AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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•Device-related Complications (159)

•Diagnostic Errors (130)

•Identification Errors (102)

•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (415)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (105)

•Medication Safety (1009)

•Medical Complications (457)

•Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (82)

•Surgical Complications (362)

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•United States Federal Government (271)

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Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (695)

•Active Errors (471)

•Latent Errors (240)

•Near Miss (59)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (998)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (499)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (1058)

•Communication Improvement (911)

•Human Factors Engineering (448)

•Teamwork (326)

•Specialization of Care (276)

•Logistical Approaches (309)

•Culture of Safety (771)

•Technologic Approaches (673)

•Education and Training (748)

Clinical Areas

•Allied Health Services (10)

Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (2799)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (3039)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (1505)

•Patients (389)

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (2559)

•Psychiatric Facilities (13)

•Residential Facilities (75)

•Ambulatory Care (329)

•Outpatient Surgery (41)

•Patient Transport (23)

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NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

The health factory.

Spear SJ. New York Times. August 29, 2005;Editorials/Op-Ed section:15.

TOOLKIT

Making Strides in Safety.

Chicago, IL: American Medical Association.

STUDY

National Quality Forum 30 safe practices: priority and progress in Iowa hospitals.

Ward MM, Evans TC, Spies AJ, Roberts LL, Wakefield DS. Am J Med Qual. 2006;21:101-108.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Pediatric safety.

Runy LA. Hosp Health Netw. May 2009.

AWARD RECIPIENT

Improving patient safety using interactive, evidence-based decision support tools.

Quinn MM, Mannion J. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2005;31:678-683.

STUDY

The importance of leadership in preventing healthcare–associated infection: results of a multisite qualitative study.

Saint S, Kowalski CP, Banaszak-Holl J, Forman J, Damschroder L, Krein SL. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010;31:901-907.

STUDY

Analysis of staff safety concerns.

Davidson J, Lamontagne G, Burnell L, et al. J Nurs Care Qual. 2013;28:147-152.

STUDY

Impact of a statewide intensive care unit quality improvement initiative on hospital mortality and length of stay: retrospective comparative analysis.

Lipitz-Snyderman A, Steinwachs D, Needham DM, Colantuoni E, Morlock LL, Pronovost PJ. BMJ. 2011;342:d219.

BOOK/REPORT

A Randomized Field Study of a Leadership WalkRounds-Based Intervention.

Tucker AL, Singer SJ. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business School; June 25, 2012. HBS Working Paper No. 12-113.

STUDY

Organizational culture, critical success factors, and the reduction of hospital errors.

Stock GN, McFadden KL, Gowen III, CR. Int J Prod Econ. 2007;106:368–392.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Saving lives: hospitals have signed on to a six-part plan to avoid a multitude of unnecessary deaths.

Comarow A. US News & World Report. July 18, 2005;139:74,76,79.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Plan aims to cut hospital deaths.

Appleby J. USA Today. June 6, 2005.

STUDY

Health care workers as second victims of medical errors.

Edrees HH, Paine LA, Feroli ER, Wu AW. Pol Arch Med Wewn. 2011;121:101-108.

AWARD RECIPIENT

2005 Quest for Quality Prize.

Runy LA. Hosp Health Netw. September 2005;79:67-75.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Get me out alive.

Feldman R. The Washington Post. May 2, 2006:HE01.

BOOK/REPORT

Tennessee Center for Patient Safety Annual Report 2010.

Nashville, TN: Tennessee Center for Patient Safety; August 2011.

COMMENTARY

Learning accountability for patient outcomes.

Pronovost PJ. JAMA. 2010;304:204-205.

BOOK/REPORT

Improving America's Hospitals: The Joint Commission's Annual Report on Quality and Safety 2009.

Oakbrook Terrace, IL: The Joint Commission; January 2010.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

How we cut drug errors.

Nicol N, Huminski L. Mod Healthc. August 28, 2006;36:38.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Standards, audits, and saying I'm sorry: an engineer's family proposes solutions.

Wojcieszak D. Patient Safety Qual Healthc. May/June 2005;2:6, 8-9.

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