AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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•Device-related Complications (117)

•Diagnostic Errors (77)

•Identification Errors (66)

•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (312)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (92)

•Medication Safety (715)

•Medical Complications (353)

•Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (52)

•Surgical Complications (208)

•Transfusion Complications (15)

•Psychological and Social Complications (99)

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United States of America

•United States Federal Government (125)

•State Governments and Agencies (28)

Resource Types

•Clinical Guideline (4)

•Journal Article (1780)

•Legislation/Regulation (43)

•Meeting/Conference (29)

•Newsletter/Journal (7)

•Newspaper/Magazine Article (482)

•Press Release/Announcement (13)

•Special or Theme Issue (50)

•Tools/Toolkit (49)

•Web Resource (82)

•Grant (7)

Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (470)

•Active Errors (272)

•Latent Errors (164)

•Near Miss (35)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (922)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (416)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (787)

•Communication Improvement (596)

•Human Factors Engineering (293)

•Teamwork (200)

•Specialization of Care (224)

•Logistical Approaches (238)

•Culture of Safety (494)

•Technologic Approaches (481)

•Education and Training (514)

Clinical Areas

•Allied Health Services (7)

•Medicine (1680)

•Nursing (227)

•Pharmacy (297)

Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (1742)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (2341)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (1094)

•Patients (302)

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (2089)

•Psychiatric Facilities (16)

•Residential Facilities (44)

•Ambulatory Care (181)

•Outpatient Surgery (30)

•Patient Transport (10)

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NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

100K Lives falling short.

Robeznieks A. Modern Healthc. March 20, 2006;36:12.

BOOK/REPORT

Seven Leadership Leverage Points for Organization-Level Improvement in Health Care.

Reinertsen JL, Bisognano M, Pugh MD. 2nd ed. Cambridge, MA: Institute for Healthcare Improvement; 2008.

STUDY

Exploring strategies for reducing hospital errors.

McFadden KL, Stock GN, Gowen CR III. J Healthc Manag. 2006;51:123-136.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Engaging as partners in patient safety: the experience of librarians.

Zipperer L, Sykes J. Patient Saf Qual Healthc. March/April 2009;6:28-30,32-33.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Hospitals tie CEO bonuses to safety.

Rowland C. Boston Globe. May 5, 2007:1A.

COMMENTARY

North Mississippi Medical Center: a focus on quality, safety, and financial critical success factors.

Murphree J, Englert J, Koch K, Davis KM, Heer J. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2005;31:545-553.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

10 years, 5 voices, 1 challenge.

Larkin H. Hosp Health Netw. October 21, 2009.

STUDY

Healthcare climate: a framework for measuring and improving patient safety.

Zohar D, Livne Y, Tenne-Gazit O, Admi H, Donchin Y. Crit Care Med. Crit Care Med. 2007;35:1312-1317.

BOOK/REPORT

Meeting the Joint Commission's 2013 National Patient Safety Goals.

Oakbrook Terrace, IL: The Joint Commission; September 2012. ISBN: 9781599407555.

TOOLKIT

Leading a Strategic Planning Effort.

Pathways for Medication Safety Tool #1. Chicago, IL: American Hospital Association; 2003.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

Texas Center for Quality & Patient Safety.

Texas Hospital Association.

REVIEW

Responsibility for quality improvement and patient safety: hospital board and medical staff leadership challenges.

Goeschel CA, Wachter RM, Pronovost PJ. Chest. 2010;138:171-178.

COMMENTARY

Moving beyond readmission penalties: creating an ideal process to improve transitional care.

Burke RE, Kripalani S, Vasilevskis EE, Schnipper JL. J Hosp Med. 2013;8:102-109.

COMMENTARY

Patient safety rounds: description of an inexpensive but important strategy to improve the safety culture.

Campbell DA Jr, Thompson M. Am J Med Qual. 2007;22:26-33.

STUDY

Hospital responses to the Leapfrog Group in local markets.

Scanlon DP, Christianson JB, Ford EW. Med Care Res Rev. 2008;32:548-556.

STUDY

Examination of how a survey can spur culture changes using a quality improvement approach: a region-wide approach to determining a patient safety culture.

Pringle J, Weber RJ, Rice K, Kirisci L, Sirio C. Am J Med Qual. 2009; 24:374-384.

BOOK/REPORT

Improving America's Hospitals: The Joint Commission's Annual Report on Quality and Safety 2012.

Oakbrook Terrace, IL: The Joint Commission; September 2012.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Why pay for mistakes?

Leape L. Boston Globe. August 23, 2007;Op-Ed section:9A.

BOOK/REPORT

Safer Hospital Care: Strategies for Continuous Innovation.

Raheja D. New York, NY: Productivity Press; 2011. ISBN: 9781439821022.

COMMENTARY

Toward improving patient safety through voluntary peer-to-peer assessment.

Hudson DW, Holzmueller CG, Pronovost PJ, et al. Am J Med Qual. 2012;27:201-220.

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