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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/assess/index.html
September 01, 2019 - Assess Your Health Care Quality Reporting Project
Reporting comparative quality information to consumers is typically not a one-time event but an ongoing activity. For this reason, evaluation is a key part of your work, an aspect that has to be thought about and, in some cases, acted upon from the outset.
An …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43791/psn-pdf
December 17, 2014 - Facilitating Patient Understanding of Discharge
Instructions: Workshop Summary.
December 17, 2014
Alper J, Hernandez LM; Roundtable on Health Literacy, Board on Population Health and Public Health
Practice, Institute of Medicine. Washington, DC: National Academies Press; December 2014. ISBN:
9780309307383.
https:…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45383/psn-pdf
August 31, 2016 - Case report of a medication error: in the eye of the
beholder.
August 31, 2016
Naunton M, Nor K, Bartholomaeus A, et al. Case report of a medication error. Medicine (Baltimore).
2016;95(28):e4186. doi:10.1097/md.0000000000004186.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/case-report-medication-error-eye-beholder
Look-alike dr…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46159/psn-pdf
May 31, 2017 - Despite technology, verbal orders persist, read back is
not widespread, and errors continue.
May 31, 2017
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. May 18, 2017;22:1-4.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/despite-technology-verbal-orders-persist-read-back-not-widespread-and-
errors-continue
Verbal orders are kno…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43997/psn-pdf
August 02, 2015 - Sentinel events, serious reportable events, and root
cause analysis.
August 2, 2015
Chen TC, Schein OD, Miller JW. Sentinel events, serious reportable events, and root cause analysis.
JAMA Ophthalmol. 2015;133(6):631-632. doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2015.0672.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/sentinel-events-serious-re…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/74858/psn-pdf
February 23, 2022 - Improving responses to safety incidents: we need to talk
about justice.
February 23, 2022
Cribb A, O'Hara JK, Waring J. Improving responses to safety incidents: we need to talk about justice. BMJ
Qual Saf. 2022;31(4):327-330. doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2021-014333.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-responses-safety-in…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/48039/psn-pdf
August 07, 2019 - Utilization of a role-based head covering system to
decrease misidentification in the operating room.
August 7, 2019
Rosen DA, Criser AL, Petrone AB, et al. Utilization of a Role-Based Head Covering System to Decrease
Misidentification in the Operating Room. J Patient Saf. 2019;15(4):e90-e93.
doi:10.1097/PTS.00000…
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/tools/reduce-disparities.html
February 01, 2025 - Using Data to Reduce Disparities and Improve Quality
Resource: Using Data to Reduce Disparities and Improve Quality: A Guide for Health Care Organizations (PDF, 1 MB; 14 pages) This brief recommends strategies that primary care practices and health care organizations can use to effectively organize and inter…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46386/psn-pdf
April 03, 2018 - The impact of electronic health records on diagnosis.
April 3, 2018
Graber ML, Byrne C, Johnston D. The impact of electronic health records on diagnosis. Diagnosis (Berl).
2017;4(4):211-223. doi:10.1515/dx-2017-0012.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-electronic-health-records-diagnosis
Health information technol…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46554/psn-pdf
October 25, 2017 - Severe hyperglycemia in patients incorrectly using insulin
pens at home.
October 25, 2017
National Alert Network. Horsham, PA: Institute for Safe Medication Practices; Bethesda, MD: American
Society of Health-System Pharmacists. October 12, 2017.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/severe-hyperglycemia-patients-incorrect…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/840169/psn-pdf
November 16, 2022 - ISMP survey on tall man (mixed case) lettering to reduce
drug name confusion.
November 16, 2022
Institute for Safe Medication Practices.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ismp-survey-tall-man-mixed-case-lettering-reduce-drug-name-confusion
Mixed case letters are one suggested strategy to reduce look-alike medication na…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/837214/psn-pdf
May 25, 2022 - Global Report on Infection Prevention and Control:
Executive Summary.
May 25, 2022
Geneva, Switzerland; World Health Organization; May 5, 2022.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/global-report-infection-prevention-and-control-executive-summary
Healthcare-acquired infection is a persistent systemic problem. This report r…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44787/psn-pdf
January 20, 2016 - Medication errors involving overrides of healthcare
technology.
January 20, 2016
Grissinger M. PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. December 2015;12:141-148.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-errors-involving-overrides-healthcare-technology
Users often bypass alerts meant to enhance safety of medication ordering and d…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45673/psn-pdf
December 07, 2016 - Report on the Safe Use of Pick Lists in Ambulatory Care
Settings.
December 7, 2016
Rizk S, Oguntebi G, Graber ML, Johnston D. Research Triangle Park, NC: RTI International; 2016.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/report-safe-use-pick-lists-ambulatory-care-settings
Standard term selection tools—like pick lists or drop-d…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/852284/psn-pdf
August 09, 2023 - ‘Medical errors are the third leading cause of death’ and
other statistics you should question.
August 9, 2023
Jaklevic MC. HealthJournalism.org. July 27, 2023.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medical-errors-are-third-leading-cause-death-and-other-statistics-you-should-
question
Published rates of medical errors con…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/74129/psn-pdf
January 01, 2022 - Factors influencing providers' willingness to deprescribe
medications.
December 1, 2021
Davila H, Rosen AK, Stolzmann K, et al. Factors influencing providers' willingness to deprescribe
medications. J Am Coll Clin Pharm. 2022;5:15-25. doi:10.1002/jac5.1537.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/factors-influencing-provider…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45506/psn-pdf
November 30, 2016 - Is an indication-based prescribing system in our future?
November 30, 2016
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. November 17, 2016;21:1-5.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/indication-based-prescribing-system-our-future
Health information technology has enhanced prescribers' ability to document the purpose o…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/enhanced-recovery/overview.html
June 01, 2023 - Overview
Tools and Resources To Help Hospitals Choose an ISCR Program
This section gives a high-level overview of the Improving Surgical Care and Recovery (ISCR) program to support hospitals in implementing evidence-based enhanced recovery pathways. The Overview lists the tools and materials, organized in the…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/delilberative-methods-design-abelson-2.pdf
May 29, 2025 - Synthesizing the Outputs of Deliberative Forum
Synthesizing the Outputs of Deliberative Forum
Julia Abelson, PhD
Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario CANADA
Slide 27
Linking deliberation objectives to outputs
What is the expected deliverable of th…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47615/psn-pdf
January 30, 2019 - A Crisis in Health Care: A Call to Action on Physician
Burnout.
January 30, 2019
Jha AK, Iliff AR, Chaoui AA, et al. Waltham, MA: Massachusetts Medical Society, Massachusetts Health
and Hospital Association, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Harvard Global Health Institute;
2019.
https://psnet.ahrq.g…