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  1. Appendicitis Research-Protocol (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/appendicitis_research-protocol.pdf
    December 09, 2013 - burden of the condition Abdominal pain is a common presenting complaint for patients seeking care at emergency … Appendicitis is the most common abdominal surgical emergency, with over 250,000 appendectomies performed … similar to that of the general population, making acute appendicitis the most common non-obstetric emergency … Rosen's Emergency Medicine, 7th ed. Philadelphia, Elsevier Mosby; 2010. p. 1193-9. 6. … Computed tomography use among children presenting to emergency departments with abdominal pain.

  2. 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 - charges into hospital costs (expenses) for providing care, which can be linked to HCUP inpatient and emergency … Area Wage Index (WI_X) The Area Wage Index is computed by CMS to measure the relative hospital wage … The area wage index measure (WI_X) was obtained from the CMS wage index files available online. … Hospital cost variation has a 0.8 elasticity with the area wage index in some AHRQ published studies … All rural areas in each state are combined for a single wage index.

  3. 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

  4. Under Pressure: Delayed Diagnosis of Compartment Syndrome after Lower Leg Fracture. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/under-pressure-delayed-diagnosis-compartment-syndrome-after-lower-leg-fracture
    November 25, 2020 - Pain out of proportion to injury severity is a hallmark sign of CS and should have been investigated … Because of the spectrum of severity of CS, resolved pain may indicate that an opportunity to intervene … Take-Home Points In patients at risk for compartment syndrome, maintain a high index of suspicion and … The incidence and severity of adverse events affecting patients after discharge from the hospital. … Departments Critical Care Emergency Medicine Pediatric Emergency Medicine View More

  5. Is patient safety improving? National trends in patient safety indicators: 1998–2007. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-improving-national-trends-patient-safety-indicators-1998-2007
    March 21, 2012 - September 9, 2020 Opioid abuse and poisoning: trends in inpatient and emergency department … January 19, 2014 The Orthopaedic Error Index: development and application of a novel

  6. 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

  7. Community Connectivity: Healing Takes Time - Information Shouldn't (ppt file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/Frisse.ppt
    June 08, 2005 - Approximately 11% of the three-county population used the Emergency Department more than once a year … the Emergency Department five times a year 7% of the patients used the Emergency Department more than … 07/2003-07/2004 Information sharing will enable clinicians in the emergency departments access to emergency … - Transcribed reports - Pharmacy - Orders � Health Care Entity Internal Systems� Vaults� Regional Index … Printer� Parsing/Integration Engine� Health Care Entity Internal Systems VaultsRegional Index

  8. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/atypical-antipsychotics-off-label-update_research-protocol.pdf
    May 19, 2010 - By severity of condition and clinical subtype? … Severity subsets of population are categorized as groups with mild, moderate, or severe condition. … includes MEDLINE) • EMBASE (Biomedical and pharmacological bibliographic database) • CINAHL (Cumulative Index … Index (ISI) Insomnia Symptom Questionnaire (ISQ) Sleep Disorders Questionnaire Pittsburgh Sleep Quality … Index SleepMed Insomnia Index Medical Outcomes Study (MOS) Sleep Problem Index (SPI) http://www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov

  9. 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

  10. Statistical Brief #153

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb153.jsp
    April 01, 2013 - HCUPnet provides access to health statistics and information on hospital inpatient and emergency department … Every qualifying hospital stay is counted as a separate index (starting point) admission. … all-payer encounter-level collection of longitudinal healthcare data (inpatient, ambulatory surgery, and emergency … data from HCUP's Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), the Kids' Inpatient Database (KID), the Nationwide Emergency … Department Sample (NEDS), the State Inpatient Databases (SID), and the State Emergency Department Databases

  11. Final Evidence Summary: Depression and Suicide Risk in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary27/screening-depression-suicide-risk-children-adolescents
    October 11, 2022 - 25 Authors assessed 7 different screening instruments (eTables 8 and 9 in the Supplement describe index … 3.76 [95% CI, −5.95 to −1.57]; n = 793; 3 RCTs 31 , 34 , 39 ) in some but not all measures of symptom severity … The consequences of a false-negative would largely depend on the severity of the missed diagnosis; the … The development and evaluation of the paediatric index of emotional distress (PI-ED). … precision varies for sensitivity Unclear whether thresholds were established a priori or whether index

  12. Final Progress Report: Solutions for Vertigo presentations in the Emergency Department (SOLVE) Project (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/kerber-report.pdf
    January 01, 2025 - The main setting of recruitment was the level-1 trauma center emergency room. … Information collected included symptom onset date and time, type and severity of dizziness symptoms, … outcome measure of MRI plus clinician judgment, because the clinician would have used components of our index … Dizziness presentations in U.S. emergency departments, 1995-2004. … Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 2013;20

  13. The Contribution of Diagnostic Errors to Maternal Morbidity and Mortality During and Immediately After Childbirth: State of the Science. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/contribution-diagnostic-errors-maternal-morbidity-and-mortality-during-and-immediately-after
    February 17, 2021 - Health Information Technology for Engaging Patients in Diagnostic Decision Making in Emergency … August 10, 2022 A new index for obstetrics safety and quality of care: integrating cesarean

  14. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49831/psn-pdf
    June 01, 2018 - Regionalized implies that hospitals, emergency medical services, and other agencies provide emergency … Rural emergency department staffing and participation in emergency certification and training programs … Emergency department workplace interruptions: are emergency physicians "interrupt-driven" and "multitasking … Emergency department telemedicine shortens rural time-to- provider and emergency department transfer … Emergency Severity Index (ESI): A Triage Tool for Emergency Department Care.

  15. Diagnostic Delay in the Emergency Department | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/diagnostic-delay-emergency-department
    September 18, 2024 - Diagnostic Delay in the Emergency Department. PSNet [internet]. … Diagnostic Delay in the Emergency Department. PSNet [internet]. … Body mass index, abdominal fatness and the risk of gallbladder disease. … Emergency department workplace interruptions: are emergency physicians "interrupt-driven" and "multitasking … Diagnostic Delay in the Emergency Department. PSNet [internet].

  16. Statistical Brief #121: Readmissions for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, 2008 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb121.pdf
    September 01, 2011 - Note: Hospital costs are adjusted by the statewide mean area wage index weighted by bed size. … diagnosis. 30-day readmission costs by patient characteristics in 15 states, 2008 Statewide area wage indexes … Costs were consistently higher for readmissions than for index stays (table 3). … Statewide average area wage indexes weighted by bed size were used to adjust for local differences in … payer encounter-level collection of longitudinal health care data (inpatient, ambulatory surgery, and emergency

  17. Holomua Project Improving Transitional Care in Hawaii - 2009 | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/holomua-project-improving-transitional-care-hawaii/annual-summary/2009
    January 01, 2009 - DOH) staff and Hawaii Health Information Exchange (HHIE) board members to discuss the Hawaii Health Emergency … Phase 2 of the HMVR includes the development of a statewide master patient index, and the inclusion of … designed to be scalable and support adaptations to a larger HIE that may include a master physician index … Holomua Project is focused on immediate needs, namely, a record locator database with a master patient index

  18. An Environmental Scan to Inform the Development of CEDAR (2023) (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/cedar_environmental_scan.pdf
    April 01, 2023 - on the information collected as a part of ES23 activities. 3.1 Analysis of Repositories CEDAR RI indexes … o Finding: Although CEDAR indexes information from trusted and validated sources, its overall footprint … For example, a user may choose to use CEDAR because they know that it indexes information from specific … CEDAR currently indexes a very limited set of data from the source repositories maintained by CEPI. … Emergency medical technicians Indirect patient care users include: 1. Medical librarians 2.

  19. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/84413/psn-pdf
    February 23, 2022 - At the time of her appointment, she described the pain as deep, and 6 out of 10 in severity, concentrated … The PCP encouraged her to exercise more and try to lose some weight (her body mass index was 28 kg/m2 … Finally, a year after her initial evaluation for back pain, the patient’s family brought her to the emergency … The emergency physician ordered spine, left hip, and chest x-rays. … recent systematic review found that clinicians should anticipate about 50% mean improvement in the severity

  20. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49589/psn-pdf
    August 01, 2009 - https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/hiding-plain-sight The Case A 65-year-old woman presented to an emergency … Antiviral drugs or combination regimens using antivirals plus corticosteroids may reduce the severity … The key is to maintain a high index of suspicion for HZ—particularly when a patient's new pain is in
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