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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/impl-guide/implementation-guide-appendix-f.docx
June 02, 2025 - PROMPTLY REMOVE
AHRQ Safety Program for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals
Appendix F. Urinary Catheter Decision-Making Algorithm
Is there a urinary catheter in place?
Does the patient meet criteria for catheter placement?
Avoid catheter placement.
Accepted Urinary Catheter
Placement Indications
1. Acute urinary retentio…
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December 21, 2014 - Effect of the 50-hour workweek limitation on training of
surgical residents in Switzerland.
December 21, 2014
Businger A, Guller U, Oertli D. Effect of the 50-hour workweek limitation on training of surgical residents in
Switzerland. Arch Surg. 2010;145(6):558-63. doi:10.1001/archsurg.2010.88.
https://psnet.ahrq.g…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38161/psn-pdf
October 22, 2008 - Discrepancies between home medications listed at
hospital admission and reported medical conditions.
October 22, 2008
Slain D, Kincaid SE, Dunsworth TS. Discrepancies between home medications listed at hospital admission
and reported medical conditions. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. 2008;6(3):161-6.
doi:10.1016/j.amj…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50717/psn-pdf
December 04, 2019 - Canada continues to lag behind other OECD countries on
measures of patient safety
December 4, 2019
Canadian Institute for Health Information. Ottawa, ON: Canadian Institute for Health Information; 2019.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/canada-continues-lag-behind-other-oecd-countries-measures-patient-safety
This fact …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-166-fecc-table-6.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Section 6, Table 6 Construct Measurement Reliability Testing
Table 6: Construct measurement reliability testing for multi-part indicators
Number
of items
Average
inter-item
polychoric
correlation
Polychoric
Ordinal
Alp…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47649/psn-pdf
January 09, 2019 - ASH Clinical Practice Guidelines on Venous
Thromboembolism.
January 9, 2019
Washington DC; American Society of Hematology.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ash-clinical-practice-guidelines-venous-thromboembolism
The American Society of Hematology produced a series of guidelines on prophylaxis for venous
thromboemboli…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60042/psn-pdf
March 11, 2020 - At Walgreens, complaints of medication errors go
missing.
March 11, 2020
Gabler E. New York Times. February 23, 2020.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/walgreens-complaints-medication-errors-go-missing
Response to reported safety concerns is a primary indicator of an organizational commitment to reducing
and lear…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40516/psn-pdf
July 15, 2013 - Characteristics of unsafe undergraduate nursing students
in clinical practice: an integrative literature review.
July 15, 2013
Killam LA, Luhanga F, Bakker D. Characteristics of unsafe undergraduate nursing students in clinical
practice: an integrative literature review. J Nurs Educ. 2011;50(8):437-46. doi:10.3928/…
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/toolssoftware/comorbidityicd10/comorbidity_icd10.jsp
July 01, 2025 - The Elixhauser Comorbidity Software Refined for ICD-10-CM is one in a family of databases and software tools developed as part of the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) , a Federal-State-Industry partnership sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. HCUP databases, tools, and software in…
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/preventing-wrong-drug-and-wrong-patient-errors-indication-alerts-cpoe-systems/citation/effect
January 01, 2023 - Effect of number of open charts on intercepted wrong-patient medication orders in an emergency department.
Citation
Kannampallil TG, Manning JD, Chestek DW, Adelman J, Salmasian H, Lambert BL, Galanter WL. Effect of number of open charts on intercepted wrong-patient medication orders in an emergency …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/taxonomy/term/3437
May 23, 2025 - Adverse Event
Any injury caused by medical care. Examples: pneumothorax from central venous catheter placement anaphylaxis to penicillin postoperative wound infection hospital-acquired delirium (or "sundowning") in elderly patients Identifying something as an adverse event does not imply "error," "negligence," or po…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/patientsafety/2017qdr-patsafchartbook.pdf
October 01, 2018 - • Statewide SIRs with 95% confidence intervals entirely above 1.0 indicate that, on average, a
given … Conversely, statewide SIRs with 95%
confidence intervals entirely below 1.0 indicate that the State’ … remaining 27 PSOs (38%) selected the answer option “State and/or territory,” with a
followup question to indicate
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/where-does-risk-adjusted-mortality-fit-safety-measurement-program
March 01, 2015 - Where Does Risk-Adjusted Mortality Fit Into a Safety Measurement Program?
Ian Scott, MBBS, MHA, MEd | March 1, 2015
Also Read a Conversation
View more articles from the same authors.
Citation Text:
Scott IA. Where Does Risk-Adjusted Mortality Fit Into a Safety …
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/NIS93_Overview_1222104.pdf
November 01, 2015 - Microsoft Word - CentralDistributor_NIS88-97binderV5.doc
HEALTHCARE COST AND UTILIZATION PROJECT — HCUP
A FEDERAL-STATE-INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIP IN HEALTH DATA
Sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
OVERVIEW OF
THE HCUP NATIONWIDE INPATIENT SAMPLE (NIS) RELEASE 2, 1993 …
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/resource/final-b14-archives-sarkar2075.pdf
January 01, 2013 - GI Clinic Registry: Scripts, Protocols, Processes for Panel Managers
This document is a comprehensive protocol for colorectal cancer screening follow-up
using a population health management tool.
1
Rev 12/17/12
GI Clinic Registry: Scripts, Protocols, Processes for Panel Managers
Acknowledgement: Kathry…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/highlight11.pdf
September 08, 2015 - How are CHIPRA quality demonstration States using quality reports to drive heatlh care improvements for children? Evaluation Highlight No. 11
The CHIPRA Quality
Demonstration Grant Program
In February 2010, the Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded 10 grants,
funding 18 States, to improve the qu…
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb27.jsp
March 01, 2007 - Statistical Brief #27
An official website of the Department of Health & Human Services
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/colorectal-cancer-staging_disposition-comments.pdf
November 20, 2014 - We have changed the wording to indicate
that the majority of patients will require
neoadjuvant therapy … We have changed the wording of the
sentence to indicate the biomarkers and
clinical assessment are
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/s116.pdf
October 01, 2007 - ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Evaluating the Validity of an Instrumental Variable
Study of Neuroleptics
Can Between-Physician Differences in Prescribing Patterns Be
Used to Estimate Treatment Effects?
M. Alan Brookhart, PhD, Jeremy A. Rassen, MS, Philip S. Wang, MD, DrPH,
Colin Dormuth, ScD, Helen Mogun, MS, and Sebastian Schnee…
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb57.jsp
July 01, 2008 - Statistical Brief #57
An official website of the Department of Health & Human Services
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Careers
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FAQs
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