Category: Quality

Doctors make mistakes. A new documentary explores what happens when they do—and how to fix it.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Park A. Time Magazine. January 24, 2019.

California doctors alarmed as state links their opioid prescriptions to deaths.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Dembosky A. All Things Considered and KQED. January 23, 2019.

Engineering a foundation for partnership to improve medication safety during care transitions.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Xiao Y, Abebe E, Gurses AP. J Patient Saf Risk Manag. 2019 Jan 11; [Epub ahead of print].

ISMP Guidelines for Safe Electronic Communication of Medication Information.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Horsham, PA: Institute for Safe Medication Practices; January 2019.

Meltdown: Why Our Systems Fail and What We Can Do About It.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Clearfield C, Tilcsik A. New York, NY: Penguin Press; 2018. ISBN: 978-0735222632.

AHRQ National Scorecard on Hospital-Acquired Conditions Updated Baseline Rates and Preliminary Results 2014–2017.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; January 2019.

Trump vows to eliminate HIV epidemic in 10 years: 4 things to know

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Penn Medicine hospital tests patient for Ebola exposure

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Pennsylvania medical center may face probe over biological waste storage

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Texas hospitals harness ‘teletrauma’ technology to care for rural patients

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