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9721. Wrong site surgery. | PSNet
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      March 13, 2013 - July 28, 2010 'Balancing risk, that is my life': The politics of risk in a hospital operating … View More See More About The Topic Operating Room Physicians Nurses Risk

9722. Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) Toolkit for Medication Reconciliation. | PSNet
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      October 02, 2013 - June 20, 2014 Improving Medication Safety in High Risk Medicare Beneficiaries Toolkit … March 20, 2018 Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification … October 7, 2015 Improving Medication Safety in High Risk Medicare Beneficiaries Toolkit

9723. Readmissions for Selected Infections Due to Medical Care: Expanding the Definition of a Patient Safety Indicator (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/Gallagher2.pdf
      January 01, 2016 - The area-level definition adds cases where a patient’s risk of the complication occurred in a separate … excludes patients with a diagnosis of cancer or an immunocompromised state, who are at an increased risk … New York discharges, 2001 N Rate (%) Total discharges 2,478,204 - Eligible hospital-level risk … Risk factors for nosocomial infection in intensive care: “devices vs. nature” and goals for the next … The relative risk of intravascular device related bloodstream infections in adults [abstract].

9724. Slide 1 (pdf file)
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      September 22, 2010 - quality improvement initiatives Must balance the need for data to support accurate measurement of risk-adjusted … Screens high-risk conditions, elective surgical procedures, and inpatient childbirth. … ICD-9-CM Codes • Coma • Severe Malnutrition Abstracted Key Clinical Findings The Bottom Line Risk-Adjusted … U pp er T hr es ho ld Observed vs Predicted Rates of True Complications Bias Due to Failure to Risk-Adjust … PSI Models Vital Signs, Other Lab Data, Scores Abstracted Key Clinical Findings Slide Number 42 Risk-Adjusted

9725. Acute Respiratory Arrest in Pregnancy | PSNet
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      August 15, 2018 - who are obese, African American, older than 35 years, and who have type 2 diabetes mellitus.( 3 ) The risk … of superimposed preeclampsia in patients with chronic hypertension is approximately 20%; this risk is … of delivery.( 3 ) This patient with chronic hypertension and pregnancy with twins was at very high risk … ) In an Illinois study of 58 cases of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, failure to identify high-risk … of this patient (chronic hypertension and twins), this patient must be considered at extremely high risk

9726. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      March 30, 2020 - Gaffey, RN, MSN, CPHRM, DFASHRM is the President of Healthcare Risk and Safety Strategies, LLC. … In her professional role, Ann Gaffey is active in the American Society for Health Care Risk Management … , serving on the Nominating Committee, as Chair of the Enterprise Risk Management Task Force, as a … I work primarily in the risk management arena. … While not a failure of a hospital process, these nevertheless were a risk or potential risk that impacted

9727. Chapter 3. Development of the Data Infrastructure | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2017 - A nationally recognized risk-adjustment software program (Risksmart™) was used to identify conditions … The health risk score is an indicator of morbidity burden and summarizes a person’s risk for health resource … A higher risk score indicates higher morbidity burden or expected health resource use. … The risk score correlates with a person’s expected health service utilization and health spending for … The health risk score is benchmarked to a U.S. commercial population for whom the average health risk

9728. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0075_03-10-2009.pdf
      January 01, 2009 - She is particularly interested in strategies that reduce the risk of further surgeries and complete … Outcome(s): Surgical risk reduction, improved quality of life, and cost effectiveness. … or in conjunction with one another, provide the highest rate of disease management with the lowest risk

9729. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0311_06-17-2008.pdf
      January 01, 2008 - Staff-Generated PICO Population(s): Individuals diagnosed with, or at risk for, acute coronary syndromes … Do specific TnI assays or specific troponin (TnI vs TnT) types confer different degrees of risk in patients … Do elevated troponin levels predict acute coronary syndrome risk in asymptomatic renal function–impaired

9730. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0122_06-29-2009.pdf
      January 01, 2009 - nominator is interested in the safety and effectiveness of nitrous oxide for labor pain management in low-risk … Population(s): pregnant women, not designated high-risk, in 2nd and/or 3rd stage of labor, attempting … For low-risk women delivering a full-term baby vaginally, what is the comparative effectiveness of the

9731. Screening for Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults (pdf file)
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      November 01, 2022 - as screening tools that can accurately detect persons in the general adult population at increased risk … • Individuals at increased risk for sleep apnea include men, postmenopausal persons, older adults (aged … accuracy of screening questionnaires and multistep screening approaches to identify adults at increased risk

9732. Recommendations in Progress | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      June 22, 2025 - Currently in this Stage Autism Spectrum Disorder in Young Children: Screening BRCA-Related Cancer: Risk … Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing Breast Cancer: Medication to Reduce Risk Chronic … Screening Early Allergen Introduction to Prevent Food Allergies in Infants: Counseling Enhanced Risk

9733. Appendixes A-D: Recurrent Nephrolithiasis in Adults and Children: Comparative Effectiveness of Preventive Medical Strategies (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/kidney-stones-draft-appendices.pdf
      January 01, 2025 - difference; NA = not applicable; RCT = randomized controlled trial; ROB = risk of bias; RR = risk ratio … difference; NA = not applicable; RCT = randomized controlled trial; ROB = risk of bias; RR = risk ratio … difference; NRSI = nonrandomized studies of intervention; ROB = risk of bias; RR = risk ratio. … of bias; RR = risk ratio. … size; RCT = randomized controlled trial; ROB = risk of bias; RR = risk ratio.

9734. When Looks Aren’t All They Appear to Be: A Medication Error in an Uncommon Indication | PSNet
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      July 02, 2019 - acceptable response to other antipsychotics. 9-10  Both chlorpromazine and thioridazine carry cardiac risks … chlorpromazine. 12     As presented above, the patient had very complex clinical picture with various risk … agents to cause QT prolongation and additive effects with unintended thioridazine further increased her risk … enhancements made to the clinical decision-making support system for this medication to highlight the cardiac risk … Safety-II Principles August 28, 2024 Perspective Risk

9735. Archived: Evidence Summary: Screening for Familial Hypercholesterolemia: Lipid Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-screening-for-familial-hypercholesterolemia/lipid-disorders-in-children-screening-july-2016
      August 09, 2016 - is associated with atherosclerotic burden, 2-5 and untreated FH has been associated with increased relative … risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) events and CHD mortality. 6-8 The excess relative CHD mortality … rather than treating existing disease, only a low risk of harm is acceptable. … Risk of fatal coronary heart disease in familial hypercholesterolaemia. … No: universal screening has uncertain benefits and a high risk of harms.

9736. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/alternative-payment-models-protocol.pdf
      December 16, 2024 - (e.g. pay-for-performance) and so-called “advanced APMs” which incorporate shared savings, shared risk … on the risk of bias that may distort effect estimates reported in the study. … The risk of bias results will be used to identify high and low risk of bias studies for sensitivity … Risk of bias in model-based economic evaluations: the ECOBIAS checklist. … Chapter 25: Assessing risk of bias in a non- randomized study.

9737. AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Facilitator Training | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/prevhosp/impguide.html
      July 01, 2017 - The Facilitator pointed out that policies and procedures related to risk factors for hospitalizations … The strategy is to identify which are the most important risk factors and work to prevent declines in … these risk factors to encourage earlier interventions so that the overall risk of hospitalization will … The Facilitator helped the team think about risk factors for hospitalizations. … clarified that discussing residents who were hospitalized is different from identifying changes in risk

9738. AHRQ New Models of Primary Care Workforce and Financing - Executive Summary (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/workforce-financing/workforce-executive-summary.pdf
      October 01, 2016 - conditions Patient engagement Intensive care coordination by MAs Enhanced, patient-centered risk … Grand Junction, Colorado Small, independent practice Rural, small town Patient-centered risk … In one program, women with at-risk pregnancies received intensive interventions such as home visits … Through home visits by community health worker programs, patients at risk for specific health-related … issues receive intensive monitoring, for example elderly patients at risk for falls or patients with

9739. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/HAP-facilitator-guide.pdf
      November 01, 2019 - Other risk factors include intravenous drug use, necrotizing pneumonia, an ill-appearing patient with … Moxifloxacin can be considered for these low-risk patients if they have serious penicillin allergies … can occur for otherwise healthy patients who developed HAP early in their hospitalization as their risk … review some take-home points for HAP:  Obtain a sputum culture whenever possible  Determine if risk … factors for Pseudomonas are present to direct empiric therapy  Determine if risk factors for MRSA

9740. AHRQ New Models of Primary Care Workforce and Financing - Executive Summary (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/workforce_executive_summary_0.pdf
      October 01, 2016 - conditions Patient engagement Intensive care coordination by MAs Enhanced, patient-centered risk … Grand Junction, Colorado Small, independent practice Rural, small town Patient-centered risk … In one program, women with at-risk pregnancies received intensive interventions such as home visits … Through home visits by community health worker programs, patients at risk for specific health-related … issues receive intensive monitoring, for example elderly patients at risk for falls or patients with