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  1. Methods | Digital Healthcare Research

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    January 01, 2023 - Quality Mary Jo Deering , PhD Director Health Communication and Telehealth Office of Disease Prevention … Advanced Technologies to Lower Health Care Costs and Improve Quality - This report was published in the fall

  2. Staffing During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Guide for Nursing Home Leaders (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nursing-home/materials/guide-staffing-during-COVID19.pdf
    June 02, 2025 - physical therapists can conduct accident investigations, implement care plan updates, and lead teams in fall … /injury prevention. ♦ − Encourage department heads to have a visible presence on the units, assisting … Coronavirus Waivers and Flexibilities for Health Care Providers The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  3. Trends in Unintentional Injury Mortality among AI/AN, Washington, 1990-2009.

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    August 01, 2014 - 1980s AI/AN life span 6 years below U.S. average Large racial disparities in injury deaths Injury prevention … Slide 19 Fall mortality rates similar to whites and increased marginally Line chart.

  4. Surgical Safety: Addressing the JCAHO Goals for Reducing Wrong-site, Wrong-patient, Wrong-procedure Events (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Ludwick.pdf
    June 21, 2004 - Those efforts have manifested in the development of a wrong-site prevention initiative that can easily … Method The wrong-site surgery prevention initiative began as part of an NHCP Patient Safety Award … The OR prevention of wrong-site surgery initiative reached its 100 percent compliance rate benchmark … Due to the facility’s expansion of services in early fall 2003, the patient volume in the OR tripled … Conclusion All health care systems face similar obstacles in implementing the JCAHO prevention of

  5. Evidence Map on Home and Community Based Services (pdf file)

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    July 27, 2023 - client training (training on skills to take care of a patient at home) • Health promotion and disease prevention … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Disability and Health Data System (DHDS). … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2023.

  6. Archived: Postmenopausal Osteoporosis: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

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    January 01, 1996 - For most women, osteoporosis prevention is only one of many factors that go into the decision whether … also receive counseling regarding preventive measures to reduce the risk of falls and the severity of fall-related … The prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. N Engl J Med . 1992;327:620–627. [ PubMed ] 41. … Strategies for prevention of osteoporosis and hip fracture.

  7. Sharing lessons learned to prevent adverse events in anesthesiology nationwide. | PSNet

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    April 12, 2019 - Study Sharing lessons learned to prevent adverse events in anesthesiology nationwide. Citation Text: Soncrant C, Neily J, Sum-Ping SJT, et al. Sharing Lessons Learned to Prevent Adverse Events in Anesthesiology Nationwide. J Patient Saf. 2021;17(4):e343-e349. doi:10.1097/PTS.000000000000…

  8. Inpatient telemedicine and new models of care during COVID-19: hospital design strategies to enhance patient and staff safety. | PSNet

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    August 18, 2021 - , and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI): the urgent need to refocus on hardwiring prevention … February 17, 2021 Home health staff perspectives on infection prevention and control:

  9. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    February 01, 2018 - psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/returning-home-safely The Case A 72-year-old man was admitted to the hospital after a fall … understand strategies for managing the patient's serious illness at home, alternatives to hospital care, fall … prevention, home-based rehabilitation, and meaningful activities for patients over the long course

  10. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    April 01, 2021 - psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/health-care-associated-infections https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/how-does-infection-prevention-fit-safety-program

  11. Expediting Clinician Adoption of Safety Practices: The UCSF Venous Access Patient Safety Interdisciplinary Education Project (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol4/Donaldson.pdf
    January 01, 2003 - offered initially to students and clinicians within the UCSF Schools of Nursing and Medicine, in the fall … The realization that all learners fall somewhere along this continuum posed potential difficulties, … Adverse Drug Events Prevention Study Group. JAMA 1997;277(4):307–11. 12. … Atlanta: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2001. 14. … Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections.

  12. Evaluation of the SCALED (SCaling AcceptabLE cDs) Approach for the Implementation of Interoperable Clinical Decision Support for Venous Thromboembolism Prevention | Digital Healthcare Research

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    July 31, 2025 - Approach for the Implementation of Interoperable Clinical Decision Support for Venous Thromboembolism Prevention … First, the research team will modify and adapt their previously developed CPG-on-FHIR CDS tool for VTE prevention … Approach for the Implementation of Interoperable Clinical Decision Support for Venous Thromboembolism Prevention … AcceptabLE cDs (SCALED) Approach of Interoperable Clinical Decision Support for Venous Thromboembolism Prevention … Tignanelli’s previously developed PCOR CDS tool for COVID-19 VTE prevention.

  13. Health IT Research Priorities To Support the Health Care Delivery System of the Future (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/health-it-research-priorities-to-support-health-care-delivery-system-of-future.pdf
    October 19, 2014 - One-size-fits-all approaches to prevention and chronic disease management will be replaced by economically … and clinically effective strategies that assess an individual patient’s specific needs and create prevention … • How might high-quality data visualization change the way care is delivered for wellness, prevention … • How might high-quality data visualization change the way care is delivered for wellness, prevention … http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/prevention- chronic-care/improve/coordination/index.html.

  14. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    March 05, 2013 - Making Health Care Safer: A Critical Analysis of Patient Safety Practices. March 5, 2013 Shojania KG, Duncan BW, McDonald KM, et al, eds. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; July 2001. AHRQ Publication No. 01-E058. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/making-health-care-safer-critical-analysis-patie…

  15. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43207/psn-pdf
    April 25, 2016 - Root cause analysis of serious adverse events among older patients in the Veterans Health Administration. April 25, 2016 Lee A, Mills PD, Neily J, et al. Root cause analysis of serious adverse events among older patients in the Veterans Health Administration. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2014;40(6):253-62. https://…

  16. Time out: an analysis. | PSNet

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    October 19, 2022 - Commentary Time out: an analysis. Citation Text: Dillon KA. Time out: an analysis. AORN J. 2008;88(3):437-442. doi:10.1016/j.aorn.2008.03.003. Copy Citation Format: DOI Google Scholar PubMed BibTeX EndNote X3 XML EndNote 7 XML Endnote tagged PubMedId RIS Downloa…

  17. ISMP updates its list of drug names with tall man (mixed case) letters based on survey results. | PSNet

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    March 14, 2023 - March 14, 2023 Selected medication safety risks to manage in 2016 that might otherwise fall

  18. Self-reported gaps in care coordination and preventable adverse outcomes among older adults receiving home health care. | PSNet

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    July 06, 2022 - Study Self-reported gaps in care coordination and preventable adverse outcomes among older adults receiving home health care. Citation Text: Sterling MR, Lau J, Rajan M, et al. Self‐reported gaps in care coordination and preventable adverse outcomes among older adults receiving home heal…

  19. Workplace Safety Resource List (pdf file)

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    October 01, 2021 - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Resources a. … Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Healthcare Personnel During the Coronavirus … /physician-health/bullying-health-care- workplace-guide-prevention-mitigation The guide provides the … Employers should use these guidelines to develop appropriate workplace violence prevention programs, … Program Workplace Violence Prevention Workplace Violence Prevention for Nurses Improving Workplace

  20. Epidemiology of Invasive Devices and Complications | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/phys-championsgd/section2.html
    October 01, 2015 - Mechanical complications include urethral trauma, hematuria, immobility, and fall risk.
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