available toolkits to help ho…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40854/psn-pdf
January 01, 2012 - The association between EMS workplace safety culture
and safety outcomes.
December 7, 2011
Weaver MD, Wang HE, Fairbanks RJ, et al. The association between EMS workplace safety culture and
safety outcomes. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2012;16(1):43-52. doi:10.3109/10903127.2011.614048.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/associat…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/61002/psn-pdf
September 17, 2020 - Patient Safety
September 17, 2020
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-21
Organizations worldwide are focusing efforts on reducing the conditions that contribute to medical error.
This website provides a collection of reports and other resources that c…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42975/psn-pdf
February 26, 2014 - State-Wide Initiative to Standardize the Compounding of
Oral Liquids in Pediatrics.
February 26, 2014
Michigan Pharmacists Association; MPA.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/state-wide-initiative-standardize-compounding-oral-liquids-pediatrics
Children are often prescribed oral liquid medications due to difficulty swa…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/841786/psn-pdf
December 21, 2022 - National Patient Safety Board Act of 2022.
December 21, 2022
HR 9377, 117th Cong, 2d Sess (2022).
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/national-patient-safety-board-act-2022
The need for a national government-led patient safety effort has long been advocated for. This legislation
outlines the structure of a federal agency…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/48038/psn-pdf
June 05, 2019 - Addressing Problematic Opioid Use in OECD Countries.
June 5, 2019
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Paris, France: OECD Publishing; 2019. ISBN:
978926474260.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/addressing-problematic-opioid-use-oecd-countries
The overprescribing of prescription opioids heightens the…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44917/psn-pdf
November 30, 2016 - Canadian Incident Analysis Framework.
November 30, 2016
Incident Analysis Collaborating Parties. Edmonton, AB: Canadian Patient Safety Institute; 2012. ISBN:
9781926541440.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/canadian-incident-analysis-framework
Performing incident analysis can help organizations understand why adverse e…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38171/psn-pdf
June 29, 2009 - An educational and audit tool to reduce prescribing error
in intensive care.
June 29, 2009
Thomas AN, Boxall EM, Laha SK, et al. An educational and audit tool to reduce prescribing error in
intensive care. Qual Saf Health Care. 2008;17(5):360-3. doi:10.1136/qshc.2007.023242.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/educationa…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38318/psn-pdf
March 10, 2011 - Tiering drug–drug interaction alerts by severity increases
compliance rates.
March 10, 2011
Paterno MD, Maviglia SM, Gorman PN, et al. Tiering drug-drug interaction alerts by severity increases
compliance rates. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2009;16(1):40-6. doi:10.1197/jamia.M2808.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/tiering-d…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40573/psn-pdf
June 10, 2018 - Parents can detect, contribute to, or be affected by critical
events during a child’s hospitalization.
June 10, 2018
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. June 16, 2011;16:1-3.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/parents-can-detect-contribute-or-be-affected-critical-events-during-childs-
hospitalization
This…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40886/psn-pdf
September 29, 2017 - Patient safety in the context of neonatal intensive care:
research and educational opportunities.
September 29, 2017
Raju TNK, Suresh G, Higgins RD. Patient safety in the context of neonatal intensive care: research and
educational opportunities. Pediatr Res. 2011;70(1):109-15. doi:10.1203/PDR.0b013e3182182853.
ht…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44109/psn-pdf
November 06, 2015 - Safer Clinical Systems.
November 6, 2015
London, UK: Health Foundation.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safer-clinical-systems
This Web site highlights the work of a United Kingdom initiative launched in 2008 to apply safety
improvement tactics from high-risk industries to care services. The program engages teams to …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/48154/psn-pdf
July 31, 2019 - Learn Not Blame.
July 31, 2019
Doctors' Association UK.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/learn-not-blame
This website provides information about a National Health Service (NHS) campaign to shift response to
errors from blame to an approach that embraces fairness, openness, learning, and patient and health care
profes…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36708/psn-pdf
April 21, 2011 - Missed breast cancers at US-guided core needle biopsy:
how to reduce them.
April 21, 2011
Youk JH, Kim E-K, Kim MJ, et al. Missed breast cancers at US-guided core needle biopsy: how to reduce
them. Radiographics. 2007;27(1):79-94.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/missed-breast-cancers-us-guided-core-needle-biopsy-how-…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60214/psn-pdf
April 08, 2020 - Are vital home health workers now a safety threat?
April 8, 2020
Galewitz P. Kaiser Health News. March 25, 2020.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/are-vital-home-health-workers-now-safety-threat
Home care is a common option for older and disabled patients for managing their chronic conditions. This
story highligh…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36885/psn-pdf
March 10, 2011 - Communication outcomes of critical imaging results in a
computerized notification system.
March 10, 2011
Singh H, Arora HS, Vij MS, et al. Communication outcomes of critical imaging results in a computerized
notification system. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2007;14(4):459-66.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/communication-o…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40108/psn-pdf
July 28, 2013 - Toward Improving the Outcome of Pregnancy: Enhancing
Perinatal Health Through Quality, Safety and Performance
Initiatives (TIOP III).
July 28, 2013
Berns SD, ed. White Plains, NY: March of Dimes; December 2010.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/toward-improving-outcome-pregnancy-enhancing-perinatal-health-through-
qua…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34588/psn-pdf
January 04, 2017 - The Johns Hopkins Hospital: identifying and addressing
risks and safety issues.
January 4, 2017
Paine LA, Baker DR, Rosenstein BJ, et al. The Johns Hopkins Hospital: identifying and addressing risks
and safety issues. Jt Comm J Qual Saf. 2004;30(10):543-50.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/johns-hopkins-hospital-ident…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43513/psn-pdf
September 10, 2014 - Preventing medical errors: how to proceed with caution.
September 10, 2014
Shaw G. Preventing Medical Errors. The Hearing Journal. 2014;67(7).
doi:10.1097/01.hj.0000452244.07451.64.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-medical-errors-how-proceed-caution
This article provides an overview of patient safety issues…