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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43120/psn-pdf
September 27, 2016 - How studying human factors improves patient safety.
September 27, 2016
Eggertson L. How studying human factors improves patient safety. The Canadian nurse. 2014;110(2):25-9.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/how-studying-human-factors-improves-patient-safety
Human factors engineering is being increasingly promoted as an…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50809/psn-pdf
January 15, 2020 - Electronic Health Record (EHR) Safety and Usability: See
What We Mean.
January 15, 2020
MedStar Health National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/electronic-health-record-ehr-safety-and-usability-see-what-we-mean
Electronic health records (EHR) optimize information functions in c…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/838638/psn-pdf
September 01, 2012 - Directed peer review in surgical pathology.
September 1, 2012
Smith ML, Raab SS. Directed peer review in surgical pathology. Adv Anat Pathol. 2012;19(5):331-337.
doi:10.1097/pap.0b013e31826661b7.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/directed-peer-review-surgical-pathology
Diagnostic error in pathology can result in delaye…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42355/psn-pdf
February 11, 2015 - Advancing Successful Care Transitions to Improve
Outcomes.
February 11, 2015
Society of Hospital Medicine
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/project-boost-mentored-implementation-program
This Web site provides resources associated with the Better Outcomes for Older adults through Safe
Transitions project, called Projec…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47320/psn-pdf
September 05, 2018 - Patient safety climate: a study of Southern California
healthcare organizations.
September 5, 2018
Avramchuk AS, McGuire SJJ. Patient Safety Climate: A Study of Southern California Healthcare
Organizations. J Healthc Manag. 2018;63(3):175-192. doi:10.1097/JHM-D-16-00004.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46943/psn-pdf
November 16, 2018 - A piece of my mind. The art of constructive worrying.
November 16, 2018
John CC. The Art of Constructive Worrying. JAMA. 2018;319(22):2273-2274. doi:10.1001/jama.2018.6670.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/piece-my-mind-art-constructive-worrying
Both organizational culture and individual accountability are key to admit…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34585/psn-pdf
March 07, 2005 - John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety Awards. Research:
David W. Bates, MD, MSc, Brigham and Women's
Hospital.
March 7, 2005
Bates DW. John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety Awards. Research: David W. Bates, MD, MSc, Brigham and
Women's Hospital. Interview by Steven Berman. Jt Comm J Qual Improv. 2002;28(12):651-659, 633.
h…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43763/psn-pdf
April 22, 2015 - The nurse's role in medication safety.
April 22, 2015
Durham B. The nurse's role in medication safety. Nursing (Brux). 2015;45(4).
doi:10.1097/01.NURSE.0000461850.24153.8b.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/nurses-role-medication-safety-0
Nurses perform a critical role in preventing medication errors. This commentary e…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38559/psn-pdf
June 16, 2009 - Regional surveillance of emergency-department visits for
outpatient adverse drug events.
June 16, 2009
Capuano A, Irpino A, Gallo M, et al. Regional surveillance of emergency-department visits for outpatient
adverse drug events. Eur J Clin Pharmacol. 2009;65(7):721-8. doi:10.1007/s00228-009-0641-8.
https://psnet.a…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47112/psn-pdf
May 09, 2018 - 34 ways to survive your next trip to the hospital.
May 9, 2018
Crouch M. Reader's Digest. April 2018.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/34-ways-survive-your-next-trip-hospital
Involving patients in their care can help improve safety. This magazine article provides 34 tips from leading
patient safety experts to assist p…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47412/psn-pdf
October 31, 2018 - The systems approach at the sharp end.
October 31, 2018
Cross SRH. The systems approach at the sharp end. Future Healthc J. 2019;5(3):176-180.
doi:10.7861/futurehosp.5-3-176.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/systems-approach-sharp-end
Systems solutions are often focused on creating improvements at the organizational o…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41378/psn-pdf
March 04, 2015 - Clinically missed cancer: how effectively can radiologists
use computer-aided detection?
March 4, 2015
Nishikawa RM, Schmidt RA, Linver MN, et al. Clinically Missed Cancer: How Effectively Can Radiologists
Use Computer-Aided Detection? American Journal of Roentgenology. 2012;198(3).
doi:10.2214/ajr.11.6423.
https…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44717/psn-pdf
February 10, 2016 - Trends and patterns in reporting of patient safety
situations in transplantation.
February 10, 2016
Stewart DE, Tlusty SM, Taylor KH, et al. Trends and Patterns in Reporting of Patient Safety Situations in
Transplantation. Am J Transplant. 2015;15(12):3123-33. doi:10.1111/ajt.13528.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/tr…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41296/psn-pdf
April 11, 2012 - I-PASS, a mnemonic to standardize verbal handoffs.
April 11, 2012
Starmer AJ, Spector ND, Srivastava R, et al. I-pass, a mnemonic to standardize verbal handoffs.
Pediatrics. 2012;129(2):201-4. doi:10.1542/peds.2011-2966.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/i-pass-mnemonic-standardize-verbal-handoffs
Poor communication at…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45236/psn-pdf
June 15, 2016 - Advancing Patient Safety in Cataract Surgery: A Betsy
Lehman Center Expert Panel Report.
June 15, 2016
Boston, MA: Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety and Medical Error Reduction; 2016.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/advancing-patient-safety-cataract-surgery-betsy-lehman-center-expert-panel-
report
Cataract surg…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/48145/psn-pdf
July 17, 2019 - Mental mayhem: the peril of multitasking in medicine.
July 17, 2019
Joseph R; Harry E.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/mental-mayhem-peril-multitasking-medicine
Multitasking can negatively affect cognitive load and diminish safety. This magazine article reports on how
multitasking can contribute to surgeon fatigue, b…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/851059/psn-pdf
June 28, 2023 - Causes for medical errors in obstetrics and gynaecology.
June 28, 2023
Klemann D, Rijkx M, Mertens H, et al. Causes for medical errors in obstetrics and gynaecology. Healthcare
(Basel). 2023;11(11):1636. doi:10.3390/healthcare11111636.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/causes-medical-errors-obstetrics-and-gynaecology
R…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/74859/psn-pdf
February 23, 2022 - Characteristics of registered clinical trials assessing
strategies of medication errors prevention- an unusual
cross sectional analysis.
February 23, 2022
doi:http://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92iS2.11507.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/characteristics-registered-clinical-trials-assessing-strategies-medication-errors-
p…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39993/psn-pdf
July 03, 2014 - The influence of organizational context on quality
improvement and patient safety efforts in infection
prevention: a multi-center qualitative study.
July 3, 2014
Krein SL, Damschroder LJ, Kowalski CP, et al. The influence of organizational context on quality
improvement and patient safety efforts in infection prev…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/843095/psn-pdf
January 25, 2023 - Eliminating racial and ethnic disparities causing mortality
and morbidity in pregnant and postpartum patients.
January 25, 2023
Sentinel Event Alert. January 17, 2023:(66):1-5.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/eliminating-racial-and-ethnic-disparities-causing-mortality-and-morbidity-
pregnant-and
Racial and ethnic in…