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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/enhancing-long-desc.html
April 01, 2021 - Mind the overlap: how system problems contribute to cognitive failure and diagnostic errors . … Mind the overlap: how system problems contribute to cognitive failure and diagnostic errors .
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/OConnor.pdf
November 29, 2004 - Metformin was used by 27.2 percent of those with congestive
heart failure, and by 16.6 percent of those … significantly reduces the risk of subsequent adverse events
including heart attacks, strokes, renal failure … or procedures is also
common in outpatient practice10 Errors of omission in diabetes care include
failure … A congestive heart
failure diagnosis was assigned to any adult patient with diabetes who had two or … CHF=congestive heart failure.
COPD=chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (emphysema).
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/prevhosp/ereport-slides.html
September 01, 2017 - showing16 active medications during the report week, active high-risk diagnoses of pneumonia and renal failure … worsened urinary incontinence within 7 days of report date and two active high-risk diagnoses: renal failure …
Age
DNR,DNH, MOLST, or POLST Order in Place
Dehydration
Circulatory Problems *
Renal Failure … in Observation Stays
or ED Visits or Hospital Visits
Total Counts
Congestive Heart
Failure … ED Visits or Hospital Visits
Total Counts
Asthma
Circulatory Problems
Hypertension or Renal Failure
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/technical/head-bed-elevation-lit-review.html
January 01, 2017 - Study findings showed four factors to be independently associated with VAP: an organ system failure index … analysis identified four factors to be independently associated with VAP (p<0.05): an organ system failure … An organ system failure index of 3 or greater (AOR=16.1; 95% CI, 6.1 to 42; p<0.001), a premorbid lifestyle … analysis identified four factors to be independently associated with VAP (p<0.05): an organ system failure … An organ system failure index of 3 or greater (AOR=16.1; 95% CI, 6.1 to 42; p<0.001), a premorbid lifestyle
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/technical/head-bed-elevation-litreview.docx
January 01, 2017 - Study findings showed four factors to be independently associated with VAP: an organ system failure index … analysis identified four factors to be independently associated with VAP (p<0.05): an organ system failure … An organ system failure index of 3 or greater (AOR=16.1; 95% CI, 6.1 to 42; p<0.001), a premorbid lifestyle … analysis identified four factors to be independently associated with VAP (p<0.05): an organ system failure … An organ system failure index of 3 or greater (AOR=16.1; 95% CI, 6.1 to 42; p<0.001), a premorbid lifestyle
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-full/slide151.html
October 01, 2014 - Rebound hypertension —When stopping clonidine therapy, failure to reduce the dose gradually over a period
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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/delivery-initiative/ihs/chap6tab28.html
December 01, 2017 -
Other chronic conditions
1.57
0.002
Hypertension
0.87
0.164
Renal disease/failure
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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/delivery-initiative/ihs/chap6tab27.html
December 01, 2017 - CVD and diabetes
1.5
44.2%
3.4
Hypertension
1.1
36.9%
3.0
Renal disease/failure
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-psychological-safety-1.html
September 01, 2023 - Successful approaches to learn from diagnostic quality and develop strategies to reduce harm from diagnostic failure
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Deis_82.pdf
June 03, 2008 - cause-and-effect diagram is a standard process improvement tool for facilitating identification of
potential failure … increased clinical volume and/or perception of
workload
18
Escalation of care:
e.g., delay or failure … more senior physician
or nurse
14
Recognition of change in clinical status:
e.g., delay or failure … the
MM&I conference presented
a case in which a
postoperative patient
experienced respiratory
failure
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressure_ulcer_prevention/webinars/webinar6_pu_woundassesst.pdf
April 01, 2011 - Slough
34
© Ayello, 2013
3
Necrotic Tissue (Eschar)
35
Eschar
© Ayello, 2013
4
Skin Failure … – Some people now say this is skin failure at life’s
end
36
Selecting Dressings and Treatment … Assessment Terms
How To Measure a Wound
Depth
Epithelial Tissue
Slough
Necrotic Tissue (Eschar)
Skin Failure
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/prevhosp/impmaterials.html
June 01, 2017 - high-risk diagnoses (e.g., CHF, MI/angina, pneumonia/bronchitis, COPD, dehydration, UTI, infection, renal failure … Congestive heart failure
Yes |___|
No |___|
B. Diabetes
Yes |___|
No |___|
C. … Renal failure
Yes |___|
No |___|
K.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-moving-forward-cleary-slides.pdf
March 01, 2010 - measures, including those for
related to the care of acute myocardial infarction (AMI),
congestive heart failure … hospitals’ care and
discharge planning associated with lower 30-day
readmission rates for AMI, heart failure … associated with fewer
inpatient care complications, especially pressure ulcers,
post-operative respiratory failure
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/leadership-1.html
June 01, 2021 - Leadership To Improve Diagnosis: A Call to Action
Diagnostic Safety as a Challenge for Healthcare Leadership
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Table of Contents
Leadership To Improve Diagnosis: A Call to Action
Diagnostic Safety as a Challenge for Healthcare Leadership
Why Are Leaders Essential to Diagnos…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/blackhealth/part3-nqs5.html
June 01, 2018 - nephrologist is important for patients with progressive chronic kidney disease who are approaching kidney failure … Patients who begin nephrology care more than a year before kidney failure are less likely to begin dialysis
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/medicaidreadmitguide/aspire_webinar1/aspire_webinar1.ppt
January 01, 2011 - Patients with readmission risks are not limited to Medicare
Limited, Diagnosis-Specific Focus
Heart failure … 19.2%) and 45-64 (21.6%) are higher than Medicare all-cause readmission rates (17.3%)
Medicaid heart failure
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Kellie_30.pdf
April 21, 2008 - On the
failure side (Figure 1), the
causal tree, which is
constructed retrospectively,
represents … Near Misses: Investigating Recovery and Near Failure
Recovery, whether planned or unplanned,28 is an … The failure to transcribe the order occurred at the pharmacy,
largely due to lack of pharmacy understanding … Moving from understanding recovery to learning from the failure to the point of recovery is
likely to … In
Hospital B, the focus of the human factors visit was failure of staff to adhere to fall prevention
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4_combo_bestpracticescover.pdf
June 02, 2025 - PSI 10 Postoperative Physiologic and Metabolic Derangement Rate
• PSI 11 Postoperative Respiratory Failure … Mortality Rate
• PDI 08 Perioperative Hemorrhage or Hematoma Rate
• PDI 09 Postoperative Respiratory Failure
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/diagnostic/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-terminology.pdf
April 01, 2025 - the simplicity of “a correct
diagnosis,” terminology and methods differ when defining success and failure … terms and perspectives that describe aspects of diagnostic
success or consequences of diagnostic failure … to adequately
diagnose, in which case, the harm comes from the underlying disease and is due to failure … One consequence of defining failure or problems as “errors” is a
strong tendency by those unfamiliar … Diagnostic Failure
A failed process or a wrong or delayed diagnosis.
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/training-grants/grants/active/kawards/Kawdsumpete.html
October 01, 2014 - Peterson's long-term career goal is to improve outcomes for patients with heart failure through comparative