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  1. Safety Across The Board | PSNet

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    August 31, 2020 - When I began looking for my next position in 2005/2006, I was already very focused on safety, prevention … Perspective The Ongoing Journey to Prevent Patient Falls … December 18, 2024 Patient Safety Innovations Suicide Prevention

  2. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    April 01, 2018 - The rates of infection, bleeding, blood clots, and falls were increasing—in addition to the risk of … health care system more positive and focused not only on acute management but also on recovery and prevention

  3. Diagnostic Safety Resource List (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/medical-office/diagnostic-safety-resources.pdf
    May 01, 2023 - It thus potentially prevents diagnostic errors by preventing patients from “falling through the cracks … Toolkit http://www.macoalition.org/Initiatives/CCTRToolkit.shtml The Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention

  4. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/medical-test-reviews-intro.ppt
    June 01, 2012 - diagram illustrates the different stages during the systematic review process and which stage each module falls

  5. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/medical-test-reviews-intro.ppt
    June 01, 2012 - diagram illustrates the different stages during the systematic review process and which stage each module falls

  6. Background Report on request for public comment on initial, recommended core set of Children's Healthcare Quality Measures for voluntary use by Medicaid and CHIP Programs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    December 01, 2009 - Number of Medicaid and CHIP Enrollees At Risk of Poor Healthcare Quality PREVENTION AND HEALTH … types and rigor of studies at various levels of evidence depend on the study purposes (e.g., therapy/prevention … or identified as documentation of underlying scientific soundness for the measures were therapy or prevention … Quality (US DHHS) AMA American Medical Association CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Summary of Health Statistics U.S.

  7. Elopement | PSNet

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    July 14, 2010 - These protocols should include assessment and prevention procedures to reduce the risk of harm for patients

  8. The Pains of Chronic Opioid Usage | PSNet

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    April 04, 2018 - serious adverse effects including death.( 1,19 ) In 2012, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. … Relieving Pain in America: A Blueprint for Transforming Prevention, Care, Education, and Research. … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

  9. Final Report: Using Risk Models To Improve Safety With Dispensing High-Alert Medications in Community Pharmacies (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2024 - errors was estimated to exceed safe limits; most erroneous doses/strengths had a high probability of falling … agreed that community pharmacists have a duty to capture wrong dose prescribing errors only if the dose falls … If the dose falls within a safe range but requires an adjustment based on medical information about … Implications for prevention. ADE Prevention Study Group. … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

  10. Horizon Scanning_Rapid Cost Analyses of Selected Potential High-Impact Intervention Reports (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2015 - competitors in the field, but as additional high-priced implants emerge on the market and as reimbursement falls … Stroke prevention is accomplished by occluding the LAA opening to prevent clots that have formed in … Sales of oral anti-depressants have been falling over the past 10 years and are projected to continue … Emtricitabine/Tenofovir (Truvada) for Prevention of HIV Infection The U.S. … The ED’s physical layout may pose a risk of falls for elderly patients, narrow and thin mattresses increase

  11. Strategy 3: Nurse Bedside Shift Report Implementation Handbook (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy3/Strat3_Implement_Hndbook_508.pdf
    August 01, 2010 - improves patient safety and service delivery.2,3 For example, one study showed a decrease in patient falls … during change of shift, dropping from one to two patient falls per month to one patient fall in six … number of call lights by the end of shift report within 2 months” or “reduce the number of patient falls … vascular catheter-associated infections by 10 percent in 3 months • Reduce the incidence of patient falls

  12. National Healthcare Quality And Disparities Report Patient Safety Chartbook (pdf file)

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    October 01, 2018 - , adults • Postoperative hip fracture per 1,000 surgical admissions who were not susceptible to falling … Pressure Ulcers Adverse Drug Events Physician-Diagnosed Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections Falls … Pressure Ulcers Adverse Drug Events Physician-Diagnosed Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections Falls … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

  13. Evidence Summary: Depression and Suicide Risk in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

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    June 20, 2023 - level at baseline, screening interventions were associated with a greater likelihood of remission or falling … populations and in perinatal populations in particular demonstrate increased rates of depression remission or falling … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2019. 4. US Preventive Services Task Force. … National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2017. … symptomatology: OR, 0.60 (95% CI, 0.50 to 0.73); 8 studies (n = 10,244); I 2 = 0% Remission or falling

  14. Preventive Services for Food Insecurity: Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/kGvn_HBPEEdfu2rs38VN8_
    March 11, 2025 - individuals at USPSTF federal partner agencies (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Office of Disease Prevention … Meeting individual social needs falls short of addressing social determinants of health. … November 10, 2021. https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/ meeting-individual-social-needs-falls-short

  15. Depression and Suicide Risk Screening: Updated Evidence Summary and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)

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    September 09, 2021 - level at baseline, screening interventions were associated with a greater likelihood of remission or falling … populations and in perinatal populations in particular demonstrate increased rates of depression remission or falling … important symptomatology: OR, 0.60 (95% CI, 0.50 to 0.73); 8 studies (n = 10 244); I2 = 0% Remission or falling … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2019. 4. US Preventive Services Task Force. … National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2017.

  16. Systems Change: Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/decisionmakers/systems/index.html
    December 01, 2012 - not require clinical training in tobacco dependence treatment. 373 The National Cancer Institute's Prevention … A recent report of the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that tobacco … only clinically effective, but also extremely cost-effective relative to other commonly used disease prevention … , 384-389 In general, evidence-based tobacco use interventions compare quite favorably with other prevention … health care costs typically increase during the year in which smokers quit then decline progressively, falling

  17. Complaints as Safety Surveillance | PSNet

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    May 05, 2021 - Complaints as Safety Surveillance Citation Text: Morris JL, Bismark M. Complaints as Safety Surveillance. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2016. Copy Citation Format: Google Scholar BibTeX EndNote X3 XML E…

  18. In Conversation With... Anjali Joseph, PhD, EDAC and Molly M. Scanlon, PhD, FAIA, FACHA | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-anjali-joseph-phd-edac-and-molly-m-scanlon-phd-faia-facha
    June 30, 2021 - WHO [World Health Organization] and CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] documents had mentioned … Understanding the Role of Health Care Facility Design in the Acquisition and Prevention of HAIs. … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Updated March 17, 2021. Accessed March 24, 2021.

  19. COVID-19 and the Built Environment | PSNet

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    June 30, 2021 - Understanding the Role of Health Care Facility Design in the Acquisition and Prevention of HAIs. … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Updated March 17, 2021. Accessed March 24, 2021. … WHO [World Health Organization] and CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] documents had mentioned

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

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/ambulatory-safety.pdf
    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 … Investigator: James Thomas Veline Grant No. 1R18HS017149-01 Applicant Institution: Avera Health, Sioux Falls
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