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1761. Sustainability | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability.html
      June 01, 2017 - Sustainability Toolkit To Improve Safety in Ambulatory Surgery Centers It is important to build in plans for sustainment when starting an implementation project. The resources below can help your ambulatory surgery center integrate sustainment activities into the project. Training and Tools for Sustaining I…

1762. Final Progress Report: Central Venous Catheter (CVC)–Related Bloodstream Infections in Pediatric Cancer (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/secola-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - a new oncology diagnosis, routine chemotherapy/radiation therapy treatment, or a non-infectious surgical

1763. Final Progress Report: Health Journalism 2007, National Conference On Health Care Journalism (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-03/bruzzese1-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - People who visited USC Health Sciences saw a demonstration of the retinal implant and visited the surgical

1764. The National Action Alliance to Advance Patient Safety Summer Webinar Series - PowerPoint Presentation (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/action-alliance/public-action-alliance-slides-040323_LOCKED.pdf
      May 25, 2023 - patients hospitalized improved for: ► acute myocardial infarction, ► heart failure ► pneumonia ► major surgical

1765. Safe Medication Administration: Oxytocin | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/labor-delivery/perinatal-care/modules/strategies/medication/tool-safe-oxytocin.html
      July 01, 2023 - In obstetrical emergencies where benefit-to-risk ratio favors surgical intervention.

1766. Hospital Deaths for Common Heart Conditions Increased While Hospitalizations Decreased During the First Year of COVID-19 (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/qdr-data-spotlight-heart-failure-hospital.pdf
      July 01, 2023 - of heart valve diseases, such as mitral valve regurgitation or aortic valve stenosis, often require surgical

1767. 2018 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report: Appendix A (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2018qdr-appa2.pdf
      January 01, 2018 - population -14.92 0.1 0.09 NAMCS_N HAMCS 4 (2011- 2014) Patients with colon cancer who received surgical

1768. Background Report for the Request for Public Comment on Initial, Recommended Core Set of Children's Healthcare Quality Measures for Voluntary Use by Medicaid and CHIP Programs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/overview/background/next-steps2.html
      December 01, 2009 - report a pooled mean of CLABSI rates and central line utilization ratios of 2.9 in pediatric medical/surgical

1769. Information to Help Hospitals Get Started (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/howtogetstarted/How_to_Use_Guide_508.docx
      April 05, 2013 - At Advocate Trinity Hospital in Chicago, IL, the clinical manager of a medical-surgical unit was responsible

1770. Improving the Value of Patient Safety Reporting Systems (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Pronovost_95.pdf
      June 12, 2008 - An event that causes harm is typically called an adverse event (e.g., retained surgical instrument);

1771. A Model of Care Delivery to Reduce Falls in a Major Cancer Center (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Kline_32.pdf
      March 03, 2008 - Unfortunately, when serious injury (e.g., hip fracture) occurs, surgical repair is necessary, the patient

1772. Systems-Based Practice: Improving the Safety and Quality of Patient Care by Recognizing and Improving the Systems in Which We Work (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Johnson_90.pdf
      June 10, 2008 - Examples include a cardiovascular surgical care team, a community-based outpatient care center, and

1773. Strategies for Improving Patient Safety in Small Rural Hospitals (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Tupper_73.pdf
      March 20, 2008 - For instance, rural hospitals rarely provide intensive surgical services, such as cardiovascular, neurologic

1774. High-Hanging Fruit: Improving Transitions in Health Care (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol3/Advances-Perry_49.pdf
      March 27, 2008 - Patterns of communication breakdowns resulting in injury to surgical patients.

1775. Final Progress Report: Using an Electronic Health Record to Examine Nurse Continuity and Pressure Ulcers (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/stifter-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - two large community, one university, and one small community setting with units composed of medical-surgical … Educational levels of hospital nurses and surgical patient mortality.

1776. Final Progress Report: Producing Evidence: Coordination within a Multiteam System Makes Healthcare Safer (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/jones2-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Association between implementation of a medical team training program and surgical mortality. … Evaluating efforts to optimize TeamSTEPPS implementation in surgical and pediatric intensive care units

1777. Final Progress Report: Emergency Department Overcrowding and Quality of Acute Asthma Care for Children (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-10/sills-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - independently for each day of 2006 and included: • Number of medical elective admissions • Number of surgical … Validity of unplanned admission to an intensive care unit as a measure of patient safety in surgical

1778. Morning Briefing and Shadowing (Transcript) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/toolkit/content-calls/briefing.html
      April 01, 2013 - about plans of care, who was more affable and they would go to that person, so that one member of our surgical … for a 8-hour shift and do the last 4 hours or the first 4 hours, especially if we get -- even with surgical

1779. Final Topic Refinement Document - Role of Liquid Biopsy in Detection and Management of Cancer in the Medicare Population (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/ta/topicrefinement/liquid-biopsy-topicrefinement.pdf
      July 29, 2021 - Compared to a tissue biopsy, which requires a surgical or image guided procedure to obtain a tissue … preferred in many situations, particularly because patients may anyway require an excision of a mass and a surgical … selection in late-stage cancer patients, followed by therapeutic monitoring applications (e.g., post-surgical

1780. Evaluation and Research on Antimicrobial Stewardship's Effect on Clostridium difficile (ERASE C. difficile) Project: toolkit (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/cdifftoolkit.pdf
      September 01, 2012 - attributable risk [high volume of use, but an OR that may not be as high]) is found to be used primarily for surgical … Strategies to address surgical prophylaxis choices or automatic stop orders may be appropriate to address … Are they used for surgical prophylaxis (see box B: 4) 3. … antibiotics or for appropriate length (may have external validated measure such as CMS core measures for surgical