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www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-zhou.html
July 01, 2024 - Grantee Profile
Using Technology to Alert Clinicians to Potential Allergy, Drug Interactions
Li Zhou, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Lead investigator, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Li Zhou, M.D., Ph.D. “I really appreciate how AHRQ looks for ways to use technology to improve patie…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-related-interventions-delivered-both-hospital-and-following-discharge-systematic
August 26, 2020 - Review
Medication-related interventions delivered both in hospital and following discharge: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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Daliri S, Boujarfi S, el Mokaddam A, et al. Medication-related interventions delivered both in hospital and following discharge: a systematic …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prevalence-and-nature-medication-errors-and-medication-related-harm-following-discharge
August 11, 2021 - Review
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Prevalence and nature of medication errors and medication-related harm following discharge from hospital to community settings: a systematic review.
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Alqenae FA, Steinke DT, Keers RN. Prevalence and nature of medication errors and me…
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digital.ahrq.gov/type-care/self-management
January 01, 2023 - Self-Management
Patient Intestinal Failure-ECHO Project (PIF-ECHO)
Description
This study will evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of providing chronic intestinal failure patients and their family caregivers with direct access to live, virtual, multi-disciplinary (multi…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/portrait-of-sepsis.html
September 01, 2024 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders
AHRQ’s Portrait of Sepsis Reveals Its Alarming Human Toll
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Robert Otto Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.A., and
Pamela Owens, Ph.D.
The human suffering caused by sepsis is shocking. New AHRQ analyses show that in 2021, more than 2 m…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/interventions-designed-improve-safety-and-quality-therapeutic-anticoagulation-inpatient
March 27, 2024 - Review
Interventions designed to improve the safety and quality of therapeutic anticoagulation in an inpatient electronic medical record.
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Austin J, Barras M, Sullivan C. Interventions designed to improve the safety and quality of therapeutic anticoagulation in an inpatient…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/national-academy-medicine.html
February 01, 2018 - National Academy of Medicine (NAM) Reports
AHRQ has long collaborated with the National Academy of Medicine (formerly Institute of Medicine) to develop comprehensive reports on topics that are critical to making the American health care system safer and higher quality. These reports represent the consensus reco…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/nurse-physician-communication-long-term-care-setting-perceived-barriers-and-impact-patient
February 23, 2011 - Study
Nurse-physician communication in the long-term care setting: perceived barriers and impact on patient safety.
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Tjia J, Mazor KM, Field T, et al. Nurse-physician communication in the long-term care setting: perceived barriers and impact on patient safety. J Patient S…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/how-safe-primary-care-systematic-review
December 18, 2013 - Review
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How safe is primary care? A systematic review.
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Panesar SS, deSilva D, Carson-Stevens A, et al. How safe is primary care? A systematic review. BMJ Qual Saf. 2016;25(7):544-53. doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004178.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/how-does-who-surgical-safety-checklist-fit-existing-perioperative-risk-management-strategies
March 18, 2020 - Study
How does the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist fit with existing perioperative risk management strategies? An ethnographic study across surgical specialties.
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Wæhle HV, Haugen AS, Wiig S, et al. How does the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist fit with existing perioperative ri…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/understanding-enablers-and-barriers-implementing-patient-led-escalation-system-qualitative
January 18, 2023 - Study
Understanding the enablers and barriers to implementing a patient-led escalation system: a qualitative study.
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Sutton E, Ibrahim M, Plath W, et al. Understanding the enablers and barriers to implementing a patient-led escalation system: a qualitative study. BMJ Qual S…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effects-shift-length-quality-patient-care-and-health-provider-outcomes-systematic-review
May 18, 2022 - Review
Effects of shift length on quality of patient care and health provider outcomes: systematic review.
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Estabrooks CA, Cummings GG, Olivo SA, et al. Effects of shift length on quality of patient care and health provider outcomes: systematic review. Qual Saf Health Car…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/outcomes-daytime-procedures-performed-attending-surgeons-after-night-work
December 18, 2014 - Study
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Outcomes of daytime procedures performed by attending surgeons after night work.
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Govindarajan A, Urbach DR, Kumar M, et al. Outcomes of Daytime Procedures Performed by Attending Surgeons after Night Work. N Engl J Med. 2015;373(9):84…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/fatigue-among-clinicians-and-safety-patients
November 15, 2018 - Study
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Fatigue among clinicians and the safety of patients.
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Gaba DM, Howard SK. Patient safety: fatigue among clinicians and the safety of patients. New Engl J Med. 2002;347(16):1249-1255.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/associations-between-hospital-mortality-health-care-utilization-and-inpatient-costs-2011
June 09, 2021 - Study
Associations between in-hospital mortality, health care utilization, and inpatient costs with the 2011 resident duty hour revision.
Citation Text:
Eid SM, Ponor L, Reed DA, et al. Associations Between In-Hospital Mortality, Health Care Utilization, and Inpatient Costs With the 2011…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/systematic-review-impact-physician-work-schedules-patient-safety-meta-analyses-mortality-risk
November 29, 2023 - Review
Systematic review of the impact of physician work schedules on patient safety with meta-analyses of mortality risk.
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Weaver MD, Sullivan JP, Landrigan CP, et al. Systematic review of the impact of physician work schedules on patient safety with meta-analyses of morta…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/use-computerized-physician-order-entry-clinical-decision-support-prevent-dose-errors
June 05, 2024 - Review
Use of computerized physician order entry with clinical decision support to prevent dose errors in pediatric medication orders: a systematic review.
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Ruutiainen H, Holmström A-R, Kunnola E, et al. Use of computerized physician order entry with clinical decision suppo…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/emergency-hospitalizations-adverse-drug-events-older-americans
October 20, 2021 - Study
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Emergency hospitalizations for adverse drug events in older Americans.
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Budnitz DS, Lovegrove MC, Shehab N, et al. Emergency hospitalizations for adverse drug events in older Americans. New Engl J Med. 2011;365(21):2002-2012. doi:10…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/defining-identifying-and-addressing-problematic-polypharmacy-within-multimorbidity-primary
July 22, 2015 - Review
Defining, identifying and addressing problematic polypharmacy within multimorbidity in primary care: a scoping review.
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Tsang JY, Sperrin M, Blakeman T, et al. Defining, identifying and addressing problematic polypharmacy within multimorbidity in primary care: a scop…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/comparison-medication-administration-errors-original-medication-packaging-and-multi
July 24, 2024 - Study
A comparison of medication administration errors from original medication packaging and multi-compartment compliance aids in care homes: a prospective observational study.
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Gilmartin-Thomas JF-M, Smith F, Wolfe R, et al. A comparison of medication administration error…