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May 01, 2022 - They studied six preventive services: blood cholesterol, colorectal cancer, and blood pressure screenings … eligibility for Medicare, use of preventive services increased, including for influenza vaccinations, blood … pressure screenings and mammograms.
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February 01, 2023 - primary care practices can improve heart health by counseling patients on aspirin use, focusing on blood … pressure control, improving cholesterol management, and continuing the push against smoking. … interviewing training to help primary care practices improve the use of patient self-monitoring of blood … pressure and encourage greater use of state quit-smoking phone lines and other smoking cessation supports
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November 01, 2022 - Blood pressure control rose 1.6 percent, despite a national decline in blood pressure control over this
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February 01, 2021 - patients by almost 7 percent; increased cholesterol management by more than 6 percent; and increased blood … pressure control by nearly 3 percent. … While the improvement in blood pressure control appears small, it was accomplished during a period when
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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressure_ulcer_prevention/module2/module2_managingchange_slides.pptx
November 20, 2014 - How To Manage Change
How To Manage Change
ADD Hospital Name
Module 2
QI Change Process
Change process strategies can be applied to other quality improvement (QI) efforts:
Hospital falls
Catheter-associated urinary tract infections
Deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism after knee and hip replacement
Blood inco…
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October 01, 2023 - Skip to main content
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May 20, 2016 - Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety
1 Tool D.4g
Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
PSI 10: Postoperative Physiologic and Metabolic Derangement
Why Focus on Postoperative Phys…
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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/876.html
August 01, 2023 - postpartum care recently included:
A study published in Obstetrics and Gynecology on postpartum home blood … pressure monitoring, also based on the systematic review, found postpartum home monitoring significantly … reduced the risk of unplanned hypertension-related hospital admissions and cut racial disparities in blood … pressure data collection by nearly half.
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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/AHRQgraphic_EHRdata_phase.pdf
December 01, 2018 - 42%
produced quality measure
reports on smoking cessation
59%
produced quality measure
reports on blood … pressure
control
55%
RELATING TO HEART HEALTH
27%
had 3 or fewer years of experience with an EHR
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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/pfphac.pdf
September 01, 2014 - Methods To Estimate the Baseline 2010 PFP National Hospital-Acquired Condition Rate
This document describes the methods AHRQ used to estimate the national rate of hospital-acquired conditions
(HACs) for the Partnership for Patients (PFP) program. The estimate includes a wide variety of adverse events,
including the…
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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4p_combo_pdi02-pressureulcer-bestpractices.pdf
January 01, 2012 - Consider specifically including the following in organizational protocols:
o Pediatric blood pressure
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January 01, 2003 - Daily Goals Checklist
Problem statement: Clear communication among health care providers is paramount. Communication failures lead to patient harm, increased length of stay, provider dissatisfaction, and staff turnover. Effective communication is particularly important in the unit if complicated care plans are to be …
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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/system/delivery-system-initiative/rodriguez/rodriguez.pptx
September 05, 2012 - Effects
Change Over Time Results
Intermediate Outcomes of Diabetes Care
Hemoglobin A1c
LDL-Cholesterol
Blood … pressure
Patients’ Experiences of Care
CG-CAHPS Communication (k=6)
Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness … Outcomes Summary
Clinical Outcomes:
Improved LDL-C control for the MA arm (8.4% points)
Improved blood … pressure control for CHW arm (6.1% points)
Patient Experience:
More improvement (7.6 points) in patients … pressure for CHW; LDL-C for MA panel manager) in the short run (1 year)
First multi-site intervention
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June 05, 2016 - Introduction to the Quality Indicators Best Practices Tool
Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety
i Tool D.4
Introduction to the Quality Indicators Best Practices Tool
What is the purpose of this tool? The purpose of this tool is to provide:
• Detailed descr…
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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/evidence/cholesterol.html
March 01, 2021 - Heart Health
Evidence for Advancing Heart Health
Aspirin Use Evidence and Resources
Blood … Pressure Control Evidence and Resources
Cholesterol Management Evidence and Resources
Smoking
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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/health-literacy/professional-training/shared-decision/workshop/mod2-slides.html
September 01, 2020 - Health Care Program Web site—Landing page for the Consumer Summary titled "Choosing Medicines for High Blood … Pressure: A Review of the Research on ACEIs, ARBs, and DRIs" Slide 55: Image of the Effective Health … For example, high blood pressure and high serum cholesterol levels may not cause alarm or lifestyle change … Pressure: A Review of the Research on ACEIs, ARBs, and DRIs"
Slide Content:
(Image of the Effective … Pressure: A Review of the Research on ACEIs, ARBs, and DRIs.")
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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/diagnostic-excellence-grants/index.html
June 01, 2023 - current evidence, diagnostic practices, and outcomes for the problems of unintentional weight loss, high blood … pressure, and sepsis. … the clinical problems above, based on analysis of EHR data; existing evidence, including from a home blood … pressure monitoring screening study; and input and consensus among clinicians and patients.
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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/research/grants-2022.html
March 01, 2024 - current evidence, diagnostic practices, and outcomes for the problems of unintentional weight loss, high blood … pressure, and sepsis. … the clinical problems above, based on analysis of EHR data; existing evidence, including from a home blood … pressure monitoring screening study; and input and consensus among clinicians and patients.