AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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•Device-related Complications (2)

•Diagnostic Errors (3)

•Identification Errors (4)

•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (20)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (3)

•Medication Safety (40)

•Medical Complications (18)

•Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (2)

•Surgical Complications (10)

•Psychological and Social Complications (12)

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•Book/Report (8)

•Journal Article (168)

•Legislation/Regulation (2)

•Newsletter/Journal (1)

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•Special or Theme Issue (4)

•Tools/Toolkit (1)

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Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (49)

•Active Errors (22)

•Latent Errors (7)

•Near Miss (1)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (31)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (20)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (68)

•Communication Improvement (48)

•Human Factors Engineering (17)

•Teamwork (19)

•Specialization of Care (28)

•Logistical Approaches (10)

•Culture of Safety (25)

•Technologic Approaches (21)

•Education and Training (34)

Clinical Areas

•Allied Health Services (3)

•Medicine (108)

•Nursing (18)

•Pharmacy (15)

Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (108)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (155)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (84)

•Patients (6)

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (121)

•Residential Facilities (3)

•Ambulatory Care (14)

•Patient Transport (4)

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COMMENTARY

Culture, language, and patient safety: making the link.

Johnstone MJ, Kanitsaki O. Int J Qual Health Care. 2006;18:383-8.

STUDY

Measurement for improvement: a survey of current practice in Australian public hospitals.

Brand CA, Tropea J, Ibrahim JE, et al. Med J Aust. 2008;189:35-40.

REVIEW

Strategies for improving patient safety culture in hospitals: a systematic review.

Morello RT, Lowthian JA, Barker AL, McGinnes R, Dunt D, Brand C. BMJ Qual Saf. 2013;22:11-18.

STUDY

What stops hospital clinical staff from following protocols? An analysis of the incidence and factors behind the failure of bedside clinical staff to activate the rapid response system in a multi-campus Australian metropolitan healthcare service.

Shearer B, Marshall S, Buist MD, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21:569-575.

STUDY

Patient safety culture: factors that influence clinician involvement in patient safety behaviours.

Wakefield JG, McLaws ML, Whitby M, Patton L. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:585-591.

STUDY

Identification of doctors at risk of recurrent complaints: a national study of healthcare complaints in Australia.

Bismark MM, Spittal MJ, Gurrin LC, Ward M, Studdert DM. BMJ Qual Saf. 2013 Apr 10; [Epub ahead of print].

STUDY

A 'Communication and Patient Safety' training programme for all healthcare staff: can it make a difference?

Lee P, Allen K, Daly M. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21:84-88.

COMMENTARY

Improving hospital performance: culture change is not the answer.

Leggat SG, Dwyer J. Healthc Q. 2005;8:60-68.

REVIEW

Medication safety in acute care in Australia: where are we now? Part 2: a review of strategies and activities for improving medication safety 2002-2008.

Semple SJ, Roughead EE. Aust New Zealand Health Policy. 2009;6:24.

STUDY

Effects of two commercial electronic prescribing systems on prescribing error rates in hospital in-patients: a before and after study.

Westbrook JI, Reckmann M, Li L, et al. PLoS Med. 2012;9:e1001164.

STUDY

Impact of online education on intern behaviour around Joint Commission national patient safety goals: a randomised trial.

Shaw TJ, Pernar LI, Peyre SE, et al. BMJ Qual Care. 2012;21:819-825.

REVIEW

Medication safety in acute care in Australia: where are we now? Part 1: a review of the extent and causes of medication problems 2002-2008.

Roughead EE, Semple SJ. Aust New Zealand Health Policy. 2009;6:18.

REVIEW

Systematic review of safety checklists for use by medical care teams in acute hospital settings—limited evidence of effectiveness.

Ko HCH, Turner TJ, Finnigan MA. BMC Health Serv Res. 2011;11:211.

COMMENTARY

Understanding medication safety in healthcare settings: a critical review of conceptual models.

Liu W, Manias E, Gerdtz M. Nurs Inq. 2011;18:290-302.

REVIEW

Interruptions in healthcare: theoretical views.

Grundgeiger T, Sanderson P. Int J Med Inform. 2009;78:293-307.

STUDY

Reported medication errors after introducing an electronic medication management system.

Redley B, Botti M. J Clin Nurs. 2013;22:579-589.

STUDY

Analysis of Australian newspaper coverage of medication errors.

Hinchcliff R, Westbrook J, Greenfield D, Baysari M, Moldovan M, Braithwaite J. Int J Qual Health Care. 2012;24:1-8.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Elderly Falls.

J Safety Res. 2011;42:415-542.

STUDY

An adverse event screening tool based on routinely collected hospital-acquired diagnoses.

Brand C, Tropea J, Gorelik A, Jolley D, Scott I, Sundararajan V. Int J Qual Health Care. 2012;24:266-278.

STUDY

An effectiveness analysis of healthcare systems using a systems theoretic approach.

Chuang S, Inder K. BMC Health Serv Res. 2009;9:195.

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