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4801. TeamSTEPPS™: Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol3/Advances-King_1.pdf
      April 07, 2008 - Training and implementation have been provided as a whole-hospital approach, within specific specialty … Twenty- eight accounts (11 within the medical community) of the implementation of CRM training in hospitals … Carilion Clinic is planning to examine the relation between TeamSTEPPS and hospital-acquired infection … Given organizational demands associated with hospitals, it is crucial to find the appropriate interval … Director, Patient Safety Division, TRICARE Management Activity, Skyline 5, Suite 810, 5111 Leesburg Pike, Falls

4802. Patient Safety Research in Medical Group Practices: Measurement and Data Challenges (pdf file)
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      December 01, 2004 - This has resulted, in part, because hospital data is often more readily available for study, and hospitals … other organization, usually a hospital or health plan. … There is a significant body of research studying errors in hospitals. … If an error occurs in a process in the hospital, the adverse event is likely to occur in the hospital … Organizational culture studies risk serious flaws if the response rate falls below 80 percent because

4803. 4. Overlap and Coordination of Federal Agency Research Portfolios in HSR and PCR | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      June 01, 2020 - a universal bilirubin test, that the Joint Commission would issue a sentinel event alert, alerting hospitals … a large health care system and where AHRQ did studies at other hospitals who did that, as well. . . … hospitals and other health care facilities. … It’s almost the forcing event in a way, in a positive way . . . such that we’re coordinating in ways … For example, NIA and PCORI co-manage the big initiative on falls and NIA has done a number of planned

4804. 2023 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2023-nhqdr-es.pdf
      January 01, 2023 - In contrast, the number of “employed and at work” hospital and ambulatory care workers has returned … • Many rural Americans also lack access to hospital care, as 174 rural hospitals closed (i.e., either … ■ Hospitals’ share of personal health expenditures peaked at 47.8% in 1982. … The overall average hospital LOS increased by 4.3%, from 4.7 days in 2019 to 4.9 days in 2020. … Hospitals Serving Communities That Experience Higher Risk for Poor Health Outcomes Hospital Bed Capacity

4805. 2023 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2023-nhqdr-es-rev.pdf
      January 01, 2023 - In contrast, the number of “employed and at work” hospital and ambulatory care workers has returned … • Many rural Americans also lack access to hospital care, as 174 rural hospitals closed (i.e., either … ■ Hospitals’ share of personal health expenditures peaked at 47.8% in 1982. … The overall average hospital LOS increased by 4.3%, from 4.7 days in 2019 to 4.9 days in 2020. … Hospitals Serving Communities That Experience Higher Risk for Poor Health Outcomes Hospital Bed Capacity

4806. Incomplete Orders for Hypertonic Saline to Treat Hyponatremia | PSNet
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      February 23, 2022 - In patients in this state, administering solute via either isotonic or hypertonic saline leads to rapid … In 2013, an American panel of experts in hyponatremia developed additional guidance on hyponatremia treatment … dramatic overcorrection of serum sodium (>20 mEq/L) in the initial two-hour interval. … January 10, 2018 Hospital quality and patient safety competencies: development, description … Intensive Care Units Physicians Nurse Managers Quality and Safety Professionals Hospital

4807. HEALTHCARE COST AND UTILIZATION PROJECT — HCUP (pdf file)
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      September 01, 2021 - in the universe or the frame was fewer than two hospitals. … • For hospital confidentiality purposes, trauma hospitals were grouped together in the HCUP data … in the United States reported by hospitals via survey. … in the universe of the State’s hospitals. … : (0) no injury by falling, (1) injury by falling I10_INJURY_FIRE External cause of morbidity codes

4808. Comparing Patient Safety in Rural Hospitals by Bed Count (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2004 - in New York State hospitals. … For each hospital, we calculated the total number of patients falling into each DRG. … The American Hospital Association’s Annual Hospital Survey has information on all U.S. hospitals, including … Given that hospital size in the HCUP NIS were used primarily to achieve a representative sample of hospitals … Volume thresholds and hospital characteristics in the United States.

4809. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Bacteremia
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      November 01, 2019 - Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Bacteremia Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment … . faecalis Community-acquired infections Almost universally susceptible to ampicillin E. faecium Hospital-acquired … the blood falls into four general categories Contaminant (likely from skin) Bacteremia from translocation … Any practice described in this presentation must be applied by health care practitioners in accordance … in each situation they encounter.

4810. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/health-careassociated-infections_research-protocol.pdf
      August 26, 2011 - single hospitals or in units within a hospital, as well as across entire States and even between multiple … based HAI prevention strategies to be implemented in acute care hospitals. … indicate a rising or falling rate before the intervention. … Strategies to prevent surgical site infections in acute care hospitals. … Strategies to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia in acute care hospitals.

4811. Interventions to Decrease Hospital Length of Stay | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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4812. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/case-management_research-protocol.pdf
      June 06, 2011 - We define case management as a process in which a person (alone or in conjunction with a team) manages … as falls, preventable hospitalizations, or adverse drug events. … In a technical report prepared for AHRQ in 2007, these investigators reported that case management … However, many of the studies included in the report address outcomes in more than one category, and … Resource utilization, including overall financial cost, hospitalization rates, days in the hospital

4813. PowerPoint Presentation: Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Urinary Tract Infections
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      November 01, 2019 - Although patients with a symptomatic UTI may present with delirium, no evidence suggests that delirium, falls … Multicenter placebo-controlled trial of fluconazole in patients with Candida in two consecutive urine … Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use – Acute Care Improving Prescribing for ASB and UTI at Your Hospital … UTIs in men are rare in the absence of urinary tract pathology. … in each situation they encounter.

4814. Integrating Teamwork Tools into CUSP Efforts | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/integrating-teamwork-tools-cusp-efforts-transcript.html
      December 01, 2017 - questions to talk about as a group, before joining the April 7th ED coaching call hosted by the New Jersey Hospital … In 2012, she began her career at the New Jersey Hospital Association's Institute for Quality and Patient … As a clinical quality improvement manager, Shannon provides support to hospitals through quality improvement … hospitals and health care settings have adopted it across the continuum of care. … Some of the communication tools that TeamSTEPPS highlights would be the SBAR, which many of the hospitals

4815. Integrating-Teamwork-Tools-Into-Cusp-Efforts-Transcript (doc file)
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      April 07, 2015 - questions to talk about as a group, before joining the April 7th ED coaching call hosted by the New Jersey Hospital … In 2012, she began her career at the New Jersey Hospital Association's Institute for Quality and Patient … As a clinical quality improvement manager, Shannon provides support to hospitals through quality improvement … hospitals and health care settings have adopted it across the continuum of care. … Some of the communication tools that TeamSTEPPS highlights would be the SBAR, which many of the hospitals

4816. Trends in Potentially Preventable Inpatient Hospital Admissions and Emergency Department Visits (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb195-Potentially-Preventable-Hospitalizations.pdf
      December 01, 2014 - , and other hospitals, excluding hospital units of other institutions (e.g., prisons). … Beginning in 2012, long- term acute care hospitals are also excluded. … Hospitals included in the NEDS have hospital-owned emergency departments and no more than 90 percent … , and other hospitals, excluding hospital units of other institutions (e.g., prisons). … Hospitals, 2012  Statistical Brief #162, Most Frequent Conditions in U.S.

4817. Res-His (pdf file)
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      December 31, 1996 - Hospital. A stay in a bed in a hospital. Community. … hospitals. … Stays in hospitals with no flag for SNF unit will be classified as hospital stays. … {other parts of {FACILITY},} hospitals or other places. … ],} in a hospital, or in some other place?

4818. Health Information Exchange: A Frontier Model (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2009 - Progressive CAH networks in rural areas have reached well beyond the local hospitals to behavioral health … and hospitals. … Number of patient records viewed by providers in 2008 by CAH location Critical Access Hospital in … Each of the WNHIE hospitals who participated in the surveys received two individualized and confidential … As planned, the survey process was turned back over to the individual hospitals in the spring of 2009

4819. In Conversation With… Susan E. Skochelak, MD, PhD | PSNet
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      February 01, 2019 - In Conversation With… Susan E. … Things do have to be removed in order to put new material in. … RW : Our main academic hospital becomes more tertiary and quaternary every day, and we're partnering … some areas such as hospital-acquired infections.( 3,4 ) However, the magnitude of improvement has not … of these patient safety concerns, many studies have suggested the United States health care system falls

4820. Section 5, Tables 8 and 9 (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2013 - discharge. 401 adults hospitalized with CAP in 2 tertiary hospitals in Barcelona, Spain were randomly … Hospitals in which the guideline was implemented had lower readmission rates than hospitals that did … a single children’s hospital in Utah. … Eligible hospitals were enrolled in either the Hospital to Home National Quality Improvement Initiative … rate than hospitals in the lowest quartile (12.7% vs. 16.8%, p<0.001), and hospitals with the lowest