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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/interimhac2013-ap1.html
December 01, 2014 - : AHRQ National Scorecard HACs for 2013 vs. 2010, and Projected 2013 Cost Savings and Reductions in Deaths
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/about-toolkit.html
May 01, 2017 - settings, as they have been estimated to account for 1.6 million to 3.8 million infections and 388,000 deaths
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/hai/clabsi-tools/appendix-9.html
March 01, 2018 - Central line-associated blood stream infections (CLABSIs) kill 31,000 patients a year, nearly as many deaths
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/heart-health/smoking-use-ready-or-not.pdf
August 27, 2018 - And it’s a good reminder for this project that at least
one-out-of-three deaths caused by smoking are
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/press-releases/chlorhexidine-bathing.html
October 01, 2023 - urinary tract infections occur in U.S. nursing homes, causing 150,000 hospital admissions and 350,000 deaths
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/toolkit/content-calls/opportunity-estimator/slides.html
November 01, 2017 - central-line days for the baseline period for the collaborative of those that have submitted
220 preventable deaths
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/10-tips-for-hospitals.pdf
December 01, 2009 - Eliminate
hospital-acquired venous
thromboembolism (VTE), the
most common cause of
preventable hospital deaths
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December 01, 2017 - Slide 7
Clostridium difficile Infections (CDIs) and Deaths Reach and Remain at Historic Highs … CDI hospitalizations:
Increased 3-fold 2000-2009
250,000 per year
Deaths linked to CDI:
14,000
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Fitzgerald_108.pdf
January 01, 2007 - was the finding by the Consultative Committee
on Road Traffic Fatalities that 25 percent of trauma deaths … The review of preventable deaths is
usually done long after the event, and the lessons to be learned … protocols, missed diagnoses, improved outcomes (typically using historical
controls), and preventable deaths
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/opioids/compendium/opioids-case-study-work-around.pdf
December 15, 2023 - appointment note prompted clinicians to use a three-question version of the Stopping Elderly Accidents,
Deaths
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/a1b_combo_psifactsheet.pdf
October 01, 2015 - Fact Sheet on Patient Safety Indicators
Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety
1 Tool A.1b
Fact Sheet on Patient Safety Indicators
What Are the Patient Safety Indicators?
The Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) are a set of 26 indicators (including 18 provider-…
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-212-table-4.pdf
May 24, 2016 - CHIPRA 212 Table 4
Table 4: Evidence Supporting ICS at Discharge from an Emergency Department
TYPE OF
EVIDENCE
KEY FINDINGS LEVEL OF
EVIDENCE
(USPSTF
RANKING*)
CITATION(S)
Clinical
guidelines
Consider initiating ICS therapy for patients
who did not use an ICS prior to the
hospital admission. If the d…
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/c1_combo_prioritizationworksheet.pdf
June 29, 2016 - C1 Prioritization Worksheet
AHRQ Quality Indicators Toolkit
Prepared by RAND and UHC for AHRQ Tool C.1
Volume of
Cases at
Risk
Cost of Single
Event
Total Cost
Cost To
Implement
Penalities and
Incentives
Proxies for Cost
Strategic
Alignment
External
Mandates
Public
Perception
Executive-
Level Supp…
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/introduction/scientific-rationale.pdf
March 01, 2022 - was estimated that over 1.7 million HAIs
occurred annually in hospitals, resulting in 100,000 annual deaths … S. aureus caused 120,000
bloodstream infections and 20,000 deaths in the United States in 2017.24 MRSA … or complicate
278,000 U.S. hospitalizations annually, resulting in 56,000 septic events and 19,000 deaths … Estimating health care-associated
infections and deaths in U.S. hospitals, 2002. … Hospitalizations and deaths caused by MRSA, United
States, 1999-2005.
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/engaging-srexec-slides.pptx
January 01, 2017 - Mechanically Ventilated Patients
2
To Err Is Human
Preventable harm is the third leading cause of deaths
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/James.pdf
January 01, 2004 - Most clinicians remain blind to care-associated deaths, injuries, and
near misses, because of difficulties
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/obesity-kit/obtoolkit2.html
March 01, 2014 - Surgeon General reports that obesity accounts for nearly 300,000 deaths in the U.S. each year.
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/duration/chipra-155-bibliography.pdf
May 08, 2018 - Pediatric deaths attributable to complex chronic
conditions: A population-based study of Washington … Deaths attributed to pediatric complex chronic
conditions: National trends and implications for supportive
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/duration/chipra-157-bibliography.pdf
June 12, 2018 - Pediatric deaths attributable to complex chronic
conditions: A population-based study of Washington … Deaths attributed to pediatric complex chronic
conditions: National trends and implications for supportive