2024
The National Healthcare Safety Network’s digital quality measures: CDC’s automated measures for surveillance of patient safety
Shehab N, Alschuler L, McILvenna S, Gonzaga Z, Laing A, deRoode D, Dantes R, Betz K, Zheng S, Abner S, Stutler E, Geimer R, Benin A. The National Healthcare Safety Network’s digital quality measures: CDC’s automated measures for surveillance of patient safety. Journal Of The American Medical Informatics Association 2024, 31: 1199-1205. PMID: 38563821, PMCID: PMC11031211, DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocae064.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.Clostridium InfectionsData CollectionHumansPatient SafetyQuality of Health CareUnited StatesConceptsNational Healthcare Safety NetworkFast Healthcare Interoperability ResourcesPublic health surveillancePatient safetyHealth surveillanceHealthcare facility-onset Clostridioides difficile infectionPrevent patient harmQuality measuresBurden of reportingImprove data collectionPatient harmInteroperability ResourcesPublic healthSafety NetworkHealthData collectionValidity of dataClostridioides difficile infectionVenous thromboembolismCollaborative programSurveillanceNationalHealthcareHarmIncreasing speed
2021
Building an Interactive Geospatial Visualization Application for National Health Care–Associated Infection Surveillance: Development Study
Zheng S, Edwards J, Dudeck M, Patel P, Wattenmaker L, Mirza M, Tejedor S, Lemoine K, Benin A, Pollock D. Building an Interactive Geospatial Visualization Application for National Health Care–Associated Infection Surveillance: Development Study. JMIR Public Health And Surveillance 2021, 7: e23528. PMID: 34328436, PMCID: PMC8367128, DOI: 10.2196/23528.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.Cross InfectionDelivery of Health CareHealth FacilitiesHumansUnited StatesConceptsWeb-enabled systemModel-based systemData setsClinical quality measurementSpecific health care facilityWeb browserVisualization applicationsUser requirementsIntegrated visualizationUser feedbackVisualization technologyMultiple data setsData analystsAdditional usersPrototype versionSubject matter expertsProduction versionUsersVariety of purposesSafety NetworkData displayAnalytic resourcesDevelopment effortsMatter expertsEvent typesHospital capacities and shortages of healthcare resources among US hospitals during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN), March 27–July 14, 2020
Wu H, Soe M, Konnor R, Dantes R, Haass K, Dudeck M, Gross C, Leaptrot D, Sapiano M, Allen-Bridson K, Wattenmaker L, Peterson K, Lemoine K, Tejedor S, Edwards J, Pollock D, Benin A, Network F. Hospital capacities and shortages of healthcare resources among US hospitals during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN), March 27–July 14, 2020. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2021, 43: 1473-1476. PMID: 34167599, PMCID: PMC8280389, DOI: 10.1017/ice.2021.280.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.COVID-19Delivery of Health CareHospitalsHumansPandemicsUnited StatesConceptsNational Healthcare Safety NetworkPrevention's National Healthcare Safety NetworkHospital capacityCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemicDisease 2019 pandemicVentilator usageCase burdenUS hospitalsHealthcare resourcesBed occupancyHealthcare personnelDisease controlSafety NetworkCOVID-19 pandemicHospitalWide variationPandemic
2019
Antimicrobial-resistant pathogens associated with pediatric healthcare-associated infections: Summary of data reported to the National Healthcare Safety Network, 2015–2017
Weiner-Lastinger L, Abner S, Benin A, Edwards J, Kallen A, Karlsson M, Magill S, Pollock D, See I, Soe M, Walters M, Dudeck M. Antimicrobial-resistant pathogens associated with pediatric healthcare-associated infections: Summary of data reported to the National Healthcare Safety Network, 2015–2017. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2019, 41: 19-30. PMID: 31762428, PMCID: PMC8276251, DOI: 10.1017/ice.2019.297.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacterial InfectionsCarbapenemsCatheter-Related InfectionsCatheters, IndwellingCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.ChildChild, PreschoolCross InfectionDrug Resistance, BacterialEnterococcus faecalisEquipment ContaminationEscherichia coliHospitalsHumansInfantInfant, NewbornKlebsiella pneumoniaePneumonia, Ventilator-AssociatedStaphylococcusSurgical Wound InfectionUnited StatesConceptsPediatric healthcare-associated infectionsNational Healthcare Safety NetworkCentral line-associated bloodstream infectionsSurgical site infectionHealthcare-associated infectionsCatheter-associated urinary tract infectionsVentilator-associated pneumoniaAntimicrobial resistance patternsHAI typesPediatric patientsSurgical categoriesResistance patternsDevice-associated HAIsPrevention's National Healthcare Safety NetworkCardiac surgical site infectionsLine-associated bloodstream infectionsNeonatal intensive care unitAbdominal surgical site infectionUrinary tract infectionIntensive care unitPediatric oncology unitPatient care locationsCoagulase-negative staphylococciAntimicrobial-resistant pathogensTract infections