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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-paul-h-oneill-mpa
January 01, 2017 - their workforce, I announced we should be an injury-free workplace. … And over the 13 years I was there we got close to achieving zero injuries. … safety, namely to identify as quickly as possible anything gone wrong—including medication errors, pressure … are probably no better than average at all the other things they do, like central line infections and pressure … Were there time pressures in the OR to proceed with no help?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/perinatal-care-2/hypertension_3-communication-speaker-notes.pdf
July 01, 2023 - patient's
family members.
4
Hospital AIM
Team
Leads
SPPC‐II
Maternal and Perinatal Deaths and Injuries … communication breakdowns are identified as the primary root
cause of maternal and perinatal deaths and injuries … Other root causes for maternal and perinatal deaths and injuries are—
• Assessment (i.e., the adequacy … Severe‐range blood
pressure was sustained for nearly an hour. Ms. … Untitled
Communication Severe Hypertension
Communication is…
Maternal and Perinatal Deaths and Injuries
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/prevhosp/ereport-slides.html
September 01, 2017 - showing 15 active medications during the report week, active high-risk diagnosis of UTI, stage III pressure … DNR,DNH, MOLST, or POLST Order in Place
Oxygen Therapy
Catheter or Ostomy Present
Stage II or > Pressure … Gastrointestinal/
Genitourinary
Symptoms
Endocrine/
Metabolic/
Nutrition
Issues
Wound … Genitourinary
Endocrine/
Nutritional/
Metabolic
Musculoskeletal/
Joint
Symptoms
Wound … Circulatory Problems
Hypertension or Renal Failure
Gastroenteritis
Angina Pectoris
Falls /Trauma
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/tab17f.html
February 01, 2023 - 7,139
5,429
Composite: ACSC Overall
23,940
16,507
25,790
18,529
23,803
18,978
Pressure … 147
123
175
119
170
116
Outcome Indicator
Prevalence of
High Blood Pressure … 6,119
6,072
7,171
5,539
Composite: ACSC Overall
21,607
19,235
23,468
19,546
Pressure
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/tab17e.html
February 01, 2023 - 8,838
5,914
Composite: ACSC Overall
20,734
15,368
19,563
17,756
23,009
16,087
Pressure … 253
224
263
220
323
194
Outcome Indicator
Prevalence of
High Blood Pressure … 6,956
7,098
7,925
6,580
Composite: ACSC Overall
19,175
17,427
20,509
17,826
Pressure
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/delayed-evaluation-abdominal-pain-elderly-patient
February 26, 2020 - The patient remained alert and cooperative until 2350H when her blood pressure fell to 90/58. … Nevertheless, every patient deserves to be provided with the best opportunity to survive an illness or injury … that permits all necessary interventions to be provided commensurate with the degree of illness or injury … Consulting Editor, AHRQ’s Patient Safety Network (PSNet) Professor Department of Surgery Division of Trauma … 2022
WebM&M Cases
Errors in Managing an Open Wound
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/851971/psn-pdf
July 31, 2023 - with factitious disorder consciously and manipulatively (usually
surreptitiously) produce illness or injury … advocated by most experienced practitioners.20 Applying cricoid pressure compresses the esophagus and … this communication error because the foreign
body likely traversed the gastrointestinal tract without injury … Scand J
Trauma Resusc Emerg Med. 2021;29(1):64. [Free full text]
20. … The clinical use of cricoid pressure: first, do no harm. Anesth Analg.
2021;132(1):261-267.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/renal-update_research-protocol.pdf
January 15, 2015 - channel blockers, and/or beta blockers, is frequently
prescribed with a goal of normalizing blood pressure … [Type text] [Type text] [Type text]
pressure … *5th Joint National Committee on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood
Pressure (1993). … Blood pressure outcome of
angioplasty in atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis: a randomized trial. … Critical lesion.af.
16. exp Acute Kidney Injury/
17.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/ta/topicrefinement/obesity_topic-refinement.pdf
May 22, 2014 - Adverse effects of interventions
● Activity-related injury
● Adverse effects of medication ( diarrhea … Respiratory disease (i.e., asthma, COPD)
● Sleep apnea
o BMI
o Adverse effects
● Activity-related injuries … Question
1b
CMS Intermediate
outcomes
We are excluding all intermediate
outcomes (adherence, blood pressure … outcomes
CMS Intermediate
outcomes
We are excluding all intermediate
outcomes (adherence, blood pressure … skinfold thickness and waist
circumference; excluding all intermediate outcomes (adherence, blood pressure
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/update-methods-insufficient-evidence
March 04, 2021 - take up the time available to discuss smoking cessation, or to address an acute problem or a minor injury … Contrast: Application to Screening for High Blood Pressure in Adolescents Screening for high blood … Considering this information, a clinician might decide in favor of assessing blood pressure routinely … Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation on High Blood Pressure Screening, 2003. … Recommendations for Adults: Heart and Vascular Diseases: Screening for High Blood Pressure.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/852280/psn-pdf
August 09, 2023 - Veterans Health
Administration (VHA) hospital, this study found that use of SmartSocks – socks containing pressure … assessment-wearable-fall-prevention-system-veterans-health-administration-hospital
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/falls
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-falls-injury
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2012-02.pdf
January 01, 2012 - E Codes: Another issue relates to external cause-of-injury reporting. … data to help identify complications of care or to exclude cases (e.g.,
poisonings, self-inflicted injury … , delirium and other psychoses, anoxic brain injury; patients with metastatic cancer, lymphoid
malignancy … , bone malignancy, and self-inflicted injury; admissions for diseases and disorders of the
musculoskeletal … PSI 17 Birth trauma - injury to neonate per 1,000 live births (excluding preterm and osteogenesis imperfecta
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/Duthie.pdf
January 01, 2004 - mandatory error reporting programs gather data
on errors associated with fatal outcomes or serious injuries … of administration
were trapped prior to completion.10
The population above age 65 sustained more injuries … The most significant potential for injury occurred in the
transition of a patient across and between … Inaccurate or
incomplete data about medication regimens, when undetected, caused patient
injuries. … Time pressures—due to limited CT scanner availability; the critical
nature of the patient’s condition
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/tab7.html
December 01, 2012 - 5,672
13,799
7,174
Max
38,852
29,161
10,824
48,675
50,219
49,623
36,143
Pressure
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/healthyliving/qdr2015-chartbook-healthyliving.pptx
January 01, 2020 - Nerve injury not elsewhere classified at birth, and
Birth trauma not elsewhere classified.24
Many … of these injuries to neonates may be preventable.25
41
Birth trauma—injury to neonate per 1,000 … Overall Rate: In 2013, the birth trauma-neonatal injury rate was 1.9 per 1,000 live births. … Between 2004 and 2013, birth trauma-neonatal injury rates fell for all racial/ethnic groups, except for … Birth Trauma Rate—Injury to Neonate: Technical Specifications.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/hospital/facilscanform.pdf
June 02, 2025 - • “Patient safety” is defined as the avoidance and prevention of patient injuries or
adverse events … Whenever pressure builds up, my supervisor/manager wants us to
work faster, even if it means taking
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/hospital/facilscanform.doc
June 02, 2025 - · “Patient safety” is defined as the avoidance and prevention of patient injuries or adverse events … Whenever pressure builds up, my supervisor/manager wants us to work faster, even if it means taking shortcuts
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/52-regional-analgesia-arthroplasty-facilitator.docx
June 01, 2023 - Neuraxial blocks can lead to decreased blood pressure and profound motor nerve block, which may not be … of regional analgesia in the setting of anticoagulation to avoid the potential risk of neurological injury
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/nurses-use-computerized-clinical-guidelines-improve-patient-safety-hospitals
June 06, 2018 - February 14, 2024
A randomized trial of a multifactorial strategy to prevent serious fall injuries … May 29, 2019
Medical device-related pressure ulcers: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/check-anesthesia-machine
August 01, 2006 - are difficult to compare, current estimates put medication error rates at 1 in 100 anesthetics.( 2 ) Injury … from such errors are estimated to occur with 1% of errors.( 3 ) By extrapolation, then, the risk of injury … American Society of Anesthesiologists Closed Claims Project recently presented an update on patient injuries … Medication error etiology is multifactorial and includes a distracting environment and production pressure … Patient injuries from anesthesia gas delivery equipment: a closed claims update.