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361. Appendix D. Ambulatory Surgery Center Checklist Template - Implementation Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     pbrn.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/app-d.html
     April 01, 2017 - operating room              - Correct type and size |___| Essential imaging available |___| Risk … of hypothermia – operation longer than 1 hour             - Warmer in place |___| Risk of venous … Anesthesia safety check completed |___| Type of anesthesia |___| Anticipated airway and aspiration risk

362. Issue Brief Explores the Unique Challenges of Studying and Improving Diagnostic Safety for Children | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2023 - Using OurDX prior to symptomatic ambulatory visits can help clinicians flag at-risk diagnostic processes … ordering of venous thromboembolism chemoprophylaxis is associated with increased VTE events in high-risk … Anesthesia Risk Alert program: a proactive safety initiative .

363. Women’s History Month | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2021 - Hospital that focuses on actionable research to increase health equity and reduce health disparities in at-risk … Burstin is widely recognized for her work in patient-reported outcomes, risk adjustment, disparities, … document disparities in the quality of relationships between physicians and patients from socially at-risk

364. Form Letter | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2012 - attached Patient Language Process Map for the unit(s) that will receive the training, marking areas of risk … List some examples of real situations from your hospital/clinical area in which LEP patients were at risk

365. About the Toolkit Development | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - They can increase the length of hospital stay, health care costs, risk of readmission, and risk of mortality

366. TeamSTEPPS Implementation Guide (pdf file)
     pbrn.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/teamstepps/instructor/essentials/implguide_0.pdf
     March 01, 2006 - The “intervention” is therefore analogous to a “risk reduction strategy” or a “corrective action”. … These weak points are called risk points. … Have other groups successfully used specific team tools to reduce similar process risk points? … Accreditation  Consistent with current mission and system operating procedures  Benefits outweigh risks … Accreditation  Consistent with current mission and system operating procedures  Benefits outweigh risks

367. Overview | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2013 - Fall prevention involves managing a patient's underlying fall risk factors (e.g., problems with walking … fall prevention care are highly routinized; other aspects must be tailored to each patient's specific risk … Joint Commission standards require ongoing efforts to assess risk for falls and to intervene to reduce … fall risk; staff education regarding fall prevention; and an evaluation of the effectiveness of the … hospital's fall prevention strategies, including fall risk assessment, interventions, and education.

368. How To Implement the Fall Prevention Program in Your Organization
     pbrn.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/fallprevention-training/module4/module4_slides_best-practices.pptx
     November 20, 2014 - Example: Perform comprehensive fall risk assessment on admission, daily, or if condition deteriorates … Team A Unit Team comprises staff members who provide daily direct patient care by: Conducting fall risk … for assistance with toileting) Page 58 ‹#› Electronic Health Record What information about fall risk … the most logical place in the record to collect, organize, and assess information about patient fall risk

369. Module 4: How To Implement the Pressure Injury Prevention Program in Your Organization (doc file)
     pbrn.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressure_ulcer_prevention/module4/module4_pu-implementation.docx
     August 31, 2017 - Unit staff notify the Wound Care Team if skin problems arise or if high-risk patients are identified. … Share a written plan to communicate pressure injury risk procedures with the new member. … ASK: How will you make sure temporary staff are trained in pressure risk procedures? … not have to decide which patients they apply to. · Integrate communication regarding pressure injury risk … The 2-hour didactic portion included: · Braden risk assessment and patient comorbidity review. · 5 in

370. Clean Equipment and Environment Promotes Safe Resident Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2017 - Engineering out the risk for infection with urinary catheters.  … After body fluid exposure risk, including after emptying a urinary catheter drainage bag. … Risk factors Use of common measuring device between residents with indwelling urinary catheters. … Nursing home facility risk factors for infection and hospitalization: importance of registered nurse … Engineering out the risk for infection with urinary catheters. 

371. New Toolkit Can Improve Post-Surgery Complications and Enhance Patient Recovery | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2023 - Using AHRQ’s EvidenceNOW Model To Reduce Heart Disease Risk Could Have Meaningful Health Benefits . … Using AHRQ’s EvidenceNOW Model To Reduce Heart Disease Risk Could Have Meaningful Health Benefits A … Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and 10-year atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk

372. Origin | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2021 - The goal of improving care focuses on the “ABCS” of cardiovascular care: A for aspirin for those at risk … ) help small- and medium-sized practices implement the ABCS to improve heart health for patients at risk

373. 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

374. Development and Evaluation of Breast Cancer Prevention Communication Prototypes for the CUIDARSE Project (pdf file)
     pbrn.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/clinicians-providers/iadapt/lara.pdf
     December 19, 2014 - This project developed educational materials for low-literacy Spanish-speaking women at risk for breast … literacy-, culturally-, and content-appropriate evidence-based patient-oriented messages to reduce risk

375. TeamSTEPPS Limited English Proficiency Module: Form Letter (pdf file)
     pbrn.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/teamstepps/lep/handouts/lepletter.pdf
     July 30, 2012 - attached Patient Language Process Map for the unit(s) that will receive the training, marking areas of risk … List some examples of real situations from your hospital/clinical area in which LEP patients were at risk

376. Improving Safety for Patients with Limited English Proficiency: TeamSTEPPS
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     January 01, 2013 - patients Present five key strategies for improving detection of medical errors and preventing high-risk … population Nearly 25 million people in the United States (8.6%) are defined as LEP and therefore at risk … Patient Safety, Quality, and Cost Drivers Greater risk due to LEP patients’ longer hospital stays compared … TEAMSTEPPS 05.2 Mod 1 05.2 Page ‹#› TeamSTEPPS Limited English Proficiency & TeamSTEPPS High-Risk … Legal Rev Commentary Suppl Healthcare Risk Manage 2003(May 1–3). 2011 Comprehensive Accreditation Manual

377. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
     pbrn.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4g_combo_psi10-postopmetaderangement-bestpractices.pdf
     May 20, 2016 - Manage Prevention Strategies for Postoperative Patients Avoid risk factors for acute renal failure … improvement department, to develop evidence-based protocols for care of the patient postoperatively at risk … dietary self-management skills.5 • Carefully monitor and set up protocols to address the following risk … prevent acute renal failure into the care of postoperative patients7-10: o Identify patients at risk … Risk factors for acute postoperative renal failure in thoracic or thoracoabdominal aortic surgery: A

378. Pressure Injury Prevention in Hospitals Training Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2017 - Assessing Patient Risk for Pressure Ulcers —Video. … Using Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment Tools in Care Planning —AHRQ Pressure Injury Prevention Program … Risk Factors for Pressure Injuries: Going Beyond Validated Instruments —AHRQ Pressure Injury Prevention

379. Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: Topic Refinement - Project ID: CRDT0913 (pdf file)
     pbrn.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/ta/topicrefinement/afib_topicref.pdf
     January 01, 2020 - of catheter ablation by patient-level characteristics such as age, sex, type of AF, comorbidities, risk … patients with structural heart disease.5 A number of factors have been associated with increased risk … Data from community-based cohorts suggests that obese persons have a 1.5 to 2.3 fold greater risk of … Patients with AF have twofold greater risk of death than do those without this disease. … Atrial fibrillation as an independent risk factor for stroke: the Framingham Study.

380. 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