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  1. Association between night-time surgery and occurrence of intraoperative adverse events and postoperative pulmonary complications. | PSNet

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    October 13, 2021 - Repurposing clinical decision support system data to measure dosing errors and clinician-level quality … Related Resources Patient Safety Innovations The I-READI Quality … situ simulation as a tool to longitudinally identify and track latent safety threats in a structured quality … March 27, 2019 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Patient Safety Indicator … View More See More About The Topic Hospitals Physicians Risk Managers Quality

  2. Hospital characteristics associated with penalties in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program. | PSNet

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    November 18, 2016 - This analysis sought to assess the association between measures of hospital quality, such as accreditation … June 21, 2017 Relationship between state malpractice environment and quality of health … characteristics, measure reporting, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services overall hospital quality … September 7, 2016 View More Related Resources Association of measured quality … December 7, 2022 Association of measured quality with financial health among U.S. hospitals

  3. Care quality, patient safety, and nurse outcomes at hospitals serving economically disadvantaged patients: a case for investment in nursing. | PSNet

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    December 09, 2020 - Study Care quality, patient safety, and nurse outcomes at hospitals serving economically … Care quality, patient safety, and nurse outcomes at hospitals serving economically disadvantaged patients … hospitals across four states to explore the association between nurse work environment and healthcare quality … Care quality, patient safety, and nurse outcomes at hospitals serving economically disadvantaged patients … November 5, 2014 Addressing the quality and safety gap—parts I-III.

  4. Improving Quality through Decision Support for Evidence-Based Pharmacotherapy - 2011 | Digital Healthcare Research

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    January 01, 2011 - Improving Quality through Decision Support for Evidence-Based Pharmacotherapy - 2011 … Project Name Improving Quality through Decision Support for Evidence-Based Pharmacotherapy … Organization Duke University Funding Mechanism RFA: HS07-006: Ambulatory Safety and Quality … Program: Improving Quality Through Clinician Use of Health Information Technology (IQHIT) Grant … Strategic Goal: Develop and disseminate health IT evidence and evidence-based tools to improve the quality

  5. Incidence and OR team awareness of “near-miss” and retained surgical sharps: a national survey on United States operating rooms. | PSNet

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    December 02, 2020 - harmful medication dispenses after a fall or hip fracture: a mixed methods study of a commonly used quality … August 26, 2020 Clinical data sharing improves quality measurement and patient safety … January 1, 2022 Patient safety reporting systems: sustained quality improvement using … June 8, 2022 Evaluation of the quality of 'do not use' medication abbreviation audits … April 22, 2020 View More See More About The Topic Operating Room Quality

  6. Investigating the association of alerts from a national mortality surveillance system with subsequent hospital mortality in England: an interrupted time series analysis. | PSNet

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    October 20, 2021 - Measuring hospital quality remains challenging, despite numerous public efforts . … Inpatient mortality represents one measure of hospital quality. … weekend: a retrospective cohort study on the association between day of hospital presentation and the quality … August 4, 2015 Staff perceptions of quality of care: an observational study of the NHS … Improving feedback on junior doctors' prescribing errors: mixed-methods evaluation of a quality

  7. Improving the approach to defining, classifying, reporting and monitoring adverse events in seriously ill older adults: recommendations from a multi-stakeholder convening. | PSNet

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    July 29, 2020 - care, however, such as palliative care, deaths are expected and not necessarily an indicator of poor quality … Resources Annual Perspective Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality … Correlation between the number of patient-reported adverse events, adverse drug events, and quality … May 26, 2021 The association of nursing home characteristics and quality with adverse … 28, 2021 Omissions of care in nursing homes: a uniform definition for research and quality

  8. How does work environment relate to diagnostic quality? A prospective, mixed methods study in primary care. | PSNet

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    September 07, 2022 - Study How does work environment relate to diagnostic quality? … How does work environment relate to diagnostic quality? … Improving diagnostic quality is a patient safety priority . … clinical note review, and interviews in order to evaluate a tool assessing key elements of diagnostic quality … How does work environment relate to diagnostic quality?

  9. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    February 24, 2022 - Nursing homes are rated from high-quality (five stars) to low-quality (one star) based on these data … Center for Clinical Standards and Quality/Quality, Safety & Oversight Group.  … Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Center for Clinical Standards and Quality/Quality, Safety … Quality Improvement Organizations. Quality Innovation Network – Quality Improvement Organizations. … Coronavirus Commission on Safety and Quality in Nursing Homes.

  10. Daily Care Processes Data Collection Tool | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    January 01, 2017 - recommend the RASS and SAS as the most valid and reliable sedation assessment tools for measuring the quality

  11. AHRQ Transforming Primary Care Grants Bibliography | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    February 01, 2017 - indicators. … of clinic leadership; and extent and quality of the relationship to the community. … Involving patients in quality improvement was the least commonly endorsed strategy. … Why do we observe a limited impact of primary care access measures on clinical quality indicators? … messages, number of days to the third-next-available appointment, and team communication to be reliable indicators

  12. Statistical Brief #62: Hospital Stays Related to Mental Health, 2006 (pdf file)

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    October 10, 2008 - HEALTHCARE COST AND UTILIZATION PROJECT Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), HCUP includes the largest all- payer … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

  13. HCUP Statistical Brief #27: Hospital Admissions for Traumatic Brain Injuries, 2004 (pdf file)

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    March 01, 2007 - cy for Healthcare earch and Quality Highlights 4, 203,500 hospital were principally for the ent … Sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), HCUP includes the largest all- payer … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/reports/ NIS_ … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/CalculatingNISVariances … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/2006_05_NISTrends Report

  14. HCUP Statistical Brief #160: Hospital Stays for Burns, 2004 (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2007 - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/state/costtocharge.jsp … Sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), HCUP includes the largest all- payer … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/reports/ NIS_ … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/CalculatingNISVariances … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/2006_05_NISTrendsReport

  15. Executive Summary: Radiation Therapy for Metastatic Bone Disease: Effectiveness and Harms (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-265-radiation-bone-disease-summary.pdf
    August 01, 2023 - metastases are common in advanced cancers and result in severe pain and complications that compromise quality … Study risk of bias (i.e., quality) was assessed using predefined criteria. … Results We included 53 mostly fair-quality randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and 31 mostly fair-quality … Use of dexamethasone with EBRT may improve pain and quality of life and reduce pain flare and acute … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; August 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.23970

  16. R18Hs017163-Baker-Final-Report-2011 (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2011 - to use highly accurate data for comprehensive quality improvement. … All other quality measurement and feedback remained the same as in Phase 1. … Percentage of Patients meeting Quality Measures and Modeled Rates of Change for Quality Measures in the … A comprehensive, multi-faceted quality improvement approach can achieve sustained improvements in quality … Frequency of inappropriate medical exceptions to quality measures.

  17. Using Health IT: Eight Quality Improvement Stories (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/EightSuccessStories_092810.pdf
    September 01, 2010 - Using Health IT: Eight Quality Improvement Stories. … • Improved Quality of Care. … The quality of care provided by the paramedics also improved. … .12 TABLE 4.1: OVERALL HEALTH SYSTEM INDICATORS DURING YEARS OF ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD IMPLEMENTATION … Indicators 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Average Length of Stay13 4.68 4.64 4.46 4.43 4.46 4.35

  18. Statistical Brief #28

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    April 01, 2007 - Indicators (QIs) REQUEST DATA REPORTS & PUBLICATIONS Favorites … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.

  19. Health IT Hazard Manager Beta-Test Appendix C - Descriptive Analysis (pdf file)

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    June 16, 2021 - : Causation Pages – Results of Descriptive Analysis 8 Causation Category Factor Selected Data Quality … 36% 31% 17% 50% 13% 26% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Percent of Hazards with a Data Quality … 40% 60% 80% 100% Percent of Hazards with Incorrect Patient Information selected as a Data Quality … Medical Records 10.8% (n=45) Informatics/Human Factors 11.1% (n=46) Engineering 1.0% (n=4) Quality … Medical Records 9.3% (n=39) Informatics/Human Factors 10% (n=42) Engineering 0.7% (n=3) Quality

  20. Effective Health Care (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0368_11-08-2010.pdf
    January 01, 2010 - These disorders have a high prevalence, carry substantial morbidity, affect quality of life, and pose
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