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4721. Reducing errors resulting from commonly missed chest radiography findings. | PSNet
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      August 20, 2018 - July 25, 2018 Optimal preoperative assessment of the geriatric surgical patient: a best … October 10, 2012 Handoffs causing patient harm: a survey of medical and surgical house … September 27, 2017 Impact of pharmacist-led admission medication reconciliation on patient … September 20, 2023 Patient Safety Innovations Ambulatory … Safety Nets to Reduce Missed and Delayed Diagnoses of Cancer July 31, 2023 Diagnostic

4722. Liver Biopsy: Proceed With Caution | PSNet
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      March 07, 2012 - The Commentary Ensuring Safety With Liver Biopsy The use of liver biopsy to obtain tumor or liver … Although evidence is limited, the safety of the different techniques appears to be similar. … August 12, 2020 Identifying electronic health record usability and safety challenges … November 28, 2018 Randomized trial of reducing ambulatory malpractice and safety risk … More See More About The Topic Hospitals Health Care Providers Quality and Safety

4723. NHQDR Glossary – NHQDR Data Tools
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      January 01, 2022 - Perception of Need Patient Safety Priority Area Person-Centered Care Priority Area Poor Readmission … Although patients may not always be able to assess their need for care, problems getting care when patients … Patient Safety Priority Area – Patient Safety means making care safer by reducing harm caused in the … Measures of patient safety include measures related to healthcare associated infections, adverse drug … Transition of care  – The movement of a patient from one setting of care to another.

4724. Inappropriate medication in a national sample of US elderly patients receiving home health care. | PSNet
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      September 09, 2020 - Study Inappropriate medication in a national sample of US elderly patients receiving … The spectrum of patient safety problems in home care was reviewed in a recent article . … interventions to address burnout in hospital practice: factors associated with turnover, outcomes, and patient … safety. … Discrepancies between in-home interviews and electronic medical records on regularly used drugs among home care clients

4725. Missed Nursing Care: A Key Measure for Patient Safety | PSNet
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      March 01, 2018 - Missed Nursing Care: A Key Measure for Patient Safety. PSNet [internet]. … Missed Nursing Care: A Key Measure for Patient Safety. PSNet [internet]. … safety grades reported by nurses.( 4 ) Where missed care rates are higher, patients are less likely … The state has seen steeper declines in mortality and improvements in other indicators than other states … February 23, 2022 Patient Safety Primers Nursing and Patient

4726. Which End Is Which? | PSNet
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      February 09, 2011 - first few years, many surgeons misidentified structures and as a result injured the common bile duct in patients … On average, patients have an ileus that is much shorter with the laparoscopic procedure than with open … safety imperative. … January 15, 2014 Patient safety, resident well-being and continuity of care with different … January 27, 2019 Impact of diagnosis-timing indicators on measures of safety, comorbidity

4727. Chapter 3. Description of Methods | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      August 01, 2022 - Designing Consumer Reporting Systems for Patient Safety Events Chapter 3. … The TEP included experts in patient safety, patient safety event reporting systems, health care delivery … safety; patients and family members are highly motivated to share their experiences " to make sure it … safety events, and many other factors that contribute to patient safety events. … had a family member who had experienced a patient safety event.

4728. A Model of Care Delivery to Reduce Falls in a Major Cancer Center (pdf file)
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      March 03, 2008 - Standard safety interventions for all patients admitted to the hospital Environmental safety 1. … Patient safety 1. … safety, patient safety, and daily routines (Table 2). … for patient safety. … The ABCD model for patient safety.

4729. Characterization of prescribing errors in an internal medicine clinic. | PSNet
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      March 04, 2011 - September 23, 2020 Optimizing Pediatric Patient Safety in the Emergency Care Setting. … March 14, 2022 Use of unsolicited patient observations to identify surgeons with increased … May 27, 2011 The impact of prescribing safety alerts for elderly persons in an electronic … May 27, 2011 Effect of computerisation on the quality and safety of chemotherapy prescription

4730. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      December 01, 2005 - They did not notice that the patient was blind. … signage is not readily visible in large, braille, or raised print, and if audible direction and floor indicators … ’ companions rather than patients), compromising patient privacy (eg, by helping patients to complete … their safety (eg, from misidentifying medications) and well-being (eg, from being unaware of medication … Many blind persons live alone, as did this patient, leading independent lives.

4731. Are You Mrs. A? An Issue of Identification Over Telephone | PSNet
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      January 01, 2016 - Educate patients on the importance and relevance of correct patient identification. … ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. Oops, sorry, wrong patient! … WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety Solutions: Patient Identification. … Health IT and Patient Safety: Building Safer Systems for Better Care. … patient-safety challenge in obstetrics.

4732. Breathe Easy: Safe Tracheostomy Management | PSNet
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      June 07, 2023 - Each institution should develop standard tracheostomy management protocols to enhance patient safety. … : a pilot patient safety initiative. … January 31, 2024 Do patients who read visit notes on the patient portal have a higher … safety learning laboratory to create an interdisciplinary ecosystem for health care innovation. … safety project reduces bloodstream infections by 40 percent.

4733. The Different Count Contributions to Retention (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2024 - safety problems and safety problems, in a simplistic view, are the result of failed practice and/or … As a consulting entity we sought to avoid violation of any client business associate or confidentiality … To gather frontline RSI case information, we sought a public source and examined a state patient safety … They are part of the surgical packs of drapes and are not supposed to be inserted inside of patients … Gibbs MD FACS Founder and Director NoThing Left Behind®: A National Surgical Patient Safety Project

4734. Part 2: Trends in Priorities of the Heckler Report—Care for Cardiovascular Diseases | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      June 01, 2018 - Quality Strategy—National Quality Strategy Priorities Part 3: National Quality Strategy Priority—Patient … Safety Part 3: National Quality Strategy Priority—Person- and Family-Centered Care Part 3: National … Project, State Inpatient Databases, 2001‐2013 quality and disparities analysis files and AHRQ Quality Indicators … Heart Attack Patients Given Fibrinolytic Medication Hospital patients with heart attack given fibrinolytic … Project, State Inpatient Databases, 2001‐2013 quality and disparities analysis files and AHRQ Quality Indicators

4735. Final Progress Report: Rural Trial of Clinic Order Entry With Decision Support (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2024 - The program was designed primarily for safety, ease of use, and capacity to integrate decision support … safety features of the CCOE, and their overall experience as INFORM project participants. … The topic of patient safety addressed two separate features of the CCOE tool: 1) the drug-drug interaction … The other patient safety feature evaluated in the focus groups was the drug information in the CCOE … During the baseline season, 4% of patients in group A clinics (range: 1-9%) and 6% of patients in group

4736. Final Progress Report: METs: Preventing Patient Crisies; Protecting Patients in Crisis (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-11/devita-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: METs: Preventing Patient Crisies; Protecting Patients in Crisis AHRQ Final Report … are: 1) to review impact on patient safety of implementing hospital systems to identify and respond … METs have been reported to have two major and distinct effects on improving hospitalized patient safety … MET responses can be an effective component of a hospital patient safety/quality improvement program … The patient-at-risk team: identifying and managing seriously ill ward patients.

4737. Prescribing patterns of heart failure-exacerbating medications following a heart failure hospitalization. | PSNet
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      January 26, 2022 - Harmful prescribing practices were most strongly associated with small hospital size and patients with … The authors call for development of strategies to improve prescribing practices for heart failure patients … July 22, 2020 Optimizing Pediatric Patient Safety in the Emergency Care Setting. … thromboembolism chemoprophylaxis is associated with increased VTE events in high-risk general surgery patients … 5, 2012 View More See More About The Topic Hospitals Quality and Safety

4738. Comparative Effectiveness of Pain Management Interventions fo Hip Fracture (ppt file)
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      May 01, 2011 - effectiveness and safety? … Evidence about the patient subpopulation characteristics that influence effectiveness and safety was … It is important to note that no studies examined the effectiveness or safety of the most commonly used … The evidence may support continued research to test effectiveness and safety. … Influence of Subpopulation Characteristics on Effectiveness and Safety (2) Abou-Setta AM, Beaupre LA,

4739. Comparative Effectiveness of Pain Management Interventions fo Hip Fracture (ppt file)
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      May 01, 2011 - effectiveness and safety? … Evidence about the patient subpopulation characteristics that influence effectiveness and safety was … It is important to note that no studies examined the effectiveness or safety of the most commonly used … The evidence may support continued research to test effectiveness and safety. … Influence of Subpopulation Characteristics on Effectiveness and Safety (2) Abou-Setta AM, Beaupre LA,

4740. Meeting Minutes, July 2017 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      November 01, 2017 - proposal calls for folding AHRQ into the NIH as a new institute: the National Institute for Research on Safety … The proposal retains the following AHRQ programs: investigator-initiated research, patient safety, Evidence-based … It eliminates the following AHRQ programs: health information technology (IT), quality indicators, Consumer … Analysis of the use of Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program in long-term care settings revealed a … AHRQ could perhaps support an information-sharing network for patients. Dr.