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Tailoring an educational program on the AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators to meet stakeholder needs: lessons learned in the VA by Shin, Marlena H, Rivard, Peter E, Shwartz, Michael, Borzecki, Ann, Yaksic, Enzo, Stolzmann, Kelly, Zubkoff, Lisa, Rosen, Amy K

“…Given that patient safety measures are increasingly used for public reporting and pay-for performance, it is important for stakeholders to understand how to…”
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Applying the High Reliability Health Care Maturity Model to Assess Hospital Performance: A VA Case Study by Sullivan, Jennifer L., Rivard, Peter E., Shin, Marlena H., Rosen, Amy K.

“…The lack of a tool for categorizing and differentiating hospitals according to their high reliability organization (HRO)–related characteristics has hindered…”
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Validity of Selected AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators Based on VA National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Data by Romano, Patrick S., Mull, Hillary J., Rivard, Peter E., Zhao, Shibei, Henderson, William G., Loveland, Susan, Tsilimingras, Dennis, Christiansen, Cindy L., Rosen, Amy K.

“…Objectives. To examine the criterion validity of the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ) Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) using clinical data…”
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Development of an Adverse Event Surveillance Model for Outpatient Surgery in the Veterans Health Administration by Mull, Hillary J., Itani, Kamal M. F., Pizer, Steven D., Charns, Martin P., Rivard, Peter E., McIntosh, Nathalie, Hawn, Mary T., Rosen, Amy K.

“…Objective Develop and validate a surveillance model to identify outpatient surgical adverse events (AEs) based on previously developed electronic triggers…”
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Caveats for high reliability in healthcare by Martelli, Peter F, Rivard, Peter E, Roberts, Karlene H

“…Purpose Given the pace of industry change and the rapid diffusion of high reliability organization (HRO) approaches, lags and divergences have arisen between…”
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Identifying Risks and Opportunities in Outpatient Surgical Patient Safety: A Qualitative Analysis of Veterans Health Administration Staff Perceptions by Mull, Hillary J., Rosen, Amy K., Charns, Martin P., Itani, Kamal M.F., Rivard, Peter E.

“…Little is known about patient safety risks in outpatient surgery. Inpatient surgical adverse events (AEs) risk factors include patient- (e.g., advanced age),…”
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Comparing definitions of outpatient surgery: Implications for quality measurement by Mull, Hillary J, Rivard, Peter E, Legler, Aaron, Pizer, Steven D, Hawn, Mary T, Itani, Kamal M.F, Rosen, Amy K

“…Abstract Background Adverse event (AE) rates in outpatient surgery are inconsistently reported, partly because of the lack of a standard definition of…”
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Defining Outpatient Surgery: Perspectives of Surgical Staff in the Veterans Health Administration by Mull, Hillary J, Rosen, Amy K, Rivard, Peter E, Itani, Kamal M F

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Improving Patient Care Through Leadership Engagement with Frontline Staff: A Department of Veterans Affairs Case Study by Singer, Sara J., Rivard, Peter E., Hayes, Jennifer E., Shokeen, Priti, Gaba, David, Rosen, Amy

“…Leveraging Frontline Expertise (LFLE) is a patient safety intervention for engaging senior managers with the work-systems challenges faced by frontline workers…”
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Enhancing Patient Safety through Organizational Learning: Are Patient Safety Indicators a Step in the Right Direction? by Rivard, Peter E., Rosen, Amy K., Carroll, John S.

“…Objective. To assess the potential contribution of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) to organizational learning…”
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Using Patient Safety Indicators to Estimate the Impact of Potential Adverse Events on Outcomes by Rivard, Peter E., Luther, Stephen L., Christiansen, Cindy L., Shibei Zhao, Loveland, Susan, Elixhauser, Anne, Romano, Patrick S., Rosen, Amy K.

“…The authors estimated the impact of potentially preventable patient safety events, identi- fied by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Patient…”
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The Nature and Severity of Adverse Events in Select Outpatient Surgical Procedures in the Veterans Health Administration by Mull, Hillary J, Itani, Kamal M F, Charns, Martin P, Pizer, Steven D, Rivard, Peter E, Hawn, Mary T, Rosen, Amy K

“…Research on adverse events (AEs) in outpatient surgery has been limited. As part of a Veterans Health Administration (VA) project on AE surveillance, we…”
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Testing the Association Between Patient Safety Indicators and Hospital Structural Characteristics in VA and Nonfederal Hospitals by Rivard, Peter E., Elixhauser, Anne, Christiansen, Cindy L., Shibei Zhao, Rosen, Amy K.

“…This study tested the association between hospital structural characteristics—teaching status, bedsize, and nurse staffing—and potentially preventable adverse…”
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Examining the Validity of AHRQ’s Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs): Is Variation in PSI Composite Score Related to Hospital Organizational Factors? by Shin, Marlena H., Sullivan, Jennifer L., Rosen, Amy K., Solomon, Jeffrey L., Dunn, Edward J., Shimada, Stephanie L., Hayes, Jennifer, Rivard, Peter E.

“…Increasing use of Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) for hospital performance measurement intensifies the need to…”
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Quality improvement for patient safety: Project-level versus program-level learning by Rivard, Peter E., Parker, Victoria A., Rosen, Amy K.

“…Improving quality and patient safety is of increasing strategic importance to health care organizations. However, simply increasing the volume of quality…”
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Development of trigger tools for surveillance of adverse events in ambulatory surgery by Kaafarani, Haytham M A, Rosen, Amy K, Nebeker, Jonathan R, Shimada, Stephanie, Mull, Hillary J, Rivard, Peter E, Savitz, Lucy, Helwig, Amy, Shin, Marlena H, Itani, Kamal M F

“…The trigger tool methodology uses clinical algorithms applied electronically to 'flag' medical records where adverse events (AEs) have most likely occurred…”
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Partnering With VA Stakeholders to Develop a Comprehensive Patient Safety Data Display: Lessons Learned From the Field by Chen, Qi, Shin, Marlena H., Chan, Jeffrey A., Sullivan, Jennifer L., Borzecki, Ann M., Shwartz, Michael, Rivard, Peter E., Hatoun, Jonathan, Rosen, Amy K.

“…Health care systems are increasingly burdened by the large numbers of safety measures currently being reported. Within the Veterans Administration (VA), most…”
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Moving the Needle on Measurement of Patient Safety: The Evolving Role of the Agency for Healthcare and Quality (AHRQ) Patient Safety Indicators by Rosen, Amy K., Rivard, Peter E.

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Consensus Building for Development of Outpatient Adverse Drug Event Triggers by Mull, Hillary J., Nebeker, Jonathan R., Shimada, Stephanie L., Kaafarani, Haytham M. A., Rivard, Peter E., Rosen, Amy K.

“…OBJECTIVES:Adverse drug event (ADE) detection is an important priority of patient safety research. Trigger tools have been developed to help identify ADEs. As…”
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Assessing the Potential Adoption and Usefulness of Concurrent, Action-Oriented, Electronic Adverse Drug Event Triggers Designed for the Outpatient Setting by Rivard, Peter E, Rosen, Amy K, Shimada, Stephanie L, Mull, Hillary J, Shanahan, Christopher W, Helwig, Amy, Nordberg, Brian, Savitz, Lucy A, Long, Brenna, Nebeker, Jonathan R, Hoffman, Jennifer M, Leecaster, Molly

“…Background: Adverse drug event (ADE) detection is an important priority for patient safety research. Trigger tools have been developed to help identify ADEs…”
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