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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-terminology7.html
April 01, 2025 - Unlike safety “events,” diagnostic errors tend to become evident over time and across different sites … Adverse Events, Diagnostic Adverse Events Defined under the Safety Paradigm section above, adverse event … to an event that results in unintended harm encountered during medical care. 3 In general, medical adverse … events tend to be (but are not always) errors of commission (e.g., wrong site surgery). … Diagnostic adverse events commonly include errors of omission (e.g., failure to order or properly interpret
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/liability/prologue.html
August 01, 2017 - System in the Sanford Health System
Patient, Family Member, and Clinician Perceptions of Disclosure of Adverse … Events in Labor and Delivery
Patient Safety Culture and Medical Liability—Recommendations for Measurement … Drug Events During Transfer of Care from Hospital to Home
Kenneth Sands, Alan Woodward … culture among staff in medical institutions, to find lasting and systemic prevention strategies for adverse … events, and to work with patients—and with their families and caregivers—as equals to both address their
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/safety/patient-safety-slides.pptx
November 01, 2019 - Events
Improving Antibiotic Use – Patient Safety Issue
AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic … Use – Acute Care
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Antibiotic-Associated Adverse Events
In a cohort of ~1,500 hospitalized patients … developed antibiotic-associated adverse events after hospital discharge
Most adverse events had some … Approximately 20% of hospitalized patients develop antibiotic-associated adverse events. … Association of Adverse Events with Antibiotic Use in Hospitalized Patients.
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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 … 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 … diagnostic events. … First, when patients experience adverse medical events, they frequently switch to alternative venues
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/hotline/summary.html
May 01, 2016 - out by the Institute of Medicine, 2 and the AHRQ Common Formats, a which includes definitions of adverse … events and forms for adverse event reporting. … any relevant information collected from other sources within their organizations (such as an existing adverse … the identified goals (patient safety improvement, public monitoring and accountability, research on adverse … Overall, the number of consumer reports was disappointing, given the potential reservoir of adverse events
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www.ahrq.gov/data/resources/index.html?page=0
HCUP Statistical Briefs: Adverse Events
These HCUP Statistical Briefs provide statistics about adverse … events and patient safety-related events in U.S. hospitals. … Topics include infections (CDI and MRSA), adverse drug events (ADEs), and potentially avoidable injuries
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/about/areas/improve-discharge.html
August 01, 2024 - PSNet Article: Vital Signs Are Still Vital: Instability on Discharge and the Risk of Post-Discharge Adverse … Readmission Rates With Mortality Rates After Hospital Discharge AHRQ PS Net Primer: Readmissions and Adverse … Events After Discharge Transitions of Care Project BOOST (Better Outcomes for Older Adults through Safer … Events With AHRQ Medication Reconciliation Toolkit (KT-CQUIPS-85) Four New York Providers Use AHRQ … Drug Events AHRQ PSNet Primer: Medication Reconciliation AHRQ PSNet Perspective: Patient Safety in the
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www.ahrq.gov/sops/about/patient-safety-culture.html
June 01, 2024 - rates. 2 Hospitals with more positive SOPS scores had: Lower rates of in-hospital complications or adverse … events as measured by AHRQ’s patient safety indicators (PSIs). 3 Patients who reported more positive … Exploring relationships between hospital patient safety culture and adverse events. … The relationship between culture of safety and rate of adverse events in long-term care facilities.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/candor/module6/module6-care-for-caregiver.pptx
May 01, 2011 - It is estimated that one in seven patients is affected by adverse events, and that as many as half of … Module 6
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As referenced in Module 3, this diagram shows the distinction between adverse 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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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/demo-program/grants/appa.html
August 01, 2022 - Assessment of rates of communication-sensitive adverse events. … Decreasing intrapartum malpractice: Targeting the most injurious neonatal adverse events. … Decreasing intrapartum malpractice: Targeting the most injurious neonatal adverse events. … events and maternal adverse events. … Incidence of adverse events and negligence in hospitalized patients.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/hac-interim-data-infographic-2015.pdf
January 01, 2015 - 21%21%
LIVES SAVEDLIVES SAVED
125,000125,000
IN SAVINGSIN SAVINGS
$28
BILLION
$28
BILLION
FEWER
ADVERSE … EVENTS
FEWER
ADVERSE EVENTS
3 MILLION3 MILLION
From 2010–2015, more than 3 million hospital-acquired
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/improve/acute_care_implementation_guide.pdf
November 01, 2019 - events as well as first and second order problem solving approaches. … o “Learning From Antibiotic-Associated Adverse Events Form” is similar to a root cause
analysis form … events. … changes.html
https://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/safety/identifying-antibiotic-adverse-events-form.docx … https://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/safety/learning-antibiotic-adverse-events-form.docx
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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 … Events Per 1,000 Patient-Days Among Pediatric Inpatients
Products:
Full Report (PDF, 289.7 KB)
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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 … events happen. … Prompt, compassionate, and honest communication with the patient and family after an adverse event is … Organizations should be prepared to respond and communicate proactively when adverse events occur.
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www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/acute-care/safety/index.html
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)
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/Weinberg.pdf
March 01, 2004 - Illinois, New York, and Pennsylvania require that adverse events be disclosed to
patients. … errors and preventable adverse events, and 3 years
of adverse event reports to the New York Patient … JCAHO and New York are the only agencies that address the full range of
adverse events, and JCAHO’s … Defining reportable adverse
events: a guide for States tracking medical errors. … Patient safety: reporting
of adverse events, NEJM 2002; 347(20):1,633–9.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/prevhosp/factraining.html
September 01, 2017 - Slide 6: On-Time Reports for Four Adverse Events
Say:
Four sets of On-Time reports are available … Commitment to work with a Facilitator to learn how to use the reports to prevent adverse events. … The reports:
Focus on preventing adverse events.
Are proactive rather than reactive. … The goal is to focus on preventing adverse events. … Improve root cause analyses when adverse events occur.
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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/TableofContents_Vol1.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Physician-Reported Adverse Events and Medical Errors in Obstetrics and
Gynecology
Martin November, … Using ICD-9-CM Codes in Hospital Claims Data to Detect Adverse Events in
Patient Safety Surveillance … News Media and Health Care Providers at the Crossroads of Medical Adverse
Events
Pamela Whitten, Mohan … Mahoney
Views of Emergency Medicine Trainees on Adverse Events and Negligence:
Survey Results from … Drug Events: Study Methods
Andrew L.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol4/TableofContents_Vol4.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Drug Events: Study Methods
Andrew L. … ix
Physician-Reported Adverse Events and Medical Errors in Obstetrics and
Gynecology
Martin November … Using ICD-9-CM Codes in Hospital Claims Data to Detect Adverse Events in
Patient Safety Surveillance … News Media and Health Care Providers at the Crossroads of Medical Adverse
Events
Pamela Whitten, Mohan … Mahoney
Views of Emergency Medicine Trainees on Adverse Events and Negligence:
Survey Results from
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/state-of-science-5.html
June 01, 2020 - Detecting adverse events for patient safety research: a review of current methodologies. … Measuring errors and adverse events in health care. J Gen Intern Med 2003;18(1):61-7. … Lessons from a patient partnership intervention to prevent adverse drug events. … Computerized surveillance of adverse drug events in hospital patients. … Adverse events during hospitalization: results of a patient survey.