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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49531/psn-pdf
March 01, 2007 - Failure to Report
March 1, 2007
Spath P. Failure to Report. PSNet [internet]. 2007.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/failure-report
Case Objectives
List common causes of medical errors.
Appreciate the magnitude of underreporting of adverse events.
List the common barriers to reporting adverse events and near misses…
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September 01, 2019 - In Conversation With… Shantanu Agrawal, MD, MPhil
September 1, 2019
In Conversation With… Shantanu Agrawal, MD, MPhil. PSNet [internet]. 2019.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-shantanu-agrawal-md-mphil
Editor's note: Dr. Agrawal is president and CEO of the National Quality Forum (NQF). He is the for…
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August 01, 2019 - In Conversation With… Susan Smith, MD
August 1, 2019
In Conversation With… Susan Smith, MD. PSNet [internet]. 2019.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-susan-smith-md
Editor's note: Dr. Smith, a family medicine physician, is chief faculty practices officer for UCSF Health.
Over the past 3–4 years, the …
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May 01, 2016 - Mismanagement of Delirium
May 1, 2016
Merrilees J, Lee KP. Mismanagement of Delirium. PSNet [internet]. 2016.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/mismanagement-delirium
The Case
An 85-year-old man with early stage vascular dementia fell on the sidewalk and fractured his leg. Although
fitted with a cast at a regional ho…
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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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November 30, 2023 - Medication Mix-Up Leads to Patient Death
November 30, 2023
Sanchez L, Romano PS. Medication Mix-Up Leads to Patient Death. PSNet [internet]. 2023.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/medication-mix-leads-patient-death
The Case
An 81-year-old man was transferred from an outside hospital and admitted to the intensive car…
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February 26, 2020 - Pre-analytical pitfalls: Missing and mislabeled specimens
February 26, 2020
Tran NK, Liu Y. Pre-analytical pitfalls: Missing and mislabeled specimens . PSNet [internet]. 2020.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/pre-analytical-pitfalls-missing-and-mislabeled-specimens
The Case
Case #1:
A 56-year-old man was admitted to…
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February 01, 2013 - In Conversation With… Beverley H. Johnson
February 1, 2013
In Conversation With… Beverley H. Johnson. PSNet [internet]. 2013.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-beverley-h-johnson
Editor's note: Beverley H. Johnson is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Institute for Patient-
and Family-…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/new-oral-anticoagulants
July 01, 2011 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
New Oral Anticoagulants
Citation Text:
Fang MC. New Oral Anticoagulants. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2013.
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June 12, 2024 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
Dangerous Dialysis
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Holley JL. Dangerous Dialysis . PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2010.
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November 01, 2010 - In Conversation with...Patrick S. Romano, MD, MPH
November 1, 2010
In Conversation with..Patrick S. Romano, MD, MPH. PSNet [internet]. 2010.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-withpatrick-s-romano-md-mph
Editor's note: Patrick S. Romano, MD, MPH, is Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at the Universit…
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August 01, 2006 - Tacit Handover, Overt Mishap
Citation Text:
Cooper JB, Kamdar BB. Tacit Handover, Overt Mishap. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2010.
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March 27, 2024 - In Conversation With… Suchi Saria, PhD
July 1, 2019
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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/web-mm/crossing-line
December 01, 2012 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
Crossing the Line
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Feldman JP, Gould MK. Crossing the Line. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2004.
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February 26, 2025 - In Conversation With... James P. Bagian, MD, PE
December 1, 2016
Citation Text:
In Conversation With.. James P. Bagian, MD, PE. PSNet [internet]. 2016.In Conversation With... James P. Bagian, MD, PE. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research a…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/medication-mix-bad-worse
March 01, 2018 - Medication Mix-Up: From Bad to Worse
Citation Text:
Wollitz A, O'Connor MF. Medication Mix-Up: From Bad to Worse. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2015.
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October 02, 2019 - Continuity Errors in Resident Clinic
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Warm EJ. Continuity Errors in Resident Clinic. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2016.
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April 26, 2023 - Patient Safety Indicators
April 26, 2023
Tokareva I, Romano P. Patient Safety Indicators. PSNet [internet]. 2023.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/patient-safety-indicators
Background
Over the past 25 years, policymakers and providers, payers, and purchasers of health care have
increasingly focused attention on pati…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/transfusion-thresholds-gastrointestinal-bleeding
November 26, 2014 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
Transfusion Thresholds in Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Citation Text:
Strate L, Swanson S. Transfusion Thresholds in Gastrointestinal Bleeding. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2017.
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November 01, 2016 - In Conversation With… Andrew Bindman, MD
November 1, 2016
In Conversation With… Andrew Bindman, MD. PSNet [internet]. 2016.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-andrew-bindman-md
Editor's note: Dr. Bindman was appointed as Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
(AHRQ) in May 2016. P…