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March 04, 2015 - Clinically missed cancer: how effectively can radiologists
use computer-aided detection?
March 4, 2015
Nishikawa RM, Schmidt RA, Linver MN, et al. Clinically Missed Cancer: How Effectively Can Radiologists
Use Computer-Aided Detection? American Journal of Roentgenology. 2012;198(3).
doi:10.2214/ajr.11.6423.
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March 16, 2016 - Bring back the autopsy.
March 16, 2016
Jauhar S. New York Times. March 3, 2016.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/bring-back-autopsy
Performance of autopsies, previously considered an essential learning tool for clinicians, has decreased in
recent years due to insufficient funding to cover costs and lack of physician e…
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February 22, 2023 - Artificial intelligence, patient safety, and achieving the
quintuple aim in anesthesiology.
February 22, 2023
Tan JM, Cannesson MP. APSF Newsletter. 2023;38(2):1,3–4,7.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/artificial-intelligence-patient-safety-and-achieving-quintuple-aim-anesthesiology
Technological advancement…
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February 20, 2019 - Three laws for paperlessness.
February 20, 2019
Thimbleby H. Three laws for paperlessness. Digit Health. 2019;5:2055207619827722.
doi:10.1177/2055207619827722.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/three-laws-paperlessness
The digitization of health care data has had some positive effects on patient safety, but it has also…
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February 05, 2018 - Evidence-based Recommendations for Best Practices in
Weight Loss Surgery.
February 5, 2018
Expert Panel on Weight Loss Surgery, Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety and Medical Error
Reduction. Obesity Res. 2005;13(2):203-379.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/expert-panel-weight-loss-surgery-betsy-lehman-center-pat…
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April 22, 2009 - Causes, consequences, detection, and prevention of
identification errors in laboratory diagnostics.
April 22, 2009
Lippi G, Blanckaert N, Bonini P, et al. Causes, consequences, detection, and prevention of identification
errors in laboratory diagnostics. Clin Chem Lab Med. 2009;47(2):143-53. doi:10.1515/CCLM.2009.0…
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February 27, 2009 - Suboptimal prescribing in elderly outpatients: potentially
harmful drug-drug and drug-disease combinations.
February 27, 2009
Zhan C, Correa-de-Araujo R, Bierman AS, et al. Suboptimal prescribing in elderly outpatients: potentially
harmful drug-drug and drug-disease combinations. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2005;53(2):262-7.…
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December 19, 2017 - The emotional fallout from the culture of blame and
shame.
December 19, 2017
Ferguson CC. The emotional fallout from the culture of blame and shame. JAMA Pediatr.
2017;171(12):1141. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2017.2691.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/emotional-fallout-culture-blame-and-shame
In this commentary, a p…
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April 20, 2016 - High reliability: excellent care every time.
April 20, 2016
Saver C. High reliability: Excellent care every time. OR manager. 2016;32(3):22-6.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/high-reliability-excellent-care-every-time
Achieving high reliability has attracted attention as a goal in health care. This article provides an…
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April 27, 2010 - Health information technology is a vehicle, not a
destination: a conversation with David J. Brailer.
April 27, 2010
Brailer DJ. Health information technology is a vehicle, not a destination: a conversation with David J.
Brailer. Interview by Arnold Milstein. Health Aff (Millwood). 2007;26(2):w236-41.
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September 30, 2015 - Safety culture includes "good catches."
September 30, 2015
Traynor K. Safety culture includes "good catches". Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2015;72(19):1597-1599.
doi:10.2146/news150065.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safety-culture-includes-good-catches
Near misses can provide opportunities for learning if there is a pro…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41900/psn-pdf
December 05, 2012 - Impact of an intervention to reduce prescribing errors in a
pediatric intensive care unit.
December 5, 2012
Martinez-Anton A, Sanchez I, Casanueva L. Impact of an intervention to reduce prescribing errors in a
pediatric intensive care unit. Intensive Care Med. 2012;38(9):1532-8. doi:10.1007/s00134-012-2609-x.
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August 28, 2013 - Setting quality and safety priorities in a target-rich
environment: an academic medical center's challenge.
August 28, 2013
Mort E, Demehin AA, Marple KB, et al. Setting quality and safety priorities in a target-rich environment: an
academic medical center's challenge. Acad Med. 2013;88(8):1099-104.
doi:10.1097/AC…
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February 04, 2015 - Complaints and Raising Concerns.
February 4, 2015
Fourth Report of Session 2014–15. House of Commons Health Committee. London, England: The
Stationery Office; January 13, 2015. Publication HC 350.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/complaints-and-raising-concerns
Complaints are a proactive way to monitor and address rec…
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July 18, 2018 - Complicated: medical missteps are not inevitable.
July 18, 2018
Yurkiewicz IR. Complicated: Medical Missteps Are Not Inevitable. Health Aff (Millwood). 2018;37(7):1178-
1181. doi:10.1377/hlthaff.2017.1550.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/complicated-medical-missteps-are-not-inevitable
This commentary provides a clini…
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April 24, 2019 - What words convey: the potential for patient narratives to
inform quality improvement.
April 24, 2019
Grob R, Schlesinger M, Barre LR, et al. What Words Convey: The Potential for Patient Narratives to Inform
Quality Improvement. Milbank Q. 2019;97(1):176-227. doi:10.1111/1468-0009.12374.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/iss…
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July 24, 2011 - Improving medication safety in primary care using
electronic health records.
July 24, 2011
Nemeth LS, Wessell AM. Improving medication safety in primary care using electronic health records. J
Patient Saf. 2010;6(4):238-43.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-medication-safety-primary-care-using-electronic-heal…
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September 03, 2014 - Mentorship for newly appointed physicians: a strategy for
enhancing patient safety?
September 3, 2014
Harrison R, McClean S, Lawton R, et al. Mentorship for newly appointed physicians: a strategy for
enhancing patient safety? J Patient Saf. 2014;10(3):159-67. doi:10.1097/PTS.0b013e31829e4b7e.
https://psnet.ahrq.go…
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June 25, 2018 - Diagnostic errors in paediatric cardiac intensive care.
June 25, 2018
Bhat PN, Costello JM, Aiyagari R, et al. Diagnostic errors in paediatric cardiac intensive care. Cardiol
Young. 2018;28(5):675-682. doi:10.1017/S1047951117002906.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/diagnostic-errors-paediatric-cardiac-intensive-care
R…
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December 29, 2014 - Associations of patient safety outcomes with models of
nursing care organization at unit level in hospitals.
December 29, 2014
Dubois C-A, D'Amour D, Tchouaket E, et al. Associations of patient safety outcomes with models of nursing
care organization at unit level in hospitals. Int J Qual Health Care. 2013;25(2):11…