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  1. Making Healthcare Safer Practices: 16. Venous Thromboembolism (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/venous-thromboembolism-1.pdf
    March 01, 2020 - Prevention of VTE in orthopedic surgery patients: Antithrombotic Therapy and Prevention of Thrombosis … A systematic review on the use of aspirin in the prevention of deep vein thrombosis in major elective … Prevention methods include both mechanical and pharmacologic prophylaxis. … Prevention of VTE in orthopedic surgery patients: Antithrombotic Therapy and Prevention of Thrombosis … Aspirin and the prevention of venous thromboembolism following total join arthroplasty.

  2. Diagnostic Errors: A New Chapter in Patient Safety Science, Policy, and Practice | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/diagnostic-errors-new-chapter-patient-safety-science-policy-and-practice
    January 01, 2016 - First, diagnostic errors are often confused with errors of screening, prevention, and management and

  3. Spotlight (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2021-09/spotlight_lost_in_transitions_of_care_09.22.2021_final.pdf
    January 01, 2021 - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. … Center for Disease Control and Prevention. … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

  4. In Conversation with... Kathleen Sanford and Sue Schuelke about Virtual Nursing | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-kathleen-sanford-and-sue-schuelke-about-virtual-nursing
    August 30, 2023 - VIC takes some of the pressure off of the nurses on the floor with good catches and error prevention. … July 23, 2024 Patient Safety Innovations Suicide Prevention

  5. Virtual Nursing: Improving Patient Care and Meeting Workforce Challenges | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/virtual-nursing-improving-patient-care-and-meeting-workforce-challenges
    August 30, 2023 - VIC takes some of the pressure off of the nurses on the floor with good catches and error prevention. … July 23, 2024 Patient Safety Innovations Suicide Prevention

  6. THE HCUP NATIONWIDE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT SAMPLE (NEDS), 2013

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/neds/NEDS_Introduction_2013.jsp
    January 01, 2013 - Sponsored by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) of the DHHS' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … Sponsored by the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) of the DHHS' CDC and the US … or submersion, (1) injury by drowning or submersion INJURY_FALL E Codes indicate injury by falling … : (0) no injury by falling, (1) injury by falling INJURY_FIRE E Codes indicate injury by fire … Mechanism Cutting/piercing 2,188,783 2,329,422 Drowning/submersion 12,900 5,539 Falling

  7. HEALTHCARE COST AND UTILIZATION PROJECT — HCUP (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/neds/NEDS_Introduction_2009.pdf
    January 01, 2009 - by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) of the DHHS’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … Sponsored by the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) of the DHHS’ CDC and the … drowning or submersion, (1) injury by drowning or submersion INJURY_FALL E Codes indicate injury by falling … : (0) no injury by falling, (1) injury by falling INJURY_FIRE E Codes indicate injury by fire, flame … Cutting/piercing 2,296,414 2,730,103 2,193,754 Drowning/submersion 17,961 36,858 6,519 Falling

  8. HEALTHCARE COST AND UTILIZATION PROJECT — HCUP (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/neds/NEDS2011Introduction01142014.pdf
    November 01, 2015 - by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) of the DHHS’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … Sponsored by the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) of the DHHS’ CDC and the … drowning or submersion, (1) injury by drowning or submersion INJURY_FALL E Codes indicate injury by falling … : (0) no injury by falling, (1) injury by falling INJURY_FIRE E Codes indicate injury by fire, flame … Mechanism Cutting/piercing 2,307,656 2,412,603 Drowning/submersion 13,665 7,561 Falling

  9. HEALTHCARE COST AND UTILIZATION PROJECT — HCUP (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/neds/NEDS2009Introductionv3.pdf
    September 01, 2011 - by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) of the DHHS’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … Sponsored by the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) of the DHHS’ CDC and the … drowning or submersion, (1) injury by drowning or submersion INJURY_FALL E Codes indicate injury by falling … : (0) no injury by falling, (1) injury by falling INJURY_FIRE E Codes indicate injury by fire, flame … Cutting/piercing 2,296,414 2,730,103 2,193,754 Drowning/submersion 17,961 36,858 6,519 Falling

  10. HEALTHCARE COST AND UTILIZATION PROJECT — HCUP (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/neds/NEDS2010Introductionv3.pdf
    November 01, 2015 - by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) of the DHHS’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … Sponsored by the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) of the DHHS’ CDC and the … drowning or submersion, (1) injury by drowning or submersion INJURY_FALL E Codes indicate injury by falling … : (0) no injury by falling, (1) injury by falling INJURY_FIRE E Codes indicate injury by fire, flame … Cutting/piercing 2,331,445 2,336,523 2,375,545 Drowning/submersion 15,729 26,736 7,645 Falling

  11. Archived: Evidence Summary: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/obesity-in-children-and-adolescents-screening-june-2017
    June 20, 2017 - Trials were required to target individuals meeting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC … Results rarely allowed determining the proportion of children falling below obesity and overweight thresholds … Population-based childhood overweight prevention: outcomes of the "Be Active, Eat Right" study. … Pediatric primary care-based obesity prevention for parents of preschool children: a pilot study. … Telephone-based adiposity prevention for families with overweight children (T.A.F.F.

  12. Best Practices in Public Reporting No. 2: Maximizing Consumer Understanding of Public Comparative Quality Reports: Effective Use of Explanatory Information | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/public-reporting/guide2.html
    June 01, 2017 - does not cause harm," which would include measures such as surgical infection rates or injuries from falls … of responses to them: Patient safety measures, such as measures of the frequency of infections, falls

  13. Best Practices in Public Reporting No. 2: Maximizing Consumer Understanding of Public Comparative Quality Reports: Effective Use of Explanatory Information (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/public-reporting/report-2-public-reporting.pdf
    June 01, 2010 - does not cause harm,” which would include measures such as surgical infection rates or injuries from falls … of responses to them: o Patient safety measures, such as measures of the frequency of infections, falls

  14. Final Progress Report: Exploratory Study Using Queuing Theory To Improve Nurse Staffing Effectiveness (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-10/stone-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - include the following: 1) NIC 6486 and 6490 combined Environmental Management: Safety and/or Fall Prevention … Embolus precautions 13.47 (7.73) 2-30 16-30 6486/6490 Environmental management: Safety and/or fall prevention

  15. Microsoft Word - NHDR6-HCUPMethodsReport v7.doc (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2008_06.pdf
    January 01, 2008 - The AHRQ QIs used for the NHDR include four sets of measures: • Prevention Quality Indicators … Description Prevention Quality Indicators PQI 1 Admissions for diabetes with short-term complications … fracture for adults per 1,000 surgical patients age 18 years and older who were not susceptible to falling … AHRQ Quality Indicators—Guide to Prevention Quality Indicators: Hospital Admission for Ambulatory Care

  16. Webinar Transcript: Better Care, Healthier People and Communities, More Affordable Care: 5 Years of the National Quality Strategy | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/workingforquality/events/webinar-better-care-healthier-communities.html
    November 01, 2016 - These are cross-cutting issues: patient safety, person- and family-centered care, care coordination, prevention … support and improve the social and emotional health of young children and families and we do that through prevention … projects that are administrative, in addition to ones based on clinical care, health promotion and disease prevention … For the Quality and Disparities Report, we observed significant improvements in adverse events and falling

  17. Final Progress Report: Mining complex clinical data for patient safety research (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/hripcsak-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - light on the source of errors and to provide clues to facilitate error detection and, in the future, prevention … grant to elucidate cognitive causes of errors that may, in turn, be used to improve detection and prevention

  18. In Conversation with...Dean Schillinger, MD | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-withdean-schillinger-md
    March 01, 2009 - Francisco, Director of the UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations, and Chief of the California Diabetes Prevention … Medication errors in chemotherapy: incidence, types and involvement of patients in prevention

  19. Some Patients Can't Wait: Improving Timeliness of Emergency Department Care | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/some-patients-cant-wait-improving-timeliness-emergency-department-care
    November 25, 2020 - Suicide Prevention. Website: http://www.jointcommission.org . Accessed February 3, 2020.

  20. Statistical Brief #147

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb147.jsp
    January 01, 2013 - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that between 1976 and 2007 influenza-related … MMWR. 2010;59(33):1057-1062. 3 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. … Prevention and Control of Influenza with Vaccines: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization
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