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February 12, 2020 - Diagnostic Overshadowing Dangers
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Raven MC. Diagnostic Overshadowing Dangers. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2017.
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October 13, 2018 - Departure From Central Line Ritual
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Ballard DW, Vinson DR, Mark DG. Departure From Central Line Ritual. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2015.
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September 24, 2010 - Chemotherapy Extravasation
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Schulmeister L. Chemotherapy Extravasation. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2008.
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February 15, 2017 - Cultural Competence and Patient Safety
December 27, 2019
Brach C, Hall KK, Fitall E. Cultural Competence and Patient Safety. PSNet [internet]. 2019.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/cultural-competence-and-patient-safety
Background
Culture can be defined as the “personal identification, language, thoughts, co…
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July 01, 2003 - Code Status Confusion
July 1, 2003
Lo B, Tulsky JA. Code Status Confusion. PSNet [internet]. 2003.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/code-status-confusion
Case Objectives
Appreciate challenges of determining goals of care in hospitalized patients
Understand patients’ common misconceptions about CPR
List typical mist…
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December 01, 2004 - Discharge Fumbles
December 1, 2004
Forster AJ. Discharge Fumbles. PSNet [internet]. 2004.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/discharge-fumbles
Case Objectives
List the types of adverse events that occur at discharge
Identify the characteristics that identify patients at high risk for errors at discharge
Understand th…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/diffusion-responsibility-leads-danger
November 08, 2013 - Diffusion of Responsibility Leads to Danger
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Balcezak TJ, Deshpande O. Diffusion of Responsibility Leads to Danger. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2018.
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March 01, 2005 - Techno Trip
March 1, 2005
Cook RI. Techno Trip. PSNet [internet]. 2005.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/techno-trip
The Case
A 70-year-old woman was admitted to a community hospital after developing confusion and right-sided
weakness. A CT scan of her brain showed an acute subdural hematoma. The hospital arranged a…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33788/psn-pdf
June 01, 2015 - In Conversation With… Christine Cassel, MD
June 1, 2015
In Conversation With… Christine Cassel, MD. PSNet [internet]. 2015.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-christine-cassel-md
Editor's note: Christine Cassel, MD, is President and CEO of the National Quality Forum (NQF). Dr.
Cassel, one of the foun…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33743/psn-pdf
December 01, 2012 - Quality and Safety Challenges in Critical Care: Preventing
and Treating Delirium in the Intensive Care Unit
December 1, 2012
Vasilevskis EE, Ely WE, Dittus RS. Quality and Safety Challenges in Critical Care: Preventing and Treating
Delirium in the Intensive Care Unit. PSNet [internet]. 2012.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49513/psn-pdf
July 01, 2006 - Moving Pains
July 1, 2006
Schell H, Wachter R. Moving Pains. PSNet [internet]. 2006.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/moving-pains
Case Objectives
Appreciate the risk posed by intrahospital transport
Identify key features of current transport practice and policies
Propose interventions that might improve safety of …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/real-heartache
October 01, 2018 - A Real Heartache
Citation Text:
Polevoi SK. A Real Heartache. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2012.
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September 01, 2004 - Reaction to Dye
September 1, 2004
Cohan R. Reaction to Dye. PSNet [internet]. 2004.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/reaction-dye
The Case
A patient was referred to urology after having several episodes of gross hematuria. The urologist thought
that the patient might have a renal mass and sent him to radiology for a…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33596/psn-pdf
June 01, 2025 - Failure to Rescue
January 29, 2025
Tokareva I, Romano P. Failure to Rescue. PSNet [internet]. 2025.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/failure-rescue
Updated in January 2025 by Irina Tokareva RN, BSN, MAS, CPHQ and Patrick Romano, MD, MPH. PSNet
primers are regularly reviewed and updated to ensure that they reflect cur…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/add-case-and-missing-checklist
September 01, 2012 - Add-on Case and the Missing Checklist
Citation Text:
Catchpole K. Add-on Case and the Missing Checklist. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2017.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/wrong-channel
February 01, 2003 - The Wrong Channel
Citation Text:
Gosbee JW. The Wrong Channel
. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2005.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/patient-safety-indicators
June 15, 2024 - Patient Safety Indicators
Citation Text:
Tokareva I, Romano P. Patient Safety Indicators.. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2023.
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November 01, 2015 - Introducing the Redesigned AHRQ Patient Safety Network
November 1, 2015
Wachter R. Introducing the Redesigned AHRQ Patient Safety Network . PSNet [internet]. 2015.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/introducing-redesigned-ahrq-patient-safety-network
Editorial
It's hard to believe that it has been 15 years since th…
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January 01, 2020 - Spotlight
The Lost Start Date, an Unknown
Risk of E-prescribing
Source and Credits
• This presentation is based on the October 2019
AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case
○ See the full article at https://psnet.ahrq.gov/webmm
○ CME credit is available
• Commentary by: Adam Wright, PhD, and Gordon
Schiff, MD
○ Editor, AHRQ…
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October 01, 2009 - Spotlight Case
Spotlight Case
Difficult Encounters:
A CMO and CNO Respond
Source and Credits
This presentation is based on the October 2009
AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case
See the full article at http://webmm.ahrq.gov
CME credit is available
Commentary by: Ernie Ring, MD; Jane Hirsch, RN, MS
UCSF Medical Cen…