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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/72591/psn-pdf
December 23, 2020 - Bias and racism teaching rounds at an academic medical
center.
December 23, 2020
Capers Q, Bond DA, Nori US. Bias and racism teaching rounds at an academic medical center. Chest.
2020;158(6):2688-2694. doi:10.1016/j.chest.2020.08.2073.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/bias-and-racism-teaching-rounds-academic-medical-c…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60800/psn-pdf
January 01, 2021 - Changing hospital organisational culture for improved
patient outcomes: developing and implementing the
Leadership Saves Lives intervention.
August 12, 2020
Linnander EL, McNatt Z, Boehmer K, et al. Changing hospital organisational culture for improved patient
outcomes: developing and implementing the leadership s…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46519/psn-pdf
December 22, 2018 - Delirium in hospitalized older adults.
December 22, 2018
Marcantonio ER. Delirium in Hospitalized Older Adults. N Engl J Med. 2017;377(15):1456-1466.
doi:10.1056/NEJMcp1605501.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/delirium-hospitalized-older-adults
Delirium is considered a patient safety problem that can be prevented with…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33927/psn-pdf
June 23, 2015 - Errors, incidents and accidents in anaesthetic practice.
June 23, 2015
Runciman WB, Sellen A, Webb RK, et al. The Australian Incident Monitoring Study. Errors, incidents and
accidents in anaesthetic practice. Anaesth Intensive Care. 1993;21(5):506-19.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/errors-incidents-and-accidents-anae…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60604/psn-pdf
June 17, 2020 - The limits of current A.I. in health care: patient safety
policing in hospitals.
June 17, 2020
Furrow BR. NE Univ Law Rev. 2020;12(1):1-55.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/limits-current-ai-health-care-patient-safety-policing-hospitals
Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to improve the use of big data to e…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/836833/psn-pdf
March 30, 2022 - As a nurse faces prison for a deadly error, her colleagues
worry: could I be next?
March 30, 2022
Kelman B. Kaiser Health News. March 22, 2022
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/nurse-faces-prison-deadly-error-her-colleagues-worry-could-i-be-next
Criminalization of medical mistakes typifies the blame-focused approach pa…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46090/psn-pdf
December 22, 2018 - More than a tick box: medical checklist development,
design, and use.
December 22, 2018
Burian BK, Clebone A, Dismukes K, et al. More Than a Tick Box: Medical Checklist Development, Design,
and Use. Anesth Analg. 2018;126(1):223-232. doi:10.1213/ANE.0000000000002286.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/more-tick-box-medi…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47464/psn-pdf
October 17, 2018 - How to prevent the top 4 medication errors.
October 17, 2018
Sederstrom J. Drug Topics. September 17, 2018.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/how-prevent-top-4-medication-errors
Medication errors continue to be a worldwide patient safety challenge that requires both systems and
individual practice strategies for improv…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50425/psn-pdf
September 04, 2019 - Why doctors still offer treatments that may not help.
September 4, 2019
Frakt A. New York Times. August 26, 2019.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/why-doctors-still-offer-treatments-may-not-help
The slow adoption of improvement innovations is a persistent challenge to high-quality and safe patient
care. This newspaper…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/854265/psn-pdf
October 04, 2023 - Can AI help doctors come up with better diagnoses?
October 4, 2023
Landro L. Wall Street Journal. September 24, 2023.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/can-ai-help-doctors-come-better-diagnoses
Artificial intelligence (AI) is being considered as a strong contender in the effort to reduce harmful
diagnostic error, but c…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73415/psn-pdf
June 23, 2021 - Patient safety in dermatology: a ten-year update.
June 23, 2021
Patel J, Otto E, Taylor JS, et al. Dermatol Online J. 2021;27(3).
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-dermatology-ten-year-update
In an update to their 2010 article, this review’s authors summarized the patient safety literature in
dermatology…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44333/psn-pdf
July 15, 2015 - One hospital's initiatives to encourage safe opioid use.
July 15, 2015
Surprise JK, Simpson MH. One Hospital's Initiatives to Encourage Safe Opioid Use. J Infus Nurs.
2015;38(4):278-83. doi:10.1097/NAN.0000000000000110.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/one-hospitals-initiatives-encourage-safe-opioid-use
This commentar…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47632/psn-pdf
April 10, 2019 - Perception of the usability and implementation of a
metacognitive mnemonic to check cognitive errors in
clinical setting.
April 10, 2019
Chew KS, van Merrienboer JJG, Durning SJ. Perception of the usability and implementation of a
metacognitive mnemonic to check cognitive errors in clinical setting. BMC Med Educ. …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46336/psn-pdf
August 23, 2017 - Improving the Working Environment for Safe Surgical
Care.
August 23, 2017
Short-Life Working Group on Hospital Reports. Edinburgh, Scotland: Royal College of Surgeons of
Edinburgh; July 31, 2017.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-working-environment-safe-surgical-care
Surgical training is demanding and can r…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46524/psn-pdf
October 18, 2017 - Pressure Injury Prevention in Hospitals Training Program.
October 18, 2017
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; September 2017.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pressure-injury-prevention-hospitals-training-program
Pressure ulcers are a common hospital-acquired condition that can lead to patient h…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42010/psn-pdf
December 21, 2014 - Impact of attending physician workload on patient care: a
survey of hospitalists.
December 21, 2014
Michtalik HJ, Yeh H-C, Pronovost P, et al. Impact of attending physician workload on patient care: a survey
of hospitalists. JAMA Intern Med. 2013;173(5):375-7. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.1864.
https://psnet.ahr…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47289/psn-pdf
October 24, 2018 - ASHP guidelines on managing drug product shortages.
October 24, 2018
Fox ER, McLaughlin MM. ASHP guidelines on managing drug product shortages. Am J Health Syst Pharm.
2018;75(21):1742-1750. doi:10.2146/ajhp180441.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ashp-guidelines-managing-drug-product-shortages
Drug shortages are a pe…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43772/psn-pdf
June 24, 2019 - Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety.
June 24, 2019
501 Boylston Street, 5th Floor, Boston, MA, 02116 info@BetsyLehmanCenterMA.gov
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/betsy-lehman-center-patient-safety
The Betsy Lehman Center is a nonregulatory Massachusetts state agency named for Betsy Lehman, the
Boston Globe columni…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46384/psn-pdf
November 14, 2018 - Peggy Lillis Foundation.
November 14, 2018
266 12th Street #6, Brooklyn, NY 11215.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/peggy-lillis-foundation
Clostridium difficile infections are considered a serious hospital-acquired infection. This grassroots
foundation employs educational, policy, and advocacy strategies aimed at red…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37754/psn-pdf
May 14, 2008 - Potentially inappropriate medication use in hospitalized
elders.
May 14, 2008
Rothberg MB, Pekow PS, Liu F, et al. Potentially inappropriate medication use in hospitalized elders. J
Hosp Med. 2008;3(2):91-102. doi:10.1002/jhm.290.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/potentially-inappropriate-medication-use-hospitalized-e…