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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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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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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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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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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/39511/psn-pdf
November 02, 2010 - Prospective pilot intervention study to prevent medication
errors in drugs administered to children by mouth or
gastric tube: a programme for nurses, physicians and
parents.
November 2, 2010
Bertsche T, Bertsche A, Krieg E-M, et al. Prospective pilot intervention study to prevent medication errors
in drugs admini…
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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/61003/psn-pdf
October 07, 2020 - Making Complaints Count: Supporting Complaints
Handling in the NHS and UK Government Departments.
October 7, 2020
Manchester, UK: The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman; July 15, 2020. ISBN
9781528620666.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/making-complaints-count-supporting-complaints-handling-nhs-and-uk-
gover…
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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…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/849609/psn-pdf
May 31, 2023 - Impact of diagnostic checklists on the interpretation of
normal and abnormal electrocardiograms.
May 31, 2023
Staal J, Zegers R, Caljouw-Vos J, et al. Impact of diagnostic checklists on the interpretation of normal and
abnormal electrocardiograms. Diagnosis (Berl). 2022;10(2):121-129. doi:10.1515/dx-2022-0092.
htt…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/72761/psn-pdf
February 17, 2021 - Using ventilator splitters during the COVID-19 pandemic--
letter to health care providers.
February 17, 2021
Silver Spring, MD: Division of Industry and Consumer Education, US Food and Drug Administration;
February 9. 2021.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/using-ventilator-splitters-during-covid-19-pandemic-letter-hea…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60975/psn-pdf
September 30, 2020 - Evidence on Use of Clinical Reasoning Checklists for
Diagnostic Error Reduction.
September 30, 2020
Zwaan L, Staal J. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; September 2020.
AHRQ Publication No. 20-0040-3-EF.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/evidence-use-clinical-reasoning-checklists-diagnostic…
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July 15, 2021 - A diagnostic time-out to improve differential diagnosis in
pediatric abdominal pain.
July 15, 2021
Kasick RT, Melvin JE, Perera ST, et al. A diagnostic time-out to improve differential diagnosis in pediatric
abdominal pain. Diagnosis (Berl). 2021;8(2):209-217. doi:10.1515/dx-2019-0054.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue…