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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ahrq-national-scorecard-hospital-acquired-conditions-updated-baseline-rates-and-preliminary-0
March 04, 2009 - This AHRQ report found a reduction in HACs from 99 per 1000 acute care discharges to 86 per 1000 discharges
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/adverse-events-long-term-care-residents-transitioning-hospital-back-nursing-home
April 28, 2021 - in the 45 days following acute hospitalization among 555 nursing home residents, which included 762 discharges … Investigators found that adverse events occurred after approximately half of discharges.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.326_slideshow.ppt
June 01, 2014 - Frequency & Motivation
There are few data on the prevalence of patient wandering in health care facilities
Discharges … against medical advice comprise up to 6% of discharges of general medicine patients in acute care—it
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effects-discharge-time-out-quality-hospital-discharge-summaries
February 29, 2012 - Study
The effects of a 'discharge time-out' on the quality of hospital discharge summaries.
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Mohta N, Vaishnava P, Liang C, et al. The effects of a 'discharge time-out' on the quality of hospital discharge summaries. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21(10):885-90.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-paul-mcgann-md
September 26, 2023 - realized that the best way to encapsulate this was to try to express it as a single harm rate per thousand discharges … CMS—into a deliberate and systematic attempt to calculate the number of all-cause harms per thousand discharges … developing the AHRQ National Scorecard and the ability to express harm as number of harms per thousand discharges … The results showed a decline in the harm rate per thousand discharges from the baseline of 145 harms
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/unanticipated-death-after-discharge-home-emergency-department
November 11, 2009 - Approximately 30 unexpected deaths occurred per 100,000 ED discharges, and a potential error or misdiagnosis … November 22, 2017
Opioid abuse and poisoning: trends in inpatient and emergency department discharges
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospital-discharge-and-readmission
March 27, 2005 - Review
Hospital discharge and readmission.
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Alper E, O'Malley TA, Greenwald J. UpToDate. February 3, 2023.
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October 26, 2011 - Discharging Our Responsibility
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Gregg C. Fonarow, MD | September 1, 2007
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The Case A 75-year-old man with a history of hypertensi…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/vital-signs-are-still-vital-instability-discharge-and-risk-post-discharge-adverse-outcomes
September 23, 2020 - Study
Vital signs are still vital: instability on discharge and the risk of post-discharge adverse outcomes.
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Nguyen OK, Makam AN, Clark C, et al. Vital Signs Are Still Vital: Instability on Discharge and the Risk of Post-Discharge Adverse Outcomes. J Gen Intern Med. 2017;3…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/creating-better-discharge-summary-improvement-quality-and-timeliness-using-electronic
April 20, 2011 - Study
Creating a better discharge summary: improvement in quality and timeliness using an electronic discharge summary.
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O'Leary KJ, Liebovitz DM, Feinglass J, et al. Creating a better discharge summary: improvement in quality and timeliness using an electronic discharge …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospital-discharge-review-high-risk-care-transition-highlights-reengineered-discharge-process
February 11, 2009 - Study
The hospital discharge: a review of a high risk care transition with highlights of a reengineered discharge process.
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Greenwald JL, Denham CR, Jack BW. The Hospital Discharge. J Patient Saf. 2008;3(2). doi:10.1097/01.jps.0000236916.94696.12.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/introduction-discharge-plan-reduce-adverse-events-within-72-hours-discharge-icu
September 16, 2020 - Study
Introduction of discharge plan to reduce adverse events within 72 hours of discharge from the ICU.
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Williams TA, Leslie GD, Elliott N, et al. Introduction of discharge plan to reduce adverse events within 72 hours of discharge from the ICU. J Nurs Care Qual. 2010;25…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/spotlight-mistaken-attribution-diagnostic-misstep
June 01, 2016 - analysis of electronic health records, the rate of any safety event was calculated as 27.9 per 100 patient discharges … rate is comparable to nonpsychiatric hospital units, where safety events have been found at 30%–35% of discharges … .( 3 ) The most common events reported in VA psychiatric units were medication errors (17.2 per 100 discharges … adverse drug events (4.1), and falls (2.8).( 2 ) Regarding psychiatry-specific events, rates per 100 discharges
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-intensive-care-unit-discharge-time-patient-outcome
October 21, 2020 - The investigators analyzed intensive care unit (ICU) discharges in 31 Canadian hospitals and found that
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/treatment-challenges-after-discharge
August 31, 2005 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
Treatment Challenges After Discharge
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Chase Coffey, MD, MS | November 1, 2010
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May 20, 2020 - A related commentary explores why discharges from ICU to home occur and calls for implementing care
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effective-discharge-communication-emergency-department
January 24, 2024 - Review
Effective discharge communication in the emergency department.
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Samuels-Kalow ME, Stack AM, Porter SC. Effective discharge communication in the emergency department. Ann Emerg Med. 2012;60(2):152-9. doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2011.10.023.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/periodic-issue/periodic-issue-393
June 28, 2023 - Based on a sample of over 121 million adult hospital discharges from 2016 to 2019, researchers examined … Based on a sample of over 121 million adult hospital discharges from 2016 to 2019, researchers examined
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psnet.ahrq.gov/periodic-issue/periodic-issue-401
July 31, 2023 - Based on a sample of 21.5 million US hospital discharges, the authors estimated that 795,000 adults in … Based on a sample of 21.5 million US hospital discharges, the authors estimated that 795,000 adults in
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/patient-safety-during-hospital-discharge
April 01, 2018 - are never obtained by after care providers.( 6 )
Patient education is also crucial to safe patient discharges