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2521. MHA and MHA Keystone Center Annual Reports. | PSNet
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      September 26, 2016 - Okemos, MI: Michigan Health & Hospital Association. … Okemos, MI: Michigan Health & Hospital Association. … Explorations in Quality Assessment and Monitoring. … August 9, 2013 The Patient Safety Initiative at America’s Public Hospitals: The Year … July 1, 2009 View More See More About The Topic Hospitals Health Care

2522. Bringing Communities and Technology Together for Healthy Aging | Digital Healthcare Research
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      January 01, 2023 - No statement in this report should be construed as an official position of AHRQ or of the U.S. … their homes for as long as possible, a concept referred to as aging in place. … However, there are often challenges to this, including isolation and loneliness, falls, medication management … are to provide greater independence and quality of life and to reduce healthcare costs with decreased hospital … Analyses indicated that the system reduced the risk of falls and depression, and improved quality of

2523. Managing Ascites: Hazards of Fluid Removal | PSNet
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      June 01, 2018 - hospital admission since the presence of alcohol confirms continued drinking and precludes liver transplantation … Perhaps the patient in this case was eating more pre-prepared meals, which are high in salt content, … resolve in the short term. … As you drain fluid, the pressure in the abdomen falls exponentially and very rapidly, leading to a rapid … reduction in right atrial pressure.

2524. Few hospitals are willing to bear the cost of providing psychiatric care for kids. | PSNet
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      March 15, 2023 - Newspaper/Magazine Article Few hospitals are willing to bear the cost of providing … Citation Text: Few hospitals are willing to bear the cost of providing psychiatric care for kids. … April 14, 2021 Health Care Leaders Action Guide: Hospital Strategies for Reducing Preventable … April 5, 2023 Crisis in the Lakeshore Hospital ER. … Children's Hospitals Mental Health Care (Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology) View More

2525. County Health Department in Oregon Launches Performance Improvement Activities With AHRQ's Patient Safety Culture Survey | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2014 - County Health Department in Oregon Launches Performance Improvement Activities With AHRQ's Patient Safety … Portland, Oregon, initiated a patient safety culture project in 2005 using AHRQ's Hospital Survey on … The survey was first used in the area of Corrections Health Services as a pilot site. … Staff completed the survey in August 2005, and the analysis was completed that fall. … Studies Impact Case Study Identifier: CQuiPS-06-11 AHRQ Product(s): Hospital

2526. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      July 06, 2011 - In 2003 ACGME regulations came out and, for the first time, limited housestaff work hours. … In late 2007, the Institute of Medicine (IOM)—responding to strong concerns voiced by the US Congress—assessed … The report serves as a guide and foundation for policymakers, hospital administrators, and residency … that tightened the 2003 mandates still fall considerably short of the IOM recommendations and those in

2527. Medication/Drug Errors | PSNet
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      March 12, 2021 - hospital medication safety behaviours. … This website offers resources related to the Leapfrog Hospital Survey investigating hospitals' progress … Newspaper/Magazine Article Safety enhancements every hospital must consider in … infections, medication errors, inpatient suicide, and specific clinical harms such as falls and pressure … Study Adverse drug events after hospital discharge in older adults: types, severity

2528. Final Progress Report: Patient-centered approach to reducing harm from VTE (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2024 - Because of the difficulty in identifying low-risk patients, many hospitals have opted for near-universal … US hospitals. … in the hospital. … Although this definition does not contain a time frame, we will include only falls in hemoglobin or … We were able to create a risk prediction model for VTE in the hospital.

2529. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      November 16, 2022 - //psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cdc-clinical-practice-guideline-prescribing-opioids-pain-united-states-2022 In … sickle cell disease or cancer or to patients receiving palliative or end-of-life care, or for patients in … the emergency department or admitted to the hospital.

2530. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2022 - Patient safety strategies in psychiatry and how they construct the notion of preventable harm: a scoping … Patient safety strategies in psychiatry and how they construct the notion of preventable harm: a scoping … This scoping review explores patient safety strategies used in psychiatry. … These strategies primarily target reductions in suicide, self- harm, violence, and falls.

2531. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      October 14, 2020 - Findings indicate that opioid use after active cancer treatment was associated with a 15-fold increase in … risk of adverse events (including overdose) and an increased risk in adverse events related to opioid … use, including falls, fractures, and hospitalization.

2532. Reporting and second-order problem solving can turn short-term fixes into long-term remedies. | PSNet
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      May 07, 2018 - May 5, 2018 Reducing preventable harm in hospitals. … October 22, 2014 The leader's role in medical device safety. … November 2, 2012 Announcing 2009 Leapfrog top hospitals. … December 16, 2009 Fixing America's hospitals. … Care Providers Health Care Executives and Administrators Hospital Medicine Medication Safety

2533. Assessing patient safety culture: a review and synthesis of the measurement tools. | PSNet
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      July 10, 2008 - July 10, 2008 Patient safety climate in hospitals: act locally on variation across units … September 24, 2017 The association of hospital quality ratings with adverse events. … December 29, 2014 Error reporting and disclosure systems: views from hospital leaders … review: do patients know something that hospitals do not? … April 26, 2012 An inpatient fall prevention initiative in a tertiary care hospital.

2534. Promoting Best Practice and Safety Through Preprinted Physician Orders (pdf file)
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      February 08, 2008 - adjust and adapt to changes in individual hospital processes, patients, and available services. … wording to assist unit secretaries in putting orders into hospital-specific information systems. … • The schedule (and stacking) of medications can contribute to falls in the elderly. … Facts about ORYX® for hospitals, core measures and hospital quality measures. … The Joint Commission. 2007 hospital/critical access hospital national patient safety goals.

2535. HIT Based Regional Medication Management Pharmacy System (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/uc1hs014965-schmidt-final-report-2007.pdf
      January 01, 2007 - Luke’s Hospital in Duluth served as the hub hospital. … Im po rt an ce S ca le Im po rt an ce S ca le Green Zone: Definitely measure any metric falling … Yellow Zone: For metrics falling within this zone, weigh the importance of the metric to the project … Red Zone: The costs of obtaining the data for metrics falling within this zone exceed the value of the … other printer in the rural hospital.

2536. Reducing serious safety events and priority hospital-acquired conditions in a pediatric hospital with the implementation of a patient safety program. | PSNet
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      July 19, 2023 - Study Reducing serious safety events and priority hospital-acquired conditions in … Reducing Serious Safety Events and Priority Hospital-Acquired Conditions in a Pediatric Hospital with … Reducing Serious Safety Events and Priority Hospital-Acquired Conditions in a Pediatric Hospital with … hospitals. … in children's hospitals.

2537. Final Progress Report: Disseminating a Web-Enabled Safety Risk Assessment (SRA) Toolkit for Designing Safer Healthcare Facilities (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/taylor-report.pdf
      January 01, 2025 - Validation testing took place in conference rooms at three sites, one study session in Falls Church, … injuries in 2015, which translates to 115 injuries per 1,000 patient hospital stays.6 From an adverse … One study session took place in Falls Church, VA, and two were in in Philadelphia, PA. … They described their project as in the schematic design phase for a large replacement hospital. … The team was engaged in the renovation of an inpatient unit within the current hospital.

2538. HCUP_methods_series_cover.ai (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2005 - The NHAMCS national estimate falls within this range, at 37.8 ED visits per 100 persons across the … the universe of hospital EDs in each state, we compared the number of hospitals in the SEDD and the … AHA hospital counts were represented in two ways: (1) as the total number of hospitals with an ED for … Notes: a The SEDD contain only community hospitals, except in State E where one non-community hospital … This finding falls far short of the NHAMCS lower-bound national benchmark of 45 percent.

2539. Accelerating the adoption of a safety culture. | PSNet
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      July 12, 2023 - Hospital senior managers have been challenged to establish a safety culture in their organizations … January 12, 2022 Patient safety culture transformation in a children's hospital: an interprofessional … May 11, 2016 Assessing patient safety culture in hospitals across countries. … US hospitals. … in hospitals.

2540. A case that shook medicine. | PSNet
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      October 24, 2012 - Copy Citation Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Minnesota hospitals … January 23, 2012 Hospitals learn to say sorry. … March 29, 2010 Performance-based payment incentives increase burden and blame for hospital … July 3, 2016 The impossible workload for doctors in training. … July 10, 2008 Hospitals cutting nurses' long shifts.