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401. Mercy Health Uses AHRQ's Patient Safety Culture Survey and TeamSTEPPS® to Enhance Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201411.html
     August 01, 2014 - Implementing the "Minimal Lift Program," which is designed to reduce injuries resulting from repositioning

402. AHRQ Stats | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/ahrq-stats.html
     July 01, 2025 - , by Cause of Injury, 2017 .) … Highest Rates of Traumatic Brain Injury Population rates of hospitalizations and emergency department … visits related to treatment of traumatic brain injuries in 2017 were highest among people living in … Trauma During Childbirth The rate of obstetric trauma during childbirth involving instruments such as … highest average expenses per person were for the treatment of heart conditions ($3,794 per person), trauma-related

403. Screening for Family and Intimate Partner Violence: Systematic Evidence Review (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/prevent/pdfser/famviolser.pdf
     March 01, 2004 - Inflicted injury versus accidental injury. [Review] [87 refs]. … Validation of a Trauma Questionnaire in veteran women. … Analytic Framework and Key Questions *Including physical trauma (fractures, dislocations, brain injury … If answer is yes, code “1” for no injury, “2” for possible injury, and “3” for injury. … 6 = Use of weapon, wound from weapon 4.

404. Final Progress Report: Ambulatory Patient Safety of Clients in Treatment for Substance Abuse (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/mcfarland-report.pdf
     January 01, 2025 - Institute of Medicine (2000) estimated that, in 1999, as many as 98,000 people may have died owing to injuries … Seriousness of harm varied from a minor temporary injury or near miss to an injury that would permanently … permanent injury. … Minor Permanent Error: A permanent injury that does not compromise basic functions of daily living.   … Minor Temporary Error: Minor patient injury, increased patient monitoring, or change in treatment plan

405. On-Time Falls Prevention: Electronic Reports (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/fallsprev/ontimefallpxsamplereports.pdf
     June 02, 2025 - cognitively impaired Other, please describe Fall Comments Free text Fall Injury … Yes/no N N Y Y Y N On-Time Falls Prevention: Electronic Reports 14 If yes, what type of injury … Injury Type: Major Fracture: hip X Fracture: other Joint dislocation Closed head … injury with altered consciousness Subdural hematoma Injury Type: Minor Skin tear X … that causes pain Injury Site Head Upper extremity (UE) Lower extremity (LE) LE LE LE LE

406. Organizational Behavior Management in Health Care: Applications for Large-Scale Improvements in Patient Safety (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Cunningham_11.pdf
     January 29, 2008 - percent).5 In terms of overall numbers, preventable technical complications of surgery (10,891) and wound … Postoperative wound dehiscence 15. Transfusion reaction Treatment 5. … Birth trauma and obstetric trauma (3 types related to delivery methods) Preventive 10. … as “response generalization.”36 This line of OBM research informed an intervention to decrease injuries … Preventing medical injury. Qual Rev Bull 1993; 19: 144-149. 6.

407. Final Progress Report: Evaluating safety and quality of tracheal intubation in pediatric ICUs (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/nishisaki2-report.pdf
     January 01, 2025 - intubation procedures across a diverse spectrum of PICUs in North America, the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury … pressors), laryngospasm, malignant hyperthermia, pneumothorax/pneumomediastinum, or direct airway injury … immediate recognition, emesis without aspiration, hypertension requiring therapy, epistaxis, dental or lip trauma … Hypotension requiring intervention 61 (3.4%) Epistaxis 10 (0.6%) Laryngospasm 4 (0.2%) Dental/lip trauma … PI: Akira Nishisaki Grant Number: R03 HS21583-01 Cardiac- medical Sepsis/shock Neurological Trauma

408. Do Transient Working Conditions Trigger Medical Errors? (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/Grayson.pdf
     January 01, 2003 - addition, case- crossover studies have been proposed and used to study risk factors for occupational injuries … .6, 10–12 Injuries to workers result from a causal chain of events involving both latent and immediate … Indeed, many risk factors for injury that have been studied in case-crossover studies of injury are … Case-crossover studies of occupational trauma: methodological caveats. … Injury Prevention 2001;7:Supplement 38–42.

409. Appendix C: VTE Measurement and Tracking | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/vtguide/appc.html
     May 01, 2016 - have them ordered: Does patient have a contraindication for mechanical prophylaxis, such as edema, wound … Acute spinal cord injury with paresis. Multiple major trauma. … s/p Transplant or multiple major trauma to clear bleeding risk: 48 hours. … Open wounds/ulcerations of both lower extremities. … of the term "hospital-acquired VTE" for two reasons: VTE is often due to underlying illnesses or injuries

410. Appendix C: VTE Measurement and Tracking | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/vtguide/appc.html
     May 01, 2016 - have them ordered: Does patient have a contraindication for mechanical prophylaxis, such as edema, wound … Acute spinal cord injury with paresis. Multiple major trauma. … s/p Transplant or multiple major trauma to clear bleeding risk: 48 hours. … Open wounds/ulcerations of both lower extremities. … of the term "hospital-acquired VTE" for two reasons: VTE is often due to underlying illnesses or injuries

411. Chartbook on Hispanic Health Care: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/hispanichealth/hisph-slides.html
     March 01, 2020 - Slide 61 Birth trauma—injury to neonate per 1,000 live births, by race/ethnicity, 2004-2012 Image … : Graph shows birth trauma—injury to neonate per 1,000 live births: Year Total White Black … Note: Trends: Birth trauma-neonatal injury rates fell from 2.6 per 1,000 live births in 2004 … Between 2004 and 2012, birth trauma-neonatal injury rates fell for all racial/ethnic groups. … Injuries: Any external cause of injury code indicating motor vehicle accident and unintentional injuries

412. Failure Modes and Effects Analysis Based on In Situ Simulations: A Methodology to Improve Understanding of Risks and Failures (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol3/Advances-Davis_60.pdf
     April 07, 2008 - failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) is a widely used technique for assessing risk of patient injury … Introduction Catastrophic patient injury often occurs because of an unanticipated sequence of active … becoming widespread and has been developed for numerous applications.9, 10, 11 Catastrophic patient injury … ) to “major injury” to “death.” … Preventing infant death and injury during delivery. Sentinel Event Alert.

413. Integrating Teamwork Tools into CUSP Efforts | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/integrating-teamwork-tools-cusp-efforts-slides.html
     December 01, 2017 - To rule out any injuries, the patient is sent for a head CT along with a chest CT for the nodules.

414. Introduction | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/engage/intro.html
     March 01, 2017 - the following definitions were used: Patient Safety: "the freedom from accidental or preventable injuries

415. Appendix B. National Quality Measures Clearinghouse™ Data Sources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/prevention/resources/chronic-care/clinical-community-relationships-measures-atlas/ccrm-atlasapb.html
     March 01, 2013 - health record that is made by physicians and is a written or transcribed history of various illnesses or injuries

416. AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Preventable Hospital and Emergency Department Visits | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/prevhosp/ereports.html
     September 01, 2017 - Weekly wound review meeting * MDS=Minimum Data Set. … and skin, injury (fall related or not fall related), musculoskeletal, abnormal labs or anemia, fever … or skin issues Fall-related injury Non-fall-related injury Abnormal labs Fever/possible infection … disease Asthma Circulatory problems Hypertension Gastroenteritis Angina pectoris Falls/trauma … obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, circulatory problems, hypertension, gastroenteritis, angina, falls/trauma

417. Chartbook on Patient Safety (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/npsd/data/npsd-chartbook-2020.pdf
     January 01, 2020 - pertaining to nine patient safety event types that represent the majority of reported preventable injuries … captures the specific type of physical injury sustained in the fall as TYPE OF INJURY AS RESULT OF … The second most frequent type of injury reported was Other injury, representing 39.7% (3,268 / 8,229 … that they represent minor injuries such as soreness, bumps, and minor abrasions. … and the type of the injury.

418. Improving Diagnosis in the Context of Rurality | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-rural-healthcare2.html
     October 01, 2024 - 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 (

419. Appendix A. Grantee Profiles | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/demo-program/grants/appa.html
     August 01, 2022 - Communication To Prevent and Respond to Medical Injuries: WA State Collaborative. … adverse perinatal events in five geographically dispersed hospitals to decrease occurrences of birth trauma … reliability and the effects of disclosure, with highlights from parents of an infant injured from birth trauma … Changing labor and delivery practice to achieve sustainable decreases in neonate injury. … by the number of patients that had an adverse event; AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators (PSI) 17–birth trauma

420. Outcome Indicators for the HCBS Population | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/find4.html
     December 01, 2012 - Assessing the Health and Welfare of the HCBS Population Outcome Indicators for the HCBS Population Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Assessing the Health and Welfare of the HCBS Population Introduction HCBS Population Availability and Use of State Medicaid HCBS Outcome Indicators for…