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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/management/visual/visual-mgmt.pptx
May 01, 2017 - Ambulatory Surgery
Management Practices for Sustainability
Key outcome measures
Days since last harm … 221
Werner 111
Carletta 221
Safety training chart Date Revised
Number of
Procedures since
last harm … Date Opportunity Action Results
Smith ASC Excellence in Safety: No Harm … Keep track of count of procedures since last harm incident each day update the board. … ###1
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Safety Check
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Our Surgery Center “Excellence in Safety: No Harm
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/129-ss-blank-lfd.docx
April 01, 2025 - This could include incidents, such as a surgical site infection (SSI), that you believe caused patient harm … or put patients at risk for significant harm. … Negative contributing factors are those that harmed or increased the risk of harm for a patient. … Positive contributing factors limited the amount of harm. … harm) to the incident?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/modules/implementation/imp_learn_from_defects.pptx
December 01, 2017 - A defect can be a specific harm to a patient. … 2) What can you do to prevent this harm or SSI? … ASK:
Did the factor increase the harm or the risk for harm or decrease it? … What can I do to prevent that harm? … What can I do to prevent that harm?
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www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/curriculum/mutual/tools/rule.html
May 01, 2023 - requested clarification but the response or confirmation does not ease the concern about potential harm … the Two-Challenge Rule to situations where the patient or another team member may be at high risk of harm … Can you think of times when using this rule could have prevented harm to a patient?
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www.ahrq.gov/action-alliance/national-measures/index.html
April 01, 2025 - National Action Alliance for Patient and Workforce Safety is "safe care everywhere, zero preventable harm … for all," with a goal to reduce patient and workforce harm by 50 percent from its pandemic-driven high
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/124-cusp-science-safety-fg.docx
April 01, 2025 - Slide 2
Patient Safety and Preventable Harm
SAY:
Healthcare has focused on safety since the Institute … Infections
SAY:
The risk of healthcare-associated infections, or HAIs, is a major contributor to patient harm … The impact of preventable harm on the ability to provide safe, effective, and value-based healthcare … their colleagues how they think the next patient will be harmed and what can be done to prevent that harm … Slide 29
Key Takeaways
SAY:
In conclusion, patient harm is largely preventable.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/npsd/Fall_Dashboard_Data_2024.xlsx
January 01, 2024 - tables include the relative frequencies of reports by age group, by the extent of residual patient harm … of Frequent Intervention Patterns Among Patients Ambulating Prior to Falls that Resulted in Residual Harm … Frequent Intervention Patterns Among Patients Ambulating Prior to Falls that Resulted in NO Residual Harm … of Frequent Intervention Patterns Among Patients Toileting Prior to Falls that Resulted in Residual Harm … NO Residual Harm Falls_10
Comparison of Frequent Intervention Patterns for Falls that Resulted in
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/candor/module5/module5-response-disclosure-notes.pptx
August 21, 2015 - Engages in subsequent disclosure communications with the patient/family about the harm event. … designated communicator will engage in followup communication with the patient and/or family about the harm … The patient and/or family have a reasonable expectation to be informed when a harm event has occurred … Patients and families can be engaged as partners in organizational discussions about harm prevention … training appropriate individuals to communicate with patients, families, and staff after a patient harm
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/labor-delivery/perinatal-care/modules/teamwork/assessment.html
July 01, 2023 - Include any relevant examples that you observed/were concerned about involving patient harm that could … Please describe what you think can be done to prevent or minimize this harm.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/patients-families/consumer-exp/reporting/exh3.html
August 01, 2022 - Type of event: harm event, no harm event, near miss.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/hall1-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - The occurrence of harm was also
determined. … Fourteen (7%) of the reported events were associated with patient
harm. … When there was enough information, both reviewers had to agree on
the occurrence of harm. … In a majority of cases, there was no clear report on
harm. … For both reporting systems, 7% of the reported events
were determined to have caused harm.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/toolkit/cusp.html
October 01, 2024 - the frontline staff and focuses on promoting changes in thinking and behavior to reduce preventable harm … In this section, we take a step back and observe the impact of medical errors and preventable harm and … Psychological Safety CUSP encourages – and relies – on frontline staff to speak up if they observe preventable harm
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/perinatal-care/modules/teamwork/sensemaking/learn-from-defects-facilitator-guide.docx
May 01, 2017 - Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program, or CUSP, Sensemaking tools to help reduce the risk of future harm … the holes symbolize the opportunities for defects to permeate established systems and cause patient harm … What can be done to minimize harm or prevent safety hazards? … of safety assessment by completing the following:
List all defects that have the potential to cause harm … The consequent event is described in terms of the event’s consequences:
Harm that did happen
Harm that
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/candor/module3/mod03-gap-analysis-guide.pdf
April 01, 2016 - Are bills for hospital or professional fees waived if inappropriate care caused harm?
6. … Is followup provided for staff involved in harm events? … Are the costs associated with inappropriate care-
related harm events tracked and trended? … Are bills for hospital or professional fees waived if
inappropriate care caused harm? … Is followup provided for staff involved in harm
events?
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www.ahrq.gov/action-alliance/overview/contact.html
June 01, 2024 - helping to realize the National Action Alliance's vision of safe care everywhere and zero preventable harm
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-04/elder-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - In addition,
events had been assigned to a severity of harm category, ranging from no harm to a range … and 141 events with no harm to
classify into the initial Human Factors-Testing Process model. … and no-harm events. … 4.
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In both the harm and no-harm groups, the return of results step had the largest number of … Rural
community members’ perceptions of harm from medical mistakes.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/Devine.pdf
July 01, 2003 - temporary patient harm
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An error occurred that resulted in initial or prolonged hospitalization … and caused temporary patient harm
G An error occurred that resulted in permanent patient harm
H … basis, could result
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in patient harm, and consequently … A copy of the Laboratory Harm Table is available from
the investigators. … The team reasoned that drug-disease interactions are addressed, in part, by the
Laboratory Harm Table
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/robinson-papp-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - To do so without causing harm, particularly in populations at
risk for disparities such as PWH and chronic … functional treatment goals, opioid agreements,
prescription drug monitoring programs, opioid benefit/harm … Follow-up and re-evaluate risk of harm within 1-4 weeks of a dose increase and at least every 3 months … otherwise;
reduce dose or taper and discontinue if harm outweighs benefit.
8. … To be more precise, the harm to some pain patients that occurred following the CDCOPG is actually the
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Scanlon_62.pdf
March 25, 2008 - Although injury-based metrics might aid the prevention of harm,
limitations include poor discrimination … Additionally, not all patient harm is preventable. … be discharged without accurate documentation and coding to reflect the harm event. … This is particularly true of “near-miss” and “no-
harm” errors, which do not cause harm and yet might … herald significant potential harm to
patients.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/candor/grandrounds/mod01-grand-rounds-slides.pdf
April 01, 2016 - Some organizations struggle to improve the way they
and their care teams respond to medical harm. … Video: Do Less Harm
Slide 2
Say:
Today’s Presentation Goals are to:
■ Highlight the gap between … provide excellent, high-quality medical care, but
despite all of our patient safety work, patient harm … ■ 1.5% experienced harm that contributed to their death. … ■ An understanding of the changes that have been made to prevent harm to
another patient.