AHRQ Patient Safety Network

The Collection > Health Care Providers

Narrow By

clear selections

Safety Target

•Device-related Complications (152)

•Diagnostic Errors (209)

•Identification Errors (101)

•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (573)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (88)

•Medication Safety (1232)

•Medical Complications (388)

•Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (101)

•Surgical Complications (431)

•Transfusion Complications (16)

•Psychological and Social Complications (123)

Origin/Sponsor

•Africa (4)

•Asia (32)

•Australia and New Zealand (82)

•Central and South America (6)

•Europe (327)

•North America (3104)

Resource Types

•Clinical Guideline (11)

•Journal Article (2642)

•Legislation/Regulation (66)

•Meeting/Conference (30)

•Newsletter/Journal (16)

•Newspaper/Magazine Article (333)

•Press Release/Announcement (30)

•Special or Theme Issue (66)

•Tools/Toolkit (69)

•Web Resource (112)

•Grant (10)

Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (768)

•Active Errors (607)

•Latent Errors (239)

•Near Miss (62)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (959)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (305)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (827)

•Communication Improvement (1129)

•Human Factors Engineering (492)

•Teamwork (341)

•Specialization of Care (268)

•Logistical Approaches (261)

•Culture of Safety (424)

•Technologic Approaches (731)

•Education and Training (717)

Clinical Areas

•Allied Health Services (8)

Target Audience
< All

Health Care Providers

•Allied Health Professionals (6)

•Clinical Technologists (35)

Setting of Care

•Psychiatric Facilities (14)

•Residential Facilities (63)

•Ambulatory Care (395)

•Outpatient Surgery (38)

•Patient Transport (31)

1 - 20 of 3640

Show ExcerptDon't Show Excerpt

dropdown

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

ACOG Committee Opinion #367: communication strategies for patient handoffs.

ACOG Committee on Patient Safety and Quality Improvement. Obstet Gynecol. 2007;109:1503-1505.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

ACOG Committee Opinion #398: fatigue and patient safety.

ACOG Committee on Patient Safety and Quality Improvement. Obstet Gynecol. 2008;111:471-474.

COMMENTARY

Making inpatient medication reconciliation patient centered, clinically relevant and implementable: a consensus statement on key principles and necessary first steps.

Greenwald JL, Halasyamani L, Greene J, et al. J Hosp Med. 2010;5:477-485.

STUDY

Effect of a comprehensive obstetric patient safety program on compensation payments and sentinel events.

Grunebaum A, Chervenak F, Skupski D. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2011;204:97-105.

COMMENTARY

Not a Miscarriage.

Learman LA. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. June 2003.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

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

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

COMMENTARY

Sick and Pregnant

El-Ibiary S. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. November 2008.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

"Save Lives Now" project.

Hospitals and Health Networks.

AWARD RECIPIENT

2006 Quest for Quality Prize.

Runy LA. Hosp Health Netw. September 2006.

STUDY

Creating a better discharge summary: improvement in quality and timeliness using an electronic discharge summary.

O'Leary KJ, Liebovitz SM, Feinglass J, et al. J Hosp Med. 2009;4:219-225.

STUDY

Errors of diagnosis in pediatric practice: a multisite survey.

Singh H, Thomas EJ, Wilson L, et al. Pediatrics. 2010;126:70-79.

STUDY

An effort to improve electronic health record medication list accuracy between visits: patients' and physicians' response.

Staroselsky M, Volk LA, Tsurikova R, et al. Int J Med Inform. 2008;77:153-160.

COMMENTARY

Hard to Swallow.

Driver J. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. October 2004.

STUDY

Risk of medication errors at hospital discharge and barriers to problem resolution.

Enguidanos SM, Brumley RD. Home Health Care Serv Q. 2005;24:123-135.

STUDY

Structured interdisciplinary rounds in a medical teaching unit: improving patient safety.

O’Leary KJ, Buck R, Fligiel HM, et al. Arch Intern Med. 2011;171:678-684.

STUDY

The Veterans Affairs shift change physician-to-physician handoff project.

Anderson J, Shroff D, Curtis A, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2010;36:62-71.

STUDY

Multi-professional patterns and methods of communication during patient handoffs.

Benham-Hutchins MM, Effken JA. Int J Med Inform. 2010;79:252-267.

STUDY

Decrease in hospital-wide mortality rate after implementation of a commercially sold computerized physician order entry system.

Longhurst CA, Parast L, Sandborg CI, et al. Pediatrics. 2010;126:14-21.

BOOK/REPORT

Order from Chaos: Accelerating Care Integration.

Boston, MA: Lucian Leape Institute at the National Patient Safety Foundation; October 2012.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

Care Transitions Program.

Aurora, CO: The Division of Health Care Policy and Research, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Next >