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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-measured-quality-financial-health-among-us-hospitals
December 07, 2022 - performance (i.e., financial margin and risk of financial distress) and outcomes (i.e., 30-day readmission rates … Hospitals in the best quintiles of readmission rates and PSI-90 scores had higher operating margins compared … December 7, 2022
The analysis of hospital readmission rates after the implementation … March 4, 2011
Tracking rates of patient safety indicators over time: lessons from the
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-resident-physician-participation-reporting-patient-safety-and-quality-concerns
May 18, 2022 - identifying and reconciling patient safety concerns, but their voluntary nature results in low reporting rates … This article details a quality and patient safety improvement project aimed at increasing reporting rates … Following implementation of the multifaceted improvement project, reporting rates increased, which … Association of diagnostic stewardship for blood cultures in critically ill children with culture rates
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospital-differences-adult-inpatient-stays-healthcare-associated-infections-2019-and-2021
August 03, 2022 - A distinct set of large hospitals consistently had higher rates of HAIs compared with similar hospitals … Of the HAIs reviewed, non-COVID associated rates of ventilator-associated pneumonia not present on … admission increased by over 80%, surpassing rates of other infections. … Association of diagnostic stewardship for blood cultures in critically ill children with culture rates
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/healthcare-associated-infections-veterans-affairs-acute-care-and-long-term-healthcare
February 07, 2022 - HAI data reported to the Veterans Affairs centralized database was analyzed to determine rates of several … Rates were variable in acute care and no changes were seen in long-term care . … COVID-19 response on central line associated bloodstream infections and blood culture contamination rates … July 20, 2022
Increased catheter-related bloodstream infection rates after the introduction
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-rapid-response-teams-hospital-mortality-medicare-patients
September 23, 2020 - The aim of this study was to compare expected mortality rates with mortality rates following RRT implementation … participated in this project and had complete data, only four showed lower-than-expected mortality rates … and two showed higher-than-expected mortality, suggesting RRT may not reduce mortality rates as much
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/changes-weekend-and-weekday-care-quality-emergency-medical-admissions-20-hospitals-england
August 20, 2018 - To examine the impact of the policy, this analysis compared error rates among patients admitted to … Error rates were not significantly different on weekends compared to weekdays, but errors rates overall … April 22, 2017
Ranking hospitals based on preventable hospital death rates: a systematic … with implications for both direct measurement and indirect measurement through standardized mortality rates
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/same-hospital-readmission-rates-measure-pediatric-quality-care
September 18, 2024 - Study
Same-hospital readmission rates as a measure of pediatric quality of care. … Same-Hospital Readmission Rates as a Measure of Pediatric Quality of Care. … Same-Hospital Readmission Rates as a Measure of Pediatric Quality of Care. … complexity
July 8, 2020
Effect of Patient and Family Centered I-PASS on adverse event rates
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/phony-diagnoses-hide-high-rates-drugging-nursing-homes
December 22, 2021 - Newspaper/Magazine Article
Phony diagnoses hide high rates of drugging at nursing … Citation Text:
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-time-work-and-time-work-rule-compliance-case-hand-hygiene-health-care
May 18, 2022 - This large observational study demonstrated that hand hygiene compliance rates decrease over the course … During the first hour of work, average compliance rates were approximately 43%. … More time off between shifts led to better compliance rates during a subsequent shift. … Association of diagnostic stewardship for blood cultures in critically ill children with culture rates
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prospective-controlled-trial-electronic-hand-hygiene-reminder-system
April 07, 2021 - hygiene compliance persists despite multiple global efforts, and a recent study showed handwashing rates … contrast, a combination of a chime and real-time computer monitor feedback of current hygiene compliance rates … Once the reminder system was turned off, compliance rates returned to the previous baseline. … Overall hand hygiene compliance rates were quite low: recorded handwashing occurred in only about one-third
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43192/psn-pdf
December 15, 2014 - Using estimated true safety event rates versus flagged
safety event rates: does it change hospital profiling … Using estimated true safety event rates versus flagged safety event
rates: does it change hospital profiling … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/using-estimated-true-safety-event-rates-versus-flagged-safety-event-rates … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/using-estimated-true-safety-event-rates-versus-flagged-safety-event-rates-does-it-change … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/using-estimated-true-safety-event-rates-versus-flagged-safety-event-rates-does-it-change
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45887/psn-pdf
August 15, 2018 - Association of changing hospital readmission rates with
mortality rates after hospital discharge. … Association of Changing Hospital Readmission Rates With Mortality
Rates After Hospital Discharge. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-changing-hospital-readmission-rates-mortality-rates-after-hospital … They calculated monthly 30-day risk-
adjusted readmission rates and 30-day risk-adjusted mortality rates … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-changing-hospital-readmission-rates-mortality-rates-after-hospital-discharge
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/evaluation-association-between-hospital-survey-patient-safety-culture-hsops-measures-and
December 21, 2017 - sought to examine the relationship between Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture scores and HAI rates … Interestingly, no association was found between safety culture scores and HAI rates at the hospital unit … level, even though HAI rates consistently improved during the study period. … results may not be an accurate measure of safety culture (especially in this study, where survey response rates … Other studies have indicated a stronger relationship between safety culture and rates of other types
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/adherence-surgical-care-improvement-project-measures-and-association-postoperative-infections
November 25, 2020 - They found that infection rates decreased only when all recommended interventions were carried out; performance … of individual interventions did not seem to affect infection rates. … November 25, 2020
Ranking hospitals based on preventable hospital death rates: a systematic … with implications for both direct measurement and indirect measurement through standardized mortality rates
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/contemporary-evidence-about-hospital-strategies-reducing-30-day-readmissions-national-study
July 19, 2010 - readmissions in these patients, spurred by federal policies that penalize hospitals with excess readmission rates … September 23, 2020
Association of changing hospital readmission rates with mortality … rates after hospital discharge. … Association between hospital penalty status under the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program and readmission rates … December 21, 2014
The impact of resident duty hour reform on hospital readmission rates
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/racial-disparities-frequency-patient-safety-events-results-national-medicare-patient-safety
December 18, 2014 - Interestingly, hospitals treating a higher proportion of black patients had higher rates of safety problems … November 2, 2016
Trends in adverse event rates in hospitalized patients, 2010-2019. … August 2, 2023
Analysis of hospital-level readmission rates and variation in adverse … April 5, 2016
Electronic health record adoption and rates of in-hospital adverse events … February 24, 2016
Rates of adverse events in hospitalized patients after summer-time
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ranking-hospitals-avoidable-death-rates-derived-retrospective-case-record-review
August 10, 2022 - Commentary
Ranking hospitals on avoidable death rates derived from retrospective … Ranking hospitals on avoidable death rates derived from retrospective case record review: methodological … Ranking hospitals on avoidable death rates derived from retrospective case record review: methodological … More
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Ranking hospitals based on preventable hospital death rates … with implications for both direct measurement and indirect measurement through standardized mortality rates
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-safety-program-improving-antibiotic-use-antibiotic-use-and-hospital-onset
July 20, 2022 - Improving Antibiotic Use with antibiotic use and hospital-onset Clostridioides difficile infection rates … improving antibiotic use with antibiotic use and hospital-onset Clostridioides difficile infection rates … improving antibiotic use with antibiotic use and hospital-onset Clostridioides difficile infection rates … Association of diagnostic stewardship for blood cultures in critically ill children with culture rates … COVID-19 response on central line associated bloodstream infections and blood culture contamination rates
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/variation-hospital-mortality-associated-inpatient-surgery
August 02, 2015 - Significant variation in mortality rates between hospitals after certain surgeries has been documented … reducing preventable complications , such as a landmark study that successfully reduced complication rates … Although complication rates were largely similar across hospitals, patients in lower-performing hospitals … August 2, 2015
Surgical skill and complication rates after bariatric surgery.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-errors-and-adverse-drug-events-pediatric-inpatients
January 19, 2011 - prospective cohort study aimed to describe the epidemiology of medication errors by determining prevalence rates … , comparing them to existing rates in adult hospitals, and analyzing the major error types captured. … Association of diagnostic stewardship for blood cultures in critically ill children with culture rates … May 11, 2014
High rates of adverse drug events in a highly computerized hospital.