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2081. Develop and Validate Health IT Safety Measures To Capture Violations of the Five Rights of Medication Safety | Digital Healthcare Research
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      January 01, 2023 - Project Dates 09/01/2016 - 06/30/2022 Technology Electronic Health Record/Electronic Medical … Record Care Setting Academic Medical Center Hospital Type of Care … Healthcare Tools Can Support Providers and Improve Patient Safety Medication errors are a leading cause of injury … Observational Study , Prospective , Retrospective Technology: Electronic Health Record/Electronic Medical … Safety Document Type: Journal Publication Technology: Audit Log , Electronic Health Record/Electronic Medical

2082. Failure to Rescue the Mother | PSNet
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      September 23, 2020 - Wong, MD Fellow, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA Angelica Vivero, … MD Fellow, Transfusion Medicine Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA Ellen B. … Klapper, MD Professor of Pathology Medical Director, Transfusion Medicine Director, Transfusion Medicine … Fellowship Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA Kimberly D. … Related Resources WebM&M Cases Uterine Artery Injury

2083. Navigating Complications: The Unintended Journey of a Guidewire During Dialysis Catheter Placement | PSNet
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      February 23, 2022 - His past medical history included hypertension treated with lisinopril, diabetes treated with metformin … The patient’s laboratory results were notable for acute kidney injury and metabolic acidosis, with an … improvement project in Singapore between February 2012 and June 2013, 320 CVCs were inserted in the medical … intensive care unit and a medical intermediate care unit using a customized line kit that had drape … May 16, 2022 Medical crisis checklists in the emergency department: a simulation-based

2084. Leveraging Health Information Technology to Avoid Unnecessary Asymptomatic Carotid Revascularization - Final Report (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2015 - attacks or stroke ipsilateral to a >70% internal carotid artery stenosis, the 2-year stroke risk under medical … In a recent manuscript published in BMC Medical Decision Making (2015), we described the following: … First, we have identified clinical factors that make it possible to use electronic medical records to … Brain Injury after Carotid Revascularization: Outcomes, Mechanisms, and Opportunities for Improvement … Outcomes of Carotid Endarterectomy Versus Stenting in Comparable Medical Risk Patients.

2085. Healthcare Research and Quality Act of 1999 (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2014 - private-public partnerships to— (1) identify the causes of preventable health care errors and patient injury … In expanding the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, as in existence on the date of the enactment of this … this paragraph is an entity that is determined to be appropriate by the Director, including academic medical … (d) MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF CERTAIN VICTIMS- (1) IN GENERAL- The Director shall develop and disseminate … professionals, in consultation with the Health Resources and Services Administration, on performing medical

2086. The Risks of Absent Interoperability: Medication-Induced Hemolysis in a Patient With a Known Allergy | PSNet
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      April 08, 2019 - The Case A 47-year-old man with paraplegia (secondary to a gunshot wound) and a history of polysubstance … Unfortunately, his cardiac arrest led to an anoxic brain injury, and he remained in a vegetative state … record system is no substitute for good medical practice. … A document that arrives in a hospital's IT system has segments that align with the sections of a medical … products or investigational or off-label use of pharmaceutical products or medical devices.

2087. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      July 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

2088. Costs of Pediatric Hospital Stays, 2016 (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2016 - reproductive system; hepatobiliary system; human immunodeficiency virus infections; infectious diseases; injuries … and poisonings; kidney and urinary tract disorders; male reproductive system; multiple significant trauma … 68,900 Ear, nose, mouth, and throat 809 9,100 88,600 Kidney and urinary tract 755 11,000 68,500 Injuries … drugs 674 10,300 65,200 Hepatobiliary system and pancreas 558 18,500 30,100 Multiple significant trauma … The average cost was substantially higher for stays for multiple significant trauma and myeloproliferative

2089. INTRODUCTION TO THE HCUP NATIONAL INPATIENT SAMPLE (NIS), 2012
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      January 01, 2012 - Also included are public hospitals and academic medical centers. … NECODE Number of external cause of injury codes on the original record. … FTRES = Number of full–time employees: interns & residents (medical & dental) [E125]. … PTRES = Number of part–time employees: interns & residents (medical & dental) [E225]. … LTAC hospitals typically provide comprehensive rehabilitation, respiratory therapy, head trauma treatment

2090. 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

2091. 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.

2092. Communication: Severe Hypertension (pdf file)
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      July 01, 2023 - patient's family members. 4 Hospital AIM Team Leads SPPC‐II Maternal and Perinatal Deaths and Injuries … communication breakdowns are identified as the primary root cause of maternal and perinatal deaths and injuries … staff credentialing/privileging, medical staff peer review, other (e.g., rushing, fatigue, distraction … Other root causes for maternal and perinatal deaths and injuries are— • Assessment (i.e., the adequacy … Untitled Communication Severe Hypertension Communication is… Maternal and Perinatal Deaths and Injuries

2093. INTRODUCTION TO THE HCUP NATIONAL INPATIENT SAMPLE (NIS), 2013
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      January 01, 2013 - Also included are public hospitals and academic medical centers. … NECODE Number of external cause of injury codes on the record. … FTRES = Number of full–time employees: interns & residents (medical & dental) [E125]. … PTRES = Number of part–time employees: interns & residents (medical & dental) [E225]. … LTAC hospitals typically provide comprehensive rehabilitation, respiratory therapy, head trauma treatment

2094. Post-Acute Transitional Services: Safety in Home-Based Care Programs | PSNet
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      April 24, 2024 - low socioeconomic status are at particularly high risk for poor outcomes such as medication errors, injuries … Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) defines homebound as being confined to the home due to an illness or injury … Electronic medical records allow access to patient charts virtually anywhere. … A quality of care framework for home-based medical care. … The use of advanced medical technologies at home: a systematic review of the literature. 

2095. Screening for Dementia in Primary Care: A Summary of the Evidence (pdf file)
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      June 01, 2003 - studies rarely addressed other important health outcomes such as utilization of health care services, injuries … Does Earlier Knowledge of a Dementia Diagnosis Improve Patient and Family Planning for Future Medical … suffer from progressive cognitive and functional dependence, psychotic and depressive symptoms, and injuries … caregiver burden, increased use of health care, problem behaviors, psychiatric symptoms, and accidental injury … Validation of medical history taking as part of a population based survey in subjects aged 85 and over

2096. It's All in the Syringe | PSNet
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      February 01, 2013 - After the medical assistant brought the insulin and syringe, the NP prepared the medication and injected … In this case, a medical assistant handed a tuberculin syringe to a NP who assumed it was an insulin syringe … For example, the medical assistant may have been new to the job, not properly oriented or trained, and … Insulin errors and injuries are common among hospitalized patients.( 4-9 ) The risk of treatment-related … National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2004 Summary.

2097. High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services Fourth Annual Report to Congress (pdf file)
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      November 01, 2014 - Injury and Child Maltreatment 7. … Injury and Child Maltreatment 1. … Other risk factors include childhood trauma; family history of suicide; being discriminated against for … It also contributes significantly to injury, disability, and death from falls, drowning, fires, motor … Injury and Child Maltreatment Child maltreatment includes physical, sexual, and emotional abuse, as

2098. Section4 (pdf file)
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      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

2099. 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.

2100. Characteristics of Emergency Department Visits for Super-Utilizers by Payer, 2014 (pdf file)
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      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.