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81. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
    www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4p_combo_pdi02-pressureulcer-bestpractices.pdf
    January 01, 2012 - Consider specifically including the following in organizational protocols: o Pediatric blood pressure

82. Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators - A “How to” Guide for Improving Hospital Quality and Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/qitool/webinar080116/index.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 …

83. Overuse of Computed Tomography Scans for the Evaluation of Children with a First Generalized Afebrile, Atraumatic Seizure: Technical Specifications (pdf file)
    www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-0198-technicalspecs.pdf
    October 16, 2019 - Overuse of Computed Tomography Scans for the Evaluation of Children with a First Generalized Afebrile, Atraumatic Seizure: Technical Specifications This measure assesses the percentage of children, 1 through 17 years old, for whom computed tomography (CT) imaging of the head is obtained for the evaluation of a first…

84. EvidenceNOW: Oklahoma Cooperative | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/about/cooperatives/oklahoma.html
    March 01, 2021 - their management of patients at risk for CVD events, especially methods such as smoking cessation, blood … pressure control, statins, and low-dose aspirin. … Community-level interventions, such as smoking quit line referral and blood pressure medication assistance … A second randomization assigns practices to work first on either smoking cessation and blood pressure

85. Recommendations to Improve Children's Health Care Quality Measures | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/pubs/background-2012/backgrndapb.html
    December 01, 2012 - Substance Use/Abuse 0044 Assessment of smoking and substance use in the family (CAHMI). 6,1   Blood … Pressure 0060 Blood pressure screening by age 18 (NCQA) 7,3 7,3.5   Dental 0032 Children

86. 2013 ACC/AHA Guideline on Treatment of Cholesterol to Reduce CVD | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    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

87. Methods and Measures | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    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 .

88. Slide 1
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    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

89. Primary Care Transformation in a National Committee for Quality Assurance Certified Patient-Centered Medical Home | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/profile/tai-seale.html
    April 01, 2015 - Having frequent in-person clinic visits was associated with improved blood pressure and cholesterol control … among patients with diabetes, and improved blood pressure control among patients with hypertension.

90. AHRQ Impact Case Studies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.talkingquality.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 …

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

92. Smoking Cessation Evidence and Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.talkingquality.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

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

94. New Models of Primary Care Workforce and Financing - Case Example #2: The Health Center (pdf file)
    www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/workforce-financing/case_example_2.pdf
    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

95. A Multipayer Patient-Centered Medical Home Initiative in Pennsylvania | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.talkingquality.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.

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

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

98. AHRQ’s Research and Tools Help Transform Delivery of Primary Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.talkingquality.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

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

100. Where to Find More Information | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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