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281. A Multipayer Patient-Centered Medical Home Initiative in Pennsylvania | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2015 - improvement from baseline to 18 months on three diabetes measures (glycated hemoglobin concentration <7%, blood … pressure <130/80mm Hg, and low-density lipoprotein [LDL] cholesterol <100mg/dL). … practices, the percentage of patients who met target values for glycated hemoglobin, LDL cholesterol, and blood … pressure increased by 8.8, 14.9, and 19.4 percent, respectively.

282. 3. What are the best practices in pressure ulcer prevention that we want to use? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2014 - patient lacks sensation to feel pain or has had a breakdown in the past and if epidural/spinal pain medications

283. Vascular Access Device (VAD) Policy, Adult (pdf file)
     ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/clabsi-tools/vascular-access-device-policy.pdf
     March 01, 2008 - filter shall be used for adult patients who have potential or proven central cardiac shunt and for medications … Refer to departmental guidelines for a list of specific fluids or medications that require an infusion

284. On-Time Preventable Hospital and ED Visits Functional Specs (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2017 - medications: MDS data element for medications, medication administration record (MAR), or other vendor … IF any high-risk medications are active within ≤7 days of report date, then High-Risk Medications is … active medications. … Include over-the-counter medications; exclude PRN medications. 44 High-Risk Change in Condition … Polypharmacy: ≥15 Medications 6.

285. Module 3: Best Practices in Fall Prevention—Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2017 - For example, on a geriatric psychiatry ward, orthostatic hypotension due to medications may be a fall … Slide 18: Key Risk Factors for Falls Medications: Patients taking a large number of medications … that could cause sedation, confusion, impaired balance, or orthostatic blood pressure changes are at

286. AHRQ’s Research and Tools Help Transform Delivery of Primary Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2022 - Blood pressure control rose 1.6 percent, despite a national decline in blood pressure control over this

287. For American Heart Month, AHRQ Offers New Tools for Expanding Cardiac Rehabilitation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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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

288. Assess-Resident-Uti-Facilitator-Guide (doc file)
     ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/assess-resident-UTI-facilitator-guide.docx
     June 01, 2021 - Her vitals are as follows: temperature 99.2 degrees Fahrenheit, heart rate 85 beats per minute, blood … pressure 110/72, and respiratory rate 16 breaths per minute. … They include dehydration, pain, a change in medications, constipation, or a poor night’s sleep. … Pain, dehydration, a change in medications, or even constipation are all reasons older adults may have

289. Protocol for Identifying and Treating Children With Sepsis Syndrome in the Emergency Department (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2018 - pressure (hypotension), as children often maintain normal 6 blood pressure until the advanced stages … signs, lack of standardization of empiric antibiotics and diagnostic tests, lack of prioritization of medications … diminished pulses, mottled cool extremities, flash capillary refill, bounding peripheral pulses, or wide pulse … Because children often maintain their blood pressure until they are severely ill, systemic hypotension … pressure collapses (Goldstein, et al., 2005).

290. Patient Safety Organizations: A Summary of 2014 Profiles (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2014 - Initial Report Form) and then applying Common Formats for falls, pressure ulcers, surgery/anesthesia, medications … the state, the PSO and its members began a process to study the compounding variability for these medications … and to develop standard concentrations for 120 different medications.

291. BLADDER SCAN – POLICY #2202 12/11/06 (doc file)
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     March 01, 2017 - surgical procedure · After having contact with a resident’s intact skin (e.g., when taking a pulse or blood … pressure, lifting a resident) · After having contact with body fluids or excretions, mucous membranes … AHRQ cannot recommend or endorse specific products, medications, or treatments. … Training also includes education about medications and their side effects, recognizing symptoms of a

292. Sample Scenario for Shoulder Dystocia In Situ Simulation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2023 - Simulated intravenous fluids and medications, if needed. … "Her most recent vital signs 15 minutes ago were as follows: BP [blood pressure] 106/62, Pulse 68, Resp … "Her most recent vital signs 15 minutes ago were as follows: BP [blood pressure] 106/62, Pulse 68, Resp

293. Labor and Delivery Unit Safety: Obstetric Hemorrhage | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2023 - Several professional organizations and initiatives 2,3 offer suggestions for medications and supplies … However, this approach is also associated with increased maternal diastolic blood pressure, pain, use

294. Background for AHRQ Quality Indicators
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     October 01, 2015 - Background for AHRQ Quality Indicators Tool A.2 Slide ‹#› Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety Tool A.2 Slide ‹#› Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety AHRQ Quality Indicators Toolkit Prepared by RAND and …

295. Prescribing Safety in Ambulatory Care: Physician Perspectives (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2003 - Sometimes we make patients feel bad because we prescribe them bad combinations of medications.” … Some patients use multiple medications, like Actos, Metformin, insulin, and Glycet … sometimes the … Other responses focused on the difficulty physicians have in managing patients’ medications when medications … control … and we’re treating 85-year-olds with drugs that will knock them out just to lower their blood … pressure.”

296. Where to Find More Information | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2020 - Hearing Disorders Diabetes Digestive Diseases Eye Diseases and Disorders Fibromyalgia Heart Disease High Blood … Pressure HIV/AIDS Immunodeficiency Disorders Infectious Diseases Kidney Diseases Lung Diseases Mental

297. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2024 - 122) Autism (31) Back Health and Pain (58) Behavioral Health (699) Blood Clots (62) Blood … Pressure (132) Blood Thinners (79) Brain Injury (64) Breast Feeding (18) Burnout ( … Clinical risk factors included renal disease, diabetes, and a high number of medications. … and reasons for use and nonuse, (2) understand how portal users are using a portal to manage their medications … They found that patients use portals to manage their medications, are enthusiastic about further leveraging

298. 3. Which fall prevention practices do you want to use? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2013 - Medications: Patients on a large number of prescription medications, or patients taking medicines that … could cause sedation, confusion, impaired balance, or orthostatic blood pressure changes are at higher … These patients should have their medications reviewed, as medications can both contribute to agitation … High-Risk Medications Patients on high-risk medications (go to Tool 3I, "Medication Fall Risk Score … Routine assessment and documentation of orthostatic blood pressure and pulse changes.

299. Preventing Device-Associated Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2015 - hand hygiene and scrubbing the hub with alcohol for 15 seconds before accessing the PVC or infusion of medications … feasible peripheral venous access, (2) the use of pressors and hemodynamic monitoring, and (3) the use of medications … the site should be evaluated (for example, nursing should regularly evaluate the site when infusing medications

300. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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     May 20, 2016 - increase a patient’s risk for falls and postoperative hip fracture.8-14 In addition, use of certain medications … a detailed medication reconciliation upon admission: o Polypharmacy of greater than four or five medications … per day can double a patient’s risk for falling.1,8-10,16,18,19 o Use of two or more medications … High blood pressure and bone-mineral loss in elderly white women: a prospective study.