Article-at-a-Glance Background Postdischarge safety is an area that has long been
neglected. Recent studies from the United States and Canada found that about one in five …

This study was performed to determine whether patients who sustain an intertrochanteric
fracture have better outcomes when stabilized using a sliding hip screw or an intramedullary …

The authors estimated the impact of potentially preventable patient safety events, identi-fied
by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs), on …

Objective: To assess the utility of data already existing within hospitals for monitoring patient
safety. Setting: An acute hospital in southern England. Design: Mapping of data sources …

BACKGROUND: Electronic clinical knowledge support systems have decreased barriers to
answering clinical questions but there is little evidence as to whether they have an impact on …

Objective: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) developed 20 patient
safety indicators (PSIs) to identify potentially preventable complications of acute inpatient …

OBJECTIVE: To determine the magnitude and importance of declines in model performance
associated with altering the data source and time frame from which comorbid conditions …

Background: Efforts to identify hospital-acquired complications from claims data by applying
exclusion rules to discharge diagnosis codes exhibit low positive predictive value (PPV) …

We use the implementation of a new prospective payment system (PPS) for inpatient
rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) to investigate the effect of changes in marginal and average …

Abstract Background The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Patient
Safety Indicators (PSIs) provide information on hospital risk-adjusted rates for potentially …