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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/data/infographics/adverse-drug-events.html
August 01, 2018 - Drug Events Occurring in U.S. … Drug Events Occurring in U.S. … Hospitals
Adverse Drug Events Occurring in U.S. … Hospitals (PDF, 1.5 MB)
Source: HCUP Statistical Brief #164: Characteristics of Adverse Drug Events … Drug Events Occurring in U.S.
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/899.html
February 01, 2024 - Heart Failure Patients’ Risk of Adverse Events Higher in Poor-Performing Hospitals … [PDF, 9 MB])
Today's Headlines:
Heart Failure Patients’ Risk of Adverse Events Higher in Poor-Performing … Heart Failure Patients’ Risk of Adverse Events Higher in Poor-Performing Hospitals
Patients with heart … Additional articles featured this week include:
Adverse safety events in emergency medical services … Impact of reducing time-to-antibiotics on sepsis mortality, antibiotic use, and adverse events.
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/press-releases/significant-patient-safety-improvement.html
July 01, 2022 - Researchers of this study tracked a total of 21 adverse events over the study period. … Examples of the events included adverse medication events such as those associated with the use of insulin … Adverse events are often defined as physical or psychological harm caused by a person’s interaction with … Tracking the rates of adverse events is a common way of measuring changes in patient safety. … In the study, researchers examined the rates of adverse events by looking at the raw (observed) rates
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/methods.html
December 01, 2017 - Events Associated With Hip Joint Replacements
MPSMS
Adverse Events Associated With Knee Joint Replacements … events for all patients to adverse events for patients with one of the four diagnoses. … Events Associated With Hip Joint Replacements
1.02
3.70
0.28
All Other HACs
Adverse Events … Events Associated With Hip Joint Replacements
30,413
32,750,000
0.929
MPSMS
Adverse Events … events for all diagnoses to adverse events for the four diagnoses.
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/822.html
July 01, 2022 - Today's Headlines:
Major Study Shows Significant Drop in In-Hospital Adverse Event Rates Pre-COVID … adverse events for healthcare-related patient harm fell significantly in the United States in the decade … The authors of the study, published in JAMA , tracked 21 adverse events of nearly 245,000 patients in … Examples of the events included adverse medication events such as those associated with the use of insulin … Monitoring preventable adverse events and near misses: number and type identified differ depending on
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-measures/qsrs/index.html
September 01, 2022 - events were occurring in order to prevent them. … This chart review-based surveillance system determines national rates for 21 types of adverse events, … events. … use/misuse, surgical site infections, and other surgical and anesthesia-related adverse events, as well … as obstetric and neonatal adverse events.
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/modules/notes7.html
August 01, 2022 - Slide 1
Say:
When adverse patient events occur, the patient and their family are looking for … events. … Following patient harm events, the patient and/or family might sue the caregiver and/or organization, … When harm occurs, patients often express the desire to protect others from future events. … These metrics include organizational performance relative to adverse events, financial impact, as well
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-dalal.html
January 01, 2024 - Between 19 to 28 percent of patients experience adverse events during care transitions. … These adverse events, which may lead to hospital readmissions, represent an ongoing threat to patient … events. … Building on his efforts to reduce adverse events during care transitions, Dr. … It also will help patients to understand their individualized risks of adverse events during care transitions
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/impguide.html
August 01, 2022 - events. … events and promote better care for patients through candid, caring communication in the wake of an adverse … events from happening in the future. … It also emphasizes the organization's commitment to improve the reporting and monitoring of adverse events … event (see Adverse Event (Reasonable Care) and Adverse Event (Unreasonable Care)) .
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/hac-rates-2019-updated.pdf
January 01, 2019 - in Hospital-
Acquired Conditions
National efforts to reduce hospital-acquired conditions such
as adverse … drug events and injuries from falls helped prevent
20,700 deaths and saved $7.7 billion between 2014 … Adverse
Drug
Events
-28%
CAUTI*
-5%
CLABSI+
-6%
Clostridioides
difficile
Infections
-37% … Falls
-5%
Obstetric
Adverse
Events
-3%
Pressure
Ulcers
Surgical
Site
Infections
Ventilator
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/Updated-hacreportFInal2017data.pdf
July 01, 2020 - infections, adverse drug events, and injuries due to procedures,
as well as pressure ulcers/pressure … For example, measured adverse
drug events continued to drop from 2014 to 2017, while measured pressure … Urinary
Tract Infections
Adverse Drug Events
99
92
88 86
https://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files … 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
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/candor/module4/mod4-event-checklist.pdf
April 01, 2016 - How to use this tool: Use the checklist to ensure that appropriate action is taken following an adverse … ■ Online: Review and prioritize events. … ■ Report any adverse event to the appropriate professional responsible for patient safety
events. … ■ Collect medical records and other documents to establish timeline of events. … ; or Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
“never” events
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/hac-rates-decline.pdf
June 04, 2018 - in Hospital-
Acquired Conditions
National efforts to reduce hospital-acquired conditions such
as adverse … drug events and injuries from falls helped prevent
8,000 deaths and saved $2.9 billion between 2014 … Adverse
Drug
Events CAUTI*
*CAUTI - Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections
CLABSI+
Clostridium … difficile
Infections
+CLABSI - Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection
Falls
Obstetric
Adverse … Events
Pressure
Ulcers
Surgical
Site
Infections
Ventilator-
Associated
Pneumonias
0%
(Post-op
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ahrqpubs.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. … Introduction to Adverse Events
Say:
Adverse events occur when a patient is harmed as a result of … Medical providers are committed to caring for their patients; however, adverse events can happen. … The Second Victim: Health Care Workers 7
Say:
Adverse events are often system failures. … Organizations need to engage in strategies to address adverse events.
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/modules/notes6.html
August 01, 2022 - Slide 5
Say:
Multiple studies have shown that involvement in medical errors and adverse events … It is estimated that one in seven patients is affected by adverse events, and that as many as half of … events and errors, and recognizes that not all adverse events are medical errors, and not all medical … errors are adverse events. … Therefore, it is important to recognize the distinction between medical errors and adverse events, as
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/index.html
August 01, 2022 - Studies
Blog
AHRQ Views
Newsletter
AHRQ News Now
Events … Patients and Families
About AHRQ's Quality & Patient Safety Work
Patient Safety News and Events … institutions and practitioners can use to respond in a timely, thorough, and just way when unexpected events … events and a more proactive method to achieving an amicable and fair resolution for the patient/family … Care
Video: Notification of Adverse Event
Video: Planning for Meetings with Family
Video: Disclosure
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/hacreport-2019.pdf
January 01, 2019 - infections, adverse drug events, and injuries due to
procedures, as well as pressure ulcers/pressure … 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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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/natlhacratereport-rebaselining2014-2016_0.pdf
January 01, 2016 - infections, adverse drug events, and injuries due to procedures,
as well as pressure ulcers and falls … For example,
measured adverse drug events continued to drop from 2014 to 2016, while measured pressure … Infections (CLABSI)
Clostridium difficile Infections
Falls
Obstetric Adverse Events
Pressure Ulcers … Rate of 21 MPSMS adverse events in the MPSMS sample provided by CMS,
including those in the Surgical … National number of adverse events captured by PSIs 18 and 19 on obstetric
injury and national number
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ahrqpubs.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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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/2014FinalHACreport4Web-13Dec2016.pdf
December 01, 2016 - About 40 percent of the overall reduction is from adverse
drug events, about 28 percent from pressure … Falls
Obstetric Adverse Events
Pressure Ulcers
Surgical Site Infections
Ventilator-Associated Pneumonias … Falls
Obstetric Adverse Events Pressure Ulcers
Surgical Site Infections Ventilator-Associated Pneumonias … (see https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26854418) indicated that in 2012 and
2013, adverse events were … Events
Associated With Hip
Joint Replacements
19,000 0.59
MPSMS
(2014)
Adverse Events
Associated