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African Partnerships for Patient Safety: Lessons Learned

with commentary by Shams B. Syed, MD, MPH, Global Patient Safety, December 2014

This piece describes the evolution of the World Health Organization's African Partnerships for Patient Safety program and its implications for global patient safety improvement.

INTERVIEW

In Conversation With… Rosemary Gibson, MSc

Overuse as a Patient Safety Problem, September 2014

Ms. Gibson is Senior Advisor to The Hastings Center, an editor for JAMA Internal Medicine, and co-author of Wall of Silence and The Treatment Trap. We spoke with her about overuse of medical care and its effect on patient safety.

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Overuse as a Patient Safety Problem

with commentary by Christopher Moriates, MD, Overuse as a Patient Safety Problem, September 2014

This piece describes the emergence of medical care overuse as a patient safety issue and relates efforts to change clinician behaviors to prevent overtreatment.

INTERVIEW

In Conversation With… Urmimala Sarkar, MD, MPH

Safety in the Ambulatory Setting, July-August 2014

Dr. Sarkar is an associate professor of medicine at UCSF whose research has focused on ambulatory patient safety, including missed and delayed diagnosis, adverse drug events, and monitoring failures for outpatients with chronic diseases. We spoke with her about patient safety in the ambulatory setting.

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Beyond the Hospital: the New Frontier of Patient Safety

with commentary by Margaret Plews-Ogan, MD, MS, Safety in the Ambulatory Setting, July-August 2014

This piece describes the new landscape of patient safety in outpatient care, including elements adapted from hospital settings and the growing evidence base for ambulatory-specific efforts.

INTERVIEW

In Conversation With… Dave deBronkart

Patient Advocacy, June 2014

Dave deBronkart, known as e-Patient Dave, is a co-founder and co-chair of the Society for Participatory Medicine and coauthor of Let Patients Help: A Patient Engagement Handbook. We spoke with him about engaging patients in their care and allowing patients to access their medical records.

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Patient Advocacy in Patient Safety: Have Things Changed?

with commentary by Helen Haskell, MA, Patient Advocacy, June 2014

This piece describes the evolution of the patient advocacy movement, including the events that spurred it, resulting reforms, and the impact of online access to medical information.

INTERVIEW

In Conversation With… Didier Pittet, MD, MS

Hand Hygiene, May 2014

Dr. Pittet is Director of the Infection Control Programme and WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety at the University of Geneva Hospitals, Switzerland. We spoke with him about hand hygiene in health care, including how to implement culture change and improve safety.

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Innovations in Promoting Hand Hygiene Compliance

with commentary by Alexandre R. Marra, MD and Michael B. Edmond, MD, MPH, MPA , Hand Hygiene, May 2014

This piece describes barriers to hand hygiene compliance in health care along with strategies to enhance and measure it.

INTERVIEW

In Conversation With… Tejal K. Gandhi, MD, MPH

National Organizations in Safety, April 2014

Dr. Gandhi is President of the National Patient Safety Foundation and Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. We spoke with her about NPSF's evolving role in enhancing health care at a national level.

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In Conversation With… Leah Binder, MA, MGA

National Organizations in Safety, April 2014

Leah Binder is President and CEO of the Leapfrog Group. We spoke with her about Leapfrog's efforts to address key health policy issues and the development of the Hospital Safety Score.

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In Conversation With… Alison Holmes, MD, MPH

Infection Prevention and Patient Safety, March 2014

Dr. Holmes is Director of Infection Prevention and Control and a professor at Imperial College London. We spoke with her about infection prevention and patient safety.

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How Does Infection Prevention Fit Into a Safety Program?

with commentary by Susan S. Huang, MD, MPH, Infection Prevention and Patient Safety, March 2014

This piece describes the history around efforts to address preventable health care–associated infections, including federal initiatives and further research avenues to consider.

INTERVIEW

In Conversation With… Enrico Coiera, MB, BS, PhD

Interruptions and Distractions in Health Care, February 2014

Dr. Coiera, a professor at the University of New South Wales, has extensively researched and written about clinical communication processes and information systems. We spoke with him about how interruptions and distractions in the clinical environment influence patient safety.

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Interruptions and Distractions in Health Care: Improved Safety With Mindfulness

with commentary by Suzanne Beyea, RN, PhD, Interruptions and Distractions in Health Care, February 2014

This piece describes the research around the effect of interruptions and distractions on health care safety and advocates for promoting and teaching mindfulness to address risks.

INTERVIEW

In Conversation With… Hardeep Singh, MD, MPH

Patient Safety Research, December 2013

Dr. Singh has conducted extensive multidisciplinary research supported by the VA, AHRQ, and NIH and is now a nationally recognized expert in electronic health record–related patient safety issues and diagnostic errors. We spoke with him about becoming a patient safety researcher.

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Promising Areas for Patient Safety Research

with commentary by P. Jeffrey Brady, MD, MPH; William B. Munier, MD, MBA; Irim Azam, MPH, Patient Safety Research, December 2013

This piece, written by three leaders in AHRQ's research portfolio, covers future avenues for patient safety research and reviews current AHRQ projects.

INTERVIEW

In Conversation With… Rebecca Smith-Bindman, MD

Safety in Radiology, October 2013

Dr. Smith-Bindman is a national leader in the impact of radiologic testing on patient outcomes, and in the safety of radiographic imaging.

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Safety in Radiology

with commentary by Antonio Pinto, MD, PhD, Safety in Radiology, October 2013

This piece explores how to mitigate risks associated with radiology procedures.

INTERVIEW

In Conversation With… Sidney Dekker, MA, MSc, PhD

Update on Just Culture, September 2013

Professor Sidney Dekker has done revolutionary work on human error and safety and written several bestselling books on system failure and just culture.