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AHRQ’s Patient Safety Network (PSNet) features a collection of the latest news and resources on patient safety, innovations and toolkits, opportunities for free CME and trainings. The platform provides powerful searching and browsing capability, as well as the ability for users to customize the site around their interests (My Profile).
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The PSNet Collection
May 29, 2024 Weekly Issue
PSNet highlights the latest patient safety literature, news, and expert commentary, including Weekly Updates, WebM&M, and Perspectives on Safety.
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WebM&M Case Studies & Spotlight Cases
WebM&M (Morbidity & Mortality Rounds on the Web) features expert analysis of medical errors reported anonymously by our readers. Spotlight Cases include interactive learning modules available for CME. Commentaries are written by patient safety experts and published monthly. Contribute by Submitting a Case anonymously.
Five weeks after gastric bypass surgery, a woman experienced persistent nausea and vomiting, leading to... Read More
A 55-year-old man with a history of osteoarthritis and supraventricular tachycardia was admitted the hospital with severe... Read More
A man in his 70s with a past medical history of lymphoma in remission, obesity, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, obstructive... Read More
A 57-year-old man was rushed to the Emergency Department from a nursing facility, struggling to... Read More
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The Patient Safety Innovations Exchange highlights important innovations that can lead to improvements in patient safety.
Toolkits provide practical applications of PSNet research and concepts for front line providers to use in their day to day work.
Latest PSNet Libraries
This curated library highlights the prevalence and consequences of diagnostic errors in healthcare settings. It includes articles ... Read More
Organizational learning is an environmental state that ensures lessons from lived experience within a work environment are ... Read More
Value as an element of patient safety is emerging as an approach to prioritize and evaluate improvement actions. This library ... Read More
This curated library highlights concepts associated with the patient as a partner for safety at the team ... Read More
