AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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•Device-related Complications (8)

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•Identification Errors (3)

•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (16)

•Medication Safety (75)

•Medical Complications (5)

•Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (14)

•Surgical Complications (2)

•Psychological and Social Complications (3)

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•Journal Article (121)

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Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (45)

•Active Errors (45)

•Latent Errors (14)

•Near Miss (5)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (43)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (12)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (57)

•Communication Improvement (37)

•Human Factors Engineering (24)

•Teamwork (9)

•Specialization of Care (13)

•Logistical Approaches (4)

•Culture of Safety (10)

•Technologic Approaches (23)

•Education and Training (26)

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Medical Oncology

Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (121)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (112)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (45)

•Patients (15)

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (62)

•Psychiatric Facilities (1)

•Residential Facilities (1)

•Ambulatory Care (37)

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STUDY

Disclosing medical errors to patients: it's not what you say, it's what they hear.

Wu AW, Huang IC, Stokes S, Pronovost PJ. J Gen Intern Med. 2009;24:1012-1017.

STUDY

Clinical impact and frequency of anatomic pathology errors in cancer diagnoses.

Raab SS, Grzybicki DM, Janosky JE, et al. Cancer. 2005;104:2205-2213.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE classic

Doctor’s orders killed cancer patient: Dana-Farber admits drug overdose caused death of Globe columnist, damage to second woman.

Knox RA. The Boston Globe. March 23, 1995; Metro/Region section: 1.

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Diagnostic inaccuracy of smartphone applications for melanoma detection.

Wolf JA, Moreau J, Akilov O, et al. JAMA Dermatol. 2013 Jan 16; [Epub ahead of print].

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Assessment of the global trigger tool to measure, monitor and evaluate patient safety in cancer patients: reliability concerns are raised.

Mattsson TO, Knudsen JL, Lauritsen J, Brixen K, Herrstedt J. BMJ Qual Saf. 2013 Feb 27; [Epub ahead of print].

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Medication errors in the home: a multisite study of children with cancer.

Walsh KE, Roblin DW, Weingart SN, et al. Pediatrics. 2013;131:e1405-e1414.

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The impact of drug shortages on children with cancer—the example of mechlorethamine.

Metzger ML, Billett A, Link MP. N Engl J Med. 2012;367:2461-2463.

REVIEW

'Why is there another person's name on my infusion bag?' Patient safety in chemotherapy care—a review of the literature.

Kullberg A, Larsen J, Sharp L. Eur J Oncol Nurs. 2013;17:228-235.

STUDY

Outside case review of surgical pathology for referred patients: the impact on patient care.

Swapp RE, Aubry MC, Salomão DR, Cheville JC. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2013;137:233-240.

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Toward patient-centered cancer care: patient perceptions of problematic events, impact, and response.

Mazor KM, Roblin DW, Greene SM, et al. J Clin Oncol. 2012;30:1784-1790.

STUDY

Exploring situational awareness in diagnostic errors in primary care.

Singh H, Davis Giardina T, Petersen LA, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21:30-38.

STUDY

More than words: patients' views on apology and disclosure when things go wrong in cancer care.

Mazor KM, Greene SM, Roblin D, et al. Patient Educ Couns. 2013;90:341-346.

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Safety hazards in cancer care: findings using three different methods.

Lipczak H, Knudsen JL, Nissen A. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:1052-1056.

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Inaccuracies in assignment of clinical stage for localized prostate cancer.

Reese AC, Sadetsky N, Carroll PR, Cooperberg MR. Cancer. 2011;117:283-289.

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Medication errors involving oral chemotherapy.

Weingart SN, Toro J, Spencer J, et al. Cancer. 2010;116:2455-2464.

COMMENTARY

The quest to eliminate intrathecal vincristine errors: a 40-year journey.

Noble DJ, Donaldson LJ. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:323-326.

STUDY

Using consumer-based kiosk technology to improve and standardize medication reconciliation in a specialty care setting.

Lesselroth B, Adams S, Felder R, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2009;35:264-271.

REVIEW

An international review of patient safety measures in radiotherapy practice.

Shafiq J, Barton M, Noble D, Lemer C, Donaldson LJ. Radiother Oncol. 2009;92:15-21.

STUDY

Process of care failures in breast cancer diagnosis.

Weingart SN, Saadeh MG, Simchowitz B, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2009;24:702-709.

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The You CAN campaign: teamwork training for patients and families in ambulatory oncology.

Weingart SN, Simchowitz B, Kahlert Eng T, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2009;35:63-71.

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