AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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•Device-related Complications (51)

•Diagnostic Errors (41)

•Identification Errors (27)

•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (235)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (34)

•Medication Safety (334)

•Medical Complications (227)

•Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (16)

•Surgical Complications (69)

•Transfusion Complications (9)

•Psychological and Social Complications (60)

Origin/Sponsor

•Africa (2)

•Asia (19)

•Australia and New Zealand (44)

•Europe (247)

•North America (1094)

Resource Types

•Audiovisual (18)

•Award (7)

•Book/Report (112)

•Clinical Guideline (1)

•Journal Article (1010)

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•Meeting/Conference (6)

•Newspaper/Magazine Article (173)

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•Special or Theme Issue (11)

•Tools/Toolkit (24)

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Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (373)

•Active Errors (161)

•Latent Errors (95)

•Near Miss (19)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (353)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (168)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (399)

•Communication Improvement (374)

•Human Factors Engineering (136)

•Teamwork (96)

•Specialization of Care (101)

•Logistical Approaches (112)

•Culture of Safety (247)

•Technologic Approaches (235)

•Education and Training (252)

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General Internal Medicine

Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (786)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (1128)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (551)

•Patients (121)

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (1254)

•Psychiatric Facilities (5)

•Residential Facilities (9)

•Ambulatory Care (150)

•Outpatient Surgery (4)

•Patient Transport (2)

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COMMENTARY

A new frontier in patient safety.

McCannon J, Berwick DM. JAMA. 2011;305:2221-2222.

BOOK/REPORT

Patient Safety Authority Annual Reports.

Harrisburg, PA: Patient Safety Authority; April 2012.

BOOK/REPORT

The Patient Safety Initiative at America’s Public Hospitals: The Year One Overview.

Research Brief. Washington, DC: National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems; January 2011.

BOOK/REPORT

Adverse Events in Hospitals: Overview of Key Issues.

Levinson DR. Washington, DC: US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General; December 2008. Report No. OEI-06-07-00470.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

HRSA patient safety and pharmacy collaborative is off to a good start.

Drug Formulary Review. April 1, 2009.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

African Partnerships for Patient Safety.

Geneva, Switzerland: WHO Patient Safety, World Health Organization.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

BOOSTing Care Transitions Resource Room.

Project BOOST (Better Outcomes for Older adults through Safe Transitions), Society of Hospital Medicine.

BOOK/REPORT

Tennessee Center for Patient Safety Annual Report 2010.

Nashville, TN: Tennessee Center for Patient Safety; August 2011.

BOOK/REPORT

Hospital Reporting Program.

Portland, OR: Oregon Patient Safety Commission.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

HAC Posting on Hospital Compare.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

BOOK/REPORT

Improving America's Hospitals: The Joint Commission's Annual Report on Quality and Safety 2009.

Oakbrook Terrace, IL: The Joint Commission; January 2010.

COMMENTARY

Duty hour reform in a shifting medical landscape.

Jena AB, Prasad V. J Gen Intern Med. 2013 Apr 9; [Epub ahead of print].

COMMENTARY

Revisiting duty-hour limits — IOM recommendations for patient safety and resident education.

Iglehart JK. N Engl J Med. 2008;359:2633-2635.

BOOK/REPORT

Patient Safety in Canada: An Update.

Ottawa, ON, Canada: Canadian Institute for Health Information; August 14, 2007.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

NY Medicaid ups the ante: by refusing to pay for 14 'never events,' the nation's biggest Medicaid program could propel other states into action.

DerGurahian J. Mod Healthc. June 16, 2008;38:6.

REVIEW

Medication safety in acute care in Australia: where are we now? Part 2: a review of strategies and activities for improving medication safety 2002-2008.

Semple SJ, Roughead EE. Aust New Zealand Health Policy. 2009;6:24.

STUDY

Measuring patient safety culture: an assessment of the clustering of responses at unit level and hospital level.

Smits M, Wagner C, Spreeuwenberg P, van der Wal G, Groenewegen PP. Qual Saf Health Care. 2009;18:292-296.

COMMENTARY

Learning accountability for patient outcomes.

Pronovost PJ. JAMA. 2010;304:204-205.

REVIEW

What is patient safety culture? A review of the literature.

Sammer CE, Lykens K, Singh KP, Mains DA, Lackan NA. J Nurs Scholarsh. 2010;42:156-165.

AWARD RECIPIENT

Announcing 2009 Leapfrog top hospitals.

Washington, DC: Leapfrog Group; December 4, 2009.

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