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41. Chapter-3 - Sepsis Recognition (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/sepsis-1.pdf
    March 01, 2020 - Shock index and early recognition of sepsis in the emergency department: pilot study. … Both groups had similar mortality and lactate levels, suggesting that a differing disease severity … Raw survival (p<0.05) and survival adjusted for age, leucopenia, and severity of illness scores (p … determine the optimal variables to include in a detection algorithm, and the optimal performance indexes … Those developing sepsis detection algorithms should consider not only sensitivity and prediction indexes

42. Overuse of Computed Tomography Scans for the Evaluation of Children with Atraumatic Headache: Table 8 (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-0206-table8.pdf
    April 21, 2015 - Although emergency department visits were associated with CT scans, two-thirds of patients with CT … scans had no emergency department use. … There were a variety of provider types seen for the index diagnosis of headache including pediatrics … examined the records of 364 children 2 to 5 years of age who presented with headache to a large urban emergency … Headache in young children in the emergency department: Use of computed tomography.

43. Final Progress Report: Physician Organization and the Efficiency of Surgical Specialty Care (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/miller-birkmeyer-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - in Medicare payments (e.g., price differences based on regional wages, cost of living, or illness severity … again after adjusting for both price and for differences in demographics, comorbidity, and illness severity … To minimize confounding by unmeasured differences in patient illness severity and their baseline “costliness … In an effort to minimize confounding by unmeasured differences in patient illness severity and their … After accounting also for differences in patient demographics and illness severity (i.e., case!

44. Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of Medication Errors: The New York Experience (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/Duthie.pdf
    January 01, 2004 - The errors included were those that resulted in a severity of patient harm that met the National Coordinating … index,2 the ASHP guidelines,3 the medical event reporting system for transfusion medicine (MERS-TM) … The subcommittee determined that the NCC MERP outcome severity index and definition of a medication … NYPORTS system where tightly coupled systems played a role in adverse patient outcomes were ICUs, emergency … Severity- indexed, incident report-based medication error- reporting program.

45. Rate of Emergency Department Visit Use for Children Managed for Identifiable Asthma (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-113-fullreport.pdf
    May 01, 2018 - 3 0452 Emergency Room: ER/ Beyond EMTALA 0456 Emergency Room: Urgent care 0459 Emergency Room: … Other emergency room 450 Emergency Room 451 Emergency Room: EM/EMTALA 452 Emergency Room: ER/ Beyond … EMTALA 456 Emergency Room: Urgent care 459 Emergency Room: Other emergency room 0981 Professional … • Prevalence of condition among children under age 21 and/or among pregnant women • Severity of … Asthma severity in children and the quality of life of their parents.

46. Pediatric Lower Respiratory Infection Readmission Measure (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-131-fullreport.pdf
    April 05, 2017 - • Prevalence of condition among children under age 21 and/or among pregnant women • Severity of condition … Using claims data alone, it is not possible to fully case-mix adjust for disease severity. … Innovations in Reducing Preventable Hospital Admissions, Readmissions, and Emergency Room Use. … Respiratory viruses identified in an urban children’s hospital emergency department during the 2009 … Bronchiolitis in U.S. emergency departments 1992 to 2000: epidemiology and practice variation.

47. Evaluation Highlight No. 2, May 2013. How are States and evaluators measuring medical homeness in the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program? (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/highlight02.pdf
    September 08, 2015 - It also describes the development of the Medical Home Index-Revised Short Form (MHI- RSF), an adaptation … of the short version of the Medical Home Index (MHI), for use in evaluating the demonstration projects … We also discuss the adaptation of the short version of the Medical Home Index to create the Medical … Home Index- Revised Short Form (MHI-RSF) as a feasible, consistent measure of medical homeness across … Carl Cooley and Jeanne McCallister for their assistance in adapting the Medical Home Index and for

48. Info FAQs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2020 - Where can I obtain the Emergency Severity Index (ESI) Triage Tool and DVD?

49. Findings | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/data/apcd/envscan/findings.html
    July 01, 2022 - Gross, et al., identify the most frequent emergency department (ED) and inpatient diagnoses based on … Volume of care, percentage of patients with major severity of illness. … index. … Massachusetts, for example, has created a Master Patient Index 73 ; however, since this index was only … In addition, a Master Provider Index or Master Patient Index at the State level does not address the

50. Head of Bed Elevation or Semirecumbent Positioning Literature Review | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/technical/head-bed-elevation-lit-review.html
    January 01, 2017 - Study findings showed four factors to be independently associated with VAP: an organ system failure index … use of continuous backrest elevation of 30–45 degrees as an early prevention measure for VAP in the emergency … identified four factors to be independently associated with VAP (p<0.05): an organ system failure index … Ventilator-associated pneumonia: The potential critical role of emergency medicine in prevention. … recommended the use of continuous backrest elevation of 30–45 degrees as an early prevention measure in the emergency

51. Apcd-Inventory (xls file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/apcd/apcd-inventory.xlsx
    October 01, 2015 - together as used in the State report to assess relationships between C-section, hospital charges, and severity … No Cross-cutting Not applicable Cost Not applicable Combined Inpatient and Outpatient Cost Index by … No Cross-cutting Not applicable Cost Not applicable Outpatient Cost Index by NH Hospital NA NH CHIS … score for county or facility, but the severity score is based on utilization of services, so it is a … score for county or facility, but the severity score is based on utilization of services, so it is a

52. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/d4h_pdi10-sepsis-bestpractices.pdf
    May 17, 2016 - • Ensure that screening begins upon patient arrival at the emergency department or soon after hospital … resuscitation at central venous oxygen saturation (ScvO2) greater than or equal to 70% and a cardiac index … o Evaluate and treat for pneumothorax, pericardial tamponade, or endocrine emergencies (e.g., hypoadrenalism … Institute the goal that all pediatric services use the same protocol, including the emergency and pediatric … • Incorporate a mechanism for handoff communication between the emergency department and pediatric

53. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4v_combo_pdi10-sepsis-bestpractices.pdf
    May 17, 2016 - • Ensure that screening begins upon patient arrival at the emergency department or soon after hospital … resuscitation at central venous oxygen saturation (ScvO2) greater than or equal to 70% and a cardiac index … o Evaluate and treat for pneumothorax, pericardial tamponade, or endocrine emergencies (e.g., hypoadrenalism … Institute the goal that all pediatric services use the same protocol, including the emergency and pediatric … • Incorporate a mechanism for handoff communication between the emergency department and pediatric

54. Appendix II. Identifying Measures | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/care/coordination/atlas/appendix2.html
    June 01, 2014 - The association between care coordination and emergency department use in older managed care enrollees … The medical home index: Development and validation of a new practice-level measure of implementation

55. Section 5, Table 4 (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-216-section-5-table-4.pdf
    January 01, 2011 - Section 5, Table 4 Table 4: Evidence Supporting Appropriate Emergency Department Fever Management for … The younger the child, the higher the index of suspicion.

56. The “Usually Antibiotics” Diagnoses: Community-Acquired Pneumonia – Slides
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/cap-slides.pptx
    September 01, 2022 - AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use – Ambulatory Care 10 Triaging Decisions: Pneumonia Severity … Index (PSI)8-12 Patients who meet all criteria below are low risk and can be treated as outpatients: … antibiotics If not improving, consider changing antibiotics, ordering chest x ray, or referring to emergency … Defining community acquired pneumonia severity on presentation to hospital: an international derivation

57. Chapter 6. Conclusions and Recommendations | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ssi/ssi6.html
    April 01, 2018 - More work is necessary to improve the discriminability index of electronic algorithms, but allowing IP … 5: An analysis of DH publicly reported data revealed SIR was superior than the NHSN basic risk index

58. Chapter 6. Measure Maps and Profiles (continued, 7) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/care/coordination/atlas/chapter6f.html
    June 01, 2014 - , C5Q15, C5Q16 INDEX Development and Testing: The survey was conceptualized and developed by an … Legend: ■ = ≥ 3 corresponding measure items □ = 1-2 corresponding measure items Medical Home Index … A study conducted across 43 primary care practices revealed that higher scores on the Medical Home Index … Higher chronic-condition management scores were associated with lower emergency department use. 2 Logic … The Medical Home Index: Development and validation of a new practice-level measure of implementation

59. Tool: SSA (doc file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/technical/head-bed-elevation-litreview.docx
    January 01, 2017 - Study findings showed four factors to be independently associated with VAP: an organ system failure index … use of continuous backrest elevation of 30–45 degrees as an early prevention measure for VAP in the emergency … An organ system failure index of 3 or greater (AOR=16.1; 95% CI, 6.1 to 42; p<0.001), a premorbid lifestyle … Ventilator-associated pneumonia: The potential critical role of emergency medicine in prevention. … recommended the use of continuous backrest elevation of 30–45 degrees as an early prevention measure in the emergency

60. Chartbook on Hispanic Health Care: Slide Presentation—Part 4 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/hispanichealth/hisph-slides-pt4.html
    March 01, 2020 - Outcomes: Significantly reduced asthma-related emergency department visits, hospitalizations, missed … Non-Border Counties Border Counties Non-Border Hispanics Non-Hispanics Severity index … All ratios are of the percentage of diabetes stays with complications, except for the severity index, … Severity index is based on a weighted sum of the 29 individual comorbidity indicators with more severe … Severity index is based on a weighted sum of the individual comorbidity indicators with more severe comorbidities