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  1. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    June 27, 2011 - /psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/adverse-events-experienced-homecare-patients-scoping-review-literature Early efforts … advocate for standardized definitions of common homecare–setting events that can foster necessary efforts
  2. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45302/psn-pdf
    November 28, 2016 - learning-model-medical Health systems struggle with how to effectively involve patients in safety efforts … A related editorial discusses the challenges of including patients in safety efforts.
  3. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47296/psn-pdf
    September 24, 2018 - organizations now invest heavily—in terms of both staff time and finances—in quality and safety improvement efforts … investigators found that 1.1% of gross clinical revenues were devoted to quality improvement and safety efforts
  4. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44447/psn-pdf
    September 02, 2015 - community-healthcare-and-hospital-acquired-severe-sepsis-hospitalizations- university Severe sepsis has been a focus of quality efforts … rates, with an overall rate of about 20%, suggesting that targeting sepsis in readmission prevention efforts
  5. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    February 23, 2011 - In this phase one study, the SPI focused efforts in 4 hospitals, where a $1.2 million investment was … the continued need to run toward science rather than away from it in evaluating quality improvement efforts
  6. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43386/psn-pdf
    January 20, 2016 - Perceptions of staffing adequacy and management support for patient safety efforts were also related … to existing studies which underscore the need for high-reliability organizations to promote safety efforts
  7. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42361/psn-pdf
    September 19, 2013 - the perspectives of patients and health care professionals regarding patient engagement in safety efforts … Given these findings, promotion of patient engagement in safety efforts runs the risk of merely shifting
  8. psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/survey-hospital-quality-improvement-activities
    January 27, 2019 - quality in the United States and provided an important stimulus for ongoing quality improvement (QI) efforts … 2014 The influence of organizational context on quality improvement and patient safety efforts
  9. psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/influence-organizational-factors-patient-safety-examining-successful-handoffs-health-care
    November 20, 2015 - Perceptions of staffing adequacy and management support for patient safety efforts were also related … to existing studies which underscore the need for high-reliability organizations to promote safety efforts
  10. psnet.ahrq.gov/innovation/enhancing-support-patients-social-needs-reduce-hospital-readmissions-and-improve-health
    February 26, 2025 - After two years, the efforts were associated with a reduction in readmissions and all-cause mortality … Organizations should make efforts to vet and develop relationships with community partners and hospitals … The initiative was part of ongoing efforts to reduce healthcare disparities and improve value. … To focus their efforts, safety and quality leaders reviewed claims data over time. … Organizations should make efforts to vet and develop relationships with community partners and hospitals
  11. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33565/psn-pdf
    September 01, 2024 - As a result, hospitals, nursing homes, and clinicians are prioritizing efforts to reduce the burden … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/health-care-associated-infections https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/efforts-improve-patient-safety-result … In addition to healthcare-acquired COVID-19, the pandemic challenged existing HAI-prevention efforts. … The increasing threat posed by infections such as C. difficile is also stimulating efforts to address … One important challenge in using public reporting and payment policies to catalyze efforts to decrease
  12. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33574/psn-pdf
    March 15, 2025 - that the vast majority of health care takes place in the outpatient, or ambulatory care, setting, efforts … These efforts have identified and characterized factors that influence safety in office practice, the … Current Context Although efforts to improve safety have largely focused on hospital care, The Joint … The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is also leading efforts to improve ambulatory quality
  13. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/867676/psn-pdf
    February 26, 2025 - Involving patients and families in improvement efforts enables user-centered design of potential solutions … and ongoing collection, tracking, and evaluation of data to assess the effectiveness of improvement efforts … Other improvement efforts include continuing education of health professionals through simulation, morbidity … goals, promptly responding to healthcare staff and patient concerns, supporting and role-modeling efforts
  14. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47714/psn-pdf
    March 27, 2019 - Researchers describe efforts to implement a surgical safety checklist and infection control techniques
  15. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33576/psn-pdf
    December 15, 2024 - Preventing Wrong-Site, Wrong-Procedure, and Wrong-Patient Surgery Early efforts to prevent WSPEs focused … An analysis of the United Kingdom's efforts to prevent WSPEs found that, although dissemination of a … Comprehensive efforts to improve surgical safety have incorporated timeout principles into surgical
  16. psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-03/uterine_artery_injury.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - , the patient went into cardiac arrest, requiring a round of chest compressions and resuscitative efforts … only a 1.2% reduction in nonparticipating hospitals, demonstrating the value of quality and safety efforts … Approaches to Improving Safety (1) 17 • In order to maximize maternal care quality improvement efforts … to improve the quality and safety of obstetric patients by better targeting future improvement efforts … Obstetric Hemorrhage Toolkit, aligned with the National Partnership for Maternal Safety, facilitate efforts
  17. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/72836/psn-pdf
    January 26, 2021 - PFACs) to support execution of their PFE priorities.[4],[5] However, across all of these different efforts … To support measure developers in these efforts, in April 2020 CMS released a toolkit for developers, … PFE are essential for healthcare organizations to establish evidence-based, systematic improvement efforts … These process measures can help organizations identify concrete areas where they need to target their efforts … These types of measures could provide a more comprehensive picture of PFE efforts, something that could
  18. psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/ambulatory-care-safety
    December 15, 2024 - fact that the vast majority of health care takes place in the outpatient, or ambulatory care, setting, efforts … These efforts have identified and characterized factors that influence safety in office practice, the … Current Context Although efforts to improve safety have largely focused on hospital care, The Joint Commission … The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is also leading efforts to improve ambulatory quality
  19. psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/multihospital-safety-improvement-effort-and-dissemination-new-knowledge
    September 23, 2020 - Study A multihospital safety improvement effort and the dissemination of new knowledge. Citation Text: Mills PD, Weeks WB, Surott-Kimberly BC. A multihospital safety improvement effort and the dissemination of new knowledge. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2003;29(3):124-133. Copy Citati…
  20. psnet.ahrq.gov/primers-0
    March 15, 2025 - Library Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL Efforts … to engage patients in safety efforts have focused on three areas: enlisting patients in detecting adverse … Patient safety event reporting systems are ubiquitous in hospitals and are a mainstay of efforts … RSI prevention efforts should focus on improving surgical item management and enhancing effective communication … Current efforts to improve opioid safety have primarily focused on safe opioid prescribing.

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