AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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•Device-related Complications (6)

•Diagnostic Errors (6)

•Identification Errors (3)

•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (31)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (3)

•Medication Safety (56)

•Medical Complications (23)

•Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (1)

•Surgical Complications (14)

•Psychological and Social Complications (12)

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•Book/Report (6)

•Journal Article (216)

•Legislation/Regulation (2)

•Newsletter/Journal (1)

•Press Release/Announcement (1)

•Special or Theme Issue (5)

•Tools/Toolkit (1)

•Web Resource (1)

Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (59)

•Active Errors (29)

•Latent Errors (9)

•Near Miss (3)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (47)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (21)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (76)

•Communication Improvement (59)

•Human Factors Engineering (30)

•Teamwork (18)

•Specialization of Care (32)

•Logistical Approaches (14)

•Culture of Safety (26)

•Technologic Approaches (32)

•Education and Training (47)

Clinical Areas

•Allied Health Services (2)

•Medicine (145)

•Nursing (33)

•Pharmacy (20)

Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (141)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (203)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (103)

•Patients (4)

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (150)

•Psychiatric Facilities (1)

•Residential Facilities (4)

•Ambulatory Care (14)

•Patient Transport (7)

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COMMENTARY

Patient safety in an interprofessional learning environment.

Horsburgh M, Merry AF, Seddon M. Med Educ. 2005;39:512-513.

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.

STUDY

The effect of physicians' long-term use of CPOE on their test management work practices.

Callen JL, Westbrook JI, Braithwaite J. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2006;13:643-652.

STUDY

Determinants of patient-reported medication errors: a comparison among seven countries.

Lu CY, Roughead E. Int J Clin Pract. 2011;65:733-740.

REVIEW

Evaluating the effectiveness of health care teams.

Mickan SM. Aust Health Rev. 2005;29:211-217.

STUDY

The incidence and cost of adverse events in Victorian hospitals 2003-04.

Ehsani JP, Jackson T, Duckett SJ. Med J Aust. 2006;184:551-555.

PRESS RELEASE/ANNOUNCEMENT

AMA Safe Hours On-line Survey: 8–14 May 2006.

Barton, ACT, Australia: Australian Medical Association; May 1, 2006.

STUDY

A new structure of attention? Open disclosure of adverse events to patients and their families.

Iedema R, Jorm C, Wakefield J, Ryan C, Sorensen R. J Lang Social Psychol. 2009;28:139-157.

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.

BOOK/REPORT

Safe Handover: Safe Patients.

Kingston, ACT, Australia: Australian Medical Association; 2006.

STUDY

A secondary care nursing perspective on medication administration safety.

McBride-Henry K, Foureur M. J Adv Nurs. 2007;60:58-66.

REVIEW

Interruptions in healthcare: theoretical views.

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

STUDY

Development and early experience from an intervention to facilitate teamwork between general practices and allied health providers: the Team-link study.

Harris MF, Chan BC, Daniel C, Wan Q, Zwar N, Davies GP. BMC Health Serv Res. 2010;10:104.

STUDY

The impact of the medical emergency team on the resuscitation practice of critical care nurses.

Santiano N, Young L, Baramy LS, et al; Clinical Analysis Group. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:115-120.

STUDY

Reducing potentially fatal errors associated with high doses of insulin: a successful multifaceted multidisciplinary prevention strategy.

Dooley MJ, Wiseman M, McRae A, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:637-644.

STUDY

What do patients and relatives know about problems and failures in care?

Iedema R, Allen S, Britton K, Gallagher TH. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21:198-205.

COMMENTARY

Using portable digital technology for clinical care and critical incidents: a new model.

Bolsin SN, Faunce T, Colson M. Aust Health Rev. 2005;29:297-305.

COMMENTARY

Improving hospital performance: culture change is not the answer.

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

STUDY

Measurement of adverse events using "incidence flagged" diagnosis codes.

Jackson T, Duckett S, Shepheard J, Baxter K. J Health Serv Res Policy. 2006;11:21-26.

STUDY

Evaluation of an intervention aimed at improving voluntary incident reporting in hospitals.

Evans SM, Smith BJ, Esterman A, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2007;16:169-175.

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