AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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•Device-related Complications (53)

•Diagnostic Errors (37)

•Identification Errors (25)

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

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (36)

•Medication Safety (349)

•Medical Complications (230)

•Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (16)

•Surgical Complications (69)

•Transfusion Complications (9)

•Psychological and Social Complications (59)

Origin/Sponsor

•Africa (2)

•Asia (17)

•Australia and New Zealand (41)

•Europe (219)

•North America (1157)

Resource Types

•Audiovisual (21)

•Award (7)

•Book/Report (109)

•Clinical Guideline (1)

•Journal Article (1031)

•Legislation/Regulation (11)

•Meeting/Conference (7)

•Newspaper/Magazine Article (180)

•Press Release/Announcement (2)

•Special or Theme Issue (12)

•Tools/Toolkit (22)

•Web Resource (28)

•Grant (1)

Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (384)

•Active Errors (165)

•Latent Errors (107)

•Near Miss (20)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (355)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (166)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (413)

•Communication Improvement (374)

•Human Factors Engineering (138)

•Teamwork (95)

•Specialization of Care (101)

•Logistical Approaches (116)

•Culture of Safety (242)

•Technologic Approaches (242)

•Education and Training (250)

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General Internal Medicine

Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (794)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (1140)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (557)

•Patients (126)

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (1290)

•Psychiatric Facilities (5)

•Residential Facilities (9)

•Ambulatory Care (144)

•Outpatient Surgery (4)

•Patient Transport (2)

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BOOK/REPORT

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

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

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

Transparency and public reporting are essential for a safe health care system.

Leape LL. Perspect Health Reform. New York, NY: The Commonwealth Fund; March 17, 2010.

AUDIOVISUAL

Web sites compare how hospitals measure up.

Neary L. "Talk of the Nation." National Public Radio. August 26, 2008.

BOOK/REPORT

Achieving an Exceptional Patient and Family Experience of Inpatient Hospital Care.

Balik B, Conway J, Zipperer L, Watson J. Cambridge, MA: Institute for Healthcare Improvement; 2011.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Perfect is possible.

Berwick DM, Leape LL. Newsweek. October 16, 2006:70-71.

BOOK/REPORT

HealthGrades Sixth Annual Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study.

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

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.

MEASUREMENT TOOL/INDICATOR

2011 ISMP Medication Safety Self Assessment for Hospitals.

Horsham, PA: Institute for Safe Medication Practices; April 2011.

STUDY

Board quality scorecards: measuring improvement.

Goeschel CA, Berenholtz SM, Culbertson RA, Jin LD, Pronovost PJ. Am J Med Qual. 2011;26:254-260.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Driving out errors, with mom in mind.

Weinstock M. Hosp Health Netw. April 2011.

STUDY

How often are potential patient safety events present on admission?

Houchens RL, Elixhauser A, Romano PS. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2008;34:154-163.

BOOK/REPORT

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

Golden, CO: HealthGrades, Inc.; April 2008.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

Transitions of Care Consensus Policy Statement American College of Physicians-Society of General Internal Medicine-Society of Hospital Medicine-American Geriatrics Society-American College of Emergency Physicians-Society of Academic Emergency Medicine.

Snow V, Beck D, Budnitz T, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2009;24:971-976.

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

HealthGrades Seventh Annual Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study.

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

COMMENTARY

Integrating CUSP and TRIP to improve patient safety.

Romig M, Goeschel C, Pronovost P, Berenholtz SM. Hosp Pract (Minneap). 2010;38:114-121.

STUDY

Does the Leapfrog program help identify high-quality hospitals?

Jha AK, Orav EJ, Ridgway AB, Zheng J, Epstein AM. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2008;34:318-325.

COMMENTARY

The Safe Tables Collaborative: a statewide experience.

Wagner CA, Cecchettini D, Fletcher J. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2011;37:206-210.

STUDY

Association of a clinical knowledge support system with improved patient safety, reduced complications and shorter length of stay among Medicare beneficiaries in acute care hospitals in the United States.

Bonis PA, Pickens GT, Rind DM, Foster DA. Int J Med Inform. 2008;77:745-753.

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