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121. Medication Reconciliation Intervention Reduces Drug Discrepancies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2023 - Accomplishing these goals would reduce the number of Americans who experience diet-related diseases like … type 2 diabetes, obesity and heart disease. … A clinically-guided unsupervised clustering approach to recommend symptoms of disease associated with

122. CLEAR Scoliosis Research Network | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2012 - the goal of improving the function and quality of life of people suffering from scoliosis and other diseases … Current or Past Research Interests / Health Conditions: Arthritis and other non-traumatic joint disease

123. Implementation Guide for Ambulatory Care Antibiotic Stewardship (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2022 - Program for Improving Antibiotic Use in Ambulatory Care can help practices address the Centers for Disease … In addition, many topics, particularly those regarding infectious diseases syndromes, include a one-page … Handouts for patient education are available in English and Spanish for infectious diseases syndromes … Of note, each set of discussion points related to specific infectious diseases topics can also be found … The specific infectious diseases topics addressed are case based and focus on common scenarios in the

124. Subcommittee of the National Advisory Council for the National Action Alliance to Advance Patient and Workforce Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2024 - issued through AHRQ on behalf of HHS, a Federal planning committee (including AHRQ, the Centers for Disease

125. Cellulitis-One-Page (doc file)
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     November 01, 2019 - Discuss these cases with the antibiotic stewardship program and/or infectious diseases consultant. … for the diagnosis and management of skin and soft tissue infections: 2014 update by the Infectious Diseases

126. Monitoring Ventilator-Associated Events Module 2
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     January 01, 2017 - Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. … vent settings Purulent secretions Gram stain neutrophils New antibiotic start Infiltrate Centers for Disease … Control (CDC): Old Definition              Centers for Disease Control (CDC): New Definition … ACCP = American College of Chest Physicians; CDC = Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; CPIS = … Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

127. Preventing Medication Errors in Ambulatory Care: The Importance of Establishing Regimen Concordance (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2004 - documented the prevalence and consequences of patient non-adherence (e.g., pill-taking) in the chronic disease … discordance between patient and provider,9, 12, 13 or the contribution of regimen discordance to chronic disease … We excluded patients with any International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-9 diagnosis of psychotic … Most patients were taking warfarin for atrial fibrillation (62 percent) and/or valvular heart disease … had similar findings.24 Given the prevalence of chronic diseases,52 the challenge of managing multiple

128. Primary Care Transformation in a NCQA Certified Patient-Centered Medical Home (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2015 - diabetes registry, and automated secure online reminders for preventive health appointments and chronic disease … associated with improved process-oriented clinical quality metrics (including measures of chronic disease

129. Practice Improvement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2022 - Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Patient Safety Technology Responses to COVID-19 Coronavirus Disease … 19 Response In Conversation With… Joel Willis, DO, PA, MA, MPhiL and Neal Sikka, MD Coronavirus Disease

130. Implementing Antibiotic Stewardship in Your Practice – Facilitator Guide (doc file)
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     September 01, 2022 - antibiotic stewardship activities · Develop guidance for the management and treatment of common infectious disease … The need for such approaches has been recognized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or … include knowledge of and interest in the diagnosis, management, and treatment of common infectious diseases … While ultimately it will be helpful to have guidance for all infectious disease syndromes, start with … Stewardship activities include developing guidance for management and treatment of common infectious diseases

131. Why Should Your Practice Focus on Improving Antibiotic Prescribing? – Slides
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     September 01, 2022 - An Official Clinical Practice Guideline of the American Thoracic Society and Infectious Diseases Society … treatment of acute uncomplicated cystitis and pyelonephritis in women: A 2010 update by the Infectious Diseases … Society of America and the European Society for Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.

132. Disparities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     differences in access to or availability of medical facilities and services and variation in rates of disease

133. Emotional Wellness Resources for Nursing Home Staff with QR codes (doc file)
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     March 01, 2022 - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers tips to build resilience during the pandemic as

134. Emotional Wellness Resources for Nursing Home Staff (doc file)
     preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nursing-home/materials/emotional-wellness-resources-electronic.docx
     March 01, 2022 - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers tips to build resilience during the pandemic as

135. Major Study Finds Significant National Patient Safety Improvement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2022 - psychological harm caused by a person’s interaction with the healthcare system (rather than the underlying disease … programs and publicly reported outcomes all geared towards improving patient safety; the Centers for Disease

136. Advancing Heart Health | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2024 - many primary care practices struggle to adopt evidence-based practices to prevent and manage heart disease … Imagine the EvidenceNOW Model Helping Primary Care Practices Manage COVID-19 and Other Diseases

137. CAHPS Health Literacy Item Sets | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2022 - following five topic areas: Communication with providers Communication about self-management of diseases … Universal Precautions Toolkit , AHRQ National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy , Office of Disease

138. New Study Shows Reductions in Antibiotic Use at Ambulatory Care Clinics Participating in HHS-funded Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2022 - Antibiotic medications have drastically reduced illness and death due to bacterial infectious diseases … Chicago, and AHRQ with input from a Technical Expert Panel including representatives from the Centers for Disease

139. Tools for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - incidence of CLABSI and the ensuing morbidity, mortality, and costs.6-9 In addition, the Centers for Disease … Critical Care Medicine, the Society of Healthcare Epidemiologists of America (SHEA), the Infectious Disease … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. … Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, January 2012. … Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, February 2012.

140. Development of the CAHPS In-Center Hemodialysis Survey | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2019 - General recommended developing a standardized experience of care survey of patients with end-stage renal disease … For the first time, development of a CAHPS survey was focused on a specific chronic disease population