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  1. Hospital at Home℠ Care Reduces Costs, Readmissions, and Complications and Enhances Satisfaction for Elderly Patients. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/innovation/hospital-homesm-care-reduces-costs-readmissions-and-complications-and-enhances
    November 15, 2023 - Updates include expanded use by other organizations, additional results, revisions to innovation description … Description of the Innovative Activity The  Hospital at Home sm  program provides complete substitution

  2. Preventablehospitalandedvisits-Implmatl (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/prevhosp/preventablehospitalandedvisits-implmatl.pdf
    June 03, 2025 - Description The assessment has four sections: • Screening for hospitalization risk, • Averting … Preventable Hospital and Emergency Department Visits Hospital Transfer Self-Assessment Worksheet Purpose Description

  3. Section 1: Planning a Care Management Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/medicaidmgmt/mm1.html
    October 01, 2014 - Please go to Section 5: Selecting a Care Management Program Model for a description of program models … options for operating a disease management or care management program d , e , f Waiver Type Description

  4. Appendix: State Overviews | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/medicaidmgmt/tap.html
    October 01, 2014 - Management Evidence Base Appendix: State Overviews     The appendix provides a brief description … Evaluation Iowa has completed an evaluation for the first year of its asthma program, including a description

  5. Community-Acquired Pneumonia Clinical Decision Support Implementation Toolkit Handbook (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cap-toolkit/cap_imptoolkit.pdf
    January 01, 2018 - This handbook provides a description of the CAP alert tool, a rationale for its use, an overview of the … Tools Available in the Implementation Toolkit Tool Use this tool to… Description and formatting For

  6. Life-Threatening Infant Overdose of Sodium Chloride | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/life-threatening-infant-overdose-sodium-chloride
    December 23, 2020 - Absence of standardized patient safety communication    It is unclear, based on the Case description … It is also not clear from the Case description whether any standardized process of communicating such

  7. Primary Care Practice Facilitation Curriculum Module 25: The Patient-Centered Medical Home: Principles and Recognition Processes (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/tools/PCMH/pcpf-module-25-pcmh-principles.pdf
    September 01, 2015 - PCMH payment models Model Type Description Fee-for-service (FFS) with adjustments FFS with specialized … Model Type Description

  8. Impact of Pharmacy-led Dyslipidemia Interventions on Medication Safety and Therapeutic Failure in Patients (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/Weaver.pdf
    January 01, 2003 - Description of interventions Interventions implemented by the pharmacy department, with the support … None) /PDFXOutputCondition () /PDFXRegistryName (http://www.color.org) /PDFXTrapped /Unknown /Description

  9. Can We Talk? Priorities for Patient Care Differed Among Health Care Providers (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/Evanoff.pdf
    January 01, 2003 - Despite these limitations, our study provides a unique description of an important area of dysfunction … None) /PDFXOutputCondition () /PDFXRegistryName (http://www.color.org) /PDFXTrapped /Unknown /Description

  10. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Approach to Child Cognitive and Behavioral Health (pdf file)

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/uspstfchildhealth.pdf
    October 01, 2016 - All final USPSTF recommendation statements include a description of the rationale for the preventive … Recommendations Regarding Childhood Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Health The following is a description

  11. Screening for Ovarian Cancer: USPSTF Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/6LdjRdFR8Pj8KCrgLyaWZZ
    December 01, 2012 - Preventive Services Task Force* Description: Reaffirmation of the 2004 U.S. … USPSTF Levels of Certainty Regarding Net Benefit Level of Certainty* Description High The available

  12. Statistical Brief #97: Most Expensive Hospitalizations, 2008 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb97.pdf
    October 01, 2010 - Identification and description of suspiciously high charges Suspiciously high charges2 were identified … For a detailed description of HCUP, more information on the design of the NIS, and methods to calculate

  13. The New York Model: Root Cause Analysis Driving Patient Safety Initiative to Ensure Correct Surgical and Invasive Procedures (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Faltz_56.pdf
    March 27, 2008 - date, location, type of surgery/procedure, and other demographic data about the patient; a narrative description … Presentations included a detailed description of a recent wrong-sided surgical sentinel event that occurred

  14. Physiologic Predictors of the Need for Trauma Center Care: A Systematic Review (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/predictors-trauma-care_research-protocol.pdf
    May 31, 2017 - risk of bias studies include clear descriptions of the population, setting, and measures; sufficient description

  15. Disposition of Comments for CER 178 Newer Medications for Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/prostatic-hyperplasia-medications_disposition-comments.pdf
    May 26, 2016 - Very clear description of the different SoE definitions.

  16. Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 | PSO

    pso.ahrq.gov/resources/act
    August 01, 2022 - SHARE: More topics in this section Resources Resources Resources About the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 Patient Safety Act Patient Safety Rule HHS Guidance Guides Other Educational Materials …

  17. Evaluation and Research on Antimicrobial Stewardship's Effect on Clostridium difficile (ERASE C. difficile) Project: toolkit (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/cdifftoolkit.pdf
    September 01, 2012 - Metric Description Strengths Considerations Monitoring Potential References Defined daily dose ( … Do we have a description of how ASP activities translate into cost savings? … yes no If Yes, describe: If No what is the plan to create a description? … Do we have a description of how improved patient outcomes bring about cost savings? … yes no If Yes, describe: If No, what is the plan to create a description?

  18. Disposition of Comments Report for Oral Contraceptive Use for the Primary Prevention of Ovarian Cancer (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cancer-ovarian-contraceptives_disposition-comments.pdf
    June 07, 2013 - 4 Commentator & Affiliation Section Comment Response TEP Member 4 Executive Summary The description … Please reword to provide a more detailed description We have revised the sentence to be more precise … The reviewer is correct, and we have revised this description to clarify that probabilistic analysis … This level of understanding and description should be demanded even in an Abstract since this may be

  19. Dec-2016-Cholesterol-Wg-Notes (doc file)

    cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/workgroups/211/dec-2016-cholesterol-wg-notes.docx
    January 01, 2016 - Management Work Group (WG) kick-off meeting with a welcome to the Cholesterol Management WG members and a description

  20. Cer-235-Pharma-Nonpharm-Ptsd-Update-Appendix-G-1 (xls file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-235-pharma-nonpharm-ptsd-update-appendix-g-1.xlsx
    May 29, 2025 - Center ROB Risk of bias RTI-UNC RTI-UNC Evidence-based Practice Center NOTE: Each column includes a description
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