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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44999/psn-pdf
August 03, 2017 - An analysis of electronic health record–related patient
safety incidents.
August 3, 2017
Palojoki S, Mäkelä M, Lehtonen L, et al. An analysis of electronic health record-related patient safety
incidents. Health Informatics J. 2017;23(2):134-145. doi:10.1177/1460458216631072.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/analysis-e…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35132/psn-pdf
June 22, 2009 - 2004 ASHP Leadership Conference on Pharmacy Practice
Management Executive Summary: Improving patient care
and medication safety.
June 22, 2009
2004 ASHP Leadership Conference on Pharmacy Practice Management Executive Summary: improving
patient care and medication safety.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/2004-ashp-lea…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45391/psn-pdf
August 10, 2016 - Where are my instruments? Hazards in delivery of
surgical instruments.
August 10, 2016
Guédon ACP, Wauben LSGL, van der Eijk AC, et al. Where are my instruments? Hazards in delivery of
surgical instruments. Surg Endosc. 2016;30(7):2728-35. doi:10.1007/s00464-015-4537-7.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/where-are-my-in…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43033/psn-pdf
March 12, 2014 - Current challenges and future perspectives for patient
safety in surgery.
March 12, 2014
Stahel PF, Mauffrey C, Butler N. Current challenges and future perspectives for patient safety in surgery.
Patient Saf Surg. 2014;8(1):9. doi:10.1186/1754-9493-8-9.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/current-challenges-and-future-pe…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/855104/psn-pdf
November 08, 2023 - Healthcare wants to fly as high as the aviation industry.
Can it?
November 8, 2023
Twenter P. Becker's Clinical Leadership. October 30, 2023.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/healthcare-wants-fly-high-aviation-industry-can-it
Health care has long held commercial aviation as a beacon to guide patient safety improv…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42346/psn-pdf
June 10, 2018 - Fatal PCA adverse events continue to happen...better
patient monitoring is essential to prevent harm.
June 10, 2018
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. May 30, 2013;18:1-3.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/fatal-pca-adverse-events-continue-happenbetter-patient-monitoring-essential-
prevent-harm
Describi…
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June 10, 2018 - Order scanning systems may pull multiple pages through
the scanner at the same time, leading to drug omissions.
June 10, 2018
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. November 5, 2009;14:1-3.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/order-scanning-systems-may-pull-multiple-pages-through-scanner-same-time-
leading-dru…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50875/psn-pdf
February 05, 2020 - Implementing Closing the Loop. Safe Practices for
Diagnostic Results
February 5, 2020
Partnership for HIT Patient Safety. Plymouth Meeting, PA: ECRI Institute; 2020.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/implementing-closing-loop-safe-practices-diagnostic-results
Health information technology (HIT) can improve record keepi…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36132/psn-pdf
May 27, 2011 - Motion study in surgery.
May 27, 2011
Gilbreth FB. Can J Med Surg. 1916:22-31.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/motion-study-surgery
This study was one of the first "time-motion" studies of physicians, and pioneered the application of human
factors engineering and industrial principles to medical practice. The authors…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39897/psn-pdf
September 26, 2016 - Nurse interruptions pre- and post-implementation of a
point-of-care medication administration system.
September 26, 2016
Stamp KD, Willis DG. Nurse interruptions pre- and postimplementation of a point-of-care medication
administration system. J Nurs Care Qual. 2010;25(3):231-239. doi:10.1097/NCQ.0b013e3181d4a13f.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73255/psn-pdf
May 12, 2021 - Implementing High-Quality Primary Care: Rebuilding the
Foundation of Health Care.
May 12, 2021
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 2021. Washington, DC: The National
Academies Press.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/implementing-high-quality-primary-care-rebuilding-foundation-health-care
Primary…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47739/psn-pdf
February 20, 2019 - Artificial intelligence, bias and clinical safety.
February 20, 2019
Challen R, Denny J, Pitt M, et al. Artificial intelligence, bias and clinical safety. BMJ Qual Saf.
2019;28(3):231-237. doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008370.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/artificial-intelligence-bias-and-clinical-safety
Artificial intell…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34585/psn-pdf
March 07, 2005 - John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety Awards. Research:
David W. Bates, MD, MSc, Brigham and Women's
Hospital.
March 7, 2005
Bates DW. John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety Awards. Research: David W. Bates, MD, MSc, Brigham and
Women's Hospital. Interview by Steven Berman. Jt Comm J Qual Improv. 2002;28(12):651-659, 633.
h…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43661/psn-pdf
November 05, 2014 - The human factor.
November 5, 2014
Langewiesche W.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/human-factor
This magazine article provides a breakdown of the failures that contributed to an airplane crash, including
how increasing automation in piloting airplanes can diminish human performance, the reluctance to speak
up due to…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42633/psn-pdf
October 02, 2013 - Health IT-Enabled Quality Measurement: Perspectives,
Pathways, and Practical Guidance.
October 2, 2013
Roper RA, Anderson KM, Marsh CA, Flemming AC. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality; September 2013. AHRQ Publication No. 13-0059-EF.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-it-enabled-quali…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50625/psn-pdf
November 06, 2019 - Pediatric medication safety considerations for
pharmacists in an adult hospital setting.
November 6, 2019
Kennedy AR, Massey LR. Pediatric medication safety considerations for pharmacists in an adult hospital
setting. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2019;76(19):1481-1491. doi:10.1093/ajhp/zxz168.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/is…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/837339/psn-pdf
June 08, 2022 - Mindful workarounds in bar code medication
administration.
June 8, 2022
Lichtner V, Dowding D. Mindful workarounds in bar code medication administration. Stud Health Technol
Inform. 2022;294:740-744. doi:10.3233/shti220575.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/mindful-workarounds-bar-code-medication-administration
Barcod…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45586/psn-pdf
November 02, 2016 - Antimicrobial stewardship and patient safety.
November 2, 2016
Zukowski CM. Antimicrobial Stewardship and Patient Safety. AORN J. 2016;104(4):354-356.
doi:10.1016/j.aorn.2016.08.002.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/antimicrobial-stewardship-and-patient-safety
Antimicrobial stewardship has been highlighted as a strate…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42221/psn-pdf
April 24, 2013 - Systems approach and systems engineering applied to
health care: improving patient safety and health care
delivery.
April 24, 2013
Ravitz AD, Sapirstein A, Pham JC, et al. Johns Hopkins APL Tech Dig. 2013;31:354-365.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/systems-approach-and-systems-engineering-applied-health-care-improvin…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47120/psn-pdf
July 18, 2018 - Complicated: medical missteps are not inevitable.
July 18, 2018
Yurkiewicz IR. Complicated: Medical Missteps Are Not Inevitable. Health Aff (Millwood). 2018;37(7):1178-
1181. doi:10.1377/hlthaff.2017.1550.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/complicated-medical-missteps-are-not-inevitable
This commentary provides a clini…