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141. TeamSTEPPS® Instructor Manual: Specialty Scenarios | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/teamstepps/instructor/scenarios/icu.html
     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

142. Strategies to Improve Communication Between Pharmacists and Patients (ppt file)
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pharmhealthlit/pharmlit/kripalani.ppt
     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

143. 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 …

144. Approach to Residents With Reported Penicillin Allergy (pdf file)
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/penicillin-allergy.pdf
     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

145. Methods To Estimate the Baseline 2010 PFP National Hospital-Acquired Condition Rate | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.qualitymeasures.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 …

146. Smoking Cessation Evidence and Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/evidence/smoking.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 … of smoking, health benefits of quitting smoking, and the effectiveness of behavioral counseling and medications

147. Making Patients Part of Conversations About Their Care: Integrating Patient-Generated Health Data into Electronic Health Records | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.qualitymeasures.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

148. Five hours in the PACU? MetroHealth Uses TeamSTEPPS to Improve Patient Transfer from OR to ICU
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/teamstepps/webinars/2016-materials/teamstepps-monthly-webinar-march2016.pptx
     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

149. 6 Tk1 T2-Talking With Residents Family Members Final (pdf file)
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/6_TK1_T2-Talking_with_Residents_Family_Members_Final.pdf
     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?

150. Chapter 9. Potential Future Uses of the Data Infrastructure | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/delivery-initiative/ihs/chapter9.html
     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

151. A Multipayer Patient-Centered Medical Home Initiative in Pennsylvania | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/profile/gabbay.html
     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.

152. Module 3: Best Practices in Fall Prevention—Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.qualitymeasures.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

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

154. 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

155. Assess-Resident-Uti-Facilitator-Guide (doc file)
     www.qualitymeasures.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

156. Protocol for Identifying and Treating Children With Sepsis Syndrome in the Emergency Department (pdf file)
     www.qualitymeasures.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).

157. 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/prevent/clinical-faqs.docx
     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

158. Outcomes by HCBS Participant Characteristics | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/find5.html
     December 01, 2012 - rates by State-level prevalence of chronic conditions (diabetes, asthma, cardiovascular disease, high blood … pressure, and serious mental illness). … The pattern is strong for all conditions except high blood pressure. … Although generally exhibiting the same pattern, high blood pressure shows a smaller magnitude of difference … These results are fairly consistent across subpopulations, with the pattern of results for high blood

159. 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

160. 3. Which fall prevention practices do you want to use? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/fall-prevention/toolkit/practices.html
     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.