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261. TeamSTEPPS® Instructor Manual: Specialty Scenarios | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2014 - At 16 hours into her stay, the patient's blood pressure begins to drop. … She is expecting a new admission to be arriving momentarily from Labor and Delivery and has medications

262. Strategies to Improve Communication Between Pharmacists and Patients (ppt file)
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     January 01, 2010 - them to share an experience during which a patient had difficulty understanding something about their medications … Low Literacy and Medication Use  Ability to identify their own medications 12-18 x greater odds  … Several studies have assessed patients’ understanding of their medications. … Things Clearly in Plain Language Slow down the pace of your speech Use plain, non-medical language “Blood … pressure pill” instead of “antihypertensive” Pay attention to patient’s own terms and use them back

263. AHRQ Impact Case Studies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2024 - Skip to main content An official website of the Department of Health and Human Services Careers Contact Us Español FAQs Search all AHRQ sites Search small Search Menu …

264. AHRQ Impact Case Studies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2024 - Skip to main content An official website of the Department of Health and Human Services Careers Contact Us Español FAQs Search all AHRQ sites Search small Search Menu …

265. Approach to Residents With Reported Penicillin Allergy (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2021 - within minutes to hours after antibiotic start • Angioedema (face swelling), wheezing, hives, low blood … pressure � Rash consisting of blisters, skin peeling, and/or involvement of mucous membranes • Suggests

266. Methods To Estimate the Baseline 2010 PFP National Hospital-Acquired Condition Rate | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - Skip to main content An official website of the Department of Health and Human Services Careers Contact Us Español FAQs Search all AHRQ sites Search small Search Menu …

267. A Visual Computer Interface Concept for Making Error Reporting Useful at the Point of Care (pdf file)
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     April 04, 2008 - pressure medication by phone. … She sees her primary doctor every 3 months and is on various appropriate medications, including quinapril … At today’s visit to the primary doctor’s office, the doctor notices that her blood pressure is above … The doctor reviews the chart and finds no documented change in any blood pressure medication. … pressure and increased the dose of quinapril from 10 mg to 20 mg daily and also prescribed a 6-month

268. AHRQ Views Blog: Seizing the Opportunity To Improve Healthcare for All | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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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.

269. INTEGRATING CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE RISK CALCULATORS INTO PRIMARY CARE (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2022 - CVD Risk Calculators Can Improve Care Clinicians can estimate CVD risk based on cholesterol and blood … pressure results alone or by counting known risk factors – but studies have found that these types … additional information is considered, such as a person’s age, sex, total HDL and LDL cholesterol, blood … pressure, history of diabetes and smoking, and current treatment with cholesterol and blood pressure … video on the next page. 5 TIP: Each intervention (including statins to reduce cholesterol, blood-pressure

270. Smoking Cessation Evidence and Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     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 … of smoking, health benefits of quitting smoking, and the effectiveness of behavioral counseling and medications

271. 2014-Women-Chartbook (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2014 - For example, only half of people with high blood pressure have it controlled. … Admissions With Hypertension  Importance: About 70 million American adults (29%) have high blood pressure … High blood pressure costs the Nation $46 billion each year. … This total includes the cost of health care services, medications to treat high blood pressure, and … For people age 65 and over, high blood pressure affects more women than men (Mozzafarian, et al., 2015

272. Making Patients Part of Conversations About Their Care: Integrating Patient-Generated Health Data into Electronic Health Records | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2022 - With encouragement from his family, he checks his blood pressure daily using a digital blood pressure

273. The Emergency Department & Catheter Insertions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - His physician removes the catheter, but now he is having urinary retention related to pain medications … Few days later, he develops fever and his blood pressure drops.

274. New Models of Primary Care Workforce and Financing - Case Example #2: The Health Center (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2016 - Examples of situations that prompt outreach efforts include hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels higher than 9, blood … pressure higher than 140/90 mm Hg, and need for followup after hospital and emergency room visits. … If new medications are needed from the ADU, an offsite pharmacist approves the release of medications … This reduces the need for patients to drive to pick up medications, especially for multiple medications … The reports compare metrics for blood pressure control, HbA1c, hospitalizations, and emergency room

275. Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit, Third Edition (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2024 - Hypertension OR High Blood Pressure c. Blood Glucose OR Blood Sugar d. You have the flu. … Option 2 – High Blood Pressure c. Option 2 – Blood Sugar d. Option 1 – You have the flu. e.

276. Mutual Support: Obstetric Hemorrhage - PowerPoint Presentation
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     July 01, 2023 - Williams has a heart rate of 126 and blood pressure of 102/56. … Williams is still having vaginal bleeding, her blood pressure has dropped to 102/56, and she is tachycardic … Williams is still having vaginal bleeding, her blood pressure has now dropped to 102/56, and she is tachycardic … I immediately went to see her when her blood pressure began dropping. 36 36 L&D Director Dr. … I immediately went to see her when her blood pressure began dropping.” 36 Obstetric Hemorrhage DESCR

277. Five hours in the PACU? MetroHealth Uses TeamSTEPPS to Improve Patient Transfer from OR to ICU
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     January 01, 2016 - to ICU Transfer Slide ‹#› 24 Surgical APGAR Simple score based on blood loss, heart rate, and blood … pressure Grades the condition of patients at end of surgical procedures 0 – 10 score (The lower the … and Hctz ASA: 3 EBL: 25 cc Urine 400 cc Fluid Totals (Filter: LR and NaCl 0.9% Medications

278. Case Example #2: The Health Center | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2019 - Examples of situations that prompt outreach efforts include hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels higher than 9, blood … pressure higher than 140/90 mm Hg, and need for followup after hospital and emergency room visits. … If new medications are needed from the ADU, an offsite pharmacist approves the release of medications … This reduces the need for patients to drive to pick up medications, especially for multiple medications … The reports compare metrics for blood pressure control, HbA1c, hospitalizations, and emergency room visits

279. 6 Tk1 T2-Talking With Residents Family Members Final (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2016 - If your family member takes other medications, sometimes the antibiotic might interact with certain drugs … Medications such as antacids, Coumadin (warfarin), blood pressure medications, or anti-diabetic medications … • Does this drug interfere with the effectiveness of other medications?

280. Chapter 9. Potential Future Uses of the Data Infrastructure | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - visit by a person with diabetes or CVD for whom available data on clinical outcomes such as glycemic, blood … pressure, and LDL cholesterol control indicate that one or more of these outcomes may need to be addressed … Project 4: Assessing Pharmacy Utilization Persons with chronic disease may be high users of prescribed medications