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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/data/infographics/hac-rates-decline.html
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/chtoolbx/uses/index.html
June 01, 2020 - Studies
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About AHRQ's Quality & Patient Safety Work
Patient Safety News and Events … Providers or plans welcome the opportunity for a practice year without adverse consequences.
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May 24, 2013 - Research shows patient-centered communication can
improve:
– Patient safety
• More than 70 percent of adverse … events caused by
breakdowns in communication
– Patient outcomes, including emotional health,
functioning
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressure_ulcer_prevention/module1/module1_pu-whychange_slides.pptx
June 16, 2017 - understanding that even small failures in safety protocols or processes can lead to catastrophic or adverse … events if action is not taken to solve the problem. … Memo on never events, July 7, 2008.
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/teamstepps/lep/traintrainers/lepigtrainer.html
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Events … Slide Time: 5 minutes
Say:
To illustrate why LEP patients are at risk of patient safety events … Language proficiency and adverse events in U.S. hospitals: a pilot study. … is inspired by the 2006 book by John Kotter, Our Iceberg Is Melting: Changing and Succeeding Under Adverse … Our iceberg is melting: changing and succeeding under adverse conditions.
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July 23, 2010 - families
Research shows patient-centered communication can improve:
Patient safety
More than 70 percent of adverse … events caused by breakdowns in communication
Patient outcomes, including emotional health, functioning … For example, one study found that more than 70 percent of adverse events are caused by breakdowns in
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/hospital/2021-HSOPS2-Database-Report-Part-I-508-rev0921.pdf
January 01, 2021 - Example of Computing Number of Events Reported and Patient Safety Rating . 36
Table N3. … safety events
they reported in the past 12 months. … Table 6-3 presents statistics for the number of patient safety events reported. … Reporting Patient Safety Events 74% 7.69% 50% 65% 69% 74% 79% 85% 93%
5. … Disagree/Strongly Disagree
Hospital management seems interested in patient
safety only after an adverse
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/npsd/data/npsd-falls-chartbook-2023.pdf
January 01, 2023 - extent of harm to
the patient after discovery of the incident and after any attempts to minimize adverse … The figures below are based on these 484 and 2,166 events
respectively. … The figures below are based on these 1,723 and 4,960 events respectively. … The figures below are based on these 2,443 and 6,229 events respectively. … The figures below are based on these
2,299 and 5,622 events respectively.
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Events … Percent know correct action for hypoglycemic symptoms
38
53.9
72.6
Slide 8
All Sentinel Events … limited health literacy:
Poor compliance with medical management
Increased risk of:
Poor outcomes/adverse … events
Infections/prolonged hospital stays
Patient/family anxiety
Slide 33
Summary: Health
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/schnipper2-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - case to hospital leadership of the return on investment
of hiring these personnel (i.e., in reducing adverse … drug events and inpatient length of stay). … Medication Reconciliation to Prevent Adverse Drug Events. … Secondary Medication Reconciliation to Prevent Adverse Drug Events 2018.
http://www.ihi.org/Topics/ADEsMedicationReconciliation
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/hospital/userguide/hospitalusersguide.pdf
July 01, 2018 - provide an overall
grade on patient safety for their work area/unit and to indicate the number of events … “Patient safety” is defined as the avoidance and prevention of patient injuries
or adverse events … Hospital management seems interested in patient safety only after an
adverse event happens ......... … Hospital management seems interested in patient safety only after an adverse event
happens. … Frequency of Events Reported
(Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Most of the time, Always)
D1.
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/dxsafety-current-state.pdf
January 01, 2024 - ■ Measure Dx: A Resource To Detect, Analyze, and Learn From Diagnostic Safety Events (AHRQ). … Patient
record review of the incidence, consequences, and causes of diagnostic adverse events. … Association between cancer-specific adverse event triggers and mortality: a validation study. … An electronic trigger based on care
escalation to identify preventable adverse events in hospitalised … Reducing preventable adverse events in obstetrics by improving interprofessional communication
skills
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy3/Strat3_Implement_Hndbook_508.docx
August 01, 2010 - Nurse shift changes require the successful transfer of information between nurses to prevent adverse … events and medical errors. … One study found that more than 70 percent of adverse events are caused by breakdowns in communication … are on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ list of hospital-acquired complications “never events … communication during nurse transitions, for example:
Reduce the incidence of never events by 5 percent
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/defining-diagnostic-error-a-scoping-review.pdf
April 27, 2022 - The remaining 2 studies
(Giardina et al29,30) analyzed existing data sets of patient reports of
adverse … events and patient complaints, respectively. … Secondary analysis of
patient reports of adverse
Timeliness, accuracy,
communication
events
( … The determination of error depends
on the temporal or sequential context of events. … Tracking Progress in improving
diagnosis: a framework for defining undesirable diagnostic events.
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/teamstepps/rrs/instructor_slides/rrsinstructmod.html
October 01, 2014 - should be prioritized based on the risk to patients and on the prevalence and severity of targeted adverse … events. … Quality Improvement – Supports Activators and Responders by reviewing RRS events and evaluating data … During a team huddle, response team members could:
Discuss critical issues and emerging events. … and prescribe a course of action for future events.
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy3/Strat3_Implement_Hndbook_508.pdf
August 01, 2010 - Nurse shift changes require the successful transfer of information between
nurses to prevent adverse … events and medical errors. … One study found that more than 70 percent of adverse events are caused
by breakdowns in communication … on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’
list of hospital-acquired complications “never events … communication during nurse transitions, for example:
• Reduce the incidence of never events by 5 percent
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/teamstepps/rrs/rrsinstructmod.ppt
January 01, 2008 - should be prioritized based on the risk to patients and on the prevalence and severity of targeted adverse … events. … Quality Improvement – Supports Activators and Responders by reviewing RRS events and evaluating data … During a team huddle, response team members could:
Discuss critical issues and emerging events. … and prescribe a course of action for future events.
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/35th-anniversary/index.html
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Events … Hospital-Acquired Conditions show that national efforts to reduce hospital-acquired conditions, such as adverse … drug events and injuries from falls, helped prevent an estimated 8,000 deaths and save $2.9 billion
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/safe_surgery_finalreport.pdf
December 01, 2017 - Recent data from the Medicare Patient Safety Monitoring
System found that rates of adverse events did … central line-associated
bloodstream infection, ventilator-associated pneumonia) and post-procedural adverse … events (e.g.,
postoperative venous thromboembolic events) significantly increased. … a program to improve local safety culture did not
lead to significant reductions in SSI and other adverse … events were handled; and
• Where improvements were needed.
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/dx-team-assessment-scale-jtcommjqualpatsaf.pdf
February 01, 2024 - work
as an effective team. 4 According to The Joint Commis-
sion, one of the most reviewed sentinel events … Team members use daily/weekly huddles and briefs to stay informed,
address issues, share unexpected events … communication practices to identify
opportunities for improvement (for example, this survey tool,
debriefing events … Team members have a systematic process in place to capture and learn
from near misses and no-harm adverse … events that occur because of
communication gaps