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  1. How To Manage Change

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressure_ulcer_prevention/module2/module2_managingchange_slides.pptx
    June 02, 2025 - (Tool 2C) Present the assessment of current pressure injury prevention policies and procedures. … recommendations into the action plan. 4 Expected Outcomes Begin to write a draft Pressure Injury Prevention … Links to quality improvement expertise Members who influence the areas involved in pressure injury prevention … Pilot Unit Manager 8 Multidisciplinary Team (2A) Tool 2A 9 QI Process Link the Pressure Injury Prevention

  2. Effective Treatment of Leading Causes of Morbidity and Mortality | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/womenhealth/wm-eff.html
    September 01, 2015 - Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Vital Statistics System, 2008-2012. … Importance: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( Xu, et al., 2014 ), the rate … are available), 41,149 suicides were reported ( CDC WISQARS, 2013 ; American Foundation for Suicide Prevention … Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Vital Statistics System.

  3. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49748/psn-pdf
    December 01, 2015 - If a patient develops a large fall in blood pressure, as occasionally occurs, I would give vasopressor … Large volume paracentesis is generally safe, but blood pressure may fall and require treatment.

  4. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45769/psn-pdf
    December 21, 2016 - National Scorecard on Rates of Hospital-Acquired Conditions 2010 to 2015: Interim Data From National Efforts to Make Health Care Safer. December 21, 2016 Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; December 2016. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/national-scorecard-rates-hospital-acquired-conditions-2010…

  5. Series Overview | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/evidence-based-reports/er208-overview.html
    October 01, 2014 - improvement strategies related to chronic conditions (diabetes, asthma, hypertension), practice areas (prevention … Prevention of healthcare-associated infections (HAI). … approaches to improving quality of care, and as a guide to those quality improvement activities that may fall … Closing the Quality Gap: A Critical Analysis of Quality Improvement Strategies, Volume 6—Prevention of

  6. Table A: Indicator Rates for the HCBS and Full Medicaid Populations (Rates of Admission per 100,000 Persons) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/oirtab.html
    December 01, 2012 - Assessing the Health and Welfare of the HCBS Population Table A: Indicator Rates for the HCBS and Full Medicaid Populations (Rates of Admission per 100,000 Persons) Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Assessing the Health and Welfare of the HCBS Population Introduction HCBS Population Av…

  7. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36244/psn-pdf
    June 13, 2012 - With Safety in Mind: Mental Health Services and Patient Safety. June 13, 2012 Scobie S, Minghella E, Dale C, et al. London, UK: National Patient Safety Agency; 2006. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safety-mind-mental-health-services-and-patient-safety This report, the second in a series from the United Kingdom's Nati…

  8. Implementation and Evaluation of psPRO: Person-specific Patient-Reported Outcome Assessments for Patients in HIV Care living with Multiple Chronic Conditions - Final Report (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/u18hs026154-crane-final-report-2023.pdf
    January 01, 2023 - The falls instrument was 2 items including number of recent falls and fall severity as defined by requiring … One in five PWH reported at least one fall in the past 12 months (N=606), with half of those reporting … fall … reporting past or current cocaine/crack, illicit opioid, or methamphetamine use were more likely to fall … Missed opportunities: prevention with HIV-infected patients in clinical care settings.

  9. Dissecting Leapfrog: how well do Leapfrog Safe Practices Scores correlate with Hospital Compare ratings and penalties, and how much do they matter? | PSNet

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    September 19, 2012 - October 29, 2017 Success in hospital-acquired pressure ulcer prevention: a tale in two … September 23, 2020 Comparing catheter-associated urinary tract infection prevention programs

  10. Indwelling Urinary Catheter Indications

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/urinary-catheter-indications.pptx
    April 01, 2022 - -5 2009 HICPAC Guidelines American Nurses Association’s Streamlined Evidence-Based RN Tool: CAUTI Prevention … She has chronic urinary incontinence and is a high fall risk. … Guideline for Prevention of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections 2009. … Streamlined Evidence-Based RN Tool: Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) Prevention. https … www.nursingworld.org/~4aede8/globalassets/practiceandpolicy/innovation--evidence/clinical-practice-material/cauti-prevention-tool

  11. AHRQ National Scorecard on Hospital-Acquired Conditions: Final Results for 2014 Through 2017 (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/Updated-hacreportFInal2017data.pdf
    July 01, 2020 - Comparing these data with other sources of information, such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … measured with MPSMS, the AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  12. New AHRQ SOPS® Workplace Safety Supplemental Item Set for Nursing Homes - Naomi Yount, PhD (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/nh-workplace-safety-yount.pdf
    January 01, 2023 - tested draft items Obtained input from WPS SMEs & SOPS TEP Conducted pilot study Summer/Fall … CDC's Core Infection Prevention and Control Practices for Safe Healthcare Delivery in All Settings … 2Fhicpac%2Frecommen dations%2Fcore-practices.html Th is document describes a core set of infection prevention … The pract ices were selected from exist ing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations

  13. ASHP guidelines on preventing medication errors with chemotherapy and biotherapy. | PSNet

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    September 07, 2016 - December 30, 2014 A randomized trial of a multifactorial strategy to prevent serious fall

  14. Cardiac surgical ICU care: eliminating "preventable" complications. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cardiac-surgical-icu-care-eliminating-preventable-complications
    August 04, 2021 - November 16, 2022 A randomized trial of a multifactorial strategy to prevent serious fall

  15. Final Progress Report: National Trends in Outpatient Quality Indicators (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-11/stafford-fortmann-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - We examine the quality of outpatient care using 23 quality indicators we have measured, which fall into … The 23 quality indicators fall into five categories: medical management of common diseases (10 indicators … Are evidence-based cardiovascular prevention therapies being used? … Prevention and Control 2005;1:285-295. Ma J, Lee K-V, Stafford RS. … Are evidence-based cardiovascular prevention therapies being used?

  16. ChartBook On Patient Safety (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/patientsafety/qdr2015-ptschartbook.pdf
    March 04, 2016 -  Nursing home residents who had a fall with major injury. … 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0 P e rc e n t 2012 2013 Long-stay nursing home residents who had a fall … 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0 P e rc e n t 2012 2013 Long-stay nursing home residents who had a fall …  Overall Percentage: In 2013, the percentage of long-stay nursing home residents who had a fall … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

  17. Health Care Leaders Action Guide: Hospital Strategies for Reducing Preventable Mortality. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-care-leaders-action-guide-hospital-strategies-reducing-preventable-mortality
    May 06, 2015 - Book/Report Health Care Leaders Action Guide: Hospital Strategies for Reducing Preventable Mortality. Citation Text: Health Care Leaders Action Guide: Hospital Strategies for Reducing Preventable Mortality. Chicago, IL: Health Research & Educational Trust; March 2011. Copy Cita…

  18. Improving the reliability of verbal communication between primary care physicians and pediatric hospitalists at hospital discharge. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-reliability-verbal-communication-between-primary-care-physicians-and-pediatric
    November 16, 2015 - Innovations Preventing Falls Through Patient and Family Engagement to Create Customized Prevention

  19. Mortality among patients with acute myocardial infarction: the influences of patient-centered care and evidence-based medicine. | PSNet

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    April 10, 2024 - Innovations Preventing Falls Through Patient and Family Engagement to Create Customized Prevention

  20. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60280/psn-pdf
    April 29, 2020 - Missed, rationed or unfinished nursing care: a scoping review of patient outcomes. April 29, 2020 Kalánková D, Kirwan M, Bartoní?ková D, et al. Missed, rationed or unfinished nursing care: A scoping review of patient outcomes. J Nurs Manag. 2020;28(8):1783-1797. doi:10.1111/jonm.12978. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue…
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