AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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•Device-related Complications (144)

•Diagnostic Errors (107)

•Identification Errors (86)

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

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (97)

•Medication Safety (1173)

•Medical Complications (422)

•Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (67)

•Surgical Complications (317)

•Transfusion Complications (17)

•Psychological and Social Complications (159)

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•United States Federal Government (253)

•State Governments and Agencies (52)

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•Clinical Guideline (6)

•Journal Article (2459)

•Legislation/Regulation (64)

•Meeting/Conference (39)

•Newsletter/Journal (13)

•Newspaper/Magazine Article (619)

•Press Release/Announcement (27)

•Special or Theme Issue (67)

•Tools/Toolkit (77)

•Web Resource (108)

•Grant (12)

Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (645)

•Active Errors (412)

•Latent Errors (227)

•Near Miss (52)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (1087)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (542)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (1081)

•Communication Improvement (961)

•Human Factors Engineering (425)

•Teamwork (342)

•Specialization of Care (287)

•Logistical Approaches (292)

•Culture of Safety (774)

•Technologic Approaches (678)

•Education and Training (742)

Clinical Areas

•Allied Health Services (10)

Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (2469)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (2957)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (1536)

•Patients (392)

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (2501)

•Psychiatric Facilities (13)

•Residential Facilities (73)

•Ambulatory Care (319)

•Outpatient Surgery (40)

•Patient Transport (19)

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NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Survey shows recession has weakened patient safety net.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. January 14, 2010;15:1-4.

COMMENTARY

Developing a medication patient safety program, part 2: process and implementation.

Mark SM, Weber RJ. Hosp Pharm. 2007;42:249–254.

COMMENTARY

Pharmacist involvement in a rapid-response team at a community hospital.

Cooper BE. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2007;64:694, 697-698.

AWARD RECIPIENT

2006 Quest for Quality Prize.

Runy LA. Hosp Health Netw. September 2006.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

ASHP Statement on the Role of the Medication Safety Leader.

Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2013;70:448-552.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Management of drug shortages in the perioperative setting.

Murray C, Rycek W, Johnson D, Sifuentes-Tovar F. Pharm Purch Prod. January 2013;10:12.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Cause for concern: drug shortages disrupt operations, tax hospitalists' treatment patterns.

Collins TR. The Hospitalist. July 2011.

FACT SHEET/FAQS

Medication safety issue brief. Small and rural hospitals—unique challenges, unique solutions.

American Hospital Association, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Hospitals and Health Networks. Hosp Health Netw. 2005;79:45-46.

STUDY

ASHP national survey of pharmacy practice in hospital settings: prescribing and transcribing—2010.

Pedersen CA, Schneider PJ, Scheckelhoff DJ. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2011;68:669-688.

STUDY

How event reporting by US hospitals has changed from 2005 to 2009.

Farley DO, Haviland A, Haas A, Pham C, Munier WB, Battles JB. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21:70-77.

STUDY

The Safety Organizing Scale: development and validation of a behavioral measure of safety culture in hospital nursing units.

Vogus TJ, Sutcliffe KM. Med Care. 2007;45:46-54.

STUDY

Evaluation of organizational culture among different levels of healthcare staff participating in the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's 100,000 Lives Campaign.

Sinkowitz-Cochran RL, Garcia-Williams A, Hackbarth AD, et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2012;33:135-143.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Anticoagulant safety practices call for pharmacist supervision.

Scott A. Drug Topics (Health-System Edition). November 10, 2008.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Reduce readmissions with pharmacy programs that focus on transitions from the hospital to the community.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. November 15, 2012;17:1-3.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Answers to improved medication reconciliation lie with pharmacists.

Barbella M. Drug Topics (Digital Edition). November 19, 2007.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

Safely implementing health information and converging technologies.

Sentinel Event Alert. December 11, 2008;(42):1-4.

COMMENTARY

Current status of the monitoring of medication practice.

Cousins D. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2009;66:S49-S56.

STUDY

ASHP national survey of pharmacy practice in hospital settings: dispensing and administration—2008.

Pedersen CA, Schneider P, Scheckelhoff DJ. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2009;66:926-946.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

An extra dose of safety.

Health Manage Techol. April 2007;28:30-32, 34.

COMMENTARY

Implementing a bar-code medication administration system.

Weber RJ. Hosp Pharm. 2008;43:1016-1023.

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