The Agency for Healthcare Research ...

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has started a recent monthly peer-reviewed, Web-based medical journal that showcases patient safety reproofs drawn from actual cases of medical errors. "AHRQ WebM&M (Morbidity and Mortality cylindricals on the Web)" is available at webmm.ahrq.gov. The journal courts to educate health care professionals about medical errors in a blame-free environment.

Clinicians routinely occupy morbidity and mortality conferences to discuss specific cases that raise issues regarding medical errors and quality improvement. each month, five cases of medical errors and patient safety question s (one each in medicine, surgery/anesthesiology, obstetrics-gynecology, pediatrics, and other fields including psychiatry, sudden [i]or[/i] unexpected occurrence medicine, and radiology) will be placeed along with commentaries from person specially versed s and a forum for readers' remarks Each month, one of the five cases will be expanded into an interactive learning module featuring readers' catalogue of headss quizzes, and other elements offering continuing medical education credits. Cases are limited to near misses or those that involve no permanent harm.

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