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  1. In Conversation With… Didier Pittet, MD, MS | PSNet

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    May 01, 2014 - setting, hospitals continue to struggle with suboptimal rates of compliance with this basic infection prevention … remarkable given widespread agreement that hand hygiene is the most important intervention for infection prevention … include insufficient time, work overload, inadequate knowledge, skepticism about hand hygiene as a prevention … Infection prevention promotion program based on the PRECEDE model: improving hand hygiene behaviors among

  2. Final Progress Report: Improving Medication Safety Across Clinical Settings (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2024 - Knowledge gained was pooled and compared to create a sharable information base of prevention strategies … Project 3: Epidemiology and Prevention of Medical Errors in Psychiatric Inpatients Final Report … Although substantial information is available regarding the frequency and prevention of medication errors … Furthermore, though some prevention strategies have been found to be effective in inpatients, the most … Prevention strategies should target the prescribing and monitoring stages of warfarin management.

  3. Implementation Guide: Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of CVD in Adults: Patient-Facing CDS Intervention (pdf file)

    cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cds/artifact/1056/2024_CDS_Connect_IG_Statin_CVD_Patient_Facing_2.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - Implementation Guide: Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of CVD in Adults: Patient-Facing CDS Intervention … Implementation Guide Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of CVD in Adults: Patient-Facing CDS … Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of CVD in Adults: Patient-Facing CDS Intervention. … o Videos about disease prevention and health promotion. … Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults.

  4. Development and Validation of the Medication Administration Error Reporting Survey (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2003 - including the safe use of surgical procedures, medications, physical and chemical restraints, and the prevention … 16, 26, 27 Even though it has been suggested that punishment has little effect on future error prevention … perceive a sense of commitment to quality improvement by the manager can a positive tone for error prevention … Medication errors: a disciplinary approach to prevention for nurses. … Adverse Drug Prevention Study Group. The costs of adverse drug events in hospitalized patients.

  5. Implementation Guide: Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of CVD in Adults: Patient-Facing CDS Intervention (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2023 - Implementation Guide: Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of CVD in Adults: Patient-Facing CDS Intervention … Implementation Guide Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of CVD in Adults: Patient-Facing CDS … Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of CVD in Adults: Patient-Facing CDS Intervention. … The Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults recommendation statement … These customers contract with Health First to provide a holistic package of prevention and wellness

  6. The Patient Safety Education Project: An international Collaboration (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Emanuel_19.pdf
    February 20, 2008 - The Patient Safety Education Project: An international Collaboration The Patient Safety Education Project: An International Collaboration Linda Emanuel, MD, PhD; Merrilyn Walton, PhD; Martin Hatlie, JD; Denys Lau, PhD; Tim Shaw, PhD; Joel Shalowitz, MD, MBA; John Combes, MD Abstract The Patient Safety Edu…

  7. Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Safety of Older Adults Residing in Nursing Homes | PSNet

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    April 10, 2024 - [Free full text] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. … Baltimore, MD: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; April 30, 2020. … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Accessed March 11,2022.  … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Accessed March 11, 2022.  … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Accessed December 2021. 

  8. 2018 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report: Appendix A (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2018qdr-appa5.pdf
    January 01, 2018 - 2018 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report: Appendix A 2018 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report | A.5-1 APPENDIX A. LIST OF MEASURES AND SUMMARY OF RESULTS FOR FIGURES A.5. Disparities: Insurance Status Measures included in Figure 116: Number and percentage of quality measures for whic…

  9. Using Health IT: Eight Quality Improvement Stories (pdf file)

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    September 01, 2010 - organizations (with $4.5 million of funding) sponsored the initial integration of the On-Time Quality Prevention … HealthMedX™. 11 Success stories Final_Layout 1 9/28/10 11:45 AM Page 12 • The On-Time Manual (fall … Health Care Need This pilot project was the first iteration of integration of the On-Time Quality Prevention … First, clinicians automatically view updated guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  10. Proactive Risk Assessment of Surgical Site Infections in Ambulatory Surgery Centers (pdf file)

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    March 01, 2012 - A major aspect of the intervention involves integrating better standards for infection prevention practices … These characteristics broadly fall into the following categories: • Patient sociodemographic characteristics … Infection control, healthcare associated infections Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … of patient-to-patient transmission; assessment of risk factors for SSIs; risk procedures) • Prevention … Guideline for prevention of surgical site infection, 1999.

  11. Screening for Breast Cancer: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2020 - Although adjunctive screening may de- tect more breast cancer, these cancers may fall into 1 of 3 categories … Other Approaches to Prevention The USPSTF has made recommendations about the use of medications to reduce … Evidence-based clin- ical prevention in the era of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: the

  12. Communication of Weight Classification for Children Who Are Overweight or Obese (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-241-bmi-communication-full-report.pdf
    February 01, 2020 - Guidelines suggest that patients in the overweight category receive counseling about prevention; those … Providers who were familiar with guidelines for the assessment, prevention, and treatment of obesity … Important gaps exist between prevention and treatment of childhood obesity and what is covered by health … (CDC) collaborated to form an expert committee to update recommendations on the prevention, assessment … Prevention and treatment of childhood obesity: Care received by a state Medicaid population.

  13. EHR-based screening and intervention for intimate partner violence - Final Report (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r18hs025654-lenert_final-report-2023.pdf.pdf
    January 01, 2023 - In 36 encounters, reported counseling on injury prevention (Z71.89); and 26 cases of confirmed adult … T74.111 (Adult physical abuse, confirmed) 15 12.000 12.000 12.000 Z71.89 (Counseling on injury prevention … However, further work may be needed in optimizing the complex process of adding counseling for IPV risk prevention … AMIA Fall Symposium 2022.

  14. Ambulatory Safety and Quality Program: Health IT Portfolio (pdf file)

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    July 01, 2010 - The projects described focus on common chronic illnesses and prevention. … diagnostic errors in primary care, understand their causes, and lay groundwork for formulating future prevention … s Hospital, Boston, MA Estimated Dates: 9/30/2007–9/29/2010 Using IT To Improve the Quality of CVD Prevention … Focus Area(s): Prevention index and disease management index Type of Health IT: Quality of care decision … examination of the role of workflow and effective use of clinical alerts and reminders, with an emphasis on prevention

  15. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Breastfeeding: Counseling, July 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/breastfeeding-counseling-2003
    July 01, 2003 - breastfeed immediately postpartum, 50% at 6 months, and 25% at 1 year. 4 Current breastfeeding rates fall … [e] Lieu: Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Harvard Medical

  16. Burn-Related Hospital Inpatient Stays and Emergency Department Visits, 2013 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb217-Burn-Hospital-Stays-ED-Visits-2013.pdf
    January 01, 2013 - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that 486,000 patients received emergency medical … Accessed September 13, 2016. 3 Ibid. 4 Ibid. 5 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. … Accessed September 13, 2016. 6 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury … Prevention and Control. … or purposely inflicted 2,598 0.6 4 Accident caused by domestic wiring and appliances 1,952 0.5 5 Fall

  17. Burn-Related Hospital Inpatient Stays and Emergency Department Visits, 2013 #217

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    December 01, 2016 - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that 486,000 patients received emergency medical … inflicted 2,598 0.6 4 Accident caused by domestic wiring and appliances 1,952 0.5 5 Fall … Accessed October 27, 2021. 3 Ibid. 4 Ibid. 5 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. … Accessed September 13, 2016. 6 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury … Prevention and Control.

  18. The Association Between Pharmacist Support and Voluntary Reporting of Medication Errors: An Analysis of MEDMARX® Data (pdf file)

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    July 17, 2008 - Nationally, data from MEDMARX contri to knowledge about the causes and prevention of medication errors … The MEDMARX program uses the National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention … National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention; 2001. … Medication errors: Causes, prevention, and risk management. … Implications for prevention. ADE Prevention Study Group. JAMA 1995; 274: 29-34. 26.

  19. Measure 1, Section 14, Attachment 1 (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2011 - ADHD was assigned.12 According to the statistics provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … Topic Prevalence • According to the statistics provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … However, the rates of "diagnostic prevalence" (namely, cases actually diagnosed by clinicians) fall … Angeles Department of Mental Health Appendix B: Citations 1 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  20. ADHD Performance Measurement Set (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2011 - ADHD was assigned.12 According to the statistics provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … Topic Prevalence • According to the statistics provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … However, the rates of "diagnostic prevalence" (namely, cases actually diagnosed by clinicians) fall … Angeles Department of Mental Health Appendix B: Citations 1 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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