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4821. 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

4822. Behavioral Programs for Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: Current State of the Evidence (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2016 - . �� No studies reported the associated harms (i.e., activity- related injury) of behavioral programs … AHRQ series paper 5: grading the strength of a body of evidence when comparing medical interventions—Agency

4823. Addressing Unhealthy Alcohol Use: Resources From AHRQ | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2025 - (Source: AHRQ Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Statistical Brief #559,  Average Annual Total Expenses … Literature An ecological momentary assessment and intervention tool for memory in chronic traumatic brain injury

4824. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      May 01, 2004 - https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/missed-tb The Case A 38-year-old white female with no past medical history … cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11446752&dopt=Abstract     Drug-induced lung injury This project

4825. 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

4826. Staffing During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Guide for Nursing Home Leaders (pdf file)
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      June 02, 2025 - therapists can conduct accident investigations, implement care plan updates, and lead teams in fall/injury … Some of those individuals might consider nursing home positions. ♦ • Contact your local Medical Reserve

4827. Archived: Final Research Plan: Healthful Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults Without Known Risk Factors: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      May 14, 2015 - sedentary behavior) KQ 4: Adverse outcomes, including any harms requiring unexpected or unwanted medical … attention (e.g., nutritional deficiencies, musculoskeletal injuries, cardiovascular events) Knowledge

4828. Final Research Plan: Healthy Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults Without Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors: Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      June 04, 2020 - inclusion criteria specifies that the population has ≥1 CVD risk factors Current smokers Persons with medical … intervention (e.g., nutritional deficiencies, disordered eating, symptoms of anxiety, musculoskeletal injuries

4829. Cardiac Arrest in a Woman with UTI: A Case of QT Prolongation | PSNet
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      March 27, 2024 - IV levofloxacin, IV haloperidol, etc.), the electronic medical record can be programmed to send best … WebM&M Cases Navigating Chaos: Fatal Iatrogenic Liver Injury

4830. Antipsychotics-Children Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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      June 04, 2010 - diagnosis, age, sex, race, weight, height, body mass index, co-morbidities, use of concurrent standard medical … Grading the strength of a body of evidence when comparing medical interventions. … On some specific reports such as reports requested by the Office of Medical Applications of Research

4831. Ambulatory Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE) (pdf file)
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      May 01, 2008 - body of literature shows that many patients experience adverse drug events (ADEs) or unanticipated injuries … in nursing homes 5 The Institute of Medicine estimates 98,000 deaths per year and many more injuries … resulting from medical errors, making patient safety a top priority in U.S. health care. 6 and three … Strictly defined, it is the process by which providers directly enter medical orders into a computer … The alert would open up when the clinician opened the patient’s medical chart, with a response being

4832. 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

4833. Universal ICU Decolonization: An Enhanced Protocol (pdf file)
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      September 01, 2013 - Wound Care 1. For what types of wounds is chlorhexidine (CHG) application safe? … #2: Nasal Trauma  Do NOT use mupirocin if nostril(s) are packed. … or superficial wound …  CHG will not harm occlusive dressing (e.g., wound vacs).  Do NOT use on large or deep wounds … CHG can cause permanent injury if it comes in direct contact with nerves and is allowed to remain there

4834. Risk of Concurrent Use of Prescription Drugs with Herbal and Dietary Supplements in Ambulatory Care (pdf file)
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      March 05, 2008 - Methods Definition We defined an ADE as an injury resulting from medical intervention related to a … drug.15 We interpreted this definition to include injuries resulting from an herbal or non-HDS and … The Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center institutional review board approved the study in advance. … Therapies, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (Dr. … Weingart); Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (Dr. Graham, Dr. Bates, Dr. Phillips, Dr.

4835. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      August 01, 2016 - On the surface, the answer is disturbingly clear: dental care, like medical care, is inherently risky … that a review of the literature (2) we conducted identified reports of serious lacerations and other injuries … practices with more than 100 physicians.(14) Additionally, dental insurance has evolved separately from medical … state assistance for dental care is limited.(15) Finally, dental records are usually independent of medical … Investigator, Undiagnosed Diseases Network Coordinating Center Center for Biomedical Informatics Harvard Medical

4836. Draft Recommendation: Vitamin D, Calcium, or Combined Supplementation for the Primary Prevention of Falls and Fractures in Community-Dwelling Adults: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      December 17, 2024 - 100,000 persons were attributed to unintentional falls, making falls the leading cause of unintentional injury … These recommendations do not apply to persons with a history of osteoporotic fractures, medical conditions … The CDC’s STEADI (Stopping Elderly Accidents, Death, and Injuries) initiative helps reduce fall risk

4837. The University of Wisconsin-Madison Multidisciplinary Graduate Certificate in Patient Safety (pdf file)
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      April 08, 2004 - communication, communication within the health care team, learning from mistakes, disclosure of errors and injuries … , identify root causes of medical errors, prepare meaningful reports on medical error investigations … of medical physics. … If this does not happen, efforts to reduce medical errors and injuries will continue to encounter … Medical error: a discussion of the medical construction of error and suggestions for reforms of medical

4838. Arthritis and Nontraumatic Joint Disease (pdf file)
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      December 05, 2013 - Increasing age, obesity, injury to or overuse of a joint, and genetics can all contribute to the disease … such as tendinitis and chronic wounds.64 In PRP, patient blood is collected and centrifuged to … Patients treated with PRP had significant improvements in the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome … Meir Medical Center. … Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 2011 Mar;131(3):311-7. PMID: 20714903 74. Krawczynski J.

4839. ABCDEF Bundle Data Literacy Training, Performance Measurement Tracking, and Performance Feedback | PSNet
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      September 23, 2024 - many are preventable. 2 A medical error is the failure to complete a planned action as intended, or … An adverse event is any injury caused by medical management rather than the underlying disease. 3 Research … shows that medical errors and adverse events occur more frequently in the intensive care unit (ICU) … The Critical Care Safety Study: The incidence and nature of adverse events and serious medical errors … Selected medical errors in the intensive care unit: results of the IATROREF study: parts I and II. 

4840. Overriding Considerations | PSNet
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      March 09, 2009 - More medical education focused on patient autonomy and the importance of informed consent in genetic … Some evidence shows that current curricula may have an impact: at two medical schools, approximately … The written consent should be placed in the permanent medical record, whether electronic or paper. … Commentary References Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Reducing medical … March 9, 2009 A randomized trial of a multifactorial strategy to prevent serious fall injuries