The AHRQ PSNet Collection comprises an extensive selection of resources relevant to the patient safety community. These resources come in a variety of formats, including literature, research, tools, and Web sites. Resources are identified using the National Library of Medicine’s Medline database, various news and content aggregators, and the expertise of the AHRQ PSNet editorial and technical teams.
Loving VA, Nolan C, Bessel M. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2022;48:599-608.
The Safety-II perspective emphasizes improving patient safety by focusing on what goes right in healthcare, rather than on errors or what goes wrong (Safety-I). This article describes the development, implementation, and evaluation of an organizational, asset-based quality improvement tool to complement existing practices (such as peer review and incident reporting) and provide an additional avenue to identify best practices and successful quality improvement initiatives.
Loving VA, Valencia EM, Patel B, et al. J Breast Imag. 2020.
This article defines eight types of cognitive biases encountered in breast radiology. It proposes individual- and organizational-level approaches to recognizing and mitigating the effects of these biases.