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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-patients-source-understanding-dx-error-vol2-3.html
June 01, 2023 - Expanding the scope to also include “problems” encourages reporting of adverse events where patients … The focus of questions is on the immediate antecedents and outcomes of the adverse event. … Given the uncertainties inherent in diagnosis, a portion of adverse diagnostic events that are not … The literature on medical errors documents that the long-term harms associated with adverse events are … Exacerbated harms associated with the adverse event.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/modules/facguide3/apb.html
August 01, 2022 - Is there a clear process for communication among staff in response to adverse events? … Identification and Analysis of Actual and Potential Adverse Events:
Is there a process in place for … identifying, managing, and analyzing adverse events, near miss events, and unsafe conditions? … Do staff have access to a system for reporting adverse events? … Is an attempt made to disclose within the first 24 hours following an adverse event?
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/prevhosp/factraining.html
September 01, 2017 - 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/hai/pfp/interimhac2013-ap1.html
December 01, 2014 - Interim Final 2013 Data for MPSMS, Preliminary 2013 CDC NHSN Data on SSIs, and 2012 Data for Obstetric Adverse … 9,200
0.28
Falls
MPSMS (2013)
In-Hospital Patient Falls
240,000
7.2
Obstetric Adverse … Femoral Artery Puncture for Catheter Angiographic Procedures
59,000
1.8
MPSMS (2013)
Adverse … Events Associated With Hip Joint Replacements
21,000
0.63
MPSMS (2013)
Adverse Events Associated
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/hacreport-2019.pdf
January 01, 2019 - 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 … Preliminary
2017
2019 Goal
(20%
Reduction
of each
HAC)
Adverse Drug
Events
33.7 30.0 27.1 … National number of adverse events captured by PSIs 18 and 19 on obstetric
injury and national number … 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/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/modules.html
August 01, 2022 - institutions include how to:
Engage patients and families in disclosure communication following adverse … Implement a Care for the Caregiver program for providers involved in adverse events. … Investigate and analyze an adverse event to learn from it and prevent future adverse events.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/fallspx/factraining.html
November 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. … These questions explore what the facility does to screen for risk of an adverse event. … Improve root cause analyses when adverse events occur. … Discussion questions are tailored to the On-Time adverse event of interest.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/highlights/ps-project-highlights-measure-implementation.pdf
August 01, 2025 - and identification of adverse events
across various healthcare settings. … Events: Provided actionable insights into adverse events (e.g.,
medication adverse events, diagnostic … • Most product-related adverse events are reported to the FDA by
manufacturers. … Primary video laryngoscope use was significantly
associated with lower adverse TIAEs. … events those reported adverse events.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/candor/module1/grand-rounds-presentation-slides.pptx
January 01, 2014 - event.
1.5% experienced harm that contributed to death.
44% of adverse events were preventable. … Human,” as reported from the 2010 Medicare data:
13.5% of hospitalized beneficiaries experienced an adverse … event.
1.5% experienced harm that contributed to their death.
44% of adverse events were preventable … As we saw in the “Do No Harm” Video, families reported how the silence they experienced after the adverse … Patients are looking for the actions the organization is doing to prevent and learn from the adverse
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/long-term-modules/module4/mod4-slides.html
March 01, 2017 - Events
Adverse event: An injury to a resident caused by medical intervention rather than by the … Prompt, compassionate, and honest communication with the resident and family after an adverse event is … Slide 29: Disclosure and Apology for Unexpected Adverse Outcomes
Immediate Response to an Adverse … Event
Next Steps in Responding to an Adverse Event
Care for the resident. … Slide 30: How To Communicate About An Adverse Event
Speak slowly and use clear language.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/2015-interim.html
December 01, 2016 - safety has occurred during a period of concerted attention by hospitals throughout the country to reduce adverse … About 42 percent of this reduction is from adverse drug events, about 23 percent from pressure ulcers … The MPSMS methodology to identify adverse events within each chart is identical to prior years. … It should be noted that for every year from 2010 to 2014, the VTE adverse events contributed less than … indicated that in 2012 and 2013, adverse events were less frequent at hospitals that had implemented
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/czeisler-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Compared to other industries, medicine has a relatively high rate of serious
errors and adverse events … Accordingly, efforts to link individual
fatigue to adverse outcomes has been difficult. … Errors with little or
no potential for harm are not serious errors, nor
are nonpreventable adverse … Either can lead to
increased error and adverse event rates. … No adverse events occurred.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/modules/facguide3/apc.html
August 01, 2022 - Is there a clear process for communication among staff in response to adverse events?
… Identification and Analysis of Actual and Potential Adverse Events
Is there a process in place … for identifying, managing, and analyzing adverse events, near miss events, and unsafe conditions?
… Do staff have access to a system for reporting adverse events?
… Is an attempt made to disclose within the first 24 hours following an adverse event?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/updatedhacrateinfo.pdf
June 01, 2014 - The annual estimates include a
wide variety of adverse events, including the nine HACs selected for … 32,750,000
Discharges—
Based on 2010
Baseline)
2012 PFP
Measured
HACs per
1,000
Discharge
s
Adverse … 1,000
Discharge
s
Falls MPSMS In-Hospital Patient
Falls
260,000 7.80 230,000 7.16
Obstetric
Adverse … MPSMS Femoral 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 Events
Associated
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/landrigan2-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Measuring errors and adverse events. … events to study rates of serious medical errors and
adverse events. … Detection of Errors and Adverse Events. … events, or adverse events; this step is ongoing. … Potential
adverse events and adverse events are being rated on severity using a four-point Likert scale
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Emanuel-Berwick_110.pdf
July 02, 2008 - Our description includes:
why the field of patient safety exists (the high prevalence of avoidable adverse … The realization that
adverse events often occur because of system breakdowns, not simply because of … Transparency and Learning
The idea that adverse events could yield information was not new, but as it … The goal of the field of patient safety is to minimize adverse events
and eliminate preventable harm … Systems
analysis of adverse drug events. JAMA 1995; 274:
35-43.
15.
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www.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/otherwebsites/qsrs.ahrq.gov/index.html
March 01, 2021 - and other Federal partners—realized that hospitals needed to understand specifically how and where adverse … Therefore, CMS created the MPSMS to measure the magnitude of adverse events among hospital patients covered … Features
The QSRS:
Offers an expanded array of adverse event measures.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol4/Lapane.pdf
March 09, 2005 - Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General,
states that “patients may be experiencing unnecessary adverse … Of the preventable
adverse drug events in nursing homes, 70 percent occurred at the monitoring stage … The Flow Records contain specific MDS items that
may indicate adverse medication effects associated … Epidemiology of
adverse drug events in the nursing home setting.
Drugs Aging 1995;7:203–11.
17. … Incidence and
preventability of adverse drug events in nursing
homes.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications2/files/hac-cost-report2017.pdf
November 01, 2017 - Obstetric Adverse Events
(OBAE)
An adverse maternal or fetal outcome that occurs during labor and/ … adverse events as the end point. … “drug overdose”[mh] OR
“Drug-related side effects and adverse reactions”[mh] OR “adverse drug event … ”[tiab] OR “adverse drug events”[tiab]
OR “adverse drug reaction”[tiab] OR “adverse drug reactions”[ … effects"[Mesh]
OR “Central Venous Catheters/adverse effects”[mh] OR “Catheters, Indwelling/adverse
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/hac-cost-report2017.pdf
November 01, 2017 - Obstetric Adverse Events
(OBAE)
An adverse maternal or fetal outcome that occurs during labor and/ … adverse events as the end point. … “drug overdose”[mh] OR
“Drug-related side effects and adverse reactions”[mh] OR “adverse drug event … ”[tiab] OR “adverse drug events”[tiab]
OR “adverse drug reaction”[tiab] OR “adverse drug reactions”[ … effects"[Mesh]
OR “Central Venous Catheters/adverse effects”[mh] OR “Catheters, Indwelling/adverse