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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/48026/psn-pdf
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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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/856640/psn-pdf
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…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/863764/psn-pdf
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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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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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/845653/psn-pdf
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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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41939/psn-pdf
February 11, 2014 - The role of the electronic health record in patient safety
events.
February 11, 2014
Sparnon E, Marella WM. Pa Patient Saf Advis 2012 Dec;9(4):113-21.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/role-electronic-health-record-patient-safety-events
This piece analyzes data submitted to the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting Sys…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37009/psn-pdf
March 18, 2010 - Doing the "right" things to correct wrong-site surgery.
March 18, 2010
Patient Safety Advisory
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/doing-right-things-correct-wrong-site-surgery
This article discusses reports of wrong-site surgery submitted to the PA-PSRS, compares them with results
of other studies, and provides suggesti…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42845/psn-pdf
December 18, 2014 - Breakdowns in the medication reconciliation process.
December 18, 2014
Gao T, Gaunt MJ. PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. December 2013;10:125-136.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/breakdowns-medication-reconciliation-process
Analyzing data submitted to the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System, this piece identifies
…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42108/psn-pdf
March 13, 2013 - Distractions and their impact on patient safety.
March 13, 2013
Feil M. PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. March 2013;10:1-10.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/distractions-and-their-impact-patient-safety
Analyzing data submitted to the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System, this piece outlines the
types of distraction…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40833/psn-pdf
October 05, 2011 - Personal best.
October 5, 2011
Gawande A. New Yorker. October 3, 2011.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/personal-best
This magazine article explores the role of coaches in helping high-performing professionals, such as
musicians and athletes, improve their performance. By submitting to observation in the operating roo…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/866169/psn-pdf
June 19, 2024 - Safe and equitable pediatric clinical use of AI.
June 19, 2024
Handley JL, Lehmann CU, Ratwani RM. Safe and equitable pediatric clinical use of AI. JAMA Pediatr.
2024;178(7):637-638. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.0897.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safe-and-equitable-pediatric-clinical-use-ai
Accepting shared res…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/855440/psn-pdf
November 15, 2023 - NPSD Data Spotlight: Patterns of Fall Interventions.
November 15, 2023
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; September 2023. AHRQ Publication no. 23-
0055.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/npsd-data-spotlight-patterns-fall-interventions
Falls are a frequently reported sentinel event. This Data Spo…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/864385/psn-pdf
April 05, 2024 - Common Formats for Patient Safety Data Collection.
March 13, 2024
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Fed Register. Mar 6, 2024;89(45);15992.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/common-formats-patient-safety-data-collection
A standard system for voluntary reporting to patient safety organizations improves measurem…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/867758/psn-pdf
March 12, 2025 - Errors in the EMR: under-recognized hazard for AI in
healthcare.
March 12, 2025
Morreim EH. Errors in the EMR: under-recognized hazard for AI in healthcare. Hous J Health Law Policy.
2025;24:127-165.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/errors-emr-under-recognized-hazard-ai-healthcare
Artificial intelligence (AI) systems…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/periodic-issue/periodic-issue-463
October 30, 2024 - The biggest barrier to reporting in both periods was the amount of time it took to submit a report.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/848828/psn-pdf
May 10, 2023 - Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and
Quality Care Act of 2023.
May 10, 2023
118th Cong (2023-2024).
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/nurse-staffing-standards-hospital-patient-safety-and-quality-care-act-2023
Nurse staffing and patient care outcomes are linked, yet variation exists in nursing covera…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47635/psn-pdf
April 03, 2019 - Exploring vulnerability to patient safety events along the
age continuum.
April 3, 2019
Field C, Finley E, Deutsch ES. PA-PSRS Pa Patient Saf Advis. 2019;16(1).
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/exploring-vulnerability-patient-safety-events-along-age-continuum
This article analyzed 2017 data submitted to the Pennsylvan…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36123/psn-pdf
January 05, 2017 - Medication errors involving neuromuscular blocking
agents.
January 5, 2017
Santell JP. Medication errors involving neuromuscular blocking agents. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf.
2006;32(8):470-5, 417.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-errors-involving-neuromuscular-blocking-agents
The author analyzes error data…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39189/psn-pdf
April 16, 2018 - Neuromuscular blocking agents: reducing associated
wrong-drug errors.
April 16, 2018
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/neuromuscular-blocking-agents-reducing-associated-wrong-drug-errors
This article discusses adverse incidents submitted to the Pennsylvania reporting system involving
neuromuscular blocking agents and s…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/862996/psn-pdf
February 21, 2024 - Descriptive analysis on disproportionate medication
errors and associated patient characteristics in the Food
and Drug Administration's adverse event reporting
system.
February 21, 2024
Pera V, van Vaerenbergh F, Kors JA, et al. Descriptive analysis on disproportionate medication errors and
associated patient cha…