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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/research/engaging-challenging-full.pdf
May 01, 2024 - Overdiagnosis: an underrecognized cause of confusion and harm in cancer
screening. … Mammography for breast cancer screening:
harm/benefit analysis. … deadopt* OR
“de-adopt*”) OR TI (Deimplement*
OR "de-implement*" OR "Medical
Overuse" OR "Patient Harm … breast cancer screening emphasizes
harms of screening: “Mammography for Breast
Cancer Screening: Harm … OR ((inappropriate OR
appropriate) AND (management OR screening OR use)) OR "harmful service*" OR (harm
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/6_TK1_T2-Talking_with_Residents_Family_Members_Final.docx
October 01, 2016 - .
· Unneeded antibiotics can do more harm than good.
· Before taking an antibiotic, it is important to … understand how antibiotics could harm or hurt your family member.
· Although we cannot be certain that … Decrease the likelihood that residents experience any harm, including C. diff infections and antibiotic
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/index.html
June 01, 2025 - warnings for drug-drug interactions are appropriate and useful to clinicians and pharmacists, reducing harm
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/on-boarding/science-of-safety-slides.html
December 01, 2017 - What can be done to prevent or minimize this harm? … Severity of harm the defect causes.
Frequency of the defect occurrence. … A research framework for reducing patient harm. Oxford Journals 2011;52(4):507-513.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/urine-culturing-notes.docx
April 01, 2022 - Also, there is Clostridioides difficile diarrhea, the harm and discomfort of central access for antibiotics … Yes, this does help us avoid financial penalties, but more importantly, it’s what is best to prevent harm … patient is asymptomatic.
· Make sure staff know and understand that inappropriate urine culturing causes harm
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-trautner.html
October 01, 2023 - Grantee Profile
Reducing Harms from Unsafe Use of Antibiotics and Preventing the Spread of Antibiotic Resistance
Barbara Wells Trautner, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Infectious Diseases and Health Services Research
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
Baylor College of Medicine
Barbara Wells Trau…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/hospitalscanform.doc
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/patientsafetyculture/hospital/resources/hospscanform.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/sops/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/hospitalscanform.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/2024-03/kennerly-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - trigger identified in a chart, the nurse auditors searched for evidence of an AE
involving patient harm … Error
Reporting and Prevention (NCC MERP) index.2 The audit tool targets AEs linked with patient harm … , so only levels
E (an error occurred that contributed to or resulted in temporary harm [or risk] to … greater than E on the NCC MERP index, given that harm
was experienced;
• The probability that the … at the F through I levels, given that harm
occurred.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/modules/notes2.html
August 01, 2022 - Transparency is also vital in addressing system factors that may contribute to harm. … choices should be emphasized more than the outcome of the choices, which may or may not have resulted in harm … recognize when they are engaging in at-risk behavior and how their behavior might cause unjustifiable harm
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/mcfarland-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - SCOPE
Background, Context
Harm to patients from provision of healthcare is a substantial problem … It is
reasonable to assume that outpatients may also be at risk of harm from the healthcare system. … patients & visitors or present a risk of harm.” … If there is no harm to a patient, there is
no need to address an error. … Competent clinicians do not make
patient safety errors that lead to
patient harm.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/action-alliance/engineering-safety-practice/safety-engineering-strategies.pdf
March 06, 2025 - better engineer safety into
practice in support of achieving a 50% reduction in patient and workforce harm … equipment, and technology
interfaces with human factors principles can reduce the risk of error and
harm … Case Study: Caregiver Innovations to Reduce Harm in Neonatal Intensive Care
The University of Texas … project to create an environment of collaborative learning focused
on reducing all-cause preventable harm … multimethod trigger-based, prospective clinical
surveillance system to detect all-cause preventable harm
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/modules/apply/facapplycusp.docx
June 02, 2025 - choices should be emphasized more than the outcome of the choices, which may or may not have resulted in harm … Transparency is also vital in addressing system factors that may contribute to harm. … Display statistics that show how the initiative reduces both patient harm and the average cost per occurrence … hospital staff members, which will ultimately increase patient safety and reduce unnecessary expenses and harm
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/improving-safety-diagnosis-long-desc.html
February 01, 2024 - interventions in the acute care setting, assessing the impact on diagnostic errors that lead to patient harm … Addressing diagnostic errors proactively using e-triggers to mitigate harm during inpatient episodes
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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/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Emanuel-Berwick_110.pdf
July 02, 2008 - Instead, they were places
fraught with risk of patient harm. … call for safety went directly to the central
medical professional imperative to “above all, do no harm … The goal of the field of patient safety is to minimize adverse events
and eliminate preventable harm … Depending on one’s use of the term “harm,” it is
possible to aspire to eliminate all harm in health … as the obvious harm
due to actions taken.
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/index.html?page=5
January 01, 2024 - Improve Patient Safety Publication Date: April 2019
Patient-centered Approach to Reducing Harm … Medication Safety Publication Date: March 2019
Transdisciplinary Learning Lab to Eliminate Patient Harm
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/raab-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - (psychological or physical harm). … We defined baseline levels of harm caused by errors in anatomic pathology diagnosis. … Approximately 50%of
anatomic pathology diagnostic errors result in patient harm. … We defined baseline rates of anatomic pathology error frequency, cause, and level of harm. … We developed a taxonomy for the harm impact of anatomic pathology diagnostic errors.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/modules/facguide3/apa.html
August 01, 2022 - Bylaws for medical staff and/or hospital
Peer review process
Oversight/management of adverse or "harm