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2041. Efforts To Improve Patient Safety Result in 1.3 Million Fewer Patient Harms | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      November 01, 2015 - 2 In 2010 an HHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) team identified the rate of harm—that is, injuries … Data on the rate of HACs comes from three sources:   Review of approximately 18,000 to 33,000 medical … The medical records used for the Medicare Patient Safety Monitoring System (MPSMS) come from the CMS … Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Program. 6 After the medical records are abstracted with the MPSMS … This estimate is based on analysis of data from HCUP identifying injuries in 7.45 million hospital discharge

2042. Overview of Children in the Emergency Department, 2010 (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2013 - Journal of the American Medical Association. 2010;304(6):664–70. 2 Lewis LM, Asplin BR. … ■ Injuries and poisoning and respiratory disorders were the most common reasons for ED visits … 480,100 (9.6) 607,700 (13.2) 458,800 (11.7) Asthma 452,700 (9.0) 352,500 (7.6) Open wounds … unspecified (32.8%) and lower leg injury not otherwise specified (13.0%). … include obstetrics and gynecology, otolaryngology, orthopedic, cancer, pediatric, public, and academic medical

2043. Rescue Improvement Conference Innovation Summary | PSNet
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      September 23, 2024 - ’s slow or ineffective response to clinical deterioration resulting from an underlying illness or a medical … recognition of and deterioration following breakdown of an anastomosis , patient fall risk and staff injury … Patient and Family Centered I-PASS (Family-Centered Communication Program to Reduce Medical

2044. Overview of Patient Safety Learning Laboratory (PSLL) Projects | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2025 - of skin at risk for developing pressure ulcers (recently renamed by expert organizations as pressure injury … ’s achievements include the creation of a digital bedside display that shows patients’ catheter and wound … improved provider's awareness of indwelling urinary catheters, central venous catheters, and pressure injuries … caregivers in the design of health information technology (IT) tools to prevent patient falls and related injuries … Epidemiology and clinical outcomes of community-acquired acute kidney injury in the emergency department

2045. Periodic Issue | PSNet
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      December 31, 2024 - This study, conducted with medical students and residents at two academic medical centers, examined the … This study, conducted with medical students and residents at two academic medical centers, examined the … Safety Research and Practice at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical … continuing challenge of preventing falls and explores strategies for preventing falls and falls with injury

2046. National Inpatient Hospital Costs: The Most Expensive Conditions by Payer, 2011 (pdf file)
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      July 01, 2013 - In terms of injury-related hospital stays:  Hip fracture was a top-ranked condition for Medicare …  Intracranial injury and crushing or internal injury was top ranked only for the uninsured. … care 864 1.4 63 15 Acute myocardial infarction 858 1.4 38 16 Trauma to perineum and vulva … Appendicitis and other appendiceal conditions 1,305 1.2 151 18 Fracture of lower limb 1,293 1.1 89 19 Trauma … 337 2.0 20 14 Crushing injury or internal injury 306 1.8 17 15 Congestive heart failure, nonhypertensive

2047. Measuring Patient Safety | PSNet
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      December 14, 2022 - Prior to the widespread implementation of electronic medical records (EMRs), organizations typically … and implemented many electronic medical record (EMR) initiatives in those roles. … pressure ulcers also went up – in skilled nursing facilities, we saw rates of falls causing major injury … healthcare-acquired infections, complications, medication safety, safety of the EMR, patient falls with injury … , and pressure injuries.

2048. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Child Maltreatment: Primary Care Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      January 15, 2013 - Additional immediate health consequences of abuse and neglect include injuries and emotional and behavioral … A trial specifically evaluating visits for injuries or ingestions reported reduced hospital visits for … Use of pancreatic and liver enzymes to screen for occult abdominal trauma in situations of possible physical … Association between childhood trauma and physical disorders among adults in the United States. … Screening for occult abdominal trauma in children with suspected physical abuse.

2049. Module 3: Preparing for Implementation: Gap Analysis | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      August 01, 2022 - An adverse event is "any injury caused by medical care" and doesn't imply "error," "negligence," or poor … Not all adverse events are medical errors and not all medical errors are adverse events.

2050. Perioperative Anaphylaxis After Insertion of a Latex Drain in a Patient with Known Latex Allergy | PSNet
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      July 08, 2022 - The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) defines an ineligible company as “ … Latex is essential to these plants to heal surface injuries and create immune responses against invading … Why is latex used in the medical field? … If medical personnel are unclear about the allergen content of a latex product, exclusion from use is … WebM&M Cases Fecal Contamination of the Peritoneum from Laparoscopic Trocar Injury

2051. Section5 (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2007 - of Medicare stays were for respiratory conditions (13 percent), digestive conditions (10 percent), injuries … Digestive body system conditions accounted for 9 percent of private insurance discharges and injury …  Complication of surgical procedures or medical care increased 60 percent. … 16 4.4 6.7 80 Crushing injury or internal injury 17 23 8.4 9.4 34 Musculoskeletal …  Complication of surgical procedures or medical care rose 80 percent.

2052. Archived: Final Research Plan: Falls Prevention in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      October 22, 2015 - adults at average or high risk for falls, used alone or in combination, reduce falls or falls-related injury … Excluded Aim Trials with the primary or secondary aim of reducing falls or falls-related injuries … care (e.g., community-dwelling adults recruited from emergency department visits for falls-related injuries … interventions * : Exercise (supervised or unsupervised, individual or group) Medications (e.g., medical … Emergency department visits for falls-related injuries Institutionalizations (e.g., transition from

2053. Screening for Family and Intimate Partner Violence - Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2004 - documentation of the incident and physical findings (eg, photographs, body maps); treatment for physical injuries … child or spouse.11 Harmful outcomes of family violence may include not only repercussions of acute trauma … the home visit group had improved outcomes, including decreased reports of child maltreatment, child injuries … Inflicted injury versus accidental injury. Pediatr Clin North Am. 1990;37(4):791–814. 28. … Chicago: American Medical Association; 1992. 46.

2054. Screening for Family and Intimate Partner Violence - Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/oTCYGYUNJSeY-CtZxh2U33
      March 01, 2004 - documentation of the incident and physical findings (eg, photographs, body maps); treatment for physical injuries … child or spouse.11 Harmful outcomes of family violence may include not only repercussions of acute trauma … the home visit group had improved outcomes, including decreased reports of child maltreatment, child injuries … Inflicted injury versus accidental injury. Pediatr Clin North Am. 1990;37(4):791–814. 28. … Chicago: American Medical Association; 1992. 46.

2055. Weingart SN et al. 2003 "Physicians' decisions to override computerized drug alerts in primary care." | Digital Healthcare Research
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      January 01, 2003 - In the multivariable analysis using the medical chart review sample (n=189), physicians were less likely … Level 1 alerts indicate the potential for serious or life-threatening injury and are based on substantial … Level 2 alerts indicate the potential for less serious injury. … Level 3 alerts, like level 1 alerts, indicate the potential for serious or life-threatening injury, but … no control group) Study Participants A total of 212 primary care physicians (internists and medical

2056. Statistical Brief #160
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      August 01, 2013 - In terms of injury-related hospital stays: Hip fracture was a top-ranked condition for Medicare … Intracranial injury and crushing or internal injury was top ranked only for the uninsured. … care 864 1.4 63 15 Acute myocardial infarction 858 1.4 38 16 Trauma to perineum … appendiceal conditions 1,305 1.2 151 18 Fracture of lower limb 1,293 1.1 89 19 Trauma … 337 2.0 20 14 Crushing injury or internal injury 306 1.8 17 15 Congestive

2057. Screening for Family and Intimate Partner Violence - Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Home/GetFile/1/516/famviolrs/pdf
      March 01, 2004 - documentation of the incident and physical findings (eg, photographs, body maps); treatment for physical injuries … child or spouse.11 Harmful outcomes of family violence may include not only repercussions of acute trauma … the home visit group had improved outcomes, including decreased reports of child maltreatment, child injuries … Inflicted injury versus accidental injury. Pediatr Clin North Am. 1990;37(4):791–814. 28. … Chicago: American Medical Association; 1992. 46.

2058. Section4 (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/factsandfigures/2007/pdfs/section4.pdf
      January 01, 2007 -  Circulatory conditions accounted for 22 percent ($74.6 billion) and injury and poisonings for …  Injury and poisoning was the second most expensive condition in 2007. …  Injury and poisoning was, in aggregate, the second most expensive condition type in 2007 and the … Hospital stays for injury and poisoning cost an average of $12,400. … 5.8 3.5 30.1 Complication of surgical procedures or medical

2059. Characteristics of Emergency Department Visits for Super-Utilizers by Payer, 2014 #221
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      February 01, 2017 - Mental health visits constituted a greater share and injury visits constituted a smaller share of ED … Superficial injury and sprains/strains also were in the top five first-listed diagnoses for ED visits … Superficial injury was the second most common diagnosis for ED visits among Medicare super-utilizers … , and medical. … ) were categorized as medical.

2060. Characteristics of Emergency Department Visits for Super-Utilizers by Payer, 2014 (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb221-Super-Utilizer-ED-Visits-Payer-2014.pdf
      January 01, 2014 - 16 percent of ED visits for nonspecific chest pain, and 14 percent of ED visits for superficial injury … In contrast, injury ED visits were less common for super-utilizers than for other patients across payers … ■ Superficial injury and sprains/strains also were in the top five first-listed diagnoses for … Superficial injury was the second most common diagnosis for ED visits among Medicare super- utilizers … ) were categorized as medical.