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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/emergency-dept/discharge-process.html
July 01, 2017 - Millions of patients visit hospital emergency departments (EDs) each year for a variety of injuries
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www.ahrq.gov/data/infographics/index.html
July 01, 2025 - Antidepressant Prescriptions Potentially Preventable Pediatric Hospital Stays Most Common Cause of Injuries … 2017 People Who Spent the Most for Healthcare in 2017 Causes of Hospital Stays for Traumatic Brain Injury … in 2017 High Healthcare Spending in 2017 Sports-Related Traumatic Brain Injuries Among Children Inpatient
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/hacreport-2019.pdf
January 01, 2019 - Central Venous Catheters
Falls MPSMS In-Hospital Patient Falls
Obstetric
Adverse
Events
PSI OB Trauma … National number of adverse events captured by PSIs 18 and 19 on obstetric
injury and national number … 15, Unrecognized Abdominopelvic Accidental 32,396 19,811,918
Puncture/Laceration
PSI 18, Obstetric Trauma … - Vaginal Delivery with 14,663 121,323
Instrument
PSI 19, Obstetric Trauma - Vaginal Delivery without … Patient Falls
239,286 8.04 225,199 7.57 223,106 7.50 226,642 7.62
Obstetric
Adverse
Events
PSI OB Trauma
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/demo-program/grants/summary.html
August 01, 2022 - demonstration projects to put “patient safety first,” with the intent of reducing the occurrence of preventable injuries … Funding was intended to address four goals: (1) putting patient safety first by reducing preventable injuries … better communication between doctors and patients, (3) ensuring fair and timely compensation for medical injuries … addressing the problem so that no other patient is harmed in the same way, as it is to get compensation for injury … Ascension Health
Evidence-based obstetrics practice model
The project reported a 50% drop in injuries
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/cellulitis-one-page.docx
November 01, 2019 - elevated white blood cell count in 35–50%
· Usually associated with skin surface disruption due to recent trauma … Blood cultures are low yield; consider for patients with severe illness or immunocompromise
· Obtain wound … Patients with aquatic injuries, bites, and cellulitis associated with long-standing diabetic foot ulcers
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/quality-measures/qsrs/qsrs-2021-2022-adverse-event-data-report.pdf
January 01, 2022 - For 2022, the three highest individual AE rates are Advancing
Pressure Injuries or Complications of … of pressure injuries POA was significantly higher for males than
females (7.2% vs. 4.9%). … seizures,
coma)
Death during or shortly after anesthesia in ASA Class 1
patient
Dehiscence, flap or wound … or cranial nerve or spinal cord;
Malignant hyperthermia
Ocular injury
Peri-operative injury
Post-dural … Birth – Neonatal Other birth injury
3.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressure-injury/guide.html
October 01, 2017 - Pressure Injury Prevention Program Implementation Guide
Next Page
Table of Contents … Pressure Injury Prevention Program Implementation Guide
Overview
Get Ready
Pressure Injury Prevention … Prevention Program Implementation Guide
Purpose of the Guide
This Pressure Injury 1 Prevention … It has the following sections:
Overview
AHRQ’s Pressure Injury Prevention Program
Training … ,” and updated the stages of pressure injury.
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/index.html
August 01, 2024 - , and obstetric adverse events are responsible for thousands of deaths and hundreds of thousands of injuries
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www.ahrq.gov/news/sepsis-data-tool.html
March 01, 2025 - topics such as trends in ownership of healthcare practices, opioid hospitalizations and traumatic brain injuries
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/candor-demo-program/plan-grants/summary.html
August 01, 2022 - dispute resolution, with the joint aims of (1) putting patient safety first by reducing preventable injuries … better communication between doctors and patients, (3) ensuring fair and timely compensation for medical injuries
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/report/apiiih.html
June 01, 2010 - Community Based Services, Consumer Services Survey for CommCare Waiver (People with Traumatic Brain Injuries … Psychometric Testing: Not specified
Summary: HSRI identified 300 potential indicators for the Head Injury … Carolina DHHS Financial Recoupment Indicators for First Health Reviews of the Head and Spinal Cord Injury … and spinal cord injuries
Developer: South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special
Needs, … Psychometric Testing: Not specified
Summary: HSRI identified 300 potential indicators for the Head Injury
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/npsd/data/spotlights/spotlight-ptsafety-and-covid-19.pdf
November 01, 2021 - • Patient safety concerns such as falls,
pressure injuries, and adverse medication
events were reported … Pressure Injury
Among the pressure injury events (n = 10; 3.3%), several records identified the development … of pressure
injuries due to the interaction between patient pronation and poor patient mobility. … Four records identified
the development of multiple pressure injuries to the lips, tongue, ears, and … The remaining pressure injuries were identified across multiple other contact points such as
the coccyx
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www.ahrq.gov/data/infographics/hac-rates_2019.html
July 01, 2020 - Description: National efforts to reduce hospital-acquired conditions such as adverse drug events and injuries
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/2024-annual-report/profile-p1-barreto.html
April 01, 2024 - Research for 2021 and 2022
P1: Does A New Care Model Improve Care for Patients with Acute Kidney Injury … Appendix D: Grant Summaries
P1: Does A New Care Model Improve Care for Patients with Acute Kidney Injury … program that supports patients discharged from the hospital to home after an episode of acute kidney injury … Main Objective: To evaluate the Acute Kidney Injury in Care Transitions (ACT) program, a new care model … Incidence of Serum Creatinine Monitoring and Outpatient Visit Follow-Up among Acute Kidney Injury Survivors
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/report/apv2b.html
June 01, 2010 - version
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Adults with acquired brain injuries … version
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Adults with acquired brain injuries … In addition, elderly/disabled tool refers only to theft by direct care staff; brain injury and mental … In addition, elderly/disabled tool refers only to injury caused by direct care staff; brain injury and … Quality of Life Questionnaire
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Adults with spinal cord injuries
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureinjury/workshop/slides2.html
October 01, 2017 - (Tool 2C)
Present the assessment of current pressure injury prevention policies and procedures. … Slide 5: Expected Outcomes
Begin to write a draft Pressure Injury Prevention Action Plan, tailored … Members who influence the areas involved in pressure injury prevention. … Slide 12: Collaboration
Pressure Injury Implementation Team.
Wound Care Team. … Wound Care Team: Interdisciplinary group of experts who provide day-to-day care of skin and wound needs
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-measures/21st-century/index.html
June 01, 2018 - Errors in health care delivery lead to missed or delayed diagnoses, higher costs, and unnecessary injuries … Negligence was blamed for 27.6 percent of the injuries and 51.3 percent of the deaths. … can increase health care costs without improving health and can place patients at greater risk for injuries … Misuse of Services
Errors in health care services cause missed or delayed diagnoses, unnecessary injuries … Evidence of high rates of misuse of services include:
Hospital Injuries .
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/training-grants/grants/active/kawards/Kawdsumcarr.html
October 01, 2014 - Institution: University of Pennsylvania
Grant Title: The Comparative Effectiveness of Time-Adjusted Trauma … Determine whether severity-adjusted differences in mortality exist for injured patients treated at trauma … This training was followed by a fellowship in trauma and surgical critical care at the same site. … Carr now has prehospital data for all trauma patients treated at trauma centers in the State of Pennsylvania … has a cleaned and merged nationally representative datasets of patients admitted to hospitals with injuries
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/goldstein-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Reduction of Nephrotoxic Medication-Associated Acute Kidney Injury in Children … Reduction of Nephrotoxic Medication-Associated Acute Kidney Injury in Children
PI: Stuart L. … rate
(per exposure) 20.8% 15.0% -28 15.4%
Acute kidney injury
Intensity rate
(Acute kidney injury … Modified RIFLE criteria in critically ill children with acute
kidney injury. … Guideline for Acute Kidney Injury.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/facilities/index.html
September 01, 2021 - safety, create a more resident-centered environment, and reduce the number of falls and fall-related injuries