AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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•Device-related Complications (116)

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•Identification Errors (70)

•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (310)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (104)

•Medication Safety (649)

•Medical Complications (338)

•Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (60)

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Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (416)

•Active Errors (321)

•Latent Errors (164)

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Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (654)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (383)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (706)

•Communication Improvement (695)

•Human Factors Engineering (288)

•Teamwork (364)

•Specialization of Care (195)

•Logistical Approaches (263)

•Culture of Safety (690)

•Technologic Approaches (404)

•Education and Training (727)

Clinical Areas

•Allied Health Services (5)

Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (1655)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (1896)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (1032)

•Patients (608)

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (2139)

•Psychiatric Facilities (9)

•Residential Facilities (45)

•Ambulatory Care (180)

•Outpatient Surgery (26)

•Patient Transport (11)

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STUDY

A patient safety objective structured clinical examination.

Singh R, Singh A, Fish R, McLean D, Anderson DR, Singh G. J Patient Saf. 2009;5:55-60.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

To reduce risks, hospitals enlist 'proceduralists.'

Landro L. Wall Street Journal. July 11, 2007:D1.

STUDY

Physicians' needs in coping with emotional stressors: the case for peer support.

Hu YY, Fix ML, Hevelone ND, et al. Arch Surg. 2012;147:212-217.

STUDY

Trainees' perceptions of patient safety practices: recounting failures of supervision.

Ross PT, McMyler ET, Anderson SG, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2011;37:88-95.

BOOK/REPORT classic

Josie's Story.

King S. New York, NY: Atlantic Monthly Press; 2009. ISBN: 9780802119209.

AUDIOVISUAL

Good News: How Hospitals Heal Themselves [documentary].

Washington, DC: CCM, Inc.; 2006. Crawford-Mason C (producer), Dobyns L (reporter); Management Wisdom Video Series.

AUDIOVISUAL

Obama Administration introduces plan to reduce preventable medical errors.

PBS News Hour. April 12, 2011.

BOOK/REPORT

Recommendations for Safe Use of Insulin in Hospitals.

Bethesda, MD: American Society of Health-System Pharmacists; 2006.

STUDY

Using an objective structured clinical examination to test adherence to Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goal–associated behaviors.

Pernar LIM, Shaw TJ, Pozner CN, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2012;38:414-418.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Patient safety front and center.

Terry K. Hosp Health Netw. July 2011;85:38-40, 42.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

The phantom menace of sleep-deprived doctors.

Sanghavi D. New York Times Magazine. August 5, 2011.

COMMENTARY

Integrating CUSP and TRIP to improve patient safety.

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

COMMENTARY

Have we gone too far in translating ideas from aviation to patient safety?

Rogers J, Gaba DM. BMJ. 2011;342:c7309-7310.

BOOK/REPORT

Committed to Safety: Ten Case Studies on Reducing Harm to Patients.

McCarthy D, Blumenthal D. New York, NY: The Commonwealth Fund; April 2006.

AWARD RECIPIENT

John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety Awards. System innovation: Concord Hospital.

Uhlig PN, Brown J, Nason AK, Camelio A, Kendall E. Jt Comm J Qual Improv. 2002;28:666-672.

STUDY

Multidisciplinary approaches to reducing error and risk in a patient care setting.

Connor M, Ponte PR, Conway J. Crit Care Nurs Clin N Am. 2002;14:359-367.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Medical errors harm huge number of patients. What will it take to make America's hospitals safer?

Sternberg S. US News & World Report. August 28, 2012.

STUDY

Patient safety attitudes of paediatric trainee physicians.

Parry G, Horowitz L, Goldmann D. Qual Saf Health Care. 2009;18:462-466.

COMMENTARY

A comprehensive collaborative patient safety residency curriculum to address the ACGME core competencies.

Singh R, Naughton B, Taylor JS, et al. Med Educ. 2005;39:1195-1204.

COMMENTARY

Using simulation to address hierarchy issues during medical crises.

Calhoun AW, Boone MC, Miller KH, Pian-Smith MC. Simul Healthc. 2013;8:13-19.

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