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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/press-releases/significant-patient-safety-improvement.html
July 01, 2022 - Major Study Finds Significant National Patient Safety Improvement
Press Release Date: July 12, 2022
A study published in JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association ( JAMA ) and funded and carried out by Health and Human Services (HHS) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) shows that rates…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/assess-resident-RTI-facilitator-guide.docx
June 01, 2021 - AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use
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Assessment of the Resident With a Suspected Respiratory Tract Infection
Long-Term Care
Slide Title and Commentary
Slide Number and Slide
Assessment of the Resident With a Suspected Respiratory Tract Infection
Long-Term Care
SAY:
Thank you for joining us. This…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/highlights/ps-project-highlights-medication-safety.pdf
April 30, 2025 - Also,
early identification and correction of medication reconciliation failures may mitigate or
prevent … The researchers also found that the same types of system failures that plague inpatient
medical settings … Remedying these system failures in
outpatient settings is likely more complex than inpatient failures … They provide contextual maps of errors and behaviors leading to system failures so
that policymakers … of execution, failures of intention, and
complexities of the working environment.
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www.ahrq.gov/takeheart/training/learning-community-webinars/index.html
December 01, 2022 - TAKEheart Learning Community Webinars
TAKEheart Learning Community webinars, held between 2020–2022, featured discussions among cardiac rehabilitation (CR) experts and CR champions from diverse hospitals. Panelists shared knowledge and resources for addressing common challenges to increasing CR enrollment, part…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/rinke-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - The QIC intervention included day-long
video conferences, transparent data sharing, analysis of failures … to reduce these misdiagnoses through collaboration, data
benchmarking, QI coaching, and focusing on failures … and training of
providers to respond to alerts and to document consistently to avoid communication
failures
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/surgery/premortem-assessment.html
April 01, 2025 - MRSA Prevention Toolkit: Targeting SSI
Premortem Assessment
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The Four Key Strategies of MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
MRSA and SSI Prevention Phases
The Evidence for MRSA Decolonization
Nasal Decolonization
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www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/red/toolkit/redtool6.html
March 01, 2025 - and structured interviews with patients, DEs, and other providers, you will uncover the underlying failures … Action to prevent future failures involves reaching consensus for what changes are needed, setting goals
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-surgery/147-implementation-guide.pdf
April 01, 2025 - Every system, no matter how well designed, will include failures. … Performing a CUSP Premortem Project Assessment is a proactive method to identify potential future risks and
failures
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/red/toolkit/redtool6.html
March 01, 2025 - and structured interviews with patients, DEs, and other providers, you will uncover the underlying failures … Action to prevent future failures involves reaching consensus for what changes are needed, setting goals
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/teamstepps-program/tools/astd-coaching-self-assessment-form.pdf
June 02, 2025 - ASTD Coaching Self-Assessment Form
ASTD Coaching Self-Assessment Form
Instructions
The purpose of this activity is to assist you in learning about what you need to be successful
as a coach an…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/contemporary-EMTALA-clinical-issues-pregnantpts.pdf
December 01, 2024 - Contemporary Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) Clinical Issues Involving Pregnant Patients
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Contemporary Emergency Medical Treatment and
Labor Act (EMTALA) Clinical Issues Involving
Pregnant Patients
Prepared by:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/169-cusp-science-safety-slides.pptx
October 01, 2024 - Non-ICU
The Science of Safety
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Swiss Cheese Model: How Errors Happen10
But sometimes holes (i.e., failures
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/dx-safety-workgroup-meeting-notes-nov2023.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Annual review of malpractice claims paid shows a similar pattern as
previous years with regard to failures
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/overhage-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - points: 1) the extent of harm that results from medical errors
is great; 2) errors result from systems failures … , not people failures; 3) achieving
acceptable levels of patient safety will require major systems changes
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/kazi-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - We
also identified electronic health record (EHR) signals of PM failures for anticoagulant therapy ( … approaches that apply general error taxonomies to classify types of MAEs find that
lapses – memory-related failures
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-current-state3.html
January 01, 2024 - Communication failures.
System factors. … Failure to close the loop can occur due to failures in timely followup of abnormal laboratory results
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/final-reports/stpra/stpraapf.pdf
June 02, 2025 - ASC, Report Output, Report: 'Fault Tree Diagram', Data Source File: 'ASC Fault Tree_with_change'
Fault Tree
Diagram
File Name: ASC Fault Tree_with_change.RFP
Gate347
SSI Risk
Q:0.00436584
Gate2
Pt SSI risk
Q:0.0281772
From Page 2
Gate18
Bug moves to SS
Q:0.154943
F…
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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-Scanlon_62.pdf
March 25, 2008 - In contrast, both error-
and injury-based metrics essentially provide a count of organizational failures … value a metric emphasizing and reinforcing improvement
over one that provides a reminder of system failures
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/cp31307.html
May 01, 2013 - VA Provides Specialty Care in Local Offices Across the Country
Search All Impact Case Studies
May 2013
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has launched a virtual model of medical education to deliver health care that is based on AHRQ's "Project Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes" (Project …
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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/delivery-initiative/ihs/chapter5.html
December 01, 2017 - ARRA ACTION: Comparative Effectiveness of Health Care Delivery Systems for American Indians and Alaska Natives Using Enhanced Data Infrastructure
Chapter 5. Project Findings for Goal 1
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