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August 11, 2025 - Topics Browse A - Z
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Access to Care Adverse Drug Events (ADE) Adverse Events
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Deis_82.pdf
June 03, 2008 - ) is a traditional forum that provides
clinicians with an opportunity to discuss medical error and adverse … Results: Twenty-one cases (12 medical, 9
surgical) representing adverse events were presented at the … Adverse events triggering case selection included unexpected deaths (six), unplanned intubations
(two … Adverse events triggering case selection are listed in Table 2. … Conference participants identified the leading contributors to adverse or “near-miss” outcomes.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-11/sarkar-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - PURPOSE
The objective of this study was to characterize adverse events and potential adverse
events … We hypothesized that diabetes patients will
experience adverse events and potential adverse events, … Discussion
We detected adverse events and potential adverse events in the course of conducting
an automated … Adverse and
potential adverse events among a low-income, urban, ambulatory population with diabetes. … Adverse and
potential adverse events among a low-income, urban, ambulatory population with diabetes.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/modules/patient-family-engagement/notes.html
September 01, 2013 - Introduction to Adverse Events
Slide 23. Immediate Response to an Adverse Event 4
Slide 24. … How to Communicate About an Adverse Event 6
Slide 26. … What if an Adverse Event Occurs on the Unit? … Introduction to Adverse Events
Say:
Adverse events occur when a patient is harmed as a result of … of emotions when an adverse event occurs.
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/vaccine-recommendations-guidelines.html
August 01, 2022 - to timing and spacing of immunobiologics; contraindications and precautions; preventing and managing adverse
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/pruprev/factraining.html
December 01, 2014 - Nursing home staff generally do a good job of investigating and following up after an adverse event, … It is more difficult for staff to identify which residents are at risk for a future adverse event. … The reports:
Focus on preventing adverse events.
Are proactive rather than reactive. … Investigate root causes when an adverse event occurs. … Discussion questions are tailored to the On-Time adverse event being addressed.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/interimhac2014-ap1.html
November 01, 2015 - 5,000
0.2
Falls
MPSMS (2014)
In-Hospital Patient Falls
260,000
7.9
Obstetric Adverse … Femoral Artery Puncture for Catheter Angiographic Procedures
74,000
2.3
MPSMS (2014)
Adverse … Events Associated With Hip Joint Replacements
19,000
0.59
MPSMS (2014)
Adverse Events Associated … Goal for HAC Reduction f
PfP HAC Reduction Goal g
Estimated PfP Additional Cost* per HAC
Adverse … 25%
10,000
$17,000
Falls
200,000
25%
50%
12.5%
25,000
$7,234
Obstetric Adverse
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/availability/chipra-233-hrob-section-3-table-2.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Category C Animal reproduction studies have shown an adverse effect on the fetus and
there are no adequate … Category D There is positive evidence of human fetal risk based on adverse reaction
data from investigational … have demonstrated fetal abnormalities and/or
there is positive evidence of human fetal risk based on adverse
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/perinatal-care/modules/teamwork/engage/engagement.pptx
May 01, 2017 - Events
An adverse event is an injury to a patient caused by medical intervention rather than by the … The mission of health care providers is to help and care for patients without harming them, but adverse … Prompt, compassionate, and honest communication with the patient and family after an adverse event is … essential.
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AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care
Patient & Family
Immediate Response to an Adverse … Organizations should be prepared to respond and communicate proactively when adverse events occur.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/dierks-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Simply because
the system has not realized a catastrophic adverse event does not mean that it is ‘ … ‘unsuccessful’
waiving (i.e., waiving with a subsequent adverse event) increases time pressure. … Exposure leads to a transition to one of two outcomes: 1) adverse event/harm or 2)
no adverse event … A Hybrid Methodology for Modeling Risk of Adverse Events in Complex
Healthcare Settings. … On Modeling Risk of Adverse Events in Complex Healthcare
Settings.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/Updated-hacreportFInal2017data.pdf
July 01, 2020 - the same 28 measures of patient safety events, including
many types of hospital-acquired infections, adverse … For example, measured adverse
drug events continued to drop from 2014 to 2017, while measured pressure … National number of adverse events captured by PSIs 18 and 19 on obstetric
injury and national number … To estimate the rate of adverse events for each of the 21 HACs for all patients for
which the MPSMS … Due to changes in how some conditions and adverse events are described in ICD-9 and
ICD-10, the data
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/prevhosp/1_preventablehospitaledvisits-overview-ig.pdf
June 02, 2025 - The reports:
• Focus on preventing adverse events.
• Are proactive rather than reactive. … These questions explore what the facility does
to screen for risk of an adverse event. … The goal is to focus on preventing adverse events. … • Improve root cause analyses when adverse events occur. … Discussion questions are tailored to the
On-Time adverse event being addressed.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/grand-rounds.html
August 01, 2022 - event.
1.5% experienced harm that contributed to their death.
44% of adverse events were preventable … Slide 7
Say:
Open and honest communication after an adverse event is not easy and does require … Potential decrease in adverse events being litigated, which can potentially lead to lower malpractice … Slide 19
Say:
The CANDOR process involves a thorough investigation of the adverse event … Resolution should lead to a settlement of issues related to the adverse event,but doesn’t always lead
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-care-transitions3.html
June 01, 2023 - academic medical centers, one survey 57 showed that 87 percent of residents recalled at least one adverse … Not surprisingly, at least 20 percent of patients discharged from the ICU experience an adverse event … , with more than one-third of these adverse events deemed preventable. 63 These adverse events are associated … Ineffective verbal and written handoffs have been estimated to lead to approximately 10 percent of adverse … event related to the ICU-ward handoff, and most of these adverse events were rooted in communication
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/king-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Management of Direct Anticoagulants to Lower Adverse Events in Atrial Fibrillation … (MODL-AF)
Project Title: Management of Direct Anticoagulants to Lower Adverse Events in Atrial Fibrillation
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/hacrate2011-12.html
January 01, 2018 - The annual estimates include a wide variety of adverse events, including the nine HACs selected for special … 32,750,000 Discharges— Based on 2010 Baseline)
2012 PFP Measured HACs per 1,000 Discharges
Adverse … 0.51
Falls
MPSMS
In-Hospital Patient Falls
260,000
7.80
230,000
7.16
Obstetric Adverse … Artery Puncture for Catheter Angiographic Procedures
57,000
1.75
65,000
1.97
MPSMS
Adverse … Events Associated With Hip Joint Replacements
33,000
1.00
31,000
0.93
MPSMS
Adverse
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/owll-long-desc.html
August 01, 2025 - aimed to improve patient safety in dental settings by establishing a learning health system that used adverse … Identifying contributing factors associated with dental adverse events through a pragmatic electronic … An observational retrospective study of adverse events and behavioral outcomes during pediatric dental … Identifying contributing factors associated with dental adverse events through a pragmatic electronic … An observational retrospective study of adverse events and behavioral outcomes during pediatric dental
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/pruhealing/guide.html
December 01, 2017 - Nursing home staff generally do a good job of investigating and following up after an adverse event, … The reports:
Focus on preventing adverse events.
Are proactive rather than reactive. … Investigate root causes when an adverse event occurs. … Improve root cause analyses when adverse events occur. … Discussion questions are tailored to the On-Time adverse event being addressed.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/modules/checklist4.html
August 01, 2022 - 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.
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www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/measures/global-assessment.html
August 01, 2021 - Pediatric Patient Safety
PQMP COE: CEPQM
Associated NQF # and Name: 3136, GAPPS: Rate of Preventable Adverse