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61. 2013 ACC/AHA Guideline on Treatment of Cholesterol to Reduce CVD | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/heart-health/cholesterol/guideline.html
    September 01, 2018 - Heart Health Evidence for Advancing Heart Health Aspirin Use Evidence and Resources Blood … Pressure Control Evidence and Resources Cholesterol Management Evidence and Resources Smoking

62. Methods and Measures | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/research-results/research/methods/index.html
    March 01, 2021 - measures that EvidenceNOW practices used to monitor the delivery of cardiovascular care included Aspirin, Blood … Pressure, Cholesterol, and Smoking Cessation (i.e., ABCS clinical quality measures overview and handout … Blood Pressure: Measures narrative and flow chart . … Blood Pressure: Instructions , protocol , and template . Cholesterol: Template .

63. Slide 1
    www.cahps.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

64. AHRQ Impact Case Studies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/index.html
    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 …

65. Methods To Estimate the Baseline 2010 PFP National Hospital-Acquired Condition Rate | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/methods.html
    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 …

66. Making Patients Part of Conversations About Their Care: Integrating Patient-Generated Health Data into Electronic Health Records | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/making-patients-part-of-conversations.html
    February 01, 2022 - With encouragement from his family, he checks his blood pressure daily using a digital blood pressure

67. 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

68. Module 3: Best Practices in Fall Prevention—Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/fall-prevention/workshop/module-3/slides.html
    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

69. For American Heart Month, AHRQ Offers New Tools for Expanding Cardiac Rehabilitation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/heart-month-tools.html
    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

70. AHRQ’s Research and Tools Help Transform Delivery of Primary Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/delivery-primary-care.html
    November 01, 2022 - Blood pressure control rose 1.6 percent, despite a national decline in blood pressure control over this

71. Protocol for Identifying and Treating Children With Sepsis Syndrome in the Emergency Department (pdf file)
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-228-fullreport.pdf
    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).

72. 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

73. A Patient Safety Program & Research Evaluation of U.S. Navy Pharmacy Refill Clinics (pdf file)
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/Reige.pdf
    March 01, 2004 - Other medications taken concurrently 7. … Metabolic medications include biphosphonates, Calcitonin, calcium supplements, hyperuricemia medications … , insulin, oral hypoglycemics, and thyroid medications. … ), over- the-counter medications, and food. … Part of the medication renewal process involves checking the patient’s blood pressure or performing

74. PQMP Measures | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 30, 2024 - the Preconception Component of High Risk Obstetrical Services by Estimating the Use of Teratogenic Medications

75. PQMP Measures | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/pqmp/measures/index.html?page=0
    March 30, 2024 - the Preconception Component of High Risk Obstetrical Services by Estimating the Use of Teratogenic Medications

76. AHRQ-Funded Studies Highlight Benefits of Postpartum Care Strategies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.cahps.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.

77. Advancing Heart Health | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/index.html
    March 01, 2024 - A 1.6% increase in blood pressure control—an important finding, given decreasing national rates of … blood pressure control.

78. Strategy 6C: OpenNotes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/access/strategy6c-opennotes.html
    March 01, 2020 - condition. 3 These patients also felt more in control of their care and were more likely to take their medications … than two-thirds of patients who took medication during the study reported improved adherence to these medications … . 4 The investigation demonstrated that patients being treated for high blood pressure who were offered

79. Section 2, Technical Specifications (pdf file)
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-232-tech-specs.pdf
    June 15, 2018 - Age-specific vital signs and laboratory variables (Lower values for heart rate, leukocyte count, and systolic blood … pressure are for the 5th percentile; upper values for heart rate, respiration rate, or leukocyte count

80. Fact Sheet on Pediatric Quality Indicators (pdf file)
    www.cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/a1c_combo_pdifactsheet.pdf
    October 01, 2015 - Fact Sheet on Pediatric Quality Indicators Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety 1 Tool A.1c Fact Sheet on Pediatric Quality Indicators What Are the Pediatric Quality Indicators (PDIs)? The Pediatric Quality Indicators (PDIs) are a set of 16 measures (15 st…