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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/public-health-emergency-refocus.html
May 01, 2023 - hospital-acquired infections before the pandemic, but has not demonstrated progress on most conditions we examined
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/Desikan.pdf
March 01, 2002 - This study
examined the extent and variation in the reporting of medication errors and
adverse drug … We examined medication
events that led to patient harm (adverse drug events) and potential adverse drug … On the other hand, potential adverse drug events
were not examined to identify common events between … than traditional incident
reporting as they match the professional expertise to the problems being examined
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/weingart-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Scope: We examined high-risk vulnerabilities in the medication use process for oral
chemotherapies, … In 2005, DFCI clinicians examined 11,935 new patients, 7,035 for one-time
consultations, and 4,900 for … We examined the yield of the various reporting methods used to identify oral
chemotherapy-related medication … Whereas the FMEA analyses of capecitabine
and XL820 examined 63 and 82 process steps and identified … respectively, we examined only 30 key process steps and identified 49 failure modes during the
6-mercaptopurine
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/014-ss-cleaning.pptx
April 01, 2025 - Services
Optimizing Environmental Cleaning
6
Transmission From Environment to Patient3
Gu et al. (2023) examined … Examined whether prior bed occupancy by someone infected or colonized with an MDRO affected odds of MDRO … midday
Two other patients scheduled for surgery later in that room developed MRSA infections
CUSP team examined
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/005-ss-preop-chlorhexidine-fg.docx
April 01, 2025 - In a second study by the same group, the authors examined mortality specifically among the 808 surgical … Without Nasal Decolonization)
SAY:
Two small, single-center studies, focusing on joint replacements, examined … The study examined the use of 2 percent CHG wipes the night before and morning of surgery in patients
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/patient-centered-healthcare.html
Topic: Patient-Centered Healthcare
Patient-centered care partners with patients and families, welcomes their involvement, and personalizes care to preserve patients‘ normal routines as much as possible.
A Multipayer Patient-Centered Medical Home Initiative in Pennsylvania …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/dalton-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Using survey methodology, we examined provider and patient factors associated with treatment patterns … Very few studies have examined specific treatment choices among patients seen for EPF. … This
trend persisted when we
examined diagnostic subgroups. … We examined both datasets for changes over time. … We examined these factors using a
population-based survey of providers and patients.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/hickner-development-medical-office-sops.pdf
January 01, 2011 - 15
15
Statistical Analysis of Pilot Results
• Pilot data used to conduct psychometric analyses
o Examined
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/invitation-messages-shaller.pdf
January 01, 2017 - Survey Questions:
Results of Two Pilot Studies
Dale Shaller, M.P.A
Overview
• Two pilot studies examined
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/Encinosa.pdf
January 01, 2003 - recently
been well received in the literature.6, 8
Advances in Patient Safety: Vol. 1
426
We examined … With this model, we then
examined (1) expenditures, and (2) patient outcomes associated with potentially … The 5 medical errors in the 14 PSIs make up 13 percent of the adverse event
cases we examined in this … To address this
problem, in this paper we examined a national sample of elderly Medicare
patients with … Advances in Patient Safety: Vol. 1
434
A third study by Thomas et al.3 examined only 265 preventable
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/educational-bundles/indwelling-urinary-catheteruse/catheter-insertion/unlicensed-staff/catheter-maint-scenarios.docx
March 01, 2017 - AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI
Urinary Catheter Types and How To Care for Them Activity
Staff Role Play—How good are your catheter care skills?
Scenario 1
A staff member comes in to say “hi” to the resident. The staff person does not perform hand hygiene or put on gloves, but proceeds to touch the…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/heart-health/primary-prevention-cvd-with-statins.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Importantly, however, studies of primary prevention have not examined the effect of treating
different … Other hypothesized adverse effects
such as memory loss have not been confirmed when they’ve been examined
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/mobility/index.html
February 01, 2021 - The questions in both item sets cover the following topics:
Being examined on the examination table
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/raab-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - collection and lack of clinical
information at the time of specimen evaluation (systems factor), were examined … These interventions
are listed below; for each intervention, we examined specific IOM domains of quality
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol4/Advances-Prologue_Grady_Vol4.pdf
June 02, 2025 - One group of authors examined the feasibility of detecting medication errors
through self-observation
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/elderly.html
Topic: Elderly
Owing to medical advances and healthier lifestyles, the United States has a growing number of elderly and aging adults (age 65 years or older) who are living longer than past generations. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, older Americans will make up more than 20 percent of the U.S. population start…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/availability/chipra-235-appendix-b.pdf
September 01, 2015 - CHIPRA 235: Appendix B: Examination of Credentials for Identified Specialists
Q-METRIC Availability of Specialty Services Measure 4, Access to Outpatient Specialty Care for Children: Appendix B Page 1
U18HS020516 Submitted September 2015
Validity Test 1b: Examination of Credentials for Identified Specialis…
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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/delivery-initiative/leanprimarycarewebinar.html
December 01, 2017 - Performance areas examined:
Workflow Efficiency ("Flow" metrics).
Physician Productivity. … *p < 0.05
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Patient Satisfaction
For each physician, examined
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/weissman-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Scope: We examined records from 4,967,114 admissions to acute care hospitals
in three states from 1999 … For aim 2, we assigned PSIs to the month in
which they occurred and examined relative rates in teaching … with increased patient-to-nurse ratio and decreased physician
staffing.7-11
Previous studies that examined … events (PAEs) – than did non-teaching hospitals.12 A
more recent study by Romano and colleagues13 examined … findings (with the exception of C-sections) should be
interpreted in light of the fact that we only examined
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www.ahrq.gov/ecareplan/resources-publications/index.html
May 01, 2025 - Planning for people at risk for or living with Multiple Chronic Conditions (PDF, 602 KB): This rapid scan examined