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7721. Beyond Rapid Response Teams: Instituting a “Rover Team” Improves the Management of At-Risk Patients, Facilitates Proactive Interventions, and Improves Outcomes (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol3/Advances-Hueckel_27.pdf
      April 01, 2008 - Beyond Rapid Response Teams: Instituting a “Rover Team” Improves the Management of At-Risk Patients, … Outcomes Beyond Rapid Response Teams: Instituting a “Rover Team” Improves the Management of At-Risk … Methods: The Rover Team expands the PRRT to include a proactive assessment of patients at risk for clinical … Adding a proactive component to the RRS allows for a systematic review of patients at risk for clinical … Scheduled rounds are made to each of the pediatric inpatient care areas to discuss at-risk patients

7722. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36596/psn-pdf
      May 20, 2015 - Disclosure of medical injury to patients: an improbable risk management strategy. … Disclosure of medical injury to patients: an improbable risk management strategy. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/disclosure-medical-injury-patients-improbable-risk-management-strategy … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/disclosure-medical-injury-patients-improbable-risk-management-strategy https

7723. Screening for Oral Cancer: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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      Grade: I statement Risk Assessment The primary risk factors for oral cancer are tobacco and … Additional risk factors include male sex, older age, use of betel quid, ultraviolet light exposure, … Recently, sexually transmitted oral human papillomavirus infection has been recognized as an increasing risk

7724. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39510/psn-pdf
      September 24, 2016 - A major risk factor for these "slips" is being interrupted or distracted while performing a task. … This review examined the literature on the incidence, risk factors, and effects of interruptions in … Although distractions are common and may be associated with increased risk for error, particularly if … operational-failures-and-interruptions-hospital-nursing https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-interruptions-increased-risk-and-severity-medication-administration-errors

7725. Clinical Summary: Interventions to Prevent Child Maltreatment (pdf file)
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      Grade: I (insufficient evidence) Risk Assessment Risk factors for maltreatment in children include … Children are also at increased risk based on factors related to their caregiver or environment, including … Specific interventions include primary care programs designed to identify high-risk patients and refer

7726. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adults and Adolescents: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
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      Adolescents: Clinical Summary Population Asymptomatic, nonpregnant adults and adolescents at increased risk … Grade: A Risk Assessment Men who have sex with men and persons living with HIV have the highest … risk for syphilis infection. … certainty that the net benefit of screening for syphilis infection in nonpregnant persons at increased risk

7727. Mrsa-Screening-2010 Executive (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2010 - SOE was lowered by the high risk of bias. … SOE was lowered by the high risk of bias. … SOE was lowered by the high risk of bias. … SOE was lowered by the high risk of bias. … attempt to measure the favorable impact of screening for MRSA carriage while ignoring its potential risks

7728. Screening for Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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      September 24, 2019 - comparisons of unscreened cohorts (2.2% and 1.8%); the larger study estimated a statistically significant relative … risk of 0.30 (95% CI, 0.15-0.60). … bacteriuria treatment in nonpregnant adults (n = 777) did not report any significant differences in risk … to health care, are at risk of poor birth out- comes for a host of reasons. … Clostridium difficile infection in special high-risk populations.

7729. Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals: A Toolkit - Section 7, Tools and Resources (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2004 - knowledge of pressure ulcer prevention, analyze patient care processes to identify where there are risks … Project Background (keep this brief) General aims Initial Risks Expected Outcomes … Generally, a score of 18 or less indicates at-risk status. … factors and 1-3 for the last risk factor. … Documentation of risk assessment daily 9.

7730. Treatment Approaches | The Academy
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      January 01, 2020 - co-occurring behavioral health disorders , infectious diseases , or chronic pain and increased risk … should seek training on the clinical challenges of opioid dependence in pregnancy to understand the risks … They also need to know the common risk factors for prescription drug misuse among adolescents and use … With Chronic Pain Individuals with chronic noncancer pain treated with opioids are at higher risk … All individuals with opioid use disorder face this risk, but patients in rural areas are at increased

7731. Archived: Final Research Plan: Healthful Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults Without Known Risk Factors: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan154/healthful-diet-and-physical-activity-for-cardiovascular-disease-prevention-in-adults-without-known-risk-factors-behavioral-counseling-july-2017
      May 14, 2015 - Healthful Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults Without Known Risk … based on a cardiovascular risk assessment tool, including: Persons who are unselected Persons … ., hypertension, dyslipidemia, impaired fasting glucose/glucose tolerance, smoking); adults at high risk … for CVD based on a cardiovascular risk assessment tool; or trial inclusion criteria specifies that the … population has ≥1 CVD risk factors Children and adolescents Parents (if intended behavior change

7732. Complications of Vascular Access Procedures in Patients with Kidney Disease | PSNet
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      November 15, 2023 - In the absence of a standardized process for screening patients preoperatively, high-risk patients such … Other conditions that may place patients at high risk for oversedation and respiratory compromise during … Better preoperative screening would have identified this patient as high-risk for complications given … Patients should be thoroughly screened for risk factors that may lead to complications and, if any are … Risk factors, including prior opioid/benzodiazepine usage and comorbid conditions, should be clearly

7733. Archived: Final Recommendation Statement: Dental Caries in Preschool Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/RecommendationStatementFinal/dental-caries-in-preschool-children-screening-2004
      April 15, 2004 - assess risk for dental disease among preschool-aged children. … Risk indicators most accessible for primary care clinicians' screening of preschool children are the … The risk indicators or combinations of indicators currently advocated for use have not been validated … Review of fluoride: benefits and risk. Washington, DC: U.S. … Risk assessment in dentistry: proceedings of a conference.

7734. Screening for Ovarian Cancer - Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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      May 01, 2004 - In women at average risk, the positive predictive This statement summarizes the U.S. … Family history increases the risk for ovarian cancer: having 1 first- or second-degree relative with … ovarian cancer increases risk by about threefold.5 Carriers of the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutations are … also at increased risk.6 The risk for developing ovarian cancer is reduced with oral contraceptive use … Menopausal hormone replacement therapy and risk of ovarian cancer. JAMA. 2002;288(3):334–341. 9.

7735. Screening for Hypertension in Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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      April 27, 2021 - Hypertension is a major con- tributing risk factor for heart failure, myocardial infarction, stroke, … Hypertension is a major contributing risk factor for heart failure, myocardial infarction, stroke, and … Assessment of Risk Although all adults should be screened for hypertension, risk fac- tors that increase … Risk assessment for cardiovascular disease with nontraditional risk factors: US Preventive Services Task … White-coat hypertension is a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and total mortality.

7736. The Excellence Report: Quality Measures for Colonoscopy (pdf file)
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      June 16, 2021 - Preprocedure risk assessment is documented. Quality Measure 2. … Preprocedure risk assessment is documented. … screening” or “Average risk screening” … Risk Screening indications and by lack of other indications … Preprocedure risk assessment is documented.

7737. Analysis of risk factors for adverse drug events in critically ill patients. | PSNet
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      October 26, 2010 - Study Analysis of risk factors for adverse drug events in critically ill patients … Analysis of risk factors for adverse drug events in critically ill patients*. … This cohort study identified patient- and drug-specific factors that increased the risk of adverse drug … Analysis of risk factors for adverse drug events in critically ill patients*. … Impact of a clinical pharmacy admission medication reconciliation program on medication errors in "high-risk

7738. Prescription Opioids: Medicare Needs to Expand Oversight Efforts to Reduce the Risk of Harm. | PSNet
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      December 06, 2017 - Prescription Opioids: Medicare Needs to Expand Oversight Efforts to Reduce the Risk … Citation Text: Prescription Opioids: Medicare Needs to Expand Oversight Efforts to Reduce the Risk … Citation Text: Prescription Opioids: Medicare Needs to Expand Oversight Efforts to Reduce the Risk … Progress Made Towards Improving Opioid Safety, But Further Efforts to Assess Progress and Reduce Risk … Safe and Transparent Opioid Prescribing to Promote Patient Safety and Reduced Risk of Opioid Misuse.

7739. Journey to no preventable risk: The Baylor Health Care System patient safety experience. | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/journey-no-preventable-risk-baylor-health-care-system-patient-safety-experience
      November 23, 2014 - Commentary Journey to no preventable risk: The Baylor Health Care System patient … Journey to no preventable risk: the Baylor Health Care System patient safety experience. … Journey to no preventable risk: the Baylor Health Care System patient safety experience. … 3, 2017 Use of unsolicited patient observations to identify surgeons with increased risk … February 14, 2024 Adverse drug events caused by three high-risk drug-drug interactions

7740. Conditions that influence the impact of malpractice litigation risk on physicians' behavior regarding patient safety. | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/conditions-influence-impact-malpractice-litigation-risk-physicians-behavior-regarding-patient
      January 07, 2015 - Study Conditions that influence the impact of malpractice litigation risk on physicians … Conditions that influence the impact of malpractice litigation risk on physicians' behavior regarding … with patient safety, such as practicing defensive medicine , may be spurred by malpractice litigation risk … four conditional factors that could affect the relationship between physician behavior and litigation risk … Conditions that influence the impact of malpractice litigation risk on physicians' behavior regarding