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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/hospital/facilscanform.pdf
June 02, 2025 - error, mistake, incident, accident, or deviation,
regardless of whether or not it results in patient harm … When a mistake is made, but has no potential to harm the patient, how
often is this reported? … When a mistake is made that could harm the patient, but does not,
how often is this reported?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/science-of-safety-facguide.docx
January 01, 2017 - All too often we assume that patient harm occurs because of inexperience, lack of supervision, or bad … checks for key processes, we improve our ability to reduce the risks of adverse events resulting in harm … It asks frontline providers to think ahead and taps into their wisdom to prevent patient harm from happening
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/2023-virtual-research-meeting-summary-patient-experience.pdf
January 01, 2023 - Study of Medicare
Beneficiaries
o Session 7: Patient-Provider Communication and Reducing Patient Harm … is necessary to focus on
not only what leads to diagnostic problems, but also what to do about the harm … When it comes to harm events, it is human nature to avoid difficult
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discussions and fear punitive … in a National Study of Medicare Beneficiaries
Patient-Provider Communication and Reducing Patient Harm … in a National Study of Medicare Beneficiaries
Patient-Provider Communication and Reducing Patient Harm
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/MeasureDx-infographic.pdf
July 01, 2022 - Measure Dx: Making Diagnostic Safety Your Measurement Priority
Measure Dx
Making Diagnostic Safety Your
Measurement Priority
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Why
Diagnostic errors
are common,
harmful, and costly.
1 in 20 adults
will experience a diagnostic error
in the outpatient setting every year.a
About
250,000
harmful diagnostic erro…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/interimhac2013-ap3.html
December 01, 2014 - Efforts To Improve Patient Safety Result in 1.3 Million Fewer Patient Harms
Interim Update on 2013 Annual Hospital-Acquired Condition Rate and Estimates of Cost Savings and Deaths Averted From 2010 to 2013
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Table of Contents
Efforts To Improve Patient Safety Result in 1.3 Mill…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/databases/nursing-home/2025-nursing-home-database-report-appendix.pdf
January 01, 2025 - (Item B5)
81% 82% 79%
Staff tell someone if they see something that might harm a
resident. … (Item B5)
78% 81% 86%
Staff tell someone if they see something that might harm a resident. … (Item B5)
78% 88%
Staff tell someone if they see something that might harm a resident. … (Item B6) 85% 90%
In this nursing home, we discuss ways to keep residents safe from harm. … (Item B5) 84% 75% 71%
Staff tell someone if they see something that might harm a resident.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/esrd/using-checklists/checklistandauditslides.pptx
September 03, 2014 - Hand hygiene
Hand hygiene is an essential component of preventing harm in hemodialysis patients. … Reduce and remove catheters
Catheters contribute to patient harm. … promptly removing them whenever possible, facilities can reduce infection rates and instances of patient harm … the holes symbolize the opportunities for defects to permeate established systems and cause patient harm … Ask yourselves, how did we get this close to a harm, not, how did we manage to avoid it?
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/modules/identify/index.html
July 01, 2018 - negative events in your system and apply CUSP and Sensemaking tools to help reduce the risk of future harm
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/toolkit/content-calls/best-practices-slides/slides.html
October 01, 2014 - Tennessee Hospital Association Board Aim
Vision: Healthier, Safer Tennessee
Aim: Zero Preventable Harm … performance on public measures
Priorities
Focus on achieving THA Board Aim of Zero Preventable Harm
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/phys-championsgd/refs.html
October 01, 2015 - Infections
Preamble and Summary
Epidemiology of Invasive Devices and Complications
Examples of Patient Harm … Avoiding potential harm by improving appropriateness of urinary catheter use in 18 emergency departments … Engaging healthcare workers to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infection and avert patient harm
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/patients-families/consumer-exp/reporting/chapter7.html
August 01, 2022 - Temporal trends in rates of patient harm resulting from medical care.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/modules/engage/exec-notes.html
December 01, 2012 - Holds Staff Accountable for Reducing Patient Harm
Slide 16. … example of adaptive work in which CUSP teams help unit staff understand the effects of preventable harm … Text Description
Return to Contents
Slide 15: Holds Staff Accountable for Reducing Patient Harm … risks because team members are responsible for holding each other accountable for reducing patient harm … Infection rate data, stories of recent near-misses, or instances of harm are imperative for the executive
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/action-alliance/CMS-Aug-23-board-session.pdf
August 22, 2023 - 2022
• Call to action: recommitment to advance patient and workforce safety to move towards zero
harm … by the Veterans Health
Administration
“VHA’s Journey to High Reliability: Advancing Toward Zero Harm … Our Board understands harm but does not resource and support the
improvement needs and leadership … • Review of harm reporting timeliness communication with patients … Board reviews the health system’s approach to disclosure following occurrences of harm to patients and
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/modules/onboarding/onboarding_scienceofsafety_facnotes.docx
December 01, 2017 - checks for key processes, we improve our ability to reduce the risks of adverse events resulting in harm … Anything that might lead to preventable patient harm is a defect. … · What can we do to prevent that harm? … Please note that the tool does not ask how an individual provider will harm a patient but rather, seeks … to identify threats in the patient clinical area that can result in harm and HAIs.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/132-preventing-clabsi-4-key-steps-one-pager.docx
October 01, 2024 - These central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) cause significant harm to patients and … Guide (.docx)17
References
Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI) Prevention To Reduce Harm
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/staff-safety-asst.docx
January 01, 2017 - What do you think can be done to prevent or minimize this harm?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/evidence-based-reports/services/quality/patientsftyupdate/ptsafetysum.pdf
March 01, 2013 - In the past 2 years, three studies
have found high rates of preventable harm in hospitals,4-6
one of … Most PSP evaluators have not explicitly
assessed the possibility of harm. … Consequently, this domain
includes evidence of both actual harm and the potential
for harm. … harm;
in some cases, the evidence was too sparse to provide a
rating. … Temporal trends in
rates of patient harm resulting from medical care.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/news/events/ahrq-research-summit/epner-summit2016-wrapup.pdf
September 28, 2016 - • Mission
The Society catalyzes and leads change to
improve diagnosis and eliminate harm, in
partnership … Objective - Identify and disseminate effective
tools for improving diagnostic performance and
reducing harm
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/distributed-cognition-er-nurses5.html
August 01, 2022 - diagnostic safety through the lens of distributed cognition would be a major advance in the quest to limit harm
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/phys-championsgd/section9.html
October 01, 2015 - Infections
Preamble and Summary
Epidemiology of Invasive Devices and Complications
Examples of Patient Harm