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1941. Diagnostic Excellence in U.S. Rural Healthcare: A Call to Action (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/diagnostic/resources/issue-briefs/dx-safety-rural-healthcare.pdf
      July 01, 2024 - claims.21 At the patient level, it is estimated that 33 percent of diagnostic errors result in patient injury … Rural residents are more susceptible to unintentional injury, as many work in high-risk occupations

1942. Implementing Safety Cultures in Medicine: What We Learned by Watching Physicians (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/Hoff.pdf
      January 01, 2003 - As many as 44,000 to 98,000 hospital patients die each year as a result of iatrogenic injury.1 The … The trauma surgery clinical team consisted of four staff attending physicians (all surgeons trained … in trauma care and general surgery), a chief surgical resident, a senior surgical resident, one surgical … inpatient floor; intern, student, and resident “scut work” duties (e.g., checking postoperative surgical wounds … The preventability of medical injury. In: Bogner MS, ed. Human mistake in medicine.

1943. Final Progress Report: A National Report of Nursing Home Quality Measures and Information Technology (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/alexander-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Symptoms 14168 797 5.6 5.1 Who Were Physically Restrained 14203 798 0.9 0.7 One or More Falls with Major Injury … Physically Restrained -0.02 -0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 -0.02 0.00 One or More Falls with Major Injury

1944. Screening for Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis, Evidence Synthesis, No. 50 (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/prevent/pdfser/cas/cases.pdf
      December 01, 2007 - However, among the RCTs, the VACS reported surgical complications rates of 3.8% for cranial nerve injuries … (none of these injuries were permanent), 5.2% for hypotension, and 25% for hypertension.40 Is … Overall = 3.7% High volume hospital (>100 cases/year) = 3.5% Low volume hospital = 5.2% 3% HTN 2% wound

1945. National Strategy for Quality Improvement in Health Care: Agency-Specific Quality Strategic Plans (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/workingforquality/nqsplans.pdf
      January 01, 2020 - people and communities need to protect their health—through health promotion; prevention of disease, injury … Adverse drug events are the leading cause of death and injury in the United States.

1946. Network of Patient Safety Databases Chartbook, 2023 (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/npsd/data/npsd-chartbook-2023-rev.pdf
      January 01, 2023 - An example of additional detail from the Fall module would be the type of injury sustained in a fall … or stage/category IV or was unstageable • A lesion that, on admission, was a suspected Deep Tissue Injury

1947. Specific Tools To Support Change (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/g2_pdi_specifictoolstosupportchange.pdf
      January 01, 2011 - have been identified, including: • Hospital-acquired infections: ventilator-associated pneumonia, wound … • Obstetrics: birth trauma - injury to neonate, obstetric trauma - vaginal delivery, obstetric … trauma - cesarean section, problems with childbirth

1948. Specific Tools To Support Change (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/g2_combo_specifictoolstosupportchange.pdf
      January 01, 2011 - indicators have been identified, including: • Hospital-acquired infections: ventilator pneumonia, wound … • Obstetrics: birth trauma - injury to neonate, obstetric trauma - vaginal delivery, obstetric … trauma - cesarean section, problems with childbirth

1949. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/029-hand-hygiene-webinar-slides.pptx
      October 01, 2024 - Injury. 2020 Jun;51(6):1250-1257. PMID: 32331847.

1950. Final Progress Report: Re-engineering the Hospital Discharge for Patient Safety--Safe Practices Implementation Challenge Grant (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/final-reports/14289-Jack-draft-1.pdf
      January 19, 2005 - goals to (1) assess risks and known hazards to patients in the process of care, leading to preventable injuries

1951. Implementation Guide for Automatic Referral: Building, Implementing, and Troubleshooting and Automatic Referral for Cardiac Rehabilitation (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/takeheart/training/implementing-automatic-referral-implementation-guide.pdf
      March 01, 2023 - A patient hospitalized for internal injuries incurred in a car accident who had received PTCA 9 months

1952. Final Progress Report: Re-engineering the Hospital Discharge for Patient Safety--Safe Practices Implementation Challenge Grant (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/jack-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - goals to (1) assess risks and known hazards to patients in the process of care, leading to preventable injuries

1953. The Association Between Pharmacist Support and Voluntary Reporting of Medication Errors: An Analysis of MEDMARX® Data (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Jones_91.pdf
      July 17, 2008 - reliability in hospitals’ medication use practices results in 400,000 preventable medication-related injuries

1954. Primary Care Practice Facilitation Curriculum Module 31: Facilitating Panel Management (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/tools/PCMH/pcpf-module-31-facilitating-panel-management.pdf
      September 01, 2015 - acute care centers—services rendered to patients needing urgent medical attention (e.g., infection, injuries

1955. Developing a Community-Wide Electronic Shared Medication List (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol4/Advances-Stock_113.pdf
      June 15, 2005 - Introduction Thousands of deaths and injuries occur annually in hospitals due to preventable medical

1956. Proactive Risk Assessment of Surgical Site Infections in Ambulatory Surgery Centers (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/final-reports/stpra/stpra.pdf
      March 01, 2012 - environment) • Prevention of postoperative infection transmission (e.g., dressing the postoperative wound … Often these settings are emotionally charged, because a patient has experienced a severe injury at the … Assessing patient safety risk before the injury occurs: An introduction to sociotechnical probabilistic

1957. Final Progress Report: The Effect of EMR on Medication Safety: A SPUR-Net Study (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/final-reports/14406-Kuo-draft-1.pdf
      March 01, 2005 - It is estimated that 770,000 people each year experience adverse drug events (ADEs) that result in injury

1958. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=19
      January 01, 2024 - enzyme inhibitor and angiotensin receptor blocker use, hypertension control, readmissions, acute kidney injury

1959. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=21
      January 01, 2024 - collected demographic data, comorbid conditions, and patient-reported outcome measures including the knee injury

1960. Final Progress Report: Developing a Medical Biometric Identification System with a Secure Database Network That Can Access Electronic Medical Databases (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/sohn-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Commission  as  “an  unexpected  occurrence  involving  death  or  serious  physical  or  psychological  injury