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101. Heart Disease and Health | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/topics/heart-disease-and-health.html
     Topic: Heart Disease and Health Medical conditions involving the cardiovascular system including the

102. Organizing Quality Measures by Disease or Condition | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/translate/organize/disease.html
     May 01, 2019 - Organizing Quality Measures by Disease or Condition Research indicates that consumers are more … loved one has. [1] A large number of measures are disease-specific. … Organizing by disease or condition makes it easy to provide useful information about the disease or condition … If you have information about performance with respect to some diseases and conditions, but not about … others, people can become disappointed that “their” disease is excluded.

103. Fact Sheet on Patient Safety Indicators (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/a1b_combo_psifactsheet.pdf
     October 01, 2015 - www.qualityindicators.ahrq.gov. 1 ICD-9 = International Classification of Diseases … In October 2015, the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification … diagnoses and inpatient procedures was officially replaced by the International Classification of Diseases

104. Diverticulitis (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/diverticulitis-one-page.docx
     November 01, 2019 - only for severe illness Treatment · Acute, uncomplicated diverticulitis (CT-confirmed left colonic disease … immunocompromise or complex presentations; relevant multi-specialty consultation, including infectious diseases … Diverticulitis in the United States: 1998-2005: changing patterns of disease and treatment. … for the diagnosis and management of skin and soft tissue infections: 2014 update by the Infectious Diseases

105. Dxpages (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/settings/hospitals/red-toolkit/dxpages.docx
     June 02, 2025 - ( Source: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases ) 7 image4.emf image5

106. When It Comes to High-Quality Healthcare, Diagnostic Safety Tops the List | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2024 - Quality & Safety estimated that 795,000 Americans become permanently disabled or die annually due to disease … moved beyond the assumption that diagnostic errors are largely unavoidable due to the complexities of disease … needed to address diagnostic errors that persist throughout all care settings, involve common and rare diseases … Making described how administrative and other data sources can identify diagnostic delays for various diseases

107. 3. Breadth and Focus Areas of Federal Agency Research Portfolios in HSR and PCR | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2021 - CDC To protect the health of Americans by fighting disease and supporting communities and citizens … Disease-specific clinical screening and treatment in primary care. … It’s those who are healthy, as well as those who actually have a disease.” … diseases, conditions, and injuries. … To fight disease and support health promotion, CDC largely organizes its research around disease states

108. Practice Survey Codebook: CPCQ and PCMH-A (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/results/research/survey-codebook-baseline.pdf
     June 02, 2025 - cardiovascular preventive care (e.g., prescribing aspirin for patients at risk for ischemic vascular disease … regularly available to assess and manage care for practice populations, but only for a limited number of diseases … regularly available to assess and manage care for practice populations, across a comprehensive set of diseases … and routinely used for pre-visit planning or patient outreach, but only for a limited number of diseases … teams and routinely used for pre-visit planning and patient outreach, across a comprehensive set of diseases

109. 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 - How is disease severity of CAP currently assessed? 2. … Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2007;44(Supplement 2):S27-S72. 2. … Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2007;44(Supplement 2):S27-S72. 7. … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). FastStats: Pneumonia. … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Web site.

110. Examples of Diagnosis Pages (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/settings/hospitals/red-toolkit/dxpages.pdf
     June 02, 2025 - ask questions. 7 Source: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases … Examples of Diagnosis Pages Congestive Heart Failure Pneumonia Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

111. Acknowledgments | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2018 - Acknowledgments Effective Treatment Effective Treatment Trends and Measures Cardiovascular Disease … Cancer Chronic Kidney Disease Diabetes HIV and AIDS Mental Health and Substance Abuse Musculoskeletal … Diseases Respiratory Diseases National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report

112. Cholecystitis and Cholangitis (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/biliary-tract-one-page.docx
     November 01, 2019 - immunocompromise or complex presentations; relevant multispecialty consultation, including infectious diseases … intra-abdominal infection in adults and children: guidelines by the Surgical infection Society and the Infectious Diseases

113. PowerPoint Presentation: Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Urinary Tract Infections
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/ASB-UTI-slides.pptx
     November 01, 2019 - cephalosporin Moment 4: Duration If catheter removed in a female patient ≤ 65 years and no upper tract disease … Significance of bacteriuria in patients with end-stage renal disease on hemodialysis. … Infectious Diseases Society of America guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria … The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Mycoses Study Group. … Society of America and the European Society for Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.

114. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Bacteremia
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/bacteremia-slides.pptx
     November 01, 2019 - (Exception: lower urinary tract infections) If isolate is multidrug-resistant, consider infectious diseases … clearance of bacteremia15 Source control is essential Remove hardware Debride abscesses Infectious diseases … for S. aureus bacteremia or native valve endocarditis22,26 Consider in consultation with infectious disease … Right-sided endocarditis Injecting drug users with MSSA and minimal comorbidities, no hardware, no embolic disease … Impact of infectious disease consultation of quality of care, mortality, and length of stay in Staphylococcus

115. Chlorhexidine Bathing Routine Reduces Infections in Nursing Homes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2023 - Huang, M.D., M.P.H., of the Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California Irvine School of … Miller, M.D., M.P.H., of the Division of Infectious Diseases, Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation

116. Final Progress Report: Advancing Patient Safety Innovation in Rheumatology (ASPIRE) (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/yazdany-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - Over the past two decades, as chronic disease management has become more complex due to the increased … inflammatory bowel disease, therefore face increasing safety risks. … Differences in Longitudinal Disease Activity Between Research Cohort and Noncohort Participants with … The impact of smoking on disease measures in rheumatoid arthritis: the need for appropriate adjustment … Advancing Patient Safety Innovation in Rheumatology (ASPIRE) PI: Yazdany, J Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

117. Healthy Living: HPV Vaccine Among Adolescent Females | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/womenhealth/wm-hl2.html
     September 01, 2015 - Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Immunizations and Respiratory … Diseases and National Center for Health Statistics, National Immunization Survey—Teen, 2008-2012. … 38.8 41.1 43.9 Hispanic 16.3 29.7 34.7 48.6 43.5 Source: Centers for Disease … Control and Prevention, National Center for Immunizations and Respiratory Diseases and National Center

118. eCare Plan Past Contributors | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2024 - important for care for people with Long COVID, type 2 diabetes, chronic pain and opioid use, cardiovascular diseases … , and chronic kidney disease—especially in the context of multiple chronic conditions, as well as data … Izurieta, MD, MPH, PhD   Cardiovascular Disease Technical Expert Panel Laura Kierol Andrews, PhD, APRN

119. Improving Antibiotic Use is a Patient Safety Issue
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     September 01, 2022 - antibiotic stewardship activities Develop guidance for the management and treatment of common infectious disease … States1 30% of all antibiotics prescribed in the ambulatory setting are likely unnecessary1 Centers for Disease … activities and for the quality of care, and some options include prescribing and diagnosis of infectious diseases … Stewardship activities include— Developing guidance for management and treatment of common infectious diseases … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Core Elements of Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship. https:

120. AHRQ Views: New Quality Indicator Aimed at Addressing Maternal Morbidities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/936.html
     November 01, 2024 - Affects Health and What the Healthcare Industry Can Do About It Improving diagnostic practices can reduce diseases … Medicine , observed that climate change has led to a rise in heat-related illnesses and the spread of diseases … The authors called for a shift in how clinicians approach diagnosis, especially as new or more common diseases