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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/identifying-health-information-technology-usability-issues-contributing-medication-errors
November 03, 2021 - event reports to identify the type of medication error , the stage in the process in which the error occurred … Errors in dosing were the most frequent type, and occurred during ordering or reviewing.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/enteral-nutrition-underappreciated-source-patient-safety-events
February 01, 2023 - reported events were classified as "care management events," eg, incorrect rate or dosage; 31% of errors occurred … during administration ; and 28% occurred during monitoring.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/critical-incidents-involving-medical-emergency-team-5-year-retrospective-assessment
November 11, 2020 - This retrospective study analyzed critical incidents that occurred during MET responses over a five-year … They mainly occurred due to lack of compliance with protocols and lack of available supplies.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patients-perspective-hematological-cancer-patients-experiences-adverse-events-part-care
December 01, 2019 - In this study of oncology patients, more than one quarter perceived an adverse event had occurred. … While most were informed soon after the event occurred and given an explanation, fewer than half were
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-errors-care-transition-trauma-patients
September 02, 2020 - This observational, descriptive, prospective study comprises an analysis of the medication errors that occurred … Results indicate that most medication errors occurred in the trauma unit and 64.2% of these types of
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/research/simon-sr-et-al-2006
January 01, 2006 - INTERVENTION: The computerized age-specific alerts occurred at the time of prescribing a targeted potentially … The alerts were programmed to 'pop up' only when both of the following circumstances occurred: 1. … Approximately 14 (82%) alerts per clinician occurred while ordering these medications for patients younger … January to June 2004), [they received] approximately four alerts per clinician, all of which, by design, occurred
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/hall1-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - events were categorized into two taxonomies: (1) the segment of emergency
care in which the event occurred … Patient visits were eligible for inclusion if (1) the visit occurred in
the adult emergency department … An additional category,
transitions, was added to account for periods when an event occurred during … The nonideal care events were categorized into the segment of care in which they occurred
(Figure 1) … Significant time was spent distinguishing the true
process from workarounds, which occurred between
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/vae/objective-outcome-tool.html
January 01, 2017 - Total number of episodes of mechanical ventilation
How many episodes of mechanical ventilation have occurred … Total number of deaths
How many deaths have occurred in the patients who have been or were mechanically
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/npsd/data/spotlights/spotlight-ptsafety-and-covid-19.pdf
November 01, 2021 - There is no evidence in these reports that any other type of patient safety concern
occurred. … In several instances, the exposure occurred because staff were not following PPE protocols, such as … In other cases, the exposure occurred with an asymptomatic
individual, and was later identified when … Additional near misses occurred when the wrong blood product (e.g.,
fresh frozen plasma versus COVID … PSOs generally provided data elements for the location in the facility where the event occurred and
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/electronic-communications-across-provider-settings
January 01, 2023 - Project planning occurred in two rural settings. … Planning also occurred among six rural community health centers throughout New Hampshire.
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integrationacademy.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2020-07/Comprehensive_Diabetes_Care_Blood_Pressure.pdf
January 01, 2020 - Diagnosis may occur at any time in the member’s
history, but must have occurred by the end of the measurement … Diagnosis may occur during the measurement year
or the year prior to the measurement year, but must have occurred
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/relationships-between-medications-used-mental-health-hospital-and-types-medication-errors
November 29, 2023 - This study used 8 years of medication records to identify when in the medication process the error occurred … Nearly one-third of errors were wrong dose and occurred in the prescribing stage.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol4/Advances-Miller_93.pdf
March 12, 2008 - The authors
explained that these problems occurred when the pharmacy was closed and when all medications … Of the 59 instances of override, 17
(28.8 percent) occurred during a first shift (7:00 am to 3:30 pm … ); 31 (52.5 percent) occurred
during a second shift (3:00 pm to 11:30 pm); and 11 (18.6 percent) occurred … Forty-five overrides (76.3 percent) occurred on weekdays. … The largest number of overrides occurred during the second shift, which was also when the
majority of
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb147.pdf
March 01, 2012 - ■ ED visits for influenza occurred at a rate
of 417.5 per 100,000 population in 2009
compared to … Hospitalizations for
influenza occurred at a rate of 53.1 per
100,000 population in 2009 compared to … In
2008, peak activity occurred in February
(79.9 ED visits per 100,000 population). … In 2009, peak activity occurred in October
(125.2 ED visits per 100,000 population). … During the second
wave of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, which
occurred in the 2009–2010 influenza
season
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37446/psn-pdf
January 06, 2017 - Investigators discovered that inpatient warfarin-
related errors occurred most frequently during transcription … /documentation and administration, while
outpatient errors occurred most frequently during prescribing
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/vae/objective-outcome-tool.docx
January 01, 2017 - Total number of episodes of mechanical ventilation
How many episodes of mechanical ventilation have occurred … Total number of deaths
How many deaths have occurred in the patients who have been or were mechanically
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36200/psn-pdf
February 15, 2011 - Prior research revealed that patients wanted the physicians to apologize for the
error, explain how it occurred … Approximately
half of respondents declined to explain how the error occurred or discuss specific plans
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39402/psn-pdf
August 08, 2010 - A fatal
vincristine error that occurred in the United Kingdom was the subject of a detailed investigation … preventing-vincristine-administration-errors
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/external-inquiry-adverse-incident-occurred-queens-medical-centre-nottingham
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41522/psn-pdf
December 02, 2014 - resulted in patient harm in the outpatient
setting, and this study found that more than 250 such errors occurred … Although pharmacists intercepted nearly half the errors, more than one-third occurred at
the time of
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/omission-high-alert-medications-hidden-danger
January 11, 2017 - The investigation found that more than half of errors occurred during the administration process, and … September 27, 2016
External Inquiry into the adverse incident that occurred at Queen's