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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/evaluation-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/all-workflow-tools/fmea-analysis
January 01, 2023 - Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Acronym
FMEA
Also Known As
Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA)
Potential Failure Modes and Effects Analysis
Examples
Wetterneck TB, Skibinski KA, Roberts TL, et al. Using failure mode and effects analysis to plan implementat…
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/guide-to-reducing-unintended-consequences-of-electronic-health-records.pdf
August 01, 2011 - automated surveillance techniques to continually monitor and report errors
and near misses or close calls caused … The "missing" stop orders had caused some patients
to receive intravenous medications longer than necessary … The erroneous weight led to a miscalculation of the heparin
infusion, which caused major bleeding. … The nurse did not recognize the error and initiated the
heparin infusion, which caused major bleeding … a single nurse did not detect a
dosing error and administered an excessive dose of heparin, which caused
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digital.ahrq.gov/standards-0
January 01, 2023 - Wider use of the World Wide Web has increased the visibility of the information access problems caused
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/3_Data%20Collection%20Template.xls
June 16, 2021 - Cover
Tool 3. Data Collection Template
Scenario 1-Patient Care A
BP# Business Practice Short Name Business Practice Long Description Scenario Classification (Barrier v. Not a Barrier) Domain Policy: Short Description Policy: Long Description Stakeholder Organization Specify Other Stakeholder (if applicable) Cause…
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/3_Data%20Collection%20Template_0.xls
June 16, 2021 - Cover
Tool 3. Data Collection Template
Scenario 1-Patient Care A
BP# Business Practice Short Name Business Practice Long Description Scenario Classification (Barrier v. Not a Barrier) Domain Policy: Short Description Policy: Long Description Stakeholder Organization Specify Other Stakeholder (if applicable) Cause…
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/evaluation-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/all-workflow-tools/murphy-diagram
January 01, 2023 - Murphy Diagram
Description
Murphy diagrams are based on the premise that "if something can go wrong, it will go wrong." They are similar to other analysis methods such as fault trees as they analyze errors based on the potential causes of those errors. The diagrams utilize eight categories of behav…
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/evaluation-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/all-workflow-tools/relations-diagram
January 01, 2023 - Relations Diagram
Also Known As
Interrelationship Diagram
Network Diagram
Description
A relations diagram is used for identifying cause-and-effect relationships when evaluating problems that are especially confusing or complicated. When a network of these relationships is present in a pr…
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/evaluation-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/all-workflow-tools/scatter-diagram
January 01, 2023 - Scatter Diagram
Also Known As
Scatter Plot
X-Y Graph
Description
A scatter diagram consists of pairs of numerical data containing one variable on each axis. The diagram is used to find a relationship between the data pairs. Points that create a line or curve indicate correlated variables…
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/evaluation-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/all-workflow-tools/problem
January 01, 2023 - Problem Solving
Kepner-Tregoe Matrix
Description
A Kepner-Tregoe matrix is used to find causes of a problem. It isolates the who, what, when, where, and how aspects of an event, keeping the focus on the elements that have an impact on the event and eliminating the elements tha…
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/evaluation-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/all-workflow-tools/pareto-chart
January 01, 2023 - Pareto Chart
Also Known As
Pareto Diagram
Description
A pareto chart is a bar graph where the bars appear in decreasing length from left to right. The bar length corresponds to time, frequency, or amount.
Uses
When you want to find the most significant causes or problems from a l…
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/web-based-renal-transplant-patient-medication-system/citation/medication-errors
January 01, 2023 - Medication errors in the outpatient setting: classification and root cause analysis.
Citation
Friedman AL, Geoghegan SR, Sowers NM, et al. Medication errors in the outpatient setting: classification and root cause analysis. Arch Sug 2007 Mar;142(3):278-84.
Link
Friedman AL, Geoghegan SR, Sowe…
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digital.ahrq.gov/computerized-provider-order-entry-ambulatory
January 01, 2023 - Project leaders theorized that recent emphasis on adhering to specific medical protocols caused improvements
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs024983-pratap-final-report-2019.pdf
January 01, 2019 - Using the Electronic Health Record To Identify Children Likely To Suffer Last-Minute Surgery Cancellation - Final Report
Using the electronic health record to identify children likely to suffer last-minute surgery
cancellation
Principal Investigator: J. “Nick” Pratap, MB Chir, MRCPCH, FRCA1
Team…
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/appendix-e-cdspain-sample-clinical-practice-guidelines.docx
October 16, 2020 - Definitions
Chronic Pain – Pain persisting or recurring for more than 3 to 6 months and can be caused
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/09-0071-EF_1.pdf
June 01, 2009 - injured party must prove that the RHIO did not take reasonable and appropriate
actions, and thus caused … called "imputed liability," means the attachment of responsibility to a person for harm or
damages caused … vendors): indemnifies a manufacturer, supplier, or retailer from
liability to a purchaser or user caused … organization (or vice versa)
against any and all liability, claims, suits, losses, costs and legal fees caused … million
• General Liability : $1 million (per
occurrence) / $2 million (total)
breach)
• Damage caused
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r01hs015084-graumlich-final-report-2007.pdf
January 01, 2007 - Adverse events were counted only when adjudicators agreed that medical
management probably or definitely caused … Data re-entry may have caused hospitalists to attribute greater effort to the discharge software. … We
demonstrated a discharge intervention that caused small improvements in perceptions of patients
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/shareable-interoperable-clinical-decision-support-older-adults-advancing-fall
January 01, 2023 - prioritizing effective care plans to prevent falls and related injuries is challenging because falls can be caused
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/data-visualization-qas-10192022.pdf
October 19, 2022 - But I will say that the
medication timeline is really helpful in isolating whether medication caused
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digital.ahrq.gov/principal-investigator/friedman-amy
January 01, 2023 - Friedman, Amy
Web-based Renal Transplant Patient Medication System - Final Report
Citation
Friedman A. Web-based Renal Transplant Patient Medication System - Final Report. (Prepared by Yale University under Grant No. R01 HS015038). Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research…
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digital.ahrq.gov/program-overview/research-stories/creating-meaningful-decision-support-reduce-drug-drug
January 01, 2023 - Creating Meaningful Decision Support to Reduce Drug-Drug Interactions
Theme:
Optimizing Care Delivery for Clinicians
Subtheme:
Optimizing Patient Safety Using Digital Healthcare Solutions
By individualizing drug–drug interaction alerts to individual patient circumstances, providers can …