AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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•Device-related Complications (51)

•Diagnostic Errors (46)

•Identification Errors (27)

•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (239)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (35)

•Medication Safety (347)

•Medical Complications (228)

•Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (16)

•Surgical Complications (68)

•Transfusion Complications (9)

•Psychological and Social Complications (60)

Origin/Sponsor

•Africa (2)

•Asia (20)

•Australia and New Zealand (43)

•Europe (251)

•North America (1118)

Resource Types

•Audiovisual (20)

•Award (7)

•Book/Report (113)

•Clinical Guideline (1)

•Journal Article (1033)

•Legislation/Regulation (11)

•Meeting/Conference (6)

•Newspaper/Magazine Article (175)

•Press Release/Announcement (2)

•Special or Theme Issue (11)

•Tools/Toolkit (24)

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Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (407)

•Active Errors (162)

•Latent Errors (97)

•Near Miss (18)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (354)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (168)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (417)

•Communication Improvement (377)

•Human Factors Engineering (137)

•Teamwork (95)

•Specialization of Care (102)

•Logistical Approaches (114)

•Culture of Safety (246)

•Technologic Approaches (239)

•Education and Training (250)

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General Internal Medicine

Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (809)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (1135)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (547)

•Patients (124)

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (1262)

•Psychiatric Facilities (5)

•Residential Facilities (9)

•Ambulatory Care (167)

•Outpatient Surgery (4)

•Patient Transport (2)

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BOOK/REPORT

Patient Safety Authority Annual Reports.

Harrisburg, PA: Patient Safety Authority; April 2013.

BOOK/REPORT

HealthGrades Sixth Annual Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study.

Golden, CO: HealthGrades, Inc.; April 2009.

BOOK/REPORT

Patient Safety in Canada: An Update.

Ottawa, ON, Canada: Canadian Institute for Health Information; August 14, 2007.

BOOK/REPORT

HealthGrades Seventh Annual Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study.

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

BOOK/REPORT

HealthGrades Quality Study: Fourth Annual Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study.

Golden, CO: HealthGrades, Inc.; April 2007.

REVIEW

Inpatient fall prevention programs as a patient safety strategy: a systematic review.

Miake-Lye IM, Hempel S, Ganz DA, Shekelle PG. Ann Intern Med. 2013;158(5 Pt 2):390-396.

BOOK/REPORT

To Err Is Human—But Don't Expect to Get Paid For It.

ASQ Quarterly Quality Report. Milwaukee, WI: American Society of Quality; October 2008.

BOOK/REPORT

Hospital-acquired infections in Pennsylvania.

Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council; November 2006.

STUDY

The $17.1 billion problem: the annual cost of measurable medical errors.

Van Den Bos J, Rustagi K, Gray T, Halford M, Ziemkiewicz E, Shreve J. Health Aff (Millwood). 2011;30:596-603.

BOOK/REPORT

2009 National Healthcare Quality Report.

Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; March 2010. AHRQ Publication No. 10-0003.

BOOK/REPORT classic

Improving America's Hospitals: The Joint Commission's Annual Report on Quality and Safety 2011.

Oakbrook Terrace, IL: The Joint Commission; September 2011.

BOOK/REPORT

Improving America's Hospitals: The Joint Commission's Annual Report on Quality and Safety 2012.

Oakbrook Terrace, IL: The Joint Commission; September 2012.

STUDY

Racial disparities in the frequency of patient safety events: results from the National Medicare Patient Safety Monitoring System.

Metersky ML, Hunt DR, Kliman R, et al. Med Care. 2011;49:504-510.

BOOK/REPORT

Eliminating CLABSI: A National Patient Safety Imperative.

Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; September 2011. AHRQ Publication No. 11-0037-1-EF.

STUDY

How do black-serving hospitals perform on patient safety indicators?: Implications for national public reporting and pay-for-performance.

Ly DP, Lopez L, Isaac T, Jha AK. Med Care. 2010;48:1133-1137.

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

Venous thromboembolism after trauma: a never event?

Thorson CM, Ryan ML, Van Haren RM, et al. Crit Care Med. 2012;40:2967-2973.

BOOK/REPORT

Hospital Reporting Program.

Portland, OR: Oregon Patient Safety Commission.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

African Partnerships for Patient Safety.

Geneva, Switzerland: WHO Patient Safety, World Health Organization.

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