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	Search Advanced Search 09/08/10   View more of What's New  RSS Feed Journal Articles Medication errors in paediatric outpatients. Kaushal R, Goldmann DA, Keohane CA, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010 Aug 10; [Epub ahead of print]. The disclosure dilemma—large-scale adverse events. Dudzinski DM, Hébert PC, Foglia MB, Gallagher TH. N Engl J Med. 2010;363:978-986. Performance of a fail-safe system to follow up abnormal mammograms in primary care. Grossman E, Phillips RS, Weingart SN. J Patient Saf. 2010;6:172-179. Performance characteristics of a methodology to quantify adverse events over time in hospitalized patients. Sharek PJ, Parry G, Goldmann D, et al. Health Serv Res. 2010 Aug 16; [Epub ahead of print]. Reviewing methodologically disparate data: a practical guide for the patient safety research field. Brown KF, Long SJ, Athanasiou T, Vincent CA, Kroll JS, Sevdalis N. J Eval Clin Pract. 2010 Aug 4; [Epub ahead of print]. When do supervising physicians decide to entrust residents with unsupervised tasks? Sterkenburg A, Barach P, Kalkman C, Gielen M, ten Cate O. Acad Med. 2010;85:1408-1417. Checking it twice: an evaluation of checklists for detecting medication errors at the bedside using a chemotherapy model. White RE, Trbovich PL, Easty AC, Savage P, Trip K, Hyland S. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010 Aug 19; [Epub ahead of print]. Diagnostic error in a national incident reporting system in the UK. Sevdalis N, Jacklin R, Arora S, Vincent CA, Thomson RG. J Eval Clin Pract. 2010 Aug 19; [Epub ahead of print]. Newspapers/Magazine Articles Drug errors are dangerous but preventable. Washington Post; August 31, 2010:HE02. Awards 2010 Department of Defense Patient Safety Awards: Call for Awards. Department of Defense Patient Safety Program. Meetings/Conferences 2010 Annual National Patient Safety Foundation Congress: conference proceedings. Pinakiewicz DC, Bonacum D, Youngberg BJ, Stepnick L, Shah M. J Patient Saf. 2010;6:128-136. AHRQ 2010 Annual Conference. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. September 27–29, 2010; Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, Bethesda, MD. Sentinel Event Statistics. The Joint Commission. MITSS HOPE Award. Medically Induced Trauma Support Services. Medication Reconciliation, Error Disclosure, Never Events, Rapid Response Systems, More... Browse by Resource Type Journal articles, Books and reports, Tools and toolkits, Upcoming meetings, More... Browse by Origin/Sponsor Federal Government, Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, United Kingdom, More... Browse by Subject Safety Target Medication errors, Diagnostic errors, Nosocomial infections, Post-operative surgical complications, More... Approach to Improving Safety Human factors engineering, Error reporting, Teamwork training, Culture of safety, Nurse staffing ratios, Regulation, More... Error Types Cognitive errors ("mistakes"), Non-cognitive errors ("slips & lapses"), Latent errors, More... Clinical Area Anesthesiology, Emergency medicine, Critical care nursing, Community pharmacy, More... Target Audience Physicians, Nurses, Risk managers, Educators, Policymakers, More... Setting of Care Intensive care units, Operating room, Children's hospitals, Ambulatory clinic or office, Residential facilities, More... Did You Know? View All DYKs Source Produced for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality by a team of editors at the University of California, San Francisco with guidance from a prominent Editorial Board. This site was designed and implemented by Silverchair. Contact AHRQ PSNet | Copyright | AHRQ PSNet Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions | Help
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