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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49709/psn-pdf
May 01, 2014 - Raise the Bar
May 1, 2014
Stotts J, Lyndon A. Raise the Bar. PSNet [internet]. 2014.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/raise-bar
The Case
A 57-year-old man presented to an ambulatory surgery center for excision of a right groin lipoma. The
patient was seen and evaluated by an anesthesiologist who was new to the cente…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.311_slideshow.ppt
December 01, 2013 - PowerPoint Presentation
Spotlight Case
New Oral Anticoagulants
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This presentation is based on the December 2013
AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case
See the full article at http://webmm.ahrq.gov
CME credit is available
Commentary by: Margaret C. Fang, MD, MPH, University of California, San Francisco
Editor, AHRQ WebM&M…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33701/psn-pdf
October 01, 2010 - What Makes a Good Checklist
October 1, 2010
McLaughlin AC. What Makes a Good Checklist. PSNet [internet]. 2010.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/what-makes-good-checklist
Perspective
The use of checklists is a primitive yet remarkably effective strategy for ensuring accuracy in complex
tasks. Checklists have lo…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49661/psn-pdf
August 01, 2012 - Residual Anesthesia: Tepid Burn
August 1, 2012
Kurrek MM, Twersky RS. Residual Anesthesia: Tepid Burn. PSNet [internet]. 2012.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/residual-anesthesia-tepid-burn
The Case
A 42-year-old Filipino man presented to an outpatient surgery center for scheduled repair of an anal fistula.
The pat…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49424/psn-pdf
November 01, 2003 - Waiting Too Long
November 1, 2003
Rosen MA. Waiting Too Long. PSNet [internet]. 2003.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/waiting-too-long
The Case
A 31-year-old gravida 1, para 1 woman presented at 40 weeks in the early stages of labor having received
limited prenatal care at an outside clinic. Physical exam performed…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33705/psn-pdf
January 01, 2011 - Risk Management and Patient Safety
December 1, 2010
Manuel BM, McCarthy JL, Berry WR, et al. Risk Management and Patient Safety. PSNet [internet]. 2010.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/risk-management-and-patient-safety
Perspective
In 1990, a Harvard-based research team reported the incidence of medical errors …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33745/psn-pdf
February 01, 2013 - Patient Engagement and Patient Safety
February 1, 2013
Weingart SN. Patient Engagement and Patient Safety. PSNet [internet]. 2013.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/patient-engagement-and-patient-safety
Perspective
Patient engagement has arrived at the station. A Google search of this phrase identified 335,000 hi…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49572/psn-pdf
October 01, 2008 - Mistaken Identity
October 1, 2008
Hall LW. Mistaken Identity. PSNet [internet]. 2008.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/mistaken-identity
The Case
An 85-year-old Cantonese-speaking woman was admitted to the medical service with altered mental status
and a reported fall. After finding tenderness in her left hip, the p…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/toxic-tachycardia
March 01, 2005 - Toxic Tachycardia
Citation Text:
Wartofsky L. Toxic Tachycardia. 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/recurrent-hypoglycemia-care-transition-failure
December 23, 2020 - 27, 2016
Malpractice cases in breast surgery: an assessment of litigation involving surgeons
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/university-texas-system-clinical-safety-and-effectiveness-course
February 01, 2011 - Tip
November 1, 2003
Use of unsolicited patient observations to identify surgeons
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/customer-always-right
January 22, 2014 - Physician-patient communication: the relationship with malpractice claims among primary care physicians and surgeons
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/no-news-may-not-be-good-news
December 07, 2009 - Tip
November 1, 2003
Use of unsolicited patient observations to identify surgeons
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/866995/psn-pdf
October 30, 2024 - Thromboembolism after trauma: an analysis of 1602
episodes from the American College of Surgeons National
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/elopement
July 14, 2010 - Physicians, surgeons, and other healers. In: American Jurisprudence. Vol 61. 2nd ed.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/order-interrupted-text-multitasking-mishap
August 21, 2015 - Smartphone apps for orthopaedic surgeons. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2011;469:2042-2048.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/72811/psn-pdf
September 01, 2022 - Teams consisting of at least six
clinicians (emergency medicine, anesthesiology, and surgeons) and nursing
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49735/psn-pdf
June 01, 2015 - https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/anchoring-bias-critical-implications
The vascular surgeons who cared
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psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/simulation-training
September 15, 2024 - American College of Surgeons sets standards for simulation-based surgical education and training.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/retained-surgical-items-definition-and-epidemiology
September 15, 2024 - not accepted by the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) or the American College of Surgeons