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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36529/psn-pdf
August 09, 2011 - 5 Million Lives Campaign.
August 9, 2011
Institute for Healthcare Improvement; IHI
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/5-million-lives-campaign
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement's 100,000 Lives Campaign successfully engaged more than
3,000 US hospitals in a coordinated effort to reduce preventable inpatient deaths…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/840167/psn-pdf
November 16, 2022 - 'Reading the Signals' : Maternity and Neonatal Services in
East Kent – the Report of the Independent Investigation.
November 16, 2022
Kirkup B. Department of Health and Social Care. London, England: Crown Copyright; 2022. ISBN:
9781528636759.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/reading-signals-maternity-and-neonata…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43692/psn-pdf
April 22, 2015 - Surgeon-specific mortality data disguise wider failings in
delivery of safe surgical services.
April 22, 2015
Westaby S, De Silva R, Petrou M, et al. Surgeon-specific mortality data disguise wider failings in delivery of
safe surgical services. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2015;47(2):341-5. doi:10.1093/ejcts/ezu380.
h…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/843521/psn-pdf
February 01, 2023 - How providers can optimize effective and safe scribe use:
a qualitative study.
February 1, 2023
Corby S, Ash JS, Florig ST, et al. How providers can optimize effective and safe scribe use: a qualitative
study. J Gen Intern Med. 2023;38(9):2052-2058. doi:10.1007/s11606-022-07942-2.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/how-…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43616/psn-pdf
October 29, 2014 - Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections: Results and
Lessons Learned from AHRQ's HAI Program.
October 29, 2014
Battles JB, Cleeman JI, Kahn KL, Weinberg DA, eds. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2014;35(suppl 3):S1-
S141.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-healthcare-associated-infections-results-and-lesson…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47503/psn-pdf
October 24, 2018 - I-PASS checklist: a powerful tool for patient handoffs.
October 24, 2018
Peeples L. Pharmacy Practice News. October 10, 2018.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/i-pass-checklist-powerful-tool-patient-handoffs
Structured handoffs can reduce communication problems that contribute to medical error. This magazine
article re…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46100/psn-pdf
July 11, 2017 - The tension between promoting mobility and preventing
falls in the hospital.
July 11, 2017
Growdon ME, Shorr RI, Inouye SK. The Tension Between Promoting Mobility and Preventing Falls in the
Hospital. JAMA Intern Med. 2017;177(6):759-760. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.0840.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/tension-be…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/72750/psn-pdf
February 17, 2021 - Implementing patient and family involvement
interventions for promoting patient safety: a systematic
review and meta-analysis.
February 17, 2021
Giap T-T-T, Park M. Implementing patient and family involvement interventions for promoting patient
safety. J Patient Saf. 2021;17(2):131-140. doi:10.1097/pts.00000000000…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73253/psn-pdf
May 12, 2021 - Any new process poses a risk for errors: learning from 4
months of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
vaccinations.
May 12, 2021
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. April 22, 2021.26(8):1-5.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/any-new-process-poses-risk-errors-learning-4-months-coronavirus-disease-
2019-c…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44172/psn-pdf
September 28, 2016 - Preventing high-alert medication errors in hospital
patients.
September 28, 2016
Anderson P, Townsend T. Am Nurse Today. May 2015;10:18-23.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-high-alert-medication-errors-hospital-patients
High-alert medications have the potential to cause serious patient harm. This article fo…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/837206/psn-pdf
May 25, 2022 - Automated dispensing cabinet overrides-an evaluation of
necessity in a pediatric emergency department.
May 25, 2022
Paterson EP, Manning KB, Schmidt MD, et al. Automated dispensing cabinet overrides-an evaluation of
necessity in a pediatric emergency department. J Emerg Nurs. 2022;48(3):319-327.
doi:10.1016/j.jen.…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/851067/psn-pdf
June 28, 2023 - Assessing medication safety in settings not designated
solely for pediatric patients.
June 28, 2023
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute care edition. June 15, 2023;28(12);1-5.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/assessing-medication-safety-settings-not-designated-solely-pediatric-patients
Pediatric patients are at increa…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/841155/psn-pdf
February 02, 2020 - Understanding unwarranted variation in clinical practice:
a focus on network effects, reflective medicine and
learning health systems.
February 2, 2020
Atsma F, Elwyn G, Westert GP. Understanding unwarranted variation in clinical practice: a focus on
network effects, reflective medicine and learning health systems…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43606/psn-pdf
October 15, 2014 - Opioids for chronic noncancer pain: a position paper of
the American Academy of Neurology.
October 15, 2014
Franklin GM, Neurology AA of. Opioids for chronic noncancer pain: a position paper of the American
Academy of Neurology. Neurology. 2014;83(14):1277-84. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000000839.
https://psnet.ahrq.g…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/860733/psn-pdf
January 17, 2024 - Staff warned about the lack of psychiatric care at a VA
clinic. They couldn’t prevent tragedy.
January 17, 2024
McGrory K, Bedi N. ProPublica, January 6, 2024.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/staff-warned-about-lack-psychiatric-care-va-clinic-they-couldnt-prevent-tragedy
Stories of mental health system failure provid…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50904/psn-pdf
February 19, 2020 - The harms of promoting 'Zero Harm'.
February 19, 2020
Thomas EJ. The harms of promoting ‘Zero Harm’. BMJ Qual Saf. 2019;29(1):4-6. doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2019-
009703.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/harms-promoting-zero-harm
Achieving “zero harm” has been advocated as a patient safety goal. This editorial proposes that t…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43843/psn-pdf
February 11, 2015 - Impact of a clinical decision support system for high-alert
medications on the prevention of prescription errors.
February 11, 2015
Lee JH, Han H, Ock M, et al. Impact of a clinical decision support system for high-alert medications on the
prevention of prescription errors. Int J Med Inform. 2014;83(12). doi:10.101…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38839/psn-pdf
August 05, 2009 - Polypharmacy in hospitalized older adult cancer patients:
experience from a prospective, observational study of an
oncology-acute care for elders unit.
August 5, 2009
Flood KL, Carroll MB, Le C, et al. Polypharmacy in hospitalized older adult cancer patients: experience
from a prospective, observational study of…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45331/psn-pdf
August 03, 2016 - Health information technologies: from hazardous to the
dark side.
August 3, 2016
Saunders C, Rutkowski AF, Pluyter J, et al. Health information technologies: From hazardous to the dark
side. J Assoc Inf Sci Technol. 2016;67(7). doi:10.1002/asi.23671.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-information-technologies-haz…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44317/psn-pdf
August 19, 2015 - Use of in-situ simulation to investigate latent safety
threats prior to opening a new emergency department.
August 19, 2015
Medwid K, Smith SW, Gang M. Use of in-situ simulation to investigate latent safety threats prior to opening
a new emergency department. Safety Sci. 2015;77:19-24. doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2015.03.01…