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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/modules/spread/spread.pptx
April 15, 2012 - Presentation
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Define spread and its role within an organization
Examine external and internal factors … technical)
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Financial
Legal
Regulatory
Public opinion
Moral
Organizational priorities
External Factors … Knowledge and skill set
Organizational culture
Ongoing improvement efforts
Other priorities
Internal Factors … Affecting Spread3
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Factors That
Affect Spread
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Evidence-based efforts, tools, and examples … that originate at the local level
Organizations need to be prepared to address external and internal factors
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/re-engineering-postnatal-unit-care-long-desc.html
April 01, 2025 - Advancing healthcare equity through human factors engineering . … Proc Int Symp Hum Factors Ergon Health Care 2023 June;12(1):94-100. Gill C, et al. … Proc Hum Factors Ergon Soc 2022;66(1):1581-1585. Zouaidi K, et al. … Proc Int Symp Hum Factors Ergon Health Care 2021;10(1):313-316. Stuebe AM, et al. … Proc Hum Factors Ergon Soc 2020 Dec;64(1):671-674. References Stuebe A et al.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/npsd/data/spotlights/npsd-spotlight_behavioral-health.pdf
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Contributing Factors … the two most reported
contributing factor categories were
“policies & procedures” and “human
factors … associated with an event, such as contributing factors, harm level, hospital
setting/location, and … Contributing Factors
Figure 7 shows that the total percentage of BH issues among events with the … Human factors can include fatigue, stress, inattention, cognitive factors, and/or health issues
experienced
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June 02, 2025 - Task factors
In addition to patient characteristics, task factors can shape the delivery of care and … Team factors
Team factors may involve issues with teamwork, communication, inadequate supervision, and … Departmental factors
When staffing issues, admission policies, and protocols prove to be insufficient … While these issues are the furthest removed from the patient in the diagram, these factors continually … · What work environment factors were identified in the video?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/perinatal-care/modules/teamwork/sensemaking/learn-from-defects-facilitator-guide.docx
May 01, 2017 - Visualize the factors that led to the event.
Step 2. Identify the contributing factors.
Step 3. … Prioritize the contributing factors.
3. What will you do to reduce the risk of recurrence?
Step 1. … Develop interventions for two to five of the most important factors.
Step 2. … look at the technical factors. … by human factors.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/modules/guide4/apc.html
August 01, 2022 - The boxes represent different categories of contributing factors. … The major contributing factors are the focus of the solutions meeting.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/resources/job-aid-5-whys.pdf
June 02, 2025 - They can also be used to identify the factors contributing to exemplary
performance in order to replicate … 2
Fishbone Diagrams
Fishbone diagrams are another tool for helping a practice identify factors … existing category sets like this healthcare one: people,
materials, methods, measurement, environmental factors
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/modules/sustainability/sustainability_learn_from_defects.pptx
December 01, 2017 - Seek out and record both types of factors. … Intervene to correct factors that contributed to the event. … Start by prioritizing the most important contributing factors. … In order to develop an action plan, you need to prioritize your list of factors. … Prioritize the contributing factors and your interventions.
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ssi/ssiapo.html
April 01, 2018 - Initial Risk Factors
Appendix J. Additional Risk Factors
Appendix K. … Final Risk Factors
Appendix L. … Final data sheet submitted by each site that included the list of potential SSI risk factors and other … Focus Group Risk Factors
Appendix Q. Surgeon Focus Group Content Analysis
Appendix R. … Probe on barriers and enabling factors.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/d4g_pdi09-postoprespfailure-bestpractices.pdf
May 17, 2016 - $77,739 in additional charges.4
Recommended Practice Details of Recommended Practice
Assess risk factors … Develop a set of risk factors for postoperative respiratory
failure and screen all patients undergoing … Recommended Practice: Assess risk factors
• Determine which pediatric patients are at increased risk … adverse events postoperatively, as well as improve
allocation of resources after surgery.5
• Some risk factors … • Additional adult risk factors that are applicable to children are:
o Smoking.
o Obesity.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4u_combo_pdi09-postoprespfailure-bestpractices.pdf
May 17, 2016 - $77,739 in additional charges.4
Recommended Practice Details of Recommended Practice
Assess risk factors … Develop a set of risk factors for postoperative respiratory
failure and screen all patients undergoing … Recommended Practice: Assess risk factors
• Determine which pediatric patients are at increased risk … adverse events postoperatively, as well as improve
allocation of resources after surgery.5
• Some risk factors … • Additional adult risk factors that are applicable to children are:
o Smoking.
o Obesity.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/fallsprev/ontimefallspxspecs.pdf
February 01, 2018 - New Contributing Risk Factors
New contributing risk factors (NCRFs) are captured from multiple data … Summary of Fall Risk Factors Reports
3.2.1. … Contextual Factors Reports
3.3.1. … Below is a sample of the Contextual Fall Risk Factors Report. … Contextual Factors Reports
3.3.1. Report Description
3.3.2.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/perinatal-care/modules/teamwork/understand/understand-facilitator-guide.pdf
May 01, 2017 - Task factors
In addition to patient characteristics, task
factors can shape the delivery of care and … Team factors
Team factors may involve issues with
teamwork, communication, inadequate
supervision … While these
issues are the furthest removed from the
patient in the diagram, these factors
continually … Analyzing what happened and why it
happened helps the team understand the
contributing factors and … Being aware of
these factors will help units develop
environments that facilitate communication
and
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/education-dx-outcomes-1.html
March 01, 2022 - magnitude and importance of the problem, 3 , 4 an increasingly robust understanding has developed of the factors … that lead to diagnostic error, including system, cognitive, and contextual factors. 5 - 7
A promising … While individual, professional, contextual, patient, and health system factors make diagnostic error
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/halamek-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Early collaboration with a multidisciplinary HCP team and
consultation with experts in human factors … Consultation with experts in human factors, engineering, and EMRs is also
important. … , and organizational
factors. … From
the patient’s perspective, safety during labor and birth is inextricably linked to factors that … Utilizing human factors to redesign the neonatal intensive care unit.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/tools/surgical-complication-prevention/bim.docx
December 01, 2017 - Tools to identify factors that hinder guideline adherence, also called barriers, and approaches to mitigating … Based on these two factors, an action priority score is calculated, providing a ranked list of tasks. … Ask various staff members about the factors influencing compliance.
1. … They will also record the factors that encourage compliance; these are the facilitators. … Barrier Identification Table
GUIDELINE:
DATA COLLECTION MODE:
INVESTIGATOR:
UNIT:
FACTORS
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ssi/ssiaph.html
April 01, 2018 - Initial Risk Factors
Appendix J. Additional Risk Factors
Appendix K. … Final Risk Factors
Appendix L. … Final data sheet submitted by each site that included the list of potential SSI risk factors and other … Focus Group Risk Factors
Appendix Q. Surgeon Focus Group Content Analysis
Appendix R.
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ssi/ssi1.html
April 01, 2018 - Initial Risk Factors
Appendix J. Additional Risk Factors
Appendix K. … Final Risk Factors
Appendix L. … Final data sheet submitted by each site that included the list of potential SSI risk factors and other … Focus Group Risk Factors
Appendix Q. Surgeon Focus Group Content Analysis
Appendix R.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4h_combo_psi11-postoprespfailure-bestpractices.pdf
May 20, 2016 - Recommended Practice Details of Recommended Practice
Assess risk factors. … Develop a set of risk factors for postoperative respiratory
failure and screen all patients undergoing … Recommended Practice: Assess Risk Factors
• Determine which patients are at increased risk for postoperative … adverse events postoperatively, as well as improve allocation
of resources after surgery.3
• Risk factors … Best Processes/Systems of Care
Introduction: Essential First Steps
Recommended Practice: Assess Risk Factors
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/kellogg-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Tracy Kim
Organization: MedStar Health
MedStar Institute for Innovation
National Center for Human Factors … the factors identified
in Specific Aim 1. … Are there factors about the ED environment that you think contribute to your stress level?
a. … Investigating Factors Related to Emergency Medicine
Physician Stress. … HFES 2019
International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care.