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Research Studies is a compilation of published research articles funded by AHRQ or authored by AHRQ researchers.
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1 to 3 of 3 Research Studies DisplayedMueller SK, Yoon C, Schnipper JL
Association of a web-based handoff tool with rates of medical errors.
The researchers implemented a web-based handoff tool and training for health care professionals and evaluated the association of the tool with rates of medical errors in adult medical and surgical patients. They found that implementation of this tool was associated with a significant reduction in rates of medical errors, driven largely by a reduction in errors attributable to communication failure and errors that occurred during end-of-shift handoffs.
AHRQ-funded; HS023331.
Citation: Mueller SK, Yoon C, Schnipper JL .
Association of a web-based handoff tool with rates of medical errors.
JAMA Intern Med 2016 Sep;176(9):1400-2. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.4258.
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Keywords: Medical Errors, Patient Safety, Surgery, Tools & Toolkits, Web-Based
Katsulis Z, Ergai A, Leung WY
Iterative user centered design for development of a patient-centered fall prevention toolkit.
The use of electronic decision support that tailors fall prevention strategy to patient-specific risk factors, known as Fall T.I.P.S (Tailoring Interventions for Patient Safety), has proven to be an effective approach for decreasing hospital falls. A paper version of the Fall T.I.P.S toolkit was developed primarily for hospitals that do not have the resources to implement the electronic solution; however, more work is needed to optimize the effectiveness of the paper version of this tool.
AHRQ-funded; HS023535.
Citation: Katsulis Z, Ergai A, Leung WY .
Iterative user centered design for development of a patient-centered fall prevention toolkit.
Appl Ergon 2016 Sep;56:117-26. doi: 10.1016/j.apergo.2016.03.011.
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Keywords: Falls, Tools & Toolkits, Prevention, Patient Safety, Hospitals
Landrigan CP, Stockwell D, Toomey SL
Performance of the Global Assessment of Pediatric Patient Safety (GAPPS) Tool.
This study's objective was to develop and test the Global Assessment of Pediatric Patient Safety (GAPPS) trigger tool, which measures hospital-wide rates of adverse events (AEs) and preventable AEs. In total, 3,814 medical records were reviewed. It found that both primary and secondary reviewers agreed 92 percent of the time on presence or absence of a suspected AE.
AHRQ-funded; HS020513.
Citation: Landrigan CP, Stockwell D, Toomey SL .
Performance of the Global Assessment of Pediatric Patient Safety (GAPPS) Tool.
Pediatrics 2016 Jun;137(6):pii: e20154076. doi: 10.1542/peds.2015-4076.
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Keywords: Patient Safety, Children/Adolescents, Tools & Toolkits, Adverse Events, Children/Adolescents