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  1. Coronary Artery Disease, Acute Myocardial Infarction, and Ischemic Stroke Rates Among Inpatient Stays, 2001-2014 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb241-Coronary-Artery-AMI-Stroke-Hospital-Stays-2001-2014.pdf
    January 01, 2014 - ASCVD in the blood vessels of the brain can decrease blood flow to the brain and result in ischemic … AMI: 22.8% cumulative decrease Stroke: 5.1% cumulative decrease CAD: 69.6% cumulative decrease … (2001–2014) 45.1% cumulative decrease (2001–2014) 4 In-hospital deaths among adult inpatient … By 2014, only 7.7 percent of stays for stroke resulted in an in-hospital death, a 38.1 percent decrease … AMI: 29.3% cumulative decrease CAD: 3.6% cumulative increase 5 Rates of ASCVD inpatient stays

  2. Nurse-Driven Early Mobility Protocols: Facilitator Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/technical/nurse-early-mobility-protocols-fac-guide.html
    January 01, 2017 - these problems, early exercise and progressive mobility have been introduced as an intervention to decrease … an evidence-based mobility program designed to maintain baseline mobility and functional capacity, decrease … the incidence of delirium, and decrease ventilator days and hospital length of stay. … promote ventilator weaning in a timely manner, improve patients' overall strength and endurance, and decrease … ICU and hospital lengths of stay, which in turn lead to a decrease in hospital costs.

  3. Facilitator Guide: Build Your SSI Prevention Bundle (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/technical/nursedr-early-mobility-protocols-facguide.docx
    January 01, 2017 - these problems, early exercise and progressive mobility have been introduced as an intervention to decrease … an evidence-based mobility program designed to maintain baseline mobility and functional capacity, decrease … the incidence of delirium, and decrease ventilator days and hospital length of stay. … promote ventilator weaning in a timely manner, improve patients' overall strength and endurance, and decrease … ICU and hospital lengths of stay, which in turn lead to a decrease in hospital costs.

  4. Most Frequent Operating Room Procedures Performed in U.S. Hospitals, 2003-2012 #186

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb186-Operating-Room-Procedures-United-States-2012.jsp
    December 01, 2014 - The 10 procedures with the greatest increase in rate and the 10 procedures with greatest decrease in … Genitourinary incontinence OR procedures had the second greatest decrease in rate, decreasing by 62.5 … percent from 40.0 to 15.0 per 100,000 population (10.3 percent average annual decrease). … The OR procedures with the third through fifth greatest decrease in rate involved the female genital … and a 10.3 percent average annual decrease in the rate of transurethral prostatectomy (TURP).

  5. Upper Respiratory Tract Infection: The Common Cold (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/respiratory-one-pager.pdf
    September 01, 2022 - and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs): help reduce fever and pain ‒ Systemic decongestants: may decrease … may improve cough ‒ Codeine and benzonatate: can suppress cough ‒ Nasal ipratroprium bromide: can decrease

  6. Enhancing self-management of T2DM with an Automated Reminder and Feedback System - 2011 | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/enhancing-self-management-t2dm-automated-reminder-and-feedback-system/annual-summary/2011
    January 01, 2011 - The primary outcome analysis, change in HbA1c levels, demonstrated a significant decrease in HbA1c for … Each additional docking of the ASMM within a 2-day period was associated with a decrease in glucose level … Those regularly using the system during the final phase of the study (months 9 to 15), had an average decrease … Demographic and behavioral factors that may have accounted for the decrease in HbA1c in all groups were

  7. Impact of automated alerts on discharge opioid overprescribing after general surgery. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-automated-alerts-discharge-opioid-overprescribing-after-general-surgery
    September 29, 2017 - unilateral open inguinal hernia repair, and laparoscopic appendectomy), researchers identified a significant decrease … Researchers also observed a significant decrease in the average opioid supply at discharge.

  8. Doing well by doing good: assessing the cost savings of an intervention to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections in a Hawaii hospital. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/doing-well-doing-good-assessing-cost-savings-intervention-reduce-central-line-associated
    March 21, 2012 - substantiates these significant savings in hospital costs by avoiding CLABSI, but it finds a concomitant marked decrease … Therefore, the business case for this quality improvement measure is purely for the payers, and the decrease

  9. Multistate point-prevalence survey of health care-associated infections. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/multistate-point-prevalence-survey-health-care-associated-infections
    November 14, 2018 - devices—including central lines , urinary catheters , and ventilators —have been a major focus of strategies to decrease … A recent CDC report suggested the potential promise of antibiotic stewardship programs to decrease

  10. Quality Improvement Study Framework (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/appendix-k-study-elements.docx
    June 02, 2025 - . · Abandon – No improvement or a decrease in performance was observed. … or make adjustments to the intervention to achieve greater change. · Abandon – No improvement or a decrease

  11. Section 1, Tables 1 to 3 (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-0230-section-1-tables-1-3.pdf
    June 02, 2025 - Cardiovascular Despite administration of isotonic intravenous fluid bolus ≥ 40 mL/kg in 1 hour, • Decrease … mechanical ventilation Neurologic • Glasgow Coma Score ≤ 11 OR • Acute change in mental status with a decrease

  12. Reaching the Research Community Through Web Conferences | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/2020-year-review/research-dissemination/reaching-research-community-through-web-conferences
    January 01, 2020 - Use of this algorithm has the potential to decrease time from diagnosis to surgical evaluation, with … resulting improvement in quality of life for patients and caregivers, reduction in suffering, and a decrease

  13. Medication Errors | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/health-care-theme/medication-errors
    January 01, 2023 - CancelRx: A Health IT Tool to Decrease Medication Discrepancies in the Outpatient Setting Description … preventing wrong-patient order errors, finding rigorous evidence that these interventions significantly decrease

  14. Trends in Operating Room Procedures in U.S. Hospitals, 2001—2011 - Statistical Brief #171

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb171-Operating-Room-Procedure-Trends.jsp
    March 01, 2014 - Appendectomy (13% decrease in procedure volume from 2001 to 2011): 2001: 377,000, 2002: 386,000, 2003 … Percutaneous coronary angioplasty (PTCA) (28% decrease in procedure volume from 2001 to 2011): 2001: … Figure 5 shows a decrease in two specific vascular OR procedures that are not related to the heart. … Endarterectomy, vessel of head and neck (32% decrease in procedure volume from 2001 to 2011): 2001: … Peripheral vascular bypass (37% decrease in procedure volume from 2001 to 2011): 2001: 121,000, 2002

  15. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/72618/psn-pdf
    December 23, 2020 - Opioid Prescribing in Emergency Medicine In an effort to decrease opioid prescription quantities, the … in the proportion of prescriptions from 11-19 pills and a 6.7% decrease in the proportion of prescriptions … They did see a 5% decrease in the proportion of prescriptions for less than 10 pills, which indicated … Examples of Nudge Unit projects with a patient safety component include: Using default options to decrease … opioid prescribing durations Using default options to decrease unnecessary imaging for palliative cancer

  16. Since their introduction in 20xx, DES have been shown in clinical trials to decrease TLR (… (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/coronary-stents-outcomes_research.pdf
    January 01, 2010 - Since their introduction in 20xx, DES have been shown in clinical trials to decrease TLR (… … ACC-NCDR® registry, patients who received DES had significantly lower mortality rates, including an early decrease

  17. Evidence Summary for Treatments for Acute Pain: A Systematic Review (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cer-240-acute-pain-evidence-summary.pdf
    December 01, 2020 - Acupuncture might be associated with moderate decrease in pain and improved function at 2 to <4 weeks … Heat therapy was probably associated with moderate decrease in pain versus usual care or placebo at … mandating the use of prescription drug monitoring data and an opioid risk assessment tool might not decrease … Massage might be associated with moderate to large decrease in pain intensity at <1 day and decreased … NSAIDs are probably associated with moderate to large decrease in pain versus acetaminophen at <1 day

  18. Intervention INC: Interactive Nutrition Comics for Urban Minority Youth | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/intervention-inc-interactive-nutrition-comics-urban-minority-youth
    January 01, 2023 - Key recruitment and retention strategies for a pilot web-based intervention to decrease obesity risk … Key recruitment and retention strategies for a pilot web-based intervention to decrease obesity risk … Low Income Populations , Minority Populations Testing a web-based interactive comic tool to decrease … Testing a web-based interactive comic tool to decrease obesity risk among minority preadolescents: protocol

  19. Technical Specifications and Chart Abstraction Tool (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-200-tech-specs.pdf
    December 14, 2011 - Rationale Relationship to Desired Outcome: The three primary outcomes of the measure would be to decrease … the number of transfusions in PICUs and thereby decreasing transfusion-related event risks, to decrease … utilization of donor blood, which is a limited resource, and to decrease costs associated with a PICU … stable, critically ill children a hemoglobin threshold of 7 g per deciliter for red-cell transfusion can decrease

  20. Aim Statement Worksheet (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/tools-and-materials/q66-oh-aim-statement-worksheet.pdf
    June 02, 2025 - _ Create flowchart Specific Aim Statement We will: ☐improve ☐increase ☐decrease
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