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  1. Triggers contributing to health care clinicians' disruptive behaviors. | PSNet

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    June 24, 2020 - Study Triggers contributing to health care clinicians' disruptive behaviors. Citation Text: Bae S-H, Dang D, Karlowicz KA, et al. Triggers contributing to health care clinicians' disruptive behaviors. J Patient Saf. 2020;16(3):e148-e155. doi:10.1097/pts.0000000000000288. Copy Citation …

  2. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33824/psn-pdf
    January 01, 2016 - This year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported a 200% increase in opioid overdose

  3. The Pains of Chronic Opioid Usage | PSNet

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    April 04, 2018 - serious adverse effects including death.( 1,19 ) In 2012, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … Patients with concurrent substance abuse and high risk for abusing the prescription opiates fall under … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. … Relieving Pain in America: A Blueprint for Transforming Prevention, Care, Education, and Research. … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

  4. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49581/psn-pdf
    March 21, 2009 - Organizations often develop error prevention strategies following a serious event that focus solely on … The error occurs when individuals fall victim to the flaws within the system and mistakes are made.

  5. Physical Diagnosis: A Lost Art? | PSNet

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    January 17, 2018 - June 21, 2016 Evaluation of clinical practice guidelines on fall prevention and management

  6. Agitated Delirium Contributes to Missed Testing and Delayed Diagnosis of Gastric Perforation | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/agitated-delirium-contributes-missed-testing-and-delayed-diagnosis-gastric-perforation
    June 28, 2023 - 16,17 Due to the high incidence of delirium among hospitalized patients, strategies for surveillance, prevention … , and management should be implemented for older adults. 16,17 Delirium prevention and care bundles, … delirium or worsening agitation. 19 Currently, there are no recommended pharmacologic treatments for prevention

  7. Reforming the Medical Liability System in Massachusetts: Communication, Apology, and Resolution (CARe) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    August 01, 2017 - of Registration in Medicine, the Massachusetts Bar Association, the Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention … study period ended in December 2015, and analysis continues with publication of the data expected in Fall … Boston, MA: Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors; 2006. 3.

  8. Discharged Blindly | PSNet

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    October 26, 2022 - National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … Innovations Preventing Falls Through Patient and Family Engagement to Create Customized Prevention

  9. Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators - A “How to” Guide for Improving Hospital Quality and Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    December 01, 2017 - Provider-level (and area-level * ) indicators Risk-adjusted (age, sex, birth weight, MS-DRG, MDCs, CCS) Prevention … Pneumothorax * PSI 07: Central Venous Catheter-­‐Related Bloodstream Infection PSI 08: In-­‐Hospital Fall

  10. Facilitator Guide: Science of Safety Training & Identifying Defects (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/modules/onboarding/onboarding_scienceofsafety_facnotes.docx
    December 01, 2017 - operational event or situation that you would not want to happen again—an unsafe condition, a patient fall

  11. Statistical Brief #75: Sports Injuries in Children Requiring Hospital Emergency Care, 2006 (pdf file)

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    June 01, 2009 - Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2008. 2 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … External Cause of Injury Codes (commonly referred to as E-codes): E886.0: Tackles in sports that cause fall … E917.0: Striking against or struck accidentally by objects or persons in sports without subsequent fall … E917.5: Striking against or struck accidentally by objects or persons in sports with subsequent fall

  12. Nursing Home IT: Optimal Medication and Care Delivery (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/uc1hs015350-horn-final-report-2008.pdf
    January 01, 2008 - Key Words: pressure ulcer prevention, nursing home quality improvement, nursing home HIT The authors … daily practice to monitor resident status and adjust care plans for improved resident care, including prevention … how reports are used for end of shift or end of day review, and how reports are linked directly to prevention … to delegate responsibilities to CNAs so that the tasks to implement the intervention did not all fall … Siobhan Sharkey participated in a panel titled Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Treatment- Tried, True,

  13. 012-Blood-Culture-Practices-Webinar (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/012-blood-culture-practices-webinar.docx
    October 01, 2024 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention Blood Culture Practices and Stewardship ICU & Non-ICU Slide … contamination, which are important components of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) prevention … They do not fall into any specific strategic area but are both interrelated with all four key strategies … The Infection Prevention and Antimicrobial Stewardship committees are also included in reports, along … Blood culture stewardship is a fundamental best practice in patient safety and the prevention of MRSA

  14. Screening for Postmenopausal Osteoporosis: A Summary of the Evidence (pdf file)

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    September 01, 2002 - same bone density because of increasing risk from other factors, such as bone quality and tendency to fall … having been hospitalized in the previous year, previous fall, body mass. Table 2. … Osteoporosis: Clinical Guidelines for Prevention and Treatment. … Consensus statement on prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. … Physician’s Guide to Prevention and Treatment of Osteoporosis.

  15. Daily Care Processes Guide for Reducing Ventilator-Associated Events in Mechanically Ventilated Patients (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/technical/daily-care-processes-guide.pdf
    January 01, 2017 - the barriers to compliance.25 Barriers to implementation of evidence-based interventions commonly fall … A defect is anything you don’t want to happen again–an unsafe condition, a patient fall, a venous thromboembolism … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. … Evidence- based clinical practice guideline for the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia. … A European care bundle for prevention of ventilator- associated pneumonia.

  16. Development of a Web-Based Patient Safety Resource: AHRQ Patient Safety Network (PSNet) (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol3/Advances-Sehgal_64.pdf
    April 02, 2008 - For example, searching on “medication reconciliation” (the third most common search term as of fall

  17. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73146/psn-pdf
    April 28, 2021 - Open Communication between the Clinic and Patient Clear communication provides a critical role in the prevention … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Reviewed March 11, 2019.

  18. The LifePoint National Quality Program Provides Structured Framework for Reducing Inpatient Harm | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/innovation/lifepoint-national-quality-program-provides-structured-framework-reducing-inpatient-harm
    February 26, 2025 - Preventing Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) Outside of the Ventilator-associated Pneumonia Bundle,” Prevention … May 29, 2024 Patient Safety Innovations Suicide Prevention

  19. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/72624/psn-pdf
    January 05, 2021 - Preventing Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) Outside of the Ventilator-associated Pneumonia Bundle,” Prevention

  20. 2015-06 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2015-06.pdf
    January 01, 2015 - into well E883.2 Accidental fall into storm drain or manhole E884.0 Fall from playground equipment … E884.1 Fall from cliff E885.0 Fall from (nonmotorized) scooter E885.1 Fall from roller skates … E885.2 Fall from skateboard E885.3 Fall from skis E885.4 Fall from snowboard HCUP (09/01/15 … ) 31 Examination of POA Coding Exempt Diagnosis Codes Description E886.0 Fall on same … Striking against or struck accidentally by objects or persons, in running water without subsequent fall
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