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7041. Aspergillus Mediastinitis & Endocarditis in a Pediatric Patient Complicating Cardiac Surgery and Bedside Chest Closure. | PSNet
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      November 16, 2022 - safety practices. … An investigation of Aspergillus cardiac surgical site infections in 3 pediatric patients. … May 15, 2024 The safety of inpatient health care. … January 25, 2023 Patient safety after implementation of a coproduced family centered … June 1, 2007 Optimizing Pediatric Patient Safety in the Emergency Care Setting.

7042. Santa Cruz County, CA Diabetes Mellitus Registry (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/uc1hs015362-littman-final-report-2007.pdf
      January 01, 2007 - For PMG HMO patients, manual data entry was limited. … % of Patients w/ Diabetes: HbA1c test last year % of Patients w/ Diabetes: Lipid panel last … year % of Patients w/ Diabetes: Microalbumin last year % of Patients w/ Diabetes: Eye exam last … Patient information sheets were also developed informing patients on their right to opt out of the registry … The decision not to obtain patient consent prior to adding patients to the registry also complicated

7043. Disposition of comments_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 242: Radiation Therapy for Brain Metastases (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cer-242-radiation-therapy-brain-metastases-disposition-comments.pdf
      June 09, 2021 - With respect to subgroup analyses of studies, patient level data was not available. … cohort study included breast cancer patient only. … accurate about including cohort studies (I was confused whether cohort studies were only considered for safety … outcomes or both safety and efficacy outcomes). … Patient-level data was not available.

7044. System Redesign Responses to Challenges in Safety-Net Systems (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/system/systemredesignsafetynet/systemredesign.pdf
      June 01, 2015 - and support a broader patient mix than its traditional safety-net base. … s operating losses are offset by revenue generated by a health plan that primarily serves Medicaid clients … Related functions such as patient safety, patient concerns, and risk management also exist in separate … , and accountability for quality and patient safety. … 10 patient safety and care transition metrics.

7045. HEALTHCARE COST AND UTILIZATION PROJECT — HCUP (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/neds/NEDS2019Introduction.pdf
      September 01, 2021 - There is no uniform patient identifier available that would allow a patient- level analysis to identify … Consumer Product Safety Commission. … 2,532,807 1.8 ED visit in which the patient died in the ED 200,696 0.1 ED visit in which patient … patient died in the ED, (98) ED visits in which patient was not admitted, destination unknown, (99) … ED visit in which patient was discharged alive, destination unknown (but not admitted) Sex of patient

7046. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      December 01, 2011 - Describe the benefits of mobile technology to safety, quality, and efficiency. … international normalized ratio (INR) was 1.4 (the INR is a measure of anticoagulation intensity in patients … safety, and care without increasing bedside interruptions. … safety. … Interruptions to workflow can be associated with medical errors and risks to patients.(18) Mitigating

7047. Undetected Foreign Object | PSNet
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      April 24, 2018 - RSIs can result in significant patient morbidity and even mortality.( 3,9,10 ) Patients can experience … There are no studies that have evaluated the patient safety and economics risk–benefit of introducing … Cima, MD, MA Vice-chair, Quality and Safety, Department of Surgery Associate Professor of Surgery … Improving safety in the operating room: systematic literature review of retained surgical sponges. … See More About The Topic Operating Room Health Care Providers Quality and Safety

7048. Improving Healthcare Safety by Enhancing Healthcare Facility Design (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/highlights/ps-project-highlights-hcfd-041825.pdf
      April 01, 2025 - Improving Healthcare Safety by Enhancing Healthcare Facility Design AHRQ-Funded Patient Safety Project … Safety: Developing Methods To Integrate Patient Safety Concerns Into the Facility Design Process … Safety, and a seminar focused on design for patient safety. … safety risk assessment (PSRA) toolkit to help eradicate patient harm. … /settings/hospital/resource/safety-assess.html https://www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/

7049. Preventing CAUTI in Specialized Patient Populations: The ICU | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/preventing-cauti-specialized-populations-icu.html
      December 01, 2017 - , again, just because they were a sick ICU patient. … And this is medical ICU patients. … Similarly, this is looking at mechanically-ventilated and then ALI/ARDS patients and patients with vasopressors … We did a safety survey that gave us a baseline data of where we stood on our unit, and just kind of looked … C-suite to the bedside and kind of help efforts on that end, because this is about a comprehensive safety

7050. Automated-Entry Patient Generated Health Data for Chronic Conditions: The Evidence on Health Outcomes (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/patient-generated-health-data-protocol-chronic-conditions.pdf
      March 17, 2020 - From the patient perspective, some patients may lack access to PGHD technologies or have a low comfort … Which patients in which settings are most at risk of harms? 5. … The technology must collect patient data without manual input that can potentially be used by the patient … EXCLUDE: Comparators that include the same PGHD intervention do not address the efficacy/safety … EXCLUDE: studies with <10 patients/arm at follow-up.

7051. Disposition of Comments: Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 273_Treatment of Stages I-III Squamous Cell Anal Cancer: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-273-anal-cancer-disposition-comments.pdf
      August 20, 2024 - • Patients with older age, immunocompromised status, and minoritized racial/ethnic identity were … A question was raised about what evidence should be used to support decision making for these patient … Providing standard of care to minoritized patients is important based on best available evidence. … (excluded in most trials) versus immunocompetent patients because of varying treatment tolerability … 5FU”; And suggest to add something like “we need well designed real world data on the efficacy and safety

7052. Effectiveness of Treatments for Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/diabetic-neuropathy_research-protocol.pdf
      May 09, 2016 - neuropathy increases risk for foot injury, delayed treatment (since injuries are not noticed by the patient … therapeutic footwear with demonstrated pressure-relieving effect that is consistently worn by the patient … addressed all causes of peripheral neuropathy and recommended a number of agents and also included a safety … Prevention of foot ulcers in the at-risk patient with diabetes: a systematic review. … Efficacy and safety of dextromethorphan/quinidine at two dosage levels for diabetic neuropathic pain

7053. Final Progress Report: Shared Decision Making in Vulnerable Populations (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/mitchell-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - in the adaptation of SDM tools to health information technology and implementation of such tools in safety … several secondary analyses related to factors influencing SDM behaviors and hospital service use among safety … net service users, including health literacy and patient activation. … These instructions were rarely individualized for the specific patient. … alleviate clinician time restraints, and they have high patient acceptability.

7054. Behavioral Interventions and Counseling to Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect: A Systematic Review to Update the USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/SUHq3jffCaucDobFXKewQ_
      February 01, 2013 - Inves- tigators created an analytic framework incorporating the key questions and outlining the patient … Mean injury score (CIS) Self-reported spanking (FSS, CIS) Self-reported neglect (FSS) Mean home safety … Conflict Tactics Scale; ED � emergency department; FSC � Kempe Family Stress Checklist; FSS � Framingham Safety … nurse practitioners in 18 private practices in mostly suburban areas with primarily white, middle-class patients … Provision of study materials or patients: H.D. Nelson. Statistical expertise: H.D. Nelson.

7055. HIT/CAHPS Stakeholders Meeting Summary (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/HIT/HIT_CAHPS_Meeting_Summary.pdf
      December 01, 2006 - organizations—has made a significant investment in investigating how HIT can improve the quality and safety …  Impact on safety  Impact on convenience—Patients can report on the extent to which HIT makes care … Rein asked whether there might be an opportunity to focus on health (safety net) clinics, since studies … Safety, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Charles Darby, M.A., Social Science Administrator … , Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Catherine

7056. Safety in the Prehospital Emergency Medical Services Setting | PSNet
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      May 01, 2019 - Despite these potential yet known threats, the annual incidence of poor patient safety outcomes in EMS … for both patients and EMS clinicians are higher among EMS organizations with lower safety culture scores … for patients and clinicians. … Promoting a culture of safety as a patient safety strategy: a systematic review. … EMS Provider & Patient Safety in Ambulances project.

7057. The Result Stopped Here | PSNet
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      December 01, 2006 - Understanding medical error and improving patient safety in the inpatient setting. … populations (oncology patients, pediatrics) Hematocrit   >60% Inpatient … populations (oncology patients, pediatrics) Prothrombin Time Not applicable International … November 3, 2015 A 2-year study of patient safety competency assessment in 29 clinical … May 18, 2011 Perspective The Media’s Role in Patient Safety

7058. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49476/psn-pdf
      March 02, 2005 - As DVT prevention is one of the top safety priorities of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Orthopedic surgery patients are a special focus of most guidelines, since such patients are at extremely … safety issue, the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA) convened a Consensus … cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=7978443 http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/SAFETY/1997/antico.htm … Actual image not from the patient in case presentation.

7059. Spontaneous Awakening Trials and Spontaneous Breathing Trials Literature Review | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/technical/sat-sbt-lit-review.html
      January 01, 2017 - Spontaneous Awakening Trials and Spontaneous Breathing Trials Literature Review AHRQ Safety … Efficacy and safety of a paired sedation and ventilator weaning protocol for mechanically ventilated … SAT safety screens were performed on only 20 percent of pre-quality improvement (QI) patient-days versus … 97 percent of during-QI patient-days (p<0.001) and 100% of post-QI patient-days (p=0.25). … The rates of passing the SAT safety screen in pre-QI and during-QI periods were 63 percent versus 78

7060. Family Experiences with Coordination of Care (FECC) Measure Set (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-166-fullreport.pdf
      March 01, 2018 - Measure Topic – patient safety: Yes. k. Measure Topic – family experience with care: Yes. l. … Given the ordinal nature of the indicators, we used polychoric ordinal alphas rather than Pearson correlations … In the context of the field testing and validation study, patients and families were identified from … Identification of limited English proficient patients in clinical care. … Patient-centered plan-of-care tool for improving clinical outcomes.