AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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•Device-related Complications (119)

•Diagnostic Errors (138)

•Identification Errors (83)

•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (353)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (69)

•Medication Safety (933)

•Medical Complications (316)

•Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (74)

•Surgical Complications (316)

•Transfusion Complications (12)

•Psychological and Social Complications (116)

Origin/Sponsor

•Africa (5)

•Asia (16)

•Australia and New Zealand (61)

•Central and South America (3)

•Europe (233)

•North America (2685)

Resource Types

•Clinical Guideline (6)

•Journal Article (2003)

•Legislation/Regulation (58)

•Meeting/Conference (39)

•Newsletter/Journal (16)

•Newspaper/Magazine Article (332)

•Press Release/Announcement (39)

•Special or Theme Issue (59)

•Tools/Toolkit (63)

•Web Resource (143)

•Grant (11)

Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (589)

•Active Errors (437)

•Latent Errors (175)

•Near Miss (46)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (792)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (379)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (787)

•Communication Improvement (827)

•Human Factors Engineering (373)

•Teamwork (245)

•Specialization of Care (203)

•Logistical Approaches (201)

•Culture of Safety (418)

•Technologic Approaches (647)

•Education and Training (582)

Clinical Areas

•Allied Health Services (13)

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Health Care Providers

•Allied Health Professionals (7)

•Clinical Technologists (20)

Setting of Care

•Psychiatric Facilities (15)

•Residential Facilities (55)

•Ambulatory Care (349)

•Outpatient Surgery (37)

•Patient Transport (28)

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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.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

Enhancing patient safety and quality of care by improving the usability of electronic health record systems: recommendations from AMIA.

Middleton B, Bloomrosen M, Dente MA, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2013 Jan 25; [Epub ahead of print].

BOOK/REPORT

Health Information Technology in the United States: The Information Base for Progress.

Blumenthal D, DesRoches C, Donelan K, et al. Washington, DC: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; 2006.

COMMENTARY

Getting moving on patient safety—harnessing electronic data for safer care.

Jha AK, Classen DC. N Engl J Med 2011;365:1756-1758.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

In a crisis, do-not-revive requests don't always work.

Parker L. USA Today. December 19, 2006.

COMMENTARY

The Perruche case and the issue of compensation for the consequences of medical error.

Costich JF. Health Policy. 2006;78:8-16.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Standards, audits, and saying I'm sorry: an engineer's family proposes solutions.

Wojcieszak D. Patient Safety Qual Healthc. May/June 2005;2:6, 8-9.

BOOK/REPORT

A Call for Change: The 2011 Commonwealth Fund Survey of Public Views of the U.S. Health System.

Stremikis K, Schoen C, Fryer AK. 2011;6:1492.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

Challenges in ethics, safety, best practices, and oversight regarding HIT vendors, their customers, and patients: a report of an AMIA special task force.

Goodman KW, Berner ES, Dente MA, et al; AMIA Board of Directors. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2011;18:77-81.

COMMENTARY

Liability reform should make patients safer: "Avoidable classes of events" are a key improvement.

Bovbjerg RR, Tancredi LR. J Law Med Ethics. 2005;33:478-500.

BOOK/REPORT

HealthGrades Seventh Annual Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study.

Golden, CO: HealthGrades, Inc.; March 2010.

BOOK/REPORT

The Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Lecture 2011: New Frontiers in Patient Safety.

Institute of Medicine. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press; 2011. ISBN: 9780309218030.

STUDY

Improving medication safety in primary care using electronic health records.

Nemeth LS, Wessell AM. J Patient Saf. 2010;6:238-243.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

HAC Posting on Hospital Compare.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

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

Connected care: reducing errors through automated vital signs data upload.

Smith LB, Banner L, Lozano D, Olney CM, Friedman B. Comput Inform Nurs. 2009;27:318-323.

BOOK/REPORT

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: An Update on the Quality of American Health Care Through the Patient's Lens.

Davis K, Schoen S, Schoenbaum SC, et al. New York, NY: The Commonwealth Fund; April 2006.

DATABASE/DIRECTORY

MEDMARX®.

Rockville, MD: U.S. Pharmacopeia; 2011.

BOOK/REPORT classic

Safe Practices for Better Healthcare—2010 Update.

National Quality Forum. Washington, DC: National Quality Forum; 2010.

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