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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prescription-drug-overload-critics-fighting-curb-epidemic-medication-side-effects
January 24, 2024 - January 24, 2024
Surgeons must tell patients of double-booked surgeries, new guidelines … June 8, 2011
5 cataract surgeries, 5 people blinded: what went wrong?
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/video-games-can-help-cut-surgical-errors
January 23, 2008 - August 17, 2016
5 cataract surgeries, 5 people blinded: what went wrong? … June 9, 2011
Fires during surgeries a bigger risk than thought.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/surgical-black-box-could-reduce-errors
June 04, 2014 - January 14, 2019
5 cataract surgeries, 5 people blinded: what went wrong? … August 21, 2013
Doctors perform thousands of unnecessary surgeries.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/horror-awakening-during-surgery
October 21, 2010 - June 15, 2014
Surgeons must tell patients of double-booked surgeries, new guidelines … December 22, 2010
Fires during surgeries a bigger risk than thought.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medical-culture-about-errors-may-be-changing
September 19, 2018 - July 6, 2011
Wrong body part, wrong patient surgeries continue despite new procedures … August 6, 2008
'Wrong site' surgeries on the rise.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/bid-better-care-surgery-warranty
August 05, 2008 - August 5, 2008
Surgeons must tell patients of double-booked surgeries, new guidelines … December 22, 2010
MGH halts a pediatric program: Heart surgeries on hold after errors
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/five-hospitals-release-data-inspections
August 24, 2016 - Copy Citation
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5 cataract surgeries … August 27, 2008
Fires during surgeries a bigger risk than thought.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/brigham-and-womens-airing-medical-mistakes
August 24, 2016 - Copy Citation
Related Resources From the Same Author(s)
5 cataract surgeries … August 27, 2008
Fires during surgeries a bigger risk than thought.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/beth-israel-cited-improving-obstetrics-care
August 24, 2016 - Copy Citation
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5 cataract surgeries … August 27, 2008
Fires during surgeries a bigger risk than thought.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/woman-works-end-black-maternal-health-crisis-after-daughter-dies-after-giving-birth
May 27, 2020 - December 6, 2023
As COVID-19 bears down, doctors confront difficult choices on elective surgeries … July 23, 2008
Sponges, surgical instruments miscounted in 13% of surgeries.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/asc/asc-survey-english.pdf
June 02, 2025 - ASCs are facilities
where patients have surgeries, procedures, and treatments and are not expected to … ► Doctors means all physicians (MDs or DOs), podiatrists, dentists, and others who perform surgeries … Communication in the Surgery/Procedure Room
► Are you typically in the surgery/procedure room during surgeries
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/role-radio-frequency-detection-system-embedded-surgical-sponges-preventing-retained-surgical
February 13, 2008 - implementation study, investigators used sponges embedded with radio frequency detection (RFD) in emergency surgeries … May 27, 2009
Sponges, surgical instruments miscounted in 13% of surgeries.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/unplanned-return-theater-quality-care-and-risk-management-index
August 20, 2018 - of delayed diagnosis , researchers examined a retrospective case series of orthopedic and trauma surgeries … The authors advocate for a registry of unplanned return surgeries as a patient safety improvement strategy
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/assessment-incorrect-surgical-procedures-within-and-outside-operating-room-follow-study-us
October 24, 2018 - Commission and National Quality Forum both consider wrong-site, wrong-procedure, and wrong-patient surgeries … This study measured the incidence of incorrect surgeries in Veterans Health Administration medical centers
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/HCUP_Overview/HCUP_Overview/index508.jsp
October 01, 2022 - Are prostate surgeries coded exclusively for men? … Robert would like to study pediatric heart surgeries in children on a national-level. … or more broadly defined surgeries that include diagnostic invasive surgeries
Tools for ICD-9-CM … Tim should use the NIS to conduct this regional analysis on CABG surgeries. … Outpatient surgeries are captured in the SASD.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/861882/psn-pdf
January 31, 2024 - Safety Hazards in Ambulatory Surgery Centers
Additional safety hazards exist for surgeries or procedures … In the United States, more than 25 million surgeries each year are performed in ambulatory settings, … Additionally, educational materials and
tools were developed to address safety in ambulatory care surgeries … Beyond infections and complications from surgeries, researchers have begun to describe deviations from … optimal care in office-based surgeries from both patient and clinician perspectives.
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ssi/ssiapv.html
April 01, 2018 - We began by identifying candidate surgeries among VASQIP data from 2007 through 2009. … As VASQIP surgeries are identified by CPT code and not by ICD-9, we built a map between the two for the … Each type was categorized as to whether it could be consistent with each of the surgeries of interest … For example, a wound swab was considered to be compatible with SSI from any of the candidate surgeries … Three surgeries were missed because the SSI occurred greater than 30 days post-operatively.
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nass/nasscorrections_2022.jsp
January 01, 2022 - CORRECTIONS
Corrections to the National Ambulatory Surgery Sample 2022
Some in-scope ambulatory surgeries … (i.e., in-scope “narrow” surgeries that were started in the emergency department) may be over- or under-represented
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/many-mass-hospitals-will-pay-errors
August 24, 2016 - Copy Citation
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5 cataract surgeries … August 27, 2008
Fires during surgeries a bigger risk than thought.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/wrong-patient-wrong-site-procedures-persist-despite-safety-protocol
April 24, 2013 - June 25, 2008
Sponges, surgical instruments miscounted in 13% of surgeries. … July 6, 2011
Wrong body part, wrong patient surgeries continue despite new procedures