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21. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/867750/psn-pdf
    March 12, 2025 - Doing 'detective work' to find a cancer: how are non- specific symptom pathways for cancer investigation … Doing ‘detective work’ to find a cancer: how are non-specific symptom pathways for cancer investigation … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/doing-detective-work-find-cancer-how-are-non-specific-symptom-pathways- … cancer-investigation Patients presenting with non-specific symptoms (NSSs) suggestive of cancer may … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/doing-detective-work-find-cancer-how-are-non-specific-symptom-pathways-cancer-investigation

22. What causes delays in diagnosing blood cancers? A rapid review of the evidence. | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/what-causes-delays-diagnosing-blood-cancers-rapid-review-evidence
    August 14, 2019 - Initial delays resulted from patients’ non-specific symptoms such as fatigue and symptoms that came and … April 5, 2023 Doing 'detective work' to find a cancer: how are non-specific symptom pathways

23. Evaluation of a problem-specific SBAR tool to improve after-hours nurse-physician phone communication: a randomized trial. | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/evaluation-problem-specific-sbar-tool-improve-after-hours-nurse-physician-phone-communication
    December 30, 2014 - Study Evaluation of a problem-specific SBAR tool to improve after-hours nurse-physician … Evaluation of a problem-specific SBAR tool to improve after-hours nurse-physician phone communication … Evaluation of a problem-specific SBAR tool to improve after-hours nurse-physician phone communication

24. Risk Mitigation Using the Anesthesia Risk Alert Program: Applying a Proactive Approach With Data Review & Collaborating With a Second Practitioner | PSNet
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    February 26, 2025 - Safety Organization, the NAPA Anesthesia Patient Safety Institute (NAPSI), which monitors patients for specific … high-risk clinical scenarios prior to patients undergoing a procedure wherein clinicians respond with a specific … This proactive approach permits clinicians to focus on specific patient risk factors and respond with … The NAPSI team selected five specific high-risk scenarios and then spent time reviewing expert recommendations

25. Missed acute myocardial infarction in the emergency department-standardizing measurement of misdiagnosis-related harms using the SPADE method. | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/missed-acute-myocardial-infarction-emergency-department-standardizing-measurement
    May 12, 2021 - ‘look back’ analysis identifies symptoms associated with adverse events and identifies the symptom-specific … harm rate per hospitalization and the ‘look forward’ analysis measures the disease-specific harm rate

26. Risk factors for adverse drug events: a 10-year analysis. | PSNet
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    September 27, 2017 - This study examined more than 4300 ADEs to determine potential risk factors, such as specific patient … discovered several risk factors that were present across drug classes with others that remained class-specific

27. Ambiguity and workarounds as contributors to medical error. | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ambiguity-and-workarounds-contributors-medical-error
    December 23, 2008 - authors contrast characteristics of error-prone organizations with high-performing ones and provide specific … organizations should not strive to become factories of repetition but, rather, should aim to define specific

28. Medication errors in acute cardiovascular and stroke patients. A scientific statement from the American Heart Association. | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-errors-acute-cardiovascular-and-stroke-patients-scientific-statement-american
    February 03, 2011 - This position paper from the American Heart Association reviews the specific types of medication errors … The authors make specific, evidence-based recommendations for preventing medication errors in this patient

29. Improving quality and safety of care using "technovigilance": an ethnographic case study of secondary use of data from an electronic prescribing and decision support system. | PSNet
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    March 05, 2014 - health record with prescribing and decision support led to greater oversight of and improvements in specific … March 10, 2011 Patient-specific electronic decision support reduces prescription of excessive

30. Effect of point-of-care computer reminders on physician behaviour: a systematic review. | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-point-care-computer-reminders-physician-behaviour-systematic-review
    September 02, 2009 - much larger improvements, but the reasons for this are unclear, probably reflecting a combination of specific … Until further research identifies the specific design and contextual factors that reliably predict clinically

31. Structural and organizational issues in patient safety: a comparison of health care to other high-hazard industries. | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/structural-and-organizational-issues-patient-safety-comparison-health-care-other-high-hazard
    February 09, 2011 - high-reliability organization theory, as they apply to the complex world of health care and provides specific … September 16, 2020 Child-specific risk factors and patient safety.

32. Artificial intelligence can be regulated using current patient safety procedures and infrastructure in hospitals. | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/artificial-intelligence-can-be-regulated-using-current-patient-safety-procedures-and
    March 06, 2019 - They also call for specific training developments that enable clinicians to apply AI-generated information

33. Harm Reduction Strategies to Improve Safety for People Who Use Substances | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/harm-reduction-strategies-improve-safety-people-who-use-substances
    October 30, 2024 - Harm reduction also includes specific strategies, such as syringe service programs to reduce injection-related … This strategy can involve distribution of test strips that allow PWUS to test for specific substances … Specific strategies can include screening for substance use disorders (SUD) in all patients, educating … Specific strategies include managing pain and withdrawal symptoms during the hospitalization, offering … Another is more study into how harm reduction strategies can be tailored to specific sub-populations

34. Incomplete EHR adoption: late uptake of patient safety and cost control functions. | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/incomplete-ehr-adoption-late-uptake-patient-safety-and-cost-control-functions
    July 25, 2011 - This survey of outpatient practices in Florida investigated the adoption of EHR and the specific features … October 14, 2020 A radiation oncology-specific automated trigger indicator tool for high-risk

35. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33609/psn-pdf
    March 15, 2025 - of health information technology rest in large part on the ability of these systems to use patient-specific … Clinical decision support systems use specific parameters (such as diagnoses, laboratory results, medication … complex combinations of clinical data) to provide information or recommendations directly relevant to a specific … address activities ranging from the selection of medications (e.g., the optimal antibiotic choice given specific … analyzing changes in vital signs over time; and improving diagnostic accuracy by providing symptom-specific

36. Targeted chart review of pediatric patient safety events identified by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Patient Safety Indicators methodology. | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/targeted-chart-review-pediatric-patient-safety-events-identified-agency-healthcare-research
    April 11, 2011 - While the PSIs generally performed well compared to chart review, certain specific PSIs (such as failure … Charges and lengths of stay attributable to adverse patient-care events using pediatric-specific

37. Medication Errors and Adverse Drug Events | PSNet
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    December 15, 2024 - Risk Factors for Adverse Drug Events There are patient-specific, drug-specific, and clinician-specific … Older adults, who take more medications and are more vulnerable to specific medication adverse effects … Other well-documented patient-specific risk factors include limited  health literacy  and numeracy (the … Though there are specific types of medications for which the harm generally outweighs the benefits, such … Preventing medication errors requires specific steps to ensure safety at each stage of the pathway (Table

38. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33581/psn-pdf
    December 15, 2024 - Risk Factors for Adverse Drug Events There are patient-specific, drug-specific, and clinician-specific … Older adults, who take more medications and are more vulnerable to specific medication adverse effects … Other well- documented patient-specific risk factors include limited health literacy and numeracy (the … Though there are specific types of medications for which the harm generally outweighs the benefits, such … Preventing medication errors requires specific steps to ensure safety at each stage of the pathway (Table

39. Clinical Decision Support Systems | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/clinical-decision-support-systems
    December 15, 2024 - of health information technology rest in large part on the ability of these systems to use patient-specific … Clinical decision support systems use specific parameters (such as diagnoses, laboratory results, medication … complex combinations of clinical data) to provide information or recommendations directly relevant to a specific … address activities ranging from the selection of medications (e.g., the optimal antibiotic choice given specific … analyzing changes in vital signs over time; and improving diagnostic accuracy by providing symptom-specific

40. Coming up for Err: Missed Diagnosis in a Patient with Recurrent Pneumothorax | PSNet
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    December 14, 2022 - Once the lung was fully expanded, the chest tube was removed and the patient was sent home with no specific … is 1000 times higher than in the general female population. 2   Cystic lung diseases like LAM have specific … typically scattered through both lungs, with no predilection for upper vs. lower lobes (i.e., without specific … CT findings along with blood testing for VEGF-D 3 (vascular endothelial growth factor D), which is specific