AHRQ Patient Safety Network

The Collection > General Internal Medicine

Narrow By

clear selections

Safety Target

•Device-related Complications (50)

•Diagnostic Errors (46)

•Identification Errors (28)

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

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (35)

•Medication Safety (351)

•Medical Complications (229)

•Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (16)

•Surgical Complications (70)

•Transfusion Complications (9)

•Psychological and Social Complications (60)

Origin/Sponsor

•Africa (2)

•Asia (20)

•Australia and New Zealand (43)

•Europe (255)

•North America (1118)

Resource Types

•Audiovisual (19)

•Award (7)

•Book/Report (112)

•Clinical Guideline (1)

•Journal Article (1038)

•Legislation/Regulation (11)

•Meeting/Conference (6)

•Newspaper/Magazine Article (174)

•Press Release/Announcement (2)

•Special or Theme Issue (11)

•Tools/Toolkit (24)

•Web Resource (27)

•Grant (2)

Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (407)

•Active Errors (163)

•Latent Errors (100)

•Near Miss (18)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (356)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (168)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (417)

•Communication Improvement (382)

•Human Factors Engineering (139)

•Teamwork (94)

•Specialization of Care (101)

•Logistical Approaches (116)

•Culture of Safety (246)

•Technologic Approaches (241)

•Education and Training (251)

Clinical Areas
< All

General Internal Medicine

Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (808)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (1136)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (550)

•Patients (124)

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (1259)

•Psychiatric Facilities (5)

•Residential Facilities (9)

•Ambulatory Care (173)

•Outpatient Surgery (4)

•Patient Transport (2)

1 - 20 of 1434

Show ExcerptDon't Show Excerpt

dropdown

STUDY

Eradicating central line–associated bloodstream infections statewide: the Hawaii experience.

Lin DM, Weeks K, Bauer L, et al. Am J Med Qual. 2012;27:124-129.

STUDY

Maintaining and sustaining the On the CUSP: Stop BSI model in Hawaii.

Lin DM, Weeks K, Holzmueller CG, Pronovost PJ, Pham JC. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2013;39:51-60.

STUDY

Thomas AN, Panchagnula U. Anaesthesia. 2008;63:726-733.

STUDY

The effect of medication reconciliation in elderly patients at hospital discharge.

Midlöv P, Bahrani L, Seyfali M, Höglund P, Rickhag E, Eriksson T. Int J Clin Pharm. 2012;34:113-119.

STUDY

Using Healthcare Failure Mode and Effect Analysis to reduce medication errors in the process of drug prescription, validation and dispensing in hospitalised patients.

Vélez-Díaz-Pallarés M, Delgado-Silveira E, Carretero-Accame ME, Bermejo-Vicedo T. BMJ Qual Saf. 2013;22:42-52.

BOOK/REPORT

IBEAS: A Pioneer Study on Patient Safety in Latin America: Towards Safer Hospital Care.

Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 2011.

STUDY

The effects of computerized provider order entry implementation on communication in intensive care units.

Hoonakker PL, Carayon P, Walker JM, Brown RL, Cartmill RS. Int J Med Inform. 2013;82:e107-e117.

STUDY

Effect of medication reconciliation at hospital admission on medication discrepancies during hospitalization and at discharge for geriatric patients.

Cornu P, Steurbaut S, Leysen T, et al. Ann Pharmacother. 2012;46:484-494.

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

Effect of illness severity and comorbidity on patient safety and adverse events.

Naessens J, Campbell CR, Shah N, et al. Am J Med Qual. 2012;27:48-57.

STUDY

Medication details documented on hospital discharge: cross-sectional observational study of factors associated with medication non-reconciliation.

Grimes TC, Duggan CA, Delaney TP, et al. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2011;71:449-457.

BOOK/REPORT

Lucado J, Paez K, Elixhauser A. HCUP Statistical Brief #109. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; April 2011.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Perfect is possible.

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

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

African Partnerships for Patient Safety.

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

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Medication errors: when pharmacy is closed.

PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. March 2012;9:11-17.

STUDY

Potential risk of medication discrepancies and reconciliation errors at admission and discharge from an inpatient medical service.

Climente-Martí M, García-Mañón ER, Artero-Mora AA, Jiménez-Torres NV. Ann Pharmacother. 2010;44:1747-1754.

BOOK/REPORT

2009 National Healthcare Quality Report.

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

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

A success story in American health care: eliminating infections and saving lives in Michigan.

Herzer K, Seshamani M. HealthReform.Gov. July 2009.

STUDY

A multidisciplinary approach to reduce central line–associated bloodstream infections.

McMullan C, Propper G, Schuhmacher C, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2013;39:61-69.

STUDY

Omitted and unjustified medications in the discharge summary.

Perren A, Previsdomini M, Cerutti B, Soldini D, Donghi D, Marone C. Qual Saf Health Care. 2009;18:205-208.

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