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The PSNet Collection: All Content

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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    • ISMP Targeted Medication Safety Best Practices for Community Pharmacy.
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    • Horsham, PA; Institute for Safe Medication Practices: April 2023.

    Community pharmacies are common providers of medication delivery that harbor process weaknesses affecting safety. This guidance shares evidence-based steps to address problems such as wrong patient errors and lack of consistent barcode system use in the community setting.
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    Value and Patient Safety
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    • March 8, 2023
    Value as an element of patient safety is emerging as an approach to prioritize and evaluate improvement actions. This library highlights resources that explore the business case for cost effective, efficient and impactful efforts to reduce medical errors.
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    Diagnostic Safety
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    • October 10, 2022
    Selected PSNet materials for a general safety audience focusing on improvements in the diagnostic process and the strategies that support them to prevent diagnostic errors from harming patients.
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    Maternal Safety
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    • September 13, 2021
    Ensuring maternal safety is a patient safety priority. This library reflects a curated selection of PSNet content focused on improving maternal safety. Included resources explore strategies with the potential to improve maternal care delivery and outcomes, such as high reliability, collaborative initiatives, teamwork, and trigger tools.
    Toolkit to Engage High-Risk Patients in Safe Transitions Across Ambulatory Settings.
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    • Davis K, Collier S, Situ J, et al. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; December 2017. AHRQ Publication No. 1800051EF.
    Transitions are known to be vulnerable to communication errors. This toolkit focuses on patient transitions between ambulatory care environments and encourages staff to engage patients and families in their care to prevent errors during care transitions.
    Engaging Patients in Improving Ambulatory Care.
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    • Aligning Forces for Quality. Princeton, NJ: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; 2013.
    This compendium includes strategies and tools to engage patients in health care improvement that have been implemented in Maine, Oregon, and Humboldt County, California.
    Pathways for Patient Safety.
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    • Chicago, IL: Health Research and Educational Trust, Institute for Safe Medication Practices, Medical Group Management Association; 2009.

    This trio of modules provides ambulatory medical practices with tools to develop teamwork, assess culture and processes, and improve medication safety.
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