AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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•Device-related Complications (40)

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•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (208)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (20)

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Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (407)

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Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (273)

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General Internal Medicine

Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (772)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (915)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (436)

•Patients (69)

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (916)

•Psychiatric Facilities (4)

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•Ambulatory Care (202)

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Clinical outcomes from the use of Medication Report when elderly patients are discharged from hospital.

Midlöv P, Deierborg E, Holmdahl L, Höglund P, Eriksson T. Pharm World Sci. 2008;30:840-845.

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Approaches to reducing the most important patient errors in primary health-care: patient and professional perspectives.

Buetow S, Kiata L, Liew T, Kenealy T, Dovey S, Elwyn G. Health Soc Care Community. 2010;18:296-303.

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Medication prescribing and monitoring errors in primary care: a report from the Practice Partner Research Network.

Wessell AM, Litvin C, Jenkins RG, Nietert PJ, Nemeth LS, Ornstein SM. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:e21.

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Safety incidents in family medicine.

O'Beirne M, Sterling PD, Zwicker K, Hebert P, Norton PG. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:1005-1010.

COMMENTARY

Lethal Cap.

Schillinger D. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. March 2004.

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Electronic health record-based surveillance of diagnostic errors in primary care.

Singh H, Giardina TD, Forjuoh SN, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;22:93-100.

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Feasibility of centre-based incident reporting in primary healthcare: the SPIEGEL study.

Zwart DL, Steerneman AH, van Rensen EL, Kalkman CJ, Verheij TJ. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:121-127.

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Transitioning between electronic health records: effects on ambulatory prescribing safety.

Abramson EL, Malhotra S, Fischer K, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2011;26:868-874.

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How do physicians conduct medication reviews?

Tarn DM, Paterniti DA, Kravitz RL, Fein S, Wenger NS. J Gen Intern Med. 2009;24:1296-1302.

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Confidential reporting of patient safety events in primary care: results from a multilevel classification of cognitive and system factors.

Kostopoulou O, Delaney B. Qual Saf Health Care. 2007;16:95-100.

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Improving medication reconciliation in the outpatient setting.

Varkey P, Cunningham J, Bisping S. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007;33:286-292.

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Medical errors reported by French general practitioners in training: results of a survey and individual interviews.

Venus E, Galam E, Aubert JP, Nougairede M. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21:279-286.

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The quality, safety and content of telephone and face-to-face consultations: a comparative study.

McKinstry B, Hammersley V, Burton C, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:298-303.

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The relationship of self-report of quality to practice size and health information technology.

Gorman PN, O'Malley JP, Fagnan LJ. J Am Board Fam Med. 2012;25:614-624.

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The management of test results in primary care: does an electronic medical record make a difference?

Elder NC, McEwen TR, Flach J, Gallimore J, Pallerla H. Fam Med. 2010;42:327-333.

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Harm caused by adverse events in primary care: a clinical observational study.

Wetzels R, Wolters R, van Weel C, Wensing M. J Eval Clin Pract. 2009;15:323-327.

COMMENTARY

Urine a Tough Position.

Gandhi TK. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. October 2003.

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Impact of implementing alerts about medication black-box warnings in electronic health records.

Yu DT, Seger DL, Lasser KE, et al. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2011;20:192-202.

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Patient safety in out-of-hours primary care: a review of patient records.

Smits M, Huibers L, Kerssemeijer B, de Feijter E, Wensing M, Giesen P. BMC Health Serv Res. 2010;10:335.

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Better medical office safety culture is not associated with better scores on quality measures.

Hagopian B, Singer ME, Curry-Smith AC, Nottingham K, Hickner J. J Patient Saf. 2012;8:15-21.

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