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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37173/psn-pdf
January 02, 2017 - Eliminating adverse drug events at Ascension Health.
January 2, 2017
Butler K, Mollo P, Gale JL, et al. Eliminating adverse drug events at Ascension Health. Jt Comm J Qual
Patient Saf. 2007;33(9):527-36.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/eliminating-adverse-drug-events-ascension-health
The authors describe an initiativ…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36312/psn-pdf
October 26, 2010 - The intensive care unit, patient safety, and the Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality.
October 26, 2010
Clancy CM. The intensive care unit, patient safety, and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Am J Med Qual. 2006;21(5):348-51.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/intensive-care-unit-patient-safety-and…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42600/psn-pdf
September 18, 2013 - Oral medications inadvertently given via the intravenous
route.
September 18, 2013
Shah-Mohammadi AR, Gaunt MJ. PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. September 2013;10:85-91.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/oral-medications-inadvertently-given-intravenous-route
Analyzing data submitted to the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporti…
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September 15, 2025 - NIOSH Training for Nurses on Shift Work and Long Work Hours
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February 13, 2018 - Critical conversations: a call for a nonprocedural "time
out."
February 13, 2018
Sehgal NL, Fox M, Sharpe B, et al. Critical conversations: a call for a nonprocedural "time out". J Hosp
Med. 2011;6(4):225-30. doi:10.1002/jhm.853.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/critical-conversations-call-nonprocedural-time-out
This…
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May 01, 2009 - we found that when there were complications at the hospital, the profit margin for the hospital was reduced
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-withpeter-j-pronovost-md-phd-0
October 01, 2010 - ) and a checklist guiding the activities surrounding the insertion of central venous catheters that reduced
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43491/psn-pdf
January 01, 2015 - The systems approach to medicine: controversy and
misconceptions.
December 9, 2014
Dekker SWA, Leveson NG. The systems approach to medicine: controversy and misconceptions. BMJ
Qual Saf. 2015;24(1):7-9. doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2014-003106.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/systems-approach-medicine-controversy-and-misconcept…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43055/psn-pdf
May 01, 2017 - AHRQ's Safety Program for Ambulatory Surgery.
May 1, 2017
Health Research & Educational Trust. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; May
2017. AHRQ Publication No. 16(17)-0019-1-EF.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ahrqs-safety-program-ambulatory-surgery
This report provides information about a na…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50727/psn-pdf
December 11, 2019 - Your diagnosis was wrong. Could doctor bias have been
a factor?
December 11, 2019
Glicksman E. Washington Post. November 17, 2019.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/your-diagnosis-was-wrong-could-doctor-bias-have-been-factor
Unconscious assumptions and biases are known contributors to poor decision-making. This news st…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41411/psn-pdf
October 19, 2012 - Minnesota Hospital Association Statewide Project: SAFE
from FALLS.
October 19, 2012
Apold J, Quigley PA. Minnesota Hospital Association Statewide Project: SAFE from FALLS. J Nurs Care
Qual. 2012;27(4):299-306. doi:10.1097/NCQ.0b013e3182599d1b.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/minnesota-hospital-association-statewide-p…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37653/psn-pdf
May 14, 2008 - Getting boards on board: engaging governing boards in
quality and safety.
May 14, 2008
Conway JB. Getting boards on board: engaging governing boards in quality and safety. Jt Comm J Qual
Saf. 2008;34(4):214-220.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/getting-boards-board-engaging-governing-boards-quality-and-safety
This a…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41955/psn-pdf
January 09, 2013 - Making Medical Devices Safer at Home.
January 9, 2013
Consumer Updates. Silver Spring, MD: US Food and Drug Administration; December 12, 2012.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/making-medical-devices-safer-home
Highlighting concerns associated with patients' use of medical devices at home, such as difficulty
understand…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42364/psn-pdf
September 18, 2013 - The pursuit of better diagnostic performance: a human
factors perspective.
September 18, 2013
Henriksen K, Brady J. The pursuit of better diagnostic performance: a human factors perspective. BMJ
Qual Saf. 2013;22(Suppl 2):ii1-ii5. doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2013-001827.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pursuit-better-diagnosti…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36431/psn-pdf
March 28, 2011 - Using the internet to deliver education on drug safety.
March 28, 2011
Franklin B, O'Grady K, Parr J, et al. Using the internet to deliver education on drug safety. Qual Saf Health
Care. 2006;15(5):329-33.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/using-internet-deliver-education-drug-safety
The project team implemented a web-…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43318/psn-pdf
July 02, 2014 - Sign up to Safety.
July 2, 2014
National Health Service.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/sign-safety
Through a coordinated effort to set goals and devise plans to improve safety in hospitals, the Sign up to
Safety campaign aims to prevent 6000 patient deaths in the next 3 years in National Health Service
facilities.…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40696/psn-pdf
December 01, 2011 - Rapid response systems: a prospective study of
response times.
December 1, 2011
Adelstein B-A, Piza MA, Nayyar V, et al. Rapid response systems: a prospective study of response times. J
Crit Care. 2011;26(6):635.e11-8. doi:10.1016/j.jcrc.2011.03.013.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/rapid-response-systems-prospective-…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38341/psn-pdf
April 02, 2009 - CPOE: it don't come easy.
April 2, 2009
Anderson HJ. CPOE: it don't come easy. Health Data Manag. 2009;17(1):18-20, 22, 24 passim.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cpoe-it-dont-come-easy
Although shifting from paper-based or verbal orders to computerized physician order entry (CPOE)
systems could reduce medical errors…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40568/psn-pdf
June 29, 2011 - Tubing misconnections: normalization of deviance.
June 29, 2011
Simmons D, Symes L, Guenter P, et al. Tubing misconnections: normalization of deviance. Nutr Clin Pract.
2011;26(3):286-293. doi:10.1177/0884533611406134.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/tubing-misconnections-normalization-deviance
Analyzing published ca…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40903/psn-pdf
March 08, 2015 - Does your patient really understand?
March 8, 2015
Huff C. Does your patient really understand? Hospitals & health networks. 2011;85(10):34-5, 37-8, 2.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/does-your-patient-really-understand
This article discusses health literacy and describes an initiative to reduce gaps in understanding …