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401. Increased Newborn and Mother Hospital Stays Relateed to Substance Use (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/neonatal-maternity.pdf
     July 28, 2015 - Increased Newborn and Mother Hospital Stays Relateed to Substance Use Substance abuse during pregnancy can cause serious health problems for newborn babies as well as for mothers. These �gures illustrate the increased rate of newborns’ and mothers’ hospital stays related to substance use between 2006 and 2012, as…

402. Appendix C. Addressing Physician Concerns With the Checklist - Implementation Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/app-c.html
     May 01, 2017 - Appendix C. Addressing Physician Concerns With the Checklist - Implementation Guide Common Concern Response Explanation “I'm already safe, and I don't need to use a tool like the checklist.” “You are safe, but we think that something like this tool can help make the entire center better. I…

403. Best Practices for Web-based SOPS Surveys - Ginsberg Slides (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/2-bestpractices-web-sopssurveys-ginsberg.pdf
     June 02, 2025 - Best Practices for Web-based SOPS Surveys - Ginsberg Slides Why Survey Methods Research is Important to AHRQ Caren Ginsberg, PhD Director, SOPS and CAHPS Division Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, AHRQ 6 AHRQ’s Survey Research Methods • AHRQ is a research and science-based agency of the US D…

404. 133-Translating-Research-Into-Practice-Fg (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/133-translating-research-into-practice-fg.docx
     April 01, 2025 - Evidence-based interventions are shown to be more effective, leading to better health outcomes, reduced complications

405. Scisafetynotes (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/modules/understand/scisafetynotes.docx
     June 02, 2025 - When nurses are responsible for more than two patients, there is an increased risk of patient complications … This shift of authority led to a significant drop in the number of reported birth complications. … · If there seem to be complications, what might be happening?

406. Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/UTI-one-page.docx
     November 01, 2019 - Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) Diagnosis · First, ask about SYMPTOMS · Acute cystitis: dysuria, frequency, urgency, suprapubic pain · Pyelonephritis: fever, flank pain · Catheter-associated UTI (CAUTI): subrapubic pain and fever; patients with catheters may not report dysuria, frequenc…

407. High-Risk Deliveries at Facilities With 24/7 In-House Physician Capable of Safely Managing Labor and Delivery and Performing a Cesarean Section, Including an Emergent Cesarean Section (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/availability/chipra-0120-fullreport.pdf
     May 01, 2018 - Class B: Delivery Complications, Fetal Injury or Compromise, or Suboptimal Infant Diagnoses a. … The burden of chronic illness and risk factors for pregnancy complications (e.g., hypertension, diabetes … banking/transfusion services are imperative for planned and emergency cesareans, as well as other complications … of pregnancy, and complications of delivery each may be used to identify the need for high-risk services … The rapidly rising rate of cesarean sections and associated complications points out the need for OB

408. | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/es/tools/index.html?page=1
     December 01, 2012 - catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI), infections associated with ventilators, surgical complications

409. Building Your SSI Prevention Bundle: Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/on-boarding/build-ssi-bundle-fac-notes.html
     December 01, 2017 - The factor driving readmissions is complications, and specifically infections, so care of coordination … In emergency cases—where patients tend to be a high risk for complications like wound infections— only

410. Facilitator Guide: Building Your SSI Prevention Bundle (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/modules/onboarding/onboarding_build_ssibundle_facnotes.docx
     December 01, 2017 - The factor driving readmissions is complications, and specifically infections, so care of coordination … In emergency cases—where patients tend to be a high risk for complications like wound infections— only

411. Availability of Outpatient Maternal Fetal Medicine and Specialty Care for Women with High-Risk Pregnancies (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/availability/chipra-133-fullreport.pdf
     January 01, 2019 - Many of these pregnancy-related deaths reflect complications and conditions associated with women who … As described in Section 3, pregnant women with chronic illness and pregnancy complications are at increased … The rapidly rising rate of chronic illness and associated complications illustrate the need for increased … Maternal complications and pregnancy outcome in women with mechanical prosthetic heart valves treated … Pregnancy complications associated with hepatitis C: Data from a 2003-2005 Washington state birth cohort

412. Tailoring Digital Technologies To Improve Outcomes Among Minorities With Chronic Conditions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-schoenthaler.html
     March 01, 2024 - influence a person’s ability to manage their chronic condition in order to prevent downstream negative complications

413. Evidence Now Fact Sheets- Smoking Cessation (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/heart-health/smoking-cessation-pcor.pdf
     November 01, 2016 - two to four times.2 Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of congenital anomalies, perinatal complications

414. Updated Information on the Annual Hospital-Acquired Condition Rate: 2011 and 2012 (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/updatedhacrateinfo.pdf
     June 01, 2014 - Based on 2010 Baseline) 2012 PFP Measured HACs per 1,000 Discharge s MPSMS Mechanical Complications

415. Ambulatory Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/ambulatory/tools.html
     February 01, 2018 - methods of AHRQ's Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program to prevent surgical site infections and other complications

416. Final Progress Report: Trial of Decision Support To Improve Diabetes Outcomes (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/cebul-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - The disease and its complications are more prevalent among African Americans and Hispanics than among … The CDC estimates that 90% of these complications could be eliminated if we closed the gap between … Topics that the website covered included motivation, emotion, blood glucose levels, and complications … Effect of intensive blood-glucose control with metformin on complications in overweight patients with … Association of glycaemia with macrovascular and microvascular complications of type 2 diabetes (UKPDS

417. AHRQ’s Portrait of Sepsis Reveals Its Alarming Human Toll | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/portrait-of-sepsis.html
     September 01, 2024 - As is true in many areas of healthcare, disparities exist in sepsis hospitalizations and complications

418. The “Sometimes Antibiotics” Diagnoses: Acute Otitis Media in Children  – Slides
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/aom-children-slides.pptx
     September 01, 2022 - since widespread use of pneumococcal vaccine    S. pneumoniae AOM is more likely to cause significant complications … Acute Otitis Media and Associated Complications in United States Emergency Departments. 

419. Part Two: Removing the Obstacles to Practice Change | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/ena-slides/part2.html
     October 01, 2020 - having patients catheterized would save time, but clearly, with extended lengths of stay, infection complications … Slide 77 Saves time for the bedside nurse: With infection complications, extended stay and other

420. Chapter 4. Conclusions and Next Steps | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/stpra/stpra4.html
     April 01, 2018 - Patients tend to seek care for surgical complications in emergency departments, inpatient settings, or