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121. Assess Your Health Care Quality Reporting Project | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/assess/index.html
     September 01, 2019 - reason, evaluation is a key part of your work, an aspect that has to be thought about and, in some cases

122. Final Progress Report: Ultrasound by Emergency Physicians in Ectopic Pregnancy (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-05/stein-report.pdf
     January 01, 2025 - Over 100,000 cases of ectopic pregnancy are diagnosed per year, and the incidence is rising (4.5 … cases per 1000 in 1970 to 19.7 cases per 1000 in 1992).10 In 1992, ectopic pregnancies resulted in … pregnancies on bedside ultrasound) diagnosed in the ED compared to the total number of positive cases … negative studies (identified intrauterine pregnancies) compared to the total number of negative cases

123. C1 Prioritization Worksheet (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/c1_combo_prioritizationworksheet.pdf
     June 02, 2025 - Worksheet AHRQ Quality Indicators Toolkit Prepared by RAND and UHC for AHRQ Tool C.1 Volume of Cases … disagree/low) AHRQ Quality Indicators Toolkit Prepared by RAND and UHC for AHRQ Tool C.1 Volume of Cases … Adults) AHRQ Quality Indicators Toolkit Prepared by RAND and UHC for AHRQ Tool C.1 Volume of Cases … Composite AHRQ Quality Indicators Toolkit Prepared by RAND and UHC for AHRQ Tool C.1 Volume of Cases … Pediatric AHRQ Quality Indicators Toolkit Prepared by RAND and UHC for AHRQ Tool C.1 Volume of Cases

124. Medication Discrepancies and Potential Adverse Drug Events During Transfer of Care from Hospital to Home | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/liability/neumiller.html
     August 01, 2017 - 47.5 percent of the cases, abnormal laboratory data or vital signs in 47 percent of the cases, and no … subsequent health care consequences in 4 percent of the cases. … visits in 2.1 percent of cases, office visits in 12.5 percent of cases, telephone calls in 73.3 percent … of cases, or no additional health care utilization in 11.5 percent of cases. … Accordingly, the assessment of the physician co-investigator was utilized in such cases.

125. Final Progress Report: Factors Associated with Effective Implementation of a Surgical Safety Checklist (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-04/singer-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - Observations suggest that teams performed 80%+ of checklist items in about half of all cases. … Completing discrete procedural prompts was more frequent in more complex cases; completing communication … checks, in cases involving stress. … In order to measure checklist outcomes for the observed cases, we also incorporated items measuring … They performed at least 80% of items in 47% of cases.

126. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cellulitis and Skin and Soft Tissue Infections (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/cellulitis-facilitator-guide.pdf
     November 01, 2019 - for unusual skin findings particularly in immunocompromised hosts but not for routine cellulitis cases … More severe cases should be treated with IV therapy such as vancomycin or linezolid. … Patients with diabetes who have cellulitis also do not need Gram-negative coverage in most cases. … Most cases of cellulitis or cutaneous abscesses can be treated with a total of 5–7 days. … Five- to seven-day courses of therapy work for most cases of cellulitis.

127. Draft Final Report Estimating the Additional Hospital Inpatient Cost and Mortality Associated with Selected Hospital Acquired Conditions (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications2/files/hac-cost-report2017.pdf
     November 01, 2017 - to 150 deaths per 1,000 cases. … Stated another way, for every 1,000 CLABSI cases there are 150 excess deaths. … (meaning that for every 1,000 cases there are 260 excess deaths). … and may misclassify community-acquired cases as hospital-acquired. … Since the cases captured are true cases, additional cost and excess mortality estimates made using ICD-code-based

128. Draft Final Report Estimating the Additional Hospital Inpatient Cost and Mortality Associated with Selected Hospital Acquired Conditions (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/hac-cost-report2017.pdf
     November 01, 2017 - to 150 deaths per 1,000 cases. … Stated another way, for every 1,000 CLABSI cases there are 150 excess deaths. … (meaning that for every 1,000 cases there are 260 excess deaths). … and may misclassify community-acquired cases as hospital-acquired. … Since the cases captured are true cases, additional cost and excess mortality estimates made using ICD-code-based

129. Appendix V. JAMIA Draft Manuscript | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ssi/ssiapv.html
     April 01, 2018 - No cases were picked up with the changes. … At DH, the study reviewer agreed with all of the cases identified as positive by routine surveillance … At VVMC, all algorithm-identified cases were false positives. … In 2 cases, the reviewer felt that the cases were ambiguous, in another 2 the reviewer disagreed that … the cases were SSI.

130. Cognitive Artifacts’ Implications for Health Care Information Technology: Revealing How Practitioners Create and Share Their Understanding of Daily Work (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/Nemeth.pdf
     July 07, 2002 - Urgent and emergent cases must be treated. … The greater number of acute cases, the greater the pressure to treat them. … He then turns to the cases that remain on the schedule for the day. … The nurse coordinator reads aloud from the list of cases yet to be done. … The coordinator draws a bracket to enclose one set of cases. “You may not do these,” he says.

131. An Ambulatory Care Curriculum for Advancing Patient Safety (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol4/Mottur.pdf
     June 01, 2005 - In most instances, cases exemplify several contributing causative features. … Clinical cases, therefore, can be analyzed from a variety of theoretical perspectives. … The clinical cases were deemed to be particularly relevant. … As anticipated, physicians identified with the clinical cases in each module. … Presenters’ testimony refers to the intuitive nature of the clinical cases.

132. Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making Form (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/four-moments-form.pdf
     June 01, 2021 - Review cases in real time or at a scheduled time once or twice each week with a goal of reviewing 5– … 10 cases a month. … Review cases in real time or at a scheduled time once or twice each week with a goal of reviewing 5–10

133. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cellulitis and Skin and Soft Tissue Abscesses – Slides (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/skin-soft-tissue-guide.docx
     September 01, 2022 - abscess should occur whenever possible; ultrasound may be helpful to detect abscess or phlegmon in cases … More severe cases of purulent cellulitis can be treated with oral linezolid. … Patients with diabetes who have cellulitis do not need Gram-negative coverage in most cases and can be … Slide 19 Moment 3: Duration of Therapy for Uncomplicated Cellulitis SAY: Most cases of cellulitis … Five-to seven-day courses of therapy are sufficient for most cases of cellulitis.

134. Tables 8-11 (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-195-tables%208-11.pdf
     June 02, 2025 - deviation ‡Data summarize characteristics of the broader population residing in ZIP codes of sampled cases … deviation ‡Data summarize characteristics of the broader population residing in ZIP codes of sampled cases … $130,319 ‡Data summarize characteristics of the broader population residing in ZIP codes of sampled cases … 87.1 100 ‡Data summarize characteristics of the broader population residing in ZIP codes of sampled cases

135. Use Simulation To Improve Healthcare Delivery Systems | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/simulation-issue-brief5.html
     July 01, 2024 - Debriefing All Surgical Cases Rose and Rose found that debriefing 54,003 consecutive cases revealed 4,523

136. Conclusions and Next Steps | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/maternal-mortality-5.html
     September 01, 2021 - With a high-rate of preventability, changes in healthcare systems can reduce the prevalence of these cases

137. Overuse of Computed Tomography Scans for the Evaluation of Children with Atraumatic Headache: Table 8 (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-0206-table8.pdf
     April 21, 2015 - Migraine was the predominant headache type, present in 75% of cases where headaches could be classified … Thirty children underwent CT scans (n=23) or MRI (n=7) and abnormalities were found in five cases. … Three of the five cases had previous abnormal CT scans. II Chu ML, Shinnar Sl.

138. Appendix T. Surgical Infection Society Abstract | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ssi/ssiapt.html
     April 01, 2018 - Methods: Cases of arthroplasty (hip and knee) between January 2007 and October 2010; herniorrhaphy and … Cases were defined as SSI according to the NHSN definitions. … Results: A total of 1337 publicly reported cases were included (488 arthroplasty; 616 herniorrhaphy;

139. What Can Leaders Achieve by Prioritizing Diagnostic Safety? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/leadership-4.html
     June 01, 2021 - One-third of malpractice cases that result in death or permanent disability stem from an inaccurate or … and a focus of its safety efforts. 30 Leaders that consider the ethical, business, and community cases

140. Introduction | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/nurse-role-dxsafety1.html
     September 01, 2022 - in the Diagnostic Process Recognizing and Supporting Nurses in Diagnostic Safety Using Patient Cases … professional experience, we offer action-oriented steps and learning strategies, including patient cases