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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs4/index.html
April 01, 2024 - To kick off the report, AHRQ explored the potential harms that may be associated with telehealth, which … This review will serve as a baseline for the evidence of harms and patient safety practices to prevent … or mitigate harms associated with the use of telehealth. … AHRQ determined that the first rapid review would be on the potential harms that may be associated with … or mitigate harms associated with the use of telehealth.
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/research/findings/evidence-based-reports/adverse-events.html
April 01, 2018 - data are necessary to appropriately assess the balance between benefits and harms of interventions. … Numerous deficiencies in the quality and reporting of harms associated with clinical interventions have … Study Design and Setting: Studies reporting harms associated with:
Carotid endarterectomy (CEA) for … A standardized abstraction form, including eight pre-defined criteria for assessing the quality of harms … Conclusions: The presence of methodological shortcomings can predict lower estimates of serious harms
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-trautner.html
October 01, 2023 - Funding & Grants
Post Award Grants Management
AHRQ Grantee Profiles
Reducing Harms … No‐Cost Extensions (NCEs)
Contracts
Grantee Profile
Reducing Harms … increases the risk of antibiotic resistance, adverse drug reactions, damage to the microbiome, and other harms … field understand the disparities in the use of antibiotics and help develop interventions to reduce harms … reviewed October 2023
Page originally created October 2023
Internet Citation: Reducing Harms
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/news/events/ahrq-research-summit/brady-summit2016-plenary.pdf
September 28, 2016 - Hospital Safety and Measurable Impact
17% reduction
in HACs 87,000 lives saved 2.1 million patient harms … saving-lives.html
Patient Safety in the United States:
National Progress, but Harm Persists
2010: 145 Harms … /1,000 Discharges
2011: 142 Harms/1,000 Discharges
2012: 132 Harms/1,000 Discharges
2013: 121 Harms … /1,000 Discharges
2014: 121 Harms/1,000 Discharges
How AHRQ Makes a Difference
• AHRQ invests in … Clinical
Environment
Patient Safety
Research
Context &
External
Environment
Safer
Care
&
Fewer
Harms
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/index.html
July 01, 2023 - Harms such as adverse drug events, healthcare-associated infections, falls, and obstetric adverse events … seminal National Academy of Medicine report that elevated awareness of longstanding risks and patient harms … Making Healthcare Safer report was commissioned in 2022 as a continuous updating of patient safety harms … Related Content
Making Healthcare Safer IV: A Continuous Updating of Patient Safety Harms and Practices
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/health-literacy/professional-training/informed-choice.html
May 01, 2023 - Health Literacy and Cultural Competence updates
Many individuals do not understand the benefits, harms … strategies that hospitals and clinical teams can use to ensure that people understand the benefits, harms … Strategies for presenting choices comprehensively, engaging patients and families, and explaining benefits, harms
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/education-bundles/urine-culturing/antibiotic-stewardship/part-1-slides.html
February 01, 2019 - Tools
Reduce CAUTI in LTC Facilities
Toolkit Sections
How To Avoid the Harms … Telemedicine
Universal ICU Decolonization Protocol
How To Avoid the Harms … Antibiotic Overuse
AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI
Slide 1: How To Avoid the Harms … Slide 10: Avoid Knee-Jerk Antibiotics
Remember, unnecessary antibiotic use can lead to—
Resident harms … February 2019
Page originally created March 2017
Internet Citation: How To Avoid the Harms
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/comparison.html
September 01, 2022 - seminal National Academy of Medicine report that elevated awareness of longstanding risks and patient harms … ADEs: Harms Due to Diabetic Agents
ADEs: Reducing Adverse Drug Events in Older Adults
ADEs: Harms … Supported by Clinical Pharmacists
(Not reviewed)
Summary of Evidence
(Not reviewed)
ADEs: Harms … Medication Reconciliation and Handoffs
(Not reviewed)
(Not reviewed)
Summary of Evidence
ADEs: Harms … Evidence
Use of STOPP Criteria
(Not reviewed)
(Not reviewed)
Summary of Evidence
ADEs: Harms
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/heart-health/strategies-to-better-manage-lipids.pptx
November 01, 2016 - I: The balance of benefits and harms cannot be determined. … The USPSTF concludes that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms … The USPSTF concludes that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/health-literacy/professional-training/informed-choice/audio-script.html
September 01, 2020 - We talked through the benefits, harms, and risks of both options. … 9 is explaining benefits, harms, and risks of all options. … Some benefits and harms will be time limited. … Let your patient decide what benefits, harms, and risks are important. … Strategy 9: Explain Benefits, Harms, and Risks of All Options.
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/ta/topicrefinement/afib_topicref.pdf
January 01, 2020 - What are the comparative short- and long-term complications and harms (e.g.,
periprocedural or device-related … harms) associated with AF catheter ablation in the general adult
and Medicare populations? … Analytic Framework
(KQ 1)
(KQ 2)
(KQ 1)
KQ 3: Differential efficacy, effectiveness, or harms … is the second choice for
rhythm control.4 The proposed report will focus on the effectiveness and harms … if specifically designed to evaluate
harms and/or adverse events, have a
minimum of 100 patients and
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/telehealth-consent-teach-back-documentation.docx
May 04, 2020 - help (benefits)
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How telehealth could be bad (harms
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/prevention/chronic-care/decision/research-centers/index.html
October 01, 2018 - Baker, MD, MPH—Center Director
Michael Wolf, PhD, MPH—Collaborative Scientific Lead
Reducing Patient Harms … University of North Carolina
Overuse of some medical screening tests exposes patients to avoidable harms … of potentially harmful screening tests * , understanding physicians' and patients' perceptions of harms
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/data/visualizations/hiv-prep.html
October 01, 2023 - The outcomes shown are HIV infection, mortality, and various other harms. … There are two dashboards, one showing benefits and the other showing harms.
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/audio-script-healthcare-professionals-training.pdf
January 18, 2017 - We talked through the benefits, harms, and risks of both options. … , harms, and risks of all options. … Some benefits and harms will be time limited. … Let your patient decide what benefits, harms, and risks are important. … You may not know all the benefits, harms, and risks of all the options.
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/otherwebsites/effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/index.html
March 01, 2024 - designed to inform health care decisions by providing evidence on the effectiveness, benefits, and harms … effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov
Relevance
The EHC Program develops products that present the benefits and harms
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/heart-health/aspirin-asa-measure.pptx
April 01, 2016 - Persons who place a higher value on the potential benefits than the potential harms may choose to use … younger than age 50 years The current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms … age 70 years and older The current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/6_TK1_T1-Talking_with_Residents_Final.pdf
October 01, 2016 - What are the risks—or harms—of antibiotics? … Engage Residents, Family Family Toolkit/Tool 1 4
• Although we cannot be certain that any of these harms … This
helps to ensure that you know about both the benefits and the potential harms of these
drugs and … What are the risks—or harms—of antibiotics?
VI.
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/urine-culturing-notes.docx
April 01, 2022 - Perhaps the most obvious harms are allergies and adverse effects (like renal failure) from antibiotics … Humanize these harms if you can. … Slide 17
Here is a summary of the harms of culturing urine when it’s not necessary. … The harms that occur can be mistakenly considered an unavoidable “cost of doing business” instead of … In this case, several harms occurred due to inappropriate culturing of her urine: she was started on
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www.qualitymeasures.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