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441. AHRQ’s Portrait of Sepsis Reveals Its Alarming Human Toll | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/portrait-of-sepsis.html
     September 01, 2024 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders AHRQ’s Portrait of Sepsis Reveals Its Alarming Human Toll SEP 27 2024 By Robert Otto Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.A., and Pamela Owens, Ph.D. The human suffering caused by sepsis is shocking. New AHRQ analyses show that in 2021, more than 2 m…

442. A Strategic Approach for Funding Research: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Patient Safety Initiative 2000–2004 (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol4/Keyes.pdf
     January 01, 2004 - preventable injuries, and medical errors in hospitals are responsible for approximately 44,000 to 98,000 deaths … One recent study using patient safety indicators (PSI) suggests that more than 32,000 deaths annually … estimates that hospital acquired infections impact about two million people annually and result in 90,000 deaths

443. Final Progress Report: Are Volume Standards Accurate Measures? (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-10/glance-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - Purpose The Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, To Err is Human, states that between 44,000 and 98,00 deaths … Selective referral to high-volume hospitals: estimating potentially avoidable deaths.

444. Communication: Severe Hypertension (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/perinatal-care-2/hypertension_3-communication-speaker-notes.pdf
     July 01, 2023 - with a patient's family members. 4 Hospital AIM Team Leads SPPC‐II Maternal and Perinatal Deaths … factors and communication breakdowns are identified as the primary root cause of maternal and perinatal deaths … Other root causes for maternal and perinatal deaths and injuries are— • Assessment (i.e., the adequacy … July 2023 Untitled Communication Severe Hypertension Communication is… Maternal and Perinatal Deaths

445. Overuse of Imaging for the Evaluation of Children with Simple Febrile Seizure: Table 11 and Figures 1 & 2 (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-0192-table11-figures1-2.pdf
     May 15, 2015 - Overuse of Imaging for the Evaluation of Children with Simple Febrile Seizure: Table 11 and Figures 1 & 2 Table 11: Evidence Regarding Overuse of Imaging for the Evaluation of Children with Simple Febrile Seizure Type of Evidence Key Findings Level of Evidence (USPSTF Ranking*) Citations Clinica…

446. Connecticut Hospital Reduces Emergency Wait Time, Adverse Events Using AHRQ Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201806.html
     October 01, 2018 - Connecticut Hospital Reduces Emergency Wait Time, Adverse Events Using AHRQ Tools Search All Impact Case Studies October 2018 Bridgeport Hospital, a 383-bed safety net hospital in Bridgeport, Connecticut, used two AHRQ tools to improve care in its facility. With AHRQ’s Door-to-Doc patient safety toolkit , …

447. Final Progress Report: AUA 2022 Quality Improvement Summit: Opportunities to Improve Care in Urology (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-05/gore-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - care physicians in the U.S., which equates to 1 palliative care physician for every 11,000 Medicare deaths … In 2019, 44% of the deaths in the VA occurred in hospice beds. … There was a concurrent increase in ICU deaths from 40% in 2019 to 64% in 2021.

448. Understand the Science of Safety for Perinatal Safety (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/perinatal-care/modules/teamwork/understand/understand-facilitator-guide.pdf
     May 01, 2017 - Over half a million patients develop catheter-associated urinary tract infections, resulting in 13,000 deaths

449. The Science of Improving Patient Safety and Identifying Defects: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/on-boarding/science-of-safety-slides.html
     December 01, 2017 - Complications impact 25% of inpatient surgeries. 1 million deaths follow surgery.

450. Applying Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) Across Health Care Systems: Achieving Data Comparability (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/Rivard.pdf
     May 01, 2004 - Estimating hospital deaths due to medical errors: preventability is in the eye of the reviewer. … Deaths due to medical errors are exaggerated. JAMA 2000 Jul 5;284(1):93–5. 13. … Preventable deaths: who, how often, and why? Ann Intern Med 1988;109(7):582–9. 24.

451. Final Progress Report: Health Journalism 2007, National Conference On Health Care Journalism (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-03/bruzzese1-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Health Journalism 2007, National Conference On Health Care Journalism Final Grant Report for Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Title: Health Journalism 2007, National Conference On Health Care Journalism Principal Investigator: Leonard J. Bruzzese Organization: Center for Excellenc…

452. Appendix A: Family Information Packet (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/nicu/packet/apa2.html
     December 01, 2013 - Transitioning Newborns from NICU to Home Appendix A: Family Information Packet (continued) Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Transitioning Newborns from NICU to Home A Resource Toolkit Basic Components of the Health Coach Program Family Information Packet Cover Sheet Coaching in the …

453. Monitoring for Perinatal Safety: Electronic Fetal Monitoring: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/labor-delivery/perinatal-care/modules/strategies/safe-electronic-slides.html
     July 01, 2023 - Monitoring for Perinatal Safety: Electronic Fetal Monitoring: Slide Presentation AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care Slide 1: Monitoring for Perinatal Safety: Electronic Fetal Monitoring Monitoring for Perinatal Safety: Electronic Fetal Monitoring Slide 2: Learning Objectives Image: This slide sh…

454. Appendix A: Family Information Packet (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/nicu/packet/apa2.html
     December 01, 2013 - Transitioning Newborns from NICU to Home Appendix A: Family Information Packet (continued) Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Transitioning Newborns from NICU to Home A Resource Toolkit Basic Components of the Health Coach Program Family Information Packet Cover Sheet Coaching in the …

455. The Science of Improving Patient Safety and Identifying Defects: Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/on-boarding/science-of-safety-fac-notes.html
     December 01, 2017 - Twenty-five percent of inpatient surgeries result in a complication, and about 1 million deaths occur

456. Eliminating Preventable Harms During Pediatric Intubation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-nishisaki.html
     July 01, 2025 - Grantee Profile Eliminating Preventable Harms During Pediatric Intubation Akira Nishisaki, M.D., M.S.C.E. Attending Physician, Critical Care Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Co-Medical Director for Center for Simulation, Advanced Education and Innovation, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Cha…

457. Invitation Letter Sample for Healthy Hearts NYC (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/results/research/invitation-letter-ny.pdf
     October 01, 2015 - Invitation Letter Sample for Healthy Hearts NYC Call: (347) 396-4888 | Visit: www.nycreach.org | E-mail: pcip@health.nyc.gov Hello, As a small practice primary care provider in New York City, we would like to invite your practice to participate as a clinical partner in HealthyHearts NYC, an exciting qua…

458. University of Iowa Uses AHRQ Data to Study Ways to Lower Incidence, Costs of Sports-Related Injuries | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/cdom0803.html
     October 01, 2014 - University of Iowa Uses AHRQ Data to Study Ways to Lower Incidence, Costs of Sports-Related Injuries Search All Impact Case Studies April 2008 Researchers at the University of Iowa College of Public Health used AHRQ's Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), a database from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Pro…

459. Evidence Now Fact Sheets - Aspirin Use by High-Risk Individuals (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/heart-health/aspirin-use-pcor.pdf
     November 01, 2016 - Evidence Now Fact Sheets - Aspirin Use by High-Risk Individuals Aspirin Use by High-Risk Individuals Rationale for Aspirin Use by High-risk Individuals Patients with heart disease or who have had a stroke in the past are at high risk for having a heart …

460. Table 3-6. Examples of Instructions, Phrasing, and Terminology to Capture Race and Ethnicity Data | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/iomracereport/reldata3tab3-6.html
     May 01, 2018 - Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data: Standardization for Health Care Quality Improvement Table 3-6. Examples of Instructions, Phrasing, and Terminology to Capture Race and Ethnicity Data Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data: Standardization for Health Care Qual…