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6961. 4 Things You Should Know about Urine Cultures (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2017 - 4 Things You Should Know about Urine Cultures 4 Things You Should Know About Urine Cultures 1. Bacteria in the urine does not necessarily mean a catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) is present. Bacteriuria is the term used to describe a positive urine culture, the presence of bacteria in the urine. …

6962. EvidenceNOW: Cost Survey (pdf file)
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      June 02, 2025 - EvidenceNOW: Cost Survey EvidenceNOW: Cost Survey Survey wave: 1. General information R18 name: Name of respondent(s): Completion date: From: To: provided 2. Personnel costs Total Name or hours / Annual Benefits (% role/title Effort salary salary) Comments Cost survey for developing external infras…

6963. Nurses' role in patient safety. | PSNet
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      June 09, 2011 - Commentary Nurses' role in patient safety. Citation Text: Hughes RG, Clancy CM. Nurses' role in patient safety. J Nurs Care Qual. 2009;24(1):1-4. doi:10.1097/NCQ.0b013e31818f55c7. Copy Citation Format: DOI Google Scholar PubMed BibTeX EndNote X3 XML EndNote 7 XML Endnote …

6964. Patient safety organizations ready for action. | PSNet
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      May 20, 2009 - Commentary Patient safety organizations ready for action. Citation Text: Clancy CM. Patient Safety Organizations ready for action. AORN J. 2009;89(2):385-7. doi:10.1016/j.aorn.2009.01.017. Copy Citation Format: DOI Google Scholar PubMed BibTeX EndNote X3 XML EndNote 7 XML…

6965. Classification of antecedents towards safety use of health information technology: a systematic review. | PSNet
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      October 12, 2022 - Review Classification of antecedents towards safety use of health information technology: a systematic review. Citation Text: Salahuddin L, Ismail Z. Classification of antecedents towards safety use of health information technology: A systematic review. Int J Med Inform. 2015;84(11):877-…

6966. Impact of a statewide reporting system on medication error reduction. | PSNet
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      December 16, 2011 - Study Impact of a statewide reporting system on medication error reduction. Citation Text: Impact of a statewide reporting system on medication error reduction. Rask K; Hawley J; Davis A; Naylor D; Thorpe K. Copy Citation Save Save to your library Print…

6967. The importance of simulation: preventing hand-off mistakes. | PSNet
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      May 20, 2009 - Commentary The importance of simulation: preventing hand-off mistakes. Citation Text: Clancy CM. The importance of simulation: preventing hand-off mistakes. AORN J. 2008;88(4):625-627. doi:10.1016/j.aorn.2008.09.007. Copy Citation Format: DOI Google Scholar PubMed BibTeX …

6968. Teaching Pre-Implementation Measurement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      May 01, 2023 - Teaching Pre-Implementation Measurement Present Slide 12, “Measurement.” Use this slide to introduce the topic of measurement and note that it is key to all organizational improvement initiatives. In discussing Slide 13, “Define a Measurable Goal or Problem You Plan To Address,” it’s important to stress t…

6969. Supplemental-Sdm-Hp-Child-2158-5A (doc file)
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      June 02, 2025 - CAHPS® Health Plan Survey 5.0 Supplemental Items: Shared Decisionmaking Population Version: Child Supplemental Items for the CAHPS® Health Plan Survey 5.0 Topic: Shared Decisionmaking Population Version: Child Language: English Users of the CAHPS® Health Plan Survey are free to incorporate supplemental items in …

6970. Using Smartphone Location Data for Care Coordination | Digital Healthcare Research
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      January 01, 2019 - Using Smartphone Location Data for Care Coordination A smartphone app that uses location data to notify PCPs when a patient arrives in the hospital or ER is a simple, potentially scalable approach to improve care coordination after a hospital visit. Principal Investigator: Liss, David T. Orga…

6971. Quality Measurement | Digital Healthcare Research
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      January 01, 2023 - Quality Measurement Complexity, Incidence, and Costs Related to Delayed Diagnosis of Venous Thromboembolism in Urban and Rural Primary and Urgent Care Settings Description This research aims to improve the early detection of venous thromboembolism in primary and urgent care by…

6972. Developing State-Level Capacity for Dissemination and Implementation of Patient-Centered Outcomes Research into Primary Care (U18) (pdf file)
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      December 01, 2019 - Developing State-Level Capacity for Dissemination and Implementation of Patient-Centered Outcomes Research into Primary Care (U18) Developing State-Level Capacity for Dissemination and Implementation of Patient-Centered Outcomes Research into Primary Care (U18) One of the main goals of this funding opportunity is i…

6973. AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use. | PSNet
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      December 24, 2008 - Tools/Toolkit AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use. Citation Text: AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Johns Hopkins Medicine Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, and University of Chicago. Copy Citati…

6974. AHRQ's Quality & Patient Safety Programs by Setting: Ambulatory Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      June 01, 2025 - AHRQ's Quality & Patient Safety Programs by Setting: Ambulatory Care Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) Survey on Patient Safety Culture is a staff-administered survey that helps ambulatory surgery centers assess how their staff perceive various aspects of safety culture. CAHPS ® Clinician & Group Survey was de…

6975. Pharmacy | Digital Healthcare Research
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      January 01, 2023 - Pharmacy Advancing Population and Public Health Reporting and Outcomes With Vaccination Data Exchange (APPROVE) Description This study aimed to improve data exchange between public health and clinical care information systems, and across public health itself, to enhance data-i…

6976. Electronic prescribing: Lowering Patients’ Prescription Drug Costs (pdf file)
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      December 31, 2007 - Electronic prescribing: Lowering Patients’ Prescription Drug Costs                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      …

6977. Compendium of U.S. Health Systems, 2016 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2021 - Compendium of U.S. Health Systems, 2016 The  Compendium of U.S. Health Systems  is composed of 626 U.S. health systems, defined in this analysis to include at least one hospital and at least one group of physicians providing comprehensive care, and who are connected with each other and with the hospital through…

6978. Preventing Falls in Hospitals: A Toolkit for Improving Quality of Care. | PSNet
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      December 24, 2008 - Toolkit Preventing Falls in Hospitals: A Toolkit for Improving Quality of Care. Citation Text: Preventing Falls in Hospitals: A Toolkit for Improving Quality of Care. Ganz DA, Huang C, Saliba D, et al. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; January 2013. AHRQ Publicat…

6979. Defining the Role of Social Sciences in Patient Safety. | PSNet
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      October 23, 2013 - Special or Theme Issue Defining the Role of Social Sciences in Patient Safety. Citation Text: Defining the Role of Social Sciences in Patient Safety. Su L, Fernandez R, Grand J, et al, eds. Curr Probl Pediatr Adolesc Health Care. 2015;45:365-394. Copy Citation Save …

6980. What To Learn About the Audience for a Health Care Quality Report | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      November 01, 2018 - What To Learn About the Audience for a Health Care Quality Report You could learn many things about your audience, including: Physical characteristics. Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics. Behavioral and cultural characteristics. Psychological characteristics. Health care needs. Informat…