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181. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33593/psn-pdf
     June 15, 2024 - The Leapfrog Hospital Survey evaluates hospitals based on structural metrics—the use of specific patient … Retrospective chart review using trigger tools or well-defined specific adverse events is often used … Their specific recommendations included establishing a standardized set of process and outcome measures

182. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/867672/psn-pdf
     February 26, 2025 - Laboratory test results were also similar except that the hemoglobin was even higher as was the urine specific … accuracy of CT for diagnosing the cause of abdominal pain depends on the location of pain and the specific … Although the patient’s bilirubin was mildly elevated, this is a non-specific finding and could have … physicians and other providers in making the most appropriate imaging or treatment decision for a specific … However, diagnostic radiographs are only 69% sensitive and 57% specific.7 CT is 92% sensitive and provides

183. Impact of implementing alerts about medication black-box warnings in electronic health records. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-implementing-alerts-about-medication-black-box-warnings-electronic-health-records
     July 10, 2008 - Certain specific alerts, such as warning against prescribing drugs contraindicated in pregnancy or those

184. Assessing and improving safety culture throughout an academic medical centre: a prospective cohort study. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/assessing-and-improving-safety-culture-throughout-academic-medical-centre-prospective-cohort
     January 02, 2017 - The initiatives implemented included a comprehensive unit-based safety program ( CUSP ), specific teamwork

185. Health care consumers' inclination to engage in selected patient safety practices: a survey of adults in Pennsylvania. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-care-consumers-inclination-engage-selected-patient-safety-practices-survey-adults
     March 03, 2011 - Joint Commission's " Speak Up " program to ensure surgical safety recommend that patients engage in specific

186. Crisis management during anaesthesia: the development of an anaesthetic crisis management manual. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/crisis-management-during-anaesthesia-development-anaesthetic-crisis-management-manual
     June 23, 2015 - This study describes the development of specific algorithms in clinical anesthesia to address crisis

187. Nurse-physician communication in the long-term care setting: perceived barriers and impact on patient safety. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/nurse-physician-communication-long-term-care-setting-perceived-barriers-and-impact-patient
     February 23, 2011 - This AHRQ-funded study used surveys and interviews to examine one specific aspect of safety culture—communication

188. Achieving the National Quality Forum's "Never Events": prevention of wrong site, wrong procedure, and wrong patient operations. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/achieving-national-quality-forums-never-events-prevention-wrong-site-wrong-procedure-and
     September 28, 2010 - The proposed framework asks whether a behaviorally specific policy has been enacted and whether staff

189. CT for suspected appendicitis in children: an analysis of diagnostic errors. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ct-suspected-appendicitis-children-analysis-diagnostic-errors
     August 20, 2018 - pathological data on more than 1200 patients with suspected appendicitis, investigators noted that presence of specific

190. Clinical pharmacists and inpatient medical care: a systematic review. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/clinical-pharmacists-and-inpatient-medical-care-systematic-review
     September 09, 2013 - encompassed pharmacy participation in patient rounds and medication reconciliation efforts as well as drug-specific

191. Use of maternal early warning trigger tool reduces maternal morbidity. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/use-maternal-early-warning-trigger-tool-reduces-maternal-morbidity
     September 27, 2017 - The tool was pathway specific and targeted the four most common causes of maternal morbidity: hemorrhage

192. Building a Better Delivery System: A New Engineering/Health Care Partnership. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/building-better-delivery-system-new-engineeringhealth-care-partnership
     September 12, 2018 - Each section offers specific recommendations.

193. Medical team training: applying crew resource management in the Veterans Health Administration. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medical-team-training-applying-crew-resource-management-veterans-health-administration
     April 30, 2014 - Individual hospitals selected among specific teamwork training programs developed by the VA's National

194. How useful are voluntary medication error reports? The case of warfarin-related medication errors. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/how-useful-are-voluntary-medication-error-reports-case-warfarin-related-medication-errors
     May 27, 2011 - Past efforts to identify potential prevention strategies have focused on using specific indicators

195. Choosing your words carefully: how physicians would disclose harmful medical errors to patients. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/choosing-your-words-carefully-how-physicians-would-disclose-harmful-medical-errors-patients
     February 16, 2011 - Approximately half of respondents declined to explain how the error occurred or discuss specific plans

196. Publicly available hospital comparison web sites: determination of useful, valid, and appropriate information for comparing surgical quality. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/publicly-available-hospital-comparison-web-sites-determination-useful-valid-and-appropriate
     December 21, 2014 - and the types of outcomes reported on each Web site, leading to poor reproducibility of rankings for specific

197. Analysis of clinical decision support system malfunctions: a case series and survey. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/analysis-clinical-decision-support-system-malfunctions-case-series-and-survey
     April 29, 2018 - Detailed examination of several specific cases found that software updates, differences in data fields

198. The effect of hospital-acquired Clostridium difficile infection on in-hospital mortality. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-hospital-acquired-clostridium-difficile-infection-hospital-mortality
     April 22, 2011 - Efforts to reduce the burden of disease caused by health care–associated infections have focused on specific

199. The Limits of Safety: Organizations, Accidents and Nuclear Weapons. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/limits-safety-organizations-accidents-and-nuclear-weapons
     July 28, 2013 - In fact, redundancy, decentralized decision making, and many specific safety measures may only increase

200. A national profile of patient safety in U.S. hospitals. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/national-profile-patient-safety-us-hospitals
     April 11, 2011 - The selection of 20 specific PSIs for analysis resulted from choosing those amenable to capture from