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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.

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Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. February 15, 2023. RFA-HS-23-002.

Equity improvements are gaining increased traction as a patient safety strategy. This announcement seeks proposals that would use dissemination and implementation science to fill evidence gaps critical to the development, adaption, implementation, and evaluation of equity-focused evidence-based interventions to accelerate health equity within healthcare delivery systems. The application deadline is April 21, 2023.

Hare R, Tyler ER, Tapia A, et al. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; January 2023. AHRQ Publication No. 23-0018.

The AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture™(SOPS®) Nursing Home Survey assesses safety culture and resident safety in nursing homes. This report summarizes survey data from 3,224 staff working in 62 nursing homes. Respondents reported positive perceptions about both resident safety overall and feedback and communication regarding safety incidents. Areas for improvement included sufficient staffing to handle the workload and maintain resident safety.

Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; September 2022. AHRQ Publication No. 22-0026-3-EF.

Correct consideration of the likelihood that a patient may have a potential disease guides each level of diagnostic decision making; misjudgments can be fatal. This issue brief introduces an information-focused framework to examine how clinicians determine probability and discusses educational avenues for enhancing those skills. The publication is part of a report series on diagnostic safety.