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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/impguide.html
August 01, 2022 - reference for organizational leaders who are committed to improving their response to unexpected patient harm … report, To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System , the problems associated with injury and harm … the United States provides some of the best health care in the world, unsafe health care processes harm … This statistic represents only one type of patient harm that results during the delivery of patient care … A CANDOR event is defined as an event that involves unexpected harm (physical, emotional, or financial
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/npsd/data/npsd-falls-chartbook-2023.pdf
January 01, 2023 - While the
AHRQ Harm Scale provides the following possible responses: No harm, Mild harm, Moderate … harm, Severe harm, Death, or Unknown harm, due to small counts across the categories of
Moderate to … Severe harm, this Chartbook displays falls where the EXTENT OF HARM is
categorized as No harm, Harm … (i.e., Mild harm, Moderate harm, Severe harm, or Death), or
Unknown harm. … For this figure, all Incident
reports with EXTENT OF HARM reported are displayed as either No harm, Harm
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-terminology7.html
April 01, 2025 - References
The early attention on improvement for diagnosis responded to cases of harm … problematic for diagnosis as most diagnostic errors are real but generally not tangible (except for the harm … e.g., difference between admitting and discharge diagnoses). 39,40 Near-Miss Not all errors cause harm … The concept of “error without harm” or an error rescued before harm impacts a specific patient is referred … If someone intervenes to prevent harm, it is sometimes referred to as a good catch . 11 Undesirable
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/npsd/data/npsd-medication-chartbook-2024.pdf
January 01, 2024 - The AHRQ Harm Scale captures Residual harm to the patient after any
intervention to reduce harm. … While the AHRQ Harm Scale provides the following possible
responses: No harm, Mild harm, Moderate harm … as No
harm, Harm (i.e., Mild harm, Moderate harm, Severe harm, or Death), or Unknown harm. … , moderate harm, and mild harm to the
patient. … Harm (i.e., Mild harm,
Moderate harm, Severe harm, or Death), or Unknown due to small counts across
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/npsd/Blood_Dashboard_Data_2024.xlsx
January 01, 2024 - reports by type of blood product, by the process of care involved, and by the extent of residual patient harm … Blood_2
Blood_2: Type of Blood Product by Extent of Residual Harm
Type of Blood Product No Harm Percentage … No Harm Frequency Harm Percentage Harm Frequency
Red blood cells 96.7% 2,096 3.3% 72
Plasma 98.9% … Stage of Process When Blood or Blood Product Event Originated No Harm Percentage No Harm Frequency … Harm Percentage Harm Frequency
Post-transfusion or administration 99.3% 414 * *
Unknown 98.3% 283
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www.ahrq.gov/action-alliance/commitment/index.html
October 01, 2024 - commitment strengthens the community as it continues its collective journey towards zero preventable harm … Alliance for Patient and Workforce Safety Commitment Vision Safe care everywhere, zero preventable harm … safety and well-being; and learning health system development toward our vision of zero preventable harm
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-terminology5.html
April 01, 2025 - or risk of harm. … actions, diagnostic safety can refer to two different types of harm. … harm, as used by the Joint Commission). … The goal of Safety-I is to prevent, avoid, minimize, or mitigate error and harm. … The goal is not just to prevent harm, but to achieve success.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/grand-rounds.html
August 01, 2022 - 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 … to provide excellent, high-quality medical care, but despite all of our patient safety work, patient harm … Medicare data:
13.5% of hospitalized beneficiaries experienced an adverse event.
1.5% experienced harm … An understanding of the changes that have been made to prevent harm to another patient.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/npsd/data/spotlights/spotlight-patterns-fall-interventions.pdf
September 01, 2023 - For this analysis, reported EXTENT of HARM were further dichotomized as
either No harm or Harm (i.e … ., Mild harm, Moderate harm, Severe harm or Death). … Specifically, we examined the no-harm rate,
or the percentage of falls that resulted in no harm to … harm to the patient. … Events
Resulting in
No Harm to
Patient
No-harm
Rate (%)
Low bed, Items in reach, Visible
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/npsd/data/npsd-chartbook-2019.pdf
January 01, 2019 - No Harm, or Harm (i.e., Mild harm, Moderate harm, Severe harm or Death). … No Harm, or Harm (i.e., Mild harm, Moderate harm, Severe harm or Death). … No Harm, or Harm (i.e., Mild harm, Moderate harm, Severe harm or Death). … No Harm, or Harm (i.e., Mild harm, Moderate harm, Severe harm or Death). … No harm, or Harm (i.e., Mild harm, Moderate harm, Severe harm or Death).
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/npsd/data/npsd-chartbook-2023-rev.pdf
January 01, 2023 - Residual harm is captured by AHRQ’s Harm Scale and is defined as harm to the patient after
discovery … harm, Moderate harm, Severe harm, Death, or Unknown harm. … Incident
events where the EXTENT OF HARM is categorized as No harm, Harm, or Unknown harm. … harm, Mild harm, Moderate harm, Severe harm, Death, or
Unknown harm. … events
where the EXTENT OF HARM was reported as No harm, Harm, or Unknown harm.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/candor/module1/module1-overview.pptx
June 02, 2025 - Unsafe Condition
Near Miss
No Harm Event
CANDOR
Event
Actual harm to patient
Potential patient harm … A CANDOR event is an event that involves unexpected patient harm. … The unexpected harm can be physical, emotional, or financial. … Care for the caregivers is frequently absent in the traditional response to harm. … events, and offering compensation for the patient’s harm, when appropriate.
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www.ahrq.gov/npsd/data/dashboard/index.html
September 01, 2024 - The dashboard charts detail event type, report type by event type, extent of harm by event type, event … type by extent of harm, and extent of harm. … Blood Product Dashboard Details the type of blood product involved, type of blood product by residual harm … Falls Dashboard Details the extent of harm due to falls, the presence of fall assistance, presence of … fall assistance by patient harm, type of fall injury, and fall location.
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/press-releases/new-national-healthcare-safety-dashboard.html
December 01, 2024 - New Dashboard to Track Progress Toward 50 Percent Reduction in Patient and Workforce Harm
Press Release … director on healthcare improvement efforts, has established a goal of reducing patient and workforce harm … significant step toward leveraging Departmental data to advance safe care everywhere and zero preventable harm … The NAA catalyzes change by applying known harm reduction strategies, sharing best practices and lessons
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/action-alliance/high-reliability-journey-slides.pptx
September 26, 2023 - VHA's Journey to High Reliability: Advancing Toward Zero Harm and Becoming a Learning Health System … September 26, 2023
Pre-Decisional Deliberative Document
Internal VA Use Only
Advancing Toward Zero Harm … VA Use Only
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2
VHA’s Journey to High Reliability
Foundation
Pivotal studies on patient harm … environments
Fewer than anticipated accidents or events of harm
An “accident or event of harm” could … Culture of Safety
Safety values and practices are used to prevent harm and learn from mistakes.
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-psychological-safety-1.html
September 01, 2023 - define and enumerate diagnostic errors, but we are often reminded by patients and clinicians of the harm … Successful approaches to learn from diagnostic quality and develop strategies to reduce harm from diagnostic
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/toolkit/learn-defects.html
December 01, 2012 - This could include incidents 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. … of harm) to the incident?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/sapirstein-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Learning Lab to Eliminate Patient Harm and Reduce Waste
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Principal Investigator … Apply SE framework to address a common, preventable harm in the intensive
care unit (ICU)
3. … The Causal Loop Model for Susceptibility to Preventable Harm in the ICU. … Managing Data
Requirements to Measure ICU Susceptibility to Patient Harm. … Managing data requirements to measure ICU susceptibility to patient
harm.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/action-alliance/psychological-safety-slides.pdf
March 18, 2025 - • Are you aware of any “near misses” in your area that
could have caused harm? … Psychological Safety
• Transparency is a pre-condition for patient safety*
• Clinicians involved in harm … safety
*Credit: Julie Morath
Why Do We Struggle to Respond to
Harm Events? … 9b: Implement and maintain programs for providing
appropriate ongoing support in the aftermath of harm … The Ultimate Stress Test for Psychological Safety
Why Do We Struggle to Respond to Harm Events?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/npsd/Medication_Dashboard_Data_2024.xlsx
January 01, 2024 - Harm Frequency Percent
Incorrect dose(s) No Harm 13,693 93.7%
Incorrect dose(s) Harm 916 6.3%
Incorrect … Harm 331 80.3%
Contraindicated for the patient Harm 81 19.7%
Incorrect rate No Harm 1,222 95.5%
Incorrect … rate Harm 57 4.5%
Allergen to the patient No Harm 104 75.4%
Allergen to the patient Harm 34 24.6% … Incorrect patient No Harm 1,151 96.7%
Incorrect patient Harm 39 3.3%
Incorrect preparation No Harm … medication/substance Harm * *
Multiple No Harm 2,654 87.2%
Multiple Harm 390 12.8%
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