AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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•Device-related Complications (60)

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•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (509)

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•Medication Safety (591)

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Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (361)

•Active Errors (246)

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Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (389)

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•Error Reporting and Analysis (462)

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•Culture of Safety (189)

•Technologic Approaches (313)

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Clinical Areas

•Allied Health Services (7)

Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (1734)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (1353)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (618)

•Patients (167)

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (1089)

•Psychiatric Facilities (3)

•Residential Facilities (31)

•Ambulatory Care (191)

•Outpatient Surgery (19)

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STUDY

Copying and pasting of examinations within the electronic medical record.

Thielke S, Hammond K, Helbig S. Int J Med Inform. 2007;76(suppl 1):122-28.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Manic for medication safety: bar codes and drug information databases are helping to reduce medication errors.

Rogoski RR. Health Manage Technol. February 2007;28:14, 16-18.

COMMENTARY

Medication reconciliation physician order form.

Lacy JL, Wilkinson ST. Hosp Pharm. 2006;41:1117-1120.

COMMENTARY

A precarious exchange.

Mukherjee S. N Engl J Med. 2004;351:1822-1824.

COMMENTARY

ISMP medication error report analysis.

Cohen MR. Hosp Pharm. 2005;40:556-557.

STUDY

Predictors of likelihood of speaking up about safety concerns in labour and delivery.

Lyndon A, Sexton JB, Simpson KR, Rosenstein A, Lee KA, Wachter RM. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21;791-799.

STUDY

Improving self-reporting of adverse drug events in a West Virginia hospital.

Schade CP, Hannah K, Ruddick P, Starling C, Brehm J. Am J Med Qual. 2006;21:335-341.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

When I follow up, I don't give up.

Roy PJ. Med Econ. 2006 Aug 4;83:68-69.

STUDY

Interruptions in a level one trauma center: a case study.

Brixey JJ, Tang Z, Robinson DJ, et al. Int J Med Inform. 2008;77:235-241.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Practitioners agree on medication reconciliation value, but frustration and difficulties abound.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. July 13, 2006;11:1-2.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

The consumer: and now, a warning about labels.

Franklin D. New York Times. October 25, 2005:F1.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Safety in ASCs: putting patients first.

Dix K. Today's Surgicenter. December 1, 2006.

STUDY

Wrong-side/wrong-site, wrong-procedure, and wrong-patient adverse events: are they preventable?

Seiden SC, Barach P. Arch Surg. 2006;141:931-939.

STUDY

Increasing vigilance on the medical/surgical floor to improve patient safety.

Jacobs JL, Apatov N, Glei M. J Adv Nurs. 2007;57:472-481.

STUDY

Engaging patients and family members in patient safety—the experience of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation.

Wale JB, Moon RR. Psychiatr Q. Spring 2005;76:85-95.

STUDY

Avoiding handover fumbles: a controlled trial of a structured handover tool versus traditional handover methods.

Payne CE, Stein JM, Leong T, Dressler DD. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21:925-932.

REVIEW

Coordinating care across diseases, settings, and clinicians: a key role for the generalist in practice.

Stille CJ, Jerant A, Bell D, Meltzer D, Elmore JG. Ann Intern Med. 2005;142:700-708.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Ways to avert potential patient care disasters.

Spath P. Hosp Peer Rev. 2006;31:128-130.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Accuracy at every step: the challenge of medication reconciliation.

Institute for Healthcare Improvement Web site. March 20, 2006.

COMMENTARY

What medications does your patient take? Enhancing medication safety in the outpatient setting.

Institute for Healthcare Improvement. March 14, 2007.

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