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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49559/psn-pdf
April 01, 2008 - Management of increased ICP in patients with ICH should always begin with simple but effective measures … ICP
monitoring devices are small plastic catheters that are inserted into the brain to measure ICP. … In patients whose ICP remains refractory after the initial simple measures outlined above and osmotic … Association/American Stroke
Association Stroke Council, High Blood Pressure Research Council, and the Quality … project was funded under contract number 75Q80119C00004 from the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/dying-weekend-retrospective-cohort-study-association-between-day-hospital-presentation-and
April 18, 2012 - weekend: a retrospective cohort study on the association between day of hospital presentation and the quality … weekend: a retrospective cohort study on the association between day of hospital presentation and the quality … Citation
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A review of patient safety measures … August 4, 2015
Staff perceptions of quality of care: an observational study of the NHS … May 19, 2014
Demonstrating high reliability on accountability measures at The Johns Hopkins
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39498/psn-pdf
February 10, 2015 - The effect of health information technology on quality in
U.S. hospitals. … The effect of health information technology on quality in U.S.
hospitals. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-health-information-technology-quality-us-hospitals
This study found … health records, which are utilized more in academic
settings, can result in improved care for targeted quality … measures.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37056/psn-pdf
February 24, 2011 - Use of multidisciplinary rounds to simultaneously
improve quality outcomes, enhance resident education … Use of multidisciplinary rounds to simultaneously improve quality
outcomes, enhance resident education … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/use-multidisciplinary-rounds-simultaneously-improve-quality-outcomes-
enhance-resident … , nurses, and other ancillary staff—was associated with significant improvements in performance
on quality … measures for pneumonia and congestive heart failure.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/creating-pediatric-joint-council-promote-patient-safety-and-quality-governance-and
January 29, 2015 - Commentary
Creating a Pediatric Joint Council to promote patient safety and quality … Creating a Pediatric Joint Council to Promote Patient Safety and Quality, Governance, and Accountability … January 6, 2017
Sustaining reliability on accountability measures at the Johns Hopkins … January 27, 2016
Demonstrating high reliability on accountability measures at The Johns … May 31, 2017
Building a highway to quality health care.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46350/psn-pdf
September 24, 2017 - Time for transparent standards in quality reporting by
health care organizations. … Time for Transparent Standards in Quality Reporting by Health Care
Organizations. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/time-transparent-standards-quality-reporting-health-care-organizations … This commentary suggests potential
standards for hospitals to adopt for public reporting of their quality … measures.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/forgotten-drip
April 01, 2014 - Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services … Management of increased ICP in patients with ICH should always begin with simple but effective measures … If ICP remains elevated clinically despite these simple measures, a more aggressive approach is indicated … ICP monitoring devices are small plastic catheters that are inserted into the brain to measure ICP. … In patients whose ICP remains refractory after the initial simple measures outlined above and osmotic
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36226/psn-pdf
August 30, 2006 - five key
steps: expanding health insurance coverage, implementing evidence-based patient safety and quality … interventions, increasing use of health information technology, public reporting of safety and quality … measures, and rewarding achievement in quality through "pay-for-performance." … The authors ascribe the
current quality problems in the U.S. health care system to system failures,
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47150/psn-pdf
November 21, 2018 - investigating-association-alerts-national-mortality-surveillance-system-
subsequent-hospital
Measuring hospital quality … Inpatient mortality
represents one measure of hospital quality. … investigating-association-alerts-national-mortality-surveillance-system-subsequent-hospital
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/accountability-measures-using-measurement-promote-quality-improvement
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35968/psn-pdf
August 10, 2010 - August 10, 2010
Washington DC: National Quality Forum. … psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/compendium-2000-2005
This website is the complete collection to date of standards, measures … and reports endorsed by the
National Quality Forum. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/compendium-2000-2005
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/national-quality-forum
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/automated-medication-error-studies-audit-supplementation-were-effectively-designed-and
May 18, 2011 - February 3, 2018
Development of a medication safety and quality survey for small rural … January 20, 2021
Reviewing deaths in British and US hospitals: a study of two scales … June 11, 2014
The effect of a rapid response team on major clinical outcome measures … View More
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47977/psn-pdf
August 14, 2019 - August 14, 2019
National Quality Forum
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/reducing-diagnostic-error-measurement-considerations … This website tracks the progress of a project focused on the development and review of measures to … reducing-diagnostic-error-measurement-considerations
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-diagnostic-quality-and-safety-final-report
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73388/psn-pdf
June 16, 2021 - Reducing surgical specimen errors through
multidisciplinary quality improvement. … Reducing surgical specimen errors through multidisciplinary quality improvement. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/reducing-surgical-specimen-errors-through-multidisciplinary-quality-
improvement … This children’s
hospital implemented a quality improvement effort to reduce surgical specimen errors … web-mm/specimen-almost-lost
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/confusion-specimen-mix-dermatopathology-and-measures-prevent-and-detect-it
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43784/psn-pdf
December 17, 2014 - public-reporting-patient-safety-metrics-ready-or-not
Despite the perceived value of publicly available quality … Reviewing the evidence on existing patient safety measures, this commentary explores
the accuracy, validity … measuring-preventable-harm-helping-science-keep-pace-policy
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-lets-measure-what-matters
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-computerized-clinical-decision-support-system-reducing-inappropriate-antimicrobial-use
December 09, 2015 - March 18, 2020
Quality measures of clinical pharmacy services during transitions of care … Annual Perspective
Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality … May 22, 2019
The effect of a rapid response team on major clinical outcome measures in … October 6, 2011
Protocol-based computer reminders, the quality of care and the non-perfectability … View More
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patterns-nursing-home-medication-errors-disproportionality-analysis-novel-method-identify
August 07, 2013 - Patterns in nursing home medication errors: disproportionality analysis as a novel method to identify quality … Patterns in nursing home medication errors: disproportionality analysis as a novel method to identify quality … December 21, 2016
Transparency, public reporting, and a culture of change to quality … June 16, 2019
Request for comments on the proposed measures and 2020 targets for the … National Action Plan for Adverse Drug Event Prevention: inpatient and outpatient measures for reduction
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/henry-ford-production-system-reduction-surgical-pathology-process-misidentification-defects
July 16, 2013 - Related Resources From the Same Author(s)
Developing and pilot testing practical measures … March 5, 2014
Developing and pilot testing practical measures of preanalytic surgical … September 14, 2011
Mislabeled units of umbilical cord blood detected by a quality assurance … November 1, 2010
Quality improvement to decrease specimen mislabeling in transfusion … February 15, 2010
A quality initiative to decrease pathology specimen-labeling errors
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40978/psn-pdf
March 21, 2012 - latter were measured using the
AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs), which have noted limitations as measures … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-indicators-overview
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/how-best-measure-surgical-quality-comparison-agency-healthcare-research-and-quality-patient
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33802/psn-pdf
February 01, 2016 - Linzer and colleagues, found no associations between physicians' overall professional
satisfaction and measures … On the other hand, there
might truly be a relationship, but the available measures of quality and safety … Some of these frustrations, which are
poorly captured by overall satisfaction measures, may have direct … implications for quality and safety. … Working conditions in primary care: physician reactions and
care quality.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/solicitation-written-comments-draft-national-action-plan-adverse-drug-event-prevention
October 21, 2016 - October 21, 2015
Request for comments on the proposed measures and 2020 targets for the … National Action Plan for Adverse Drug Event Prevention: inpatient and outpatient measures for reduction … April 6, 2022
Corporate Responsibility and Health Care Quality: A Resource for Health … November 23, 2015
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