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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 free CME 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
October 4, 2023 Weekly Issue
PSNet highlights the latest patient safety literature, news, and expert commentary, including Weekly Updates, WebM&M, and Perspectives on Safety.
Training and Education
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 CME. Commentaries are written by patient safety experts and published monthly. Contribute by Submitting a Case anonymously.
This case describes the failure to identify a brewing abdominal process, which over the span of hours led to fulminant sepsis with... Read More
This case highlights two “never events” involving the same patient. A first-year orthopedic surgery resident was consulted to aspirate fluid from... Read More
A 42-year-old man with a history of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), alcohol use disorder and anxiety disorder, was seen in the emergency... Read More
This case describes an older adult patient with generalized abdominal pain who was eventually diagnosed with inoperable bowel necrosis.... Read More
A 14-year-old girl was admitted to the hospital with a new diagnosis of type 1 diabetes mellitus without ketoacidosis. Before... Read More
Upcoming Events
Washington Patient Safety Coalition. October 17-18, 2023.
The Leapfrog Group. October 18, 2023 3:00 - 4:00 PM (eastern).
CAHPS Research Meetings. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. October 19, 2023; 11:00 AM—4:00 PM (eastern).
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.
