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  1. Measure Descriptions for Daily Early Mobility: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/technical/daily-early-mobility-slides.html
    February 01, 2017 - Measure Descriptions for Daily Early Mobility: Slide Presentation AHRQ Safety Program for Mechanically Ventilated Patients Slide 1: AHRQ Safety Program for Mechanically Ventilated Patients Measure Descriptions for Daily Early Mobility Slide 2: Learning Objectives After this session, you will be able…

  2. Why Should Your Practice Focus on Improving Antibiotic Prescribing? – Facilitator Guide (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/antibiotic-prescribing-guide.docx
    September 01, 2022 - She complains of difficulty falling asleep but otherwise reports feeling well.  

  3. Strategy 3: Bedside Shift Report (Tool 3) (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy3/Strat3_Tool_3_Pres_video_508.pdf
    June 02, 2025 - Strategy 3: Bedside Shift Report (Tool 3) Guide to Patient & Family Engagement Insert hospital logo here Nurse Bedside Shift Report Training [Hospital Name | Presenter name and title | Date of presentation] Strategy 3: Nurse Bedside Shift Report (Tool 3) Today’s session • What is patient and famil…

  4. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    September 01, 2023 - Strategies for Improving Clinician Psychological Safety in Reporting and Discussing Diagnostic Error References Previous Page   Table of Contents Strategies for Improving Clinician Psychological Safety in Reporting and Discussing Diagnostic Error Learning From Diagnostic Errors The Potential of …

  5. EvidenceNow Executive Summary - Oklahoma Cooperative (pdf file)

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    November 01, 2017 - practices have the evidence they need to help their patients adopt the ABCS of cardiovascular disease prevention

  6. Topics | PSNet

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    March 03, 2025 - Delirium Go to this topic Nosocomial Infections Go to this topic Patient Falls

  7. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    May 01, 2014 - across different points of care.(23) Pharmacists, who have been shown to play an important role in the prevention

  8. Impatient Inpatient Dosing | PSNet

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    June 24, 2020 - SPOTLIGHT CASE Impatient Inpatient Dosing Citation Text: White RH. Impatient Inpatient Dosing. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2005. Copy Citation Format: Google Scholar BibTeX EndNote X3 XML E…

  9. Final Progress Report: Real-time assessment of risk factors for medication errors (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Real-time assessment of risk factors for medication errors Title of Project Real-time assessment of risk factors for medication errors Principle Investigator and Team Members Timothy Dresselhaus, MD, MPH (principal investigator) Matthew Weinger, MD (co-principal investigator) Thomas Rutled…

  10. Getting a Good Report Card: Unintended Consequences of the Public Reporting of Hospital Quality | PSNet

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    October 01, 2004 - Smoking cessation advice/counseling Appropriate Initial Antibiotic Selection Surgical Infection Prevention

  11. final Fibromyalgia CER protocol_3-31-14 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/fibromyalgia_research-protocol.pdf
    April 03, 2014 - and altered drug tolerance from pharmaceutical therapies for fibromyalgia, increasing the risk for falls … ) § Adverse effects from non-pharmaceutical treatments (such as muscle aches, minor injuries or falls … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Fibromyalgia. … In: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, editor; 2012. 2.

  12. Surveys on Patient Safety Culture (SOPS) Hospital 1.0 Survey: 2021 User Database Report Part I (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/hsops1-database-report-part-I.pdf
    March 01, 2021 - ile Max Item 1 36% 11.26% 8% 10% 25% 35% 49% 62% 96% If your hospital’s score is 55%, your score falls … here: If your hospital’s score is 65%, your score falls here: 2021 SOPS Hospital 1.0 Database Report … 54 If your hospital’s score is 55 percent positive, it falls above the 75th percentile (but below … If your hospital’s score is 65 percent positive, it falls above the 90th percentile, meaning your hospital

  13. Integrating Primary Care Practices and Community-based Resources to Manage Obesity (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/obesity-pcpresources.pdf
    May 01, 2014 - Hastings, M.Div., Chronic Disease Programs Manager, Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention … ORPRN research focuses on chronic disease prevention, practice transformation, and health services research … • 18.5 to 24.9, it falls within the "normal" weight range. … • 25.0 to 29.9, it falls within the "overweight" range. … • 30.0 or higher, it falls within the "obese" range.

  14. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    December 18, 2024 - Closed continuous drainage of cerebrospinal fluid via a lumbar subarachnoid catheter for treatment or prevention

  15. Environmental Scan of Patient Safety Education and Training Programs (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/final-reports/environmental-scan-programs/envptscan.pdf
    June 01, 2013 - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ, via https://psnet.ahrq.gov/glossary) The prevention … The avoidance, prevention, and amelioration of adverse outcomes or injuries stemming from the processes … The prevention of harm to patients. … refined this meta-definition to establish the final definition below: Patient safety is the prevention … 426 Medical Complications 26 429 -- Delirium 2 427 -- Nosocomial Infections 3 450 -- Patient Falls

  16. Statewide Telehealth Program Enhances Access to Care, Improves Outcomes for High-Risk Pregnancies in Rural Area | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/innovation/statewide-telehealth-program-enhances-access-care-improves-outcomes-high-risk
    November 13, 2024 - maternal mortality compared to national average: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … April 17, 2024 Patient Safety Innovations Preventing Falls … Through Patient and Family Engagement to Create Customized Prevention Plans May 31, 2023

  17. Chronic Kidney Disease Stages 1-3: Screening, Monitoring, and Treatment (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/kidney-disease-medicine_disposition-comments.pdf
    August 01, 2012 - We agree with the reviewer that prevention of side-effects from medications and procedures is an important … We did not identify an RCT that reported prevention of procedure or medication related complications … According to Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and … However, it is an observational study and therefore falls outside the types of studies included in … previously, has to be all or none as one can not know beforehand that a particular serum creatinine falls

  18. PII: S0749-3797(01)00255-0 (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2001 - .8 In men, mean TC increases steadily from early adulthood to middle age and then reaches a plateau, falling … in primary prevention. … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Center for Health Statistics. … Washington, DC: Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promo- tion, U.S. … Coronary Prevention Study Group.

  19. Final Progress Report: Pursuing Perfection in Pediatric Therapeutics (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/lannon2-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - SPS has reduced falls by 81%, ventilator-associated pneumonias by 47%, adverse drug events by 42%, and … Innovation, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … NPC-QIC Improvement/outcomes Frank G, Walsh KE, Wooton S, et al Impact of a Pressure Injury Prevention

  20. In Conversation With… Jack Needleman, PhD | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-jack-needleman-phd
    September 01, 2012 - Patients are at risk of falls. … The "solution" is an assessment form and an action plan related to the risk of falls.
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