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  1. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/topic-brief1-care-coordination.pdf
    April 01, 2021 - In addition, the ERAS protocols focused primarily on management from surgery until hospital discharge … Among opioid-naïve patients admitted to the hospital, 15 to 25 percent fill an opioid prescription inIn persons with pain, transitions of care from the hospital to home or a nursing facility can result … The Effectiveness of Transitions-of-Care Interventions in Reducing Hospital Readmissions and Mortality … Falling through the cracks: challenges and opportunities for improving transitional care for persons
  2. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/topic-brief1-care-coordination.pdf
    April 01, 2021 - In addition, the ERAS protocols focused primarily on management from surgery until hospital discharge … Among opioid-naïve patients admitted to the hospital, 15 to 25 percent fill an opioid prescription inIn persons with pain, transitions of care from the hospital to home or a nursing facility can result … The Effectiveness of Transitions-of-Care Interventions in Reducing Hospital Readmissions and Mortality … Falling through the cracks: challenges and opportunities for improving transitional care for persons
  3. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/kidney-disease-medicine_surveillance.pdf
    October 01, 2012 - Powe, MD, MPH, MBA San Francisco General Hospital University of California San Francisco San Francisco … These AE’s are for use of these medications in general, not specific to use in CKD. … , normoalbuminuria in 7.9% vs 6.1%, 50% decrease in albuminuria in 15.4% vs 17.6%. … eGFR 2 years In irbesartan treated patients 24.4% had a >median reduction in UAE but not in SBP … The primary composite end point occurred in 26 patients in the sulodexide group and 30 patients in
  4. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-213-lower-limb-protheses-evidence-summary.pdf
    September 01, 2018 - for test accuracy to predict two or more falls during a 6-month followup period.7 The Turn Time and … Test, FSST and TUG all had high sensitivity (85% to 100%) and specificity (74% to 93%) to predict falls … Advanced components portion of LCI-4 had high specificity (91%) but low sensitivity (43%) to predict falls … of the 180 Degree Turn Test also had high sensitivity (85%) but low sensitivity (31%) to predict falls … However, only one of the studies was conducted in the United States and it used hospital data as of
  5. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/health-careassociated-infections_research-protocol.pdf
    August 26, 2011 - single hospitals or in units within a hospital, as well as across entire States and even between multiple … based HAI prevention strategies to be implemented in acute care hospitals. … indicate a rising or falling rate before the intervention. … Strategies to prevent surgical site infections in acute care hospitals. … Strategies to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia in acute care hospitals.
  6. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/case-management_research-protocol.pdf
    June 06, 2011 - We define case management as a process in which a person (alone or in conjunction with a team) manages … as falls, preventable hospitalizations, or adverse drug events. … In a technical report prepared for AHRQ in 2007, these investigators reported that case management … However, many of the studies included in the report address outcomes in more than one category, and … Resource utilization, including overall financial cost, hospitalization rates, days in the hospital
  7. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/vte-prophyalaxis_research-protocol.pdf
    March 01, 2011 - Generally, the burden of VTE among patients with CKD also falls disproportionately on Hispanics and … Settings  Hospital setting  Hospital Setting  Hospital setting  Hospital setting …  Hospital setting Abbreviations: DVT = deep vein thrombosis; IVC = inferior vena cava; KQ = … Preventing Hospital-Acquired Venous Thromboembolism: A Guide for Effective Quality Improvement (Prepared … by Society of Hospital Medicine).
  8. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-future-research-steps-framework_research.pdf
    June 01, 2011 - short and why the evidence falls short. … Examples of settings include: at home, in the hospital, in the outpatient setting, in the United States … short and why the evidence falls short. … According to a formal procedure, the staff of UVT advise the hospitals management in difficult resource … HTA Unit in A. Gemelli Teaching Hospital (cont.)
  9. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/antibiotics-respiratory-infection_research-protocol.pdf
    September 22, 2014 - for whom antibiotics would have been indicated, undesirable outcomes such as medical complications, hospital … • Adverse drug effects, including clostridium difficile infections Key Question 3 • Admission to hospitalhospital! ! Patient!satisfaction,!QoL! ! Improvement!in!symptoms,! speed!of!improvement! ! … following data will be abstracted from included studies: design; setting (community/private/public clinic, hospital … antibiotic prescription, antibiotic resistance, medical complications, adverse drug effects, admission to hospital
  10. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cad-women-treatment_research-protocol.pdf
    September 29, 2011 - stroke, repeat revascularization, unstable angina, heart failure, repeat hospitalization, length of hospitalHospital characteristics (hospital volume, setting, guideline-based treatment protocols)? 1c. … Hospital characteristics (hospital volume, setting, guideline-based treatment protocols)? 2c. … Hospital characteristics (hospital volume, setting, guideline-based treatment protocols)? 3c. … characteristics (hospital patient volume, setting, guideline-based treatment protocols) Safety
  11. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/health-systems-research.pdf
    October 01, 2017 - , 10 critical access hospitals, primary care clinics in Minnesota, Arizona, Florida, Wisconsin, and … • Advanced care planning o How to coordinate advanced care planning between the hospital, home care … So, we're trying to do work around advanced care planning and if you're really only focused on the hospital … o How to coordinate advanced care planning between the hospital, home care, hospice, primary care and … stewardship and use of antibiotic impregnated patches for pacemakers o Urinary tract infections o Falls
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    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/recombinant-factor-viia_executive.pdf
    May 01, 2010 - In most instances, the data supporting off-label drug use falls short of the rigor that accompanies FDA … hospitals. … to actual in-hospital use of off-label rFVIIa. … Use was reported in 235 of the 615 hospitals (38 percent) represented in the Premier database. … Most of these hospitals had minimal and sporadic use of rFVIIa, while the highest volume hospitals accounted
  13. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cesarean-birth-future_research.pdf
    August 09, 2012 - woman’s hospital room in order to be ‘immediately available’ in case of an emergency.” … In addition, as highlighted above further data collection at the hospital level is required in order … In your mind, is there anything that would make VBAC an acceptable/preferred option in any hospital? … What is your role in the hospital? Do you wear more than one hat? … Is there anything that, in your mind, would make VBAC an acceptable/preferred option in any hospital
  14. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/horizon-scan_research-2015.pdf
    January 01, 2015 - hospitals. … additional high-priced implants emerge on the market and as reimbursement falls short of the health … Sales of oral anti-depressants have been falling over the past 10 years and are projected to continue … surfaces in hospital patient rooms. … There are about 6,000 ICU units with about 91,000 beds in U.S. hospitals.
  15. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mhs-IV-high-risk-drugs-rapid-response.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - population receiving anticoagulants predominantly comprises older adults, who are at increased risks for falls … the intervention group in both hospitals (by 70–90 euros). … However, other costs were much higher in the usual care group in both hospitals, most prominently the … This resulted in an overall cost savings of the intervention in both hospitals (by 518–842 euros). … ambulatory settings, whereas in the other two studies, the PSPs were instituted by hospitals and were
  16. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cer-238-cervical-ripening-appendix-e-1.xlsx
    January 01, 2009 - hospital and communicated with RN every 4 hours while in hospital to capture pain and satisfaction scores … -Subjects presenting to the hospital with the catheter in place were treated with oxytocin until the … to remain in the hospital, or came back early to the hospital normal amniotic fluid index and non-stress … -Instructed to return to the hospital after a maximum of 24 hours, or if the PGE2 insert falls out and … -Instructed to return to the hospital after a maximum of 24 hours, or if theFoley catheter falls out
  17. Schwitzer_ECCS2012 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/schwitzer_eccs2012.pdf
    July 23, 2012 - Slide 6: Overarching  Themes  (1 of 2) • There is far too much “stenography” in … the reporting of health news. • There is not enough independent vetting  of studies  in journals … 1 of 6) • The news coverage of this recommendation was perhaps the most biased coverage I’ve seen in … "In my practice, we find men in their 30s and 40s [who] are at high-­‐risk and  develop prostate   … o He eventually  decided to  undergo  surgery:  “When you see the  people   around you falling
  18. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/asthma-immunotherapy-2010_research-protocol.pdf
    January 01, 2010 - Mary’s Hospital in the United Kingdom in 1955 and for Lowell and Franklin38 at the Massachusetts General … Hospital in 1963 to finally carry out controlled studies with SCIT. … pyridine-extracted alum extracts [not available in U.S. except in clinical trials; some approved in … skin test reactivity" (in-vivo) and "change in antibody" (in-vitro) are accepted indicators of a therapeutic … airways in a controlled fashion in order to induce asthma symptoms.
  19. effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/migraine-treatments-research-amended-protocol.pdf
    January 09, 2020 - ; (3) medication overuse headache (MOH), (4) other harms including gastrointestinal-related harms, falls … harms including gastrointestinal-related harms, cardiovascular-related harms, kidney-related harms, falls … 7 PICOTS Elements Inclusion Criteria Exclusion Criteria Settings ER, physician’s office, hospital … Rates and Predictors of Using Opioids in the Emergency Department to Treat Migraine in Adolescents and … Rates and Predictors of Using Opioids in the Emergency Department to Treat Migraine in Adolescents and
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    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/registries-guide_executive.pdf
    April 01, 2007 - in the practice of medicine. … Recruitment typically occurs at several levels, including facilities (hospital, practice, pharmacy), … Quality assurance aims to affirm that the data were, in fact, collected in accordance with established … marketed products is dependent on the principle of “becoming aware,” collection of adverse event data falls … are important in one scenario may be less important in another.

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