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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49498/psn-pdf
January 01, 2006 - An Ounce of Prevention
January 1, 2006
Kucher N. An Ounce of Prevention. PSNet [internet]. 2006.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/ounce-prevention
Case Objectives
Assess risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE) in hospitalized patients
List recommended strategies for VTE prevention for various risk groups
Identify pat…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/854848/psn-pdf
October 31, 2023 - Delay in Malignancy Diagnosis Reflects Systemic Failures
October 31, 2023
Mieu H, Olson KA. Delay in Malignancy Diagnosis Reflects Systemic Failures. PSNet [internet]. 2023.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/delay-malignancy-diagnosis-reflects-systemic-failures
The Case
A 32-year-old man presented to the hospital with…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/hispanichealth/2014nhqdr-hispanichealth-pt1.pdf
October 01, 2015 - QDR 2014: Chartbook for Hispanic Health Care, Part 1
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Advancing Excellence in Health Care www.ahrq.gov
2014 National Healthcare
Quality and Disparities Report
CHARTBOOK ON
HEALTH CARE
FOR HISPANICS
This document is in the public domain and may be used and reprinte…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49864/psn-pdf
June 01, 2019 - Speaking Up for Patient Safety: What They Don't Tell You
in Training About Feedback and Burnout
June 1, 2019
Adair KC, Frankel A, Sexton B. Speaking Up for Patient Safety: What They Don't Tell You in Training About
Feedback and Burnout. PSNet [internet]. 2019.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/speaking-patient-safety-…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/841139/psn-pdf
December 14, 2022 - Open wider: Failure to use an interpreter results in
fractured teeth and hypoxia during a simple elective
operation.
December 14, 2022
Bohringer C, Godoy L. Open wider: Failure to use an interpreter results in fractured teeth and hypoxia
during a simple elective operation. PSNet [internet]. 2022.
https://psnet.ah…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/838855/psn-pdf
October 27, 2022 - False Assumptions Result in a Missed Pneumothorax
after Bronchoscopy with Transbronchial Biopsy.
October 27, 2022
Kuhn BT, Chau-Etchepare F. False Assumptions Result in a Missed Pneumothorax after Bronchoscopy
with Transbronchial Biopsy. PSNet [internet]. 2022.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/false-assumptions-resul…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/61078/psn-pdf
October 28, 2020 - Inpatient Stroke Management in an Adolescent with Type
1 Diabetes and Home Insulin Pump
October 28, 2020
Bagley B, Zuidema D, Crossen S, et al. Inpatient Stroke Management in an Adolescent with Type 1
Diabetes and Home Insulin Pump . PSNet [internet]. 2020.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/inpatient-stroke-management…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/846768/psn-pdf
March 29, 2023 - Endotracheal Tube Fallout in a Patient with Severe
Obesity During Eye Surgery.
March 29, 2023
Bohringer C. Endotracheal Tube Fallout in a Patient with Severe Obesity During Eye Surgery. PSNet
[internet]. 2023.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/endotracheal-tube-fallout-patient-severe-obesity-during-eye-surgery
The Ca…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/ounce-prevention
February 17, 2011 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
An Ounce of Prevention
Citation Text:
Kucher N. An Ounce of Prevention. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2006.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/chsp/reports/chsp-issue-brief-2.pdf
March 01, 2018 - Summary of 2nd Comparative Health Systems Performance Initiative Workshop
ISSUE BRIEF A Summary of the Second
Annual Workshop of AHRQ’s
Comparative Health System
Performance Initiative
Summary
As part of the Comparative Health
System Performance (CHSP)
Initiative, the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Qual…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49633/psn-pdf
September 01, 2011 - The Safety and Quality of Long Term Care
September 1, 2011
Vogelsmeier AA. The Safety and Quality of Long Term Care. PSNet [internet]. 2011.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/safety-and-quality-long-term-care
Case Objectives
Identify commonly reported adverse events in long-term care.
Identify two to three challenges…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-04/graber-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Final Progress Report: Diagnostic Error in Medicine Conference
Final Progress Report
Grant Number 1R13HS018321-01
Project Period 8/1/2009 - 1/31/2010
Conference: Diagnostic Error In Medicine
PI: Mark L. Graber, MD
SUMMARY: This grant was used in support of “Diagnostic Error in Medicine – 2009,” a 2-day confer…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49600/psn-pdf
April 01, 2010 - Bad Writing, Wrong Medication
April 1, 2010
Devine B. Bad Writing, Wrong Medication. PSNet [internet]. 2010.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/bad-writing-wrong-medication
Case Objectives
Differentiate between a medication error and an adverse drug event.
Appreciate the system complexities involved in medication erro…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-suchi-saria-phd
March 27, 2024 - In Conversation With… Suchi Saria, PhD
July 1, 2019
Citation Text:
In Conversation With… Suchi Saria, PhD. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2019.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60857/psn-pdf
August 26, 2020 - Nothing Called Small Surgery
August 26, 2020
Manske C. Nothing Called Small Surgery. PSNet [internet]. 2020.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/nothing-called-small-surgery
The Case
A 56-year-old female presented to surgical clinic with pain and swelling in left great toe associated with
progressive deformity of the …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/hospital/about/measures-child-hcahps-909.pdf
March 20, 2017 - Patient Experience Measures from the CAHPS® Child Hospital Survey
CAHPS® Child Hospital Survey and Instructions
Patient Experience Measures from the CAHPS Child Hospital Survey
Document No. 909
Updated 3/20/17
Patient Experience Measures from the
CAHPS® Child Hospital Survey
Introduction..................…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-christine-cassel-md
February 26, 2025 - In Conversation With… Christine Cassel, MD
June 1, 2015
Citation Text:
In Conversation With… Christine Cassel, MD. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2015.
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December 06, 2007 - Elopement
December 1, 2007
Gerardi D. Elopement. PSNet [internet]. 2007.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/elopement
Case Objectives
Define elopement and differentiate it from wandering and leaving against medical advice.
Identify leading contributors to elopement events.
Describe strategies for preventing elopement…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33841/psn-pdf
September 01, 2017 - In Conversation With… Andrew Gettinger, MD
September 1, 2017
In Conversation With… Andrew Gettinger, MD. PSNet [internet]. 2017.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-andrew-gettinger-md
Editor's note: Dr. Gettinger is the Chief Medical Information Officer and the Executive Director of the
Office of Cli…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/hyperbilirubinemia-refractory-phototherapy
March 01, 2006 - Hyperbilirubinemia Refractory to Phototherapy
Citation Text:
Bhutani VK, Wong RJ. Hyperbilirubinemia Refractory to Phototherapy. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2017.
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