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  1. Comanagement: Who's in Charge? | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/comanagement-whos-charge
    July 01, 2011 - The presence of a hospitalist on the surgical wards frees up the surgeon to spend more time in the operating … room or clinic. … April 1, 2003 View More See More About The Topic Hospitals Operating … Room Health Care Providers Health Care Executives and Administrators Gynecology View

  2. Anesthesia: A Weighty Issue | PSNet

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    September 01, 2006 - Saline Flush Leads to Acute Paralysis of an Awake Patient: Risks of Improper Medication Labeling in an Operating … Room April 27, 2022 WebM&M Cases Local Anesthesia-Induced … Anesthesia May 1, 2006 View More See More About The Topic Operating … Room Health Care Providers Risk Managers Quality and Safety Professionals Anesthesiology

  3. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49756/psn-pdf
    April 01, 2016 - The surgery team was urgently re-consulted, and the patient was taken to the operating room. … The patient was transferred to the intensive care unit from the operating room in septic shock.

  4. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33705/psn-pdf
    January 01, 2011 - analyses and in separate studies.(10,13,14) As a result, RMF has put in place interventions in the operating … room that address team communication and skills assessment.(15) Armed with the claims data and supporting … A prospective study of patient safety in the operating room. Surgery. 2006;139:159-173.

  5. Weekly Resource | PSNet

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    March 25, 2025 - Commentary Analyzing and mitigating the risks of patient harm during operating … room to intensive care unit patient handoffs. … This article describes the use of a risk management approach to improve handoffs from the operating room

  6. Periodic Issue | PSNet

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    February 26, 2025 - advocate program: using quality improvement to optimize behavioral and communication disconnect in the operating … room. … article describes the development, implementation, and sustainment of a peer advocate (PA) program for operating … room staff who report unprofessional behavior in a team member.

  7. Systems Approach | PSNet

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    June 15, 2024 - outpatient surgery suite had led to production pressures as well as unexpected changes in the makeup of the operating … room team. … Computer monitors in the operating room had been placed in such a way that viewing them forced nurses

  8. Final Progress Report: Four Safety Strategies: A Symposium on Implementation (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/pittman-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - His work there examined human factors in the operating room through surveys, observational studies, … and the development of a high-fidelity operating room simulator for training full surgical teams.

  9. Distribution of Temperatures for Low Birth Weight Neonates (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-118-fullreport.pdf
    October 01, 2016 - Operating Room (e.g. for Cesarean section or double set up delivery b. … If delivery occurred by cesarean section, then put location of birth as operating room b. … If this was a twin or multiple gestation delivery, put location of birth as operating room c. … Of those born in the operating room, 2 percent were cold, 11 percent very cool, 72 percent cool, and … This suggests that our categorization of babies born in the operating room (while imperfect) does identify

  10. Case 1. Lakeview Healthcare | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/systemdesign/leancasestudies/lean-case1.html
    November 01, 2014 - Then the nurses can assign the bed and call the ER or operating room (OR) to let staff know the bed is … rooms' information systems. … LHC bought its first operating room (or surgical) information system (IS), in 1995; there were plans … The Surgeons' Preference Cards project was part of a larger value stream to change the IS for operating … rooms.

  11. Using Data To Drive Change and Improve Patient Safety Facilitator Notes (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/data-change-notes.docx
    April 01, 2022 - It’s not just unit staff, but may also include the emergency department (ED), operating room (OR) or … Through defects analyses, it found that there was a change in practice from the operating room anesthesiologists … process to remove central lines no longer needed after recovery from the surgery, even before leaving the operating … room in some instances, re-educated the anesthesiologist using staples, who agreed to stop using staples

  12. Simulation Facguide (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/perinatal-care/modules/situ/simulation_facguide.docx
    May 01, 2017 - room. … might have to do with transitioning a patient from one care venue to the other, such as L&D to the operating … room or intensive care unit. … providers Anesthesiology staff Residents (all specialties that provide care on labor and delivery) Operating … room technicians/assistants Administrative support personnel (unit clerks) Lab and pharmacy staff

  13. Establishing a Program of In Situ Simulations: Facilitator Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/labor-delivery/perinatal-care/modules/situ/simulation-fac-guide.html
    July 01, 2023 - fine-tune new processes and protocols—for example, the use of safe cesarean section checklist in the L&D operating … room. … might have to do with transitioning a patient from one care venue to the other, such as L&D to the operating … room or intensive care unit. … Operating room technicians/assistants. Administrative support personnel (unit clerks).

  14. Intraosseous Line Extravasation in a Pediatric Trauma Patient | PSNet

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    September 29, 2021 - The patient was subsequently taken to the operating room for exploration and debridement of her injuries … After stabilization, she was quickly transferred to the operating room (OR) for definitive management … patient with traumatic injuries was effectively managed both acutely in the ED and definitively in the operating … room. … Room Health Care Providers Physicians Anesthesiology Surgery View More

  15. AHRQ National Web Conference on Applying Advanced Analytics in Clinical Care - Q&As (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/clinical-care-qas-10142020.pdf
    October 14, 2020 - A Factored Generalized Additive Model for Clinical Decision Support in the Operating Room. … Support Translation (ACTFAST): Mixed-Methods Study of a Novel Telemedicine-Based Support System for the Operating … Room. … A Factored Generalized Additive Model for Clinical Decision Support in the Operating Room. … Room.... 7: Gregory S, Murray-Torres TM, Fritz BA, Ben Abdallah A, Helsten DL, Wildes TS, Sharma A,

  16. Trends and Projections in Inpatient Hospital Costs and Utilization, 2003–2013 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb175-Hospital-Cost-Utilization-Projections-2013.pdf
    January 01, 2013 - For each MDC, there is a list of procedure codes that qualify as operating room procedures. … If the discharge involves an operating room procedure, it is assigned to one of the surgical DRGs within … For each MDC, there is a list of procedure codes that qualify as operating room procedures. … If the discharge involves an operating room procedure, it is assigned to one of the surgical DRGs within

  17. Emergency Error | PSNet

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    January 18, 2013 - Improvements have been directed at the admission of patients, ward-based care, and the operating room … 2003 View More See More About The Topic Emergency Departments Operating … Room Health Care Providers Risk Managers Quality and Safety Professionals View More

  18. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/843051/psn-pdf
    February 01, 2023 - She was taken emergently to the operating room for hematoma evacuation. … However, with a stable patient, as was seen in Case #2, it is possible to safely transport to the operating … room in order to treat in a more controlled environment. … coordinated effort to evacuate the hematoma and secure the airway in the controlled environment of the operating … room.

  19. Sb223-Ambulatory-Inpatient-Surgeries-2014 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb223-Ambulatory-Inpatient-Surgeries-2014.pdf
    January 01, 2014 - room (OR) procedures of skin and breast (78.7 percent in AS)  Muscle, tendon, and soft tissue … manipulation, or suturing of tissue that penetrates or breaks the skin; typically require use of an operating … room; and also require regional anesthesia, general anesthesia, or sedation to control pain. … ■ Muscle, tendon, and soft tissue operating room (OR) procedures and incision or fusion of joint … room; GI, gastrointestinal Notes: Only invasive, therapeutic surgeries that are performed and reliably

  20. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49591/psn-pdf
    October 01, 2009 - On the late afternoon following the cardiologist's report, the orthopedic resident called the operating … room to schedule the patient for surgery later that evening. … The attending then called the operating room to cancel the case. … together physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and other staff from high-risk environments such as the operating … rooms and medicine wards—gave providers a clear message that anyone suspecting that a patient is in
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