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August 02, 2023 - American Hospital Association–McKesson Quest for
Quality Prize.
August 2, 2023
American Hospital Association.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/american-hospital-association-mckesson-quest-quality-prize-1
This award program recognizes organization-wide commitment to five key goals that support high-quality
health care…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35632/psn-pdf
February 03, 2025 - Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) Grant
Program.
February 3, 2025
Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/anesthesia-patient-safety-foundation-apsf-grant-program
This grant program supports research that seeks to improve anesthesia safety and the development of
researchers in …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38375/psn-pdf
December 01, 2019 - ISMP QuarterWatch Reports.
April 17, 2019
Horsham, PA: Institute for Safe Medication Practices.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ismp-quarterwatch-reports
This website provides quarterly reports that identify and analyze new risks related to medications and
adverse drug events submitted to the Food and Drug Administra…
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January 29, 2020 - Better Safer Care Victoria.
January 29, 2020
Safer Care Victoria and Victorian Agency for Health Information.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/better-safer-care-victoria
Large scale tracking of adverse care incidents offers evidence that governments and organizations can use
to target care process improvement efforts.…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/74142/psn-pdf
January 02, 2024 - Robert L. Wears Patient Safety Leadership Award.
November 1, 2023
Regional Center at Jacksonville University, University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville, FL.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/robert-l-wears-patient-safety-leadership-award
Inspired by the research and leadership of Dr. Robert Wears, this aw…
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December 05, 2024 - Safer Together Annual Report.
December 5, 2024
Child Health Patient Safety Organization. Washington, DC: Children's Hospital Association.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/perfecting-detection-understanding-source-harm
This annual publication provides common cause analyses of incidents submitted to a pediatric patient
…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36110/psn-pdf
April 04, 2024 - Sentinel Event Data Summary.
April 4, 2024
Joint Commission.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/sentinel-event-statistics-1995-2019
This website provides sentinel event data reported to The Joint Commission, which includes information on
sentinel events reported from January through December 2023. Falls, wrong surgery a…
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March 25, 2020 - Patient Safety Improvement Act of 2020.
March 25, 2020
SB 3380. 116th Congress (2020).
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-improvement-act-2020
This bill submits amendments to existing US federal law to strengthen state-organized efforts to improve
health care-associated infection control efforts, pediatri…
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October 23, 2023 - Complaints to the Parliamentary and Health Service
Ombudsman.
October 23, 2023
Manchester, UK: Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/complaints-about-acute-trusts-2016-2017
The National Health Service broadly reports the results of system-level analyses and investigations into
t…
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March 06, 2024 - Medication errors 2023: the year in review: January
through December.
March 6, 2024
Pharmacy Practice News; February 2024: Suppl 1-12.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-errors-2023-year-review-january-through-december
The medication process has multiple steps in it that can open the door to mistakes. This ar…
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July 10, 2019 - Network of Patient Safety Databases.
July 10, 2019
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/network-patient-safety-databases
The Patient Safety Organization (PSO) program seeks to gather and analyze nonidentifiable patient safety
incident data to track concerns and reduce risks. Thi…
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February 08, 2023 - FDA/ISMP Safe Medication Management Fellowship
Program.
February 8, 2023
Food and Drug Administration, Institute for Safe Medication Practices.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/fdaismp-safe-medication-management-fellowship-program
This fellowship program provides clinicians with learning opportunities at the Institute…
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December 04, 2019 - A lot happens when you report a hazard or error to
ISMP—there’s no “black hole” here!
December 4, 2019
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. November 7, 2019
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/lot-happens-when-you-report-hazard-or-error-ismp-theres-no-black-hole-here
The reporting and analysis of incidents i…
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March 18, 2010 - Clear liquids may place patients at risk.
March 18, 2010
Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/clear-liquids-may-place-patients-risk
Using reports submitted to the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System, this advisory cautions
against using unlabeled clear liquids and pro…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35919/psn-pdf
January 01, 2019 - Pennsylvania Patient Safety Advisory.
August 9, 2017
Patient Safety Authority
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pennsylvania-patient-safety-advisory
This quarterly newsletter shares insights and analysis on incident reports submitted through the
Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System. In 2019 this open-access pub…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43202/psn-pdf
September 11, 2023 - ISMP Survey on High-Alert Medications in Acute Care
Settings.
September 11, 2023
Plymouth Meeting, PA: Institute for Safe Medication Practices; 2023.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ismp-survey-high-alert-medications-acute-care-settings
Experience from the sharp end helps to inform safety improvement initiatives. The…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60855/psn-pdf
August 26, 2020 - The paradoxes of defensive medicine.
August 26, 2020
Saks MJ, Landsman S. Health Matrix: J Law-Med. 2020;30(1):25-84.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/paradoxes-defensive-medicine
Defensive medicine behaviors seeking to avoid malpractice risk due to care omissions challenge patient
safety and value narratives. This le…
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March 08, 2023 - Examples of Medical Device Misconnections.
March 8, 2023
Food and Drug Administration. February 23. 2023.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/examples-medical-device-misconnections
Mismatches of medical device connectors are known factors in therapeutic agent administration failures,
despite efforts to redesign equipment…
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November 29, 2023 - Research from webAIRS incident reporting system.
November 29, 2023
Anaesth Intensive Care. 2023;51(6):372-421.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/research-webairs-incident-reporting-system
Centralized de-identified reports of patient safety events serve a core purpose for learning and
improvement. This article collectio…