AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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•Device-related Complications (134)

•Diagnostic Errors (139)

•Identification Errors (92)

•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (563)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (100)

•Medication Safety (902)

•Medical Complications (394)

•Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (45)

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Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (1037)

•Active Errors (367)

•Latent Errors (178)

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Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (799)

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•Error Reporting and Analysis (924)

•Communication Improvement (779)

•Human Factors Engineering (319)

•Teamwork (218)

•Specialization of Care (241)

•Logistical Approaches (279)

•Culture of Safety (481)

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•Education and Training (560)

Clinical Areas

•Allied Health Services (7)

•Medicine (2251)

•Nursing (213)

•Pharmacy (345)

Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (2028)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (2610)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (1202)

•Patients (282)

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (2152)

•Psychiatric Facilities (13)

•Residential Facilities (64)

•Ambulatory Care (309)

•Outpatient Surgery (31)

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STUDY

Clinical and safety impact of an inpatient pharmacist-directed anticoagulation service.

Schillig J, Kaatz S, Hudson M, Krol GD, Szandzik EG, Kalus JS. J Hosp Med. 2011;6:322-328.

STUDY

The association between transfer of emergency department boarders to inpatient hallways and mortality: a 4-year experience.

Viccellio A, Santora C, Singer AJ, Thode HC Jr, Henry MC. Ann Emerg Med. 2009;54:511-513.

STUDY

Consequences of inadequate sign-out for patient care.

Horwitz LI, Moin T, Krumholz HM, Wang L, Bradley EH. Arch Intern Med. 2008;168:1755-1760.

STUDY

Large-scale deployment of the Global Trigger Tool across a large hospital system: refinements for the characterisation of adverse events to support patient safety learning opportunities.

Good VS, Saldaña M, Gilder R, Nicewander D, Kennerly DA. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:25-30.

STUDY

Use of an appreciative inquiry approach to improve resident sign-out in an era of multiple shift changes.

Helms AS, Perez TE, Baltz J, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2012;27:287-291.

STUDY

Impact of a pharmacist-facilitated hospital discharge program: a quasi-experimental study.

Walker PC, Bernstein SJ, Tucker Jones JN, et al. Arch Intern Med. 2009;169:2003-2010.

BOOK/REPORT

HealthGrades Sixth Annual Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study.

Golden, CO: HealthGrades, Inc.; April 2009.

STUDY

Impact of a pharmacist on medication reconciliation on patient admission to a Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

Strunk LB, Matson AW, Steinke D. Hosp Pharm. 2008;43:643-649.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

Preventing errors relating to commonly used anticoagulants.

Sentinel Event Alert. September 24, 2008;(41):1-4.

COMMENTARY

Quality improvement through implementation of discharge order reconciliation.

Lu Y, Clifford P, Bjorneby A, et al. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2013;70:815-820.

REVIEW

Suicide in the medical setting.

Ballard ED, Pao M, Henderson D, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2008;34:474-481.

STUDY

Systematically improving physician assignment during in-hospital transitions of care by enhancing a preexisting hospital electronic health record.

Zsenits B, Polashenski WA, Sterns RH, Brown DR IV, Moheet A. J Hosp Med. 2009;4:308-312.

STUDY

Adverse events during hospitalization: results of a patient survey.

Fowler FJ, Epstein A, Weingart SN, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2008;34:583-590.

STUDY

Tracking rates of patient safety indicators over time: lessons from the Veterans Administration.

Rosen AK, Zhao S, Rivard P, et al. Med Care. 2006;44:850-861.

STUDY

Results of the Medications At Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) study: an analysis of medication reconciliation errors and risk factors at hospital admission.

Gleason KM, McDaniel MR, Feinglass J, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2010;25:441-447.

STUDY

What do patients think about year-end resident continuity clinic handoffs?: a qualitative study.

Pincavage AT, Lee WW, Beiting KJ, Arora VM. J Gen Intern Med. 2013 Apr 18; [Epub ahead of print].

COMMENTARY

Anticoagulation patient safety goal compliance at a university health system: methods for achieving the goal.

Franco AC, Maxwell P, Green K, Barthol C. Hosp Pharm. 2009;44:776-780, 784.

STUDY

Discrepancies between home medications listed at hospital admission and reported medical conditions.

Slain D, Kincaid SE, Dunsworth TS. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. 2008;6:161-166.

COMMENTARY

Improving heparin safety: a multidisciplinary invited conference.

Peterson C, Ham CW, Vanderveen T. Hosp Pharm. 2008;43:491-497.

STUDY

Improving the discharge process by embedding a discharge facilitator in a resident team.

Finn KM, Heffner R, Chang Y, et al. J Hosp Med. 2011;6:494-500.

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