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  1. Project BOOST Increases Patient Understanding of Treatment and Follow-up Care | PSNet

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    February 26, 2025 - of the program found that it significantly increased patients' understanding and knowledge of their diagnoses … Many patients lack understanding of their hospitalization diagnosis and treatment plans, 9 resulting … factors for readmission (8Ps) include (1) problems with medications, (2) psychological, (3) principal diagnosis

  2. Health Information Technology and Mental Health: The Way Forward (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/health-it-and-mental-health-final-report.pdf
    January 01, 2015 - Section Three: Furthering the Reliable and Valid Measurement of Mental Health Screening, Diagnoses, … How can health IT help advance and/or improve the diagnosis of mental illness? 2. … • Diagnosis, behavior patterns, and cognitive biases. … Whitehouse said that through neuropsychology, diagnosis can move beyond asking people how they feel … Measurement of Mental Health Screening, Diagnoses,. Treatment, and Outcomes Through Health IT.

  3. Executive Summary_Systematic Review: Use of Telehealth During the COVID-19 Era (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/use-telehealth-during-COVID-19-executive-summary.pdf
    January 01, 2023 - as the use of telecommunications and information technology to provide access to health assessment, diagnosis … developing rapport and communicating with their care team, potentially resulting in delayed or missed diagnoses … those who are more difficult to reach and engage via telehealth, and may result in missed or delayed diagnoses

  4. Protocol: Imaging for Pretreatment Staging of Small Cell Lung Cancer (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/lung-cancer-staging_research-protocol.pdf
    December 08, 2014 - The majority of patients diagnosed with SCLC are current or former smokers.4 Diagnosis In evaluating … However, SCLC remains a pathological diagnosis requiring tissue obtained via biopsy. … SCLC from NSCLC, other types of lung cancer, or other non-cancerous conditions (i.e., differential diagnosis … Timely diagnosis and staging is also important to maximize Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov … Treatment of small cell lung cancer: diagnosis and management of lung cancer, 3rd ed: American college

  5. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/medical-test-reviews-applicability.ppt
    June 01, 2012 - A later link in the causal chain would include considering how diagnosis by cardiac MRI versus angiography … Tests that are used both for screening and diagnosis also pose challenges. … Precision of estimates not provided Tests may be used as part of management strategy in which exact diagnosis … Clinical outcomes from the test results may mean earlier diagnosis or intervention, change in the sequence … Challenges are the variable amount of resources available to providers for diagnosis and treatment, variable

  6. Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/guides/resphys-champions.pdf
    September 01, 2015 - Local signs are rarely documented, which makes the clinical diagnosis of CAUTI mainly a diagnosis by … Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of intravascular catheter-related infection … Clinician practice and the national healthcare safety network definition for the diagnosis of catheter-associated … Diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of catheter‐associated urinary tract infection in adults: 2009 … Infectious Diseases Society of America guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria

  7. Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/resphys-champions.pdf
    September 01, 2015 - Local signs are rarely documented, which makes the clinical diagnosis of CAUTI mainly a diagnosis by … Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of intravascular catheter-related infection … Clinician practice and the national healthcare safety network definition for the diagnosis of catheter-associated … Diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of catheter‐associated urinary tract infection in adults: 2009 … Infectious Diseases Society of America guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria

  8. Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/resphys-champions_2.pdf
    September 01, 2015 - Local signs are rarely documented, which makes the clinical diagnosis of CAUTI mainly a diagnosis by … Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of intravascular catheter-related infection … Clinician practice and the national healthcare safety network definition for the diagnosis of catheter-associated … Diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of catheter‐associated urinary tract infection in adults: 2009 … Infectious Diseases Society of America guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria

  9. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/medical-test-reviews-applicability.ppt
    June 01, 2012 - A later link in the causal chain would include considering how diagnosis by cardiac MRI versus angiography … Tests that are used both for screening and diagnosis also pose challenges. … Precision of estimates not provided Tests may be used as part of management strategy in which exact diagnosis … Clinical outcomes from the test results may mean earlier diagnosis or intervention, change in the sequence … Challenges are the variable amount of resources available to providers for diagnosis and treatment, variable

  10. MEPS 2021 Help Text

    meps.ahrq.gov/survey_comp/Helptext2022.html
    January 01, 2022 - In this case, a clear diagnosis was never established and you should record the symptoms (in this case … DIAGNOSIS OR TREATMENT – Diagnosis is an examination or test to detect the presence of a disease or … For example, if a woman has a baseline mammogram, this is considered ‘diagnosis’ even if no condition … OPTOMETRIST – A medical person who examines the eyes and vision system for visual defects, diagnoses … DIAGNOSIS OR TREATMENT FOR A HEALTH PROBLEM – Diagnosis is an examination or test to detect the presence

  11. MEPS 2023 Help Text

    meps.ahrq.gov/survey_comp/Helptext2023.html
    January 01, 2023 - In this case, a clear diagnosis was never established and you should record the symptoms (in this case … DIAGNOSIS OR TREATMENT -- Diagnosis is an examination or test to detect the presence of a disease … An example of a visit for ‘diagnosis and treatment’ is a person who had a fever and a sore throat: … OPTOMETRIST -- A medical person who examines the eyes and vision system for visual defects, diagnoses … DIAGNOSIS OR TREATMENT FOR A HEALTH PROBLEM -- Diagnosis is an examination or test to detect the presence

  12. Glaucoma-Screening Surveillance (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/glaucoma-screening_surveillance.pdf
    January 01, 2013 - for glaucoma screening, whereas the remainder considered only the sensitivity and specificity for diagnosis … various subpopulations, including only healthy individuals and individuals with confirmed glaucoma diagnoses … Based on three glaucoma diagnosis 15 Conclusions From CER Executive Summary RAND Literature … Comparison of Glaucoma Diagnoses Using Stratus and Cirrus Optical Coherence Tomography in Different … Based on three glaucoma diagnosis definitions (glaucomatous optic nerve appearance, glaucomatous visual

  13. A National Web Conference on the Use of Clinical Decision Support to Improve Medication Management (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/cds-medication-management-slides-012814.pdf
    January 28, 2014 - Measurement of Screening, Diagnoses, Treatment, and Outcomes Through Health IT Madhukar H. … • OM is the third most common reason for a pediatric office visit and is the principal diagnosis … component displayed guidelines-based recommendations for treatment including indicated antibiotics, diagnosis … to Improve Medication Management Moderator and Presenters�Disclosures Measurement of Screening, Diagnoses

  14. Statistical Brief #10

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    July 10, 2006 - Diagnoses Admission rates are based on principal diagnosis for all measures except diabetes-related … three PQIs, counts are included in the numerators if the condition of interest is indicated in any diagnosis … Diagnoses are identified using codes of the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision,

  15. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol - Management of Infantile Epilepsies (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-252-infantile-epilepsies-disposition-comments.pdf
    October 25, 2022 - reviewer suggestions (e.g., changing the title to infantile epilepsies to acknowledge the varying diagnoses … We also added more explanatory text based on reviewer input regarding (1) the roles of etiology, diagnosis … There is so much variability on medications for each recognized disorder, and a proper diagnosis can … An early diagnosis can appropriately guide treatment in a more systematic way. … Syndrome Foundation General Perhaps it is too late to add anything in about early testing and diagnosis

  16. Patient Safety in Office-Based Care Settings | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/patient-safety-office-based-care-settings
    January 31, 2024 - Diagnostic testing errors and delayed or missed diagnoses also lead to patient safety events in office-based … A delayed or missed diagnosis is more complicated, but it is prevalent in office-based settings. … presentation is often poorly defined with non-specific presentations in the office-based setting, and diagnosis … may require a longer process than diagnosis in the acute care setting. … care and developing tools to improve recognition of cognitive biases that may erroneously dismiss rare diagnoses

  17. CDS Connect Implementation Guide Draft (doc file)

    cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cds/artifact/18/Enhanced%20CDS%20Artifact%20Based%20on%20Pilot%20Implementation_Final.docx
    October 01, 2017 - care providers at the clinical site often capture pregnancy as an Observation, as opposed to a formal diagnosis … For example, a history of CVD might be evidenced by a CVD diagnosis or the occurrence of a coronary artery … Codes that express a diagnosis are found within ICD-9, ICD-10, SNOMED-CT, and LOINC terminologies as

  18. Slide 1

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/sensitivity-analysis-chapter-11.pptx
    January 01, 2013 - Often a clinically relevant outcome in a data source can be ascertained in several ways (e.g., a single diagnosis … code, multiple diagnosis codes, a combination of diagnosis codes).

  19. CCR CD-SID User Guide 2001-2018 v2 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/ccr/ip-ccr/CCR-CD-SID-UserGuide-2001-2018-v2.pdf
    January 01, 2018 - performed for two states where hospital-based and department- based methods of calculating cost by Diagnosis … provides adjustment factors by Clinical Classifications Software (CCS) categories and All-Patient Refined Diagnosis … 2012, used a more extensive methodology to develop adjustment factors for 2009 data for each Medicare-Diagnosis

  20. Final Progress Report: Enhancing Stroke Prehospital and Emergency Evaluation and Delivery (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/prabhakaran-holl-report.pdf
    January 01, 2025 - The primary outcome was acute stroke diagnosis; secondary outcomes were severe stroke (National Institutes … Screening Tool (text-based model) on a cohort of 965 patients, of which 580 had confirmed stroke diagnosis … Improving Prehospital Stroke Diagnosis Using Natural Language Processing of Paramedic Reports.
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