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  1. Threats to safety during sedation outside of the operating room and the death of Michael Jackson. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/threats-safety-during-sedation-outside-operating-room-and-death-michael-jackson
    January 25, 2012 - As use of anesthesia outside the operating room increases, the hazards associated with the practice

  2. Association of polypharmacy and potential drug-drug interactions with adverse treatment outcomes in older adults with advanced cancer. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-polypharmacy-and-potential-drug-drug-interactions-adverse-treatment-outcomes
    May 25, 2016 - Polypharmacy in older adults increases the risk of potentially inappropriate medications (PIM) and

  3. The effects of on-duty napping on intern sleep time and fatigue. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effects-duty-napping-intern-sleep-time-and-fatigue
    February 03, 2011 - The investigators found that even modest increases in sleep reduced intern fatigue overall.

  4. Nurse working conditions and patient safety outcomes. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/nurse-working-conditions-and-patient-safety-outcomes
    May 22, 2024 - December 21, 2014 Increases in mortality, length of stay, and cost associated with hospital-acquired

  5. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46344/psn-pdf
    October 13, 2018 - prescription-opioid-use-misuse-and-use-disorders-us-adults-2015-national-survey-drug-use-and https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/increases-drug-and-opioid-overdose-deaths-united-states

  6. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47071/psn-pdf
    January 23, 2019 - vital-signs-trends-emergency-department-visits-suspected-opioid-overdoses-united-states-july https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/opioid-overdose https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/increases-drug-and-opioid-overdose-deaths-united-states

  7. Research Spotlights | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/2018-year-review/research-spotlights
    January 01, 2018 - Improving EHR Design Increases Patient Safety—Especially for Children A Prototype Computerized

  8. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4g_combo_psi10-postopmetaderangement-bestpractices.pdf
    May 20, 2016 - o Limit increases in abdominal pressure. … Intra-abdominal pressure increases can be due to bleeding, intestinal distension, peritonitis, paralytic

  9. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49741/psn-pdf
    September 01, 2015 - The white blood cell count increases to 10,000–14,000 cells/? … Moreover, as the distance between the peritoneum and the appendix increases, peritoneal signs may be … The fetal loss rate increases from 3%–5% in nonruptured appendicitis to as high as 25% if the appendix … Appendicitis remains the most common cause of acute abdomen in pregnancy, and a delay in diagnosis increases

  10. Beyond patient safety Flatland. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/beyond-patient-safety-flatland
    September 04, 2024 - December 21, 2018 Reduced verification of medication alerts increases prescribing errors

  11. The science of interruption. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/science-interruption
    September 04, 2024 - December 21, 2018 Reduced verification of medication alerts increases prescribing errors

  12. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/836892/psn-pdf
    April 07, 2022 - worse clinical outcomes than those with timely transfer to the ICU.12 Several studies have found that increases … in the length of time a critically ill or injured patient is held in the ED are associated with increases … However, overcrowding has meant that ICU admissions can be delayed, which increases the risk of decline … Holding ICU admits in the ED increases mortality 35%.

  13. Trends in Health Insurance at Private Employers, 2008–2021 (pdf file)

    meps.ahrq.gov//data_files/publications/st543/stat543.pdf
    July 01, 2022 - Highlights • Employment-sponsored health insurance at private-sector employers was characterized by increases … single coverage, $14,634 for employee-plus-one coverage, and $21,381 for family coverage, representing increases … and large firms increased significantly for single, employee-plus-one, and family coverage, with increases … In the 2008 to 2021 period, single and family coverage deductibles showed overall increases in every

  14. Evaluation and Integration of an Automatic Fall Prediction System | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/evaluation-and-integration-automatic-fall-prediction-system
    January 01, 2023 - Radio Frequency Identification Device Path tortuosity in everyday movements of elderly persons increases … Path tortuosity in everyday movements of elderly persons increases fall prediction beyond knowledge of

  15. Statistical Brief #123

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb123.jsp
    November 01, 2011 - These increases were primarily attributable to large increases in the rates of stays per population for … percent average annual growth) and osteoarthritis (6.7 percent average annual growth) due to large increases … changes in a number of factors—cost per day, average length of stay, number of stays per population, and increases … Among elderly stays, costs for septicemia and osteoarthritis grew faster than average due to large increases … spondylosis and other back problems also grew rapidly; this cost growth was predominantly driven by large increases

  16. Prevalence of inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions among US ambulatory care visits, 2010–2011. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prevalence-inappropriate-antibiotic-prescriptions-among-us-ambulatory-care-visits-2010-2011
    November 12, 2014 - Inappropriate antibiotic prescribing increases the risk of antibiotic-resistant infections and is a recognized

  17. Danger in discharge summaries: abbreviations create confusion for both author and recipient. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/danger-discharge-summaries-abbreviations-create-confusion-both-author-and-recipient
    March 15, 2017 - Use of abbreviations in electronic health records increases risk of misunderstandings , particularly

  18. Medical error: the second victim. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medical-error-second-victim
    March 23, 2011 - that involvement in an error adversely affects providers' emotional health and job satisfaction, and increases

  19. Health care worker fatigue and patient safety. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-care-worker-fatigue-and-patient-safety
    December 23, 2016 - patient safety has been established in seminal studies, which have demonstrated that the risk of error increases

  20. Technology, cognition and error. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/technology-cognition-and-error
    September 04, 2024 - December 21, 2018 Reduced verification of medication alerts increases prescribing errors
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