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  1. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38952/psn-pdf
    September 16, 2009 - ; The impact of missed abdominal injuries in the era of nonoperative management. … The impact of missed abdominal injuries in the era of nonoperative management. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/has-pendulum-swung-too-far-impact-missed-abdominal-injuries-era- nonoperative-management … This study examines whether delayed surgery in abdominal trauma patients resulted in an increase in … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/has-pendulum-swung-too-far-impact-missed-abdominal-injuries-era-nonoperative-management

  2. Risk-Based Patient Safety Metrics (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Scanlon_62.pdf
    March 25, 2008 - an injury occurs. … Ideally, a patient safety program would use injury-based metrics to calculate an injury rate that could … That rate would be: Identified injuries Potential opportunities for those injuries to occur As … Identified injuries also become a source of risk identification, regardless of whether or not the injury … In using errors and injuries as sources for identifying risk, the rates of errors and injuries are irrelevant

  3. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36027/psn-pdf
    March 28, 2011 - Medical injuries among hospitalized children. March 28, 2011 Meurer JR, Yang H, Guse CE, et al. … Medical injuries among hospitalized children. Qual Saf Health Care. 2006;15(3):202-7. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medical-injuries-among-hospitalized-children This AHRQ–funded study applied … Investigators used the Wisconsin Medical Injury Prevention Program (WMIPP) screening method to analyze … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medical-injuries-among-hospitalized-children

  4. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41804/psn-pdf
    October 31, 2012 - Prevention and treatment of bile duct injuries during laparoscopic cholecystectomy: the clinical practice … Prevention and treatment of bile duct injuries during laparoscopic cholecystectomy: the clinical practice … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prevention-and-treatment-bile-duct-injuries-during-laparoscopic- cholecystectomy-clinical … This guideline reports on recommendations from an expert panel to prevent bile duct injuries during … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/laparoscopic-bile-duct-injury-understanding-psychology-and-heuristics-error

  5. Pressure Injury Prevention in Hospitals—Webinars | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    October 01, 2017 - Pressure Injury Prevention in Hospitals—Webinars Training Webinars Staff Roles and Training … Wound Classification (41 min) ( PDF of the Slides , 2.11 MB). … Learning Network Webinars Device-Related Pressure Injury (35 min) Measurement and Analysis of … Pressure Injury Data (42 min) The Power of Nutrition for Pressure Ulcer Prevention (73 min) Putting … Injuries: Going Beyond Validated Instruments (60 min) Sustainment (61 min) Video Assessing

  6. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34112/psn-pdf
    February 09, 2011 - Excess length of stay, charges, and mortality attributable to medical injuries during hospitalization … Excess length of stay, charges, and mortality attributable to medical injuries during hospitalization … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/excess-length-stay-charges-and-mortality-attributable-medical-injuries-during … for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Patient Safety Indicators, this study identified medial injuries … variability in both the need for extended hospitalization and the associated costs depending on the specific injury

  7. Impact of AHRQ’s Patient Safety Tools: Challenge Competition | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/about/challenge-competition.html
    February 01, 2024 - for Improving Quality of Care to decrease Patient Safety Indicator 03 (PSI-03) (reportable pressure injuries … Implementation focused on MU Health Care’s 390-bed University Hospital, the only level I trauma center … technology, MU Health Care rose from the 87th percentile ranking of all-cause hospital-acquired pressure injury … experience using this tool is summarized in "MU Health Care Uses AHRQ Toolkit to Reduce Reportable Pressure Injuries

  8. HEALTHCARE COST AND UTILIZATION PROJECT (HCUP) E CODE EVALUATION (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2016-03.pdf
    January 01, 2016 - The percentage of injuries with injury-related E codes was determined for each of the following HCUP … This earlier report evaluated E code completeness for both injuries and medical misadventures. … thorax, abdomen, and pelvis; open wound of the head, neck, trunk, upper limb, and lower limb; injury … . during an inpatient stay and enumerates the percentage of these injuries with nonspecific injury E … room in the U.S. and enumerates the percentage of these injuries with nonspecific injury E codes.

  9. Trends in Emergency Department Visits, 2006-2014 #227

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb227-Emergency-Department-Visit-Trends.jsp
    September 01, 2017 - (contusions), and open wounds of extremities were the most frequent first-listed diagnoses for injury-related … injuries (contusions), and open wounds of extremities. … Among injury-related ED visits, those for intracranial injuries increased more than any other injury-related … Among injury-related ED visits, those for open wound of extremities decreased the most (21.3 percent) … ; internal injury of thorax, abdomen, and pelvis; open wound of the head, neck, trunk, upper limb, and

  10. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37743/psn-pdf
    June 06, 2008 - Incidence and prevention of iatrogenic urethral injuries. … Incidence and prevention of iatrogenic urethral injuries. … 300 male patients at this university hospital experienced a urethral injury due to urinary catheter … A nursing education program significantly reduced the risk of injury. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/incidence-and-prevention-iatrogenic-urethral-injuries

  11. NPSD Data Spotlight - Falls: Associated Factors and Clinical Outcomes (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/npsd/data/spotlights/spotlight-falls-rev.pdf
    March 01, 2023 - Dislocations (42 / 6,343 injuries; 0.66% among female patients and 30 / 6,536 injuries; 0.46% among … Other injury made up 47.3% (3,002 / 6,343) of injuries among female patients and 45.1% (2,947 / 6,536 … ) of injuries among male patients.xi Across all 6,091 Other injury records, only 627 (10.3%) had any … Minor injuries from the pre-existing injury types in CFER-H v1.2 made up over 20% of Other injuries. … Multiple injuries made up a small share of Other injuries reported (46 / 627; 7.3%).

  12. Soopramanien A et al. 2005 "Using telemedicine to provide post-discharge support for patients with spinal cord injuries." | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/research/soopramanien
    January 01, 2023 - Soopramanien A et al. 2005 "Using telemedicine to provide post-discharge support for patients with spinal cord injuries … Using telemedicine to provide post-discharge support for patients with spinal cord injuries. … Abstract "We are conducting a randomized controlled trial of telemedicine with patients with spinal cord injuries … discharge to provide participants with regular telemedicine sessions conducted by specialists in spinal injury

  13. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40662/psn-pdf
    March 12, 2016 - Administrative compensation for medical injuries: lessons from three foreign systems. … Administrative compensation for medical injuries: lessons from three foreign systems. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/administrative-compensation-medical-injuries-lessons-three-foreign-systems … This piece discusses the no-fault medical injury compensation programs of Denmark, Sweden, and New … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/no-fault-compensation-medical-injuries-prospect-error-prevention

  14. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46119/psn-pdf
    August 15, 2018 - Incidence and predictors of opioid prescription at discharge after traumatic injury. … This retrospective study of patients who had sustained traumatic injuries examined the relationship … between injury severity and opioid prescribing. … Investigators found that patients with more severe injuries were more likely to be prescribed opioids … there is no evidence opioids are beneficial) while not denying opioids to those in acute pain from trauma

  15. Trends in Emergency Department Visits, 2006-2014 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb227-Emergency-Department-Visit-Trends.pdf
    December 01, 2016 - (contusions), and open wounds of extremities were the most frequent first-listed diagnoses for injury-related … injuries (contusions), and open wounds of extremities. … Among injury-related ED visits, those for intracranial injuries increased more than any other injury- … Among injury-related ED visits, those for open wound of extremities decreased the most (21.3 percent … ; internal injury of thorax, abdomen, and pelvis; open wound of the head, neck, trunk, upper limb,

  16. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37654/psn-pdf
    September 24, 2010 - The road to zero preventable birth injuries. … The road to zero preventable birth injuries. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2008;34(4):201-205. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/road-zero-preventable-birth-injuries This article reports how a perinatal … safety team, which applied high reliability principles and best practices, reduced the rate of birth trauma … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/road-zero-preventable-birth-injuries https://psnet.ahrq.gov//#highreliabilityorganizations

  17. Learning from incident reporting? Analysis of incidents resulting in patient injuries in a web-based system in Swedish health care. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/learning-incident-reporting-analysis-incidents-resulting-patient-injuries-web-based-system
    August 04, 2021 - Analysis of incidents resulting in patient injuries in a web-based system in Swedish health care. … Analysis of incidents resulting in patient injuries in a web-based system in Swedish health care. … one hospital in Sweden found that the handling, causes, and actions taken to prevent recurrence of injuries … were similar across three severity levels (injuries leading to deaths, permanent harm, or temporary … Analysis of incidents resulting in patient injuries in a web-based system in Swedish health care.

  18. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4l_combo_psi15-accidentalpuncturelaceration-bestpractices.pdf
    May 31, 2016 - Workbook for Designing, Implementing and Evaluating a Sharps Injury Prevention Program http://www.cdc.gov … • American Nurses Association Sharps Injury Prevention http://www.nursingworld.org/safeneedles Tools … Needlestick Injury Prevention Assessment Tool http://www.who.int/occupational_health/activities/2needlest.pdf … Sharps injuries in the operating room: Massachusetts Sharps Injury Surveillance System Data, 2004. … Strategies for preventing sharps injuries in the operating room.

  19. Administrative compensation for medical injuries: lessons from three foreign systems. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/administrative-compensation-medical-injuries-lessons-three-foreign-systems
    September 29, 2017 - Newspaper/Magazine Article Administrative compensation for medical injuries: lessons … Administrative compensation for medical injuries: lessons from three foreign systems. … This piece discusses the no-fault medical injury compensation programs of Denmark, Sweden, and New … Administrative compensation for medical injuries: lessons from three foreign systems. … February 17, 2011 Beyond negligence: avoidability and medical injury compensation.

  20. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73350/psn-pdf
    June 02, 2021 - Learning during crisis: the impact of COVID-19 on hospital-acquired pressure injury incidence. … Learning during crisis: the impact of COVID-19 on hospital-acquired pressure injury incidence. … care delivery, including how hospitals prevent common hospital-acquired conditions such as pressure injuries … , the authors of this study did not identify a longitudinal increase in hospital-acquired pressure injuries … The authors discuss how prior organizational efforts to reduce hospital-acquired pressure injuries allowed
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