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81. Hospital Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/about.html
    December 01, 2017 - Modules for Health Care Leaders and Professionals Many individuals do not understand the benefits, harms … strategies that hospitals and clinical teams can use to ensure that people understand the benefits, harms

82. Final Progress Report: Patient-centered approach to reducing harm from VTE (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/rothberg-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - each patient’s risk of VTE and bleeding to compute whether the benefits of prophylaxis outweigh the harms … prophylaxis would be important and to prompt physicians to order prophylaxis when benefits outweigh harms … If VTE risk was <0.2% or bleeding risk was >25%, the harms of prophylaxis outweighed the benefits. … The harms of prophylaxis, including bleeding and heparin- induced thrombocytopenia, occur immediately … Thus, patients with longer life expectancy have a more favorable ratio of benefits to harms.

83. Health Services Research at AHRQ | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/health-services-research.html
    March 01, 2025 - The Effective Health Care Program , which provides the best available evidence on the benefits and harms

84. Prevention is Key to a Healthy America (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/decision/research-centers/RCInfographic.pdf
    September 01, 2010 - Center for Advancing Equity in Clinical Preventive Services Northwestern University Reducing Patient Harms

85. Making Healthcare Safer Practices: 9. Reducing Adverse Drug Events in Older Adults (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/ade.pdf
    November 11, 2019 - Practice Study Design; Sample Size; Patient Population Setting Outcomes: Benefits Outcomes: Harms … Practice Study Design; Sample Size; Patient Population Setting Outcomes: Benefits Outcomes: Harms … Practice Study Design; Sample Size; Patient Population Setting Outcomes: Benefits Outcomes: Harms … Practice Study Design; Sample Size; Patient Population Setting Outcomes: Benefits Outcomes: Harms … Practice Study Design; Sample Size; Patient Population Setting Outcomes: Benefits Outcomes: Harms

86. 6. Appendix B: Other AHRQ Programs Relevant for Primary Care Research Audiences | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/2024-annual-report/appendix-b.html
    May 01, 2024 - Through Telehealth-Guided Provider-to-Provider Communication (Systematic Review; December 2022) Potential Harms … evidence, and then assesses the strength of the evidence and considers the balance of benefits and harms

87. 6 Tk1 T2-Talking With Residents Family Members Final (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/6_TK1_T2-Talking_with_Residents_Family_Members_Final.pdf
    October 01, 2016 - What are the risks—or harms—of antibiotics? … • Although we cannot be certain that any of these harms or problems will occur, it is important to … discuss the possible harms so that you and your family member are aware of them and understand how they … What are the risks—or harms—of antibiotics? VI.

88. The Culture of Culturing: The Importance of Knowing When to Order Urine Cultures
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/educational-bundles/urine-culturing/whento-order/urine-cultures.pptx
    March 01, 2017 - can lead to increases in catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) reporting and resident harms … unnecessary urine cultures can lead to increases in the number of CAUTIs reported and eventually resident harms … effectively communicate urine culture practices. 2 How Can Ordering Urine Cultures Lead To Resident Harms … More resistant organisms, Clostridium difficile, increased cost, further health complications Resident Harms

89. Tool: The Five "Whats" of Diagnostic Reflective Practice (KAICS) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/curriculum/situation/tools/whats.html
    June 01, 2023 - Kane (PDF, 2 KB) Diagnosis is frequently challenging and a common cause of avoidable harms.

90. Communicating with Patients and Families Around Antibiotic Decisions – Practice Discussion Guide (doc file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/communicating-decisions-discussion-guide.docx
    September 01, 2022 - approaches the practice should consider to enhance communication about the indications for and potential harms

91. Chapter-6 - Carbapenem-Resistant-Enterobacteriaceae (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/cre.pdf
    September 26, 2019 - Practice Study Design; Sample Size; Patient Population Setting Outcomes: Benefits Outcomes: Harms … Practice Study Design; Sample Size; Patient Population Setting Outcomes: Benefits Outcomes: Harms … Practice Study Design; Sample Size; Patient Population Setting Outcomes: Benefits Outcomes: Harms … Practice Study Design; Sample Size; Patient Population Setting Outcomes: Benefits Outcomes: Harms … Practice Study Design; Sample Size; Patient Population Setting Outcomes: Benefits Outcomes: Harms

92. 6 Tk1 T6-Managing Resident And Family Expectations Final (doc file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/6_TK1_T6-Managing_Resident_and_Family_Expectations_Final.docx
    October 01, 2016 - Potential harms of antibiotics. … Has anyone ever had a discussion about the harms of antibiotics as one of the reasons to avoid antibiotics

93. 6 Tk1 T6-Managing Resident And Family Expectations Final (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/6_TK1_T6-Managing_Resident_and_Family_Expectations_Final.pdf
    October 01, 2016 - Potential harms of antibiotics. … Has anyone ever had a discussion about the harms of antibiotics as one of the reasons to avoid antibiotics

94. Curriculum Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/prevention/curriculum/index.html
    January 01, 2021 - A five-step process for shared decisionmaking that includes exploring and comparing the benefits, harms

95. Index of Clinical Topics | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/toolkit/clinical-topics.html
    October 01, 2024 - This section provides an overview of MRSA, the harms it poses, the sources and pathways of MRSA, and

96. Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program: Accelerating the Adoption of Evidence-Based Practices To Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/summary/index.html
    September 01, 2017 - (CUSP) is a proven method for preventing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and other patient harms

97. Importance of MRSA and SSI Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/surgery/importance-of-prevention.html
    April 01, 2025 - The purpose of this section is to provide an overview of MRSA, the harms it poses to surgical patients

98. Patient Experience as a Source for Understanding the Origins, Impact, and Remediation of Diagnostic Errors, Volume 2: Eliciting Patient Narratives (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/dxsafety-patient-experience-vol2.pdf
    July 01, 2023 - The literature on medical errors documents that the long-term harms associated with adverse events are … In addition, nearly half (46%) of those who reported persisting harms noted at least one clinician action … and policies that: ■ Improved patients’ well-being after a diagnostic shortfall, ■ Exacerbated harms … associated with the adverse event, and ■ Might have reduced the harms if those actions had been made … If switching is most pronounced when diagnostic problems have created the most serious harms for patients

99. AHRQ Effective Health Care Materials Featured in Consumer Outreach | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/ktcoe88.html
    March 01, 2024 - They contain systematic reviews of research about each condition to explain the benefits and harms of

100. Diagnostic Safety Centers of Excellence | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/diagnostic-excellence-grants/index.html
     February 01, 2025 - activities of an existing academic center for diagnostic excellence whose focus is to eliminate patient harms … Project Aims: Target immediate efforts to address the top causes of serious misdiagnosis-related harms … hospitals, clinicians, and patients can work together to avoid diagnostic errors and their resulting harms