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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60653/psn-pdf
April 25, 2020 - COVID-19 pandemic and the response of the healthcare system has affected the ability of pharmacists
to ensure … Workflow and Redeployment of Healthcare Personnel
Pharmacists are the best-positioned professionals to ensure … Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Hand sanitizer, gloves, and face masks are vital equipment that can ensure … intravenous administration (such as
those used in the ventilating process or in many cancer treatments) to ensure … With a finite supply of PPE, it is critical to consider how health systems allocate this resource to
ensure
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.266_slideshow.ppt
May 01, 2012 - 2011 as they pertain to handoffs and care transitions
Describe educational mechanisms available to ensure … institutions must:
Design clinical assignments to minimize the number of transitions in patient care
Ensure … effective, structured handoff processes that facilitate both continuity of care and patient safety
Ensure … that residents are competent in communicating with team members in the handoff process
Ensure availability … address the egocentric heuristic, senders must appropriately calibrate the information they transmit to ensure
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ncpdp-recommendations-and-guidance-standardizing-dosing-designations-prescription-container
September 09, 2020 - Related Resources
Drug Shortages: Public Health Threat Continues, Despite Efforts to Help Ensure … Health Care: VA Uses Medical Injury Tort Claims Data to Assess Veterans’ Care, but Should Take Action to Ensure
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/artificial-intelligence-and-human-factors-healthcare-quality-safety
September 30, 2024 - introduction of sophisticated AI tools, integrating HFE into AI implementation processes is essential to ensure … A key focus will be on the critical interaction between healthcare professionals and AI tools to ensure
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/864868/psn-pdf
March 27, 2024 - Effective communication between care teams is vital to ensure
favorable health outcomes such as increased … Improve Patient Safety
To address these risks, it is vital to create safety nets within systems to ensure … multidisciplinary
setting can improve communication among team members, reduce a patient's length of stay, and ensure … reconciliation process is recognized as a vital intervention at every intersection in healthcare to
ensure … ensuring his hearing aides were available to better engage with his care, and family
engagement to ensure
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45858/psn-pdf
March 24, 2017 - accountability between the board and clinical leadership, a consolidated quality performance statement to
ensure … transparency around goals and priorities, and internal audits to ensure reliability and accuracy of
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40074/psn-pdf
July 03, 2014 - The authors advocate for three specific recommendations based on their findings: (i) ensure
standardized … measuring devices in all liquid packaging, (ii) ensure consistency between label dosing
instructions
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50930/psn-pdf
February 21, 2020 - Pharmacists ensure that patients not only get the correct medication and dosing, but that they have the … well understood, and
appropriate pharmacist workarounds should be in place prior to implementation to ensure … This evolution will reinforce the need for team based care to ensure care coordination, patient
safety … user of these resources, pharmacists can be instrumental in
implementation planning and evaluation to ensure
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cdsic.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-06/CDSiC%20Factsheet_508.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Decision Support
Patient-centered clinical decision support (PC CDS) provides innovative ways to ensure … Consistent standards
are essential to ensure PC CDS is accessible wherever and whenever clinicians and … • Examine methods for verifying PGHD to ensure PC
CDS safety and appropriateness.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49560/psn-pdf
April 01, 2008 - use of a bracelet identifying the patient’s DNR status is increasingly being adopted by states to
ensure … their state law and following the state protocol for out-of-hospital
DNR orders are critical steps to ensure … that the treating team at the hospital has all the information
needed to ensure continuity of the care … Key parts of this plan include taking steps to ensure that the goals of care are
communicated across … care physician to the ED staff and
the admitting physician 24 hours after admission) is important to ensure
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/2025-03/uspstf-who-we-are-how-we-work-2025.pdf
January 01, 2025 - members for outside interests that could potentially influence their work
• The use of safeguards to ensure … Partners
Partner input helps ensure Task Force recommendations are relevant and useful to clinicians … Public
Public input helps ensure that Task Force recommendations are relevant and useful to health … Enhancing Reach Through Collaboration
The Task Force works with many partners to expand its reach and ensure … • Media interviews: Task Force members frequently conduct media interviews to ensure accurate
coverage
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/introduction.ppt
January 01, 2010 - In order to ensure that the research questions are relevant and useful, the nomination and development … In order to ensure objective and unbiased research, the Program strictly considers potential conflicts … To ensure transparency and relevance of the research and translation products, the EHC Program invites … To ensure scientific rigor, which is the backbone of quality comparative effectiveness research, the … In order to ensure accurate and relevant translation, EPC researchers work with the Eisenberg Center
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/introduction.ppt
January 01, 2010 - In order to ensure that the research questions are relevant and useful, the nomination and development … In order to ensure objective and unbiased research, the Program strictly considers potential conflicts … To ensure transparency and relevance of the research and translation products, the EHC Program invites … To ensure scientific rigor, which is the backbone of quality comparative effectiveness research, the … In order to ensure accurate and relevant translation, EPC researchers work with the Eisenberg Center
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/multiple-high-risk-events-involving-workflow-wasting-medications-used-anesthesia
August 29, 2021 - Organizations should ensure that staff are provided with proper education on wasting of medications. … All controlled substances require additional monitoring to ensure compliance with applicable state and … If immediate waste of a controlled substance is not possible, processes should be developed to ensure … comply with organizational policies, and collaboration with departmental leadership is essential to ensure … with wasting of medications by anesthesia providers
Standardize medication labeling and storage to ensure
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33860/psn-pdf
June 01, 2018 - Appropriate reimbursement also helps to provide
resources needed to ensure quality oversight, both equipment … Ideally, at least a portion of
POCUS examinations will be overread by an expert who can ensure quality … To do this correctly of course requires some resources—to ensure that the person providing oversight … training and competency assessment, capture and documentation of images, appropriate
reimbursement to ensure … quality, and defining and empowering an appropriate point person will ensure
best outcomes.
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/nis_2005_stspecific_restr.jsp
January 01, 2005 - In order to further ensure the confidentiality of hospitals, stratifier data elements were set to missing … In order to further ensure the confidentiality of hospitals, stratifier data elements were set to missing … In order to further ensure the confidentiality of hospitals, stratifier data elements were set to missing … In order to further ensure the confidentiality of hospitals, stratifier data elements were set to missing … In order to further ensure the confidentiality of hospitals, stratifier data elements were set to missing
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49750/psn-pdf
January 01, 2016 - only of patient flow and bed availability, but also of patient acuity
and nurse staffing ratios to ensure … When the patient arrives, the admissions coordinator/nurse supervisor may triage the patient to ensure … For all types of admissions, it is critical to communicate closely with patients to ensure
they are … and (v) including the patient in
all aspects of their care so patients and staff work together to ensure … Responsible for coordinating morning huddles to ensure follow up (i.e., admission orders are
obtained
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60746/psn-pdf
July 29, 2020 - Strategies to ensure availability of appropriate expertise also are likely to reduce diagnostic errors … taken to minimize the types of diagnostic errors made in this case.4,5 Putting processes in place to ensure … strengthen work teams and increase the knowledge and experience of team
members, thereby helping to ensure … One is to have a comprehensive reevaluation
within 24 hours to ensure that initial diagnostic impression … avoiding perpetuation of cognitive
errors
Appropriate supervision of physician trainees is necessary to ensure
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/850362/psn-pdf
June 14, 2023 - doing, (2) eliminate distractions, (3) think clearly, (4) consult with organizational resources to
ensure … more complex for home medications.8 For medications on formulary,
central surveillance is required to ensure … medication error
The home medications in the case above utilized bar-code labels that could be scanned to ensure … after that can compliance be assessed to confirm that the barcodes are being scanned
as intended to ensure … psnet.ahrq.gov//#11
Take-Home points
Home medications brought into the hospital for use require vigilance to ensure
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ensuring-healthcare-safety-throughout-covid-19-pandemic
January 13, 2021 - Webinar
Ensuring Healthcare Safety Throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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Ensuring Healthcare Safety Throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic. US Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response’s Technical Resources, Assistance Center, & In…