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1. Using data to improve maternity care in California: research collaborations and future opportunities : symposium summary

Author(s):
Wu, Helen W., author
Kizer, Kenneth W., author
Blaskower, Marjorie, author
Publication:
Sacramento, CA : UC Davis Institute for Population Health Improvement, September 2014
Subject(s):
Maternal Health Services -- standards
Cesarean Section
Elective Surgical Procedures
Hospitals, Maternity -- standards
Quality of Health Care
Risk Assessment
California

2. CDC generally met its inspection goals for the federal select agent program: however, opportunities exist to strengthen oversight

Publication:
[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, May 2017
Subject(s):
Government Regulation
Security Measures
Toxins, Biological
Federal Government
Laboratories -- standards
Risk Assessment
Risk Management
Humans
United States
United States. Department of Health and Human Services.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)

3. Surgical fires: decreasing incidence relies on continued prevention efforts

Author(s):
Burley, Mark E., author
Arnold, Theresa V., author
Finley, Edward, author
Deutsch, Ellen S., author
Treadwell, Jonathan R., author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, June 2018
Subject(s):
Fires -- prevention & control
Fires -- statistics & numerical data
Medical Errors -- prevention & control
Medical Errors -- statistics & numerical data
Medical Errors -- trends
Surgical Procedures, Operative
Forecasting
Patient Safety
Risk Assessment
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

4. Best practices for reducing unplanned acute care for patients with cancer

Author(s):
Handley, Nathan R., author
Schuchter, Lynn M., author
Bekelman, Justin E., author
Publication:
Philadelphia, PA : Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, 2018
Subject(s):
Ambulatory Care
Critical Pathways
Medical Oncology -- methods
Neoplasms -- therapy
Emergency Medical Services
Health Services Accessibility
Hospitalization
Oncology Service, Hospital
Palliative Care
Risk Assessment
Humans
United States

5. Patients taking their own medications while in the hospital

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2012
Subject(s):
Inpatients
Medication Errors -- prevention & control
Medication Systems, Hospital -- organization & administration
Ownership
Pharmaceutical Preparations -- administration & dosage
Self Administration
Documentation
Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions
Patient Education as Topic
Risk Assessment
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

7. Results of the PA-HEN organization assessment of safe practices for a class of high-alert medications

Author(s):
Grissinger, Matthew, author
Lamis, Rebecca L., author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, [2013]
Subject(s):
Analgesics, Opioid -- therapeutic use
Medical Order Entry Systems
Medication Errors -- prevention & control
Patient Care Team
Patient safety
Analgesia, Patient-Controlled
Analgesics, Opioid -- adverse effects
Monitoring, Physiologic
Nursing Assessment
Pain Measurement
Practice Guidelines as Topic -- standards
Risk Assessment
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

8. Skin integrity, immobility, and pressure ulcers in class III obese patients

Author(s):
Gardner, Lea Anne, author
Pagano, Maryann, author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, [2013]
Subject(s):
Immobilization -- adverse effects
Obesity -- complications
Pressure Ulcer -- etiology
Pressure Ulcer -- prevention & control
Skin -- pathology
Skin Care -- methods
Bariatric Medicine -- instrumentation
Communication
Hygiene
Inservice Training
Obesity, Morbid -- complications
Patient Positioning
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

9. The effect of predictive analytics-driven interventions on healthcare utilization

Author(s):
David, Guy, author
Smith-McLallen. Aaron, author
Ukert, Benjamin, author
Publication:
Philadelphia, PA : Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, 2019
Subject(s):
Algorithms
Data Science
Facilities and Services Utilization -- statistics & numerical data
Heart Failure -- therapy
Risk Assessment
Emergency Medical Services -- statistics & numerical data
Hospitalization -- statistics & numerical data
Medicare Part C
Office Visits -- statistics & numerical data
Risk
Humans
United States

14. Are age-62/63 retired worker beneficiaries at risk?

Publication:
Chestnut Hill, MA : Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, c2009
Subject(s):
Insurance Benefits
Insurance, Health
Retirement -- economics
Social Security
Age Factors
Demography
Eligibility Determination
Employment
Health Status
Health Surveys
Insurance Coverage
Longitudinal Studies
Medicaid
Middle Aged
Poverty
Risk Assessment
Socioeconomic Factors
Humans
United States

15. New evidence on the risk of requiring long-term care

Author(s):
Friedberg, Leora, author
Hou, Wenliang, author
Sun, Wei, author
Webb, Anthony, author
Li, Zhenyu, author
Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, author.
Publication:
Chestnut Hill, MA : Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, November 2014
Subject(s):
Health Services Needs and Demand
Insurance, Long-Term Care
Long-Term Care -- statistics & numerical data
Long-Term Care -- utilization
Models, Statistical
Risk Assessment
Aged
Health Care Surveys
Health Status
Female
Humans
Male
United States

16. Veterans' health care: limited progress made to address concerns that led to high-risk designation : testimony before the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. Senate

Publication:
Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Accountability Office, March 15, 2017
Subject(s):
Risk Assessment
Risk Management
Veterans Health
Efficiency, Organizational
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Humans
United States
United States. Department of Veterans Affairs.

17. When the nest egg cracks: financial consequences of health problems, marital status changes, and job layoffs at older ages

Publication:
Chestnut Hill, MA : Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, c2005
Subject(s):
Employment -- economics
Health Status
Marital Status
Personnel Downsizing -- economics
Aged
Disability Evaluation
Employment -- statistics & numerical data
Frail Elderly
Health Services Needs and Demand
Long-Term Care
Marital Status -- statistics & numerical data
Middle Aged
Personnel Downsizing -- statistics & numerical data
Risk Assessment
Self Concept
Socioeconomic Factors
Unemployment -- statistics & numerical data
Humans
United States

21. Examining the drivers of readmissions and reducing unnecessary readmissions for better patient care

Publication:
Washington, D.C. : American Hospital Association, [2011]
Subject(s):
Patient Readmission -- statistics & numerical data
Quality Indicators, Health Care
Quality of Health Care
Comorbidity
Follow-Up Studies
Insurance, Health
Medicaid
Medicare
Mortality
Patient Discharge
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Socioeconomic Factors
Humans
United States
United States.

22. Management of unanticipated difficult intubation

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2010
Subject(s):
Intubation, Intratracheal -- methods
Patient Care Management -- methods
Airway Obstruction
Anesthesiology -- instrumentation
Anesthesiology -- methods
Emergency Medical Services -- methods
Hypoxia -- prevention & control
Intubation, Intratracheal -- instrumentation
Laryngeal Masks
Positive-Pressure Respiration -- instrumentation
Positive-Pressure Respiration -- methods
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Humans
United States

23. Skin and soft-tissue infections in long-term care

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2011
Subject(s):
Health Services for the Aged
Long-Term Care
Skin Care
Skin Diseases, Infectious -- prevention & control
Skin Diseases, Infectious -- therapy
Soft Tissue Infections -- prevention & control
Soft Tissue Infections -- therapy
Staphylococcal Skin Infections -- prevention & control
Staphylococcal Skin Infections -- therapy
Streptococcal Infections -- prevention & control
Streptococcal Infections -- therapy
Aged
Cellulitis -- prevention & control
Cellulitis -- therapy
Evidence-Based Medicine
Nursing Homes
Pressure Ulcer -- prevention & control
Pressure Ulcer -- therapy
Risk Assessment
Humans
United States

24. Diagnostic ionizing radiation and pregnancy: is there a concern?

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2008
Subject(s):
Diagnostic Imaging -- adverse effects
Diagnostic Imaging -- methods
Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation
Embryo, Mammalian -- radiation effects
Fetus -- radiation effects
Pregnancy -- radiation effects
Radiation Dosage
Radiation Injuries -- etiology
Radiation, Ionizing
Abnormalities, Radiation-Induced -- prevention & control
Counseling
Gestational Age
Maternal Exposure
Medical Errors -- prevention & control
Pregnancy Outcome
Risk Assessment
Female
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

29. Aligning services with needs: characterizing the pyramid of complexity tiering for children with chronic and complex conditions

Author(s):
Stille, Christopher J., author
Antonelli, Richard C., author
Spencer, Karen, author
Forlenza, Eileen, author
Marsh, Rebekah, author
Mukherjee, Debjani, author
Tomcho, Margaret, author
Schiff, Jeff, author
Wells, Nora, author
Perrin, James M., author
Publication:
Palo Alto, CA : Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health, February 2018
Subject(s):
Child Health Services
Chronic Disease
Delivery of Health Care, Integrated
Disabled Children
Health Services Needs and Demand
Mental Disorders
Mental Health Services
Adolescent
Behavioral Medicine
Child
Family
Insurance, Health, Reimbursement
Risk Assessment
Social Determinants of Health
Humans
United States

30. Climate change: information on potential economic effects could help guide federal efforts to reduce fiscal exposure : report to Congressional requesters

Publication:
Washington, DC : United States Government Accountability Office, September 2017
Subject(s):
Climate Change -- economics
Global Warming -- economics
Models, Economic
Agriculture
Crime
Electric Power Supplies
Environment
Greenhouse Effect
Greenhouse Gases -- adverse effects
Health
Natural Resources
Risk Assessment
Humans
United States

31. Medicare and Medicaid: CMS needs to fully align its antifraud efforts with the fraud risk framework : report to Congressional addressees

Publication:
Washington, DC : United States Government Accountability Office, December 2017
Subject(s):
Fraud -- prevention & control
Health Insurance Exchanges
Medicaid
Medicare
Risk Assessment
Risk Management
Fraud -- economics
Humans
United States
United States. Department of Health and Human Services.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (U.S.)
State Children's Health Insurance Program (U.S.)

32. Falls rates improved in Southeastern Pennsylvania: the impact of a regional initiative to standardize falls reporting

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2012
Subject(s):
Accidental Falls -- prevention & control
Accidental Falls -- statistics & numerical data
Documentation -- standards
Interinstitutional Relations
Mandatory Reporting
Patient safety
Regional Medical Programs -- organization & administration
Aged
Data Collection -- methods
Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions
Health Care Surveys
Hospitals
Risk Assessment
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

33. Analysis of the multiple risks involving the use of IV fentaNYL

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2012
Subject(s):
Analgesics, Opioid -- administration & dosage
Analgesics, Opioid -- adverse effects
Analgesics, Opioid -- therapeutic use
Anesthetics, Intravenous -- administration & dosage
Anesthetics, Intravenous -- adverse effects
Anesthetics, Intravenous -- therapeutic use
Fentanyl -- administration & dosage
Fentanyl -- adverse effects
Fentanyl -- therapeutic use
Medication Errors -- prevention & control
Analgesia, Patient-Controlled
Infusions, Intravenous -- adverse effects
Pain Management -- methods
Risk Assessment
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

34. Healthcare outbreaks: risk assessment and mitigation based on pathogen, population, and environmental factors : the P2E concept

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2013
Subject(s):
Communicable Disease Control
Communicable Diseases -- epidemiology
Disease Outbreaks -- prevention & control
Environment
Population Surveillance -- methods
Risk Assessment
Streptococcal Infections -- epidemiology
Streptococcal Infections -- prevention & control
Streptococcus pyogenes
Humans
United States

36. Class III obese patients: the effect of gait and immobility on patient falls

Author(s):
Gardner, Lea Anne, author
Pagano, Maryann, author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, [2013]
Subject(s):
Accidental Falls -- prevention & control
Accidental Falls -- statistics & numerical data
Gait
Mobility Limitation
Obesity -- complications
Moving and Lifting Patients -- instrumentation
Moving and Lifting Patients -- methods
Patient Care Team
Patient safety
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Transportation of Patients -- methods
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

38. Assessment tools help diagnose obstructive sleep apnea

Author(s):
Wallace, Susan C., author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, December 2014
Subject(s):
Diagnostic Tests, Routine
Mass Screening
Postoperative Complications -- diagnosis
Preoperative Care
Risk Assessment
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive -- complications
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive -- diagnosis
Surveys and Questionnaires
Nurse's Role
Patient safety
Postoperative Complications -- prevention & control
Risk Factors
Surgical Procedures, Operative
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

44. Surgical fires: trends associated with prevention efforts

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2012
Subject(s):
Fires -- prevention & control
Surgical Procedures, Operative -- methods
Surgical Procedures, Operative -- trends
Academies and Institutes -- organization & administration
Databases, Factual
Disclosure
Fires -- statistics & numerical data
Guideline Adherence
Guidelines as Topic
Operating Rooms -- organization & administration
Risk Assessment
Safety Management
Surgical Procedures, Operative -- adverse effects
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

45. Wrong-patient medication errors: an analysis of event reports in Pennsylvania and strategies for prevention

Author(s):
Yang, Annie, author
Grissinger, Matthew, author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, [2013]
Subject(s):
Electronic Prescribing
Medical Order Entry Systems
Medication Errors -- prevention & control
Medication Errors -- statistics & numerical data
Medication Systems, Hospital
Patient Identification Systems
Prescriptions
Risk Assessment
Self-Assessment
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States