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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 CE without a fee 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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February 26, 2025 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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Congdon M, Rasooly IR, Toto RL, et al. Pediatr Qual Saf. 2024;9:e773.
Diagnostic reasoning is a core component of safe care but is not always included in formal educational curricula. In this study, learners, attending physicians, and education leaders shared their experiences learning about or teaching diagnostic reasoning to inform development of a diagnostic reasoning curriculum. Learners and educators highlighted the importance of psychological safety to reporting...
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Nunes E, Sirtoli F, Lima E, et al. Healthcare. 2024;12:2075.
Measuring patient safety is essential to ensuring healthcare organizations are providing safe, high-quality care. This scoping review includes 63 studies that collectively reported on 47 instruments or scales used to assess patient safety in healthcare. These tools evaluated 71 dimensions of patient safety, including teamwork, safety climate, and communication. The authors note that the diversity of...
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Wagner CM, Joynt Maddox KE, Ailawadi G, et al. JAMA Surg. 2024;160:29-36.
Failure-to-rescue (FTR) refers to the idea that many complications of medical care are not preventable and that healthcare systems should be able to rapidly identify and treat complications when they occur. In a retrospective study of Medicare beneficiaries from 2015 to 2020, researchers found that female patients undergoing high-risk surgeries had rates of complications similar to male patients but...
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Update Date: February 26, 2025

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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 CE. Commentaries are written by patient safety experts and published monthly. Contribute by Submitting a Case anonymously.

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