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2221. Preventing CAUTI: What to Do When it’s Time for Plan B (November 4, 2014) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/preventing-cauti-plan-b-transcript.html
      December 01, 2017 - This is again something that hopefully most of your hospitals have in place. … This is something that we implemented a couple of years ago in working with a network of hospitals in … hospitals in our own state of Michigan. … ’ll end up going to all 6,000 plus hospitals in the United States. … acquired complications such as falls or pressure sores.

2222. Leading change: why transformation efforts fail. | PSNet
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      March 03, 2021 - He uses examples of failures from transformation efforts in large and small businesses. … March 3, 2021 How one hospital improved patient safety in 10 minutes a day. … November 2, 2022 Special Issue on Falls. … January 15, 2020 Improving communication with primary care physicians at the time of hospital … August 29, 2011 Challenges in ethics, safety, best practices, and oversight regarding

2223. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73484/psn-pdf
      July 14, 2021 - visitation-restrictions-patient-experience-and-safety- outcomes-critical Research has found that families and caregivers play a key role in … Based on a national sample of hospitals, this study explored the impact of hospital visitation restrictions … Results indicate that hospitals with closed visitations experienced larger performance deficits across

2224. Patient Safety Organizations: A Summary of 2014 Profiles (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/npsd/npsd-portfolios-summary-profile-2014.pdf
      January 01, 2014 - less than a year (January 2017), hospitals with more than 50 beds may work with a PSO in order to … ■ The average hospital associated with a PSO had more beds than the average hospital in the United … ■ The average hospital under PSO contract and the average U.S. hospital had a similar likelihood … of being a private, nonprofit hospital … Patient Information Form, and Summary of Initial Report Form) and then applying Common Formats for falls

2225. Not overstepping professional boundaries: the challenging role of nurses in simulated error disclosures. | PSNet
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      August 04, 2021 - Study Not overstepping professional boundaries: the challenging role of nurses in … October 19, 2011 Perceptions of nurses who are second victims in a hospital setting. … a US Hospital. … March 21, 2018 Do falls and other safety issues occur more often during handovers when … caregivers to improve safety and facilitate person- and family-centered care during transitions from hospital

2226. Keeping safety a priority in home care and hospice: one agency's journey. | PSNet
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      June 05, 2019 - Keeping safety a priority in home care and hospice: one agency's journey. … Keeping safety a priority in home care and hospice: one agency's journey. … August 16, 2023 Patient Safety Innovations Preventing Falls … September 18, 2016 Towards safer transitions: a curriculum to teach and assess hospital-to-hospice … July 8, 2009 How safe are patients in primary care?

2227. Methods | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/engage/methods.html
      March 01, 2017 - nationally recognized patient and family advocates, community representatives from each of the 10 MSH hospitals … produced by AHRQ's Guide to Patient and Family Engagement in Hospital Quality and Safety . 27 To … CRICOstrategies); Meeting abstracts; Twitter feeds; Blog archives (e.g., KevinMD, Paul Levy "not running a hospital … Reports that focused on falls in the home were not regarded as addressing patient safety unless the falls … interactions (e.g., handoffs, medicine reconciliation systems) among caregivers (e.g., physicians and nurses, hospital

2228. The effects of emergency department staff rounding on patient safety and satisfaction. | PSNet
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      November 16, 2022 - Regularly scheduled rounds by nursing staff reduced falls and improved patient satisfaction in this multi-institutional … hospital practice: factors associated with turnover, outcomes, and patient safety. … July 10, 2019 Hospital readmission and parent perceptions of their child's hospital discharge … November 26, 2008 Improving patient safety in intensive care units in Michigan. … May 29, 2024 Overnight stay in the emergency department and mortality in older patients

2229. When the 5 rights go wrong: medication errors from the nursing perspective. | PSNet
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      June 27, 2018 - Exploring organizational context and structure as predictors of medication errors and patient falls … hospital practice: factors associated with turnover, outcomes, and patient safety. … January 18, 2023 Realist synthesis of intentional rounding in hospital wards: exploring … the evidence of what works, for whom, in what circumstances and why. … the hospital setting: a prospective observational study.

2230. Approach to Residents With Reported Penicillin Allergy (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/penicillin-allergy.pdf
      June 01, 2021 - High risk These residents should NOT receive penicillin or other beta-lactam antibiotics in the absence … often with white centers that can be different sizes � Severe maculopapular rash that required hospital … The falling rate of positive penicillin skin tests from 1995 to 2007. Perm J. 2009;13(2):12-18. … Drug allergies documented in electronic health records of a large healthcare system.

2231. The Medication Metronome Project - 2010 | Digital Healthcare Research
      digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/medication-metronome-project/annual-summary/2010
      January 01, 2010 - Project Principal Investigator Grant, Richard Organization Massachusetts General Hospital … However, national and local data indicate that the U.S. health care system is falling significantly short … of evidence-based goals for these three conditions, both in terms of risk-factor control and in monitoring … The Medication Metronome Project is testing a model of chronic disease medication management in which … randomized controlled trial using an existing electronic health record (EHR) at Massachusetts General Hospital

2232. Innovation and Lean Thinking: Mutually Supportive Partners in the Transformation of Health Care | PSNet
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      January 01, 2015 - Benefits of this approach include reducing the risk of falls, earlier mobilization following surgery, … We spoke with him about applying Lean in hospitals. Dr. … It's no accident that some early adopters of Lean in hospitals were clinical laboratories, where there … In hospital lab settings, there are huge opportunities to improve the way we manage and to engage employees … It's trying to take these caring individuals and caring settings and making the hospital the best hospital

2233. Statement on the prevention of retained foreign bodies after surgery. | PSNet
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      October 15, 2018 - The statement was revised in October 2016. … October 15, 2018 Surgical Patient Safety Essential Information for Surgeons in Today's … December 17, 2024 Preventing Patient Falls: A Systematic Approach From the Joint Commission … October 27, 2016 Partnership for Patients (PfP) Hospital Engagement Network (HEN) 2.0

2234. HCUP_methods_series_cover.ai (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2004_6.pdf
      January 01, 2004 - For the HCUP NIS, unintentional injuries were classified in terms of the following causes: • Falls … Within unintentional injuries, the proportion of records by mechanism (e.g., falls, motor vehicle traffic … The unintentional injuries in the hospital-based ambulatory surgery facilities tend to be for falls, … o Do hospitals report a greater number of E codes than are currently retained in your data system? … o Do hospitals report a greater number of E codes than are currently retained in your data system?

2235. Archived: Evidence Summary: Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/impaired-visual-acuity-in-older-adults-screening-2016
      March 01, 2016 - for falls (2.45 falls/patient vs 1.68 falls/patient; rate ratio, 1.57; 95% CI, 1.20–2.05) along with … , Royal National Institute of Blind People, London; Gianni Virgili, MD, Careggi Hospital Eye Clinic, … Visual risk factors for falls in older people. J Am Geriatr Soc . 2001;49(5):508-515. 5. … Visual impairment and falls in older adults: the Blue Mountains Eye Study. … Improving vision to prevent falls in frail older people: a randomized trial.

2236. AHRQ-Funded Patient Safety Project Highlights (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/highlights/ps-project-highlights-hit-hie-rev-0724update.pdf
      July 01, 2024 - ■ Reduce patient harms and errors within hospital settings (e.g., falls, adverse drug interactions, … paper ordering in four size categories of hypothetical U.S. acute care hospitals. … Investigators concluded that results for hospitals will vary but, overall, CPOE with clinical decision … harm in hospital settings. … believe they need a fall prevention plan and then follow that plan if they know their risks of harm for falling

2237. Outbreak investigation of COVID-19 among residents and staff of an independent and assisted living community for older adults in Seattle, Washington. | PSNet
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      October 19, 2022 - COVID-19 among residents and staff of an independent and assisted living community for older adults in … COVID-19 among residents and staff of an independent and assisted living community for older adults in … of early surveillance and prevention strategies in reducing virus transmission in assisted living communities … hospital practice: factors associated with turnover, outcomes, and patient safety. … November 1, 2016 Latency of ECG displays of hospital telemetry systems: a science advisory

2238. Structural racism--a 60-year-old black woman with breast cancer. | PSNet
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      December 17, 2020 - in patient-level quality measures; (2) health care organizations can engage the community in an effort … May 4, 2022 Error and cognitive bias in diagnostic radiology. … August 5, 2020 'I'm smiling under here': Masks, plexiglass and questions the norm as hospitals … lure patients back in COVID-19 era. … September 28, 2010 View More See More About The Topic Hospitals Facility

2239. Association of default electronic medical record settings with health care professional patterns of opioid prescribing in emergency departments: A randomized quality improvement study | PSNet
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      February 12, 2020 - default electronic medical record settings with health care professional patterns of opioid prescribing in … Default Electronic Medical Record Settings With Health Care Professional Patterns of Opioid Prescribing in … Prescription opioids play a significant role in the ongoing opioid crisis . … This study examined whether reducing the default settings in the electronic health record (EHR) for … Stigmatizing language and the transmission of bias in the medical record.

2240. Investigation of interventions to reduce nurses' medication errors in adult intensive care units: a systematic review. | PSNet
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      September 29, 2021 - Review Investigation of interventions to reduce nurses' medication errors in adult … fall prevention in a nursing home. … hospitals: a systematic review. … Indications for Drug Administration Blur June 24, 2020 Safety enhancements every hospital … must consider in wake of another tragic neuromuscular blocker event.