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401. Emergency Departments Don’t Coordinate How They Collect, Use Social Needs Information | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2024 - insured children dropped by 42 percent, while inadequate insurance for those with commercial insurance decreased

402. Reducing the Use of Short-acting Nifedipine by Hypertensives Using a Pharmaceutical Database (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2005 - Total quantity decreased by nearly 91 percent, from more than 2 million units dispensed in 1999 to fewer … interesting and somewhat unexpected benefit of our program was that use of short-acting nifedipine may have decreased

403. Imbedding Research in Practice to Improve Medication Safety (pdf file)
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     May 07, 2008 - It was developed through communication, staff support, and stakeholder involvement and successfully decreased … linking each patient in the file by medical record number to the condition (e.g., age 65 or older, decreased

404. Appendix K. Quality Improvement Study Framework - Implementation Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2017 - Appendix K. Quality Improvement Study Framework - Implementation Guide Study Elements Element Definition Things To Keep in Mind The Purpose Define the problem and why it is important. Avoid suggesting causes in the purpose statement. Cause determination will come later afte…

405. Appendix A Tables from Matar (2010) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2018 - Proactive Risk Assessment of Surgical Site Infection in Ambulatory Surgery Centers Appendix A Tables from Matar (2010) Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Proactive Risk Assessment of Surgical Site Infection in Ambulatory Surgery Centers Executive Summary Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter …

406. Daily Goals Checklist | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2012 - Daily Goals Checklist CUSP Toolkit Effective communication is particularly important in the unit if complicated care plans are to be effectively managed by the care team Problem statement: Clear communication among health care providers is paramount. Communication failures lead to patient harm, increased l…

407. Dailygoals (doc file)
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     January 01, 2003 - Daily Goals Checklist Problem statement: Clear communication among health care providers is paramount. Communication failures lead to patient harm, increased length of stay, provider dissatisfaction, and staff turnover. Effective communication is particularly important in the unit if complicated care plans are to be …

408. CUSP Toolkit: Spread Presentation Slides | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2012 - CUSP Toolkit: Spread Presentation Slides The Spread module of the CUSP Toolkit helps an organization share, tailor, and implement the components of a process that have worked well at the unit level. The other CUSP Toolkit modules focus on quality improvement projects at the unit level, where culture is local. T…

409. Quality Improvement Study Framework (doc file)
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     June 02, 2025 - Quality Improvement Study Framework Element Definition Things To Keep in Mind The Purpose Define the problem and why it is important. · Avoid suggesting causes in the purpose statement. Cause determination will come later after the data have been analyzed. · Speculating about the cause of a problem before a th…

410. On World Patient Safety Day, AHRQ Highlights the Urgent Need to Address Diagnostic Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     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…

411. Section 1, Tables 1 and 2 (pdf file)
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     June 02, 2025 - Section 1, Tables 1 and 2 Table 1: Definition of Sepsis Syndrome Term Definition Sepsis syndrome Sepsis, severe sepsis or septic shock Sepsis Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) in the presence of, or as a result of, suspected or proven infection SIRS The presence of at least two of the following f…

412. Section 1, Tables 1 and 2 (pdf file)
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     June 02, 2025 - Section 1, Tables 1 and 2 Table 1: Definition of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock Term Definition Severe sepsis Sepsis plus one of the following: cardiovascular organ dysfunction OR acute respiratory distress syndrome OR two or more other organ dysfunctions. Sepsis Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) i…

413. Section 1, Tables 1 and 2 (pdf file)
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     June 02, 2025 - Section 1, Tables 1 and 2 Table 1: Definition of Sepsis Syndrome Term Definition Sepsis syndrome Sepsis, severe sepsis or septic shock Sepsis Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) in the presence of, or as a result of, suspected or proven infection SIRS The presence of at least two of the followi…

414. 117-Decolonization-Agent-One-Pager (doc file)
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     April 01, 2025 - Products Used for S. aureus Nasal Decolonization Surgical Services For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries Why Focus on Nasal Decolonization To Prevent Surgical Site Infections (SSIs)? Staphylococcus aureus is a frequently a commensal organism known to colonize skin and mucosal areas. …

415. Antibiotic Stewardship Program Development: Part 2 (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2019 - ASPs should direct them to focus on specific antibiotics that for which use can be decreased. … Ideally, ASPs would report on how their work leads to decreased C. difficile infection or CDI rates

416. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
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     October 01, 2024 - MRSA rates decreased again after 6 months of the new interventions.

417. AHRQ's Quality & Patient Safety Programs by Setting: Hospital Labor and Delivery Units | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2023 - AHRQ's Quality & Patient Safety Programs by Setting: Hospital Labor and Delivery Units AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care – I aims to improve the patient safety culture of labor and delivery (L&D) units and decrease maternal and neonatal adverse events resulting from poor communication and system failures.…

418. Emergency Nurses Association content and transcript (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2015 - reducing inappropriate placements of urinary catheters include: • A reduction in CAUTI rates with decreased … • With decreased infection rates, costs for extended hospitalizations and additional treatments are … also decreased. … Is the work of breathing decreased and shortness of breath improved? Are the breath sounds clearer?

419. Emergency Nurses Association content and transcript (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/guides/ena-slides.pdf
     September 01, 2015 - reducing inappropriate placements of urinary catheters include: • A reduction in CAUTI rates with decreased … • With decreased infection rates, costs for extended hospitalizations and additional treatments are … also decreased. … Is the work of breathing decreased and shortness of breath improved? Are the breath sounds clearer?

420. Four Kentucky Hospitals Use AHRQ Toolkit to Improve Medication Reconciliation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2014 - Four Kentucky Hospitals Use AHRQ Toolkit to Improve Medication Reconciliation Search All Impact Case Studies November 2011 Between January and September 2010, AHRQ partnered with seven Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) to deliver a series of onsite learning sessions and provider support calls focusin…