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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/ERAa_Bwr7hQxqZZ-X3p8Qh
May 10, 2022 - Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force
Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review
for the US Preventive Services Task Force
Elizabeth M. Webber, MS; Jennifer S. …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/016-ss-hand-hygiene-periop.pptx
April 01, 2025 - PowerPoint Presentation
AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
Hand Hygiene in the Perioperative Setting
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries
AHRQ Pub. No. 25-0029
April 2025
AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention | Surgical Services
Hand Hygien…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/mahajan-manojlovich-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Final Progress Report: Developing a Framework to Study and Improve Communication to Enhance Diagnostic Quality in the ED
A. Title Page
Project Title: Developing a Framework to Study and Improve Communication to Enhance
Diagnostic Quality in the ED
Principal Investigator Information:
PRASHANT MAHAJAN, MBA, MD, MPH …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Faltz_56.pdf
March 27, 2008 - The New York Model: Root Cause Analysis Driving Patient Safety Initiative to Ensure Correct Surgical and Invasive Procedures
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The New York Model: Root Cause Analysis
Driving Patient Safety Initiative to Ensure
Correct Surgical and Invasive Procedures
Lawrence L. Faltz, MD, FACP; John N. Morley, MD, FACP…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/events/nac/2015-03-nac/nacmtg0715-minutes.html
December 01, 2015 - Meeting Minutes, July 24, 2015
National Advisory Council
Minutes from the July 24, 2015, meeting of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's National Advisory Council.
Contents
Summary
Call to Order and Approval of March 27, 2015, Summary Report
Director's Update
2014 National Healthcare Q…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/hurried-team-huddle-and-poor-communication-unsafe-practice-during-anesthesia-emergency
September 27, 2023 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
Hurried Team Huddle and Poor Communication: Unsafe Practice During Anesthesia for Emergency Cesarean Delivery
Citation Text:
Curtin A, Schloemerkemper N. Hurried Team Huddle and Poor Communication: Unsafe Practice During Anesthesia for Emergency Cesarean Delivery.. PSNet [internet]…
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary46/skin-cancer-screening-2009
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Final Evidence Summary
Skin Cancer: Screening
February 15, 2009
Recommendations made by the USPSTF are independent of the U.S. government. They should not be constr…
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-review79/ovarian-cancer-screening-2004
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Final Evidence Review
Ovarian Cancer: Screening, May 2004
May 15, 2004
Recommendations made by the USPSTF are independent of the U.S. government. They should …
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/uc1hs015076-rosa-final-report-2007.pdf
January 01, 2007 - Transforming Healthcare Quality through Information Technology - Final Report
Grant Final Report
Grant ID: 1UC1HS015076
Transforming Healthcare Quality through Information
Technology
Inclusive Dates: Not provided.
Principal Investigator:
Cynthia Rosa RN, BSN, MS
Team Members:
Sheryl Sovie Michael M…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/innovation/rehearsing-team-care-relatively-rare-obstetric-emergencies-leads-improved-outcomes
July 23, 2024 - Rehearsing Team Care for Relatively Rare Obstetric Emergencies Leads to Improved Outcomes
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December 22, 2020
Innovation
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www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/resources/additional/sbar.html
July 01, 2023 - TeamSTEPPS Additional Video: SBAR in Inpatient Medical Teams
YouTube embedded video: https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/nbJPAumzJrc
TeamSTEPPS: SBAR in Inpatient Medical Teams (1:36)
SBAR stands for situation, background, assessment and recommendation. It’s a proven tool to quickly summarize and com…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35320/psn-pdf
September 14, 2005 - How business intelligence can improve patient safety.
September 14, 2005
Wanless S, McManaway J. Metaphor Analytics. August 30, 2005.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/how-business-intelligence-can-improve-patient-safety
This article illustrates how hospitals can use their own administrative and patient data to reduce h…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39744/psn-pdf
September 13, 2010 - Are you using checklists? Check!
September 13, 2010
McNellis B, AAPA QCC of the. Are you using checklists? Check!. JAAPA. 2010;23(7):24-6, 31.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/are-you-using-checklists-check
This piece emphasizes how checklists can be effective tools to prevent medical error and reduce
communication fa…
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digital.ahrq.gov/principal-investigator/odell-david-d
January 01, 2023 - Odell, David D.
Development and Implementation of the REmote Telehealth User-Reported caNcer Surveillance (RETURNS) Program for Lung Cancer
Description
This research will improve upon and evaluate a telehealth lung cancer surveillance program that combines patient-reported out…
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digital.ahrq.gov/location/usa-me-augusta
January 01, 2023 - USA, ME, Augusta
Improving Health Information Technology Implementation in a Rural Health System
Description
Implemented an outpatient EMR in a rural health system using distinct phases to match the expected learning curve and to reduce the potential loss of practice productiv…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39589/psn-pdf
February 13, 2018 - Common cause analysis.
February 13, 2018
Clapper C, Crea K. Patient Saf Qual Healthc. May/June 2010;7:30-35.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/common-cause-analysis
This article describes how one health care system used a multi-event analysis process to identify
medication errors, implement system-level improvements, a…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41471/psn-pdf
June 20, 2012 - Patients taking their own medications while in the
hospital.
June 20, 2012
PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. June 2012;9:50-57.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patients-taking-their-own-medications-while-hospital
Discussing errors related to hospital patients' use of personal medications, this newsletter article provi…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37106/psn-pdf
August 15, 2007 - Experts offer smart tips for smart pumps.
August 15, 2007
Gebhart F. Drug Topics. July 23, 2007.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/experts-offer-smart-tips-smart-pumps
This article describes how robust drug libraries developed for programmable smart pumps can help reduce
medication errors associated with traditional in…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33976/psn-pdf
December 18, 2008 - Medical errors: overcoming the challenges.
December 18, 2008
Kalra J. Medical errors: overcoming the challenges. Clin Biochem. 2004;37(12):1063-71.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medical-errors-overcoming-challenges
This commentary introduces several initiatives intended to help reduce medical error, such as developm…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38683/psn-pdf
November 03, 2012 - Errors in Laboratory Medicine and Patient Safety.
November 3, 2012
Plebani M, ed. Clinica Chimica Acta. 2009;404(1):1-86.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/errors-laboratory-medicine-and-patient-safety
This collection of papers presented at an international conference on laboratory medicine focuses on
efforts to reduce…