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321. Racial Misclassification and Disparities in Mortality among AI/AN and Other Races, Washington
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     August 01, 2014 - Health status assessment for racial/ethnic groups is often hindered by the lack of complete and accurate … validity and reliability of AI/AN race data in state data systems and increase the availability of accurate … death certificates to The Tribal Registry allows for correction of racial misclassification, and more accurate … upon an existing partnership with the Washington State Department of Health and provided the State an accurate … decrease in MVC rates Slide 29 Correct racial classification is a critical factor in achieving accurate

322. 5. How do we measure our pressure ulcer rates and practices? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2014 - If current data are not available or not accurate, develop a strategy for improving data quality. … pressure ulcers, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) databases will likely become a more accurate … determines whether a comprehensive skin assessment is done on a particular patient, would be the most accurate

323. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     June 15, 2024 - Even if communication between providers is timely and accurate, and appropriate steps are taken to ensure

324. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     January 04, 2024 - The bedside parent may not give an accurate history or may not even know the accurate history. … unique challenges due to non-specific symptoms, delayed presentations, and difficulty in obtaining accurate

325. Clinical Summary: Interventions to Prevent Perinatal Depression (pdf file)
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     Grade: B Risk Assessment There is no accurate screening tool for identifying who is at risk

326. Screening for Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
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     Screening questions are not as accurate as visual acuity testing.

327. Screening for Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Task Force Recommendation (pdf file)
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     There is no evidence that screening by auscultation of the neck to detect carotid bruits is accurate

328. Society of Critical Care Medicine Guidelines on Recognizing and Responding to Clinical Deterioration Outside the ICU: 2023. | PSNet
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     April 24, 2018 - organization-wide rapid response team activation criteria, patient deterioration training , and accurate

329. Screening for Skin Cancer: An Update of the Evidence (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2009 - Conclusion: The limited evidence prevents accurate estimation of the benefits of screening for skin … We evaluated the quality of case– control studies on the following items: accurate ascertainment of … applied equally to both, response rate, diagnostic testing proce­ dures applied equally to each group, accurate … measurement of exposure applied equally to each group, measurement of exposure accurate and applied

330. Evidence Directions for Primary Care Interventions to Prevent Child Maltreatment (pdf file)
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     implemented, difficulties around measuring child maltreatment directly or through proxies impede an accurate

331. PII: S0749-3797(01)00255-0 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2001 - Conclusions: On the basis of the effectiveness of treatment, the availability of accurate and reliable … calculation of the LDL cholesterol level requires a fasting sample to ensure accurate measurement of … triglycerides.18 The Friedewald equation produces in- accurate results when triglyceride levels exceed … TC alone was the least accurate (Table 1). … Accurate global risk assessment is important, because women tend to have higher TC levels but lower CHD

332. Screening For Impaired Visual Acuity In Older Adults: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
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     July 07, 2009 - Screening questions are not as accurate as a visual acuity test.

333. Patient Safety 101 | PSNet
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     March 26, 2025 - , 2024 Measuring patient safety is a complex and evolving field, and achieving accurate

334. The Risks of Absent Interoperability: Medication-Induced Hemolysis in a Patient With a Known Allergy | PSNet
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     April 08, 2019 - The next step in accurate reconciliation is to verify key information and decide if it should be added … The barriers to the rapid and accurate transmission of information are many and beyond the scope of this … The barriers to using transmitted information between hospitals include accurate patient identification

335. Weight and Height Juxtaposition in the Electronic Medical Record Causing an Accidental Medication Overdose | PSNet
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     March 15, 2023 - In pediatric care, accurate assessment of a child’s weight and growth trajectory is critical for determining … By emphasizing the importance of accurate dosage calculations, understanding appropriate patient ranges … Take-Home Points EHR alert notifications should be reviewed and improved to optimize accurate alert notifications

336. Chapter 6. Track Performance with Metrics | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2016 - Rather, multiple sampling events are recommended to ensure accurate conclusions. … This has the advantage of giving an accurate picture of the demographics and VTE risk in the institution … Diagnostic coding is not perfectly accurate, and chart review allows validation of whether the patient

337. Medication Reconciliation Victory After an Avoidable Error | PSNet
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     April 01, 2015 - well as data from direct interviews of patients and/or families appears to be the most logical and accurate … reconciliation in the hospital has reduced medication errors; however, more emphasis should be placed on accurate … When performing medication reconciliation, multiple sources of information should be used to obtain accurate

338. Label Health Care Quality Measures in Plain English | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2016 - consumers and patients know those terms, many do not; still others think they do but do not really have an accurate

339. Maryland Hospitals Revise Medication Reconciliation Process With AHRQ Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2014 - that delineated each discipline's role, the hospitals saw measureable improvement in the collection of accurate

340. Achieving Excellence Across All CG-CAHPS Core Measures: Lessons from Top-Performing Medical Practices (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2014 - 23 Breast Care Specialists of Maine A two-surgeon practice, we take pride in offering timely, accurate