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psnet.ahrq.gov/glossary/failure-mode-and-effect-analysis-fmea
September 13, 2021 - Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA)
September 13, 2021
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A common process used to prospectively identify error risk within a particular process. FMEA begins with a complete process mapping that identifies all the steps that must occur for a given process to occur (e.g., programming an…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46108/psn-pdf
December 21, 2017 - Speaking up about traditional and professionalism-related
patient safety threats: a national survey of interns and
residents.
December 21, 2017
Martinez W, Lehmann LS, Thomas EJ, et al. Speaking up about traditional and professionalism-related
patient safety threats: a national survey of interns and residents. BMJ…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43723/psn-pdf
October 03, 2017 - Shining a Light: Safer Health Care Through Transparency.
October 3, 2017
Boston, MA: National Patient Safety Foundation Lucian Leape Institute; January 2015.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/shining-light-safer-health-care-through-transparency
Health care has historically treated data as something to be safeguarded rat…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37613/psn-pdf
March 12, 2008 - Implementing patient safety interventions in your
hospital: what to try and what to avoid.
March 12, 2008
Ranji SR, Shojania KG. Implementing patient safety interventions in your hospital: what to try and what to
avoid. Med Clin North Am. 2008;92(2):275-93, vii-viii. doi:10.1016/j.mcna.2007.10.007.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42855/psn-pdf
February 06, 2014 - Responding to clinicians who fail to follow patient safety
practices: perceptions of physicians, nurses, trainees,
and patients.
February 6, 2014
Driver TH, Katz PP, Trupin L, et al. Responding to clinicians who fail to follow patient safety practices:
perceptions of physicians, nurses, trainees, and patients. J H…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43869/psn-pdf
November 03, 2015 - Clinical safety of England's national programme for IT: a
retrospective analysis of all reported safety events 2005
to 2011.
November 3, 2015
Magrabi F, Baker M, Sinha I, et al. Clinical safety of England's national programme for IT: a retrospective
analysis of all reported safety events 2005 to 2011. Int J Med In…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43115/psn-pdf
December 18, 2014 - Multistate point-prevalence survey of health care-
associated infections.
December 18, 2014
Magill SS, Edwards JR, Bamberg W, et al. Multistate point-prevalence survey of health care-associated
infections. N Engl J Med. 2014;370(13):1198-208. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1306801.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/multistate-point…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50368/psn-pdf
September 25, 2019 - A patient and family reporting system for perceived
ambulatory note mistakes: experience at 3 U.S. healthcare
centers.
September 25, 2019
Bourgeois FC, Fossa A, Gerard M, et al. A patient and family reporting system for perceived ambulatory
note mistakes: experience at 3 U.S. healthcare centers. J Am Med Inform As…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47908/psn-pdf
April 24, 2019 - "Sorry" is never enough: how state apology laws fail to
reduce medical malpractice liability risk.
April 24, 2019
McMichael BJ, Van Horn L, Viscusi K. "Sorry” Is Never Enough: How State Apology Laws Fail to Reduce
Medical Malpractice Liability Risk. Stanford Law Rev. 2019;71(2):341-409.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issu…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38902/psn-pdf
November 13, 2009 - Out-of-hospital medication errors: a 6-year analysis of the
national poison data system.
November 13, 2009
Shah K, Barker KA. Out-of-hospital medication errors: a 6-year analysis of the national poison data system.
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2009;18(11):1080-5. doi:10.1002/pds.1823.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/o…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46493/psn-pdf
January 24, 2019 - Four states with robust prescription drug monitoring
programs reduced opioid dosages.
January 24, 2019
Haffajee RL, Mello MM, Zhang F, et al. Four States With Robust Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs
Reduced Opioid Dosages. Health Aff (Millwood). 2018;37(6):964-974. doi:10.1377/hlthaff.2017.1321.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43049/psn-pdf
October 31, 2014 - Vital signs: improving antibiotic use among hospitalized
patients.
October 31, 2014
Fridkin SK, Baggs J, Fagan R, et al. Vital signs: improving antibiotic use among hospitalized patients.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014;63(9):194-200.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/vital-signs-improving-antibiotic-use-among-hospital…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47333/psn-pdf
October 10, 2018 - Changing dynamics of the drug overdose epidemic in the
United States from 1979 through 2016.
October 10, 2018
Jalal H, Buchanich JM, Roberts MS, et al. Changing dynamics of the drug overdose epidemic in the United
States from 1979 through 2016. Science (1979). 2018;361(6408). doi:10.1126/science.aau1184.
https://p…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47946/psn-pdf
May 22, 2019 - Vital signs: pregnancy-related deaths, United States,
2011-2015, and strategies for prevention, 13 states, 2013-
2017.
May 22, 2019
Petersen EE, Davis NL, Goodman D, et al. Vital Signs: Pregnancy-Related Deaths, United States, 2011-
2015, and Strategies for Prevention, 13 States, 2013-2017. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly R…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47441/psn-pdf
September 26, 2018 - Patient outcomes after the introduction of statewide ICU
nurse staffing regulations.
September 26, 2018
Law AC, Stevens JP, Hohmann S, et al. Patient Outcomes After the Introduction of Statewide ICU Nurse
Staffing Regulations. Crit Care Med. 2018;46(10):1563-1569. doi:10.1097/CCM.0000000000003286.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45863/psn-pdf
August 28, 2017 - Large-scale implementation of the I-PASS handover
system at an academic medical centre.
August 28, 2017
Shahian DM, McEachern K, Rossi L, et al. Large-scale implementation of the I-PASS handover system at
an academic medical centre. BMJ Qual Saf. 2017;26(9):760-770. doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2016-006195.
https://psnet.ahr…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42966/psn-pdf
November 21, 2018 - The next organizational challenge: finding and addressing
diagnostic error.
November 21, 2018
Graber ML, Trowbridge RL, Myers JS, et al. The next organizational challenge: finding and addressing
diagnostic error. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2014;40(3):102-10.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/next-organizational-challe…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44522/psn-pdf
June 21, 2016 - Impact of an electronic alert notification system
embedded in radiologists' workflow on closed-loop
communication of critical results: a time series analysis.
June 21, 2016
Lacson R, O'Connor SD, Sahni A, et al. Impact of an electronic alert notification system embedded in
radiologists' workflow on closed-loop com…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45744/psn-pdf
December 19, 2017 - Complication rates, hospital size, and bias in the CMS
Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program.
December 19, 2017
Koenig L, Soltoff SA, Demiralp B, et al. Complication Rates, Hospital Size, and Bias in the CMS Hospital-
Acquired Condition Reduction Program. Am J Med Qual. 2017;32(6):611-616.
doi:10.1177/1062…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40213/psn-pdf
February 16, 2011 - Systematic review of medication safety assessment
methods.
February 16, 2011
Meyer-Massetti C, Cheng CM, Schwappach DLB, et al. Systematic review of medication safety
assessment methods. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2011;68(3):227-40. doi:10.2146/ajhp100019.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/systematic-review-medication-saf…