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  1. Virtual Patient Advocate to Reduce Ambulatory Adverse Drug Events (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs017196-jack-final-report-2011.pdf
    January 01, 2011 - categorized the type of each ADE as: adverse drug event, procedure-related injury, nosocomial infection, fall … of Adverse Event (if alert rated as a potential problem or problem needing timely response) n=13: Fall

  2. Disposition of Comments for CER 175 Total Worker Health (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/worker-health_disposition-comments.pdf
    May 31, 2016 - Defining what programs fall under the larger umbrella of TWH is not within the scope of our systematic … This report will be used by a NIH Pathways to Prevention workshop panel charged with making recommendations … Too bad that NHLBI's RI trials on obesity prevention in the worksite had anything to contribute. … Our database searches did identify the NHLBI funded trials focused on obesity prevention in the worksite … Many Employee Health Clinics are assuming larger roles in occupational safety and health prevention

  3. Development of a Screening Tool for Safe Wheelchair Seating (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol4/Gavin.pdf
    January 01, 2001 - Eleven subjects had sustained a fall within the previous 180 days. … (e.g., staff time saved if residents could self-propel, elimination of repositioning needs, injury prevention

  4. Transitioning Newborns from NICU to Home: Family Information Packet, Appendix B (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/nicu_toolkit/nicupacket-apb.pdf
    June 02, 2025 - growth curve plateaus or growth trajectory falls off, and those who lose weight after discharge or fall

  5. Intervention INC: Interactive Nutrition Comics for Urban Minority Youth - Final Report (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs024117-leung-final-report-2018.pdf
    January 01, 2018 - site) Data Sources/Collection/Analysis Multiple activities and sessions were conducted between Fall … , which is a key construct in multiple behavior change theories (32) and often utilized in obesity prevention … Spruijt-Metz D, O’Reilly G, Jordan-Marsh M, Gotsis M, Pentz MA, et al. mHealth approaches to child obesity prevention … Evaluation of an After-School Obesity Prevention Program for Children. … A true challenge for any superhero: an evaluation of a comic book obesity prevention program.

  6. HCUPanalysisInjuryEDReporting (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/ataglance/HCUPanalysisInjuryEDReporting.pdf
    September 29, 2021 - evaluate the effectiveness of existing policies and programs, as well as to determine the need for new prevention … Hospital discharge data can be used to identify significant injuries that are priority targets for prevention … The underlying data tables are provided in Appendix D. 2 Injury and Violence Prevention Overview … Healthy People 2020, http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics- objectives/topic/injury-and-violence-prevention … EXT002 External cause codes: drowning/submersion; initial encounter EXT003 External cause codes: fall

  7. HCUPanalysisInjuryReporting (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/ataglance/HCUPanalysisInjuryReporting.pdf
    September 29, 2021 - evaluate the effectiveness of existing policies and programs, as well as to determine the need for new prevention … Hospital discharge data can be used to identify significant injuries that are priority targets for prevention … The underlying data tables are provided in Appendix D. 2 Injury and Violence Prevention Overview, … Healthy People 2020, http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics- objectives/topic/injury-and-violence-prevention … EXT002 External cause codes: drowning/submersion; initial encounter EXT003 External cause codes: fall

  8. Urinary-Incontinence-Treatment Research-Protocol (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/urinary-incontinence-treatment_research-protocol.pdf
    September 30, 2010 - providers diagnose UI in 21 percent of older women with UI.25 Although data on poor patient adherence to prevention … Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) analyzed more than 1,000 original studies of UI diagnosis and prevention … Prevention and treatment of urinary incontinence after stroke in adults. … Prevention of urinary and fecal incontinence in adults. … Abrams P, Cardozo L, Fall M, et al. for the Standardisation Sub-Committee of the International Continence

  9. The Relationship Between Hospital Workload and Patient Safety (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/weissman-rothschild-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - pneumothorax or hemothorax Hospital-acquired pulmonary embolism Hospital-acquired deep vein thrombosis Fall … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System. 2005.

  10. Behavioral Counseling to Promote Physical Activity and a Healthful Diet to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: A Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/bF5BNLvASN5r9EnP3VTJPN
    December 01, 2010 - Hypertension Prevention Trial Research Group. … The Trials of Hypertension Prevention Collaborative Research Group. … Trials of Hypertension Prevention (phase II). … of Hypertension Prevention Phase II. … Preventing weight gain in adults: the pound of prevention study.

  11. Renal-Function Executive (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/renal-function_executive.pdf
    August 01, 2014 - Third Universal Definition Both are required for a diagnosis of myocardial infarction: (1) Rise and/or fall … On the other hand, the patterns of changes in troponin levels (rise, fall, and magnitude of change) … course of ACS, testing could take place during the “plateau phase,” and clinicians may miss the rise/ fall … Despite established guidelines for primary and secondary cardiovascular disease prevention (i.e., blood … The 20 percent rise/fall guideline (with at least one value above the 99th percentile) for acute MI

  12. Statistical Brief #94: Adult Hospital Stays with Infections Due to Medical Care, 2007 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb94.pdf
    November 01, 2008 - “Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections.” … patients experience as a result of exposure to the health care system and that are likely amenable to prevention

  13. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/hypothyroidism-hyperthyroidism-screening-treatment_research-protocol.pdf
    March 11, 2010 - Evidence Report on the Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov Published Online: March 11, 2010 Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol Project Title: Effectiveness of Screening and Treatment of Subclinical Hypothyroidism or Hyperthyroidism I. Background and Objectives for th…

  14. Alcohol-Misuse-Drug-Therapy Executive (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/alcohol-misuse-drug-therapy_executive.pdf
    January 27, 2012 - CCM included motivational enhancement therapy; relapse prevention counseling; onsite medical, addiction … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. FastStats: Alcohol Use. Updated January 27, 2012. … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. … Comparing and combining naltrexone and acamprosate in relapse prevention of alcoholism: a double-blind

  15. Improving Outpatient Medication Lists Using Temporal Reasoning and Clinical Texts - Final Report (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r03hs018288-zhou-final-report-2011.pdf
    January 01, 2011 - complete medication information at the point of care is crucial for delivery of high-quality care and prevention … Proc AMIA Annu Fall Symp. 1997:595-9. 19. … complete medication information at the point of care is crucial for delivery of high-quality care and prevention … Proc AMIA Annu Fall Symp. 1997:595-9. Xu H, Stenner SP, Doan S, Johnson KB, Waitman LR, Denny JC.

  16. Cognitive Testing Protocol AHRQ QI template (pdf file)

    qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Modules/QI_Reporting/Model_Report_Composite.pdf
    January 01, 2000 -  Rate of hip fracture after an operation How often hospital patients broke a hip bone from a fall … fracture after an operation This graph shows you the percent of patients who broke a hip from a fall … A fall can happen for different reasons, such as being given too much pain medication, or having too … There is also a measure of safe care, the surgical infection prevention rate.

  17. PULMONARY with "Discussions" in Exec Summary (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pulmonary_hi_impact.pdf
    April 01, 2012 - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that about 7.3% of the adult population in the U.S … comprehensive pharmacologic therapy. 14 Quick-relief medications for acute asthma exacerbations and prevention … That said, diffusion increased significantly after Boston Scientific acquired Asthmatx in fall 2010 … Atlanta (GA): Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); 2009 May 15 [accessed 2010 Aug 18

  18. Emergence of Application-based Healthcare | PSNet

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    August 05, 2022 - , Johns Hopkins Digital Health Innovation Lab Core Faculty, Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention … I am core faculty of the Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease. … devices or have internet access but for people who don’t have those things; it is for people who might fall … plenty of use cases for smartphone applications in the cardiology space demonstrating that secondary prevention

  19. Telehealth Education for Asthma Connecting Hospital and Home (TEACHH) - Final Report (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r03hs028033-frey-final-report-2024.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - Atlanta: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US), 2019. (Accessed October 10, 2024). … National Institute of Health; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; National Asthma Education and Prevention … Pediatric asthma exacerbations during the COVID-19 pandemic: Absence of the typical fall seasonal spike

  20. Research Protocol: Care Interventions for PeopleWith Dementia (PWD) and Their Caregivers (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/pwd-care-interventions-protocol.pdf
    February 22, 2019 - For KQ9-10: We anticipate that care delivery studies will generally fall in the range of NIH Stage 3 … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. … Aging, the Veterans Administration, The Department of Defense, and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention … Advance care planning • Behavior management • ADL support • Home modifications • Wandering and fall
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