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  1. Definitions of Diagnosis | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-terminology3.html
    April 01, 2025 - diagnosis as the absolute truth of a patient’s condition based on current scientific understanding of a disease

  2. Statistical Brief #122: Septicemia in U.S. Hospitals, 2009 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb122.pdf
    October 01, 2011 - , septicemia patients were more severely ill than patients hospitalized for other diagnoses.3 The disease … 218.8 Diabetes mellitus without complication 180,400 215.8 Coronary atherosclerosis and other heart disease … infections 14,500 17.5 Diabetes mellitus with complications 14,100 17.1 Acute cerebrovascular disease … 13,000 15.7 Biliary tract disease 12,400 14.9 Intestinal obstruction without hernia 10,300 12.4 … ICD-9-CM is the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification, which

  3. Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews_Inclusion of Nonrandomized Studies of Interventions in Systematic Reviews of Intervention Effectiveness: An Update (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/product/pdf/methods-guide-inclusion-nonrandomized-studies.pdf
    September 01, 2022 - Second, in the situation of rare diseases, RCTs may have to draw from a very small population of interest … No N/A May be longitudinal Retrospective • May be useful for rare diseases or newer interventions … No N/A May be longitudinal Retrospective • May be useful for rare diseases, atypical patients, … Opioid Analgesic Use and Risk for Invasive Pneumococcal Diseases: A Nested Case-Control Study. … Use of disease risk scores in pharmacoepidemiologic studies.

  4. Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews_Inclusion of Nonrandomized Studies of Interventions in Systematic Reviews of Intervention Effectiveness: An Update (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pdf/methods-guide-inclusion-nonrandomized-studies.pdf
    September 01, 2022 - Second, in the situation of rare diseases, RCTs may have to draw from a very small population of interest … No N/A May be longitudinal Retrospective • May be useful for rare diseases or newer interventions … No N/A May be longitudinal Retrospective • May be useful for rare diseases, atypical patients, … Opioid Analgesic Use and Risk for Invasive Pneumococcal Diseases: A Nested Case-Control Study. … Use of disease risk scores in pharmacoepidemiologic studies.

  5. Massachusetts Quality e-Measure Validation Study (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs017048-schneider-final-report-2011.pdf
    January 01, 2011 - Coronary artery disease Measure Description Age Denom. Time Window Numer. … Specifically, measures applicable only to patients with chronic diseases would involve very few individuals … • Sample Challenge 3: Inability to selectively sample patients with chronic disease prior to … conditions (the population sampled for chronic disease management performance measures) were too small … Because the disease- specific and sex-specific quality measures are subsets of that sample, the power

  6. Microsoft Word - CaseforPOAIndicator_final_060806 _2_.doc (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2006_7.pdf
    January 01, 2006 - State rates can be caused by many factors, including differences in practice patterns, underlying disease … days (excluding paralysis patients, patients admitted from long-term-care facilities, patients with diseases … to falling* (excluding obstetrical admissions) * That is, excluding patients with musculoskeletal disease … , circulatory disease, and obstetric conditions) PSI 12 Postoperative pulmonary embolus (PE) or deep … - Diabetes- Related Lower Extremity Amputations Percent of Adult Population at Risk for Heart Disease

  7. Citrate Mix-Up | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/citrate-mix
    February 01, 2010 - In spite of the patient's pre-existing renal disease and diabetes, no permanent harm resulted; the outcome … the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) reported a case of a 15-month-old child with renal disease … order entry system may be tailored to screen the patient's laboratory values (serum potassium) and disease

  8. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33834/psn-pdf
    May 22, 2017 - guidelines for the treatment of chronic pain in primary care, such as those developed by the Centers for Disease … Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National … Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Available at [Available at] 8.

  9. Spotlight Case (ppt file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.127_slideshow.ppt
    May 01, 2006 - history was notable for stroke with residual left-sided hemiparesis, hypertension, coronary artery disease … with ischemic cardiomyopathy, peptic ulcer disease, asthma, and obesity. … an undesirable clinical outcome resulted from some aspect of diagnosis or therapy, not an underlying disease

  10. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49631/psn-pdf
    July 01, 2011 - on standard treatment for CNS toxoplasmosis (pyrimethamine, sulfadiazine, and folinic acid) and HIV disease … Medical staff were now worried that this patient had treatment-resistant toxoplasmosis or another brain disease … Moreover, trials of adherence interventions for chronic disease medical regimens show that there is

  11. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49860/psn-pdf
    April 01, 2019 - hip-fractures-older-patients-case-geriatrics-comanagement The Case An 82-year-old man with a past medical history of dementia, coronary artery disease … clinical practice guidelines would decrease echocardiogram utilization by 34% without missing any disease … Lifetime risks of hip, Colles', or vertebral fracture and coronary heart disease among white postmenopausal

  12. Part Two: Removing the Obstacles to Practice Change | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/ena-slides/part2.html
    October 01, 2020 - HICPAC Slide 84 HICPAC guidelines HICPAC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Healthcare … Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Healthcare … Retrieved from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. website: CAUTI Guidelines.

  13. Leveraging Health System Telehealth and Informatics Infrastructure to Create a Continuum of Services for COVID-19 Screening, Testing, and Treatment: A Learning Health System Approach | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/leveraging-health-system-telehealth-and-informatics-infrastructure-create
    January 01, 2024 - with people from rural communities and digital deserts and patients suffering from stroke, sickle cell disease … , diabetes, and Alzheimer’s disease. … Stories Breathing Easy: Virtual Medication Education for Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

  14. National Quality Strategy (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/NQS_overview_slides-2017.pdf
    January 01, 2017 - for Quality Web site – Featured Agencies with 2015 Agency-Specific Plans include the Centers for Disease … prevention and treatment practices for the leading causes of mortality, starting with cardiovascular disease … prevention and treatment practices for the leading causes of mortality, starting with cardiovascular disease

  15. Chartbook on Healthcare for Asians and Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/asian-nhpi/asian-nhpi-chartbook.pdf
    May 15, 2020 - Asians and NHPIs have lower death rates for diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. … The best way to prevent pneumococcal disease is by getting vaccinated (CDC, 2019c). … • Importance: Obesity increases the risks for numerous diseases and detrimental health conditions … • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Pneumococcal Disease. 2014. … • Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Healthy People 2020.

  16. Diabetes Mellitus (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/diabetes-horizon-scan-high-impact-1312.pdf
    January 01, 2016 - high-impact potential at this time ES-3 Discussion Diabetes mellitus is a group of metabolic diseases … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), T1DM accounts for about 5% of all diagnosed cases … New treatments in development for diabetes focus on delaying disease onset in at-risk patients and … risks of fatal and nonfatal coronary heart disease and stroke. … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

  17. Archived: Skin Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/skin-cancer-screening-july-2016
    July 26, 2016 - In 2016, an estimated 76,400 US men and women will develop melanoma and 10,100 will die from the disease … time, general population-based screening program (with limited participation of 19%) combined with a disease … However, the increased cancer incidence was entirely due to extra cases of in situ and local disease, … This study suggests that, at best, a program of public education and disease awareness coupled with 1 … screened) resulting from a program of 1-time clinical visual skin cancer screening combined with a disease

  18. Findings | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/data/apcd/envscan/findings.html
    July 01, 2022 - Measuring episodes of care for patients with multiple chronic diseases. … : cardiovascular disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), diabetes, hypertension, and asthma … For instance, in June 2008, New Hampshire published a report evaluating cardiovascular diseases and other … Multiple, related to quality of care for other diseases (behavioral health, diabetes) and domains (safety … For patients with multiple chronic diseases, defining which “episode of care” to use may be difficult

  19. Comparative Effectiveness of Intravascular Diagnostic Procedures and Imaging Techniques versus Angiography Alone | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/coronary-artery-stenting/research-protocol

  20. Nis 2013 Maskedstats Core Weighted (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/tools/stats/NIS_2013_MaskedStats_Core_Weighted.PDF
    January 01, 2013 - W MCC 4,460 0.01% 158: DENTAL & ORAL DISEASES W CC 15,625 0.04% 159: DENTAL & ORAL DISEASES W/O CC … W MCC 14,015 0.04% 197: INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE W CC 10,920 0.03% 198: INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE … W MCC 7,865 0.02% 386: INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE W CC 41,295 0.12% 387: INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE … 3: DISEASES & DISORDERS OF THE EAR, NOSE, MOUTH & THROAT 363,180 1.02% 4: DISEASES & DISORDERS OF THE … : ENDOCRINE, NUTRITIONAL & METABOLIC DISEASES & DISORDERS 1,149,329 3.23% 11: DISEASES & DISORDERS OF
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