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81. Quality improvement initiative to decrease central line-associated bloodstream infections during the COVID-19 pandemic: a "zero harm" approach. | PSNet
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    November 16, 2022 - Commentary Quality improvement initiative to decrease central line-associated bloodstream … Quality improvement initiative to decrease central line-associated bloodstream infections during the … Quality improvement initiative to decrease central line-associated bloodstream infections during the

82. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    November 16, 2022 - One year after SMAS implementation, the research team documented a 60% decrease in the rate of total … The research team also noted sustained improvements in falls, reporting a 31% decrease across longitudinal … follow-up from 2015 to 2022, as well as a 33% decrease in falls due to intrinsic factors.

83. Obesity | Digital Healthcare Research
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    January 01, 2024 - Key recruitment and retention strategies for a pilot web-based intervention to decrease … Key recruitment and retention strategies for a pilot web-based intervention to decrease obesity risk … Technology-Assisted Innovation in Primary Care Testing a web-based interactive comic tool to decrease … Testing a web-based interactive comic tool to decrease obesity risk among minority preadolescents: protocol

84. Time Series | Digital Healthcare Research
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    January 01, 2024 - Principal Investigator Chui, Michelle Anne Project Name CancelRx: A Health IT Tool to Decrease … Medication Discrepancies in the Outpatient Setting CancelRx: A Health IT Tool to Decrease … CancelRx: A Health IT Tool to Decrease Medication Discrepancies in the Outpatient Setting - Final Report … Principal Investigator Chui, Michelle Anne Project Name CancelRx: A Health IT Tool to Decrease

85. Statistical Brief #98: Trends in Hospital Risk-Adjusted Mortality for Select Diagnoses by Patient Subgroups, 2000-2007 (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2010 - ■ Men demonstrated more rapid rates of decrease in mortality compared to women for both CHF (52 … ■ Patients who live in suburbs demonstrated more rapid rates of decrease in mortality for CHF, … , there was a 52 percent decrease for men. … for large town rural (micropolitan) areas, 34 percent decrease in the most rural areas). … ) than for individuals living in the poorest communities (a 44 percent decrease).

86. Effect of computer order entry on prevention of serious medication errors in hospitalized children. | PSNet
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    May 27, 2011 - medication errors (errors that were not detected, and thus affected the patient), but there was no overall decrease … Notably, the rate of dosing errors—the most common type of pediatric drug error—did not decrease, despite … October 28, 2015 Decrease in hospital-wide mortality rate after implementation of a commercially

87. sb291-COVID-19-PediatricHosptl (pdf file)
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    August 23, 2021 - Examined States in the Northeast had the largest decrease of 21.4 percent fewer hospitalizations (from … Across examined States, New York had the largest decrease of 27.2 percent fewer hospitalizations (from … The decrease was largest among examined States in the Northeast (25.0 percent decrease). … Across the 29 examined States, the decrease was largest in New Jersey, where the number of pediatric … This was the largest percentage decrease among the income categories.

88. Use of a standardized protocol to decrease medication errors and adverse events related to sliding scale insulin. | PSNet
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    January 05, 2017 - Study Use of a standardized protocol to decrease medication errors and adverse events … Use of a standardized protocol to decrease medication errors and adverse events related to sliding scale … Use of a standardized protocol to decrease medication errors and adverse events related to sliding scale

89. Two-state collaborative study of a multifaceted intervention to decrease ventilator-associated events. | PSNet
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    January 15, 2014 - Study Two-state collaborative study of a multifaceted intervention to decrease ventilator-associated … Two-State Collaborative Study of a Multifaceted Intervention to Decrease Ventilator-Associated Events … Two-State Collaborative Study of a Multifaceted Intervention to Decrease Ventilator-Associated Events

90. Trends in Hospital Inpatient Stays by Age and Payer, 2000-2015 (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2016 - 16% cumulative decrease 19% cumulative decrease 35,214 26,48026,000 28,000 30,000 32,000 34,000 … 26% cumulative decrease 5 Figure 3. … 74% cumulative increase 6% cumulative decrease 21% cumulative increase 6 Figure 4. … 43% cumulative increase 68% cumulative increase 4% cumulative decrease 7 Figure 5. … 7% cumulative decrease 3% cumulative decrease 88.6 89.1 86 88 90 92 Medicare UninsuredMedicaid

91. Making Healthcare Safer Practices: 9. Reducing Adverse Drug Events in Older Adults (pdf file)
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    November 11, 2019 - The intervention led to a 34.3-percent decrease in regular medications, a small but nonsignificant decrease … to 1.31 at followup and a decrease in the number of drugs prescribed. 2. … Not provided Intervention led to decrease in the number of medications per patient. … No significant decrease in readmissions or inpatient death rates for intervention vs. … The decrease in PIPs was significant (z=2.823; p<0.005).

92. Changes in Pediatric Hospitalizations and In-Hospital Deaths in the Initial Period of the COVID-19 Pandemic (April–September 2020), 13 States (pdf file)
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    August 23, 2021 - ■ The largest decrease in pediatric hospitalizations in April–September 2020 compared with the same … with an expected payer of Medicaid (17 percent decrease), across patient characteristics examined in … areas (23 percent decrease). … This was the largest decrease among the income categories. … The decrease was largest in the highest income quartile (22.9 percent; 350 to 270 deaths).

93. Maryland Hospitals Revise Medication Reconciliation Process With AHRQ Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2014 - The MATCH toolkit's goal is to decrease the number of patients receiving potentially conflicting medications … During this same timeframe, the team noted a 20 percent decrease in the number of patients who were given … hospitals saw measureable improvement in the collection of accurate medication lists, as well as a decrease

94. 089-Or-Traffic-Fg (doc file)
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    April 01, 2025 - One way to decrease OR traffic is to communicate about the equipment needed before surgery. … Discussion before the case will decrease the number of OR entries and exits during the case. … Another way to decrease OR traffic is to minimize staff shift turnover and breaks until after the case … The CUSP team decided to try the following to help decrease the hourly door opening rates: · Place brightly … out for additional supplies. · Include frontline staff in conversations to get other ideas on how to decrease

95. Decolonization Strategies
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    April 01, 2025 - SSIs due to MRSA; 50 percent MSSA Surgery patients positive for S. aureus at admission7 79 percent decrease … in risk of S. aureus SSI STOP SSI study: Cardiac, hip, and knee surgery8 42 percent decrease in complex … SSIs due to S. aureus 39 percent adherence to intervention bundle Spinal surgery9 50 percent decrease … of MRSA colonization at admission 71 percent decreased incidence of ICU MRSA transmission 36 percent decrease … in CABG SSI rate 42 percent decrease in incidence of total SSIs Tenfold reduction in SSIs caused by

96. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2024 - The authors suggest quality improvement efforts like the Keystone ICU project could decrease HAP rates … collaborative-cohort-study-intervention-reduce-ventilator-associated-pneumonia-intensive-care https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/two-state-collaborative-study-multifaceted-intervention-decrease-ventilator-associated-events

97. The Stoplight Mobility Alert System for safety and prevention of falls in children with physical and cognitive impairments. | PSNet
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    September 14, 2022 - One year after SMAS implementation, the research team documented a 60% decrease in the rate of total … The research team also noted sustained improvements in falls, reporting a 31% decrease across longitudinal … follow-up from 2015 to 2022, as well as a 33% decrease in falls due to intrinsic factors. … October 24, 2013 An intervention to decrease patient identification band errors in a

98. CER 225: Evidence Summary Interventions for Substance Use Disorders in Adolescents: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2020 - .  Motivational interviewing has not been found to decrease cannabis use. … Further research is needed to identify if any other brief interventions may decrease cannabis use. … encounters)  Family-focused therapies reduce alcohol use.  None of the interventions have been found to decrease … alcohol and other drug use.  Combined cognitive behavioral therapy and motivational interviewing decrease … College students with problematic alcohol use Behavioral interventions  Mandated alcohol programs decrease

99. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42352/psn-pdf
    January 14, 2014 - these significant savings in hospital costs by avoiding CLABSI, but it finds a concomitant marked decrease … Therefore, the business case for this quality improvement measure is purely for the payers, and the decrease … doing-well-doing-good-assessing-cost-savings-intervention-reduce-central-line-associated https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/intervention-decrease-catheter-related-bloodstream-infections-icu

100. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     November 14, 2018 - In 2015, 3.2% of hospitalized patients experienced an HAI, a 16% decrease compared to a similarly derived … compendium-strategies-prevent-healthcare-associated-infections-acute-care-hospitals https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/intervention-decrease-catheter-related-bloodstream-infections-icu … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/intervention-decrease-catheter-related-bloodstream-infections-icu https