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4161. Timeliness of Confirmatory Testing for Sickle Cell Disease (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-132-fullreport.pdf
      January 23, 2017 - This measure would highlight gaps where providers or health systems are falling short and encourage … This measure highlights where providers or health systems are falling short in timely confirmatory testing … the serious medical challenges SCD raises for children, especially the very young, both in terms of prevention … Inefficacy of piracetam in the prevention of painful crises in children and adolescents with sickle

4162. Overview: Getting Patients Off the Ventilator Faster: Facilitator Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      February 01, 2017 - Over the last few years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or CDC has redefined these into … The overall conclusion was that VAEs are common and morbid and that prevention strategies targeting VAEs … included a checklist to help ensure that providers complied with evidence-based recommendations for the prevention … That concern was addressed in 2015 with the release of results from the CDC Prevention Epicenters’ Wake … Up and Breathe Collaborative, a VAE prevention prospective quality improvement study.

4163. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      December 01, 2012 - RW: Can you talk a little bit about what you've learned about prevention strategies? … much in favor of putting in some process measures looking at things like appropriate use of delirium prevention … of those markers could be adapted to be very helpful for appropriate process measures for delirium prevention … SI: The highest bar would be the presence of HELP (Hospital Elder Life Program) or some delirium prevention … If we had a delirium prevention program in every hospital and staff that were trained to recognize delirium

4164. Traumatic Brain Injury and Depression (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2011 - Active screening is essential to recognition, treatment, and prevention of recurrence. … The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that up to 75 percent of TBIs are mild in terms … Suicide Prevention Strategies: A Systematic Review. JAMA 2005 October 26;294(16):2064–2074. 2.

4165. In Conversation with... Dr. Neal Sikka and Dr. Colton Hood about Remote Patient Monitoring | PSNet
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      March 15, 2023 - patients, which could reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke that may lead to potential disability and falls … augment that with telehealth where you get a view into someone's home and see if there are tripping or falling … Interview In Conversation with Edwin Boudreaux about Suicide Prevention

4166. Module 5: How To Measure Pressure Injury Rates and Prevention Practices (doc file)
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      January 01, 2016 - measure and monitor pressure injury rates and pressure injury prevention practices. … · How do you measure pressure injury prevention practices? … Injury Prevention Program Training Webinar. · Measurement — AHRQ Pressure Injury Prevention Program Implementation … Slide 35 SAY: Why measure pressure injury prevention practices? … Slide 38 SAY: Risk assessment is the cornerstone of prevention.

4167. High-Performance Work Practices in CLABSI Prevention Interventions (pdf file)
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      May 01, 2015 - High-Performance Work Practices in CLABSI Prevention Interventions Final Report … High-Performance Work Practices in CLABSI Prevention Interventions: Executive Summary … High-Performance Work Practices in CLABSI Prevention Interventions: Executive Summary. … CLABSI Prevention Focus We found that all of the sites’ CLABSI prevention efforts focused on three … Advances in the Prevention and Control of HAIs: Studying HAI Prevention Efforts to Learn From Experience

4168. Evidence Summary: Food Insecurity: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      March 11, 2025 - individuals at USPSTF federal partner agencies (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Office of Disease Prevention … Meeting individual social needs falls short of addressing social determinants of health. … https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/meeting-individual-social-needs-falls-short-addressing-social-determinants-health

4169. Cultural Dimensions of Depression | PSNet
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      September 01, 2018 - 2022 Shared understanding of resilient practices in the context of inpatient suicide prevention

4170. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2018 - Shortcuts to Acetaminophen-induced Liver Failure March 1, 2018 Bacak S, Thornburg L. Shortcuts to Acetaminophen-induced Liver Failure. PSNet [internet]. 2018. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/shortcuts-acetaminophen-induced-liver-failure The Case An 18-year-old woman, 27 weeks pregnant, presented to the emergency dep…

4171. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49711/psn-pdf
      June 01, 2014 - or unit without assistance place themselves at risk for specific complications, including slips and falls

4172. New AHRQ SOPS® Workplace Safety Supplemental Item Set for Nursing Homes - Naomi Yount, PhD (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2023 - CDC's Core Infection Prevention and Control Practices for Safe Healthcare Delivery in All Settings … 2Fhicpac%2Frecommen dations%2Fcore-practices.html Th is document describes a core set of infection prevention … The pract ices were selected from exist ing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations

4173. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      May 01, 2009 - Where do you see the translation falling short?

4174. Disposition of Comments Report for Technical Brief 14 (pdf file)
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      March 18, 2014 - Does prevention address other cancers as well as the one diagnosed? … of individuals survivors, but it would therefore be inappropriate to focus on one type of care that falls … of individuals survivors, but it would therefore be inappropriate to focus on one type of care that falls … of individuals survivors, but it would therefore be inappropriate to focus on one type of care that falls … Public Reviewer 5 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Page 7 2.

4175. The Safety of Medical Devices | PSNet
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      June 01, 2011 - The Safety of Medical Devices Christopher Nemeth, PhD | June 1, 2011  Also Read a Conversation View more articles from the same authors. Citation Text: Nemeth CP. The Safety of Medical Devices. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and…

4176. Apcd-Inventory (xls file)
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      October 01, 2015 - No Cross-cutting Patient safety Quality Process Falls: Screening for Fall Risk 101 NCQA http://blueprintforhealth.vermont.gov … that describes the codes: http://knowledgebase.practicefusion.com/knowledgebase/articles/485841-cqm-falls-screening-for-future-fall-risk-cms … No Preventive care Dental Quality Process Primary Caries Prevention Intervention as Part of Well/Ill

4177. An Introduction to Assessing Practices: Issues to Consider (pdf file)
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      September 01, 2015 - performance reporting systems and their use Safety and reliability • Medication error monitoring and prevention … • Adverse event monitoring and prevention Staff morale and satisfaction • Staff satisfaction • Staff

4178. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
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      April 11, 2011 - Strategies aimed at the prevention or control of hypertension continue to be a foremost concern for … events related to treatment with antihypertensive agents (e.g., hypotensive episodes or orthostatic falls … The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment

4179. In Conversation With... Edwin Loftin, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC-FACHE | PSNet
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      August 31, 2020 - When I began looking for my next position in 2005/2006, I was already very focused on safety, prevention … In Conversation with Patricia Dykes about The Ongoing Journey to Prevent Patient Falls … December 18, 2024 Patient Safety Innovations Suicide Prevention

4180. Chapter 2. Determining Surgical Site Infection Rates | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2018 - Infection Prevention Support Tool Appendix S. … , moving them from being infection counters to being IPs, freeing these professionals up to do more prevention … during a cycle. 8 Although sampling is not random, the first day of each cycle shifts the weekday it falls