{1}
##LOC[OK]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]##
##LOC[Cancel]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]##
##LOC[Cancel]##
Skip Navigation
www.ahrq.gov
search
home
whatsnew
collection
primers
glossary
newsletter
mypsnet
newsletter
The Collection
>
Health Care Providers
PATIENT SAFETY PRIMERS
Narrow By
clear selections
Safety Target
•
Device-related Complications (130)
•
Diagnostic Errors (155)
•
Identification Errors (84)
•
Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (365)
•
Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (69)
•
Medication Safety (896)
•
Medical Complications (385)
•
Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (53)
•
Surgical Complications (309)
•
Transfusion Complications (14)
•
Psychological and Social Complications (105)
Origin/Sponsor
•
Africa (7)
•
Asia (38)
•
Australia and New Zealand (100)
•
Central and South America (10)
•
Europe (425)
•
North America (2186)
Resource Types
•
Audiovisual (30)
•
Award (32)
•
Bibliography (2)
•
Book/Report (208)
•
Clinical Guideline (5)
•
Journal Article (1965)
•
Legislation/Regulation (42)
•
Meeting/Conference (31)
•
Newsletter/Journal (11)
•
Newspaper/Magazine Article (245)
•
Press Release/Announcement (40)
•
Special or Theme Issue (49)
•
Tools/Toolkit (56)
•
Web Resource (118)
•
Grant (10)
Error Types
•
Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (919)
•
Active Errors (450)
•
Latent Errors (201)
•
Near Miss (52)
Approach to Improving Safety
•
Quality Improvement Strategies (739)
•
Legal and Policy Approaches (327)
•
Error Reporting and Analysis (823)
•
Communication Improvement (764)
•
Human Factors Engineering (339)
•
Teamwork (193)
•
Specialization of Care (219)
•
Logistical Approaches (201)
•
Culture of Safety (389)
•
Technologic Approaches (482)
•
Education and Training (535)
Clinical Areas
•
Allied Health Services (10)
•
Dentistry (2)
•
Medicine (1923)
•
Nursing (169)
•
Pharmacy (349)
Target Audience
< All
Health Care Providers
•
Allied Health Professionals (6)
•
Clinical Technologists (15)
•
Physicians (306)
•
Nurses (189)
•
Pharmacists (115)
Setting of Care
•
Hospitals (1876)
•
Psychiatric Facilities (16)
•
Residential Facilities (54)
•
Ambulatory Care (328)
•
Outpatient Surgery (33)
•
Patient Transport (24)
1 - 20
of 2844
Show Excerpt
Don't Show Excerpt
Sort by relevance
Sort by significance
Sort by title
Sort by date
Sort by author
dropdown
BOOK/REPORT
Patient Safety Authority Annual Reports.
Harrisburg, PA: Patient Safety Authority; April 2013.
BOOK/REPORT
Patient Safety in Canada: An Update.
Ottawa, ON, Canada: Canadian Institute for Health Information; August 14, 2007.
BOOK/REPORT
HealthGrades Seventh Annual Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study.
Golden, CO: HealthGrades, Inc.; March 2010.
BOOK/REPORT
HealthGrades Quality Study: Fourth Annual Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study.
Golden, CO: HealthGrades, Inc.; April 2007.
REVIEW
Inpatient fall prevention programs as a patient safety strategy: a systematic review.
Miake-Lye IM, Hempel S, Ganz DA, Shekelle PG. Ann Intern Med. 2013;158(5 Pt 2):390-396.
BOOK/REPORT
Hospital-acquired infections in Pennsylvania.
Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council; November 2006.
BOOK/REPORT
2009 National Healthcare Quality Report.
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; March 2010. AHRQ Publication No. 10-0003.
BOOK/REPORT
Improving America's Hospitals: The Joint Commission's Annual Report on Quality and Safety 2011.
Oakbrook Terrace, IL: The Joint Commission; September 2011.
BOOK/REPORT
Improving America's Hospitals: The Joint Commission's Annual Report on Quality and Safety 2012.
Oakbrook Terrace, IL: The Joint Commission; September 2012.
STUDY
Racial disparities in the frequency of patient safety events: results from the National Medicare Patient Safety Monitoring System.
Metersky ML, Hunt DR, Kliman R, et al. Med Care. 2011;49:504-510.
BOOK/REPORT
Eliminating CLABSI: A National Patient Safety Imperative.
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; September 2011. AHRQ Publication No. 11-0037-1-EF.
BOOK/REPORT
Improving America's Hospitals: The Joint Commission's Annual Report on Quality and Safety 2009.
Oakbrook Terrace, IL: The Joint Commission; January 2010.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Perfect is possible.
Berwick DM, Leape LL. Newsweek. October 16, 2006:70-71.
STUDY
Venous thromboembolism after trauma: a never event?
Thorson CM, Ryan ML, Van Haren RM, et al. Crit Care Med. 2012;40:2967-2973.
BOOK/REPORT
Hospital Reporting Program.
Portland, OR: Oregon Patient Safety Commission.
MULTI-USE WEBSITE
African Partnerships for Patient Safety.
Geneva, Switzerland: WHO Patient Safety, World Health Organization.
BOOK/REPORT
Safety First: Top of Your Board's Agenda: 100 Day Challenge Survey Report.
The Patients Association. Harrow, Middlesex, UK: The Patients Association; June 2009.
STUDY
Inpatient fall prevention: use of in-room Webcams.
Hardin SR, Dienemann J, Rudisill P, Mills KK. J Patient Saf. 2013;9:29-35.
BOOK/REPORT
IBEAS: A Pioneer Study on Patient Safety in Latin America: Towards Safer Hospital Care.
Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 2011.
BOOK/REPORT
Improving America's Hospitals: The Joint Commission's Annual Report on Quality and Safety 2010.
Oakbrook Terrace, IL: The Joint Commission; September 2010.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Next >