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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/peters-report.pdfJanuary 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: How Do Consumers View the Risks of Medical Errors? FINAL REPORT Title of Project: How Do Consumers View the Risks of Medical Errors? Principal Investigator: Ellen Peters Team Member: Paul Slovic Organization: Decision Research Inclusive Dates of Project: 09/01/2001 – 08/31/2003 Federal …
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-dalal.htmlJanuary 01, 2024 - Potential problems include medication errors, falls, infections, procedural complications, management
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/patients-families/patient-family-engagement/index.htmlApril 01, 2018 - Engaging Patients and Families in Their Health Care Whether you see patients at a hospital, primary care office, or other setting, time is often limited and patients and family members who have prioritized their questions or concerns will experience the most meaningful, efficient visits. To help you and your pa…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/engage/interventions/prepared-slides.htmlMay 01, 2017 - Be Prepared to Be Engaged Patient and Family Engagement in Primary Care Slide 1: Be Prepared to Be Engaged Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care Settings by Engaging Patients and Families. Slide 2: Speaker Kelly Smith, PhD Scientific Director, Quality & Safety Co-PI, AHRQ Guide to Impr…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/2024-annual-report/spotlight-s2-gold-ratwani.htmlMay 01, 2024 - Investments in Primary Care Research for 2021 and 2022 S2: Using EHR-Based Simulations to Reduce Diagnostic Errors in Ambulatory Care Settings Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Investments in Primary Care Research for 2021 and 2022 Acknowledgments and Authors Message from the Acting Dire…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/Weaver.pdfJanuary 01, 2003 - Impact of Pharmacy-led Dyslipidemia Interventions on Medication Safety and Therapeutic Failure in Patients 173 Impact of Pharmacy-led Dyslipidemia Interventions on Medication Safety and Therapeutic Failure in Patients Joseph G. Weaver, Judy Enders McManus, Tammy Leung, Rhonda B. Mangione, Heidi R. Snow, Staci…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/action-alliance/engineering-safety-practice/safety-engineering-strategies.pdfMarch 06, 2025 - Strategies to Better Engineer Safety into Healthcare Delivery Page 1 of 17 Engineering Safe Practices Affinity Group Strategies to Better Engineer Safety into Healthcare Delivery March 6, 2025 Table of Contents Problem Statement ...............................................................................…
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10 Patient Safety Tips for Hospitals (pdf file)
www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/10-tips-for-hospitals.pdfDecember 01, 2009 - Prevent medication errors by offering pharmacists well-lit, quiet, private spaces so they can fill prescriptions -
Changing-System-Facilitator-Guide (doc file)
www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/changing-system-facilitator-guide.docxJune 01, 2021 - Pharmacists may catch some medication errors. -
www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-measures/qsrs/index.htmlJuly 01, 2025 - Quality and Safety Review System (QSRS) Retrospectively Reviewing Inpatient Health Records To Identify Adverse Events Medical errors are an ongoing challenge to the healthcare system in the United States. The extent of medical errors in U.S. hospitals was revealed in 2000 when the Institute of Medicine (now the…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-woods_79.pdfMay 30, 2008 - Medication error prevention “toolbox.” Medication safety alert. June 2, 1999.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/6_TK1_T5-Suspect_a_Urinary_Tract_Infection_brochure_MA_Coalition_final.pdfJune 02, 2025 - Suspect a Urinary Tract Infection? How Taking Antibiotics When You Don’t Need Them Can Cause More Harm Than Good Did You Know That… »Up to 50 percent of all antibiotics prescribed are not needed or are not prescribed appropriately? »Confusion or sudden behavior changes don’t necessarily indicate a urinary tra…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/candor-demo-program/plan-grants/appa.htmlAugust 01, 2022 - Second, a review of medication errors (1 of the 18 ACEs identified) in 2 health care facilities led to … Improving patient safety and restructuring medical liability using ACEs: Medication errors.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/labor-delivery/perinatal-care/modules/teamwork/understand-sci-fac-guide.htmlJuly 01, 2023 - the U.S. health care system are illustrated on this slide. 7 percent of patients suffer from a medication … error.
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Be Prepared to Be Engaged (pdf file)
www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/be-prepared_webinar_slides.pdfJanuary 01, 2015 - Be Prepared to Be Engaged 1 Be Prepared to Be Engaged AHRQ Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care Settings by Engaging Patients and Families Speaker Kelly Smith, PhD Scientific Director, Quality & Safety Co-PI, AHRQ Guide to Improve Patient Safety in Primary Care Settings by Engaging … -
www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/fairbanks-report.pdfJanuary 01, 2024 - is perplexing, given that the ED is known to be a particularly high-risk environment with frequent medication … errors.3 The 1999 Institute of Medicine report To Err is Human reported that the ED had the highest … Errors 90 0.88% 21 0.99% 69 0.85% ns Quality Measures Several quality measures were also assessed, … inventory based on formulary status 51 99 52 41-62% Drug or toxicology information 47 99 47 37-58% Medication-error … Medication errors in the emergency department: a systems approach to minimizing risk.
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AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care: Safe Medication Administration: Magnesium Sulfate (doc file)
www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/perinatal-care/modules/strategies/medication/tool_safe-mgso4.docxMay 30, 2013 - Medication errors are more common in unit-prepared bags, so this practice should be avoided.12 Pharmacy -
www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Henriksen_104.pdfJanuary 01, 2025 - percent of current adverse events, including virtually all infections, postoperative complications, and medication … errors. … The medication error rate will be a tiny fraction of what it is today because initial prescribing will
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The Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care Settings by Engaging Patients and Families (pdf file)
www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/pfepc-fullguide-final508.pdfApril 01, 2018 - � Medication Errors, including failures in communicating, prescribing, filling, and dispensing, as … errors … Medication errors are common patient safety incidents in primary care, with rates ranging between 1 … Frequency of medication errors in primary care patients with polypharmacy. … Frequency of medication errors in primary care patients with polypharmacy. -
www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/baker-report.pdfJanuary 01, 2024 - evidence exists on the impact of specific innovations in computerized drug ordering systems in reducing medication … error rates.1 Even in this case, evidence exists primarily on the impact of interventions on inappropriate
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