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  1. Understanding the CMS Patient Safety Structural Measure Requirements for Hospitals (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/understanding-cms-patient-safety-measure-hospitals-webcast.pdf
    July 08, 2025 - Understanding the CMS Patient Safety Structural Measure Requirements for Hospitals Understanding the CMS Patient Safety Structural Measure Requirements for Hospitals Webcast July 8, 2025 12:00-12:45 PM ET Technical Info • Audio issues • Poor connection • Use Q&A to submit questions 2 Today’s Speakers Jo…

  2. Complaints as Safety Surveillance | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/complaints-safety-surveillance
    May 05, 2021 - Issues contributing to complaints fall into three broad categories: conduct (personal behavior below

  3. Vte-Prophyalaxis Executive (pdf file)

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    May 01, 2013 - What are the comparative effectiveness and safety of pharmacologic prophylaxis for prevention of VTE … burden • Major bleeding defined as including: fatal bleeding; clinically overt bleeding causing a fall … Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism After Injury. … Prevention of VTE in nonorthopedic surgical patients: Antithrombotic Therapy and Prevention of Thrombosis … Prevention of VTE in nonsurgical patients: Antithrombotic Therapy and Prevention of Thrombosis, 9th

  4. Community Pharmacy Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2015 User Comparative Database Report, Part 1 (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/databases/pharmacy/2015-report-part-1.pdf
    January 01, 2015 - distribution of community pharmacy scores follows a normal bell-shaped curve (where most of the scores fall … distribution of community pharmacy scores follows a normal bell-shaped curve (where most of the scores fall

  5. Pocket Syringe Swap | PSNet

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    July 01, 2006 - drugs used by anesthesia practitioners are administered by IV push or IV infusion, and many of them fall

  6. Methodology Report #36: Analyzing Medical Conditions in MEPS - Detailed Reference (Part 2 of 2)

    meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/mr36/mr36dr.shtml
    February 24, 2023 - These variables were added and the files were subsequently re-released in the fall of 2022. … ICD10CDX values on the 2016 and 2017 files were edited and files were re-released in the fall … FALL: Was it a fall?   FIREBURN: Was fire/burning involved?   

  7. Medication Reconciliation With a Twist (or Dare We Say, a Patch?) | PSNet

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    April 03, 2024 - different points of care.( 23 ) Pharmacists, who have been shown to play an important role in the prevention … To date, such cost-benefit studies have tended to fall on the side of benefit.( 29,30 ) This case illustrates

  8. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49754/psn-pdf
    February 01, 2016 - Use of designated nurse PICC teams and CLABSI prevention practices among U.S. hospitals: a survey-based

  9. high-cholesterol-medicines-update-protocol-130516 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/high-cholestorol-medicines-update_research-protocol.pdf
    December 31, 2013 - Potential Impact of a Comparative Effectiveness Review A large number of Americans fall into populations … Statins for the primary prevention of cardiovascular   disease. … Shepherd J, Cobbe SM, Ford I, et al; West of Scotland Coronary  Prevention Study  Group. … Primary prevention of acute coronary events with lovastatin in men and women with average cholesterol … Air Force/Texas Coronary Atherosclerosis Prevention Study. JAMA. 1998 May 27;279(20):1615-­‐22.

  10. 6Bb-Toolkit-Fasttrack-Complete (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/settings/ambulatory/6bb-toolkit-fasttrack-complete.pdf
    October 01, 2021 - Health (Subcontract HED23124 of Cooperative U17CE002734, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … /Leadership-Commitment-Meeting-1.pdf https://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/prevention-chronic-care … /resources/6bb-toolkit-fasttrack.pdf https://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/prevention-chronic-care … revised to align with evidence-based guidelines such as those from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … patients using LtOT provides an opportunity to identify those at highest risk so that they do not “fall

  11. Diagnostic Overshadowing Dangers | PSNet

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    February 12, 2020 - Paulozzi LJ, Strickler GK, Kreiner PW, Koris CM; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

  12. Crosscutting-Horizon-Scan-High-Impact-1412 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/crosscutting-horizon-scan-high-impact-1412.pdf
    December 01, 2014 - Fall-prevention design provides nonskid floor surfaces, extra handrails, more aisle lighting, bedside … appropriate  Policies, procedures, and protocols: patient delirium, dementia, functional decline, fall … Further, in an effort to reduce fall risk and the time and energy devoted to cleaning bedpans or changing

  13. Final Progress Report: Exploratory Study Using Queuing Theory To Improve Nurse Staffing Effectiveness (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-10/stone-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - These include the following: 1) NIC 6486 and 6490 combined Environmental Management: Safety and/or Fall … Prevention, 2) NIC 0910 and 0940 combined to Immobilization Care Splinting, and 3) NIC 1450 and 1570 … 4110 Embolus precautions 13.47 (7.73) 2-30 16-30 6486/6490 Environmental management: Safety and/or fall … prevention 16.74 (11.86) 1-45 31-45 7680 Examination assistance 14.85 (10.87) 2-45 16-30 1450/1570

  14. Part Three: Three Strategies for Continuous Improvement of Physician Feedback Reporting Systems | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    February 01, 2016 - Confidential Physician Feedback Reports: Designing for Optimal Impact on Performance Part Three: Three Strategies for Continuous Improvement of Physician Feedback Reporting Systems Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Confidential Physician Feedback Reports: Designing for Optimal Impact on Perf…

  15. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33713/psn-pdf
    June 01, 2011 - The back of a patient chair on a tomography system bent and broke off, allowing a patient to fall.

  16. Personal Health Information Management and Design of Consumer Health Information Technology - 2009 | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/personal-health-information-management-and-design-consumer-health-it/annual
    January 01, 2023 - design considerations, are taken into account, the IT solutions that developers create will likely fall

  17. Using Information Technology (IT) to Improve Medication Safety for Rural Elders | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/using-information-technology-it-improve-medication-safety-rural-elders
    January 01, 2023 - That makes it difficult to devise a program that might fall short of federal guidelines, once they are

  18. Han (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/han.pdf
    December 26, 2012 - Han Slide 1: Conceptual, methodological, and ethical problems  in communicating   uncertainty  in clinical  evidence Paul Han, MD, MA, MPH Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation Maine Medical  Center Slide 2: Communicating  uncertainty in clinical …

  19. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49636/psn-pdf
    October 01, 2011 - Mobility Lost in the ICU October 1, 2011 Smith J. Mobility Lost in the ICU. PSNet [internet]. 2011. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/mobility-lost-icu Case Objectives Describe the role of the physical therapist in the hospital and ICU. Compare the risks from immobility with the benefits gained from a program of ther…

  20. Timeliness of Confirmatory Testing for Sickle Cell Disease (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-132-fullreport.pdf
    January 23, 2017 - the serious medical challenges SCD raises for children, especially the very young, both in terms of prevention … Inefficacy of piracetam in the prevention of painful crises in children and adolescents with sickle
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