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  1. Advocate Health Care: a systemwide approach to quality and safety. | PSNet

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    July 19, 2023 - learning organization recognized for its commitment to quality and safety across multiple locations in … hospital practice: factors associated with turnover, outcomes, and patient safety. … September 18, 2024 Remote patient monitoring improves patient falls and reduces harm. … studies: identifying what contributes to successful interventions to promote hand hygiene in patient … October 21, 2020 Reducing the risk of diagnostic error in the COVID-19 era.

  2. Medication errors, routines, and differences between perioperative and non-perioperative nurses. | PSNet

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    June 27, 2018 - errors; this concern was echoed by nurses working in other settings. … January 23, 2017 Healthcare-associated infections in Veterans Affairs acute-care and … Exploring organizational context and structure as predictors of medication errors and patient falls … 2011 Physician and nurse well-being and preferred interventions to address burnout in … hospital practice: factors associated with turnover, outcomes, and patient safety.

  3. Chemotherapy in home care: one team's performance improvement journey toward reducing medication errors. | PSNet

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    November 16, 2016 - Commentary Chemotherapy in home care: one team's performance improvement journey … Chemotherapy in home care: one team's performance improvement journey toward reducing medication errors … a paediatric hospital. … June 21, 2023 The development and implementation of checklists in obstetrics. … Strategies to improve the patient safety outcome indicator: preventing or reducing falls

  4. Safety of clinical and non-clinical decision makers in telephone triage: a narrative review. | PSNet

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    July 05, 2017 - This narrative review of safety in telephone triage found that the lowest error rates occurred in systems … in perinatal settings. … October 1, 2013 Safety in teletriage by nurses and physicians in the United States and … May 1, 2024 Patient falls in the operating room setting: an analysis of reported safety … March 19, 2019 Improving hospital infant safe sleep compliance by using safety prevention

  5. ED Disability Diagnostic Tool: An HIT Feasibility Study | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/ed-disability-diagnostic-tool-hit-feasibility-study
    January 01, 2023 - Report ( PDF , 218.58 KB) Disclaimer Disclaimer The findings and conclusions in … No statement in this report should be construed as an official position of AHRQ or of the U.S. … These patients are disproportionately admitted to the hospital without cause, with a significant proportion … experiencing negative health outcomes related to the hospitalization, such as infections, disorientation, and falls … are unreliable and invalid in the ED.

  6. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)

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    May 20, 2016 - Practices and Suggestions for Improvement Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve Hospital … failures in care, adverse events, and mortality … 30-Day Mortality Rate, which began in July 2014). … Recommended Practice: Engage in Action Planning • All participants participate in action planning based … • Blood cultures performed in the emergency department prior to initial antibiotic receipt in hospital

  7. Anesthesia workspaces for safe medication practices: design guidelines. | PSNet

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    November 29, 2017 - Minor flow disruptions, traffic-related factors and their effect on major flow disruptions in … April 3, 2019 The impact of the built environment on patient falls in hospital rooms: … June 16, 2021 Patient safety in the cardiac operating room: human factors and teamwork … FOCUS: The Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists' initiative to improve quality and safety in … October 22, 2014 Optimizing Pediatric Patient Safety in the Emergency Care Setting.

  8. Sources and types of discrepancies between electronic medical records and actual outpatient medication use. | PSNet

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    July 19, 2023 - This study highlights the discrepancies that may occur when conducting medication reconciliation in … The majority of discrepancies noted by investigators were attributed to medications still listed in the … hospital practice: factors associated with turnover, outcomes, and patient safety. … May 19, 2021 Cultural diversity: what role does it play in patient safety? … Initiative to deprescribe high-risk drugs for older adults presenting to the emergency department after falls

  9. Infection Prevention Compendium For Long-Term Care Facilities. | PSNet

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    November 08, 2017 - Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) challenge safety in long-term care . … (s) Clearing the Error: Using Public Deliberation to Define Patient Roles as Partners in … 2017 2015 Rosenthal Symposium: Protecting Patients: Advances and Future Directions in … 2022 View More Related Resources The Nursing Home Expert Panel’s Falls … August 12, 2020 Northeastern University Hospital Surge Capacity Planning Model: Bed,

  10. A prospective review of adverse events during interhospital transfers of neonates by a dedicated neonatal transfer service. | PSNet

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    March 03, 2011 - March 3, 2011 Prescription of long-acting opioids and mortality in patients with chronic … Implementation of an integrated computerized prescriber order-entry system for chemotherapy in … April 26, 2023 Multifactorial interventions to reduce duration and variability in … delays to identification of serious injury after falls in hospital inpatients. … Part 2: safety in patient retrieval systems.

  11. How is medication prescribing ceased? A systematic review. | PSNet

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    June 14, 2019 - Clinicians often must have patients discontinue taking inappropriate or potentially harmful medications, in … in 38 countries (PRICOV-19). … November 16, 2011 Families as partners in hospital error and adverse event surveillance … Care March 27, 2024 Perspective Patient Safety in … 31, 2024 Patient Safety Innovations Preventing Falls

  12. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    December 18, 2024 - the hospital. … 1991, the WHO and UNICEF launched the “Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative” and encouraged hospitals … looking at the second case through the lens of preventing medical errors, this likely falls in the category … In-hospital formula feeding and breastfeeding duration. Pediatrics. 2020;146(1):e20201221. … In-hospital formula feeding and breastfeeding duration. Pediatrics. 2020 Jul 1;146(1).

  13. Appendix B. Advisory Panel Members | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    July 01, 2018 - Research and Quality 540 Gaither Road Rockville, MD 20850   Denver Health & Hospital … Emergency Medicine, George Washington University Department of Emergency Medicine, Inova Fairfax Hospital … 3300 Gallows Road Falls Church, VA 22042 John L. … Appendix B-2: Patient Selection Tool Advisory Panel Members   Denver Health & Hospital … 3300 Gallows Road Falls Church, VA 22042 John L.

  14. Time out: an analysis. | PSNet

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    October 19, 2022 - August 11, 2021 Delayed diagnosis of serious paediatric conditions in 13 regional emergency … August 13, 2010 The impact of adding a 2-way video monitoring system on falls and costs … April 24, 2024 Factor structure and construct validity of a hospital survey on patient … June 9, 2021 Just culture: the foundation of staff safety in the perioperative environment … July 29, 2009 AORN Guidance Statement: Safe Medication Practices in Perioperative Settings

  15. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    April 01, 2018 - admitted to the hospital in the United States 35 million times per year.(1) The discharge period—when … Impaired mobility from deconditioning increases the risk of falls, as well as preventing the patient … care providers to "pull patients back in" to care in the post-hospital environment are among the most … Fast Facts on US hospitals. Chicago, IL: American Hospital Association; January 2015. … Deficits in communication and information transfer between hospital-based and primary care physicians

  16. Barriers and motivators for making error reports from family medicine offices: a report from the American Academy of Family Physicians National Research Network (AAFP NRN). | PSNet

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    July 14, 2010 - underutilized in ambulatory practice.  … July 14, 2010 Management of test results in family medicine offices. … April 12, 2011 Reduced postdischarge incidents after implementation of a hospital-to-home … frequencies in the primary health care setting. … November 14, 2011 Primary care–relevant interventions to prevent falling in older adults

  17. Cholecystitis and Cholangitis (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/biliary-tract-one-page.docx
    November 01, 2019 - Diagnosis · Cholangitis: right upper quadrant (RUQ) pain (80%), fever (80%), jaundice (50%) · In … tree but are of low virulence and do not require empiric coverage in this population … · Patients with severe infection, hospital-acquired infection, or prior extensive biliary tract manipulation … relevant multispecialty consultation, including infectious diseases, should be considered for cases falling … Spectrum of pathogens in acute cholangitis in patients with and without biliary endoprosthesis.

  18. AHRQ Impact Case Studies: Patient Safety. | PSNet

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    October 23, 2019 - May 1, 2017 Reducing and Preventing Adverse Drug Events to Decrease Hospital Costs. … March 4, 2024 Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings. … July 10, 2019 Fall Prevention in Hospitals Training Program. … October 4, 2017 Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation. … May 13, 2015 View More See More About The Topic Hospitals Health Care

  19. Safety Quality and Informatics Leadership Program. | PSNet

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    May 01, 2015 - July 16, 2018 Fall Prevention in Hospitals Training Program. … October 4, 2017 Towards safer transitions: a curriculum to teach and assess hospital-to-hospice … acute hospital settings—limited evidence of effectiveness. … November 17, 2010 View More See More About The Topic Hospitals Quality … and Safety Professionals Hospital Medicine Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events Education

  20. TeamSTEPPS Core Curriculum. | PSNet

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    August 01, 2012 - The curriculum offers training for participants to implement TeamSTEPPS ® in their organizations. … May 1, 2017 Reducing and Preventing Adverse Drug Events to Decrease Hospital Costs. … July 12, 2018 Pressure Injury Prevention in Hospitals Training Program. … October 18, 2017 Fall Prevention in Hospitals Training Program. … February 10, 2015 View More See More About The Topic Hospitals Health
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