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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/perinatal-care/frontline-cases-studies.pdf
May 01, 2015 - Enhancing Safe EFM
To continue efforts toward standardized practices, nurse educators developed online
educational … meetings and utilized an internal shift scheduling and communication tool, a weekly
newsletter, and other educational … The hospital’s patient advisory committee reviews all policies and educational materials
from a patient … AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care Case Studies 19
The plan also became an educational tool, opening
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/nursing-home/nursinghome-resourcelist.pdf
April 01, 2023 - Prevention and Control in Long Term Care
http://www.jointcommission.org/hripcltc.aspx
The goal of this educational … advances in measuring hand hygiene adherence, frequently asked questions, and links to
promotional and educational … designed to assist nursing facilities in
improving their fall care processes and outcomes through educational
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/cdc-covid19-vaccination.html
July 01, 2021 - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) COVID-19 Vaccination
Resource: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) COVID-19 Vaccination
This website includes information for COVID-19 vaccination administration, storage and handling, reporting, and patient education for each specific vaccine.
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/urinary/resources/provider-information-infographic.html
June 01, 2024 - Back to MUI Resources
Provider Information Infographic: Bladder Matters for Women
Resource
This document is available on the AHRQ website (PDF, 2.7 MB)
Summary
This short one-pager includes recommendations by clinicians for clinicians on treating patients with UI. It summari…
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digital.ahrq.gov/principal-investigator/siders-jane
January 01, 2023 - Siders, Jane
Creating Online NICU Networks to Educate, Consult & Team
Description
Developed, implemented, and evaluated a cooperative effort for using health IT to facilitate a continuum of appropriate medical and developmental care, from the time infants are admitted to Neona…
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digital.ahrq.gov/location/usa-mn-clouquet
January 01, 2023 - USA, MN, Clouquet
HIT-Based Regional Medication Management Pharmacy System
Description
Implemented an interactive video-conferencing system at rural hospitals to provide continuing education for pharmacist and pharmacy technicians as well as a model for bedside verification of…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36517/psn-pdf
June 26, 2009 - Safety by Design.
June 26, 2009
Qual Saf Health Care. 2006 Dec;15(Suppl 1):i1-90.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safety-design
This supplement draws from key thinkers in systems design, human factors, and education to look at the
impact and effect that design has on improving health care.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/iss…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36821/psn-pdf
August 26, 2011 - Medication error reduction and the use of PDA
technology.
August 26, 2011
Greenfield S. Medication error reduction and the use of PDA technology. J Nurs Educ. 2007;46(3):127-31.
doi:10.3928/01484834-20070301-07.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-error-reduction-and-use-pda-technology
This study found that P…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35346/psn-pdf
September 21, 2005 - Guide to Healthcare Quality: How to Know It When You
See It.
September 21, 2005
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2005.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/guide-healthcare-quality-how-know-it-when-you-see-it
Part of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) consumer education campa…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35942/psn-pdf
July 16, 2018 - Graduate Programs in Healthcare Quality and Patient
Safety.
July 16, 2018
Center for Education in the Health Sciences, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/graduate-programs-healthcare-quality-and-patient-safety
Northwestern University's Institute of Healthcare Studies offers an 18-mo…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35076/psn-pdf
November 04, 2015 - Patient Safety Handbook, Second Edition.
November 4, 2015
Youngberg B. ed. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett; 2013. ISBN 9780763774042
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-handbook-second-edition
This revised edition of a comprehensive resource on patient safety includes new chapters discussing such
topics as…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35543/psn-pdf
June 12, 2013 - Health care safety: what needs to be done?
June 12, 2013
Rubin GL, Leeder SR. Health care safety: what needs to be done? Med J Aust. 2005;183(10):529-31.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-care-safety-what-needs-be-done
The authors assert that enhancements in measuring safety, financial incentives, education, and
…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38031/psn-pdf
September 03, 2008 - Development and evaluation of a required patient safety
course.
September 3, 2008
Sukkari SR, Sasich LD, Tuttle DA, et al. Development and evaluation of a required patient safety course.
Am J Pharm Educ. 2008;72(3):65.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/development-and-evaluation-required-patient-safety-course
This ar…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38580/psn-pdf
April 22, 2009 - Practising safely in the foundation years.
April 22, 2009
Long SJ, Neale G, Vincent CA. Practising safely in the foundation years. BMJ. 2009;338:b1046.
doi:10.1136/bmj.b1046.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/practising-safely-foundation-years
Through case scenarios, this commentary examines adverse events involving ju…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35472/psn-pdf
September 21, 2009 - Clinical alarms: improving efficiency and effectiveness.
September 21, 2009
Phillips J, Barnsteiner JH. Clinical alarms: improving efficiency and effectiveness. Crit Care Nurs Q.
2005;28(4):317-323.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/clinical-alarms-improving-efficiency-and-effectiveness
The authors outline a process fo…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35144/psn-pdf
June 23, 2009 - Patient safety: planting the seed.
June 23, 2009
Poe SS. Patient safety: planting the seed. J Nurs Care Qual. 2005;20(3):198-202.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-planting-seed
The author describes one academic medical center’s program to infuse patient safety into the everyday
work of nurses early in t…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36766/psn-pdf
August 09, 2011 - The impact of professionalism on safe surgical care.
August 9, 2011
Whittemore A, Surgery NES for V. The impact of professionalism on safe surgical care. J Vasc Surg.
2007;45(2):415-9.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-professionalism-safe-surgical-care
The author discusses disruptive, disrespectful behavior in …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39776/psn-pdf
January 25, 2017 - First, protect the patient from harm: applying adult
learning principles to patient safety.
January 25, 2017
Duffy B.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/first-protect-patient-harm-applying-adult-learning-principles-patient-safety
This piece describes how education can reduce patient harm by promoting attitude and behavi…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42448/psn-pdf
July 24, 2013 - Measure twice, cut once.
July 24, 2013
Atkinson WK. Measure twice, cut once. AORN J. 2013;98(1):77-80. doi:10.1016/j.aorn.2013.05.004.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/measure-twice-cut-once
This piece relates how focusing on quality, education, responsibility, and standardization can help clinicians
ensure safe care.…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34974/psn-pdf
February 08, 2011 - A model patient: how simulators are changing the way
doctors are trained.
February 8, 2011
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/model-patient-how-simulators-are-changing-way-doctors-are-trained
Through discussions with numerous experts and medical educators, this piece explores how simulation
training has developed over t…