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  1. Patient Safety 101 | PSNet

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    January 16, 2025 - Patient Safety 101 Citation Text: Patient Safety 101. PSNet [internet]. … Background The History of the Patient Safety Movement The concept that patients could be harmed while … Definitions Used in Patient Safety The patient safety field uses the term adverse events to describe … Research in the field of patient safety began with studies of hospitalized patients. … Care and Patient Safety Primers.

  2. 2019 Hospital Survey Pilot Test Results Part II (pdf file)

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    September 01, 2019 - Reporting Patient Safety Events 1. … Reporting Patient Safety Events 1. … Survey 2.0 Pilot Test Hospitals Interaction With Patients Patient Safety Culture Composite Measures … Reporting Patient Safety Events 1. … Reporting Patient Safety Events 1.

  3. A trial of automated decision support alerts for contraindicated medications using computerized physician order entry. | PSNet

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    May 20, 2019 - Effect of restriction of the number of concurrently open records in an electronic health record on wrong-patient … Related Resources An empirical model to estimate the potential impact of medication safety … alerts on patient safety, health care utilization, and cost in ambulatory care. … September 1, 2016 Mixed results in the safety performance of computerized physician order … Computerised provider order entry combined with clinical decision support systems to improve medication safety

  4. Using-Health-It-To-Support-Qi (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/tools/PCMH/using-health-it-to-support-qi.pdf
    March 01, 2015 - in its strategic plan for health IT and proposed health IT as a tool to improve patient safety, reduce … Building on this input, OCHIN has developed a set of common quality indicators for the collaborative … OCHIN members also use EHR-based registries and dashboards to track quality indicators for patients … For example, the EHR-based diabetes dashboard displays a number of key indicators, including whether … Each indicator produces a score for the patient; patients with outdated tests and health indicators

  5. Indication-based prescribing prevents wrong-patient medication errors in computerized provider order entry (CPOE). | Digital Healthcare Research

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    January 01, 2023 - Indication-based prescribing prevents wrong-patient medication errors in computerized provider order … Indication-based prescribing prevents wrong-patient medication errors in computerized provider order … Principal Investigator Lambert, Bruce Project Name Tools for Optimizing Medication Safety

  6. Radiation Safety | PSNet

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    September 15, 2024 - This Patient Safety Primer will discuss the safety issues associated with the use of radiation, both … May 25, 2011 An international review of patient safety measures in radiotherapy practice. … July 8, 2009 National Voluntary Consensus Standards for Patient Safety Measures: A Consensus Report … October 18, 2023 Radiographers' experience of preventing patient safety incidents in … September 29, 2017 Society of Interventional Radiology IR Pre-Procedure Patient Safety

  7. Tools To Help Mitigate Device Risk | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    October 01, 2015 - Infections Preamble and Summary Epidemiology of Invasive Devices and Complications Examples of Patient … Harm Related to Invasive Devices Preventing Device-Associated Infections Resident Physicians as Safety … perioperative use in selected surgeries, need for prolonged immobilization, monitoring fluids in critically ill patients … It builds the capacity to address safety issues by combining clinical best practices and the science … of safety.

  8. Microsoft PowerPoint - FINAL June-Spotlight Case Slides_06.12.2020.pptx (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2020 - safety targets associated with this case … SAFETY TARGETS 12 Patient Safety Targets The following were unmet in this case 1. … safety because of the difficulty in monitoring for over-sedation; determining whether a patient is … Can nurses shift work jeopardize patient safety? A systematic review. … The impact of new graduate nurse transition programs on competency development and patient safety:

  9. Physiologic Predictors of Severe Injury: Systematic Review, Evidence Summary (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-205-predictors-trauma-care-evidence-summary.pdf
    April 01, 2018 - and Quality in conjunction with the sponsoring partner agency, the National Highway Transportation Safety … If the indicators of high-risk patients were consistent, cleaner comparisons could be made both across … Washington, DC: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; February 2013. … Prehospital triage in the injured pediatric patient. … Decision tool for the early diagnosis of trauma patient hypovolemia.

  10. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    September 01, 2008 - Because of decreasing oxygen levels and worsening mental status, the patient required transfer back to … Indicators of tubesite during feedings. J Neurosci Nurs. 2005;37:320-325. [go to PubMed] 7. … Indicators of postpyloric feeding tube placement in children. Crit Care Med. 2000;28:2962-2966. … National Patient Safety Agency. … Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2008;34:285-292.

  11. Normothermia Audit Tool | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/tools/surgical-complication-prevention/normothermia-audit.html
    December 01, 2017 - Normothermia Audit Tool AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery Introduction Problem … Statement Patients’ perioperative core temperatures should be maintained at normothermia to prevent … Purpose of This Tool This tool will help your safety program team understand how consistently you maintain … A safety program team member may collect data retrospectively from patient charts. … patient moves through your perioperative area.

  12. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    September 14, 2022 - Exploring the impact of employee engagement and patient safety. … Exploring the impact of employee engagement and patient safety. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/exploring-impact-employee-engagement-and-patient-safety Healthcare worker … safety, but research assessing the impact on patient safety outcomes is in its infancy. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/exploring-impact-employee-engagement-and-patient-safety https://psnet.ahrq.gov

  13. A systematic review of the effectiveness of interruptive medication prescribing alerts in hospital CPOE systems to change prescriber behavior and improve patient safety. | PSNet

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    August 17, 2016 - An Annual Perspective discussed CPOE as it relates to patient safety. … October 10, 2012 The impact of drug shortages on patients with cardiovascular disease … July 10, 2024 Revealing and resolving patient safety defects: the impact of leadership … WalkRounds on frontline caregiver assessments of patient safety. … April 22, 2020 The prevalence of dose errors among paediatric patients in hospital wards

  14. 2021 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report Introduction and Methods (pdf file)

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    December 01, 2021 - In addition, the area of patient safety was expanded to include sections on healthcare-associated infections … and patient safety culture. … Limitations With the Medicare Patient Safety Monitoring System Data For these measures, “hospital patients … Hospital Conditions report (https://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/ files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety … https://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/Updated-hacreportFInal2017data.pdf

  15. The use of patient pictures and verification screens to reduce computerized provider order entry errors. | PSNet

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    November 16, 2022 - safety collaborative. … August 10, 2022 Challenges in ethics, safety, best practices, and oversight regarding … HIT vendors, their customers, and patients: a report of an AMIA special task force. … June 12, 2019 Perspectives on anesthesia and perioperative patient safety: past, present … safety.

  16. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/angina-heart-attack-treatments_research-protocol.pdf
    December 11, 2012 - effectiveness and safety differ? … and safety differ? … and safety differ? … acute coronary syndrome a meta-analysis of individual patient data. … followed by an infusion of 1.75 mg/kg/hr (if CrCl< 30 ml/min reduce infusion to 1.0 mg/kg/hr, if patient

  17. Slide 1 (ppt file)

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    January 01, 2013 - the safety of patients. … safety indicators on the y axis. … Patients hear what we say and see what we do. … Exploring relationships between patient safety culture and patients’ assessments of hospital care. … Exploring relationships between patient safety culture and patients’ assessments of hospital care.

  18. Remove that Foley (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/impl-guide/implementation-guide-appendix-h.docx
    June 02, 2025 - Remove that Foley AHRQ Safety Program for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals Appendix H. … Foley catheters can cause: · Infections · Length of Stay · Cost · Patient Discomfort · Antibiotic … Use Urinary catheters confine patients to bed, making them more immobile and thus increasing their … indwelling urinary catheter on admission · Accurate measurement of urinary output in critically ill patients … Incontinence · Prolonged postoperative use · Morbid obesity · Immobility · Confusion or dementia · Patient

  19. Using IT to Improve the Quality of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Prevention & Management - 2010 | Digital Healthcare Research

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    January 01, 2010 - Kaiser Foundation Research Institute Funding Mechanism RFA: HS07-002: Ambulatory and Safety … related physicians’ prior index scores to subsequent disease incidence and to care utilization in their patients … scores would be associated with lower rates of incident CVD and health care utilization within each patient … addressed including organizational deficiencies, clinician failure to recommend appropriate services, and patient … In settings where EMR data are accessible to providers and patients, the PI and DMI evaluate care based

  20. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    January 04, 2017 - Eisenberg Patient Safety Awards. … Eisenberg Patient Safety Awards. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/john-m-eisenberg-patient-safety-awards-leapfrog-group-patient-safety- rewarding-higher … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/john-m-eisenberg-patient-safety-awards-leapfrog-group-patient-safety-rewarding-higher … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/john-m-eisenberg-patient-safety-awards-leapfrog-group-patient-safety-rewarding-higher
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