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421. The Science of Improving Patient Safety
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/modules/understand/scisafety.pptx
     March 01, 2009 - An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU.

422. Georgia Hospitals Improve Medication Reconciliation Process With AHRQ Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/ktcquips90.html
     October 01, 2014 - The MATCH toolkit's goal is to decrease the number of patients receiving potentially conflicting medications

423. INSTRUCTIONS: Return on Investment Estimation (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/f1-returnoninvestment.pdf
     January 01, 2009 - On the other hand, a decrease in costs is good, so a lower cost due to improvement actions is good. … Calculate net change in costs = A minus B (decrease in cost). 4.

424. Return on Investment Tool (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/f1_pdi_returnoninvestment.docx
     January 01, 2013 - On the other hand, a decrease in costs is good, so a lower cost due to improvement actions is good. … Calculate net change in costs = A minus B (decrease in cost).

425. Final Progress Report: Development Validation and Implementation of Customized Checklists for Safe Surgery (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-03/gawande-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - surgical emergencies and specialty operations, to improve adherence to accepted safety processes and decrease … emergencies and specialty operations in order to improve adherence to accepted safety processes and decrease … induction of anesthesia, before skin incision, and before the patient leaves the room, resulting in a decrease … make vulnerability to error significantly higher and the use of the crisis checklists will likely decrease … Hospitals collaborate to decrease surgical site infections. Am J Surg. 2005;190(1):9-15.

426. Access to Health Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/womenhealth/wm-access.html
     September 01, 2015 - Chartbook on Women's Health Care Access to Health Care Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Chartbook on Women's Health Care Acknowledgments Women's Health Care Key Findings of the 2014 QDR 2014 Chartbooks Access to Health Care Affordability Communication and Care Coordination …

427. Project Report - Lean Sigma (ppt file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/clabsitools/clabsitoolsap3.ppt
     January 01, 2003 - Maximal Barrier Precautions Decrease CLABSI Infections OR = odds ratio MBR = maximal barrier precautions

428. Chapter-6 - Carbapenem-Resistant-Enterobacteriaceae (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/cre.pdf
     September 26, 2019 - After intervention, CRE incidence declined to baseline levels in 2011 and the decrease was sustained … patients 30-bed Greek tertiary care hospital Simulation results: Hand hygiene alone did not decrease

429. Final Progress Report: Do Safety Warnings Change Prescribing Among the US Dialysis Population? (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/thamer-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - patients’ hemoglobin levels to ensure they do not exceed 12 g/dL; • Understand that ESAs are given to decrease … Overall, there was a significant 7% decrease in average ESA dose between the base and follow-up 30-month … Perhaps providers felt justified not to decrease dose for their resistant patients after the warnings … (Epoetin alfa) sales decreased 27 percent to $476 million in the third quarter of 2011 reflecting a decrease

430. 2022 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report Executive Summary (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2022qdr-final-es.pdf
     October 01, 2022 - 2022 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report Executive Summary e 2022 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report Executive Summary This document is in the public domain and may be used and reprinted without permission. Citation of the source is appreciated. Suggested citation: 2022 Nat…

431. Tool: SSA (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/technical/head-bed-elevation-litreview.docx
     January 01, 2017 - Findings showed a decrease in VAP due to semirecumbent position and reduction in gastric aspiration. … Data from 35 units showed a decrease in VAP rates with increased adherence to ventilator bundle.

432. Final Progress Report: Connected Emergency Care (CEC) Patient Safety Learning Lab (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/hinson-levin-report.pdf
     January 01, 2025 - Stewardship and Healthcare Epidemiology.2 Out of 28,544 ARI encounters, the study found a significant decrease … We asked whether these alerts could decrease the time needed for blood culture collection, serum lactate … Do prehospital sepsis alerts decrease time to complete CMS sepsis measures?

433. New Study Shows Reductions in Antibiotic Use at Ambulatory Care Clinics Participating in HHS-funded Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/press-releases/antibiotic-prescribing.html
     July 01, 2022 - New Study Shows Reductions in Antibiotic Use at Ambulatory Care Clinics Participating in HHS-funded Program Press Release Date: July 6, 2022 Antibiotic prescribing at ambulatory care clinics was cut almost in half in clinics that participated in a safety program funded by the Department of Health and Human Servic…

434. Return on Investment Estimation (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/f1_pdi_returnoninvestment.pdf
     January 01, 2013 - On the other hand, a decrease in costs is good, so a lower cost due to improvement actions is good. … Calculate net change in costs = A minus B (decrease in cost). 4.

435. On World Patient Safety Day, AHRQ Highlights the Urgent Need to Address Diagnostic Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/world-patient-safety-day-2024.html
     September 01, 2024 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders On World Patient Safety Day, AHRQ Highlights the Urgent Need to Address Diagnostic Safety SEP 16 2024 By Robert Otto Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.A., and Craig A. Umscheid, M.D., M.S. Robert Otto Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S. As the healthcar…

436. Final Progress Report: EQUIPPED (Enhancing Quality of Prescribing Practices for Older Adults Discharged from the Emergency Department) (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/vaughan-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - post-intervention period; however, reductions in certain high-risk classes of drugs were observed, such as a decrease … Although the overall PIM rates did not decrease significantly over time at any of the sites, prescribing … An Interdisciplinary Academic Detailing Approach to Decrease Inappropriate Medication Prescribing by

437. 019-Ss-Periop-Infection-Prevention-Fg (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/019-ss-periop-infection-prevention-fg.docx
     April 01, 2025 - The authors found there was a 64 percent decrease in risk (a risk ratio of 0.36) of developing an SSI … FiO2 had a non-significant trend toward increased risk of death, and a non-significant trend toward a decrease

438. 019-Perioperative-Infection-Prevention-Strategies-Notes (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-surgery/019-perioperative-infection-prevention-strategies-notes.docx
     April 01, 2025 - The authors found there was a 64 percent decrease in risk (a risk ratio of 0.36) of developing an SSI … FiO2 had a non-significant trend toward increased risk of death, and a non-significant trend toward a decrease

439. Interplay Between Cognitive Load and Diagnostic Accuracy | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-cognitive-load3.html
     May 01, 2024 - Cognitive Load Theory and Its Impact on Diagnostic Accuracy Interplay Between Cognitive Load and Diagnostic Accuracy Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Cognitive Load Theory and Its Impact on Diagnostic Accuracy Introduction to Diagnostic Errors Fundamental Concepts for Understanding Cogn…

440. Case 3. Grand Hospital Center | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/systemdesign/leancasestudies/lean-case3.html
     November 01, 2014 - Using this information and the tools from the Lean training, the team began looking for ways to decrease … champion revisited the project on a quarterly basis to examine whether new processes established to decrease … To decrease costs, the Lean project team identified alternative types of tubing that could be used in … Interviewees did not provide suggestions as to why this decrease may have occurred. … Further, these interviewees believed that a decrease in waste and improvements in productivity contributed