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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/be-picky-about-your-piccs-fragmented-care-and-poor-communication-discharge-leads-picc
July 19, 2023 - The provider placed an urgent referral to home health care; however, due to the upcoming three-day holiday … When to Call your Healthcare Provider or go to the Emergency Department if you develop a fever; if you … However, the ease and convenience of using these devices should not lead health care providers to downplay … care expenditures. … Care Providers
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/falling-between-cracks-software
March 09, 2011 - that standard consistently across the diverse electronic systems in our health care system. … What's notable about the case described is that it takes place within one health care delivery system … for the electronic exchange of health information to improve the quality of health care, such as promoting … The value of health care information exchange and interoperability. Health Aff. 2005:W5-10-W5-18. … Can electronic medical record systems transform health care?
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/white-patients-physical-responses-healthcare-treatments-are-influenced-provider-race-and
April 04, 2016 - Study
White patients’ physical responses to healthcare treatments are influenced … White patients’ physical responses to healthcare treatments are influenced by provider race and gender … June 3, 2020
Breast cancer treatment delays by socioeconomic and health care access latent … December 9, 2020
Breast cancer treatment delays by socioeconomic and health care access … December 2, 2020
Patient safety in primary care: conceptual meanings to the health care
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/translating-normal-abnormal
October 02, 2019 - another are accurate enough to be used in health care. … warrant widespread deployment in a health care setting. … in health care settings has not yet been evaluated. … to multilingual health information for ensuring accurate communication in health care settings. … It is the responsibility of the health care system to ensure that adequate communication occurs between
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/costly-colonoscopy-leads-delay-diagnosis
September 01, 2014 - navigate the health care system in this way. … Ultimately, we need to better understand why our health care system has evolved to be so complex that … Clinicians and health care systems should address this problem systematically, just as they do with other … Physicians and other health care professionals can help patients navigate the health care system and … Like other patient safety issues, clinicians and health care systems should address this problem systematically
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pain-management-best-practices-multispecialty-organizations-during-covid-19-pandemic-and
November 16, 2022 - , use of telehealth for pain management, conservation of resources, and access to pain management … November 16, 2022
Enabling a learning healthcare system with automated computer protocols … August 4, 2021
Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 among frontline health care personnel in … June 24, 2020
Global oncology pharmacy response to COVID-19 pandemic: medication access … June 10, 2020
Barriers and facilitators to healthcare workers' adherence with infection
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hand-hygiene-among-physicians-performance-beliefs-and-perceptions
January 14, 2011 - Whereas being a role model, having a positive attitude towards hand hygiene, and easy access to hand-rub … protect both patients and healthcare workers. … April 4, 2011
Enabling a learning healthcare system with automated computer protocols … care workers in the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study of health system leaders' strategies. … October 21, 2020
Delayed access to care and late presentations in children during the
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/adverse-events-0
September 20, 2011 - This collection of reports provides access to investigations of the impact of healthcare-related harm … Care System in Arizona. … Care System in Las Vegas. … Louis Health Care System in Missouri. … January 16, 2025
AHRQ National Healthcare Safety Dashboard.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/fecal-contamination-peritoneum-laparoscopic-trocar-injury-routine-operation-goes-wrong
March 03, 2021 - promote improvements in health care and not proprietary interests of a commercial interest. … technique of abdominal access
Describe maneuvers to minimize injury during access into a complex abdomen … Other surgeons recommend Open access rather than Veress access to avoid injury from the Veress needle … View More
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/852274/psn-pdf
August 09, 2023 - Associations between self-reported healthcare disruption
due to COVID-19 and avoidable hospital admission … Associations between self-reported healthcare disruption due to
covid-19 and avoidable hospital admission … -
avoidable-hospital
Many patients were unable to access care during the pandemic, particularly during … This
longitudinal cohort study in the UK reports that 35% of participants reported disrupted access … to care (e.g.,
cancelled or postponed appointments or procedures).
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/lost-translation-impact-language-barriers-childrens-healthcare
January 06, 2018 - Lost in translation: impact of language barriers on children's healthcare. … language assistance and to provide prompt access to qualified interpreters . … Download Citation
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Making Health … Care Safer II: An Updated Critical Analysis of the Evidence for Patient Safety Practices. … June 26, 2019
Enabling a learning healthcare system with automated computer protocols
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psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/second-victims-support-clinicians-involved-errors-and-adverse-events
December 15, 2024 - Scott and colleagues define second victims as health care providers who are involved in an unanticipated … Qual Saf Health Care. 2009;18:325-330. … The University of Missouri Health Care system developed a three-tiered support program deployed by an … May 18, 2022
Moving on after critical incidents in health care: a qualitative study of … June 23, 2021
Peer support by interprofessional health care providers in aftermath of
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/assessment-overuse-medical-tests-and-treatments-us-hospitals-using-medicare-claims
August 11, 2021 - Overtreatment and overuse of healthcare services have been identified as potential sources of patient … September 15, 2021
Personal formularies of primary care physicians across 4 health care … systems. … December 2, 2020
Program access, depressive symptoms, and medical errors among resident … View More
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/undiagnosed-vaginal-bleeding
July 06, 2022 - care system.( 2,3 ) Even when symptoms are present, many poor (and non-poor) individuals state that … distrust of the health care profession.( 9,10 )
Strategies to improve access, such as providing expanded … health care, the technical quality of that care was sub-optimal. … to health care in the United States. … Care Providers
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/854973/psn-pdf
October 31, 2023 - healthcare services. … , access telehealth services, and communicate with healthcare providers electronically. … Digital health literacy is positively associated with health literacy and access to technology.5
Higher … increase their
ability to participate in the health care system and manage their health.13
Strategies … The Federal Communications Commission is currently working to support access to digital health
through
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33599/psn-pdf
August 30, 2023 - , and it involves interaction between the
individual patient and the health care system, as well as … system to access services. … health care systems assume
that all patients are at risk of not understanding medical information, and … Therefore, health care
providers must integrate a health literacy approach to care in all health care … How health care systems can begin to address
the challenge of limited literacy.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/science-implementation-ahrqs-program-prevent-hais-results-and-lessons
May 06, 2015 - This companion issue covers research findings by an AHRQ program to reduce health care–associated infections … April 2, 2014
A Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections … catheter-related bloodstream infection rates after the introduction of a new mechanical valve intravenous access … September 1, 2014
Nurse staffing, burnout, and health care-associated infection. … July 2, 2009
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/home-medications-contribute-unique-opportunity-error-discharge-hospital
May 16, 2022 - patient suffering, healthcare expenses, and distrust within the healthcare system. 1 Transitions of … care system has its own Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee responsible for formulary development. 6 … Healthcare providers are encouraged to prescribe only medications on the hospital’s specific formulary … Home medications must be brought by the patient, provided to the nurse, approved by the healthcare provider … care system: use of medication administration record and bar code scanning technology.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/intraosseous-line-extravasation-pediatric-trauma-patient
September 29, 2021 - promote improvements in health care and not proprietary interests of a commercial interest. … ACCME) defines a commercial interest as “any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health … and selection factors related to delayed vascular access. 5 Because IO access can be performed rapidly … Healthcare professionals, including physicians, nurses, and pre-hospital providers, can be taught to … Care Providers
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-diagnosis-medicine-act-2022
December 21, 2022 - System Action Alliance for Patient and Workforce Safety. … March 25, 2020
Communication and Resolution After an Adverse Health Care Incident. … December 27, 2018
Veterans' Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency … View More
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