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41. 'Poking the skunk': ethical and medico-legal concerns in research about patients' experiences of medical injury. | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/poking-skunk-ethical-and-medico-legal-concerns-research-about-patients-experiences-medical
    May 05, 2021 - permit investigators to approach patients who have experienced adverse events to participate in studies, rather … than prohibit such studies due to fear of causing further psychological harm. … discuss these adverse events with patients through a reciprocal lens, expressing support and sympathy rather … than maintaining an emotionally distant stance.

42. Shaping systems for better behavioral choices: lessons learned from a fatal medication error. | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/shaping-systems-better-behavioral-choices-lessons-learned-fatal-medication-error
    February 12, 2020 - Charles Denham , and Lucian Leape ) take the hospital to task for focusing on narrow improvements rather … than using complexity theory to solve underlying problems, and for creating a " second victim " by … disciplining the nurse (who was fired and ultimately criminally prosecuted) rather than acknowledging

43. Methods To Estimate the Baseline 2010 PFP National Hospital-Acquired Condition Rate | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/methods.html
    December 01, 2017 - The rates of the 21 MPSMS adverse events are expressed as a rate for the whole sample population, rather … originate as a rate, and second, they are an estimate for four specific subpopulations of hospital patients rather … than all inpatients. … In order to estimate MPSMS rates for all patients, rather than simply those with one of the four diagnoses … estimated the adverse event rates for the 21 MPSMS HACs using data from patients with all diagnoses, rather

44. Community Connections: Linking Primary Care Patients to Local Resources for Better Management of Obesity | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/obesity-kit/obtoolkit-tool12.html
    March 01, 2014 - Rather, the objective of MI is not to solve the patient's problem or even to develop a plan; the goal … much of the MI literature emphasizes how the "spirit" of MI is the driving force behind any success, rather … than particular techniques or training. … consultations with patients, whereas the clinician's primary goal is to provide high-quality listening rather … than ready-made answers or advice.

45. Tool 2: Readmission Review Tool (doc file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/medicaidreadmitguide/mcaidread_tool2_readm_review.docx
    June 02, 2025 - Rather than looking for the one reason for the readmission, capture all the factors that contributed … It shouldn’t take more than 5 minutes. Would that be okay with you?” … reconciliation; such services may exist for some patients but not others or may be delivered as available rather … than consistently).

46. Comparing Quality Scores to a State or National Average | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/translate/compare/choose/average.html
    March 01, 2016 - Average Another strategy is to compare each entity’s performance to a group of providers larger than … As with the community average, many members of the public think that “average” is “mediocre,” rather … than defining it in formal statistical terms.

47. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33598/psn-pdf
    June 15, 2024 - More than one-third of in-hospital falls result in injury, including serious injuries such as fractures … rules for identifying high-risk patients, but none has been shown to be significantly more accurate than … They include: Multidisciplinary (rather than solely nursing) responsibility for intervention. … Staff and patient education (if provided by health professionals and structured rather than ad hoc). … Provision of safe footwear (rather than solely advice on safe footwear).

48. Communication Strategies for Sustainability: Facilitator Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/sustainability/communication-strategies-fac-guide.html
    February 01, 2017 - For instance, focus on specific tasks of performing spontaneous breathing trials rather than general … These negative views are gifts, rather than inconveniences. … This safety program is based on a grassroots approach from the ground up rather than top down lightning … Hopefully, they are more boring for the speaker than for the listener. … Rather than frame your request as all or nothing, provide intermediate options and what each option would

49. Culture Checkup Tool | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/labor-delivery/perinatal-care/modules/teamwork/culture-checkup-tool.html
    July 01, 2023 - the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture) based on a unit’s assessment of patient safety culture rather … than the summary scores (e.g., safety climate). … can be an issue for which the average response is three or below or a domain score that shows less than … This is not a meeting to rationalize or justify concerns, but rather a time to focus on identifying opportunities

50. Error or "act of God"? A study of patients' and operating room team members' perceptions of error definition, reporting, and disclosure. | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/error-or-act-god-study-patients-and-operating-room-team-members-perceptions-error-definition
    August 10, 2011 - incorporated a negative outcome or a deviation from standard of practice into their error definition rather … than analyzing the event independent of those factors. … of a safety culture and the need to redefine errors as opportunities for learning and improvement rather … than individual or isolated events.

51. Reducing Disparities in the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/decision/research-centers/persell_cvd_disparities.pdf
    June 02, 2025 - starting a statin regiment include: – Primary care clinicians focus on LDL (bad) cholesterol levels rather … than an individual’s overall cardiovascular risk – Patient reluctance to start a new medication  … Interventions that are directed at clinicians to promote statin prescribing (rather than aimed at patients

52. Spotlight Case [MONTH] 2003 (ppt file)
    psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.76_slideshow.ppt
    October 01, 2004 - Human Factors Engineering Approach Rely on improving design of artifacts in the world rather than relying … 25% Mechanical vaporizer lock—prevents activating more than one vaporizer delivering a volatile … Permanently fix Christmas tree adapters to the correct flowmeter Use clear Christmas tree adapters rather … double check the flowmeter and tubing connections Implement engineered safety devices when possible rather … than procedural forcing functions

53. Channels: Reaching the Audience for a Health Care Quality Report | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/distribute/placement/channels.html
    January 01, 2023 - Rather than imposing your strategy on these organizations, you want it to be something that responds … cultivate a relationship with these “brokers” so that you are in a position to push information out to them rather … than waiting for them to ask. … Ideally, distribution brokers provide more than just a channel for your quality report. … your audience may visit when searching for information on health care, which they do far more often than

54. Appendix C. What Is a Diabetes Prevention Program? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/obesity-kit/obtoolkitapc.html
    March 01, 2014 - While the original diabetes prevention program research study cost more than $5,000 per participant ( … due to personalized counseling and incentives), the group-based DEPLOY model averaged less than $500 … YMCA Diabetes Prevention Program courses are taught by trained laypersons rather than health care professionals … However, the training is extremely thorough and focuses on helping individuals make decisions to change rather … than offering information in a typical didactic style.

55. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/867652/psn-pdf
    February 26, 2025 - safety because they identify and address underlying system issues that have caused or could cause harm rather … than merely addressing the immediate symptoms of a problem. … than as a genuine tool for improvement.3 As a result, RCA was often a "check-the-box" activity, losing … than systemic improvement. … Rather than being a rigid framework, the toolkit can be used in part or as a whole, making it highly

56. A Community-Shared Clinical Abstract to Improve Care - 2010 | Digital Healthcare Research
    digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/community-shared-clinical-abstract-improve-care/annual-summary/2010
    January 01, 2010 - Such risks are compounded during emergency visits, when patients may use the nearest available ED rather … than their usual source of care. … closed exchange strategy that required customers to agree to an unlimited geographic scope of exchange rather … than a regional exchange. … Rather, meaningful use criteria are being established by the Federal government to drive deployment of

57. Comparing Health Plan and Provider Quality Scores to Each Other | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/translate/compare/choose/compare-providers.html
    January 01, 2023 - Comparing to the Community Average Many members of the public think that "average" is "mediocre," rather … than defining it in formal statistical terms. … A provider with a much higher score than average could still be doing quite poorly and one with a much

58. Interview with the WI-INTUIT Project Team | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/urinary/wi-intuit-interview.html
    November 01, 2024 - Because the practices we worked with volunteered to participate in our project, rather than being “voluntold … Like UI, depression is a stigmatized condition for which we rely on patient questionnaires rather than

59. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39389/psn-pdf
    January 03, 2017 - Dekker, Charles Denham, and Lucian Leape) take the hospital to task for focusing on narrow improvements rather … than using complexity theory to solve underlying problems, and for creating a "second victim" by disciplining … the nurse (who was fired and ultimately criminally prosecuted) rather than acknowledging the institution's

60. 8. Development Process | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-full/slide08.html
    October 01, 2014 - Update rather than a full revision. Very similar development process to 1996 and 2000.