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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/atrial-fibrillation/research
June 28, 2013 - and rhythm control. … Results
Our review included 182 articles (148 unique studies): 14 studies relevant to rate-control … drugs, 3 relevant to strict versus lenient rate control, 6 relevant to rate-control procedures versus … Our ability to draw conclusions for the Key Questions addressing rate-control strategies was limited … Cardiovascular hospitalizations were lower with rate-control strategies than with rhythm-control strategies
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/hit-hazard-manager-slides-061112.pdf
June 11, 2012 - Policy Implications
5
Hazard Control
6
Feeding Back Incident Reports
into Hazard Control … : control steps; who will
approve and implement the control plan
18
Hazard Discovery
19 … 30
Hazard Control Plan – Urgency
31
Hazard Control Steps
32
Ontology: Hazard Control … Complete
Partial; additional steps needed
Additional hazard control steps
Plan for Hazard Control … Plan – Urgency
Hazard Control Steps
Ontology: Hazard Control
Hazard Control Plan Approval
Ontology
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44823/psn-pdf
February 15, 2017 - US poison control center calls for infants 6 months of age
and younger. … US Poison Control Center Calls for Infants 6 Months of Age and Younger. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/us-poison-control-center-calls-infants-6-months-age-and-younger
Pediatricians … This retrospective study reviewed 10 years of calls to poison control centers for
infants younger than … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/us-poison-control-center-calls-infants-6-months-age-and-younger
https://
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40115/psn-pdf
January 05, 2011 - Infection control hazards and near misses reported by
nursing students. … Infection control hazards and near misses reported by nursing
students. … Am J Infect Control. 2010;38(10):811-6. doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2010.06.001. … students identified several categories of near misses relating to infection control practices in this … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/infection-control-hazards-and-near-misses-reported-nursing-students
https
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/atrial-fibrillation_executive.pdf
June 01, 2013 - Rate Control
Whether or not a rhythm-control strategy is adopted,
current treatment guidelines suggest … Rhythm Control
If patients with AF continue to have significant
symptoms despite adequate rate control … Rate Control Versus Rhythm Control
Although several studies of rate- and rhythm-control
strategies exist … strategies (OR not reported)
Ventricular rate control Using AADs for rhythm control. … Few studies compared rate-control
therapies with procedural-based rhythm-control therapies.
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/atrial-fibrillation_executive.pdf
June 01, 2013 - Rate Control
Whether or not a rhythm-control strategy is adopted,
current treatment guidelines suggest … Rhythm Control
If patients with AF continue to have significant
symptoms despite adequate rate control … Rate Control Versus Rhythm Control
Although several studies of rate- and rhythm-control
strategies exist … strategies (OR not reported)
Ventricular rate control Using AADs for rhythm control. … Few studies compared rate-control
therapies with procedural-based rhythm-control therapies.
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/research/meigs-jb-et-al-2003
January 01, 2003 - RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS- We conducted a group randomized controlled trial of 12 intervention and 14 control … staff providers and 307 intervention and 291 control patients with type 2 diabetes in a hospital-based … We compared patients in the intervention and control groups for changes in processes and outcomes of … Levels of HbA1c decreased by 0.2 in the intervention group and increased by 0.1 in the control group … staff providers, and 307 intervention and 291 control patients with type 2 diabetes.
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srdr.ahrq.gov/projects/1312/studies/133287
January 01, 2014 - Interleukin-6 (IL-6)
Population: All Participants
Time Point
Measure
Control … resistance or HOMA-IR
Population: All Participants
Time Point
Measure
Control … Systolic blood pressure
Population: All Participants
Time Point
Measure
Control … Outcome: HDL
Population: All Participants
Time Point
Measure
Control … Outcome: LDL
Population: All Participants
Time Point
Measure
Control
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42842/psn-pdf
January 08, 2014 - Organizational culture and its implications for infection
prevention and control in healthcare institutions … Organizational culture and its implications for infection prevention and
control in healthcare institutions … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/organizational-culture-and-its-implications-infection-prevention-and-control … healthcare
This review explores how organizational culture change may be applied to improve infection control … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/organizational-culture-and-its-implications-infection-prevention-and-control-healthcare
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/improve/coordination/webinar02/spcslides.html
July 01, 2013 - Slide 5 Control Charts Are a Primary Tool of SPC
Allows determination of system’s “control”: Wide … fluctuations = out-of-control systems. … Certain features are highlighted on the chart: upper control limit, lower control limit, mean of all … Slide 15 Example: Control Chart of Appointment Access Satisfaction
Image of a control chart showing … Slide 16 Example: Control Chart of Infectious Waste
Image of a control chart showing two line graphs
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pcmh.ahrq.gov/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/improve/coordination/webinar02/spcslides.html
July 01, 2013 - Slide 5 Control Charts Are a Primary Tool of SPC
Allows determination of system’s “control”: Wide … fluctuations = out-of-control systems. … Certain features are highlighted on the chart: upper control limit, lower control limit, mean of all … Slide 15 Example: Control Chart of Appointment Access Satisfaction
Image of a control chart showing … Slide 16 Example: Control Chart of Infectious Waste
Image of a control chart showing two line graphs
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r18hs026699-politi-final-report-2023.pdf
January 01, 2023 - n=4); breast-conserving surgery (BC n=17, Control n=24)
2 Excluded: no mastectomy yet (BC n=4, Control … Control n=19)
3 Of those who had Reconstruction. … ); “unsure” type preference
reported (BC n=8, Control n=6); no type preference reported (BC n=33, Control … n=4); breast-conserving surgery (BC n=16, Control n=24)
2 Excluded: no mastectomy yet (BC n=4, Control … ); “unsure” type preference
reported (BC n=8, Control n=6); no type preference reported (BC n=31, Control
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srdr.ahrq.gov/projects/1312/studies/133108
January 01, 2010 - resistance or HOMA-IR
Population: All Participants
Time Point
Measure
Control … Outcome: ICAM-1
Population: All Participants
Time Point
Measure
Control … Outcome: HbA1C
Population: All Participants
Time Point
Measure
Control … Outcome: HDL
Population: All Participants
Time Point
Measure
Control … Outcome: LDL
Population: All Participants
Time Point
Measure
Control
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/atrial-fibrillation/research-protocol
January 27, 2012 - Rate Control
Whether or not a rhythm-control strategy is adopted, adequate rate control should be achieved … Rate Control Versus Rhythm Control
Several uncertainties around AF management remain. … Specifically, the comparative risks and benefits of rate-control versus rhythm-control strategies for … A comparison of rate control and rhythm control in patients with atrial fibrillation. … Rhythm control versus rate control for atrial fibrillation and heart failure.
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/health-it-costs-and-benefits-database/computerized-intervention
March 01, 1994 - recommendations for scheduling the next visit that were presented to practitioners was compared to a control … , the interval at which the patient actually returned to clinic, complications, and anticoagulation control … practitioners received computer-generated recommendations were significantly longer than those for control … Control of anticoagulation was nearly the same among experimental and control patients. … Life-threatening complications occurred in the care of three experimental patients and one control patient
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37328/psn-pdf
January 05, 2012 - Training operating room teams in damage control surgery
for trauma: a followup study of the Norwegian … Training operating room teams in damage control surgery for
trauma: a followup study of the Norwegian … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/training-operating-room-teams-damage-control-surgery-trauma-followup-study … team members valued the effect of a team-oriented educational
intervention designed to improve damage control … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/training-operating-room-teams-damage-control-surgery-trauma-followup-study-norwegian-model
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/diabetes-behavior-programs_clinician.pdf
November 01, 2016 - that focus on self-management
and lifestyle interventions significantly improve short-
term glycemic control … more than those
with good control.
�� Tailoring programs to ethnic minorities appeared beneficial … Benefit for glycemic control from DSME programs
offering ≤10 hours of contact was limited.
�– In-person … more than
those with good control.
�– Tailoring programs to ethnic minorities (e.g., including
peers … However, the findings for age
and minority status were confounded by poorer baseline
glycemic control
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/diabetes-behavior-programs_clinician.pdf
November 01, 2016 - that focus on self-management
and lifestyle interventions significantly improve short-
term glycemic control … more than those
with good control.
�� Tailoring programs to ethnic minorities appeared beneficial … Benefit for glycemic control from DSME programs
offering ≤10 hours of contact was limited.
�– In-person … more than
those with good control.
�– Tailoring programs to ethnic minorities (e.g., including
peers … However, the findings for age
and minority status were confounded by poorer baseline
glycemic control
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/feedback-treatment-intensification-data-reduce-cardiovascular-disease-risk/annual-summary/2010
January 01, 2010 - risk factors, many patients, including many at high risk for developing CVD, continue to be in poor control … Such measures could also be more useful than reports of risk-factor control because the actions needed … to improve control are implicit in the measures and because concerns about case-mix differences are … of CVD risk factors improves risk-factor control. … Secondary endpoints included proportions in control for each risk factor; treatment intensification and
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44222/psn-pdf
December 04, 2016 - The Institute for Safe Medication Practices and poison
control centers: collaborating to prevent medication … The Institute for Safe Medication Practices and Poison Control Centers: Collaborating to Prevent
Medication … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/institute-safe-medication-practices-and-poison-control-centers-collaborating … -
prevent
Poison control centers serve as data collection points for ambulatory medication errors that … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/institute-safe-medication-practices-and-poison-control-centers-collaborating-prevent