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Patient Safety in Ambulatory Care

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•Device-related Complications (9)

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•Identification Errors (13)

•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (109)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (1)

•Medication Safety (246)

•Medical Complications (36)

•Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (9)

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Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (130)

•Active Errors (97)

•Latent Errors (36)

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Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (119)

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•Error Reporting and Analysis (112)

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•Human Factors Engineering (58)

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•Education and Training (92)

Clinical Areas

•Allied Health Services (4)

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Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (384)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (299)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (157)

•Patients (49)

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•Outpatient Pharmacy (36)

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COMMENTARY

The Role of Health Literacy in Patient Safety

Wolf MS, Cooper Bailey S. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. February/March 2009.

REVIEW

Medication errors in chemotherapy: incidence, types and involvement of patients in prevention. A review of the literature.

Schwappach DLB, Wernli M. Eur J Cancer Care (Engl). 2009;19:285-292.

COMMENTARY

Lethal Cap.

Schillinger D. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. March 2004.

COMMENTARY

ISMP medication error report analysis.

Smetzer JL, Cohen MR. Hosp Pharm. 2008;43:869-872.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Medication errors: a year in review.

Institute for Safe Medication Practices. Pharmacy Practice News. October 2011:7-14.

COMMENTARY

Recurrent Hypoglycemia: A Care Transition Failure?

Eytan T. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. October 2008.

BOOK/REPORT

Managing Patients' Medicines after Discharge from Hospital.

London, UK: Care Quality Commission; October 2009. CQC-039-500-ESP-102009. ISBN: 9781845622442.

STUDY

Out-of-hospital medication errors: a 6-year analysis of the national poison data system.

Shah K, Barker KA. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2009;18:1080-1085.

STUDY

Using consumer-based kiosk technology to improve and standardize medication reconciliation in a specialty care setting.

Lesselroth B, Adams S, Felder R, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2009;35:264-271.

STUDY

Determinants of patient-reported medication errors: a comparison among seven countries.

Lu CY, Roughead E. Int J Clin Pract. 2011;65:733-740.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

How-to Guides: Improving Transitions from the Hospital to Reduce Avoidable Rehospitalizations.

Cambridge, MA: Institute for Healthcare Improvement; June 2012.

STUDY

"It's like two worlds apart": an analysis of vulnerable patient handover practices at discharge from hospital.

Groene RO, Orrego C, Suñol R, Barach P, Groene O. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21:i67-i75.

STUDY

'August is always a nightmare': results of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and Society of Acute Medicine August transition survey.

Vaughan L, McAlister G, Bell D. Clin Med. 2011;11:322-326.

STUDY

Medication errors and response bias: the tip of the iceberg.

Bar-Oz B, Goldman M, Lahat E, et al. Isr Med Assoc J. 2008;10:771-774.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Patient Safety Papers.

Baker GE, ed. Healthc Q. 2006;9:1-140.

REVIEW

Care transitions and home health care.

Boling PA. Clin Geriatr Med. 2009;25:135-148.

STUDY

Older patients' understanding of emergency department discharge information and its relationship with adverse outcomes.

Hastings SN, Barrett A, Weinberger M, et al. J Patient Saf. 2011;7:19-25.

STUDY

Improving medication reconciliation in the outpatient setting.

Varkey P, Cunningham J, Bisping S. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007;33:286-292.

STUDY

Effects of an enhanced discharge planning intervention for hospitalized older adults: a randomized trial.

Altfeld SJ, Shier GE, Rooney M, et al. Gerontologist. 2012 Sep 7; [Epub ahead of print].

BOOK/REPORT

2009 Older Adults' Knowledge About Medications That Can Impact Driving.

MacLennan PA, Owsley C, Rue LW III, McGwin G Jr. Washington, DC: American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety; August 2009.

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