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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safety-through-redundancy-case-study-hospital-patient-transfers
November 03, 2015 - March 4, 2015
Last orders: follow-up of tests ordered on the day of hospital discharge
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/automated-identification-extreme-risk-events-clinical-incident-reports
November 03, 2015 - December 31, 2014
Last orders: follow-up of tests ordered on the day of hospital discharge
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pharmacist-outpatient-prescription-review-emergency-department-pediatric-tertiary-hospital
March 15, 2016 - January 10, 2024
Assessment of overuse of medical tests and treatments at US hospitals
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/apotex-corp-issues-voluntary-nationwide-recall-enoxaparin-sodium-injection-usp-due
March 22, 2010 - January 13, 2021
Potential for false positive results with antigen tests for rapid detection
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/balancing-supervision-and-autonomy-ongoing-tension
February 01, 2012 - we expect people to collect their own dataset, make their own judgment, order their own diagnostic tests
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/841467/psn-pdf
December 14, 2022 - There will be exceptions, such as when patients ask for tests or medications that have no plausible
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-lawrence-smith-md
February 01, 2012 - we expect people to collect their own dataset, make their own judgment, order their own diagnostic tests
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psnet.ahrq.gov/innovation/statewide-collaborative-support-vaginal-birth-and-reduce-unnecessary-cesarean-deliveries
July 23, 2024 - https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/c-section/about/pac-20393655#:~:text=A%20C%2Dsection%20might
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33757/psn-pdf
October 01, 2013 - Safety in Radiology
October 1, 2013
Pinto A. Safety in Radiology. PSNet [internet]. 2013.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/safety-radiology
Perspective
The use of medical imaging to depict and to help diagnose illness and injury as well as to guide therapeutic
interventions has expanded greatly during the past …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.143_slideshow.ppt
January 01, 2015 - Spotlight Case [MONTH] 2003
Spotlight Case February 2007
The ‘Customer’ Is Always Right
Source and Credits
This presentation is based on the February 2007
AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case
See the full article at http://webmm.ahrq.gov
CME credit is available through the Web site
Commentary by: Niraj L. Sehgal,…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49743/psn-pdf
September 01, 2015 - Dual Therapy Debacle
September 1, 2015
Kayser SR. Dual Therapy Debacle. PSNet [internet]. 2015.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/dual-therapy-debacle
The Case
An elderly man with a history of arthritis, benign prostatic hypertrophy with urinary obstruction,
hyperlipidemia, obesity, and a long history of tobacco use …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49766/psn-pdf
August 21, 2016 - Getting the (Right) Doctor, Right Away
August 21, 2016
Gupta K, Khanna R. Getting the (Right) Doctor, Right Away. PSNet [internet]. 2016.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/getting-right-doctor-right-away
The Case
A 57-year-old woman with a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease underwent hip surgery.
Postop…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33780/psn-pdf
July 01, 2015 - Safety and Medical Education
January 1, 2014
Ranji SR. Safety and Medical Education. PSNet [internet]. 2014.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/safety-and-medical-education
Annual Perspective 2014
As the patient safety field has grown, so too has the appreciation for the need to improve safety in medical
educatio…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33854/psn-pdf
March 01, 2018 - Missed Nursing Care: A Key Measure for Patient Safety
March 1, 2018
Ball JE, Griffiths P. Missed Nursing Care: A Key Measure for Patient Safety. PSNet [internet]. 2018.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/missed-nursing-care-key-measure-patient-safety
Perspective
Errors in hospitals remain a major cause of death.(1…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/never-events
June 15, 2024 - Never Events
Citation Text:
Never Events. 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/primer/alert-fatigue
March 15, 2025 - Alert Fatigue
Citation Text:
Alert Fatigue. 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/sites/default/files/2023-04/failure_to_ensure_patient_safety_leads_to_patient_falls_in_nursing_homes.pdf
January 01, 2023 - Microsoft PowerPoint - FINAL Spotlight_Falls in Skilled Nursing Units_04.12.2023.pptx
Spotlight
Failure to Ensure Patient Safety Leads to Patient Falls in
Nursing Homes
Source and Credits
• This presentation is based on the April 2023 AHRQ WebM&M
Spotlight Case
o See the full article at https://psnet.ahrq.gov/we…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-maureen-bisognano
February 26, 2025 - In Conversation With… Maureen Bisognano
June 1, 2015
Citation Text:
In Conversation With… Maureen Bisognano. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2015.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/72614/psn-pdf
March 01, 2021 - Rehearsing Team Care for Relatively Rare Obstetric
Emergencies Leads to Improved Outcomes
Originally published on December 22, 2020
Last updated on December 23, 2020
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/innovation/rehearsing-team-care-relatively-rare-obstetric-emergencies-leads-
improved-outcomes
Summary
Multidisciplinary tea…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/stable-airway-fatal-airway-occlusion-after-inadequate-post-tracheostomy-care
June 28, 2023 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
A Stable Airway? Fatal Airway Occlusion After Inadequate Post-Tracheostomy Care
Citation Text:
Gould E, Craddock K, Le Tellier T, et al. A Stable Airway? Fatal Airway Occlusion After Inadequate Post-Tracheostomy Care. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research…