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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/03-gray-sops-action-planning-tool.pdf
June 02, 2025 - administer a company-wide
survey and then do nothing with the
feedback”
Source: https://www.tinypulse.com … What areas do you want to focus
on for improvement? … success
Resources
AHRQ Case studies
SOPS Webcasts
SOPS Resource lists
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Section 2
Planning … • Identify a leader and/or champion
► Essential to identify enthusiastic, respected leader
and/or champion … What areas do you want to focus on for improvement?
2. What are your goals?
3.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/decision/research-centers/vu_physician_patient_harms.pdf
June 02, 2025 - In this study we sought to gain a deeper understanding of how physicians
view the potential benefits … How do physicians think about potentially harmful clinical preventive
services?
2. … Do physicians know about the harms of screening tests and consider
them in relation to other factors … In Phase 2, we developed case studies from interviews with selected
patients along with their physicians … From our case studies interviews with primary care physicians and their patients, we learned that:
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/tacit-handover-overt-mishap
August 01, 2006 - Confident that she knew how to manage these devices, she approached the head anesthesiologist for the … or what's going on currently that might impact what I do or how I do it?" … And providers will be trained to do it, perhaps best via simulation.( 9,10 ) The data elements of a … As cases like this one teach us, to do less no longer makes sense. … positive-exemplar case study of a new patient safety tool.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/cultural-competence-and-patient-safety
December 27, 2019 - The module includes train-the-trainer resources and instructional guides that include short case studies … Accessed December 5, 2019. [25] TeamSTEPPS Case Studies. ahrq.gov. … https://www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps/case-studies/index.html . … KH : Do you think you have to understand a culture specifically to deliver culturally competent care? … The approach that the toolkit took was to create a separate tool called “ How to deliver the re-engineered
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/how-many-die-medical-mistakes-us-hospitals
January 23, 2013 - Citation Text:
How many die from medical mistakes in US hospitals? Allen M. … January 23, 2013
How hepatitis probe led to clinic: old-fashioned legwork yielded clues … March 21, 2011
First do no harm. … January 22, 2014
Do no harm: hospital care in Las Vegas. … December 4, 2016
To make hospitals less deadly, a dose of data.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/does-unit-shift-report-blackout-period-improve-patient-safety
August 04, 2021 - This commentary summarizes how one hospital sought to to avoid miscommunications and disruptions by … as a patient safety strategy. … to preventing the harm associated with ambulance handover delays. … March 19, 2019
Interruptions in a level one trauma center: a case study. … July 28, 2010
Do not put medication safety "on hold" with boarded patients.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/prostate-cancer-therapies-protocol_amended110619.pdf
November 02, 2019 - Further, we do not know how effectiveness and safety are
modified by patient characteristics (e.g., … 1) Age
2) Race/ethnicity
3) Comorbidities
4) Health status
KQ 3: How do tumor characteristics modify … Technical Experts do not do analysis of any kind nor do
they contribute to the writing of the report … or (letter or editorial or news or comment or case reports).pt.) (35118)
8 7 not (book/ or edited … book/ or case report/ or case reports/ or comment/ or conference
abstract/ or conference paper/ or
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.242_slideshow.ppt
June 01, 2011 - :
State how frequently physicians care for family or relatives
Describe the risks associated with caring … I think the clerk recognized me as a physician on staff and handed it to me. … or substance abuse
May try to spare a relative from a painful procedure
Can become too involved in … a case and unable to step back when necessary
See Notes for reference … What do you do when your loved one is ill? The line between physician and family member.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cognitive-biases-encountered-physicians-emergency-room
June 19, 2024 - reports of diagnostic errors. … June 19, 2024
Diagnostic errors in uncommon conditions: a systematic review of case reports … March 23, 2022
EMS non-conveyance: a safe practice to decrease ED crowding or a threat … April 27, 2022
What do emergency department physicians and nurses feel? … April 8, 2018
Autopsy interrogation of emergency medicine dispute cases: how often are
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/covid-trap-pediatric-diagnostic-errors-pandemic-world
October 20, 2021 - Using case studies, this commentary describes how availability bias, diagnostic momentum, and premature … September 14, 2022
A diagnostic time-out to improve differential diagnosis in pediatric … August 19, 2020
Handshake antimicrobial stewardship as a model to recognize and prevent … August 12, 2020
Do no harm: reaffirming the value of evidence and equipoise while minimizing … July 8, 2020
COVID-19 — a reminder to reason
May 20, 2020
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/discussing-undiscussable-powerful-why-and-how-faculty-must-learn-counteract-organizational
November 16, 2022 - Discussing the undiscussable with the powerful: why and how faculty must learn to counteract organizational … Discussing the undiscussable with the powerful: why and how faculty must learn to counteract organizational … A multisite case study. … December 18, 2017
Using a potentially aggressive/violent patient huddle to improve health … February 12, 2014
WebM&M Cases
Do Not Disturb!
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/evaluation-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/all-workflow-tools/root-cause-analysis
January 01, 2023 - Case studies. Patient safety: the PROACT root cause analysis approach. … Description
Root cause analysis (RCA) is a popular technique used to determine why a problem occurred … The goal of a root cause analysis is to identify a problems origin by following a series of steps. … Uses
To determine the cause of an error.
How do I use this tool?
1. … ASSEMBLE A TEAM OF PROCESS EXPERTS to study the event.
2.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/medication-management-elderly-slides-081811.pdf
August 18, 2011 - William Withering (1741-1799)
Case Study
E.G. is an 85 year-old female nursing
home resident with … Case Study
One evening, a covering physician is
called with a report that the patient
has developed … Case Study
The primary care physician is notified,
and vitamin K is administered for 3
days with a … Study
Case Study (Cont'd.) … Case Study (cont'd.)
Case Study (cont'd.)
Case Study (cont'd.)
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/case-patient-flow-management
February 23, 2019 - The patient did not call to schedule an appointment and was not prompted to do so. … Our commentary will focus on a different issue—how scheduling systems and processes can impede access … Weber DO. … Queue Fever, Parts 1 and 2: A little number crunching can show hospitals how many beds and staff members … The authors are solely responsible for this report’s contents, findings, and conclusions, which do not
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/study.html
May 01, 2017 - Describe what to measure and how to use the data. … Consider using the 3 A’s to decide what to do next:
A dopt – The goal was reached. … Do not continue with an obviously unsuccessful intervention just for the sake of adherence to the plan … Once again, consider using the 3 A’s to decide what to do next:
A dopt – The goal was reached. … Communication/Reporting of Findings
Schedule a time to share all of the data collected, how it
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/near-miss-bedside-medications
February 01, 2006 - The pharmacist came to the ED to teach the patient how to do the subcutaneous LMWH injections, which … Near misses are unsafe acts that have the potential to injure a patient, but do not. … capture errors and their consequences, it is not certain how common near misses are relative to errors … They are free lessons about how things go wrong and how they can be fixed before someone gets hurt. … December 3, 2014
Case studies of patient safety research classics to build research capacity
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/modules/implementation/imp_audit_briefing.pptx
December 01, 2017 - How are they actually happening?
What can we do to close that gap? … How many observers do you need? … That’s really how much data you want to collect
How do you determine how much data to collect? … We have a lot of work to do on just the basics. … study of one hospital team’s approach to debriefing.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/016-contact-precautions-webinar-slides.pptx
October 01, 2024 - Assess fidelity to the model of care.
What do we need to do? … How can we do it with our resources and culture?
Analyze the data. … How do we know if we made a difference? … Kramer A, Schwebke I, Kampf G. How long do nosocomial pathogens persist on inanimate surfaces? … Do contact precautions cause depressions? A two-year study study at a tertiary care medical centre.
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/obesity-kit/obtoolkit-tool7.html
March 01, 2014 - Summary
References
Appendix A. Case Studies
Appendix B. Shared Appointments
Appendix C. … Do you have a way to securely send and receive electronic fax information?
… Are there eligibility criteria for your program and if so, how do you assess it?
… On a scale of 1 to 10... … confident would I feel sending my patients to organization—do I think they will receive high-quality
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/zabar-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - did the PCA actually DO in
response to your statements of
concern about needing a doctor's
note for … Though descriptive, USP data trends showed that, when providers respond to SDoH, they do
not do so uniformly … How do core outpatient safety-related
competencies assessed in OSCEs transfer to clinical practice ( … How do Residents
Respond to Unannounced Standardized Patients Presenting with Social Determinants of … How Do
Clinical Care Providers Respond to Social Determinants of Health?