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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/goldstein-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Reduction of Nephrotoxic Medication-Associated Acute Kidney Injury in Children … rate
(per exposure) 20.8% 15.0% -28 15.4%
Acute kidney injury
Intensity rate
(Acute kidney injury … Effectiveness of home blood pressure monitoring, Web
communication, and pharmacist care on hypertension … Modified RIFLE criteria in critically ill children with acute
kidney injury. … Guideline for Acute Kidney Injury.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/pfphac.pdf
September 01, 2014 - With Central Venous Catheters
Falls MPSMS In-Hospital Patient Falls
Obstetric Adverse Events PSI OB Trauma … Pressure Ulcers
Surgical Site Infections NHSN SSIs combined for 17 procedures based on CDC NHSN data … The national number of adverse events captured by PSIs 18 and 19 on obstetric injury, and the
national … Ulcers
Hospital-Acquired Pressure
Ulcers
53.03 62.45 0.85
VAP Ventilator-Associated
Pneumonia … Falls MPSMS In-Hospital Patient Falls 262,317 32,750,000 8.010
Obstetric
Adverse Events
PSI OB Trauma
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/npsd/data/spotlights/spotlight-patterns-fall-interventions.pdf
September 01, 2023 - COMMON INTERVENTION(S) IN PLACE FOR PATIENTS WITH DIFFERENT
DEMOGRAPHICS OR RISKS OF FALLS OR INJURIES … /Surgical
Supply, Fall, Healthcare-Associated Infection, Medication or Other Substance, Perinatal, Pressure … health considerations.1–4 Falls result in significant physical and economic burden, ranging from
injuries … Incidence of and county variation in fall injuries in US residents aged 65
years or older, 2016-2019 … Trends in fatal and nonfatal injuries among older Americans, 2004–
2017. Am. J. Prev.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/a2_pdi_boardpresentation.pdf
October 01, 2015 - October 2015:
– Addition of information relevant to ambulatory and managed
care encounters
– Expanded injury … /TechSpecs/PDI%2002%20Pressure%20Ulcer
%20Rate.pdf
• Numerator: Discharges with ICD-10-CM code of
pressure … • Several exclusions (e.g., length of stay <5 days,
principal diagnosis of pressure ulcer). … An Example: Pressure Ulcer (PDI 02)
http://www.qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Modules/PDI/V45/ … An Example: Pressure Ulcer (PDI 02)�
How can the AHRQ PDIs be used in�quality assessment?
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www.ahrq.gov/healthsystemsresearch/hspc-research-study/appendix-b.html
June 01, 2020 - Examples of intermediate outcomes include clinical health measures (e.g., adequate control of blood pressure … Intermediate outcomes include measures related to the incidence of chronic conditions—such as high blood pressure … This category includes studies of population health, injury occurrence, and disease progression. … Examples of intermediate outcomes of care are blood pressure, asthma, and glycemic control. … that primarily examine how to treat injuries or disease (even if the injury or disease is preventable
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Shah_99.pdf
March 23, 2008 - Two of these EDs are Level 1 Trauma Centers. … An adverse
event was defined as “an injury caused by medical management error rather than the patient … The feeling of pressure from a
day-to-day threat of malpractice litigation, as well as the ordering … Negligence may or may not produce patient injury; the former product is called an adverse event due to … The questionnaire used
examples of adverse event injuries, but it did not consider threshold levels.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/a2_combo_boardpresentation.pdf
October 01, 2015 - October 2015:
– Addition of information relevant to ambulatory and managed
care encounters
– Expanded injury … • Several exclusions (e.g., length of stay <5 days,
principal diagnosis of pressure ulcer). … • Several exclusions (e.g., length of stay <5 days,
principal diagnosis of pressure ulcer). … A PSI Example: Pressure Ulcer (PSI 03)�
What are the Inpatient Quality Indicators (IQIs)? … An Example: Pressure Ulcer (PDI 02)�
How can the AHRQ QIs be used in quality assessment?
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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/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Vane.pdf
February 01, 2005 - With this environment, it was necessary to
extend the length of sterilization times, adapt pressure … Surgeries included multiple traumas and burns. … Patient Safety During Military Deployments
471
Combat missions involved trauma and burn surgeries … Humanitarian missions included
trauma surgery along with a broad-based OR capability, which included … a number of surgical site wound infections.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/jones2-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - ,3
with an average associated excess cost of $7,000 per injury.4 Regardless of injury, falling can lead … .35
Consequently, randomized controlled trials of individual processes, such as use of bed/chair pressure … Supervisor/Manager Expectations & Actions Promoting Patient
Safety (α = .92)
83 80 .88
Whenever pressure … REFINE (REducing Falls in In-patieNt Elderly) using bed and
bedside chair pressure sensors linked to … Circumstances of patient falls and injuries in 9 hospitals in a
Midwestern healthcare system.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/weissman-rothschild-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Structured Abstract
Purpose: Aim 1 of this study was to determine the extent to which hospital
workload pressures … this study was to determine the extent to which hospital
working conditions, specifically workload pressures … Operative organ injury
Operative blood or lymph vessel injury or postoperative hemorrhage
Postoperative … Adverse drug events and specific hospital-acquired infections (bloodstream,
urinary tract, wounds, respiratory … Thus, seven wounds were missed by computerized surveillance when study
patients had positive culture
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/facilities/ltc/mod3sess3.html
October 01, 2014 - He has moderate dementia, and his blood pressure falls when he stands up too fast, making him dizzy. … Safety means avoiding, preventing, and lessening the effects of harm and injury while residents are in … To prevent injury from falls, all nursing staff need knowledge and skills. … Nursing staff must have the knowledge and skills to prevent injury from falls. … Injury Prevention and Control: Home and Recreational Safety; Falls in Nursing Homes.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/modules/guide5/scenarios.html
August 01, 2022 - Eventually the team is able to re-establish Mary's normal heart rate, blood pressure, and adequate blood … During the resuscitation efforts, information obtained from the devices monitoring Mary's EKG, blood pressure … Over the next few days, it is clear that he has suffered a significant brain injury due to the lack of
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/sapirstein-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - A PUP CONOPs outlined key operational
needs, metrics, and use cases for pressure ulcer prevention. … As a final step, methods and findings from the pressure injury use case were fed
back into the CONOPS … conducted over the course of several workshops, utilizing the
clinical expertise key stakeholders in wound … critical, life-threatening conditions receive constant monitoring
and therapy to prevent significant injuries … The Financial Impact of Pressure Ulcers (White paper).
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/injuries/fallspx/man2.html
December 01, 2017 - the nurse after a resident falls should include a review of the resident systems and description of injuries … Postural blood pressure and apical heart rate.
Finger stick glucose (for diabetics). … The presence or absence of a resultant injury is not a factor in the definition of a fall. … A fall without injury is still a fall.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/a2_pdi_boardpresentation.pptx
October 01, 2015 - Rate
NQI 03 Neonatal Blood Stream Infection Rate
PDI 01 Accidental Puncture or Laceration Rate
PDI 02 Pressure … PDI 09 Postoperative Respiratory Failure Rate
PDI 10 Postoperative Sepsis Rate
PDI 11 Postoperative Wound … in October 2015:
Addition of information relevant to ambulatory and managed care encounters
Expanded injury … Several exclusions (e.g., length of stay <5 days, principal diagnosis of pressure ulcer). … An Example: Pressure Ulcer (PDI 02)
Tool A.2 Slide ‹#›
Pediatric Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Scanlon_62.pdf
March 25, 2008 - human error,” and
people make such attributions with all of their biases and under different kinds of pressures … an
injury occurs. … Ideally, a patient
safety program would use injury-based metrics to calculate an injury rate that could … That rate would be:
Identified injuries
Potential opportunities for those injuries to occur
As … Identified injuries also become a source of risk identification, regardless of whether or
not the injury
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/index.html?page=8
January 01, 2024 - Publication Date: March 2015
Using an Electronic Health Record To Examine Nurse Continuity and Pressure … Coordination, Health Information Technology and Health Information Exchange, Human and Environmental Factors, Pressure … Information Exchange Publication Date: December 2014
Communication To Prevent and Respond to Medical Injuries
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/tab8g.html
February 01, 2023 - 23,974
Min
13,559
s
s
s
s
Max
51,766
57,143
95,238
65,509
s
Pressure … 11,836
13,626
18,523
Max
54,523
48,091
s
49,755
49,129
42,431
53,347
Pressure
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/tab8.html
February 01, 2023 - 17,845
Min
7,027
9,302
s
s
s
Max
36,997
40,253
41,379
51,572
s
Pressure … 11,836
6,378
8,163
Max
29,607
39,709
25,788
49,755
49,129
29,454
42,207
Pressure