AHRQ Patient Safety Network

The Collection > Patients

Narrow By

clear selections

Safety Target

•Device-related Complications (37)

•Diagnostic Errors (47)

•Identification Errors (46)

•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (54)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (11)

•Medication Safety (164)

•Medical Complications (89)

•Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (15)

•Surgical Complications (109)

•Transfusion Complications (4)

•Psychological and Social Complications (33)

Origin/Sponsor

•Australia and New Zealand (2)

Resource Types

•Journal Article (67)

•Legislation/Regulation (7)

•Meeting/Conference (1)

•Newsletter/Journal (4)

•Newspaper/Magazine Article (357)

•Press Release/Announcement (6)

•Special or Theme Issue (1)

•Tools/Toolkit (26)

•Web Resource (51)

•Grant (1)

Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (57)

•Active Errors (138)

•Latent Errors (53)

•Near Miss (1)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (138)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (195)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (192)

•Communication Improvement (204)

•Human Factors Engineering (70)

•Teamwork (17)

•Specialization of Care (23)

•Logistical Approaches (33)

•Culture of Safety (55)

•Technologic Approaches (90)

•Education and Training (135)

Clinical Areas

•Allied Health Services (1)

Target Audience
< All

Patients

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (389)

•Psychiatric Facilities (3)

•Residential Facilities (9)

•Ambulatory Care (68)

•Outpatient Surgery (13)

•Patient Transport (2)

1 - 20 of 658

Show ExcerptDon't Show Excerpt

dropdown

AUDIOVISUAL

Hospital-acquired infections.

Moss-Coane M, O'Connell K, Fishman N. Radio Times. April 28, 2011.

AUDIOVISUAL

Chasing Zero: Winning the War on Healthcare Harm.

Austin, TX: Texas Medical Institute for Technology and the Quaid Foundation; 2010.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Why don't doctors wash their hands more?

Chen PW. New York Times. September 17, 2009.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

U.S. inaction lets look-alike tubes kill patients.

Harris G. New York Times. August 21, 2010:A1.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Behind one hospital's fight against deadly infection.

Landro L. Wall Street Journal. June 5, 2012;D1.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Genome detectives solve a hospital's deadly outbreak.

Kolata G. New York Times. August 22, 2012.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Hospitals tally their avoidable mistakes.

Rein L. Washington Post. July 21, 2009:E1.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

How American health care killed my father.

Goldhill D. The Atlantic. September 2009.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Hospital errors jeopardize Angola virus battle.

Grady D. New York Times. April 30, 2005.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Far more could be done to stop the deadly bacteria C. diff.

Eisler P. USA Today. August 16, 2012.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Hospital safety: your responsibility or theirs?

Teegardin C. Atlanta Journal-Constitution. April 28, 2013.

FACT SHEET/FAQS

Preventing Infections in the Hospital—What You As a Patient Can Do.

Chicago, IL: National Patient Safety Foundation.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

10 things your hospital won't tell you.

Kapadia R. Smart Money. October 2006;15:112-114.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Pressing for better quality across healthcare.

Levey NN. Los Angeles Times. October 4, 2011.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Hospital infections hard to gauge.

Hamill SD. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. April 18, 2010:A1.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Brigham and Women's airing medical mistakes.

Kowalczyk L. Boston Globe. April 9, 2013.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Medical errors harm huge number of patients. What will it take to make America's hospitals safer?

Sternberg S. US News & World Report. August 28, 2012.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

SAFE CARE Patient Safety Education Program.

Mableton, GA: Safe Care Campaign.

AUDIOVISUAL

Battling hospital-acquired infections.

Gross T. "Fresh Air." National Public Radio. January 9, 2008.

BOOK/REPORT classic

When Things Go Wrong: Responding to Adverse Events.

A Consensus Statement of the Harvard Hospitals. Burlington: Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors; 2006.

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