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421. ICU-to-Ward Transitions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-care-transitions3.html
     June 01, 2023 - preventable. 63 These adverse events are associated with ICU readmission, increased length of stay, and death

422. About AHRQ's Nursing Home Network | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/about/index.html
     December 01, 2023 - About AHRQ's Nursing Home Network The AHRQ ECHO National Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network—a partnership among AHRQ, the University of New Mexico's ECHO Institute and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)—provided free training and mentorship to nursing homes across the country to increase the imple…

423. About Advancing Heart Health | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/about/index.html
     April 01, 2021 - With a focus on heart disease, the number one cause of death in the United States, the cooperatives offered

424. Nursing Home Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/es/nursing-home/resources/search.html?page=10
     January 01, 2022 - Risk for COVID-19 Infection, Hosptialization, and Death by Race/Ethnicity This webpage provides COVID

425. Identifying, Understanding, and Communicating Medical Device Use Errors: Observations from an FDA Pilot Program (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Flack.pdf
     January 01, 2005 - the use of medical devices so it could become more proactive in addressing device issues before a death

426. Management of Clostridioides Difficile Infection (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/one-pager-clostridioides-difficile.pdf
     June 01, 2021 - Comparative effectiveness of vancomycin and metronidazole for the prevention of recurrence and death

427. The National Action Alliance to Advance Patient Safety Summer Webinar Series - PowerPoint Presentation (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/action-alliance/public-action-alliance-slides-040323_LOCKED.pdf
     May 25, 2023 - But is it still the third, fourth leading cause of death in America?” … deaths in our vital statistics as they are often omitted as causes and/or contributing factors on death … This leaves a blank space on the CDC's annual list of leading causes of death.

428. Examples of Patient Harm Related to Invasive Devices | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/phys-championsgd/section3.html
     October 01, 2015 - case, we found that the patient developed ventilator-associated pneumonia with the complication of death

429. Measure: Behavioral Health Risk Assessment for Pregnant Women (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/chipra_1415-p009-4-ef.pdf
     January 01, 2015 - , suicidal, and experience pregnancy complications and poor outcomes, including maternal and fetal death

430. High-Risk Deliveries at Facilities with Level 3 or Higher NICU Services on Campus (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/availability/chipra-0123-fullreport.pdf
     November 01, 2019 - Black women are three to four times as likely to suffer a pregnancy-related death as white women (Berg … For every maternal death, 100 or more women suffer severe maternal morbidity, experience a potentially … Maternal death in the 21st century: Causes, prevention, and relationship to cesarean delivery. … Preventing maternal death: sentinel event alert; 2010. … Time of birth and risk of neonatal death at term: Retrospective cohort study.

431. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/womenhealth/wm-ref.html
     September 01, 2015 - Approaching death: improving care at the end of life.

432. Antibiotic Side Effects (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/one-pager-side-effects.pdf
     June 01, 2021 - Antibiotic Side Effects Risk of antibiotic side effects and adverse reactions • Antibiotic use is the most important risk factor for developing multidrug-resistant infections, which contribute to over 35,000 deaths in the United States each year • Antibiotic-associated adverse events are one of the most common rea…

433. Final Progress Report: The National Quality Forum National Annual Policy Conference 2007 (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/feeney-report.pdf
     January 01, 2025 - that consumers are willing to tolerate some degree of error, even when there is an increased risk of death … promote patient safety through improved anticipatory guidance of traffic crashes, the leading cause of death … vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE), is the most common preventable cause of hospital death … In press Voluntary Consensus Standards for Cardiac Surgery Heart disease is the leading cause of death … vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE), is the most common preventable cause of hospital death

434. Final Progress Report: Transdisciplinary Learning Lab To Eliminate Patient Harm and Reduce Waste (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/sapirstein-report.pdf
     January 01, 2025 - Scope Medical errors continue to be a major cause of death and disability in the US. … life-threatening conditions receive constant monitoring and therapy to prevent significant injuries and death … Medical error-the third leading cause of death in the US. BMJ. 2016; 353: i2139. 18.

435. Final Progress Report: Systems Approach for Improving Region-Wide Patient Safety (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-10/sirio2-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - In 1995, NIs were responsible for 88,000 deaths in the United States, or one death every 6 minutes. … This rise in death rate cannot be completely accounted for by the increase in the frequency of medication

436. Behavior Therapy as First-Line Treatment for Preschool-Aged Children With ADHD (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-089-fullreport.pdf
     January 30, 2017 - Concerns have also been raised about the rare occurrence of sudden cardiac death among children using … whether stimulant medications increase the risk of sudden death (Hamilton, Gray, Belanger, et al., … Concerns have also been raised about the rare occurrence of sudden cardiac death among children using … whether stimulant medications increase the risk of sudden death (Hamilton, et al., 2009). … Concerns have also been raised about the rare occurrence of sudden cardiac death among children using

437. Preparing for Ambulatory Computerized Prescriber Order Entry by Evaluating Preimplementation Medication Errors (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/Devine.pdf
     July 01, 2003 - circumstances that have the capacity to cause error), to “I” (an error occurred that resulted in patient death … error occurred that resulted in permanent patient harm H An error occurred that resulted in a near-death … event (e.g., anaphylaxis, cardiac arrest) Error, death I An error occurred that resulted in … patient death NCC MERP = National Coordinating Council on Medical Error Reporting and Prevention

438. Chapter-2 - Failure-To-Rescue (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/failure-to-rescue-1.pdf
     March 01, 2020 - Hospital and patient characteristics associated with death after surgery. … clinician recognition of signs of patient deterioration is critical to reducing the risk of preventable death … Failure-to-Rescue" OR "Failure to Rescue" OR "Patient Deterioration" OR "Patient Decompensation" OR "Death … Failure-to-Rescue" OR "Failure to Rescue" OR "Patient Deterioration" OR "Patient Decompensation" OR "Death … Failure-to-Rescue" OR "Failure to Rescue" OR "Patient Deterioration" OR "Patient Decompensation" OR "Death

439. Importance of MRSA and SSI Prevention
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/018-ss-importance-ssi-mrsa-prevention.pptx
     April 01, 2025 - PMID: 31767041. 10 MRSA and SSIs Lead to Increased Mortality SSIs associated with higher death rates7 … 2 to 11 times higher risk of death 77 percent of deaths attributable to SSIs8 MRSA SSI associated with

440. Premortem Tool | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/premortem-tool.html
     January 01, 2017 - In a postmortem, an autopsy is conducted to determine a patient’s cause of death, but does not help that