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101. Strategies for Improving Patient Experience with Ambulatory Care: Cultivating Cultural Competence (pdf file)
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/communication/cahps-strategy-6k.pdf
     August 01, 2017 - Culturally Competent Disease Management Improves Self-Monitoring and Blood Pressure Control in Hypertensive … /innovations.ahrq.gov/profiles/culturally-competent-disease-management-improves-self-monitoring-and-blood-pressure-control … /innovations.ahrq.gov/profiles/culturally-competent-disease-management-improves-self-monitoring-and-blood-pressure-control … One outcome of this program was more frequent self-monitoring and better blood pressure control.11 … Culturally Competent Disease Management Improves Self-Monitoring and Blood Pressure Control in Hypertensive

102. Achievements in Primary Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/about/stories/achievements.html
     March 01, 2021 - Health Center Holly Clinic (Holy, CO)   Helping primary care practices use evidence to improve blood … pressure control is a key focus of AHRQ’s EvidenceNOW initiative, in addition to improving aspirin use … selected Million Hearts® Hypertension Control Champions have worked with their patients to achieve blood … pressure control rates at or above 70% through innovations in health information technology and electronic

103. 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 ( … and medication: strategies to reconcile what patients hear, what they want, and what they need from medications … and medication: strategies to reconcile what patients hear, what they want, and what they need from medications

104. Topic: Use of Visual Aids | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2020 - doc/uviguide.pdf CHOOSE "DISAGREE"–Incomplete or unclear row and column headings Categories for Blood … Pressure Levels in Adults (measured in millimeters of mercury, or mm Hg) Category Systolic (top … number) Normal Less than 120 And Less than 80 Prehypertension 120-139 Or 80-89 High blood … pressure       Stage 1 140-159 Or 90-99 Stage 2 160 or higher Or 100 or higher … Taken from NIH, Explore High Blood Pressure, August 2012 http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics

105. Where to Find More Information (cont.) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2020 - Communicating-with-Professionals_UCM_307052_Article.jsp Return to Specific Diseases and Conditions High Blood … Pressure Organizations/Information National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute NHLBI Information … 301-592-8573 http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/index.htm Publications Your Guide to Lowering High Blood … Pressure National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/hbp/index.html Return

106. Strategies to Improve Communication Between Pharmacists and Patients | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2020 - Lower ability to identify their own medications (12-18 times greater odds of being unable to identify … their own medications). … Lower understanding of how to take medications (52 percent correctly understood "Take med every 6 hours … list of challenges: Increasingly complex health system includes greater self-care requirements, more medications … Use plain, non-medical language; say "blood pressure pill" instead of "antihypertensive."

107. ENSW FIELD NOTE FORM (pdf file)
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/results/research/intervention-tracking-notes-sw.pdf
     July 19, 2018 - screening and follow up; PDSA on data accuracy of aspirin therapy; established a standardized clinic-wide blood … pressure measurement protocol.] … work on this topic Started work on this topic and achieved aim/goal Aspirin therapy Blood … Pressure management Cholesterol management Smoking cessation support 28.

108. Family-Facilitator-Guide (doc file)
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/family-facilitator-guide.docx
     June 01, 2021 - Also, like all medications, antibiotics have potential side effects, including rashes, GI symptoms, or … There are also over the counter medications that help.” … You can also work with the health care team to offer cough suppressing medications. … You might tell them, “Some medications, like codeine or morphine, will help suppress the cough reflex … Medications for pain and other symptoms caused by pneumonia can be used to improve comfort.

109. Systematic Evidence Review by Cholesterol Expert Panel: NHLBI | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/heart-health/cholesterol/evidence.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

110. Evidence for Advancing Heart Health | 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 … patients to adopt the ABCS of cardiovascular disease prevention: Aspirin use by high-risk individuals Blood … pressure control Cholesterol management Smoking cessation Clinical evidence about how best to

111. Create a Safe Medicine List Together: Role Play Scenarios (pdf file)
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/medicinelist-roleplay-final508.pdf
     April 03, 2018 - � The hydrochlorothiazide (blood pressure medicine) makes Mr. Thomas “pee a lot.” … Thomas does not readily offer that he only takes his blood pressure medicine 3 to 4 times a week, but … If he is asked whether he takes his blood pressure medicine, he answers, “for the most part. … ” � His blood pressure this morning was 152/91.

112. Documentation and Coding for Patient Safety Indicators (pdf file)
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/b4_combo_documentationcoding.pdf
     March 15, 2016 - Documentation and Coding for Patient Safety Indicators Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety Tool B.4 i Documentation and Coding for the AHRQ Quality Indicators Note: This tool was updated based on test software provided by AHRQ as of March 2016 (alpha version…

113. Process
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     March 01, 2011 - appropriate health decisions” (Healthy People 2010) Our Expectations and System Demands: Managing medications … Let’s think about the tasks we expect of a patient taking captopril for blood pressure. … What do we expect patients taking captopril or other medications to be able to do? … [read list] 13 Health Literacy and Medication Understanding  Ability to identify their own medications … 12-18 x greater odds of being unable  Understanding of how to take medications Take med every

114. 52-Regional-Analgesia-Arthroplasty-Facilitator (doc file)
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/52-regional-analgesia-arthroplasty-facilitator.docx
     June 01, 2023 - This reduces reliance upon opioid-based medications, which have a number of unwanted side effects, including … Neuraxial blocks can lead to decreased blood pressure and profound motor nerve block, which may not be

115. AHRQ Signals Plan To Establish Healthcare Extension Service | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2023 - The report, which updates a 2014 systematic review, recognizes that the literature on medications for … Access the report , which includes key findings on the benefits and harms of several medications, and … The impact of stimulant medications on blood pressure and body mass index in children with attention

116. PRIMARY CARE OFFICE-BASED TEAMS Situation Monitoring
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     January 20, 2006 - Medications? Stress level? Team members—Ask, What are my team members doing? Workload? … Are the blood pressure cuffs, otoscope, and ophthalmoscope working properly?

117. BLADDER SCAN – POLICY #2202 12/11/06 (doc file)
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/reduce/antibiotic-faqs.docx
     March 01, 2017 - leukocytosis is nonspecific and can result from several noninfectious conditions, including stress, medications

118. EvidenceNOW Building State Capacity Profile: Michigan Cooperative (pdf file)
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/building-capacity/EvidenceNOW-BSC-MI-profile.pdf
     September 01, 2021 - facilitators and barriers to sustainable implementation and test whether the model improves: (a) blood … pressure control; and (b) tobacco use screening and cessation in a stepped-wedge trial with a pilot … information technology; (3) optimization of telehealth tools, including support for remote monitoring of blood … pressure; and (4) performance feedback.

119. Chartbook on Women's Health Care: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/womenhealth/womenh-slides.html
     March 01, 2020 - Prescription medications received include all prescribed medications initially purchased or otherwise … Importance: About 70 million American adults (29%) have high blood pressure ( Nwankwo, et al., 2013 … 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 missed … For people age 65 and over, high blood pressure affects more women than men ( Mozzafarian, et al., 2015

120. The CAHPS Ambulatory Care Improvement Guide: Open Notes (pdf file)
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/access/cahps-strategy-6c.pdf
     March 01, 2017 - 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