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  1. Medication Without Harm: How Digital Healthcare Tools Can Support Providers and Improve Patient Safety (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/medication-without-harm-slides-07242024.pdf
    January 12, 2025 - 69-year-old woman with a history of epilepsy presented to the emergency department for recurrent falls … A recent hospital admission had failed to uncover a clear cause of her falls, one of which led to an

  2. In Conversation With… Mark L. Graber, MD | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-mark-l-graber-md
    January 01, 2016 - First, diagnostic errors are often confused with errors of screening, prevention, and management and

  3. CHCANYS Participation Guide (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/tools-and-materials/chcanys-qi-primer.pdf
    August 01, 2017 - are committed to developing infrastructure intended to support a systematic approach to optimize CVD prevention … improvements, as well as redesigning workflow processes to create efficiencies in CVD disease management and prevention … Percent of patients 40-75 with diabetes who are on statin therapy To determine if statin therapy for prevention … planning, implementing, and following up on a patient visit  Planning patient visits that focus on prevention

  4. Fillmore (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/improve/system/pfcasestudies/fillmore.pdf
    August 01, 2014 - These are distinct areas that also work together as part of an Prevention & Chronic Care Program I … M P R O V I N G P R I M A R Y C A R E Prevention & Care Management Portfolio I M P R O V I N G P … each other’s expertise and take advantage of economies of scale. 1 http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/prevention-chronic-care … Practice Facilitation Handbook. http://www.ahrq.gov/ professionals/prevention-chronic-care/improve/system … /improve/system/pfhandbook/index.html http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/improve

  5. Module-7-Implementation-Guide (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/takeheart/training/module-7-implementation-guide.pdf
    June 02, 2025 - Available at: https://www.acc.org/membership/sections-and-councils/prevention-of­ cardiovascu lar-disease-section … Design. " M illion Heart's Value-Based Insurance Design Opportunities for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention

  6. Microsoft Word - 2007_07.doc (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2007_07.pdf
    January 01, 2007 - The AHRQ QIs used for this report include four sets of measures: • Prevention Quality Indicators … Description Prevention Quality Indicators PQI 1 Admissions for diabetes with short-term complications … fracture for adults per 1000 surgical patients age 18 years and older who were not susceptible to falling … AHRQ Quality Indicators—Guide to Prevention Quality Indicators: Hospital Admission for Ambulatory Care

  7. Chapter-8 - Diabetes (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/diabetes-1.pdf
    March 01, 2020 - error, 58,000 suffered an episode of severe hypoglycemia, and 9,600 required rescue treatment after falling … Since 2010, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has funded the National Diabetes Prevention … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. … ) focused on prevention objectives and the creation of an individualized action plan. … in the small- group diabetes prevention class.

  8. Modeling to evaluate benefits and harms of new diagnostic tests compared to established diagnostic tests – uses and limitations (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/benefits-harms-modeling_research.pdf
    November 19, 2009 - Prevention of type 2 diabetes mellitus. a review of the evidence and its application in a UK setting … Different strategies for screening and prevention of type 2 diabetes in adults: cost effectiveness

  9. Trauma-Interventions-Maltreatment-Child Executive (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/trauma-interventions-maltreatment-child_executive.pdf
    April 01, 2013 - Safety (i.e., prevention of maltreatment recurrence) b. … Epidemiological perspectives on maltreatment prevention. Future Child. 2009 Fall;19(2):39-66. … Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and … Prevention of behavior problems for children in foster care: outcomes and mediation effects. … Prevention Science. 2011 Sep;12(3):269-77. PMID: 21475990. 68.

  10. The Effectiveness of Primary Care-Based Interventions to Promote Breastfeeding: Evidence Review and Meta-Analysis (pdf file)

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/6-CojmU4NZFXUKggs-_YFU
    January 01, 2010 - Oregon Heath & Science University (Chan, Helfand), Portland, OR; Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention

  11. Developing a Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Serious Injury Surveillance System that Includes Adverse Event Hospitalizations (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/Campbell.pdf
    January 01, 2003 - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. … Atlanta: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control … Injury Prevention. 2003;9:214– 219. 16. … Reducing the burden of injury: Advancing prevention and treatment. … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

  12. Topic-Brief1-Care-Coordination (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/topic-brief1-care-coordination.pdf
    April 01, 2021 - Falling through the cracks: challenges and opportunities for improving transitional care for persons … Relieving Pain in America: A Blueprint for Transforming Prevention, Care, Education, and Research. … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data indicate 50 million adults in the United States have

  13. The Risks of a Malpositioned Gastrostomy Tube and Poor Communication | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/risks-malpositioned-gastrostomy-tube-and-poor-communication
    August 01, 2012 - 7,8,10,11 In this case, the patient had none of these risk factors, so there was no missed opportunity for prevention … Prevention and management of major complications in percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy. … Falling through the cracks: information breakdowns in critical care handoff communication.

  14. Topic-Brief1-Care-Coordination (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/topic-brief1-care-coordination.pdf
    April 01, 2021 - Falling through the cracks: challenges and opportunities for improving transitional care for persons … Relieving Pain in America: A Blueprint for Transforming Prevention, Care, Education, and Research. … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data indicate 50 million adults in the United States have

  15. 2018 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report: Appendix A (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2018qdr-appa4.pdf
    January 01, 2018 - Data Year Postoperative hip fracture per 1,000 surgical admissions who were not susceptible to falling … Data Year Postoperative hip fracture per 1,000 surgical admissions who were not susceptible to falling … HCUP_NEDS 2016 Postoperative hip fracture per 1,000 surgical admissions who were not susceptible to falling

  16. MEDICATION MANAGEMENT USING HEALTH IT FOR THE CARE OF ELDERLY PATIENTS (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/medication-management-elderly-transcript-081811.pdf
    June 16, 2021 - MEDICATION MANAGEMENT USING HEALTH IT FOR THE CARE OF ELDERLY PATIENTS ______________________________________________________________________________________ Medication Management using Health IT for the Care of Elderly Patients Transcript.doc Page 1 of 20 TRANSCRIPT OF AUDIO FILE: MEDICATION MANAGEME…

  17. Appendix A, Pt. 3 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/stpra/stpraapa3.html
    April 01, 2018 - Prevention depends on adequate preoperative skin antisepsis.

  18. Culture Clash No More: Integration and Coordination of Disease Treatment and Palliative Care | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/culture-clash-no-more-integration-and-coordination-disease-treatment-and-palliative-care
    December 23, 2020 - SPOTLIGHT CASE Culture Clash No More: Integration and Coordination of Disease Treatment and Palliative Care Citation Text: Spero H, Usher AE, Howard B, et al. Culture Clash No More: Integration and Coordination of Disease Treatment and Palliative Care . PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency f…

  19. Section 4: Selecting Care Management Interventions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/medicaidmgmt/mm4.html
    October 01, 2014 - disease-specific organizations (e.g., local chapter of the American Heart Association, State diabetes prevention

  20. A Visual Computer Interface Concept for Making Error Reporting Useful at the Point of Care (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Singh_69.pdf
    April 04, 2008 - Figure 5 shows two examples of micro-system models developed for falls and postoperative pain management … Examples of micro-system models for inpatient falls (top) and for postoperative pain management (bottom
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