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  1. Implementation Guide: Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of CVD in Adults: Patient-Facing CDS Intervention (pdf file)

    cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cds/artifact/1056/2023_CDS_Connect_IG_Statin_CVD_Patient_Facing.pdf
    January 01, 2023 - Implementation Guide: Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of CVD in Adults: Patient-Facing CDS Intervention … Implementation Guide Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of CVD in Adults: Patient-Facing CDS … Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of CVD in Adults: Patient-Facing CDS Intervention. … These customers contract with Health First to provide a holistic package of prevention and wellness … Exclusions: Patients falling outside of the age range, or with the following: • A history of CVD.

  2. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/867653/psn-pdf
    February 26, 2025 - We have individuals going out into individual homes, where some serious events occur, like patient falls

  3. Screening for Dementia in Primary Care: A Summary of the Evidence (pdf file)

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/B_Ae7DdLL7DNauBLXC-ptu
    June 01, 2003 - institutionalizations, or health care visits; behavioral problems; caregiver burden; accidental injuries such as falls … We acknowledge David Atkins, MD, MPH, Director, AHRQ Clinical Prevention Program, for his advice and … Washington, DC: Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion; 1996;531–540. 13 Screening for … Vascular dementia revisited: diagnosis, pathogenesis, treatment, and prevention. … Dementia in Primary Care Effect on health-related quality of life Effect on automobile crashes, falls

  4. Recommendation: Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/obstructive-sleep-apnea-in-adults-screening
    November 15, 2022 - difference, −1.67 [95% CI, −2.09 to −1.25]; 10 trials; 1540 participants; I 2 = 36%); however, this change falls

  5. Final Progress Report: Malpractice Insurers’ Medical Error Surveillance and Prevention Study (MIMESPS) (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/studdert-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Malpractice Insurers’ Medical Error Surveillance and Prevention Study (MIMESPS … ) MALPRACTICE INSURERS’ MEDICAL ERROR SURVEILLANCE AND PREVENTION STUDY (MIMESPS) Principal Investigator … Incidence, patterns, and prevention of wrong-site surgery (accepted for publication: Surgery, 2005) … No-fault compensation for medical injuries: the prospect for error prevention. … Prevention of intraoperative anesthesia accidents and related severe injury through safety monitoring

  6. Executive Summary - Nutrition as Prevention for Improved Cancer Outcomes: Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 260 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-260-improved-cancer-outcomes-executive-summary_0.pdf
    May 01, 2023 - Executive Summary - Nutrition as Prevention for Improved Cancer Outcomes: Comparative Effectiveness Review … No. 260 Comparative Effectiveness Review Number 260 Nutrition as Prevention for Improved Cancer … (P2P) workshop, Nutrition as Prevention for Improved Cancer Health Outcomes, which took place July … Results may help inform clinical guidelines on prevention and treatment of malnutrition in cancer care … Nutrition as Prevention for Improved Cancer Health Outcomes.

  7. Chapter 4. Choose the Model To Assess VTE and Bleeding Risk | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/vtguide/guide4.html
    October 01, 2022 - Implement the VTE Prevention Protocol Chapter 6. Track Performance with Metrics Chapter 7. … A venous thromboembolism (VTE) prevention protocol is a standardized VTE risk assessment, linked to a … The ideal VTE prevention protocol would have these characteristics: Accurately detect all patients … Large-scale VTE prevention collaborative efforts from SHM, AHRQ/QI organization partnerships, and many … Prevention of VTE in nonorthopedic surgical patients: antithrombotic therapy and prevention of thrombosis

  8. Chapter 4. Choose the Model To Assess VTE and Bleeding Risk | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/vtguide/guide4.html
    October 01, 2022 - Implement the VTE Prevention Protocol Chapter 6. Track Performance with Metrics Chapter 7. … A venous thromboembolism (VTE) prevention protocol is a standardized VTE risk assessment, linked to a … The ideal VTE prevention protocol would have these characteristics: Accurately detect all patients … Large-scale VTE prevention collaborative efforts from SHM, AHRQ/QI organization partnerships, and many … Prevention of VTE in nonorthopedic surgical patients: antithrombotic therapy and prevention of thrombosis

  9. Disposition of Comments for Technical Brief 25 Disparities within Serious Mental Illness (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/mental-illness-disparities_disposition-comments.pdf
    May 26, 2016 - However, the technical brief falls short in answering the guiding questions in a way that provides a … The DECIDE paper falls within this date range but is not discussed in this technical brief.

  10. Final Progress Report: Developing a Medical Biometric Identification System with a Secure Database Network That Can Access Electronic Medical Databases (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/sohn-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Developing a Medical Biometric Identification System with a Secure Database Network That Can Access Electronic Medical Databases AHRQ Grant Final Progress Report Title of Project: Developing a Medical Biometric Identification System with a Secure Database Network That Can Access Electroni…

  11. Minding the Gaps: Creating Resilience in Health Care (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol3/Advances-Nemeth_116.pdf
    April 27, 2008 - for top-quality care among 439 measures, ranging from common chronic and acute conditions to disease prevention … Barrier analysis and accident prevention. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing; 2004. p. 46. 3.

  12. Global Assessment of Pediatric Patient Safety (GAPPS) Trigger Tool (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-143-fullreport.pdf
    April 01, 2018 - This policy raised awareness and increased resources for quality improvement and harm prevention activities … For example, some hospitals do not document patient falls in a readily extractable manner in their EHRs … Prevention of adverse drug events through computerized surveillance. … The direct medical costs of healthcare-associated infections in U.S. hospitals and the benefits of prevention … Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2009.

  13. Designing the Built Environment for A Culture and System of Patient Safety – A Conceptual, New Design Process (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Dickerman_84.pdf
    June 04, 2008 - physical environments contributes to medical errors, increased rates of infection and injuries from falls … form of the pathway (straight, crooked, or convoluted) affects travel time and increases the risk of falls

  14. Comparative Health System Performance Initiative: Compendium of U.S. Health Systems, 2016, Technical Documentation-Appendix E (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/chsp/compendium/techdocrpt-appe.pdf
    January 01, 2019 - Health Indianapolis IN Indiana University Health Indianapolis IN 0 HSI00000513 Inova Health System Falls … Services Corvallis OR Samaritan Health Services Corvallis OR 0 HSI00000958 Sanford Health Sioux Falls … SD Sanford Health Plan Sioux Falls SD 0 HSI00000972 Sentara Healthcare Norfolk VA Sentara Health Care

  15. Final Progress Report: The Impact of Shift-Accumulated Fatigue on Patient Care and Risk of Post-Shift Driving Collisions among 12-Hour Day and Night Shift Nurses (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-10/james-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - nurses report more drowsiness driving home after shifts, and tragic instances of nurses and doctors falling … scores across consecutive night shifts was extreme (displayed in figure 4), with nurses consistently falling

  16. Standard Deviations | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/standard-deviations
    January 01, 2006 - Hospitals should develop strategies to prevent AMA discharges just as they develop strategies to prevent falls

  17. The ECG Is Not Normal | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/ecg-not-normal
    November 10, 2015 - March 1, 2023 Information flow during pediatric trauma care transitions: things falling

  18. Integrating Teamwork Tools into CUSP Efforts | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/integrating-teamwork-tools-cusp-efforts-transcript.html
    December 01, 2017 - With a clinical background in adult critical care, Shannon specialized in infection prevention and quality … your emergency department have formal teamwork training program in place, and if so, how can CAUTI prevention

  19. Integrating-Teamwork-Tools-Into-Cusp-Efforts-Transcript (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/integrating-teamwork-tools-into-cusp-efforts-transcript.docx
    April 07, 2015 - With a clinical background in adult critical care, Shannon specialized in infection prevention and quality … your emergency department have formal teamwork training program in place, and if so, how can CAUTI prevention

  20. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49799/psn-pdf
    July 01, 2017 - Notification of public health authorities allows for monitoring, control, and prevention of communicable
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