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  1. Final Progress Report: Improve Safety, Quality, and Efficiency in Radiotherapy with Automated HIT System (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-04/yang-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - The goals are to reduce human errors and improve patient safety and work efficiency. … They are effective in error detection and could be useful for improving patient safety and work efficiency … Key Words: Radiation therapy, patient safety, quality assurance, machine learning, health informatics … Patient safety in radiation therapy (RT), as a paramount issue, has been widely recognized by national … The main implication of the automated error detection software tools is to improve patient safety via

  2. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/glaucoma-screening_research-protocol.pdf
    November 16, 2010 - First, glaucoma is an asymptomatic disease that patients do not notice until their disease is advanced … New evidence regarding the safety and efficacy of screening for chronic open–angle glaucoma has emerged … Objectives The objective of this review is to summarize the evidence regarding the safety and efficacy … : November 16, 2010 for screening for glaucoma will consider and compare, where possible, whether patients … Patient satisfaction (Secondary outcome). 3.

  3. Improving Patient Safety and Clinician Cognitive Support through eMAR Redesign - Final Report (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r01hs025136-ratwani-final-report-2024.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - Improving Patient Safety and Clinician Cognitive Support through eMAR Redesign - Final Report Improving … Patient Safety and Clinician Cognitive Support through eMAR Redesign Principal Investigator … also impacts patient safety. … The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. 5. … Health technology usability and patient safety.

  4. Cover Page (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/medicine-safety-call-center_research.pdf
    September 01, 2007 - safety system. 4. … with the patients consent. … For patients who are not already in the system, a basic patient information questionnaire is used to … For example, CVS required the patients to give their categorical affirmative response before patient … Menachemi N, Burke D, Brooks RG. (2004) "Adoption factors associated with patient safety-related information

  5. Cover Page (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/it-architecture-for-post-marketing-surveillance-arizona-cert.pdf
    September 01, 2007 - safety system. 4. … with the patients consent. … For patients who are not already in the system, a basic patient information questionnaire is used to … For example, CVS required the patients to give their categorical affirmative response before patient … Menachemi N, Burke D, Brooks RG. (2004) "Adoption factors associated with patient safety-related information

  6. Understanding Complex Clinical Decision Tasks for Better Health Information Technology System Design - Final Report (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r36hs023349-islam-final-report-2015.pdf
    January 01, 2015 - safety. … Safety study involved medication errors [4]. … safety. … Case Similarity How similar is this patient compared with your previous patients? … safety.

  7. Facilitator Guide: Build Your SSI Prevention Bundle (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/technical/nursedr-early-mobility-protocols-facguide.docx
    January 01, 2017 - Slide 2 [Type text] [Type text] [Type text] AHRQ Safety Program for Mechanically Ventilated … Slide 6 Early Mobility: Improved Outcomes SAY: Mobilizing patients sooner can lead to improved patient … who is responsible for mobilizing that patient, or patients, during a 12-hour shift. … Each patient care technician will discuss the patients’ level of activity with the RN at the beginning … Slide 23 References Slide 24 12 AHRQ Safety Program for Mechanically Ventilated PatientsNurse-Driven

  8. Use of Medications to Reduce Risk for Primary Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review of the USPSTF (pdf file)

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/7ZSKduUYHWKe7q_tTY9xbF
    April 01, 2013 - How to select patients for these medi- cations in clinical practice has not been clear, however, and … Three studies reported the concordance of physicians’ recommendations and their patients’ medication … Safety and adverse effects associated with raloxifene: multiple outcomes of raloxifene evaluation. … Safety assess- ment of raloxifene over eight years in a clinical trial setting. … Provision of study materials or patients: H.D. Nelson. Statistical expertise: H.D. Nelson, R. Fu.

  9. Hospital Stays Related to Asthma for Children, 2006 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb58.pdf
    August 01, 2008 - Admission source Admission source indicates where the patient was located prior to admission to the … Emergency admission indicates the patient was admitted to the hospital through the emergency department … The income value is missing for homeless and foreign patients. … Pediatric discharges are defined as all discharges where the patient was age 20 or less at admission … safety, and the impact of health policy changes.

  10. A Sweet Case of Hidden Hydrogen Ions | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/sweet-case-hidden-hydrogen-ions
    November 30, 2023 - Approach to Improving Safety & Patient Safety Target  The process of admitting patients from the ED … Effective communication between medical teams can improve patient safety and decrease preventable errors … with diabetes, and is never appropriate in patients with type 1 diabetes. 8  In this case, the patient … & Patient Safety Target  Systems Change Needed/Quality Improvement Approach  Take-Home Points  … May 19, 2021 Perspective Medical Scribes and Patient Safety

  11. Layout 1 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/renal-artery-stenosis_executive.pdf
    October 01, 2006 - This report summarizes the evidence evaluating the effect and safety of angioplasty with stent placements … What are the patient characteristics, including etiology, predominant clinical presentation, and severity … A variety of indicators of the severity of ARAS and of health problems, such as poorer kidney function … The reviewed studies did not report any indicators that may predict improved outcomes. … The other trial included patients with lower grade stenosis (>50 percent) but did not exclude patients

  12. Recommendation: Depression and Suicide Risk in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/screening-depression-suicide-risk-adults
    June 20, 2023 - In an existing systematic review of older adults, 14 included trials did not report safety data. 1 , … screened, referred, and treated for depression, as well as patient health outcomes. … Key Substance Use and Mental Health Indicators in the United States: Results From the 2018 National Survey … Prevalence of Selected Maternal and Child Health Indicators for All PRAMS Sites, Pregnancy Risk Assessment … https://www.cdc.gov/prams/prams-data/mch-indicators/states/pdf/2019/All-Sites_PRAMS_Prevalence-of-Selected-Indicators

  13. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49689/psn-pdf
    August 21, 2013 - The patient reported no history of bleeding disorders, tobacco use, anesthetic complications, or other … The following week, the patient underwent an uneventful left hip arthroplasty with general anesthesia … If the patient could not receive a block for technical reasons, patient preference, or contraindications … satisfaction and decreased patient-controlled analgesia narcotics use.(5) Finally, a patient in this … Efficacy and safety of single and repeated administration of 1 gram intravenous acetaminophen injection

  14. Dropping to New Lows | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/dropping-new-lows
    December 18, 2024 - The patient had previously had a stroke. … safety improvement staff, lab, dietary and nutrition services, and hospital administration. … Falls December 18, 2024 Optimizing Pediatric Patient Safety in the Emergency … April 22, 2016 Perspectives on Safety Interview … Patricia McGaffigan about Beyond the Pandemic: Creating Total Systems Safety August 30, 2023

  15. CER 173 Executive Summary: Diabetes Medications for Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: An Update (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/diabetes-update-2015_executive.pdf
    January 01, 2015 - therefore, have a strong impact on the choice of the drug for second-line combination therapy in a patient … factors, as suggested in recent guidelines.4 These include clinical factors such as patient age and … Finally, we did not evaluate patient-reported outcomes, such as quality of life; future research is … needed to identify ideal measures to assess treatment-sensitive patient-reported outcomes in diabetes … Patient preferences for noninsulin diabetes medications: a systematic review.

  16. Can Physical Activity Improve the Health of Wheelchair Users? Amended Protocol (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/wheelchair-users-amended-protocol.pdf
    June 21, 2019 - include at least annual assessments of the functioning and fitting of the devices, ergonomics and safety … using a wheeled mobility device and to identify gaps for future research focus— ultimately improving patient … Key Question 3: What are the patient factors that may affect the benefits and harms of physical activity … For observational studies, we will assess factors such as patient selection methods; attrition; accuracy … Prevalence of diabetes in patients with multiple sclerosis.

  17. Final Progress Report: Risk Assessment of Pediatric Emergency Transfers (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/holl-report.pdf
    January 01, 2025 - Key Words: Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine, Patient Safety 2 AHRQ Final Report: Risk Assessment of … Poster presented at: 11th Annual National Patient Safety Foundation Patient Safety Congress, 2009; Washington … Time to Tackle Tough Issues in Patient Safety. … Patient Safety in the Emergency Department. … Safety Foundation Patient Safety Congress, Boston MA, 2004. 28 An Introduction to FMEA: Using Failure

  18. Disposition of Comments Report for Procalcitonin-Guides Antibiotic Therapy (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer78_procalcitonin_disposition_20121210.pdf
    October 05, 2012 - This also applies to studies of other patient populations. … Commentator & Affiliation Section Comment Response PR #1 General Concerns Our second main concern is safety … worse for certain infections).We suggest concluding that although PCT guidance appears safe, true safety … – I wonder if this might add value and, of course, would lead to less confident assessments about safety … To me, the benefits seem pretty modest (even if real) and the safety uncertain, even before taking

  19. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49661/psn-pdf
    August 01, 2012 - regional anesthesia use has grown in ambulatory surgery, a key contributing factor to the increased safety … Appropriate policies and procedures should assist facilities in ensuring patient safety. … Maximum score = 10; patients scoring ? 9 are fit for discharge. Table 2. … Patients should have NO pain, PONV, and shivering Yes/No 3. … Patient has voided Yes/No 5.

  20. Standardization and Automatic Extraction of Quality Measures in an Ambulatory Electronic Medical Record - 2009 | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/standardization-and-automatic-extraction-quality-measures-ambulatory-electronic/annual-summary/2009
    January 01, 2009 - Organization Citizens Memorial Hospital District Funding Mechanism RFA: HS07-002: Ambulatory Safety … The ambulatory EMR record is linked to a community wide EMR (Project Infocare), where patient visits … from ambulatory, inpatient, home care, and long term care settings are combined into one patient-centric
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