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  1. "First, Do No Harm": Using Health Information Technology to Reduce Use of Preventive Services with Potential Harms | Digital Healthcare Research

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    January 01, 2023 - Evaluate the quality and level of patient–clinician discussion around health care decisions and compare … Incorporate quality measurement Develop a negative performance measure that tracks use of an unnecessary

  2. Improving handoff by deliberate cognitive processing: results from a randomized controlled experimental study. | PSNet

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    March 18, 2020 - Resources Annual Perspective Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality … January 20, 2021 View More See More About The Topic Hospitals Quality

  3. Monitoring preventable adverse events and near misses: number and type identified differ depending on method used. | PSNet

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    June 08, 2022 - Resources Annual Perspective Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality … June 23, 2010 View More See More About The Topic Hospitals Quality

  4. An initiative to reduce insulin-related adverse drug events in a children's hospital. | PSNet

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    March 24, 2021 - A quality improvement project to reduce risks of inadvertent insulin pen sharing at a large academic … View More See More About The Topic Children's Hospitals Nurse Managers Quality

  5. Obtaining the best possible medication history at hospital admission: description of a pharmacy technician-driven program to identify medication discrepancies. | PSNet

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    October 31, 2023 - In Quality Assurance reviews, the CPhTs identified medication discrepancies at a similar rate to pharmacists … More About The Topic Hospital Pharmacists Hospitals Facility and Group Administrators Quality

  6. Screening for Breast Cancer Using Film Mammography: Clinical Summary of 2009 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation (pdf file)

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    Screening Tests Standardization of film mammography has led to improved quality. … Refer patients to facilities certified under the Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA), listed at

  7. What contributes to diagnostic error or delay? A qualitative exploration across diverse acute care settings in the United States. | PSNet

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    March 16, 2022 - 26, 2023 Development and usability testing of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Hospitals Intensive Care Units Emergency Departments Health Care Executives and Administrators Quality

  8. Comparison of health care worker satisfaction before vs after implementation of a communication and optimal resolution program in acute care hospitals. | PSNet

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    December 09, 2020 - May 13, 2020 The effect of a Lean quality improvement implementation program on surgical … November 17, 2017 View More See More About The Topic Hospitals Quality

  9. Analysis of readmissions in a mobile integrated health transitional care program using root cause analysis and common cause analysis. | PSNet

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    June 08, 2022 - April 13, 2022 A quality improvement initiative using peer audit and feedback to improve … View More See More About The Topic Patient Transport Home Care Quality

  10. Health care-associated infections among critically ill children in the US, 2013-2018. | PSNet

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    May 18, 2022 - 2023 Annual Perspective Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality … About The Topic Researchers Hospitals Intensive Care Units Children's Hospitals Quality

  11. The Medication Metronome Project - 2011 | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/medication-metronome-project/annual-summary/2011
    January 01, 2011 - Funding Mechanism PAR: HS08-270: Utilizing Health Information Technology to Improve Health Care Quality … Strategic Goal:   Develop and disseminate health IT evidence and evidence-based tools to improve the quality

  12. Look back and talk openly: responding to and communicating about the risk of large-scale error in pathology diagnoses. | PSNet

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    November 16, 2016 - February 15, 2012 A model for the departmental quality management infrastructure within … August 31, 2016 Data quality associated with handwritten laboratory test requests: classification

  13. How safe are outpatient electronic health records? An evaluation of medication-related decision support using the Ambulatory Electronic Health Record Evaluation Tool. | PSNet

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    March 17, 2021 - September 26, 2012 Health literacy and quality: focus on chronic illness care and patient … harmful medication dispenses after a fall or hip fracture: a mixed methods study of a commonly used quality

  14. Association between opioid tapering and subsequent health care use, medication adherence, and chronic condition control. | PSNet

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    August 25, 2021 - Assessment of changes in visits and antibiotic prescribing during the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … October 21, 2020 Telediagnosis for Acute Care: Implications for the Quality and Safety

  15. NICU-2-HOME: Using HIT to support parents of NICU graduates transitioning home - 2011 | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/nicu-2-home-using-hit-support-parents-nicu-graduates-transitioning-home/annual-summary/2011
    January 01, 2011 - Funding Mechanism PAR: HS08-269: Exploratory and Developmental Grant to Improve Health Care Quality … across transitions in care settings, and the use of electronic exchange of health information to improve quality

  16. Look alike/sound alike drugs: a literature review on causes and solutions. | PSNet

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    September 28, 2022 - surgical patient: a best practices guideline from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality … See More About The Topic Physicians Nurses Pharmacists Risk Managers Quality

  17. Risk factors associated with medication ordering errors. | PSNet

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    December 02, 2020 - July 29, 2020 Quality and variability of patient directions in electronic prescriptions … March 28, 2011 View More See More About The Topic Hospitals Quality

  18. Discontinuation of outpatient medications: implications for electronic messaging to pharmacies using CancelRx. | PSNet

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    October 05, 2022 - February 8, 2023 Patient safety and quality improvement: ethical principles for a regulatory … 2011 View More See More About The Topic Ambulatory Clinic or Office Quality

  19. Patients admitted on weekends have higher in-hospital mortality than those admitted on weekdays: analysis of national inpatient sample. | PSNet

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    January 26, 2022 - November 16, 2022 Developing electronic clinical quality measures to assess the cancer … 2023 Annual Perspective Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality

  20. Patient feedback for safety improvement in primary care: results from a feasibility study. | PSNet

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    December 02, 2020 - 2017 View More See More About The Topic Ambulatory Clinic or Office Quality … and Safety Professionals Primary Care Latent Errors Quality Improvement Strategies
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