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81. First-of-its-Kind Study Examines Disparities in Healthcare Costs and Outcomes of Cigarette Smoking in the United States | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2023 - policymakers conduct cost-benefit analyses that accurately reflect the burden of healthcare costs and adverse … “Disparities in medical spending, as well as adverse health outcomes, are continuing to increase over

82. Mod4-Event-Checklist (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2016 - How to use this tool: Use the checklist to ensure that appropriate action is taken following an adverse … ■ Report any adverse event to the appropriate professional responsible for patient safety events.

83. Develop a Culture of Safety Around Antibiotic Prescribing | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2021 - Use Commitment Poster (DOCX) Antibiotic Time Out Tool (DOCX) Identifying Antibiotic–Associated Adverse … Events Form (DOCX) Learning From Antibiotic–Associated Adverse Events Form (DOCX)

84. AHRQ National Scorecard on Hospital-Acquired Conditions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2020 - Condition Rate ( PDF , 237 KB) To improve how the Nation tracks its progress on reducing HACs and other adverse … This patient safety surveillance system will capture information about HACs and other adverse events

85. System-Focused Event Investigation and Analysis Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2022 - Contents A Systems Approach The sole objective of the event investigation and analysis of an adverse … event or near miss is the prevention of future adverse events. … When an adverse event occurs, too often, the focus is on an individual's performance and is corrected … other than the involved individual) that might have contributed to, facilitated, or even caused the adverse … The systems approach recognizes that all adverse events have multiple contributing factors, many of which

86. Care for the Caregiver Program Implementation Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2022 - ensure that these tiers of support are provided to caregivers after they have in been involved in an adverse … responsible for item or Action Plan Reporting Culture Are policies in place to support reporting adverse … YES  NO       Adverse Event Investigation Process Is an adverse event policy in place?

87. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 31, 2024 - To reduce HACs and other adverse events in hospitals, frontline clinicians and others use many of the … uses electronic medical records to develop weekly reports that identify residents at risk of common adverse

88. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 28, 2024 - To reduce HACs and other adverse events in hospitals, frontline clinicians and others use many of the … uses electronic medical records to develop weekly reports that identify residents at risk of common adverse

89. AHRQ Quality Indicator Tools for Data Analytics | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2020 - hospital level, the QIs are used to support internal quality improvement, monitoring, and assessment of adverse … Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) help hospitals assess the incidence of adverse events and in-hospital … More specifically, they focus on potential in-hospital complications and adverse events following surgeries

90. Improving Patient Safety in Healthcare | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2023 - care, where the complexity of the system and the fragility of the patients creates a greater risk for adverse … a 2-year AHRQ grant in 2005 to evaluate an emergency medicine clinical pharmacist program to avoid adverse … Fairbanks evaluated over 10,000 ED cases for adverse events, and interviewed ED physicians and nurses

91. Infographic - New AHRQ Report Compares Early Stage Breast Cancer Radiotherapy Approaches (pdf file)
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    February 21, 2023 - Cancer-Free Survival Outcomes Similar at 5 and 10 Years Whole Breast Irradiation (WBI) Acute Adverse

92. New Toolkit Can Improve Post-Surgery Complications and Enhance Patient Recovery | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2023 - Walsh is working to prevent medication errors and adverse drug events among children, particularly those … Associated With Financial Distress An analysis of more than 132,000 individuals’ credit reports showed adverse … Racial, Ethnic, and Payer Disparities in Adverse Safety Events: Are there Differences across Leapfrog

93. Preventing Medication Errors in Ambulatory Care: The Importance of Establishing Regimen Concordance (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2004 - Because oral anticoagulants are associated with preventable adverse events at disproportionately high … high (INR > 4), or safe (INR ≤ 2 but ≥ 4), based on cutoff values associated with increased risks of adverse … events are common18 and warfarin is involved in preventable adverse drug events at rates disproportionate … Incidence and preventability of adverse drug events among older persons in the ambulatory setting. … Adverse drug events in ambulatory care. NEJM 2003 348(16):1556– 64. 19.

94. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2024 - 1279) 2015 (1430) 2014 (662) 2013 (195) Topics Access to Care (417) Adverse … Drug Events (ADE) (321) Adverse Events (737) Alcohol Use (61) Ambulatory Care and Surgery … Keywords: Adverse Events, Falls, Hospitals, Patient Safety, Prevention Braithwaite S , Friedman … Comparison of traditional trigger tool to data warehouse based screening for identifying hospital adverse … Keywords: Adverse Events, Hospitals, Medical Errors, Patient Safety, Quality Indicators (QIs)

95. AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care: Monitoring for Perinatal Safety: Electronic Fetal Monitoring
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    May 01, 2017 - Professional Liability EFM interpretation and management are a common issue in litigation involving adverse … Fetal Monitoring 12 Key Safety Elements: Learn From Defects Debrief and analyze near misses and adverse … episode involving an abnormal fetal tracing Disclosing any unintended outcomes using unit policy for adverse … Past adverse events related to EFM use Synergy with related or similar initiatives Interest and enthusiasm

96. Monitoring for Perinatal Safety: Electronic Fetal Monitoring (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2017 - 3 SAY: Further, EFM interpretation and management is a common issue in litigation involving adverse … unit-established parameters for provider notification of EFM findings ensures that signs of potential adverse … Informal debriefings can be used by the clinical team immediately following a near miss or actual adverse … Finally, unit staff should disclose any unintended outcomes related to EFM use using unit policy for adverse … • Past adverse events related to EFM use. • Synergy with related or similar initiatives (e.g., initiatives

97. Improving Patient Safety in Community Pharmacies: A Resource List for Users of the AHRQ Community Pharmacy Survey on Patient Safety Culture (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2023 - Staff can use this decision tree when analyzing an error or adverse event in an organization to help … These organizations consistently minimize adverse events despite carrying out intrinsically complex … Patient Safety Primer: Medication Errors and Adverse Drug Events https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primers/primer … /23 A growing evidence base supports specific strategies to prevent adverse drug events (ADEs). … Patient Safety Primer: Medication Errors and Adverse Drug Events 9.

98. Toolkit for Improving Perinatal Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2023 - improve the patient safety culture of labor and delivery (L&D) units and decrease maternal and neonatal adverse … Simulations—that an L&D unit can use to teach team members how to apply CUSP to prevent obstetrical adverse

99. Well-Child Visits on the Rise, But Disturbing Gaps Remain for Underserved Populations | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2022 - Drug-drug interactions are responsible for up to 14 percent of adverse drug reactions in hospitalized … Articles featured this week include: Quality measures for patients at risk of adverse outcomes in the … disproportionality analysis of drug-drug interactions of tizanidine and CYP1A2 inhibitors from the FDA Adverse

100. New Challenge Competition Launched To Update and Re-Create TeamSTEPPS Videos | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2022 - Patient Safety found no evidence of the so-called “July Effect,” an increase in patient safety and adverse … patient records abstracted and analyzed using the Medicare Patient Safety Monitoring System, changes in adverse … Identifying over-the-counter information to prioritize for the purpose of reducing adverse drug reactions