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261. New Tools Help Health Providers Reduce Patients' Risk of Falls | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patients-consumers/patient-involvement/patients-risk-of-falls.html
     September 01, 2015 - New Tools Help Health Providers Reduce Patients' Risk of Falls For older adults, falls are serious, no matter the setting. These falls can cause bone fractures, disability, and even death. Among people 75 and older, falls are far more likely to cause admissions into a long term care facility than for adults 10…

262. End-of-Life Care Measures | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/personcentered/measures5.html
     June 01, 2018 - Chartbook on Person- and Family-Centered Care End-of-Life Care Measures Previous Page   Table of Contents Chartbook on Person- and Family-Centered Care Acknowledgments Person- and Family-Centered Care Summary of Trends Measures of Person- and Family- Centered Care Communication Measures: H…

263. Final Progress Report: Management of Direct Anticoagulants to Lower Adverse Events in Atrial Fibrillation (MODL-AF) (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/king-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Management of Direct Anticoagulants to Lower Adverse Events in Atrial Fibrillation (MODL-AF) Project Title: Management of Direct Anticoagulants to Lower Adverse Events in Atrial Fibrillation (MODL-AF) Grant Number: 5R18HS026156-04 Project/Grant Period: 08-01/2018-05/31/2022 Principal Investig…

264. From Quality Measures to Quality Care: Examples of Quality Improvement at Work | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-measures/21st-century/challenges.html
     June 01, 2018 - Reducing Asthma-Related Deaths Despite advances in treatment, mortality from asthma has risen 58 percent … elderly, influenza and its complications are particularly problematic, with 95 percent of the resulting deaths

265. Community-Acquired Pneumonia in the Primary Care Setting (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cap-toolkit/cap_pc-pamphlet.pdf
     January 01, 2018 - Community-Acquired Pneumonia in the Primary Care Setting Community-Acquired Pneumonia in the Primary Care Setting Background on Community-Acquired Pneumonia Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the eighth leading cause of death in the United States.1 Approximately 6 million cases are reported annually, resulting i…

266. EvidenceNOW: Managing Unhealthy Alcohol Use Webinar | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/alcohol/webinar-uau-evaluation.html
     August 01, 2024 - EvidenceNOW: Managing Unhealthy Alcohol Use Webinar In 2019, AHRQ launched the Managing Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Primary Care Initiative to help primary care practices increase efforts to address patients' unhealthy alcohol use (UAU). As a leading cause of preventable death, UAU is associated with a wide range …

267. Webinar Transcript - The National Quality Strategy and the Public Sector: Federal Agency Alignment to the Six Priorities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/workingforquality/events/webinar-federal-agency-alignment-to-the-six-priorities.html
     November 01, 2016 - The top 10 leading causes of death account for 75 percent of all deaths in the U.S., and cardiovascular … disease, stroke, and cancer together account for more than 50 percent of the Nation's deaths. … behaviors—tobacco use, inactivity, poor nutrition, and excessive alcohol use account for 40 percent of U.S. deaths

268. Chartbook on Patient Safety (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/npsd/data/npsd-chartbook-2020.pdf
     January 01, 2020 - The EVENT TYPES with the largest proportion of patient deaths reported among Incidents where the EXTENT … For no other EVENT TYPE did the proportion of deaths exceed 0.5%.

269. Advancing Diagnostic Equity Through Clinician Engagement, Community Partnerships, and Connected Care (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/advancing-diagnostic-equity.pdf
     November 15, 2022 - Advancing Diagnostic Equity Through Clinician Engagement, Community Partnerships, and Connected Care Advancing Diagnostic Equity Through Clinician Engagement, Community Partnerships, and Connected Care Traber D. Giardina, PhD, MSW1,2 , LeChauncy D. Woodard, MD, MPH3, and Hardeep Singh, MD, MPH1,2 1Houston Cent…

270. New AHRQ SOPS® Workplace Safety Supplemental Items for Hospitals - McGaffigan (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/03-new-sops-workplace-safety-mcgaffigan.pdf
     December 01, 2020 - New AHRQ SOPS® Workplace Safety Supplemental Items for Hospitals - McGaffigan Workforce Safety Patricia McGaffigan, RN, MS, CPPS pmcgaffigan@ihi.org; @Pmcgaffigan_IHI mailto:pmcgaffigan@ihi.org Why Workforce Safety Matters Workforce safety is essential for safe, high- quality care and is preconditional to …

271. OR-to-ICU Transitions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-care-transitions4.html
     June 01, 2023 - Diagnostic Safety Across Transitions of Care Throughout the Healthcare System: Current State and a Call to Action OR-to-ICU Transitions Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Diagnostic Safety Across Transitions of Care Throughout the Healthcare System: Current State and a Call to Action Introd…

272. A System to Describe and Reduce Medical Errors in Primary Care (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Kaprielian_9.pdf
     January 01, 2007 - All significant adverse events (e.g., unexpected deaths and hospitalizations) were to be reported for … Since all unexpected deaths and quality- related patient complaints were reviewed, this category was … medication error deaths between 1983 and 1993. Lancet 1998; 351: 643-644. 5. Gaba DM.

273. Network of Patient Safety Databases Chartbook, 2021 (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/npsd/data/npsd-chartbook-2021.pdf
     January 01, 2021 - Patient Safety Databases Chartbook, 2021| 23 The EVENT TYPES with the largest proportion of patient deaths … For no other EVENT TYPE did the proportion of deaths exceed 0.5%.

274. Evidence for Advancing Heart Health | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/evidence/index.html
     March 01, 2021 - Evidence for Advancing Heart Health Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men and women in the United States. To prevent heart attacks, health care professionals can work with their patients to adopt the ABCS of cardiovascular disease prevention: Aspirin use by high-risk individuals Blood press…

275. Chapter 6. Measure Maps and Profiles (continued, 18) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/care/coordination/atlas/chapter6q.html
     June 01, 2014 - Care Coordination Measures Atlas Update Chapter 6. Measure Maps and Profiles (continued, 18) Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Care Coordination Measures Atlas Update Chapter 1: Background Chapter 2. What is Care Coordination? Chapter 3. Care Coordination Measurement Framework Chapte…

276. Final Progress Report: Using Health Risk Appraisal To Prioritize Primary Care Interventions (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/nagykald-mold-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - all other causes as a sixteenth cause) according to the naturally occurring distribution ratios of deaths

277. Heart Health NOW (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/results/research/recruitment-brochure-nc.pdf
     January 01, 2003 - Heart Health NOW This is our time! Are you ready? Heart Health NOW! Advancing heart health in N.C. primary care Heart Health NOW! is the N.C. Cooperative of EvidenceNOW —a program funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Your practice will partner with us by: • Establishing an EHR connection…

278. EvidenceNOW Building State Capacity Profile: Alabama Cooperative (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/building-capacity/EvidenceNOW-BSC-AL-profile.pdf
     September 01, 2021 - EvidenceNOW Building State Capacity Profile: Alabama Cooperative Alabama Cooperative Project Name: Alabama Cardiovascular Cooperative Principal Investigators: Andrea L. Cherrington, MD, MPH and Elizabeth Jackson, MD, MPH, FAHA, University of Alabama at Birmingham Cooperative Partners: Alabama Department …

279. Final Progress Report: Failure To Rescue-Patient Safety Learning Lab (FTR-PSLL) (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/blike-report.pdf
     January 01, 2025 - and sub-system interventions that were designed to improve rescue and reduce Failure to Rescue Events—deaths … Data is presented as count of PSI4 deaths (numerator) over the t otal number of cases considered … The method used to analyze deaths due to failure to rescue from sedative/analgesic- associated respiratory … There were three deaths related to sedative/analgesic medication administration in units without surveillance … These deaths all occurred during the 29-month period during which surveillance monitoring was being

280. Section 5: Evidence, Attachment 1: AAP Guideline Evidence (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/chipra-89-adhd-behavior-section-5-attach-1.pdf
     January 01, 2009 - Section 5: Evidence, Attachment 1: AAP Guideline Evidence SNAC Submission Form ADHD Measure 2: Behavior Therapy Section 5: Evidence Attachment 1: AAP Guideline Evidence Excerpt from the 2011 AAP ADHD Guideline: Preschool-aged Children Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most common neuro…