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301. Register Now: April 25 Webinar Will Launch HHS Series on National Action Alliance To Advance Patient Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2023 - more frequently at hospitals serving the most vulnerable maternity patients, leaving them at greater risk … Department of Veterans Affairs' effort to help high-risk diabetes patients get care quickly. … promoting lifelong health for all Americans and recognizing underlying causes of poor health and disease risk

302. Fallpxtool3N (doc file)
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     January 01, 2008 - Postfall Assessment, Clinical Review Background: This protocol explains how to assess and follow injury risk … Postfall Assessment, Clinical Review Note: There is increased risk of intracranial hemorrhage in patients … medical record, document the incident, outcome, and initial and ongoing observations, and update fall risk

303. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2012 - of numbered surgical sponges and instruments for a more comprehensive, thorough count to reduce the risk … patients (e.g., bariatric patients) or high-risk situations (e.g., emergency procedures).1,6,7 • … If not implemented routinely, then consider implementing additional screening methods for high-risk … Risk factors for retained instruments and sponges after surgery. N Engl J Med 2003;348:229-35. … Creating cultures of safety: risk management. Nurs Manage 2010;41(12):27-33. 9.

304. How To Use the Toolkit for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - Toolkit to create or enhance a culture of safety can significantly decrease rates of CAUTI and other risks

305. Multiple Settings | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2023 - ahrq.gov/perinatalsafety Safe surgery Web: ahrq.gov/haisurgery Health Care Facility Design Safety Risk … Potential users include clinicians, quality and safety professionals, risk management professionals,

306. AHRQ Evidence Reviews: Catalysts for Practice Change | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2022 - The second article concluded that patients with complicated diverticulitis are at increased risk of colorectal … cancer; that elective surgery can reduce the risk of recurrence in patients who have previously suffered

307. Staying Active and Healthy with Blood Thinners - Transcript | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2015 - This is important because your clinician believes that you are at risk for having a blood clot form in … Be careful when doing activities that might put you at risk for getting a cut or bruise. … Avoid high-risk sports and other potentially dangerous activities.

308. Resources and Tools To Improve Discharge and Transitions of Care and Reduce Readmissions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2022 - PSNet Materials: AHRQ PSNet Article: Vital Signs Are Still Vital: Instability on Discharge and the Risk … National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report Chartbook on Care Coordination Toolkit To Engage High-Risk

309. Safer Together: A National Action Plan to Advance Patient Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2022 - Reducing preventable harm requires a total systems approach: a coordinated, proactive strategy in which risks

310. Videos | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2021 - Patients and families who engage with healthcare providers help lower risks and improve their care.

311. Tobacco Use and Dependence, General References (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - Patients with Crohn’s disease are unaware of the risks that smoking has on their disease. … Smokers: risks and complications in abdominal dermolipectomy. … Nicotine content and health risks of cigars. JAMA 1996;276:1857-8. 754. … Health risks associated with cigar smoking. JAMA 2000;284:735-40. 755. … Trends in cigar smoking and perceptions of health risks among Massachusetts adults.

312. Evidence Summary: Why focus on safety for patients with limited English proficiency? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2012 - encounter, they often are not empowered to speak up when they recognize that a patient's safety is at risk … Legal Rev Commentary Suppl Healthcare Risk Manage 2003 (May 1-3).

313. Effectiveness of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis To Prevent HIV Infection: Findings of a Systematic Review | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2023 - estimates of trials of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in people without HIV infection at high risk

314. Additional TeamSTEPPS Videos: Check-Back in Inpatient Surgical Teams | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2023 - technique, part of an evidence-based approach to safer care, can improve communication and reduce the risk

315. Overview: Getting Patients Off the Ventilator Faster: Facilitator Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2017 - In doing so, you will effectively reduce the risk of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) and other … associated with more days to extubation, more days to hospital discharge, and higher hospital mortality risk … Slide 12: AHRQ Safety Program Goals Say: The two main safety program goals are: (1) reduce the risk … By getting patients off of the ventilator faster, you will reduce the risk of patient harms associated … develop lenses that allow us to see those system factors and how they influence care, we can see the risks

316. Enhancing Healthcare Quality for Hospitalized Children | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2022 - suboptimal health outcomes for children, including longer recovery time, prolonged hospital stay, increased risk … of transfer to intensive care, and increased risk of hospital readmission,” she continued.

317. Assemble the Team and Engage Leadership for Perinatal Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2023 - Executive Collaborates To Develop and Implement a Plan Addressing Safety Issues Considers patient risks … Involves frontline providers to help reduce risks. … Psychological safety is the degree to which team members feel that their environment supports the interpersonal risk … Meet with hospital departments (risk management, quality improvement) to ensure that L&D CUSP efforts … Managing the Risk of Learning: Psychological Safety in Work Teams. In West M, ed. 

318. TeamSTEPPS Situation Monitoring Module 3
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     February 28, 2022 - ensure team members’ actions are consistent with the plan and advocating for the patient as needed when risks … When plans are unclear or not implemented, a shared mental model is lost and patients are at risk.

319. TeamSTEPPS Mutual Support Module 4
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     February 28, 2022 - which it is expected that assistance will be actively sought and offered as a method for reducing error risks … when team members’ viewpoints don’t coincide with that of a decision maker and patient safety is at risk

320. The SHARE Approach—Taking Steps Toward Cultural Competence: A Fact Sheet | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2020 - aids, treatment summaries, and educational materials that have culturally relevant descriptions of risks … important concept—such as treatment options, participation in a clinical trial, weighing benefits and risk