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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42218/psn-pdf
June 10, 2018 - Your high-alert medication list—relatively useless without
associated risk-reduction strategies.
June 10, 2018
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. April 4, 2013;18:1-5.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/your-high-alert-medication-list-relatively-useless-without-associated-risk-
reduction
This newsletter …
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March 09, 2016 - Listening for What Matters: Avoiding Contextual Errors in
Health Care.
March 9, 2016
Weiner SJ, Schwartz A. New York, NY: Oxford University Press; 2016. ISBN: 9780190228996.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/listening-what-matters-avoiding-contextual-errors-health-care
This book discusses how physicians can reduce cont…
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August 10, 2022 - An evolution of reporting: identifying the missing link.
August 10, 2022
Harsini S, Tofighi S, Eibschutz L, et al. An evolution of reporting: identifying the missing link. Diagnostics
(Basel). 2022;12(7):1761. doi:10.3390/diagnostics12071761.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/evolution-reporting-identifying-missing-link…
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April 27, 2022 - Burnout in Nursing: Causes, Management, and Future
Directions.
April 27, 2022
Zangaro GA, Dulko D, Sullivan D, eds. Nurs Clin North Am. 2022;57(1):1-170.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/burnout-nursing-causes-management-and-future-directions
Clinician burnout is a pervasive problem and can threaten patient safe…
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May 07, 2018 - Survey on LASA drug name pairs: who knows what’s on
your list and the best ways to prevent mix-ups?
May 7, 2018
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. May 21, 2009;14:1-3.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/survey-lasa-drug-name-pairs-who-knows-whats-your-list-and-best-ways-
prevent-mix-ups
This article shar…
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May 26, 2010 - Expanding what we know about off-peak mortality in
hospitals.
May 26, 2010
Hamilton P, Mathur S, Gemeinhardt G, et al. Expanding what we know about off-peak mortality in hospitals.
J Nurs Adm. 2010;40(3):124-8. doi:10.1097/NNA.0b013e3181d0426e.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/expanding-what-we-know-about-peak-mortali…
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August 15, 2012 - Obstetrician/gynecologist hospitalists: can we improve
safety and outcomes for patients and hospitals and
improve lifestyle for physicians?
August 15, 2012
Olson R, Garite TJ, Fishman A, et al. Obstetrician/gynecologist hospitalists: can we improve safety and
outcomes for patients and hospitals and improve lifesty…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/851451/psn-pdf
July 19, 2023 - Issues and complexities in safety culture assessment in
healthcare.
July 19, 2023
Ellis LA, Falkland E, Hibbert P, et al. Issues and complexities in safety culture assessment in healthcare.
Front Public Health. 2023;11:1217542. doi:10.3389/fpubh.2023.1217542.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/issues-and-complexities-sa…
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February 01, 2017 - Deploying and measuring a risk and patient safety
program.
February 1, 2017
Orel H, McGroarty M, Marchegiani H. Deploying and measuring a risk and patient safety program. J
Healthc Risk Manag. 2017;36(3):26-33. doi:10.1002/jhrm.21266.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/deploying-and-measuring-risk-and-patient-safety-pro…
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September 11, 2024 - The Impact of Complications on Surgeons.
September 11, 2024
The Impact of Complications on Surgeons. Modi PK, Singer EA, eds. Urol Oncol. 2024;42(10):295-320.
doi:10.1016/j.urolonc.2024.05.016.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-complications-surgeons
Complications and medical errors can result in psychological d…
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January 29, 2014 - Improving Patient Safety Through Teamwork and Team
Training.
January 29, 2014
Salas E, Frush K, eds. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press; 2013. ISBN: 9780195399097.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-patient-safety-through-teamwork-and-team-training
Health care has been recently been directed toward focusing o…
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January 27, 2010 - Practical challenges of introducing WHO surgical
checklist: UK pilot experience.
January 27, 2010
Vats A, Vincent CA, Nagpal K, et al. Practical challenges of introducing WHO surgical checklist: UK pilot
experience. BMJ. 2010;340(jan13 2). doi:10.1136/bmj.b5433.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/practical-challenges-in…
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February 22, 2019 - Operating room fires.
February 22, 2019
Jones TS, Black IH, Robinson TN, et al. Operating Room Fires. Anesthesiology. 2019;130(3):492-501.
doi:10.1097/ALN.0000000000002598.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/operating-room-fires
Surgical fires, though uncommon, can result in serious harm. This review highlights three co…
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March 07, 2018 - Improving medication-related clinical decision support.
March 7, 2018
Tolley CL, Slight SP, Husband AK, et al. Improving medication-related clinical decision support. Am J
Health Syst Pharm. 2018;75(4):239-246. doi:10.2146/ajhp160830.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-medication-related-clinical-decision-suppo…
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May 27, 2011 - Computerized physician order entry: helpful or harmful?
May 27, 2011
Berger RG, Kichak JP. Computerized physician order entry: helpful or harmful? J Am Med Inform Assoc.
2004;11(2):100-3.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/computerized-physician-order-entry-helpful-or-harmful
The authors critically review the published …
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December 14, 2022 - Prevent administration of ear drops into the eyes.
December 14, 2022
ISMP Medication Safety Alert!: Acute Care Edition. December 1, 2022;27(24):1-3.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prevent-administration-ear-drops-eyes
Look-alike medications are vulnerable to wrong route and other use errors. This article examines the…
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April 08, 2018 - Checklists to prevent diagnostic errors: a pilot
randomized controlled trial.
April 8, 2018
Ely JW, Graber MA. Checklists to prevent diagnostic errors: a pilot randomized controlled trial. Diagnosis
(Berl). 2015;2(3):163-169. doi:10.1515/dx-2015-0008.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/checklists-prevent-diagnostic-erro…
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November 08, 2017 - Unreadable barcodes and multiple barcodes on packages
can lead to errors.
November 8, 2017
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute care edition. October 19, 2017;22:1-3.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/unreadable-barcodes-and-multiple-barcodes-packages-can-lead-errors
Barcodes can both enhance and degrade the medication …
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November 12, 2008 - AHRQ announces interest in research on diagnostic
errors in ambulatory care settings.
November 12, 2008
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Special Emphasis Notice. October 25, 2007.
Publication No. NOT-HS-08-002.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ahrq-announces-interest-research-diagnostic-error…
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May 14, 2014 - Physician: 'I almost killed a patient' because of an
advance directive.
May 14, 2014
Betbeze P. HealthLeaders Media. May 2, 2014.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/physician-i-almost-killed-patient-because-advance-directive
Reporting on how misinterpretation of advance directives and living wills can detract from patie…