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  1. Antibiotic prescribing in ambulatory pediatrics in the United States. | PSNet

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    May 25, 2016 - Study Antibiotic prescribing in ambulatory pediatrics in the United States. Citation Text: Hersh AL, Shapiro DJ, Pavia AT, et al. Antibiotic prescribing in ambulatory pediatrics in the United States. Pediatrics. 2011;128(6):1053-61. doi:10.1542/peds.2011-1337. Copy Citation Format:…

  2. Rural inpatient telepharmacy consultation demonstration for after-hours medication review. | PSNet

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    January 23, 2017 - Study Rural inpatient telepharmacy consultation demonstration for after-hours medication review. Citation Text: Cole SL, Grubbs JH, Din C, et al. Rural inpatient telepharmacy consultation demonstration for after-hours medication review. Telemed J E Health. 2012;18(7):530-7. doi:10.1089/…

  3. Excess mortality caused by medical injury. | PSNet

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    June 29, 2011 - Study Excess mortality caused by medical injury. Citation Text: Meurer LN, Yang H, Guse CE, et al. Excess mortality caused by medical injury. Ann Fam Med. 2006;4(5):410-6. Copy Citation Format: Google Scholar PubMed BibTeX EndNote X3 XML EndNote 7 XML Endnote tagged PubMe…

  4. Comparing two safety culture surveys: Safety Attitudes Questionnaire and Hospital Survey on Patient Safety. | PSNet

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    September 01, 2018 - Study Comparing two safety culture surveys: Safety Attitudes Questionnaire and Hospital Survey on Patient Safety. Citation Text: Etchegaray J, Thomas EJ. Comparing two safety culture surveys: safety attitudes questionnaire and hospital survey on patient safety. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21(6)…

  5. Ambulatory medication errors and adverse events involved in medicine-related malpractice cases from 2011 to 2021. | PSNet

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    November 18, 2016 - Study Ambulatory medication errors and adverse events involved in medicine-related malpractice cases from 2011 to 2021. Citation Text: Boisvert S, Nelson M, Ross J. Ambulatory medication errors and adverse events involved in medicine-related malpractice cases from 2011 to 2021. J Patient…

  6. SBAR: a shared mental model for improving communication between clinicians. | PSNet

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    January 02, 2017 - Study SBAR: a shared mental model for improving communication between clinicians. Citation Text: Haig KM, Sutton S, Whittington J. SBAR: a shared mental model for improving communication between clinicians. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2006;32(3):167-75. Copy Citation Format: …

  7. Improving self-reporting of adverse drug events in a West Virginia hospital. | PSNet

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    March 10, 2011 - Study Improving self-reporting of adverse drug events in a West Virginia hospital. Citation Text: Schade CP, Hannah K, Ruddick P, et al. Improving self-reporting of adverse drug events in a West Virginia hospital. Am J Med Qual. 2006;21(5):335-41. Copy Citation Format: Go…

  8. Stem-Cell-Children Executive (pdf file)

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    February 01, 2012 - .- host disease, opportunistic infections, future infertility, developmental delay, and secondary malignancies … 1 KQ 1KQ 1 KQ 2 Pediatric malignant solid tumors • Immunosuppression (e.g., opportunistic infection … 6 Pediatric inherited metabolic diseases • GVHD • Immunosuppression (e.g., opportunistic infection … 4 Pediatric inherited metabolic diseases • GVHD • Immunosuppression (e.g., opportunistic infection

  9. Ambulatory Surgery Center SOPS: What You Need to Know Webcast (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/theresa-famolaro-slides-12-45.pdf
    July 22, 2019 - Ambulatory Surgery • 4-year project in ASCs (2012 – 2016) • Goals of the project were to: ► Reduce infections

  10. HCUP-US SEDD Overview

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    September 01, 2025 - healthcare marketplace Trends and correlations between ED use and environmental events Emerging infections

  11. Supplement to Evaluation Highlight No. 6: How are CHIPRA quality demonstration States working together to improve the quality of health care for children? (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/supplhighlight06.pdf
    June 02, 2025 - on periodic screening, diagnosis, and treatment; immunizations; screening for sexually transmitted infections

  12. Supplement to Evaluation Highlight No. 6 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    January 01, 2014 - on periodic screening, diagnosis, and treatment; immunizations; screening for sexually transmitted infections

  13. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) NEDS Notes

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/vars/i10_dxn/nedsnote.jsp
    May 10, 2015 - 2016, the Iowa Hospital Association prohibits the release of two types of discharges: HIV Infections

  14. Improving the Quality of Pediatric Emergency Care Using an Electronic Medical Record Registry and Clinician Feedback | Digital Healthcare Research

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    January 01, 2023 - Hispanic children were less likely to receive unnecessary antibiotics for viral acute respiratory tract infections

  15. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    June 15, 2024 - safety has chiefly addressed quantifiable problems such as medication errors, health care–associated infections

  16. Improving Patient Safety/Quality with Health Information Technology Implementation | Digital Healthcare Research

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    January 01, 2023 - These included: operative and post-operative complications and infections, medication errors, patient

  17. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49393/psn-pdf
    April 01, 2003 - Which End Is Which? April 1, 2003 Campbell AR. Which End Is Which? PSNet [internet]. 2003. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/which-end-which The Case A 39-year-old woman with chronic peri-anal fistulas and infected anal sinuses underwent laparoscopic diverting colostomy to divert her fecal stream and allow the perine…

  18. Final Progress Report: Improving patient and clinician safety during COVID-19 through a rapidly adaptive simulation intervention (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/evans-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - to the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has increased clinician work burden and risk for infection … uncertainty, especially as the easing of government lockdown measures and potential additional surges of infection … for clinicians and patients. (8) If these needs are not met, COVID-19 presents an increased risk of infection … Preventing Intra-hospital Infection and Transmission of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Health-care Workers … emergency department for the patient imminently dying of a highly transmissible acute respiratory infection

  19. Most Frequent Operating Room Procedures Performed in U.S. Hospitals, 2003-2012 #186

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    December 01, 2014 - Hysterectomy, abdominal and vaginal 587,700 312,100 202.6 99.4 -7.6 6 Debridement of wound, infection … total stays with an OR procedure 290,600   1 Appendectomy 68,800 Debridement of wound, infection … prostatectomy (TURP) -11.9 3 Hip replacement, total and partial 227,500 Debridement of wound, infection … quadrantectomy of breast -14.5 2 Hip replacement, total and partial 59,100 Debridement of wound, infection … TURP) -10.3 3 Laminectomy, excision intervertebral disc 235,000 Debridement of wound, infection

  20. Patient Safety in Medical, Nursing, and Other Clinical Education | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/patient-safety-medical-nursing-and-other-clinical-education
    January 31, 2020 - Specific consideration for infection prevention and control practices. … competencies include those that focus on: Improving individual safety practices, such as practicing infection-control
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