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5281. In Conversation with... Susan McGrath, PhD and George Blike, MD about Surveillance Monitoring | PSNet
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      April 26, 2023 - Thus, finding someone unresponsive when you come in to do vital signs or give a medication happens more … Your brain is designed to do that, to filter out noise. … As far as early warning and risk scores, we do think these can be used to identify people who need to … To do that, you need to design the system to detect a deviation that’s more severe and more sustained … We know that is a vulnerability: new people not understanding the system, its rationale, and how to use

5282. Usability Testing and the Relation of Clinical Information Systems to Patient Safety (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2003 - , through demonstrations of how practitioners accommodate and adapt to the technology change, without … The clinical information system also is observed in testing to determine how the technology transforms … In this section we describe each step, followed by a case study. … into how the dimensions of the technology impact the work it exists to support. … The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the view

5283. Race and Ethnicity Data Improvement Toolkit
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      February 01, 2025 - Login Do Your own analysis Explore Expert Research & Limited … There is good reason to do so. … receiving certain kinds of treatment, a preference to communicate in a language other than English, … of how this information will be used to enhance their overall healthcare experience. … these data are being collected and how the information will be used.

5284. Root Cause Analysis | PSNet
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      March 30, 2022 - Background Root cause analysis (RCA) is a structured method used to analyze serious adverse events. … goals of identifying how the event occurred (through identification of active errors) and why the event … Task-related A patient requires emergency surgery which delays his dialysis treatment due to a  misplaced … This led the hospital to implement a series of systematic changes to reduce the likelihood of a similar … The authors are solely responsible for this report’s contents, findings, and conclusions, which do not

5285. Gout Executive-2016 (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2016 - reports of rare adverse events, were included if they addressed Key Question 2 (adverse events or … data or nonsystematic reviews (374); conference proceedings, presentations, or abstracts (11); case … reports with sample sizes of fewer than 10 (415); population under age 18 (5); renal transplant or … reports less than 10: N = 415 o Population under 18: N = 5 o Renal transplant/end-stage renal … 69 o No original data: N = 29 o Conference proceedings/presentations/abstracts: N = 38 o Case

5286. Management of Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in Youth (pdf file)
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      March 14, 2024 - There are also considerable knowledge gaps on how to tailor interventions for high-risk groups such … b) How do social determinants of health, racism and disparities, care delivery methods, patient demographics … They do not review the report, except as given the opportunity to do so through the peer or public review … Technical Experts do not do analysis of any kind; neither do they contribute to the writing of the report … They do not review the report, except as given the opportunity to do so through the peer or public review

5287. Statistical Brief #1
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      February 01, 2006 - Login Do Your own analysis Explore Expert Research & Limited … Payer Up to two payers can be coded for a hospital stay in HCUP data. … to calculate estimates, see the following publications: Steiner, C., Elixhauser, A. and Schnaier … We also invite you to tell us how you are using this Statistical Brief and other HCUP data and tools … and to share suggestions on how HCUP products might be enhanced to further meet your needs.

5288. Introduction-User-Guide-To-Ocer 130129 (pdf file)
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      April 26, 2012 - 1 Introduction to Developing a Protocol for Observational Comparative Effectiveness Research: A User … of how a study will be conducted. … It also provides transparency as to how the research is conducted and improves the reproducibility … As a result, the research team should bring together a variety of resources and expertise to design … Why do doctors use treatments that do not work? BMJ. 2004;328:474. 4.

5289. Methods Research Report: Developing Consistent and Useful Quality Improvement Study Data Extraction (pdf file)
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      September 01, 2020 - health systems to explore how they used evidence.7 Health systems looked to other institutions within … The participants were first asked to rate how difficult it is to find and use quality improvement studies … For example, if the main executer is a health coach, this would likely not be feasible as we do not … However, we do not believe that just having the learning health systems rate the value of a criterion … Ideally note how the external factors may impact the ability to transfer a QI strategy from one setting

5290. Chapter 4. Results | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2018 - Each factor is scored on a scale of 0 to 5 for each site representing how closely each factor at the … These positions do not necessarily require that one individual be assigned to each functional role. … This tragic event has served as a valuable learning opportunity to study how ACFs should operate. … The respondents were asked to give a number that represents an average of how many of each type of provider … The challenge, however, is how to quickly determine which inpatients are eligible for transfer to a designated

5291. Electronic Medical Record Systems | Digital Healthcare Research
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      January 01, 2023 - Providers can claim up to 50 percent of the cost of the system with a maximum of $10 million a year ( … How to Successfully Navigate Your EHR Implementation Author(s) : Adler KG Source : Fam Pract Manag 2007 … Summary : We conducted case studies of 14 solo or small-group primary care practices using electronic … Summary : The article identifies the explosion of clinical data that is available and how difficult it … , and Simplicity (How big a change will this be?).

5292. Statistical Brief #107
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      March 01, 2011 - Hospital costs reflect the amount it cost a hospital to provide services during a stay, while charges … Nonetheless, charges can be a useful benchmark for comparing how expensive different types of hospitalizations … Because most state data do not identify SCHIP patients specifically, it is not possible to present this … We also invite you to tell us how you are using this Statistical Brief and other HCUP data and tools, … and to share suggestions on how HCUP products might be enhanced to further meet your needs.

5293. Decision Making and Readiness for Implementation (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2022 - consider when assessing whether to adopt a new intervention. … This means that it was rolled out in a manner that reflects how most hospitals would implement this … once a decision to implement has been made … • What is the cost of this intervention and how is it justified? … Since mupirocin use in this context is very targeted, we do not anticipate that resistance emergence

5294. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      October 01, 2012 - of patient safety, but also how this knowledge can enhance clinical and organizational practices and … It is one of the many examples that demonstrate how AHRQ's grant-funded research often informs subsequent … Technology program launched an Ambulatory Safety and Quality (ASQ) grant initiative, which examined how … do in a fast-paced and busy ambulatory environment. … psnet.ahrq.gov//#ref17 https://psnet.ahrq.gov//#ref18 https://psnet.ahrq.gov//#ref19 for localized projects do

5295. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      September 01, 2024 - Retention of a surgical item refers to possessing, keeping, or holding onto it; this word implies that … These soft goods are usually applied at the end of a procedure to cover or provide hemostasis in a wound … They do not contain radiopaque markers, are not to be placed inside patients, and are not counted. … to have experienced a “never event”, a safety event that is never supposed to happen. … Part 3 of the above definition is particularly important because of how surgical counts are performed

5296. Screening for Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: A Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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      November 01, 2013 - On the basis of empirical evidence, how best to apply brief cognitive assessment tools to aid in the … How best to identify persons with cognitive impairment and understanding how and whether early identification … Do memory clinics improve the quality of life of carers? A randomized pilot trial. … po pu la tio ns fr om N or th A m er ic a an d w es te rn Eu ro pe ; do se s of m ed … at es , Eu ro pe , an d A si a; do se s of m ed ic at io ns ap pl ic ab le to co m m

5297. Final Progress Report: Demonstration of Quality Improvement of Medication Therapy Management Services (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2024 - Targeted MTM service A claim for an MTM service paid to a pharmacy for service provided to a covered … for approximately 1 hour about how they provide and support MTM services in their practices. … Future work with such a patient engagement activity could help us better understand how to stimulate … At this point, most Medicare beneficiaries do not see a need for MTM services and often do not know … The scope of this study did not include collecting clinical data, so we do not know how the MTM program

5298. Final Progress Report: Investigating Failures of Notification and Monitoring in Outpatient Care: the Safety Promotion Action Research and Knowledge Network (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2024 - First, because we wanted to report on the same systems in both years, we do not present data from district … (The INR measures how well a blood thinner is working; blood that is too thin or not thin enough can … Advocates of ambulatory patient safety need to consider how to support all health systems in acquiring … technical support on how to capture accurate data. … Panesar S, deSilva D, Carson-Stevens A, al. E. How safe is primary care?

5299. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Executive Summary (pdf file)
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      October 01, 2011 - KQ3: How do (a) underlying prevalence of ADHD and (b) rates of diagnosis (clinical identification) and … However, teacher­reported outcomes do not document a statistically significant superiority of ATX over … months to years at a time. … ADHD is understood from country to country, and thus how it is treated. … An important subtext is the question of how approaches to PBT could be refined to be acceptable to

5300. Statistical Brief #126
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      February 01, 2012 - The average cost of a newborn hospital stay involving a circumcision in 2009 was $2,310, similar to the … For each hospital, a hospital-wide cost-to-charge ratio is used. … Because most state data do not identify SCHIP patients specifically, it is not possible to present this … We also invite you to tell us how you are using this Statistical Brief and other HCUP data and tools, … and to share suggestions on how HCUP products might be enhanced to further meet your needs.