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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/development-and-evaluation-patient-reported-outcome-score-visualization-improve
January 01, 2023 - Population
Adults
Clinical Staff/Clinician
Patient
Physician
Type of Care
Orthopedics … Clinician participants were practicing orthopedic surgeons, physical and occupational therapists, or … and human-computer interaction principles to inform optimal data visualization and presentation of orthopedic
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/018-ss-importance-ssi-mrsa-prevention.pptx
April 01, 2025 - Is a Major Cause of SSI
S. aureus is the leading causative organism of SSIs.6
Overall: 17.5 percent
Orthopedic … decolonization and prophylaxis to decrease Gram positive surgical site infections after cardiac or orthopedic … surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis. … surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis. … surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49476/psn-pdf
March 02, 2005 - The orthopedic surgeon, recognizing the risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT), prescribed
enoxaparin (Lovenox … Orthopedic surgery patients are a special focus of most guidelines,
since such patients are at extremely … developed
spinal hematoma after receiving LMWH around the time of neuraxial anesthesia, most commonly for
orthopedic … surgery. … Conversely, the
orthopedic surgeon may not have known the anesthesiologist was planning on neuraxial
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/e-collection-safety-and-error-prevention-health
June 24, 2020 - April 16, 2019
Quality, Value, and Patient Safety in Orthopedic Surgery.
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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/systemdesign/leancasestudies/lean-exhibit1-4.html
November 01, 2014 - replacement surgery, stroke care, surgical services, cardiovascular care, interventional radiology, orthopedics … pain center, and intensive care
Hospital 2
433
Stroke care, oncology, radiation oncology, orthopedics
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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/systemdesign/leancasestudies/lean-exhibit6-4.html
November 01, 2014 - replacement surgery, stroke care, surgical services, cardiovascular care, interventional radiology, orthopedics … pain center, intensive care
Hospital 2*
433
Stroke care, oncology, radiation oncology, orthopedics
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/burden-healthcare-utilization-cost-and-mortality-associated-select-surgical-site-infections
October 09, 2024 - impact of SSI infections after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), bariatric surgery (BS), or certain orthopedic … Patients with SSI after orthopedic procedures had significantly higher 12-month mortality compared to
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/too-many-cooks-kitchen
March 07, 2018 - Orthopedics considered the fracture stable based on post-mobilization x-rays. … Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Trauma Surgery, and Orthopedics discussed this high-risk case extensively … The trauma surgery team and orthopedic consultant were correct to adopt a deliberate and conservative … An experienced orthopedic surgeon – and this case should have been performed by the most experienced … Surgery
Surgical Complications
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/joseph3-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - surgeries, because the Medical University of South Carolina planned to build
two new ambulatory surgery … The project focused on surgical teams working in outpatient pediatric ORs and adult
orthopedic ORs. … Scenarios depicted
different types of ambulatory surgery procedures (pediatric and orthopedic surgeries … surgeries and induction outside the OR for pediatric surgery. … The prototype evaluations
were focused on a limited set number of ambulatory pediatric and orthopedic
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44165/psn-pdf
May 27, 2015 - could be utilized as a trigger for detecting errors, this study assessed rates of such incidents in an
orthopedic … similar to prior studies of delayed
diagnosis, researchers examined a retrospective case series of orthopedic
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ssi/ssiexh3.html
April 01, 2018 - The review percentages for the two orthopedic surgeries changed little between the two years-for hip
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73434/psn-pdf
June 30, 2021 - Four months later, the orthopedic surgeon ordered a
routine follow-up X-ray of the left shoulder. … This report along with the images were sent to the
orthopedic surgeon’s office the same day. … However, the orthopedic surgeon independently read and
interpreted the same images as “slight loss of … The patient saw the orthopedic surgeon multiple times after the initial follow-up X-ray without any … In this case, the orthopedic surgeon did not have training in interpreting chest imaging findings, and
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/009-ss-evidence-decolonization-fg.docx
April 01, 2025 - examining some surgery types that are high risk for MRSA infections and SSIs, specifically cardiac and orthopedic … surgeries, Staphylococcus aureus is the most frequently isolated SSI pathogen among spinal fusion and … hip or knee prosthesis (both are included in the orthopedic table) and among cardiac surgeries. … as part of the decolonization process was the Study to Optimally Prevent SSIs in Select Cardiac and Orthopedic … This was a pragmatic study in 20 U.S. hospitals from 2013–2014, which included cardiac surgeries and orthopedic
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/around-block
March 04, 2020 - The orthopedic surgeon, recognizing the risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT), prescribed enoxaparin (Lovenox … Orthopedic surgery patients are a special focus of most guidelines, since such patients are at extremely … developed spinal hematoma after receiving LMWH around the time of neuraxial anesthesia, most commonly for orthopedic … surgery. … Conversely, the orthopedic surgeon may not have known the anesthesiologist was planning on neuraxial
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2021-06/final_spotlight_miscommunication_possible_artifact_06.21.2021.pdf
January 01, 2021 - diagnosed with a rotator cuff injury and
underwent left shoulder surgery
• Four months later, the orthopedic … evaluation”
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Case Details
• The radiologist’s report along with the images were sent to the
orthopedic … surgeon’s office the same day
• The orthopedic surgeon independently read and interpreted
the same … was no mention of the soft tissue density nor was any
follow-up study ordered
• The patient saw the orthopedic … such as surgery
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“What We’ve Got Here is a Failure to Communicate” (3)
• In this case, the orthopedic
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/root-cause-analysis-and-actions-prevention-medical-errors-quality-improvement-and-resident
October 19, 2016 - Orthopedics. 2017;40(4):e628-e635. doi:10.3928/01477447-20170418-04. … Orthopedics . 2017; 40 (4) :e628-e635 .
View more articles from the same authors. … Orthopedics. 2017;40(4):e628-e635. doi:10.3928/01477447-20170418-04.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/healthcare-simulation-nursing-practice
July 08, 2020 - January 23, 2019
Quality, Value, and Patient Safety in Orthopedic Surgery.
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/translate/organize/disease.html
May 01, 2019 - cancer surgery volume, cardiac care, chronic health conditions, diabetes, knee and hip replacements, and orthopedic … surgery
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/transfer-troubles
December 29, 2014 - The Case An orthopedic surgeon at a small community hospital contacted an emergency department (ED) … The orthopedic surgeon briefly described a 92-year-old woman with a history of dementia who had a left … The referring orthopedic surgeon also spoke with the on-call orthopedic surgery resident at the tertiary … She was quickly admitted by the orthopedic surgery resident and prepped for surgery the following morning … Although it was not completely clear to the orthopedic team or anesthesiologists what happened, all agreed
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2020-08/too_many_cooks_spotlight_pdf.pdf
January 01, 2020 - primary team, with involvement from
Nephrology, Cardiology and General Internal Medicine
services
• Orthopedics … osteopenia secondary to renal osteodystrophy
• Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Trauma Surgery, and
Orthopedics … cases,
the evident frailty of this patient was a cause for concern and
the trauma surgery team and orthopedic … thin.
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Approach to Improving Safety (3)
• Procedure itself was complicated - an experienced orthopedic