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301. Defining optimal length of opioid pain medication prescription after common surgical procedures. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/defining-optimal-length-opioid-pain-medication-prescription-after-common-surgical-procedures
     August 15, 2018 - A significant proportion of these prescriptions were refilled, highlighting the risk of chronic use

302. Epidemiology and patient outcome after medical emergency team calls triggered by atrial fibrillation. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/epidemiology-and-patient-outcome-after-medical-emergency-team-calls-triggered-atrial
     March 05, 2010 - Atrial fibrillation, a common cardiac arrhythmia, triggered a significant proportion of rapid response

303. Patient safety in plastic surgery: identifying areas for quality improvement efforts. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-plastic-surgery-identifying-areas-quality-improvement-efforts
     November 01, 2017 - This rate is relatively low compared with other surgical disciplines, but it is significant due to the proportion

304. Attitudes and practices related to clinical alarms: a follow-up survey. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/attitudes-and-practices-related-clinical-alarms-follow-survey
     June 11, 2014 - This literature review found that the proportion of clinically meaningful alarms in critical care settings

305. Seen through the patients' eyes: safety of chronic illness care. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/seen-through-patients-eyes-safety-chronic-illness-care
     May 16, 2018 - A significant proportion noted safety incidents in the course of managing chronic illness, including

306. Perceptions of medical errors in cancer care: an analysis of how the news media describe sentinel events. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/perceptions-medical-errors-cancer-care-analysis-how-news-media-describe-sentinel-events
     September 11, 2013 - A significant proportion of articles ascribe blame to clinicians and hospital systems and do not discuss

307. Toward safer practice in otology: a report on 15 years of clinical negligence claims. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/toward-safer-practice-otology-report-15-years-clinical-negligence-claims
     January 21, 2015 - While claims were associated with a high rate of success in settlement, a significant proportion of the

308. Implementation of an evidence-based extubation checklist to reduce extubation failure in patients with trauma: a pilot study. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/implementation-evidence-based-extubation-checklist-reduce-extubation-failure-patients-trauma
     March 07, 2018 - Implementing a standardized checklist resulted in a significant reduction in the proportion of trauma

309. Serious adverse drug events reported to the Food and Drug Administration, 1998-2005. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/serious-adverse-drug-events-reported-food-and-drug-administration-1998-2005
     June 07, 2016 - Voluntarily reported  adverse drug events increased markedly from 1998-2005, with a small proportion

310. Competence and certification of registered nurses and safety of patients in intensive care units. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/competence-and-certification-registered-nurses-and-safety-patients-intensive-care-units
     May 01, 2006 - Intensive care units with a higher proportion of certified registered nurses had lower rates of certain

311. Electronic health records in ambulatory care- a national survey of physicians. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/electronic-health-records-ambulatory-care-national-survey-physicians
     February 17, 2011 - survey of more than 2000 physicians found that only 17% were using any form of EHR, and only a small proportion

312. Associations of patient safety outcomes with models of nursing care organization at unit level in hospitals. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/associations-patient-safety-outcomes-models-nursing-care-organization-unit-level-hospitals
     August 20, 2014 - Nursing care models in which registered nurses provided a higher proportion of direct care were associated

313. Liability associated with obstetric anesthesia: a closed claims analysis. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/liability-associated-obstetric-anesthesia-closed-claims-analysis
     July 13, 2010 - Investigators found that while the proportion of maternal death and newborn death or brain damage claims

314. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49552/psn-pdf
     January 01, 2008 - The proportion of hospitalized patients affected by medical errors has been estimated to be 5% to 10% … Less commonly addressed but also of interest is the proportion of physicians who commit errors. … Subsequently, Wu and colleagues (4) found a similar proportion (45%). … This figure represented an underestimate of the true proportion, since it included residents completing

315. Spotlight Case [MONTH] 2003 (ppt file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.176_slideshow.ppt
     May 01, 2008 - and low-prevalence settings are not yet available Even in higher-prevalence settings, substantial proportion … 11966339 Take-Home Points About ¼ of HIV-infected persons are unaware of status A substantial proportion … HIV-related infection or cancer should be tested for HIV Routine screening of patients could reduce the proportion

316. The Weekend Effect in Cardiology: Is It Real? If So, Can It Be Fixed? | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/weekend-effect-cardiology-it-real-if-so-can-it-be-fixed
     June 01, 2017 - Although in the UK it's a very small proportion of planned procedures, the risk of death in patients … And a slightly smaller proportion of more senior consultants operating on a Friday compared to a Monday … whether they were likely to develop an aspiration pneumonia, and (as a proxy for a good recovery) the proportion … We looked at the proportion of patients who could expect to get a brain scan on the day of admission, … and the proportion of patients who received thrombolysis.

317. The burden of opioid-related mortality in the United States. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/burden-opioid-related-mortality-united-states
     June 02, 2021 - These findings raise concern regarding the increasing proportion of deaths associated with opioid use

318. Accuracy of pediatric trauma field triage: a systematic review. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/accuracy-pediatric-trauma-field-triage-systematic-review
     November 04, 2020 - The proportion of children requiring specialty trauma care varied significantly across the studies, as

319. Rate of preventable mortality in hospitalized patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/rate-preventable-mortality-hospitalized-patients-systematic-review-and-meta-analysis
     July 27, 2022 - In this systematic review, the authors aimed to estimate the proportion of inpatient deaths deemed preventable

320. Readmissions and Adverse Events After Discharge | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/readmissions-and-adverse-events-after-discharge
     April 27, 2022 - from the fact that nearly 40% of patients are discharged with test results pending , and a comparable proportion … Since those penalties were implemented in 2012, more than 2600 hospitals had a proportion of their annual