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41. Elopement: evidence-based mitigation and management. | PSNet
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    October 19, 2022 - After implementation, the number of elopements occurring over a six-month period decreased from 34 to … 12 events and the average duration of each event decreased from 118 minutes to 24 minutes.

42. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73130/psn-pdf
    January 01, 2022 - Intravenous Catheters (MAGIC), the authors sought to determine if the appropriateness of PICC use decreased … Use of MAGIC in 52 Michigan hospitals increased appropriate use of PICC lines and decreased medical

43. Cumulative effect of flexible duty-hour policies on resident outcomes: long-term follow-up results from the FIRST trial. | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cumulative-effect-flexible-duty-hour-policies-resident-outcomes-long-term-follow-results
    July 15, 2020 - After four years, there was no evidence of increased duty-hour violations, decreased satisfaction or … decreased well-being among residents randomized to flexible duty-hour policies.

44. Systematic review: impact of health information technology on quality, efficiency, and costs of medical care. | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/systematic-review-impact-health-information-technology-quality-efficiency-and-costs-medical
    March 30, 2022 - reported include improved adherence to guideline-based care, enhanced surveillance and monitoring, and decreased … In addition, although decreased utilization of care was noted, specific time utilization measures and

45. Reducing automated dispensing cabinet overrides in the peri-anesthesia care unit: a quality improvement project. | PSNet
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    June 07, 2023 - The overall override rate decreased from 17% to 4% by the end of the 18-month project period, with a … While not an aim of the project, time to pharmacist verification also decreased, thus potentially lessening

46. Development and implementation of a suicide prevention checklist to create a safe environment. | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/development-and-implementation-suicide-prevention-checklist-create-safe-environment
    August 04, 2021 - In the two years following checklist implementation, suicide attempts decreased by 42% (compared to the … preceding two years); the number of patients sustaining temporary or minor injuries also decreased by

47. Quality improvement initiatives lead to reduction in nulliparous term singleton vertex cesarean delivery rate. | PSNet
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    October 19, 2022 - The rate of NTSV cesarean delivery decreased from 34.8% to 21.2% and total cesarean delivery rate decreased

48. Effect of barcode technology on medication preparation safety: a quasi-experimental study. | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-barcode-technology-medication-preparation-safety-quasi-experimental-study
    December 01, 2021 - Use of BCMA decreased wrong medication and wrong dosage errors, and wrong patient, wrong form, and … Additionally, BCMA decreased medication preparation time.

49. Improving peripherally inserted central catheter appropriateness and reducing device-related complications: a quasiexperimental study in 52 Michigan hospitals. | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-peripherally-inserted-central-catheter-appropriateness-and-reducing-device-related
    October 27, 2021 - Intravenous Catheters ( MAGIC ), the authors sought to determine if the appropriateness of PICC use decreased … Use of MAGIC in 52 Michigan hospitals increased appropriate use of PICC lines and decreased medical complications

50. Visitor behaviors can influence the risk of patient harm: an analysis of patient safety reports from 92 hospitals. | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/visitor-behaviors-can-influence-risk-patient-harm-analysis-patient-safety-reports-92
    September 01, 2021 - from families and caregivers visiting a patient increased the risk of patient harm in 36% of cases and decreased … Other behaviors, such as communicating with healthcare staff, decreased patient harm.

51. Decreasing prescribing errors in antimicrobial stewardship program-restricted medications. | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/decreasing-prescribing-errors-antimicrobial-stewardship-program-restricted-medications
    September 25, 2024 - After implementation, ASP prescribing errors decreased from 10.9% to 4.6%.

52. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60540/psn-pdf
    November 01, 2016 - The rate of NTSV cesarean delivery decreased from 34.8% to 21.2% and total cesarean delivery rate decreased

53. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46892/psn-pdf
    June 13, 2018 - According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), HAC rates decreased by just over … While infections and adverse drug events decreased, pressure ulcers increased and represent an opportunity

54. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35969/psn-pdf
    August 10, 2010 - reported include improved adherence to guideline- based care, enhanced surveillance and monitoring, and decreased … In addition, although decreased utilization of care was noted, specific time utilization measures and

55. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43273/psn-pdf
    April 25, 2016 - Between 2002 and 2009, the mortality associated with inpatient cardiopulmonary arrests decreased over … The authors found that most of the decline was due to decreased incidence of arrest, not increased survival

56. Outcomes of Michigan Medicine's integrated patient safety and communication and resolution program, 2013–2022. | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/outcomes-michigan-medicines-integrated-patient-safety-and-communication-and-resolution
    April 24, 2018 - During the most recent 10-year period, the rate of claims decreased, with 92% being closed or settled … Other measured outcomes, such as time to resolve claims, remained stable or decreased.

57. Healthcare system-wide implementation of opioid-safety guideline recommendations: the case of urine drug screening and opioid-patient suicide- and overdose-related events in the Veterans Health Administration. | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/healthcare-system-wide-implementation-opioid-safety-guideline-recommendations-case-urine-drug
    August 11, 2021 - 2010 to 2013, the risk of suicide and overdose events among VA patients receiving prescription opioids decreased … April 12, 2017 Eight years of decreased methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus health

58. Prospective evaluation of a multifaceted intervention to improve outcomes in intensive care: the Promoting Respect and Ongoing Safety through Patient Engagement Communication and Technology study. | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prospective-evaluation-multifaceted-intervention-improve-outcomes-intensive-care-promoting
    August 03, 2022 - The rate of adverse events decreased by almost 30%, from 59.0 per 1000 patient days in the baseline period … February 23, 2015 Nighttime cross-coverage is associated with decreased intensive care

59. Associations between in-hospital mortality, health care utilization, and inpatient costs with the 2011 resident duty hour revision. | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/associations-between-hospital-mortality-health-care-utilization-and-inpatient-costs-2011
    June 09, 2021 - no difference in mortality or length of stay but did find that cost associated with hospitalization decreased … February 3, 2011 Decreased bile duct injury rate during laparoscopic cholecystectomy

60. Implementation of prescription drug monitoring programs associated with reductions in opioid-related death rates. | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/implementation-prescription-drug-monitoring-programs-associated-reductions-opioid-related
    September 09, 2020 - This study used secondary data sources to determine whether implementing a drug monitoring program decreased … Alternatives to opioid education and a prescription drug monitoring program cumulatively decreased