AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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•Device-related Complications (53)

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•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (243)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (35)

•Medication Safety (349)

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Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (387)

•Active Errors (165)

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Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (358)

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•Error Reporting and Analysis (414)

•Communication Improvement (378)

•Human Factors Engineering (139)

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•Culture of Safety (250)

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General Internal Medicine

Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (804)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (1146)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (566)

•Patients (126)

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (1282)

•Psychiatric Facilities (5)

•Residential Facilities (9)

•Ambulatory Care (161)

•Outpatient Surgery (4)

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BOOK/REPORT

Safer Hospital Care: Strategies for Continuous Innovation.

Raheja D. New York, NY: Productivity Press; 2011. ISBN: 9781439821022.

BOOK/REPORT

Pulse Report 2009: Safety Culture: Staff Perspectives on American Health Care.

South Bend, IN: Press Ganey Associates, Inc: 2009.

BOOK/REPORT

First, Do Less Harm: Confronting the Inconvenient Problems of Patient Safety.

Koppel R, Gordon S, ed. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press; 2012. ISBN: 9780801450778.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Are we finally getting serious about medical errors?

Burns J. Managed Care Magazine. May 2011;20:23-28.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Raising the index of suspicion: red flags that represent credible threats to patient safety.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. July 26, 2012;17:1-3.

BOOK/REPORT classic

Safe Patients, Smart Hospitals: How One Doctor's Checklist Can Help Us Change Health Care from the Inside Out.

Pronovost P, Vohr E. New York, NY: Hudson Street Press; 2010. ISBN: 9781594630644.

BOOK/REPORT

The Measurement and Monitoring of Safety.

Vincent C, Burnett S, Carthey J. London, UK: Health Foundation; April 2013. ISBN: 9781906461447.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

When errors occur.

Wetzel TG. Hosp Health Netw. October 2010.

STUDY

An organizational assessment of disruptive clinician behavior: findings and implications.

Walrath JM, Dang D, Nyberg D. J Nurs Care Qual. 2013;28:110-121.

COMMENTARY

Perspective: a culture of respect—part 1 and part 2.

Leape LL, Shore MF, Dienstag JL, et al. Acad Med. 2012;87:845-858.

STUDY

Evaluation of organizational culture among different levels of healthcare staff participating in the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's 100,000 Lives Campaign.

Sinkowitz-Cochran RL, Garcia-Williams A, Hackbarth AD, et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2012;33:135-143.

BOOK/REPORT

Using Workforce Practices to Drive Quality Improvement: A Guide for Hospitals.

McHugh M, Garman A, McAlearney A, Song P, Harrison M. Chicago, IL: Health Research & Educational Trust; June 2010.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Driving out errors, with mom in mind.

Weinstock M. Hosp Health Netw. April 2011.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Disruptive behavior affects hospital financial health.

Crane M. Medscape Medical News. December 11, 2010.

BOOK/REPORT

Patient Safety: An Engineering Approach.

Dhillon BS. New York, NY: CRC Press; 2011. ISBN: 9781439873861.

STUDY

Patient safety climate in US hospitals: variation by management level.

Singer SJ, Falwell A, Gaba DM, Baker LC. Med Care. 2008;46:1149-1156.

STUDY

Identifying organizational cultures that promote patient safety.

Singer SJ, Falwell A, Gaba DM, et al. Health Care Manage Rev. 2009;34:300-311.

MEETING/CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

The Role of HR in Quality and Patient Safety.

The American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration. San Diego, CA: July 24, 2008.

BOOK/REPORT

Second Victim: Error, Guilt, Trauma, and Resilience.

Dekker S. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press; 2013. ISBN: 9781466583412.

STUDY

Safety leadership: a meta-analytic review of transformational and transactional leadership styles as antecedents of safety behaviours.

Clarke S. J Occup Organ Psychol. 2013;86:22-49.

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