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digital.ahrq.gov/program-overview/research-stories/decision-precision-increasing-lung-cancer-screening-risk-patients
January 01, 2023 - use of low-dose computed tomography screening has the potential to prevent 10,000 or more lung cancer deaths … but underused tool for identifying lung cancer
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths … And while LDCT could reduce lung cancer deaths by about 20 percent, or more than 10,000 lives per year … disseminate patient-centered tools to help improve lung cancer screening at scale and reduce lung cancer deaths
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/engaging-patients-enable-interoperable-lung-cancer-decision-support-scale
January 01, 2024 - interoperable clinical decision support tool and patient-facing app has the potential to reduce lung cancer deaths—the … leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. … Type of Care
Preventive Care
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths … test known as low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) can detect lung cancer early and reduce lung cancer deaths … disseminate patient-centered tools to help improve lung cancer screening at scale and reduce lung cancer deaths
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/2006Reiling_052411comp.pdf
January 01, 2005 - Active Failures
– Operative/Post-Op Complications/Infections
– Events Relating to Medication Errors
– Deaths … Suicides
– Transfusion Related Events
– Correct Tube-Correct Connector-Correct Hole
– Patient Falls
– Deaths … Active
Failures:
•Complications:
–op & post-op
–op & post-op
infections
•Falls
•Transfusion events
•Deaths … infections
decreased significantly
since ’02 to 0.8% in ’05
•No instances of:
–Transfusion
events
–Deaths
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/scalable-decision-support-and-shared-decisionmaking-lung-cancer-screening
January 01, 2023 - appropriate use of low-dose computed tomography screening could prevent as many as 10,000 lung cancer deaths … Services Task Force Recommendations
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths … If scaled nationally, optimized LDCT screening could prevent as many as 10,000 lung cancer deaths annually … And while LDCT could reduce lung cancer deaths by about 20 percent, or more than 10,000 lives per year … Increasing use of LDCT for at-risk patients could prevent as many as 10,000 lung cancer deaths annually
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/customizing-value-based-methods-prioritize-implementation-pharmacogenomic
January 01, 2023 - were modeled: implementation outcome and cost per alert fired, clinical outcomes of adverse events and deaths … researchers found that over 20 years 3,169 alerts would be fired, avoiding 16 major clinical events and six deaths … for ACS, and two clinical events and 0.9 deaths for AF.
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/dissemination-wiseapp-improving-health-outcomes-across-settings
January 01, 2024 - potential to improve medication adherence, potentially slowing progression of HIV and decreasing premature deaths … of people living with HIV (PLWH), slowing the progression of the disease, and decreasing premature deaths … improve medication adherence in PLWH potentially slowing progression of HIV and decreasing premature deaths
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/disseminating-and-implementing-medsmart-families-emergency-departments
September 30, 2024 - Safety
Preventive Medicine
Pediatric opioid misuse has risen sharply, with adolescent deaths … opioid misuse among adolescents—a pressing public health issue contributing to rising opioid-related deaths—as
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs026544-devine-final-report-2022.pdf
January 01, 2022 - were avoided (ACS), 2 clinical events and 0.9 deaths were avoided (AF). … We then modeled clinical outcomes: adverse events and deaths caused
or averted. … We then modeled clinical outcomes: adverse events and deaths averted. … events and 0.9 deaths for AF. … Alerts would help reduce clinical events and deaths for both
ACS and AF.
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/longitudinal-machine-learning-approach-providing-clinicians-timely-detection
September 30, 2023 - Historically, research has focused on deaths by suicide and suicide attempts (SAs), resulting in less … clinicians the opportunity to intervene sooner with the potential to reduce the number of SAs and suicide deaths
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digital.ahrq.gov/program-overview/research-stories/supporting-health-systems-advancing-care-delivery
January 01, 2023 - use of low-dose computed tomography screening has the potential to prevent 10,000 or more lung cancer deaths
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/reducing-hospital-readmission-rates-implementing-inpatient-tobacco-cessation
January 01, 2023 - Health Care Theme
Smoking Cessation
Tobacco use causes approximately 480,000 deaths … In addition to causing approximately 480,000 deaths annually and resulting in nearly $300 billion in
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/clinical-care-slides-10142020.pdf
October 14, 2020 - data
when you develop your models.
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Publication Date: 7 May 2020
The Mystery of the Missing Deaths … 2296 of 96 968 patients (2.4%) died within
30 days after surgery, including 1355 previously unlabeled deaths … Neural Network �
Predicting Postoperative Death
Not the End of the Story
The Mystery of the Missing Deaths
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/virtual-reality-point-care-increase-uptake-medications-opioid-use-disorder
September 30, 2023 - Opioid use is an epidemic in the United States and is the leading cause of drug overdose deaths
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digital.ahrq.gov/2018-year-review/research-summary/decreasing-tobacco-related-healthcare-costs-using-interactive
January 01, 2018 - In addition to causing approximately 480,000 deaths annually and resulting in nearly $300 billion in
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/complexity-incidence-and-costs-related-delayed-diagnosis-venous
September 01, 2024 - By improving how VTE is identified, they aim to lower patient deaths, prevent serious complications,
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/uc1hs015431-brooks-final-report-2007.pdf
January 01, 2007 - In this model, the number of deaths/events (Y) is expressed as a function
of number of 2004 acute care … The expected number of
events/deaths was included as a proxy for hospital-specific case severity. … † 3.0 (5.0) 2.0 (3.0)
Expected Deaths† 2.0 (3.0) 1.5 (3.3)
Adjusted SMR (95% CI)‡ 1.3 (1.0, 1.5) 1.3 … 2.0 (3.0) 2.0 (4.5)
Expected Deaths 2.0 (2.8) 1.4 (3.4)
Adjusted SMR (95% CI) 1.5 (1.2, 1.9) 1.7 ( … 3.5 (6.0) 2.0 (3.0)
Expected Deaths 3.6 (6.2) 2.7 (4.5)
Adjusted SMR (95% CI) 1.0 (0.9, 1.3) 0.9 (
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/development-and-implementation-remote-telehealth-user-reported-cancer
September 30, 2023 - Task Force Recommendations
Although lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths
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digital.ahrq.gov/2019-year-review/research-summary/emerging-innovative-newly-funded-research/decision-precision-increasing-lung-cancer-screening-risk-patients
January 01, 2019 - Increasing use of LDCT for at-risk patients could prevent as many as 10,000 lung cancer deaths annually
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/uc1hs015135-arora-final-report-2008.pdf
January 01, 2008 - New Mexico has more
deaths from liver-related cancers than any other state (2002) and the highest rate … of chronic liver
disease and cirrhosis deaths in the nation (1997). … These estimates also do not address costs associated with
Cirrhosis, Liver Cancer, and related deaths … The full
financial impact of Hepatitis C related deaths over the next 30 years could easily exceed $2.5 … ) – 1966; from Liver Cancer – 322; total deaths attributable to Hepatitis C –
2288.
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digital.ahrq.gov/program-overview/research-reports/2022-year-review/research-themes-and-findings
January 01, 2022 - use of low-dose computed tomography screening has the potential to prevent 10,000 or more lung cancer deaths … interoperable clinical decision support tool and patient-facing app has the potential to reduce lung cancer deaths—the … leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States.