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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42459/psn-pdf
July 31, 2013 - adverse drug event detection in critically ill
patients through screening intensive care unit transfer
summaries … adverse drug event detection in critically ill
patients through screening intensive care unit transfer summaries … This study used screening of ICU transfer summaries to detect these errors.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/danger-discharge-summaries-abbreviations-create-confusion-both-author-and-recipient
March 15, 2017 - Study
Danger in discharge summaries: abbreviations create confusion for both author … Danger in discharge summaries: abbreviations create confusion for both author and recipient. … Danger in discharge summaries: abbreviations create confusion for both author and recipient.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47912/psn-pdf
April 24, 2019 - In this
systematic review, researchers identified several factors related to discharge summaries that … may
adversely impact the safety of discharged patients, including delays in sending discharge summaries
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/866699/psn-pdf
September 11, 2024 - This
summary is part of a series describing AHRQ-funded patient safety research; other summaries focus … scaling-equipped-medication-safety-program-traditional-and-hub-and-spoke-implementation
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-research-summaries
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/physician-reporting-clinically-significant-events-through-computerized-patient-sign-out
January 25, 2023 - November 28, 2012
Why patient summaries in electronic health records do not provide the … July 14, 2010
Accuracy of medication documentation in hospital discharge summaries: a … retrospective analysis of medication transcription errors in manual and electronic discharge summaries
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39915/psn-pdf
December 18, 2014 - improving-quality-discharge-communication-educational-intervention
After an educational intervention, pediatric residents' discharge summaries … readmissions-and-adverse-events-after-discharge
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/adequacy-hospital-discharge-summaries-documenting-tests-pending-results-and-outpatient-follow
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33661/psn-pdf
December 01, 2007 - Moreover, discharge summaries often
lack information that would be essential for providing good follow-up … care, such as discharge medications
(absent from a median of 21% of discharge summaries), pending test … The Joint Commission considers
discharge summaries to be part of the hospital record and requires that … Discharge summaries should be structured with subheadings to organize and highlight the key
information … If the Joint
Commission mandated, for example, that discharge summaries be completed and delivered to
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/48150/psn-pdf
August 21, 2019 - They
analyzed referral documentation and responses received from subspecialists as well as discharge
summaries … Although 82% of referral letters included current medications, only 30% of response letters and discharge
summaries
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40446/psn-pdf
July 02, 2014 - shifting-indirect-patient-care-duties-after-hours-era-work-hours-restrictions
This study found that dictating discharge summaries … shifting-indirect-patient-care-duties-after-hours-era-work-hours-restrictions
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-workload-reduction-quality-residents-discharge-summaries
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/learning-latent-safety-threats-identified-during-simulation-improve-patient-safety
June 10, 2020 - Researchers were then able to issue site-specific and organization-wide standardized dashboards and summaries … January 16, 2025
Patient Safety Research Summaries.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/training-hospital-staff-respond-mass-casualty-incident-summary-evidence-reporttechnology
December 24, 2008 - In: AHRQ Evidence Report Summaries. … In: AHRQ Evidence Report Summaries. … In: AHRQ Evidence Report Summaries.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ahrq-funded-patient-safety-project-highlights-improving-healthcare-safety-engaging-patients
March 22, 2024 - This collection of AHRQ-funded work includes summaries of 53 projects since 2000 that contributed to … January 16, 2025
Patient Safety Research Summaries.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73106/psn-pdf
April 01, 2021 - Figure 1 shows a histogram that depicts the number of days after hospital discharge that
discharge summaries … Discharge summaries are a
key aspect of inpatient-to-outpatient clinician communication and are ideally … Delay in receiving timely discharge
summaries is a patient safety issue because it significantly increases … As the histogram shows, several discharge summaries took
more than a week to be sent to primary care … Figure 1: Histogram tracking number of days post-hospitalization that discharge summaries were sent to
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/systematic-literature-review-and-narrative-synthesis-risks-medical-discharge-letters-patients
June 26, 2019 - In this systematic review, researchers identified several factors related to discharge summaries that … may adversely impact the safety of discharged patients, including delays in sending discharge summaries
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49703/psn-pdf
March 01, 2014 - technologies,
which are still largely works in progress, include, but are not limited to (i) after-visit summaries … After-visit summaries provide patients with a recap of what happened during their clinic visit or
hospitalization … These summaries often include the patient's problem list, diagnostic test results, and
updated medication … The summaries are either printed out for patients or provided
electronically. … professionals
and patients alike will likely struggle with issues such as when and how after-visit summaries
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.84_slideshow.ppt
December 01, 2004 - Communication with Follow-up Physicians
Discharge summaries often delayed and incomplete
In a recent … audit, median delay between discharge and summary generation was 2 weeks
Summaries often do not include … follow-up phone calls to patients by pharmacist after discharge
Reduced ED visits
Automate discharge summaries … Dictated versus database-generated discharge summaries: a randomized clinical trial. … the patient
Highlight changes from discharge
Specifically inform patient on side effects
Discharge summaries
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45730/psn-pdf
December 14, 2016 - in care, insufficient education provided to patients on their medications,
and inadequate discharge summaries … Standardizing discharge summaries, decreasing unnecessary
prescribing, and avoiding polypharmacy were
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41175/psn-pdf
December 31, 2014 - Although
improved discharge summaries address certain gaps in communication, additional strategies are … creating-better-discharge-summary-improvement-quality-and-timeliness-using-electronic
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/adequacy-hospital-discharge-summaries-documenting-tests-pending-results-and-outpatient-follow
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/after-visit-confusion
August 21, 2007 - technologies, which are still largely works in progress, include, but are not limited to (i) after-visit summaries … After-visit summaries provide patients with a recap of what happened during their clinic visit or hospitalization … These summaries often include the patient's problem list, diagnostic test results, and updated medication … The summaries are either printed out for patients or provided electronically. … professionals and patients alike will likely struggle with issues such as when and how after-visit summaries
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/communication-between-primary-and-secondary-care-deficits-and-danger
September 23, 2020 - They analyzed referral documentation and responses received from subspecialists as well as discharge summaries … Although 82% of referral letters included current medications, only 30% of response letters and discharge summaries