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  1. Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: An Update of the PTSD Repository Evidence Base (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/ptsd-6-protocol.pdf
    December 07, 2024 - reporting; (4) serve as a source for clinicians seeking information on effectiveness of interventions for patients … criteria are: • Population(s): o Adults (≥18 years old) diagnosed with PTSD by a clinician or through patient … meditation or "mind body" or mindfulness or music or "prolonged exposure" or relaxation or "seeking safety … meditation or "mind body" or mindfulness or music or "prolonged exposure" or relaxation or "seeking safety … Patients with Suicidality Excluded 15.

  2. Anticoagulation: Held Too Long | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/anticoagulation-held-too-long
    April 01, 2008 - Safety Goals (NPSGs).( 18 ) The NPSG includes eight specific elements of performance, including using … Application of these requirements and patient safety principles to bridging therapy is essential but … safety. … Accreditation Program: Hospital. 2009 National Patient Safety Goals. … October 7, 2015 Hospital quality and patient safety competencies: development, description

  3. AHRQ Hospital Survey 2.0 User's Guide (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/hospital/AHRQ-Hospital-Survey-2.0-Users-Guide-5.26.2021.pdf
    January 01, 2021 - AHRQ Hospital Survey 2.0 User's Guide PATIENT SAFETY HOSPITAL SURVEY ON PATIENT SAFETY CULTURE VERSION … Patient Safety Culture 2019 Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture, Version 2.0 User’s Guide … SOPS Hospital Survey 2.0 Patient Safety Culture Composite Measures Patient safety culture composite … Safety Hospital management shows that patient safety is a top priority and provides adequate resources … safety, do not encourage taking shortcuts, and take action to address patient safety concerns. 3

  4. Overview of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)-Related Adult Inpatient Stays, 2016–2021 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb315-overview-MRSA-2016-2021.pdf
    January 01, 2021 - hospitalized.1,2 Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Healthcare Safety … ■ In 2019 and 2021, male patients were 1.8 times as likely as female patients to have MRSA infections … on healthcare-associated infections in 2020: A summary of data reported to the National Healthcare Safety … Umscheid, M.D., M.S., Director Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (CQuIPS) Agency … Safety (CQuIPS) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD

  5. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33579/psn-pdf
    September 15, 2024 - safety field. … Three widely used tools for investigating and responding to patient safety events and near misses are … discussed in detail in the Strategies and Approaches for Investigating Patient Safety Events primer … universal-protocol-preventing-wrong-site-wrong-procedure-wrong-person-surgery https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/strategies-and-approaches-investigating-patient-safety-events … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/strategies-and-approaches-investigating-patient-safety-events https://

  6. Ambulatory Electronic Medical Record and Shared Access - 2009 | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/ambulatory-electronic-medical-record-and-shared-access/annual-summary/2009
    January 01, 2009 - The goal of this implementation was to improve patient safety and assess provider and patient attitudes … that emergency department (ED) and inpatient caregivers benefit from having electronic access to the patients … results indicated that the caregivers were not always able to obtain a complete list of medications for patients … because the patients could not communicate or simply did not understand their medications. … implementation influenced their ability to provide care, all respondents stated that their ability to access patients

  7. SOPS® Workplace Safety Supplemental Items for Nursing Homes (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/nursing-home/workplace-safety-items-english.pdf
    September 01, 2024 - Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® and SOPS® are registered trademarks of the U.S. … Development, Pilot Study, and Psychometric Analysis of the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture™ ( … supplemental-items/workplace-safety.html https://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/quality-patient-safety … nursing-home/nursinghome-users-guide.pdf https://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/quality-patient-safety … nursing-home/nursinghome-users-guide.pdf https://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/quality-patient-safety

  8. 2016 AHRQ Health Information Technology Portfolio Annual Report (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/2016-ahrq-hit-annual-report.pdf
    January 01, 2016 - Twenty-two projects studied interventions to increase patient safety, and 19 projects focused on human … Safety 22 Human Factors 19 Mobile Health 19 Patient Engagement 18 Quality Improvement 17 Chronic … Improving Health IT Usability AHRQ funds projects to study how health IT can improve patient safety … Indicators assessed included EHR usage, workflow, physician-patient communication, cognitive load, and … Improving Outpatient Safety of Older Adults through Electronic Patient Portals PA-14-001 Liss, David

  9. In Conversation With… Christopher P. Landrigan, MD, MPH | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-christopher-p-landrigan-md-mph
    April 01, 2013 - But the overall message is that when these types of interventions are put in place, indicators of quality … Are Residency Duty Hour Rules Improving Patient Safety? … definitively tell us whether limiting duty hours improves patient safety. … Of course, the safety of the patients presently being cared for in hospitals and clinics is of paramount … Systematic review: effects of resident work hours on patient safety.

  10. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49489/psn-pdf
    September 01, 2005 - Starting therapy in an elderly patient with a single agent is generally a safer strategy, and many patients … According to the patient, his only medication was Glucophage. … This case highlights many important opportunities to improve medication safety in older patients, including … Safety issues may arise soon after hospital discharge due to discontinuities in care or communication … ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Institute for Safe Medication Practices Web site.

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

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/chronic-cough_research-protocol.pdf
    October 22, 2012 - may affect any particular patient. … adults and adolescents (≥14 years of age) and children (<14 years of age), what are the comparative safety … population is patients with chronic cough, included studies will need to define the patient population … The safety outcomes will be framed to help identify adverse events, including those from drug therapies … adults and adolescents (≥ 14 years of age) and children (< 14 years of age), what are the comparative safety

  12. Health Care Data Science for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/health-care-data-science-quality-improvement-and-patient-safety
    October 01, 2016 - Health Care Data Science for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Alvin Rajkomar, MD | October 1, … Health Care Data Science for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety. PSNet [internet]. … Health Care Data Science for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety. PSNet [internet]. … We spoke with him about big data and patient safety. Dr. Robert M. … safety fields: prevention of health care–associated infections, for both patients and health care workers

  13. Provider-Offered Medicare Advantage Plans Among U.S. Health Systems, 2016 (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/chsp/data/chsp-brief7-ma-plans.pdf
    March 01, 2019 - uncompensated care burden 65 505 13% High uncompensated care burden 9 118 8% Without a high DSH patient … percentage hospital 36 430 8% With a high DSH patient percentage hospital 38 193 20% Children’ … Notes: Three systems are missing results for the safety net and teaching system variables; one system … Safety net systems: Systems are categorized as serving the safety net using two measures: (1) systems … - Federal general acute care hospitals and (2) systems with at least one hospital with a high DSH patient

  14. Use of an Electronic Referral System to Improve the Outpatient Primary Care–Specialty Care Interface (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/ereferralimplementationreportfinal.pdf
    February 01, 2012 - SFGH administrative systems plus data from quality improvement surveys of SFGH providers comparing indicators … Enhanced Patient Safety and Health Outcomes. … Many interview participants reported positive effects of eReferral on patient safety and health outcomes … Other effects of eReferral on patient health outcomes and safety include the ability to see patients … or safety.

  15. Final Progress Report: Caregiver innovations to reduce harm in Neonatal Intensive Care (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/thomas-report.pdf
    January 01, 2025 - Meetings included biweekly Patient Safety Leadership Calls, biweekly NICU Quality Council Patient Safety … Keywords: Lean, Six Sigma, Patient Safety, Robust Process Improvement, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit … This is a major development in health information technology (IT) and patient safety policy. … Current challenges in health information technology-related patient safety. … The unit has stayed below the benchmark rate for Solutions for Patient Safety.

  16. Acute Care Learning From Defects

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/safety/changes-slides.pptx
    November 01, 2019 - Care Case, Continued The following day vancomycin is stopped The creatinine is now 2.7 mg/dL The patient … A PICC was placed for the patient to receive intravenous (IV) ceftriaxone for five more days 6 … The Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making Does my patient have an infection that requires antibiotics … to be a pathogen in uncomplicated biliary infections 2 Piperacillin/tazobactam started empirically Patient … antibiotic time out tool to be reviewed on clinical rounds Perform post-prescription review and feedback for patients

  17. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/841493/psn-pdf
    December 14, 2022 - Telehealth and Patient Safety. December 14, 2022 O'Malley G, Shaikh U, Marcin JP. … Telehealth and Patient Safety. PSNet [internet]. 2022. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/telehealth-and-patient-safety Background In recent years, telehealth, … Compared to patients interacting with physicians in-person, patients are more likely to accurately disclose … safety, ongoing review of protocols, safety reports, patient feedback, and multi-disciplinary team

  18. Implementation Guide: Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes: Part Two, Counseling (pdf file)

    cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cds/artifact/1066/2024_CDS_Connect_IG_Diabetes_Part_Two_Counseling_1.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - Patient-Facing CDS Development Considerations Patients and their caregivers are increasingly seeking … In turn, the successful implementation of patient-facing CDS helps support quality and safety, resulting … ” Patients with a recorded race of “African American.” … Latino” Patients with a recorded ethnicity of “Hispanic or Latino.” … Diabetic patients fall under a different plan of care.

  19. Executive Summary - Living Systematic Review on Cannabis and Other Plant-Based Treatments for Chronic Pain: 2023 Update (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-250-cannabis-executive-summary-2023-update.pdf
    January 01, 2023 - In patients with chronic (mainly neuropathic) pain with short-term treatment (4 weeks to <6 months): … prescribed cannabis (1) Whole-plant cannabis, “certified 12.5% THC” (CBD NR) route determined by patient … final mean dose 16.6/15.4 mg THC/CBD/day vs. 17.2 mg THC/day None specified; based on individual patient … a Patients could choose any medicinal product they preferred in these studies. … Effectiveness, Safety, and Tolerability of Nabiximols Oromucosal Spray vs Typical Oral Long-Acting

  20. Pediatric Units | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-final-companion/clabsicomp4b.html
    January 01, 2013 - Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Final Report Companion Guide Pediatric Units … Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety
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