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digital.ahrq.gov/decisionmaker-brief-telehealth
January 01, 2023 - Telehealth can improve patient safety and quality of care. … As a result of this failure, approximately one-third of the patients who were enrolled in the study became … AHRQ-funded grantees say technical support must be available around the clock to ensure patient safety … safety and mission-critical patient services. … These grantees reported that telehealth can improve an organization's work and safety culture.
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digital.ahrq.gov/2018-year-review/executive-summary
January 01, 2018 - Rudin
A simple app, designed with input from patients, resulted in 92 percent of patients continuing … Project
Research investment: $1.5M
AHRQ health IT safety research was prominently featured … Stories about these pioneering health IT safety research projects are captured in the section of this … Table 3: Health IT Safety Research Spotlights. … Enhancing Medication CPOE Safety and Quality by Indications-Based Prescribing
Research investment:
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/technology-exchange-cancer-health-network-tech-net
January 01, 2023 - project focused on the implementation of technology, personnel, and workflows, the impact Tech-NET has on patient … Implement a collaborative, multi-state Health Information Technology System that meets the needs of patients … better health outcomes at equal or lower cost for cancer patients in rural communities through an integrated … quantitative data to measure the success of TECH-Net's implementation and determined the impact on patient … safety, cost, access to care and overall patient outcomes.
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digital.ahrq.gov/2020-year-review/executive-summary
January 01, 2020 - Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is the lead Federal agency charged with improving the quality and safety … ensure that digital healthcare systems are designed and implemented in ways that improve quality and safety … , clinicians, and health systems working to improve healthcare quality and safety. … University of Wisconsin-Madison
Michelle Anne Chui
Improving Medication Safety With Accurate e-Prescribing … Using Patient-Reported Outcomes for Shared Decision Making for Osteoarthritis Patients
Research Investment
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digital.ahrq.gov/principal-investigator/hahn-elizabeth
January 01, 2023 - A low literacy, multimedia health information technology intervention to enhance patient-centered … cancer care in safety net settings increased cancer knowledge in a randomized controlled trial. … A low literacy, multimedia health information technology intervention to enhance patient-centered cancer … care in Safety Net settings increased cancer knowledge in a randomized controlled trial. … Implementing a Low-Literacy, Multimedia Information Technology System to Enhance Patient-Centered Cancer
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digital.ahrq.gov/principal-investigator/nanji-karen-c
January 01, 2023 - J Patient Saf. 2021 Dec 1;17(8):e758-e764. doi: 10.1097/PTS.0000000000000926. … Patient harm in cataract surgery: A series of adverse events in Massachusetts. … safety-related terminology. … A rose by any other name would smell as sweet: Defining patient safety-related terminology. … Medication safety in the perioperative setting: A comparison of methods for detecting medication errors
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/Parisetal_HFES2008.pdf
January 01, 2008 - I�TRODUCTIO�
Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients are critically ill,
and the life-saving interventions … For example, delays in the initiation of
antibiotic therapy in patients with conditions such as
meningitis … example, for
antibiotics in which pharmacokinetic monitoring is important
like gentamicin, or for patients … Work system design for patient safety: The SEIPS
model. … Preventable
adverse drug events in hospitalized patients: a
comparative study of intensive care and
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digital.ahrq.gov/care-setting/emergency-department
January 01, 2023 - Development of SMART on FHIR Interoperable Clinical Decision Support for Emergency Department Patients … Evaluating Diagnostic Decision Support Systems for Patients Requiring Urgent Primary or Emergency Care … or with Stroke
Description
This research will evaluate the safety, usability, diagnostic, … accuracy of a popular symptom checker app and new diagnostic algorithms, and their ability to affect patients … Principal Investigator(s)
Kleinman, Keith
Jeffers, Justin
Peer PLUS: A Client-Centered
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/meaningful-drug-interaction-alerts
February 28, 2023 - safety. … safety issue. … patient circumstances, providers can deliver more tailored care for patients at risk for harm. … An overabundance of alerts can lead to alert fatigue and compromise patient safety Exposure to life threatening … Photos in Medical Records Reduces Errors, Improves Patient Safety
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digital.ahrq.gov/care-setting/hospital
January 01, 2023 - child’s hospitalization, with the goal of improving caregiver engagement in identifying and reporting safety … providers in emergency departments, with the goal of reducing opioid misuse and improving family medication safety … support tool designed to reduce laboratory testing overutilization in pediatric intensive care unit patients … large language models and machine learning to retrospectively analyze electronic health records of patients … into how this artificial intelligence-driven technology transforms workflows while addressing critical safety
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digital.ahrq.gov/principal-investigator/ferranti-jeffrey
January 01, 2023 - J Patient Saf 2009 Mar;5(1):35-41. … Patient Saf Surg. 2009 Aug 11;3(1):18. … A multifaceted approach to safety: the synergistic detection of adverse drug events in adult inpatients … J Patient Saf 2008 Sep;4(3):184-90. … reporting, and intervening as well as measuring the incidence and nature of adverse drug events suffered by patients
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/2006Reiling_052411comp.pdf
January 01, 2005 - Joseph's Hospital: Designing a safe hospital
AHRQ Patient Safety & Health IT 2006
Strengthening the … • Shared Values and Beliefs about Safety within the
Organization
• Always Anticipating Precarious … to staff
•Direct
observation of
Med-Surg patient
rooms
•Average time
caregivers spent
with patients … satisfaction
•Staff safety
culture survey
•Length of stay
•Cost
•Trending of
hospital survey data … Lean Principles
Process Recommendations
Creating a Culture of Safety
2005: Baseline Research Guiding
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/develop-and-validate-health-it-safety-measures-capture-violations-five-rights/citation/risk
January 01, 2023 - Risk of wrong-patient orders among multiple vs singleton births in the neonatal intensive care units … Risk of wrong-patient orders among multiple vs singleton births in the neonatal intensive care units … Principal Investigator
Adelman, Jason Stuart
Project Name
Develop and Validate Health IT Safety … Measures To Capture Violations of the Five Rights of Medication Safety
Technology
Electronic
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/detecting-med-medication-errors-rural-hospitals-using-technology/annual-summary/2008
January 01, 2008 - Business Goal: Implementation and Use
Summary: In 2004, the Patient Safety Center at the University … safety throughout Mississippi, and by extension, in other rural areas, based on the data gathered. ( … safety. … safety and patient care in rural areas. … Patient Safety and Patient Care Among Small Rural Physician Offices: The Impact of Electronic Medical
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digital.ahrq.gov/organization/university-north-carolina-chapel-hill
January 01, 2023 - and Assessment of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Enhanced Pretreatment Peer-review Process to Improve Patient … Safety in Radiation Oncology
Description
This research develops and evaluates an artificial … intelligence-enhanced pretreatment peer-review process in radiation oncology, aiming to improve patient … safety by reducing variability among providers in treatment planning, minimizing clinical errors, and … Post-Cystectomy Care
Description
This project explored novel strategies that incorporated patient-centered
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digital.ahrq.gov/care-setting/ambulatory-clinic
January 01, 2023 - and Assessment of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Enhanced Pretreatment Peer-review Process to Improve Patient … Safety in Radiation Oncology
Description
This research develops and evaluates an artificial … safety by reducing variability among providers in treatment planning, minimizing clinical errors, and … safety. … outcomes to inform care and improve glycemic control for patients with poorly controlled diabetes.
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/cancelrx-health-it-tool-decrease-medication-discrepancies-outpatient-setting
January 01, 2023 - Participants interviewed also recognized the importance of CancelRx in relation to patient safety, and … Michelle Chui recognized this miscommunication can cause a variety of issues, including confusion by the patient … CancelRx helps pharmacists do the job that they want to do, and do it safely and confidently with their patient … this tool is a model that can have significant impact in reducing medication discrepancies, enhancing patient … patients’ most up-to-date medication information
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r01hs015274-carayon-final-report-2009.pdf
January 01, 2009 - Characteristics of GMC ICUs (continued)
AICU CICU NICU PICU
Patient mix Medical and trauma
patients … Technology and
patient safety: A two-edged sword. … Patient safety and proactive risk
assessment. In Y. … Patient safety: The role
of human factors and systems engineering. In W. B. Rouse
& D. A. … Coordination in the ICU and the Relation
with Quality of Care and Patient Safety.”
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/ahrq-dhr-2021-year-in-review.pdf
January 01, 2021 - safety. … safety, care, and shared
decision making without placing excessive burden on users, including patients … Engaging and empowering patients in their own healthcare leads to improvements in safety,
quality, … Safety
Analysis of patient safety event reports showed an association between
electronic health … to identify usability and
safety issues from patient safety event reports.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/uc1hs015431-brooks-final-report-2007.pdf
January 01, 2007 - Study findings suggest that IT alone did not increase patient
safety or improve inpatient quality of … Measures used were the Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) patient safety and quality … It was expected the benchmarking tool would
improve quality of care and patient safety, especially in … The
remaining three are part of the AHRQ Patient Safety Indicator (PSI) set. … AHRQ IQI
Table 3 – Pre-Post analysis of AHRQ patient safety indicators.