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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/carecoordination/measure2.html
June 01, 2018 - minor localized infections can progress to form cellulitis or systemic infection and can even result in death
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www.ahrq.gov/workingforquality/events/webinar-federal-agency-alignment-to-the-six-priorities.html
November 01, 2016 - We work to prevent the leading cause of illness, injury, disability, and death. … The top 10 leading causes of death account for 75 percent of all deaths in the U.S., and cardiovascular … Despite progress, this remains the leading cause of death in the United States and, in response, CDC … Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States, and to address this issue, CDC's National … Stroke is the fifth-leading cause of death in the United States.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/natlhacratereport-rebaselining2014-2016_0.pdf
January 01, 2016 - AHRQ National Scorecard on Hospital-Acquired Conditions: Updated Baseline Rates and Preliminary Results 2014-2016
June 2018
AHRQ National Scorecard on Hospital-Acquired Conditions
Updated Baseline Rates and Preliminary Results 2014–2016
Summary
New patient safety data for 2014 through 2016 continue to show a do…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/about/ncepcr-older-adults-presentation.pptx
March 15, 2025 - estimated to affect at least 1 in 20 U.S. adults (NASEM, 2015)
Associated with serious preventable harm and death … Censor * )
HRS-Medicare
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*OUD or OD event (separate cohort), Medicare disenrollment, death … *Sensitive analysis for adjusting for censoring due to death
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Having vs Having No High Impact-Pain … *Sensitive analysis for adjusting for censoring due to death
Value and Impact
High prevalence of unrelieved
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/press-releases/rural-communities-lack-healthcare-access.html
December 01, 2019 - “We know that rural residents face higher death rates from suicide, overdoses, and alcohol-related liver
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/issue-briefs/leadership-1.html
June 01, 2021 - can involve up to 12 million patients annually in U.S. ambulatory settings alone and contribute to death
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/npsd/Pressure_Ulcer_Dashboard_Data_2021.xlsx
January 01, 2021 - 76,913
Mild Harm 69.3% 53,321 76,913
Moderate Harm 3.1% 2,402 76,913
Severe Harm 0.3% 253 76,913
Death
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/npsd/Pressure_Ulcer_Dashboard_Data_2022.xlsx
January 01, 2022 - 79,630
Mild Harm 69.0% 54,905 79,630
Moderate Harm 3.2% 2,554 79,630
Severe Harm 0.4% 351 79,630
Death
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www.ahrq.gov/news/diagnostic-errors-issue-brief.html
October 01, 2021 - AHRQ Issue Brief: Diagnostic Error's Impacts on Maternal Morbidity and Mortality
According to a new AHRQ issue brief, The Contribution of Diagnostic Errors to Maternal Morbidity and Mortality During and Immediately After Childbirth: State of the Science , emerging evidence suggests that that diagnostic e…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/press-releases/national-steering-committee.html
May 01, 2018 - there is broad consensus that additional steps must be taken to further protect patients from injury or death
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/cdom0804.html
October 01, 2014 - Secondary measures were death during hospitalization and prolonged length of stay.
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/coe0704.html
October 01, 2014 - four million Americans each year, and remains, together with influenza, the seventh leading cause of death
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/modules/understand/alt-text.html
July 01, 2018 - Understand the Science of Safety Module Alternate Text
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Content for Alternative Text (Illustration)
Slide 1
Cover Slide
(CUSP Toolkit logo)
The "Understand the Science of Safety" module of the CUSP Toolkit. The CUSP toolkit is a modular approach to pat…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletter/e-newsletter/704.html
March 01, 2020 - Data Spotlight, which examines overdose deaths from synthetic opioids other than methadone, found that death
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=96
January 01, 2024 - Delivery, Quality of Care
Papaleontiou M , Norton EC , Reyes-Gastelum D Competing causes of death … Understanding the impact of comorbidities and competing risks of death when caring for older adults with … Competing causes of death in older adults with thyroid cancer. … to decision-making for surgery among adults ≥65 years at high-risk of postoperative complications or death
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=60
January 01, 2024 - The purpose of this study was to examine long-term trends in inpatient death rates among pregnant and … screening tool for hospital mortality but children with a pSOfA score of 2 or less were at very low risk of death … The primary outcome was a composite of admission to an intensive care unit, colectomy, and/or death attributed
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/ahrq-stats.html
January 01, 2025 - Hispanic women also faced higher rates of death than White women, with an average of 8.5 deaths for every … Leading Causes of Death in 2020 Heart disease and cancer accounted for 168.2 and 144.1 deaths per 100,000 … individuals, respectively, in 2020, making them the leading cause of death that year.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/perinatal-care/modules/teamwork/understand-sci-slides.html
May 01, 2017 - patients who go to a hospital each year suffer some type of preventable harm that contributes to their death
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/teamstepps/instructor/scenarios/icu.pdf
March 19, 2014 - She is very upset at failing to be notified of her daughter’s death 4 hours earlier. … The clear lack of leadership and role definition may have contributed to
the patient’s death because
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www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps/instructor/scenarios/icu.html
March 01, 2014 - She is very upset at failing to be notified of her daughter's death 4 hours earlier. … The clear lack of leadership and role definition may have contributed to the patient's death because