AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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•Device-related Complications (196)

•Diagnostic Errors (172)

•Identification Errors (130)

•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (450)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (110)

•Medication Safety (1184)

•Medical Complications (485)

•Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (97)

•Surgical Complications (448)

•Transfusion Complications (21)

•Psychological and Social Complications (163)

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•United States Federal Government (371)

•State Governments and Agencies (65)

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•Clinical Guideline (10)

•Journal Article (2681)

•Legislation/Regulation (73)

•Meeting/Conference (42)

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•Newspaper/Magazine Article (713)

•Press Release/Announcement (49)

•Special or Theme Issue (67)

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Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (733)

•Active Errors (628)

•Latent Errors (343)

•Near Miss (64)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (1075)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (596)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (1158)

•Communication Improvement (1050)

•Human Factors Engineering (616)

•Teamwork (345)

•Specialization of Care (285)

•Logistical Approaches (341)

•Culture of Safety (779)

•Technologic Approaches (746)

•Education and Training (860)

Clinical Areas

•Allied Health Services (11)

Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (3019)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (3190)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (1638)

•Patients (661)

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (2737)

•Psychiatric Facilities (14)

•Residential Facilities (78)

•Ambulatory Care (388)

•Outpatient Surgery (49)

•Patient Transport (22)

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AUDIOVISUAL

Good News: How Hospitals Heal Themselves [documentary].

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

BOOK/REPORT classic

Josie's Story.

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

BOOK/REPORT

Through the Eyes of the Workforce: Creating Joy, Meaning, and Safer Health Care.

Roundtable on Joy and Meaning in Work and Workforce Safety, The Lucian Leape Institute. Boston, MA: National Patient Safety Foundation; 2013.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Fixing America's hospitals.

Newsweek. October 16, 2006:44-68, 72.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Get me out alive.

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

AWARD RECIPIENT

2005 Quest for Quality Prize.

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

AUDIOVISUAL

Toward a High Performance Health System: Public-Private Efforts to Make Health Care Safer and More Effective.

Washington, DC: Alliance for Health Reform, The Commonwealth Fund; 2005.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

National Patient Safety Awareness Week.

National Patient Safety Foundation.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Perfect is possible.

Berwick DM, Leape LL. Newsweek. October 16, 2006:70-71.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Inquiry into reporter's death finds multiple failures in care.

Stout D. New York Times. June 17, 2006;National desk:9.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Health for life. Keys to safer hospitals.

Berwick DM. Newsweek. December 12, 2005;46:75-78.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Health-care industry agrees on patient safety rules.

Landro L. Wall Street Journal (Eastern Edition). November 1, 2006:D1. [reprinted on Post-gazette.com].

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.

AWARD RECIPIENT

2006 Quest for Quality Prize.

Runy LA. Hosp Health Netw. September 2006.

AUDIOVISUAL

Chasing Zero: Winning the War on Healthcare Harm.

Austin, TX: Texas Medical Institute for Technology and the Quaid Foundation; 2010.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Hospitals' bid to heal selves saves thousands.

P-I Staff and News Services. Seattle Post-Intelligencer. June 15, 2006:A1.

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

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

How we cut drug errors.

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

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

10 things your hospital won't tell you.

Kapadia R. Smart Money. October 2006;15:112-114.

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