AHRQ Patient Safety Network

The Collection > Residential Facilities

Narrow By

clear selections

Safety Target

•Device-related Complications (1)

•Diagnostic Errors (2)

•Identification Errors (2)

•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (22)

•Medication Safety (63)

•Medical Complications (19)

•Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (1)

•Surgical Complications (2)

•Psychological and Social Complications (3)

Origin/Sponsor

•Asia (1)

•Australia and New Zealand (5)

Resource Types

•Clinical Guideline (1)

•Journal Article (99)

•Legislation/Regulation (4)

•Newspaper/Magazine Article (10)

•Press Release/Announcement (1)

•Special or Theme Issue (2)

•Tools/Toolkit (3)

•Web Resource (2)

Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (41)

•Active Errors (16)

•Latent Errors (12)

•Near Miss (2)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (29)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (18)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (41)

•Communication Improvement (34)

•Human Factors Engineering (12)

•Teamwork (6)

•Specialization of Care (6)

•Logistical Approaches (11)

•Culture of Safety (29)

•Technologic Approaches (22)

•Education and Training (20)

Clinical Areas

•Allied Health Services (2)

•Medicine (99)

•Nursing (23)

•Pharmacy (14)

Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (92)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (106)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (36)

•Patients (9)

Setting of Care
< All

Residential Facilities

1 - 20 of 135

Show ExcerptDon't Show Excerpt

dropdown

STUDY

The health care cost of drug-related morbidity and mortality in nursing facilities.

Bootman JL, Harrison DL, Cox E. Arch Intern Med. 1997;157:2089-2096.

BOOK/REPORT classic

Keeping Patients Safe: Transforming the Work Environment of Nurses.

Committee on the Work Environment for Nurses and Patient Safety, Board on Health Care Services, Page A, ed. Washington, DC: National Academies Press; 2004.

STUDY

Use of HIT for adverse event reporting in nursing homes: barriers and facilitators.

Wagner LM, Castle NG, Handler SM. Geriatr Nurs. 2013;34:112-115.

STUDY

Measuring administrators' and direct care workers' perceptions of the safety culture in assisted living facilities.

Castle NG, Wagner LM, Sonon K, Ferguson-Rome JC. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2012;38:375-385.

STUDY

Patient safety culture and the association with safe resident care in nursing homes.

Thomas KS, Hyer K, Castle NG, Branch LG, Andel R, Weech-Maldonado R. Gerontologist. 2012;52:802-811.

STUDY

Relationship between nursing home safety culture and Joint Commission accreditation.

Wagner LM, McDonald SM, Castle NG. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2012;38:207-215.

STUDY

Medication errors during patient transitions into nursing homes: characteristics and association with patient harm.

Desai R, Williams CE, Greene SB, Pierson S, Hansen RA. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. 2011;9:413-422.

BOOK/REPORT

Adverse Health Events in Minnesota: Ninth Annual Public Report.

St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Department of Health; January 2013.

BOOK/REPORT

Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2011 User Comparative Database Report.

Sorra J, Famolaro T, Dyer N, Khanna K, Nelson D. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; August 2011. AHRQ Publication No. 11-0071.

STUDY

Randomized trial of a warfarin communication protocol for nursing homes: an SBAR-based approach.

Field TS, Tjia J, Mazor KM, et al. Am J Med. 2011;124:179.e1-179.e7.

STUDY

Care homes' use of medicines study: prevalence, causes and potential harm of medication errors in care homes for older people.

Barber ND, Alldred DP, Raynor DK, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2009;18:341-346.

STUDY

Nurses' perceptions of safety culture in long-term care settings.

Wagner LM, Capezuti E, Rice JC. J Nurs Scholarsh. 2009;41:184-192.

STUDY

Nurse–physician communication in the long-term care setting: perceived barriers and impact on patient safety.

Tjia J, Mazor KM, Field T, Meterko V, Spenard A, Gurwitz JH. J Patient Saf. 2009;5:145-152.

STUDY

Assessing resident safety culture in nursing homes: using the nursing home survey on resident safety.

Castle NG, Wagner LM, Perera S, Ferguson JC, Handler SM. J Patient Saf. 2010;6:59-67.

STUDY

Prescribing discrepancies likely to cause adverse drug events after patient transfer.

Boockvar KS, Liu S, Goldstein N, Nebeker J, Siu A, Fried T. Qual Saf Health Care. 2009;18:32-36.

STUDY

Medication discrepancies upon hospital to skilled nursing facility transitions.

Tjia J, Bonner A, Briesacher BA, McGee S, Terrill E, Miller K. J Gen Intern Med. 2009;24:630-635.

STUDY

Improving medication error reporting in hospice care.

Boyer R, McPherson ML, Deshpande G, Smith SW. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2009;26:361-367.

STUDY

Effect of computerized provider order entry with clinical decision support on adverse drug events in the long-term care setting.

Gurwitz JH, Field TS, Rochon P, et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2008;56:2225-2233.

STUDY

Medication administration errors in assisted living: scope, characteristics, and the importance of staff training.

Zimmerman S, Love K, Sloane PD, Cohen LW, Reed D, Carder PC; Center for Excellence in Assisted Living-University of North Carolina Collaborative. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011;59:1060-1068.

STUDY

Does error and adverse event reporting by physicians and nurses differ?

Rowin EJ, Lucier D, Pauker SG, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2008;34:537-545.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Next >