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AHRQ’s Patient Safety Network (PSNet) features a collection of the latest news and resources on patient safety, innovations and toolkits, opportunities for CE without a fee and trainings. The platform provides powerful searching and browsing capability, as well as the ability for users to customize the site around their interests (My Profile).
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The PSNet Collection
March 12, 2025 Weekly Issue
PSNet highlights the latest patient safety literature, news, and expert commentary, including Weekly Updates, WebM&M, and Perspectives on Safety.
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WebM&M Case Studies & Spotlight Cases
WebM&M (Morbidity & Mortality Rounds on the Web) features expert analysis of medical errors reported anonymously by our readers. Spotlight Cases include interactive learning modules available for CE. Commentaries are written by patient safety experts and published monthly. Contribute by Submitting a Case anonymously.
This pair of cases describes patients misdiagnosed and treated for migraines before being diagnosed with... Read More
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The Patient Safety Innovations Exchange highlights important innovations that can lead to improvements in patient safety.
Toolkits provide practical applications of PSNet research and concepts for front line providers to use in their day to day work.
Latest PSNet Libraries
Organizational learning is an environmental state that ensures lessons from lived experience within a work environment are ... Read More
Selected PSNet materials for a general safety audience focusing on improvements in the diagnostic process and the ... Read More
Value as an element of patient safety is emerging as an approach to prioritize and evaluate improvement actions. This library ... Read More
This curated library highlights concepts associated with the patient as a partner for safety at the team ... Read More