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61. PSNet Curated Library (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2021 - Adverse drug events after hospital discharge in older adults: types, severity, and involvement of Beers … MERP) coordinates a nationwide campaign for medication error reporting and prevention which includes a index … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/adverse-drug-events-after-hospital-discharge-older-adults-types-severity-and-involvement … Color coded medication safety system reduces community pediatric emergency nursing medication errors. … Use of color-coded medications resulted in a reduction in medication errors in simulated pediatric emergency

62. NHQDR Data Spotlight and Infographics & Factsheets – NHQDR Data Tools
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    January 01, 2022 - Hospice Revisions to Health Information Technology Designs Could Help Seniors Prepare for Health Emergencies … Implementation Toolkit Create Accurate Reports from Electronic Health Records (EHRs) Curriculum Tools Emergency … Severity Index (ESI): A Triage Tool for Emergency Departments Healthcare Simulation Dictionary Measurement

63. THE HCUP NATIONWIDE READMISSIONS DATABASE (NRD), 2013
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    January 01, 2013 - Data Elements in the NRD Severity File Table D.3. … Will not use data elements from the proprietary severity adjustment software packages (3M APR-DRGs, HSS … file: Contains additional data elements to aid in identifying the severity of the condition for a … Given the volume and severity of illness for Medicare patients, the estimates for the increase in the … elective, (0) nonelective admission HCUP_ED Indicator that discharge record includes evidence of emergency

64. The Worst Headache | PSNet
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    July 01, 2016 - Since almost everyone has had a headache at some point, clinicians must carefully distinguish the index … In general, relevant questions include: Are the quality, duration, severity, and onset of pain the … However, almost all patients will describe their headache as unusual or distinctive in terms of severity … dissections Temporal arteritis Acute narrow angle closure glaucoma Hypertensive emergencies … May 3, 2017 Types of diagnostic errors in neurological emergencies in the emergency department

65. Think Like a Surgeon | PSNet
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    December 04, 2024 - His physical examination was unremarkable, but given the laboratory findings, the emergency physician … quite high because the presence of acalculous cholecystitis is usually a marker of overall illness severity … Definitive treatment for acute cholecystitis is cholecystectomy, and surgery should occur during the index … important feedback loop to improve patient safety. 20 Take-Home Points Clinicians should have a high index … Diagnostic errors related to acute abdominal pain in the emergency department.

66. Final Research Plan: Intimate Partner Violence, Elder Abuse, and Abuse of Vulnerable Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    August 25, 2016 - Intimate Partner Violence a Includes reduction in the frequency or severity … to U.S. practice (i.e., countries categorized as “Very High” on the United Nations Human Development Index … relevant to the United States (i.e., countries not categorized as “Very High” on the Human Development Index … to U.S. practice (i.e., countries categorized as “Very High” on the United Nations Human Development Index … relevant to the United States (i.e., countries not categorized as “Very High” on the Human Development Index

67. Pitfalls in Diagnosing Necrotizing Fasciitis | PSNet
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    March 24, 2021 - suppurative bacterial or fungal invasion of the epidermis, dermis, or subcutaneous tissues and can range in severity … An expert panel ( 1 ) has classified skin infections into four classes of severity to help guide treatment … some have recommended empiric antibiotics that treat MRSA.( 22 ) Challenges in Diagnosis A high index … patients.( 29 ) Broad-spectrum antibiotics are often given for suspected infection and can mask the severity … This stresses the importance of updating the frontline staff and having a high index of suspicion if

68. Final Progress Report: Patient Safety Learning Laboratory to Enhance the Value and Safety of Neonatal Interfacility Transfers in a Regional Care Network (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2025 - In our cohort, 35% were referred from zip codes with high health transportation shortage index (HTSI) … The patient diagnosis, condition (measured by illness severity scores such as Transport Risk Index of … illness severity score. … Pediatric Emergency Care. 2022;38(8):e1449-e53. 38. … Academic emergency medicine. 2008;15(10):923-31.

69. Failure to Rescue | PSNet
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    September 15, 2024 - response to deteriorating patients, including implementing agreed response times based on clinical severity … Stakeholders voiced concerns about counting deaths from complications that started before the index procedure … or before transfer to the index hospital, and questioned the inclusion of patients with very high-risk … Failure-to-rescue and disparities in emergency general surgery. … Comparison of severity of illness scores and artificial intelligence models that are predictive of intensive

70. HCUPnet Glossary – HCUPnet Data Tools
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    January 01, 2022 - Starting in 2008 HCUPnet uses Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Groups (MS-DRGs). … emergency department. … Highest severity of illness – Discharges with highest severity of illness have major or extreme severity … Readmissions in HCUPnet are 30-day readmissions, thus, the discharge date for the index stay must occur … between January and November to allow a 30-day follow-up period for all index stays.

71. Improving Patient Flow and Reducing Emergency Department Crowding: A Guide for Hospitals (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2014 - Severity Index (ESI) triage system as part of their participation in the UMLN II. … Note: Emergency Severity Index: Version 4. … Severity Index (ESI) Level 3, and the highest LWBS rates occurred among a subset of ESI 3 patients presenting … Severity Index (ESI) triage procedures so that mid-acuity patients could be better identified and sent … When we analyzed these data, they clearly demonstrated that the Emergency Severity Index (ESI) 3 patients

72. Patient Safety Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2022 - The Emergency Severity Index (ESI): A Triage Tool for Emergency Department Care, Version 4 is a five-level … emergency department triage algorithm that provides clinically relevant stratification of patients into … The ESI helps hospital emergency departments rapidly identify patients in need of immediate attention … department, and more accurately determine thresholds for diversion of ambulance patients from the emergency … ( C. difficile ), a serious public health problem that has recently increased in both incidence and severity

73. INTRODUCTION TO THE HCUP NATIONWIDE INPATIENT SAMPLE (NIS), 2005
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    January 01, 2005 - DATABASES HCUP CENTRAL DISTRIBUTOR HCUP USER SUPPORT HCUPnet TOOLS PUBLICATIONS Index … of Tables Skip Index of Tables Table 1. … Severity-adjusted DRG: Mortality Weight APSDRG_LOS_Weight 2002-2005 All-Payer Severity-adjusted … The State Emergency Department Databases (SEDD) include data on all emergency department visits that … to purchase and understand the HCUP databases, as well as links to HCUP User Support Services and an index

74. Personalized Clinical Decision Support to Improve Participation in Hospital at Home – Final Report (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2023 - score was 2, and median Pneumonia Severity Index score at hospital presentation was 74. … For provider recruitment, we enrolled Emergency Department and Hospitalist providers (6 physicians and … Home program and physicians and a nurse with experience referring patients to the program via the emergency … The median Charlson Comorbidity Index score was 2 (IQR, 1-3), median Pneumonia Severity Index score … Patients Declined Hospital-at-Home during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: An Exploratory Mixed

75. INTRODUCTION TO THE HCUP NATIONWIDE INPATIENT SAMPLE (NIS), 2004
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    January 01, 2004 - DATABASES HCUP CENTRAL DISTRIBUTOR HCUP USER SUPPORT HCUPnet TOOLS PUBLICATIONS Index … of Tables Skip Index of Tables Table 1. … four sets of severity measures: Disease Severity Measures, Subsample #1 Disease Severity Measures, Subsample … The State Emergency Department Databases (SEDD) include data on all emergency department visits that … All of the databases include abstracts from hospital-affiliated emergency department sites.

76. Using HIT to Improve Transitions of Complex Elderly Patients from SNF to Home - Final Report (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2012 - implicit review according to the following criteria: whether an adverse drug event was present, the severity … disagreed on the classification of an incident regarding the presence of an adverse drug event, its severity … 11.50) 36 (11.50) SNF7 14 (4.47) 14 (4.47) SNF8 8 (2.56) 8 (2.56) Charlson Comorbidity Index … SNF discharge 30 (30.0) 30 (30.0) 1.0 (0.55, 1.83) Controlling for age, sex, Charlson comorbidity index … The incidence and severity of adverse events affecting patients after discharge from the hospital.

77. INTRODUCTION TO THE HCUP KIDS' INPATIENT DATABASE (KID), 2003
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    January 01, 2003 - HCUPnet TOOLS PUBLICATIONS DATA USE AGREEMENT FOR THE KIDS' INPATIENT DATABASE Index … of Tables Skip Index of Tables Table 1. … sets of disease severity measures. … State Emergency Department Databases (SEDD) include discharge information on all emergency department … The SEDD contain emergency department encounter abstracts from hospital-affiliated emergency department

78. AHRQ-Funded Patient Safety Project Highlights (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2024 - ii I-PASS is a mnemonic that stands for illness severity, patient summary, action list, situation awareness … In addition, having an increased body mass index was associated with more asthma morbidity in the Head … The Index identified safety threats during care transitions and targeted transitions for intervention … I-PASS—the name of the program—is a mnemonic that stands for illness severity, patient summary, action … Toxicity severity and service use incidence exceeded previously published trial data, particularly for

79. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    August 21, 2014 - The Case A 49-year-old previously healthy man presented to the emergency department (ED) after falling … An expert panel (1) has classified skin infections into four classes of severity to help guide treatment … SSTIs, some have recommended empiric antibiotics that treat MRSA.(22) Challenges in Diagnosis A high index … This stresses the importance of updating the frontline staff and having a high index of suspicion if … Necrotizing fasciitis: a surgical emergency. Updates Surg. 2010;62:83-87. [go to PubMed] 14.

80. 2017-01 (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2017 - 𝑠𝑠∈𝐴𝐴𝑠𝑠 𝑆𝑆 𝑠𝑠=1 where 𝑁𝑁 is the size of the target universe; 𝑠𝑠 = 1, … , 𝑆𝑆 indexes … Risk Adjustment Severity or risk adjustment also may be beneficial when comparing readmission rates … A more complex adjustment might also include comorbidities, severity classified by the 3M All-Patient … Refined DRG severity score, patient income quartile, or any other factor that could considerably increase … Determining Benchmarks for State Performance for the Quality Indicators Comparison of Inpatient and Emergency