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  1. Patient safety indicators for England from hospital administrative data: case-control analysis and comparison with US data. | PSNet

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    June 15, 2011 - Study Patient safety indicators for England from hospital administrative data: case-control analysis and comparison with US data. Citation Text: Raleigh VS, Cooper J, Bremner SA, et al. Patient safety indicators for England from hospital administrative data: case-control analysis and c…

  2. Analysis of adverse events associated with adult moderate procedural sedation outside the operating room. | PSNet

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    August 13, 2014 - Study Analysis of adverse events associated with adult moderate procedural sedation outside the operating room. Citation Text: Karamnov S, Sarkisian N, Grammer R, et al. Analysis of Adverse Events Associated With Adult Moderate Procedural Sedation Outside the Operating Room. J Patient Sa…

  3. Older patients' perceptions of "unnecessary" tests and referrals: a national survey of Medicare beneficiaries. | PSNet

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    May 25, 2011 - May 25, 2011 A randomized trial of a multifactorial strategy to prevent serious fall

  4. What is known about adverse events in older medical hospital inpatients? A systematic review of the literature. | PSNet

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    January 12, 2012 - Review What is known about adverse events in older medical hospital inpatients? A systematic review of the literature. Citation Text: Long SJ, Brown KF, Ames D, et al. What is known about adverse events in older medical hospital inpatients? A systematic review of the literature. Int J He…

  5. Patient readmissions, emergency visits, and adverse events after software-assisted discharge from hospital: cluster randomized trial. | PSNet

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    November 16, 2022 - November 16, 2022 A randomized trial of a multifactorial strategy to prevent serious fall

  6. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    September 01, 2008 - The infant was nursing frequently for 30–45 minutes at a time, was quite fussy, and tended to fall asleep … Center for Disease Control and Prevention Web site. Available at: www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding. 3. … Atlanta, GA: US Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;

  7. Recommendation: Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

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    May 24, 2022 - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Vision loss: a public health problem. … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. … Prevention strategies for age-related cataract: present limitations and future possibilities.

  8. Strategies and Approaches for Tracking Improvements in Patient Safety | PSNet

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    June 15, 2024 - Strategies and Approaches for Tracking Improvements in Patient Safety Citation Text: Shaikh U. Strategies and Approaches for Tracking Improvements in Patient Safety . PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2021. Copy Citat…

  9. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    June 01, 2014 - He noted that the diphenhydramine made him somewhat drowsy, but not enough to fall asleep. … Implications for prevention. ADE Prevention Study Group. JAMA. 1995;274:29-34. [go to PubMed] 2.

  10. Research Themes and Findings | Digital Healthcare Research

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    January 01, 2022 - making A Clinical Decision Support Tool for Preventing Falls Tools like ASPIRE that integrate fall … prevention clinical decision support and patient resources may better support patient self-care and … AcceptabLE cDs (SCALED) Approach of Interoperable Clinical Decision Support for Venous Thromboembolism Prevention

  11. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    May 01, 2016 - The care of a person with dementia should be focused on prevention of delirium (for example, promotion … Delirium in elderly adults: diagnosis, prevention and treatment. Nat Rev Neurol. 2009;5:210-220.

  12. Medication Errors and Adverse Drug Events | PSNet

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    December 15, 2024 - Prevention of Adverse Drug Events The pathway connecting a clinician's decision to prescribe a medication … Safety Goal  for both hospitals and ambulatory clinics, and the  Partnership for Patients  included ADE prevention … The Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion issued the  National Action Plan for Adverse Drug … Event Prevention  in 2014, which identified ways to align the efforts of federal health agencies to … April 17, 2024 Prevention of adverse drug events in hospitals.

  13. Overview: Getting Patients Off the Ventilator Faster: Facilitator Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    February 01, 2017 - Over the last few years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or CDC has redefined these into … The overall conclusion was that VAEs are common and morbid and that prevention strategies targeting VAEs … That concern was addressed in 2015 with the release of results from the CDC Prevention Epicenters’ Wake … Up and Breathe Collaborative, a VAE prevention prospective quality improvement study. … It could be a patient fall, a venous thromboembolism, a medication error, ventilator associated pneumonia

  14. Evidence Summary: Vitamin D, Calcium, or Combined Supplementation for the Primary Prevention of Fractures in Community-Dwelling Adults: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/vitamin-d-calcium-or-combined-supplementation-for-the-primary-prevention-of-fractures-in-adults-preventive-medication
    April 17, 2018 - Evidence Summary Vitamin D, Calcium, or Combined Supplementation for the Primary Prevention … evidence for benefits and harms of vitamin D, calcium, or combined supplementation for the primary prevention … Vitamin D with or without calcium supplementation for prevention of cancer and fractures: an updated … HRT and vit D in prevention of non-vertebral fractures in postmenopausal women; a 5 year randomized trial … Prevention of femoral and lumbar bone loss with hormone replacement therapy and vitamin D 3 in early

  15. Improving the Value of Patient Safety Reporting Systems (pdf file)

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    June 12, 2008 - Prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections. Ann Intern Med 2000; 132: 391-402. 33.

  16. Executive Summary - Nutrition as Prevention for Improved Cancer Outcomes: Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 260 (pdf file)

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    May 01, 2023 - Executive Summary - Nutrition as Prevention for Improved Cancer Outcomes: Comparative Effectiveness Review … No. 260 Comparative Effectiveness Review Number 260 Nutrition as Prevention for Improved Cancer … (P2P) workshop, Nutrition as Prevention for Improved Cancer Health Outcomes, which took place July … A snack enriched with oral branched-chain amino acids prevents a fall in albumin in patients with liver … Nutrition as Prevention for Improved Cancer Health Outcomes.

  17. Disposition of Comments Report for Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation (pdf file)

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    August 23, 2013 - Research Review Disposition of Comments Report Research Review Title: Stroke Prevention in Atrial … Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation. Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 123. … studies, without verification that key covariates were uniformly available and ascertained (aspirin, fall … For example, HEMORRHAGES includes ethanol abuse, genetic factors, and “excessive fall risk”. … Rivaroxaban was non-inferior to warfarin for stroke prevention in AF.

  18. In Conversation With… Mark Chassin, MD, MPP, MPH | PSNet

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    April 26, 2023 - In Conversation With… Mark Chassin, MD, MPP, MPH April 1, 2017  Citation Text: In Conversation With… Mark Chassin, MD, MPP, MPH. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2017. Copy Cit…

  19. Missing Trauma | PSNet

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    March 03, 2011 - William Haddon, widely recognized as the father of modern injury prevention strategies, may be responsible … probably tops this list, followed closely by missing a transient neurologic event that precipitates a fall … The changing approach to the epidemiology, prevention, and amelioration of trauma: the transition to

  20. Final Research Plan: Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/cognitive-impairment-older-adults
    June 12, 2025 - foods or fluids or nutrition therapy (e.g., meal replacement therapy) Interventions aimed at primary prevention … treatment of cognitive impairment and have indications for their primary usage (CVD treatment or primary prevention
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