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121. Health Plan Patient Safety Initiatives | PSNet
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     July 10, 2024 - Another promising avenue for future research is developing a better understanding for how we can best measure … that change every year, including the weights and targets. … Amy Helwig: We often refer to these as quality measures rather than patient safety measures. … that we use, including chronic care prevention measures, diabetes measures, cardiac disease measures … These measures are similar to those used by providers.

122. In Conversation With...Amy Helwig about Health Plan Patient Safety Initiatives | PSNet
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     July 10, 2024 - that change every year, including the weights and targets. … Amy Helwig: We often refer to these as quality measures rather than patient safety measures. … that we use, including chronic care prevention measures, diabetes measures, cardiac disease measures … These measures are similar to those used by providers. … Another promising avenue for future research is developing a better understanding for how we can best measure

123. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2019 - RW: Did you need something embedded in statute that said that when NQF comes up with an acceptable measure … Over the years, we've created programs like endorsement, like measure selection for CMS. … to see if a measure is available that meets their needs. … RW: How does a measure get generated by you as an organization? … But we have a number of different programs that try to identify where there are critical measure gaps

124. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     August 28, 2024 - The NCCMERP recommends having appropriate metric scales (standing, chair, beds/stretchers with scales … Built-in bed scales are convenient but are also costly. … Ground-based bed scales are an alternative but more time-intensive as staff must obtain a comparison … should facilitate obtaining accurate weights. … This includes ensuring that appropriate metric scales (standing or weighted stretcher scales) are readily

125. Measuring psychological safety and local learning to enable high reliability organisational change. | PSNet
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     May 05, 2021 - This children’s hospital developed two scales (trust in team members and trust in leadership) and one … composite measure (local learning) to measure staff psychological safety and evaluate the effectiveness … More than 4,500 health system staff completed the survey; results indicate the two scales are strongly … associated with the composite measure.

126. Rare adverse medical events in VA inpatient care: reliability limits to using patient safety indicators as performance measures. | PSNet
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     February 27, 2008 - medical events in VA inpatient care: reliability limits to using patient safety indicators as performance measures … medical events in VA inpatient care: reliability limits to using patient safety indicators as performance measures … This study assessed the value of AHRQ Patient Safety Indicator (PSI) rates as a measure of performance … medical events in VA inpatient care: reliability limits to using patient safety indicators as performance measures … Download Citation Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Comparing measures

127. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     April 24, 2024 - The National Healthcare Safety Network's digital quality measures: CDC's automated measures for surveillance … The National Healthcare Safety Network’s digital quality measures: CDC’s automated measures for surveillance … - measures The National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) tracks healthcare-associated infections as … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/national-healthcare-safety-networks-digital-quality-measures-cdcs-automated-measures … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/national-healthcare-safety-networks-digital-quality-measures-cdcs-automated-measures

128. The Safety Organizing Scale: development and validation of a behavioral measure of safety culture in hospital nursing units. | PSNet
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     December 16, 2011 - Study The Safety Organizing Scale: development and validation of a behavioral measure … The Safety Organizing Scale: development and validation of a behavioral measure of safety culture in … survey administered at 13 Catholic health system hospitals were used to develop an instrument that measures … The Safety Organizing Scale: development and validation of a behavioral measure of safety culture in

129. The Role of the National Quality Forum (NQF) in the Quest for Transparency in U.S. Hospitals' Patient Safety Performance | PSNet
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     April 01, 2010 - in order to stimulate improvement.( 21 ) For example, consumers may have difficulty understanding a measure … By harmonizing measure sets, it will make it much easier for clinicians to understand and use the information … Once a measure is developed and endorsed by the organization, is the organization's role in that measure … Our role does continue, though, once a measure goes out the door. … For example, a lot of our measures relate to the medical care process, but very few measures address

130. In Conversation with…Janet Corrigan, PhD, MBA | PSNet
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     April 01, 2010 - By harmonizing measure sets, it will make it much easier for clinicians to understand and use the information … Once a measure is developed and endorsed by the organization, is the organization's role in that measure … Our role does continue, though, once a measure goes out the door. … For example, a lot of our measures relate to the medical care process, but very few measures address … in order to stimulate improvement.( 21 ) For example, consumers may have difficulty understanding a measure

131. Reviewing deaths in British and US hospitals: a study of two scales for assessing preventability. | PSNet
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     April 03, 2019 - Study Reviewing deaths in British and US hospitals: a study of two scales for assessing … Reviewing deaths in British and US hospitals: a study of two scales for assessing preventability. … Comparing two scales that assess preventability for mortality, this study found that there is high … Reviewing deaths in British and US hospitals: a study of two scales for assessing preventability. … August 2, 2011 Adherence to Surgical Care Improvement Project measures and the association

132. Avoidability of hospital deaths and association with hospital-wide mortality ratios: retrospective case record review and regression analysis. | PSNet
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     November 12, 2014 - A commonly used measure of hospital quality is all-cause mortality. … In this study, researchers examined whether two measures of the standardized mortality ratio, which represent … November 12, 2014 Relationship between preventable hospital deaths and other measures … September 24, 2014 Adverse event rates as measures of hospital performance.

133. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     November 13, 2009 - "Canary measures" among the AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators. … "Canary measures" among the AHRQ patient safety indicators. … to identify which of the AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) could be used as a single measure to … The PSI "selected infections due to medical care" (a measure of health care–associated infections) appeared … to be the best single measure for this indication.

134. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     January 08, 2025 - Moving towards a core measures set for patient safety in perioperative care: an e-Delphi consensus study … Moving towards a core measures set for patient safety in perioperative care: an e-Delphi consensus study … - consensus-study Standardized measures allow for comparison between facilities. … This article describes the development of a “Core Measures Set” that should be measured and reported … Subject-matter experts and patients agreed on 85 measures.

135. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     December 13, 2023 - This scoping review explored the use of measures to capture pediatric medication errors in ambulatory … The authors identified 142 studies evaluating 21 measures of medication errors, including measures of … Only 31 studies assessed measure reliability.

136. Patient Safety, Spring 2019 Final CDP Report. | PSNet
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     October 28, 2020 - The development of effective measures to document and track patient safety is challenging. … This report contributes to a long-standing initiative to define an evolving set of measures to respond … July 16, 2009 Identification and Prioritization of Health IT Patient Safety Measures. … December 23, 2020 The use of "lives saved" measures in nurse staffing and patient safety

137. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2015 - and additional measures used in public reports and other public programs, HHS created the Measure Applications … RW: The sepsis measure came under some scrutiny recently. … RW: You might look at a measure and say this is a good, important measure. … They are tricky to measure, and given the profusion of measures in safety that your organization does … But it's very hard to measure something that doesn't happen.

138. Performance measures in neurosurgical patient care: differing applications of patient safety indicators. | PSNet
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     June 03, 2020 - Study Performance measures in neurosurgical patient care: differing applications … Performance Measures in Neurosurgical Patient Care: Differing Applications of Patient Safety Indicators … Performance Measures in Neurosurgical Patient Care: Differing Applications of Patient Safety Indicators

139. Evaluating implementation of a rapid response team: considering alternative outcome measures. | PSNet
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     October 19, 2022 - Evaluating implementation of a rapid response team: considering alternative outcome measures … Evaluating implementation of a rapid response team: considering alternative outcome measures. … Evaluating implementation of a rapid response team: considering alternative outcome measures.

140. Medication errors in intensive care units: an umbrella review of control measures. | PSNet
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     February 09, 2022 - Review Medication errors in intensive care units: an umbrella review of control measures … Medication errors in intensive care units: an umbrella review of control measures. … Medication errors in intensive care units: an umbrella review of control measures.