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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42902/psn-pdf
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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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39254/psn-pdf
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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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47696/psn-pdf
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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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46875/psn-pdf
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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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34048/psn-pdf
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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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/841490/psn-pdf
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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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44296/psn-pdf
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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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46593/psn-pdf
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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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38213/psn-pdf
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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digital.ahrq.gov/organization/hunter-college
January 01, 2023 - Hunter College
IMProving Outcomes Related to Patients Through Advanced Nursing Technology (IMPORTANT)
Description
This study assessed an advanced technology-based intervention’s impact on nurse surveillance, improving bedside shift reporting and hourly rounding completion rate…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43183/psn-pdf
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…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43036/psn-pdf
March 27, 2014 - Redesigning hospital alarms for patient safety: alarmed
and potentially dangerous.
March 27, 2014
Chopra V, McMahon LF. Redesigning hospital alarms for patient safety: alarmed and potentially
dangerous. JAMA. 2014;311(12):1199-200. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.710.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/redesigning-hospital-alarms…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60569/psn-pdf
June 10, 2020 - Workplace team resilience: a systematic review and
conceptual development.
June 10, 2020
Hartwig A, Clarke S, Johnson S, et al. Workplace team resilience: s systematic review and conceptual
development. Org Psychol Rev. 2020;10(3-4):169-200. doi:10.1177/2041386620919476.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/workplace-team…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40043/psn-pdf
March 03, 2011 - Effect of a "Lean" intervention to improve safety
processes and outcomes on a surgical emergency unit.
March 3, 2011
McCulloch P, Kreckler S, New S, et al. Effect of a "Lean" intervention to improve safety processes and
outcomes on a surgical emergency unit. BMJ. 2010;341:c5469. doi:10.1136/bmj.c5469.
https://psne…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50577/psn-pdf
October 23, 2019 - Medicare's Oversight of Ambulatory Surgery Centers
Report.
October 23, 2019
Washington, DC: Office of the Inspector General; September 2019. Report No. OEI-01-15-00400.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medicares-oversight-ambulatory-surgery-centers-report
Ambulatory surgery centers (ASC) play an increasing role in com…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38705/psn-pdf
June 17, 2009 - Ambulance stretcher adverse events.
June 17, 2009
Wang HE, Weaver MD, Abo BN, et al. Ambulance stretcher adverse events. Qual Saf Health Care.
2009;18(3):213-216. doi:10.1136/qshc.2007.024562.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ambulance-stretcher-adverse-events
This study analyzed more than 670 reported adverse events …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46800/psn-pdf
May 16, 2018 - Ireland investigates cervical cancer screening scandal.
May 16, 2018
O'Loughlin E. New York Times. April 30, 2018.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ireland-investigates-cervical-cancer-screening-scandal
Large-scale adverse events should lead to system examination and improvement. This newspaper article
reports on misr…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43912/psn-pdf
February 25, 2015 - Patient Safety in Dialysis Access.
February 25, 2015
Widmer MK, Malik J, eds. Contrib Nephrol. 2015;184:1-270. ISBN: 9783318027051.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-dialysis-access
Patients with chronic kidney failure are at high risk for adverse events from treatment errors. This
publication raises awa…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44673/psn-pdf
April 15, 2016 - The safety of emergency medicine.
April 15, 2016
Ramlakhan S, Qayyum H, Burke D, et al. The safety of emergency medicine. Emerg Med J.
2016;33(4):293-9. doi:10.1136/emermed-2014-204564.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safety-emergency-medicine
Emergency medicine is considered a high-risk environment, but little resea…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60024/psn-pdf
March 11, 2020 - Artificial intelligence and surgical decision-making.
March 11, 2020
Loftus TJ, Tighe PJ, Filiberto AC, et al. Artificial intelligence and surgical decision-making. JAMA Surg.
2019;155(2):148-158. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2019.4917.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/artificial-intelligence-and-surgical-decision-making
Arti…