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  1. Maternal and Child Health Care: Person-Centered Care & Patient Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/healthyliving/mchpcc-ps.html
    June 01, 2018 - Birth trauma not elsewhere classified. 24 Many of these injuries to neonates may be preventable … . 25 Birth trauma—injury to neonate per 1,000 live births, 2004-2013 Year Total White … Overall Rate: In 2013, the birth trauma-neonatal injury rate was 1.9 per 1,000 live births. … Trends: Birth trauma-neonatal injury rates fell from 2.6 per 1,000 live births in 2004 to 1.9 per … Between 2004 and 2013, birth trauma-neonatal injury rates fell for all racial/ethnic groups, except for

  2. Zero preventable deaths after traumatic injury: an achievable goal. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/zero-preventable-deaths-after-traumatic-injury-achievable-goal
    March 24, 2021 - Zero preventable deaths after traumatic injury. … Zero preventable deaths after traumatic injury. … mortality in emergency general surgery patients using a regional health system integrated electronic medical … June 30, 2021 The Institute of Medicine report on medical errors—could it do harm? … Systems to Achieve Zero Preventable Deaths After Injury.

  3. Role of intraoperative cholangiography in avoiding bile duct injury. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/role-intraoperative-cholangiography-avoiding-bile-duct-injury
    December 13, 2023 - Role of intraoperative cholangiography in avoiding bile duct injury. … Role of intraoperative cholangiography in avoiding bile duct injury. … August 9, 2017 Choosing your words carefully: how physicians would disclose harmful medical … Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 among frontline health care personnel in a multistate hospital network--13 academic medical … October 16, 2019 Prevention and treatment of bile duct injuries during laparoscopic cholecystectomy

  4. Final Progress Report: Safety Outcomes of Obese Residents in US Nursing Homes (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-05/felix-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - In Press, Wound Practice and Research, September 2023. … Preplanning with protocols for skin and wound care in obese patients. … Advances in Skin and Wound Care. 2004;7(8):436-43. 13. Chao E, Henshaw J. … International Wound Journal. 2023;20(7):2753-63. 24. … Medical Care. 2013;51(6):478-86. 44.

  5. Statistical Brief #130: Emergency Department Visits and Inpatient Hospital Stays for All-Terrain-Vehicle-Related Injuries, 2009 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb130.pdf
    March 01, 2012 - Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection and Critical Care 69(6): 1344–1349. 5 Aitken, M. E., C. J. … ED visits for ATV injuries were more likely to occur on a weekend than the total of other injury-related … Compared with all injury related visits, those for ATV injuries were more likely to be covered by private … Transfer to short-term hospital or other facility 10.5% 31.9% Home health 5.6% 11.4% Against medical … include obstetrics and gynecology, otolaryngology, orthopedic, cancer, pediatric, public, and academic medical

  6. 4 Tk2 T1-Medical Care Referral Form (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/4_TK2_T1-Medical_Care_Referral_Form.pdf
    May 01, 2014 - Advancing Excellence in Health Care www.ahrq.gov Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality MEDICAL … New or increasing pus draining from wound Y N ? New breakdown Y N ? … New or expanding redness around wound Y N ? Pain / tenderness Y N ? Warmth Y N ? … Suspected minor injury Yes No ? Suspected serious injury Yes No ? … MEDICAL HISTORY Diabetes: Yes No ? If Yes, most recent blood sugar:________ COPD: Yes No ?

  7. Final Progress Report: Malpractice Insurers’ Medical Error Surveillance and Prevention Study (MIMESPS) (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/studdert-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - a medical injury had occurred and, if so, whether it was due to medical error. … Ninety-seven percent (n=1415) of claims involved medical injury, and 63% (n=889) of those injuries were … medical errors and injuries. … Severe injuries and younger patients are over-represented in the subset of medical injuries that triggers … The remaining 93% of claims involved physical injury, and typically these injuries were severe.

  8. HCUPanalysisInjuryReporting (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/ataglance/HCUPanalysisInjuryReporting.pdf
    September 29, 2021 - framework for categorizing injuries by body region and nature of injury. … Diagnosis Framework for Categorizing Injuries by Body Region and Nature of Injury.3 Injury-related … research on a broad range of health policy issues, including cost and quality of health services, medical … organ injury, initial encounter INJ011 Open wounds of head and neck, initial encounter INJ012 Open … wounds to limbs, initial encounter INJ013 Open wounds of trunk, initial encounter INJ014 Amputation

  9. Overuse of Imaging for the Evaluation of Children with Post-Traumatic Headache (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-195-fullreport.pdf
    December 17, 2019 - Over the past decade, ED visits for traumatic brain injuries have increased substantially (Coronado, … chart the following: severe mechanism of injury, seizure associated with trauma, loss of consciousness … These risks include dental trauma; airway edema (swelling of the windpipe); vocal cord spasm or injury … Over the past decade, ED visits for traumatic brain injuries have increased substantially. … in a non-trauma center.

  10. Addressing prehospital patient safety using the science of injury prevention and control. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/addressing-prehospital-patient-safety-using-science-injury-prevention-and-control
    April 12, 2019 - Addressing prehospital patient safety using the science of injury prevention and control. … This commentary discusses patient safety in emergency medical services (EMS) and illustrates how injury … Addressing prehospital patient safety using the science of injury prevention and control. … review, meta-analysis, and practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma … patient outcomes: a validation of audit filters for prehospital trauma care.

  11. Trends and Projections in Inpatient Hospital Costs and Utilization, 2003–2013 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb175-Hospital-Cost-Utilization-Projections-2013.pdf
    January 01, 2013 - Four of the five hospital service lines—medical, surgical, injury, and mental health—experienced a slight … The medical and injury service lines had similar lengths of stay around 4.9 to 5.0 days in 2003, which … 221: Respiratory distress syndrome • 222: Hemolytic jaundice and perinatal jaundice • 223: Birth trauma … ; internal injury of thorax, abdomen, and pelvis; open wound of the head, neck, trunk, upper limb, … orifice; burns; injury to nerves and spinal cord; traumatic complications and unspecified injuries;

  12. Missed injuries in trauma patients: a literature review. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/missed-injuries-trauma-patients-literature-review
    April 01, 2009 - Review Missed injuries in trauma patients: a literature review. … Missed injuries in trauma patients: A literature review. … Missed injuries in trauma patients: A literature review. … July 31, 2023 Factors associated with diagnostic error: an analysis of closed medical … April 29, 2020 Surgeon commitment to trauma care decreases missed injuries.

  13. Association of low-dose whole-body computed tomography with missed injury diagnoses and radiation exposure in patients with blunt multiple trauma. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-low-dose-whole-body-computed-tomography-missed-injury-diagnoses-and-radiation
    February 12, 2020 - and radiation exposure in patients with blunt multiple trauma. … in Patients With Blunt Multiple Trauma. … in Patients With Blunt Multiple Trauma. … Author(s) Association of open communication and the emotional and behavioural impact of medical … August 11, 2021 Visual illusions in radiology: untrue perceptions in medical images and

  14. Appendix B2: Tracking Record for Improving Patient Safety TRIPS (Text Description) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/injuries/fallspx/manapb2txt.html
    December 01, 2017 - Falls Engineer Instructions Name: __________________________               Medical … ) __ No injury __ Minor injury/first aid only (ex: bruise, abrasion, skin tear) __ Major … injury (ex: laceration with suture, closed head injury, fracture) __ Death Treatment (check all … __________________________ Time of notification _____________________________ __ __ Medical … flagged and occurrence documented accordingly __ __ Plan of care updated __ __ Medical

  15. Trends in Emergency Department Visits, 2006–2011 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb179-Emergency-Department-Trends.pdf
    November 01, 2013 - Department Sample (NEDS), 2006 and 2011 ■ The rates of ED visits decreased for the two most common minor trauma … 2011 was intracranial injury. … ■ Many injuries appear on the top 20 list of conditions with the greatest decreases in rates. … Injuries with significant declines in the rate of ED visits included poisoning by nonmedicinal substances … (19 percent); open wounds of the extremities (18 percent); open wounds of the head, neck, and trunk

  16. 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/ereport-handouts.html
    June 01, 2017 - Notes are not required, but the elements included in them must be in the nursing home’s electronic medical … and Skin |___| Cellulitis |___| Edema |___| Infected wound or decubitus |___| Jaundice … |___| Rash Fall-Related Injury |___| Major injury |___| Minor injury Non-Fall-Related … Injury |___| Major injury |___| Minor injury Musculoskeletal |___| Joint pain/joint … Primary Care Physician/Name_______________ |___| Other Provider/Name________________ |___| Medical

  17. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37300/psn-pdf
    January 04, 2012 - Beyond negligence: avoidability and medical injury compensation. … Beyond negligence: avoidability and medical injury compensation. Soc Sci Med. 2008;66(2):387-402. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/beyond-negligence-avoidability-and-medical-injury-compensation This article … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/beyond-negligence-avoidability-and-medical-injury-compensation https://psnet.ahrq.gov … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/no-fault-compensation-medical-injuries-prospect-error-prevention https:/

  18. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36238/psn-pdf
    October 21, 2010 - Claiming behaviour in a no-fault system of medical injury: a descriptive analysis of claimants and non-claimants … Claiming behaviour in a no-fault system of medical injury: a descriptive analysis of claimants and non-claimants … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/claiming-behaviour-no-fault-system-medical-injury-descriptive-analysis- … that few patients sought compensation for the recorded medical injuries. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/claiming-behaviour-no-fault-system-medical-injury-descriptive-analysis-claimants-and-non

  19. Sampleransferandintakenotes (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/prevhosp/sampleransferandintakenotes.pdf
    June 02, 2025 - Notes are not required, but the elements included in them must be in the nursing home’s electronic medical … disorders/neurological/psychological, gastrointestinal/genitourinary, endocrine/nutritional/metabolic, wound … & Skin  Cellulitis  Edema  Infected wound or decubitus  Jaundice  Rash Fall-Related Injury …  Major injury  Minor injury Non-Fall-Related Injury  Major injury  Minor injury Musculoskeletal … Resident’s Primary Physician/Name___________________  Other Provider/Name______________________  Medical

  20. AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Preventable Hospital and ED Visits - Transfer Note and Intake Note (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/prevhosp/prevehosp-trans-intakenotes.pdf
    June 02, 2025 - Notes are not required, but the elements included in them must be in the nursing home’s electronic medical … disorders/neurological/psychological, gastrointestinal/genitourinary, endocrine/nutritional/metabolic, wound … & Skin  Cellulitis  Edema  Infected wound or decubitus  Jaundice  Rash Fall-Related Injury …  Major injury  Minor injury Non-Fall-Related Injury  Major injury  Minor injury Musculoskeletal … Resident’s Primary Physician/Name___________________  Other Provider/Name______________________  Medical
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