AHRQ Patient Safety Network

The Collection > Health Care Executives and Administrators

Narrow By

clear selections

Safety Target

•Device-related Complications (132)

•Diagnostic Errors (103)

•Identification Errors (95)

•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (336)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (71)

•Medication Safety (840)

•Medical Complications (404)

•Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (77)

•Surgical Complications (339)

•Transfusion Complications (16)

•Psychological and Social Complications (123)

Origin/Sponsor

•Africa (5)

•Asia (31)

•Australia and New Zealand (78)

•Central and South America (5)

•Europe (274)

•North America (2887)

Resource Types

•Clinical Guideline (3)

•Journal Article (2317)

•Legislation/Regulation (48)

•Meeting/Conference (43)

•Newsletter/Journal (12)

•Newspaper/Magazine Article (341)

•Press Release/Announcement (24)

•Special or Theme Issue (66)

•Tools/Toolkit (48)

•Web Resource (105)

•Grant (12)

Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (645)

•Active Errors (385)

•Latent Errors (176)

•Near Miss (61)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (949)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (430)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (1059)

•Communication Improvement (786)

•Human Factors Engineering (393)

•Teamwork (317)

•Specialization of Care (238)

•Logistical Approaches (233)

•Culture of Safety (821)

•Technologic Approaches (572)

•Education and Training (614)

Clinical Areas

•Allied Health Services (15)

•Complementary and Alternative Medicine (1)

Target Audience
< All

Health Care Executives and Administrators

•Facility and Group Administrators (194)

•Nurse Managers (158)

•Risk Managers (274)

•Quality and Safety Professionals (1053)

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (2028)

•Psychiatric Facilities (16)

•Residential Facilities (73)

•Ambulatory Care (246)

•Outpatient Surgery (34)

•Patient Transport (25)

1 - 20 of 3342

Show ExcerptDon't Show Excerpt

dropdown

COMMENTARY

In Conversation with...James P. Bagian, MD

AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. September 2006.

BOOK/REPORT

VA Patient Safety Program: A Cultural Perspective at Four Medical Facilities.

US Government Accountability Office. Washington, DC: US Government Accountability Office; 2004. Publication GAO-05-83.

COMMENTARY

Patient safety: what is really at issue?

Bagian JP. Front Health Serv Manage. Fall 2005;22:3-16.

STUDY

Organisational culture: variation across hospitals and connection to patient safety climate.

Speroff T, Nwosu S, Greevy R, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:592-596.

AWARD RECIPIENT

2006 Quest for Quality Prize.

Runy LA. Hosp Health Netw. September 2006.

BOOK/REPORT

What Every Health Care Organization Should Know about Sentinel Events.

McKee J, ed. Oakbrook Terrace, IL: Joint Commission Resources; 2005. ISBN: 0866889116.

COMMENTARY

Organizational Change in the Face of Highly Public Errors—I. The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Experience

Conway JB, Weingart SN. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. May 2005.

COMMENTARY

Path to safety: benefits of the 2005 Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act.

McBride D, Greening A, Redmond D. Healthc Financ Manage. June 2006;60:84-88.

STUDY

Professionalism: a necessary ingredient in a culture of safety.

DuPree E, Anderson R, McEvoy MD, Brodman M. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2011;37:447-455.

COMMENTARY

Implementing patient safety initiatives in rural hospitals.

Klingner J, Moscovice I, Tupper J, Coburn A, Wakefield M. J Rural Health. 2009;25:352-357.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Global goal: reduce medical errors.

Szabo L. USA Today. August 23, 2005.

AUDIOVISUAL

Good News: How Hospitals Heal Themselves [documentary].

Washington, DC: CCM, Inc.; 2006. Crawford-Mason C (producer), Dobyns L (reporter); Management Wisdom Video Series.

COMMENTARY classic

Computerization can create safety hazards: a bar-coding near miss.

McDonald CJ. Ann Intern Med. 2006;144:510-516.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

How safe do patients feel?

Wolosin R, Vercler L, Matthews J. Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare. November/December 2005;2:40-44.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Leadership practices to advance patient safety.

Crowley JD, Deen JB. Patient Saf Qual Healthc. May/June 2009;6:18-22.

STUDY

Closing the loop: follow-up and feedback in a patient safety program.

Gandhi TK, Graydon-Baker E, Neppl Huber C, Whittemore AD, Gustafson M. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2005;31:614-621.

COMMENTARY

The Role of the Patient in Improving Patient Safety

Gibson R. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. March 2007.

COMMENTARY

Using medical-error reporting to drive patient safety efforts.

Stow J. AORN J. 2006;84:406-408, 411-414, 417-420.

AWARD RECIPIENT

A comprehensive grassroots model for statewide safety improvement.

Joshi M, Kazandjian V, Martin P, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2005;31:671-677.

STUDY

The long road to patient safety: a status report on patient safety systems.

Longo DR, Hewett JE, Ge B, Schubert S. JAMA. 2005;294:2858-2865.

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