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psnet.ahrq.gov/periodic-issue/periodic-issue-389
April 26, 2023 - May 3, 2023 Weekly Issue
PSNet highlights the latest patient safety literature, news, and expert commentary, including Weekly
Updates, WebM&M, and Perspectives on Safety. The current issue highlights what's new this week in patient
safety literature, news, conferences, reports, an…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/periodic-issue/periodic-issue-387
April 26, 2023 - April 19, 2023 Weekly Issue
PSNet highlights the latest patient safety literature, news, and expert commentary, including Weekly
Updates, WebM&M, and Perspectives on Safety. The current issue highlights what's new this week in patient
safety literature, news, conferences, reports,…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/validation-discharge-summary-term-search-method-detect-adverse-events
December 06, 2017 - Study
Validation of a discharge summary term search method to detect adverse events.
Citation Text:
Forster AJ. Validation of a Discharge Summary Term Search Method to Detect Adverse Events. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 2004;12(2). doi:10.1197/jamia.m1653.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/empowering-patients-hospital-new-approach-reducing-burden-health-care-associated-infections
May 25, 2022 - Study
Empowering patients in the hospital as a new approach to reducing the burden of health care–associated infections: the attitudes of hospital health care workers.
Citation Text:
Seale H, Chughtai AA, Kaur R, et al. Empowering patients in the hospital as a new approach to reducing th…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/failure-rescue-mother
September 23, 2020 - Failure to Rescue the Mother
Citation Text:
Vivero A, Klapper EB, Gregory KD, et al. Failure to Rescue the Mother. 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/missed-appendicitis
March 13, 2013 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
Missed Appendicitis
Citation Text:
Adams JG. Missed Appendicitis. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2003.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/customer-always-right
January 22, 2014 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
The "Customer" Is Always Right
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Sehgal NL. The "Customer" Is Always Right. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2007.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/perils-diagnosing-stroke
August 15, 2017 - Perils in Diagnosing a Stroke
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Schindler JL. Perils in Diagnosing a Stroke. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2018.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/72811/psn-pdf
September 01, 2022 - Algorithm-Based Decision Support System Guides
Trauma Staff During Initial Treatment, Leading to Fewer
Medical Errors
Originally published on March 3, 2021
Last updated on March 16, 2021
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/innovation/algorithm-based-decision-support-system-guides-trauma-staff-during-
initial-treatment
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/are-we-getting-better-measuring-patient-safety
November 10, 2015 - Are We Getting Better at Measuring Patient Safety?
Amy K. Rosen, PhD | November 1, 2010
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Citation Text:
Rosen AK. Are We Getting Better at Measuring Patient Safety?. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare R…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-10/spotlight_case_a_cognitive_and_communication_blind_spot_slides.pptx
January 01, 2024 - Spotlight
Spotlight
A Cognitive and Communication Blind Spot Contributes to Permanent Paralysis
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Source and Credits
This presentation is based on the October 2024 AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case
See the full article at https://psnet.ahrq.gov/webmm
CME credit is available
Commentary by: Garth Utter, MD, MSc, FACS…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49549/psn-pdf
December 06, 2007 - Elopement
December 1, 2007
Gerardi D. Elopement. PSNet [internet]. 2007.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/elopement
Case Objectives
Define elopement and differentiate it from wandering and leaving against medical advice.
Identify leading contributors to elopement events.
Describe strategies for preventing elopement…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/842923/psn-pdf
February 01, 2023 - Aspergillus Mediastinitis & Endocarditis in a Pediatric
Patient Complicating Cardiac Surgery and Bedside Chest
Closure.
February 1, 2023
Partridge E, Dodson D, Reilly M, et al. Aspergillus Mediastinitis & Endocarditis in a Pediatric Patient
Complicating Cardiac Surgery and Bedside Chest Closure. PSNet [internet]. …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49528/psn-pdf
January 01, 2015 - The "Customer" Is Always Right
February 1, 2007
Sehgal NL. The "Customer" Is Always Right. PSNet [internet]. 2007.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/customer-always-right
Case Objectives
Understand the importance of identifying a patient's agenda.
Appreciate the factors that contribute to unmet patient expectations.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49642/psn-pdf
December 01, 2011 - Order Interrupted by Text: Multitasking Mishap
December 1, 2011
Halamka J. Order Interrupted by Text: Multitasking Mishap. PSNet [internet]. 2011.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/order-interrupted-text-multitasking-mishap
Case Objectives
State the prevalence of mobile devices among clinicians and their common health…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/delayed-diagnosis-mesenteric-ischemia
March 31, 2021 - On another ED visit, the covering gastroenterologist consulted a surgeon, and a mesenteric angiogram
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/dont-dismiss-dangerous-obstetric-hemorrhage
August 21, 2024 - As a surgeon, I understand the subconscious impulse to deny that you may have just caused a major operative
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-paul-aylin-mbchb
June 01, 2017 - I'm told that if you start your first consultant post in a hospital as a surgeon, you almost invariably
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/incomplete-anesthesia-history-leads-adverse-outcomes
January 29, 2021 - The trauma surgeon then manipulated both TMJs and was finally able to unloose the locked jaw.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/learning-health-systems-patient-safety
February 26, 2025 - Learning Health Systems for Patient Safety
Lucy A. Savitz, MBA, PhD; Zoe Sousane, BS; Sarah E. Mossburg, RN, PhD | February 26, 2025
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Savitz LA, Sousane Z, Mossburg SE. Learning …