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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 2 of 2 Research Studies DisplayedSlight SP, Seger DL, Franz C
The national cost of adverse drug events resulting from inappropriate medication-related alert overrides in the United States.
Investigators worked to determine the national cost of adverse drug events (ADEs) in the United States in 2014. They used three different regression models. They used a random sample of 40,990 adult inpatients at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston with over 1.6 million medication orders. They extrapolated the medication orders using 2014 National Inpatient Sample (NIS) data. They estimated that out of 78.8 million total medication alerts, 5.5 million medication alerts would have been inappropriately overridden resulting in 196,660 ADEs. They estimated it would have cost between $871 million and $1.8 billion for treating these preventable ADEs in the United States.
AHRQ-funded; HS021094.
Citation: Slight SP, Seger DL, Franz C .
The national cost of adverse drug events resulting from inappropriate medication-related alert overrides in the United States.
J Am Med Inform Assoc 2018 Sep;25(9):1183-88. doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocy066..
Keywords: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Adverse Drug Events (ADE), Adverse Events, Clinical Decision Support (CDS), Health Information Technology (HIT), Healthcare Costs, Medical Errors, Medication
Aldina S, Goldhaber-Fiebert SN, Hannenberg AA
Factors associated with the use of cognitive aids in operating room crises: a cross-sectional study of US hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers.
This study examined organizational context and implementation process factors influencing the use of cognitive aids for OR crises. It found that small facility size was associated with a fourfold increase in the odds of a facility reporting more successful implementation. Completing more implementation steps was also significantly associated with more successful implementation.
AHRQ-funded; HS024235.
Citation: Aldina S, Goldhaber-Fiebert SN, Hannenberg AA .
Factors associated with the use of cognitive aids in operating room crises: a cross-sectional study of US hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers.
Implement Sci 2018 Mar 26;13(1):50. doi: 10.1186/s13012-018-0739-4.
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Keywords: Adverse Events, Ambulatory Care and Surgery, Patient Safety, Quality Improvement, Quality of Care, Hospitals, Shared Decision Making, Clinical Decision Support (CDS)