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101. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/169-cusp-science-safety-slides.pptx
     October 01, 2024 - Hospitals face pressures, including balancing safety risks with costs. … providing essential safety-related information, but clear lines are drawn between human error and at-risk … Due to psychological safety, there is no risk when people report their errors and near-misses. … The hospital does not have a standard VTE risk assessment protocol. … Framework for analyzing risk and safety in clinical medicine. BMJ. 1998;316(7138):1154-7.

102. Give People a Reason To Look at a Health Care Quality Report | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/explain/communicate/reason.html
     November 01, 2018 - In general, advertisers and marketers believe that messages that emphasize risks people face are more … hospital information found that when quality information is framed in terms of helping people avoid risks … hospital, people understand it better, value it more, and are more willing to make tradeoffs to avoid risk … home data at all. [3] These findings suggest that when people need to be reminded that there is a risk … because many people believe they all offer about the same quality of care and don’t think about the risks

103. Engageexecnotes (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/modules/engage/engageexecnotes.docx
     June 02, 2025 - They should also join frontline providers and managers for rounds and a monthly meeting to discuss risk … The senior executive should: · Work with team members to consider patient risks identified in the Staff … , · Help prioritize risks and develop an improvement plan, and · Hold himself or herself and unit staff … with their teammates to tackle risks at the unit or hospital level. … Further, when prioritizing risks and developing an improvement plan with the team, senior executives

104. The Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/guide-cusp.html
     May 01, 2017 - The CUSP model draws on the wisdom of frontline providers who have practical knowledge about safety risks … which errors are treated as an opportunity to learn about root causes and prevent future errors and risks

105. What is the NPSD’s Role in Quality and Patient Safety? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/npsd/quality-patient-safety/index.html
     August 01, 2020 - sufficient volumes of patient safety data to identify more rapidly the trends and underlying patterns of risks

106. Final Progress Report: Older adult safety while receiving home health services after hospital discharge (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/arbaje-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - The following HFE prospective risk identification methods were used to identify potential risks: (a) … HFE risk prioritization methods were used through focus groups. … The more likely a safety risk is to contribute to negative outcomes, the more important the safety risk … Once importance of safety risks was calculated, actionability on those safety risks also needed to be … (72 hours) • Moderate risk (48-72 hours) • High risk (24-48 hours) The home care visit occurred in

107. Antimicrobial Stewardship | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/topics/antimicrobial-stewardship.html
     members understand what the nursing home is doing to make sure antibiotics are used properly, what the risks

108. Ready or Not: Helping Patients Address Tobacco Use | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/heart-health/smoking/use.html
     August 01, 2018 - Tobacco Use Resource description: This script and slide deck from a 14-minute presentation cover the risks

109. Aspirin, Heart Disease, and Stroke Pamphlet: American Stroke Association | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/heart-health/aspirin/stroke.html
     September 01, 2018 - description: This patient education booklet explains how heart attack and stroke happen, and the potential risks

110. Appendix C. Site Visit Protocol | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/stpra/stpraapc.html
     April 01, 2018 - Risk-Informed Interventions Chapter 4. Conclusions and Next Steps Appendix A. … If and when is the patient or family instructed of potential risks for surgical site infection? … patient populations At-risk procedures, such as those requiring invasive devices Causes, risks, … What the potential infection risks with this process? … What steps does the surgical team take to reduce the risk?

111. Shared Decisionmaking: Improving Patient Safety, Education, and Empowerment (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/shareddec-2.pdf
     September 01, 2016 - It includes exploring and comparing the benefits and risks of each option within a clinical decision … went to the health center, I wanted my doctor to give me an antibiotic, but once I understood the risks

112. Smoking Cessation Academic Detailing Guide for Practices | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/heart-health/smoking/detailing.html
     August 01, 2018 - Primary Care Resource description: This facts-at-a-glance handout for clinicians summarizes evidence, risks

113. Tools for Sustainability: Premortem and Scorecard: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/sustainability/premortem-scorecard-slides.html
     February 01, 2017 - Identify risks to sustaining your efforts with Premortem Tool. … Recognize risks to sustaining progress: Staff turnover. Overlying priorities. … Target the potential risks for failure to achieve sustainment goals. … Post the stories of reduced risks (include data!). Celebrate your success.

114. PowerPoint Presentation: Premortem for Sustainability
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/modules/sustainability/sustainability_premortem.pptx
     December 01, 2017 - sustainability perspective Use the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) Premortem Tool to identify risks … The premortem tool proactively raises awareness to potential risks, providing teams the opportunity to … Target the potential risks for failure to achieve sustainment goals Remember that sustainability is a … SAY: Target potential risks for failure in order to achieve success in sustainment.

115. Toolkit To Educate and Engage Residents and Family Members | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/nhguide/toolkits/educate-and-engage/index.html
     October 01, 2016 - The toolkit provides ways to educate residents and their family members about antibiotics and the risks … is a handout that can be given to residents to provide basic information about antibiotics and their risks … Need Them Can Cause More Harm Than Good is a handout that can be given to residents to  explain the risks

116. Learning From Defects Through Sensemaking: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/implementation/learn-from-defects-slides.html
     December 01, 2017 - How will you reduce the risk of it happening again? How will you know the risk is reduced? … Do staff members believe risks were reduced? … Slide 44: How Will You Know Risks Were Reduced? … Slide 45: How Will You Know Risks Were Reduced? Image. LFD Tool Step 4. … Post the stories of reduced risks (with data!). Share with others.

117. “Safeware”: Safety-Critical Computing and Health Care Information Technology (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol4/Advances-Wears_75.pdf
     May 27, 2008 - The Risks Digest36 can be viewed as an online continuation of this work. … Available at: catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/23.64.html#subj4. Accessed February 29, 2008. … Computer-related risks. … Managing the risks of organizational accidents. … The risks digest. Available at: catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/. Accessed February 29, 2008.

118. Chapter 3. Risk-Informed Interventions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/stpra/stpra3.html
     April 01, 2018 - Risk-Informed Interventions Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Proactive Risk … Contents Importance Measures Importance measures are used to rank the most significant individual risks … of the other risks in the model. … For example, the Birnbaum measure ranks the risks based upon the relative contribution of individual … beneficiaries in ASCs and sponsors the integrated data sources necessary to investigate ASC infection risks

119. Using an EHR System to Prevent Opioid Use Disorder in Older Adults in Primary Care Practices Case Study (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/opioids/compendium/opioids-case-study-ehr-oud.pdf
     June 02, 2025 - Physicians took on a quality improvement (QI) project to enhance the assessments of opioid treatment risks … in the clinic’s older adult population, including the risk of developing opioid use disorder (OUD) … ▶ They conducted a one-hour training on risks of opioid use in older adults for 27 staff. … Focus on High Leverage Change: Risk Assessment PRACTICE SNAPSHOT: Westfield Family Physicians ▶ A … 25% Quality Improvement Tools Implemented ▶ A modified existing EHR dot phrase to identify opioid risks

120. Learn From Defects in Care of Mechanically Ventilated Patients: Facilitator Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/learn-from-defects-fac-guide.html
     February 01, 2017 - Slide 28: How Will You Know Risks Were Reduced? … Ask: How will you know the risks were reduced? … Slide 30: How Will You Know Risks Were Reduced? … Ask: Are there other ways to assess whether risks were actually reduced? … With supporting data, show your staff the reduced risks for patient harm.