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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/anticoagulants-1.pdf
March 01, 2020 - Anticoagulants Post Discharge
Reviewer: Scott Winiecki, M.D. … Patient safety concerns arising from test results that return
after hospital discharge. … The incidence and severity of adverse events affecting
patients after discharge from the hospital. … " OR
"Patient Handoff") OR (AB
“Discharge Planning” OR
"Patient Discharge" OR
"Patient Transfer" … " OR
"Patient Handoff") OR (AB
“Discharge Planning” OR
"Patient Discharge" OR
"Patient Transfer"
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www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/measures/opportunity-ask-questions.html
August 01, 2021 - Caregivers of children discharged from the hospital should report that, prior to their child’s most recent discharge
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201515.html
January 01, 2018 - clinical settings to achieve patient-centered care, SCIC adapted the guide from AHRQ's Re-Engineered Discharge … (RED) Toolkit , a discharge planning resource to help patients prepare for life at home after a hospitalization … Impact Case Study Identifier:
2015-15
AHRQ Product(s):
Re-Engineered Discharge … (RED)
Topic(s):
Education: Patient and Caregiver,
Hospital Discharge,
Patient
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/emergency-dept/frequent-use.html
July 01, 2017 - The sixth risk factor, difficulty understanding discharge instructions, was assessed during a followup … phone call after discharge. … More than half (56%) of ED users did not understand the discharge instructions they were given. … More than half (56%) did not understand their discharge instructions. … Attention to lack of patient comprehension of discharge instructions could have real value .
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/sinusitis-one-pager.pdf
September 01, 2022 - Diagnosis
• The diagnosis of acute sinusitis is based on the clinical presentation: nasal discharge … require
antibiotics.1-3
• The presence of low-grade fever, facial or dental pain, or colored nasal discharge … symptoms after 5–6 days
‒ Severe symptoms: at least 3-4 days of temperatures ≥ 102°F and purulent nasal discharge … care if they have no improvement after 10 days, develop fever of
at least 102°F with purulent nasal discharge
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/132-gap-analysis-hospital-level.pdf
April 01, 2025 - Communication with surgeons to identify cases
Communication with patients via letters after discharge … Communication with surgeons to identify cases
Communication with patients via letters after discharge … Communication with surgeons to identify cases
Communication with patients via letters after discharge … Communication with surgeons to identify cases: Off
Communication with patients via letters after discharge … Communication with surgeons to identify cases_2: Off
Communication with patients via letters after discharge
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/prevhosp/sampleransferandintakenotes.pdf
June 02, 2025 - length of stay or hospital admission date
• Treatment received in the ED, if returning from ED
• Discharge … form:
Long-Term Care Facility
Assisted Living
Home
Treatments Received in the ED/HOSP ED Discharge … /Hospital Discharge Diagnoses: Primary & Secondary
(Indicate principal or secondary if more than one … hospital discharge diagnosis.)
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/medicaidreadmitguide/mcaidread_tool2_readm_review.docx
June 02, 2025 - Readmission reviews are designed to elicit the “story behind the story”: going well beyond chief complaint, discharge … communication, coordination, or other logistical barriers experienced in the days after a patient’s discharge … using the information about the person’s actual challenges, barriers, or root causes to create a better discharge … interviews is to elicit the “story behind the chief complaint”—the events that occurred between the time of discharge
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/prevhosp/prevehosp-trans-intakenotes.pdf
June 02, 2025 - length of stay or hospital admission date
• Treatment received in the ED, if returning from ED
• Discharge … form:
Long-Term Care Facility
Assisted Living
Home
Treatments Received in the ED/HOSP ED Discharge … /Hospital Discharge Diagnoses: Primary & Secondary
(Indicate principal or secondary if more than one … hospital discharge diagnosis.)
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-212-tech-specs.pdf
June 02, 2025 - (ED) for an asthma
exacerbation and were prescribed an inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) at the time of discharge … year, presented to a hospital ED for an asthma exacerbation and were
prescribed an ICS at the time of discharge … Asthma
Measure 9: Inhaled Corticosteroid for Children with Persistent Asthma
Prescribed at Time of Discharge … year, presented to a hospital ED for an asthma exacerbation and were
prescribed an ICS at the time of discharge
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/berry-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - In one
academic hospital, a median of 3.5 days (IQR 3-5) passed before discharge (which could include … propagation of
the error in discharge instructions) or correction of the error by the hospital team … days after
discharge (AIDS 2013). … Secondary analyses examined virologic suppression at 180 days following discharge. … mentoring by volunteer peers with both inpatient visits and post-discharge follow-up phone calls.
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www.ahrq.gov/faqs/index.html?page=22
Users may review discharge-level results to determine if evidence in the administrative record indicates … AHRQ provides the software to any interested organization for use with their own hospital discharge data … The Quality Indicators software is designed to read hospital administrative discharge data that generally … The software expects that the DRG or ICD-9 code on any given discharge record is valid for the fiscal … year of the discharge date.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/modules/patfamilyengagement/CUSP-Patient-Family-Engagement.pptx
May 01, 2013 - family for calling attention to any issue raised
Invite them to continue asking questions
IDEAL Discharge … Planning
What is IDEAL Discharge Planning? … Planning
for Clinicians1
Improves accuracy of information about the patient’s condition
and discharge … less anxious once discharged
Prevents postdischarge complications and avoidable readmissions
IDEAL Discharge … members of the health care team impacts health outcomes and patient and family satisfaction
IDEAL Discharge
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/news/events/ahrq-research-summit/brady-summit2016-breakout.pdf
September 28, 2016 - progress in reducing diagnostic errors
Measurement Study Example
Hospital Admission
After ED discharge … Admissions After Discharge from an
Emergency Department for Chest Symptoms
97.0%
0.2%
1.7%
0.5% … the following are associated with a
potential diagnostic issue based on hospital admission after
ED discharge … Interventions that target specific patients and EDs may
reduce the number of people admitted after discharge … Admissions After Discharge from an Emergency Department for Chest Symptoms
Study Conclusions & Implications
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/match/chapter-5.html
July 01, 2022 - current medication list upon admission and referencing this list throughout the patient's stay and at discharge … Upon discharge, medications administered during the episode of care are then compared to the patient's … It was not ordered on admission or it was not listed on the patient's discharge instructions. … Medication is listed on the patient's discharge instructions, but it was not ordered during the hospital … , route, or frequency: Different doses, routes, or frequency of medication listed on the patient's discharge
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www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/match/chapter-5.html
July 01, 2022 - current medication list upon admission and referencing this list throughout the patient's stay and at discharge … Upon discharge, medications administered during the episode of care are then compared to the patient's … It was not ordered on admission or it was not listed on the patient's discharge instructions. … Medication is listed on the patient's discharge instructions, but it was not ordered during the hospital … , route, or frequency: Different doses, routes, or frequency of medication listed on the patient's discharge
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-212-table-4.pdf
May 24, 2016 - CHIPRA 212 Table 4
Table 4: Evidence Supporting ICS at Discharge from an Emergency Department
TYPE … Starting
the ICS therapy before discharge gives the
patient additional time to learn and
demonstrate … Clinical
guidelines
On discharge home, the majority of
patients should be prescribed regular
ongoing
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/964.html
July 01, 2025 - Care Coordination Investments Improve Handoff Communications, Discharge Process . … Care Coordination Investments Improve Handoff Communications, Discharge Process The updated Patient Safety … Focus areas include improving handoff communication among providers, improving the discharge process,
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/index.html
February 01, 2025 - Assessment Toolkit Hospital Guide to Reducing Medicaid Readmissions Improving the Emergency Department Discharge … Proficiency NICU Toolkit Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals QI Toolkit for Hospitals RED (Re-Engineered Discharge
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/prevhosp/ereports.html
September 01, 2017 - Hospital admissions: number within 7, 30, and 90 days of report date, discharge diagnosis, and length … What is the most frequent discharge diagnosis from the ED? From the hospital? … How many discharge diagnoses were “potentially preventable”? … For example, if discharge diagnoses pneumonia and urinary tract infection are both noted as ED discharge … Experts do not agree on which discharge diagnoses should be considered potentially preventable.