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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46122/psn-pdf
January 01, 2021 - psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/health-care-associated-infections
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospital-safety-grade … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospital-safety-grade
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/workplace-empowerment-and-magnet-hospital-characteristics-predictors-patient-safety-climate
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September 02, 2025 - B
Grade
The USPSTF recommends screening for unhealthy alcohol use in primary care settings in adults … https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/grade-definitions … https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/grade-definitions
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/effect-protein-intake-disposition-comments.pdf
November 22, 2024 - ES1: The strength of evidence grade noted in the “main
points”, i.e. inconclusive, is not defined in … ES-2 - The strength of evidence grade noted in the
“implications and conclusions” section, i.e. … Blancato,
Defeat
Malnutrition
Today)
Conclusion The conclusions are lacking a defined evidence grade … Report results grade evidence as “insufficient”, as defined in the
methods, but the abstract , conclusions
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January 01, 2024 - Their average grade was 81.45, and variance is 0.022. … Their average grade was 90.02, with a variance of 0.0059. … Their average nursing grade was 99.48, with a
variance equal to 0.0034. … This data mining method indicates that the grade remains close to 100% if the nurse
is interrupted for … Other characteristics of the nurses do not have any
influence on the final grade.
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March 01, 2012 - But perhaps, investigators would still
want to grade them so I agree to disagree. … (current usage is that of GRADE working group)
Only one body of evidence should be rated per outcome … of evidence is rated as low
risk of bias; there is no inconsistency; imprecision – I would still
grade … What we can conclude about the grade
is that evidence is insufficient (insufficient in power) even when … In the methods section, we specify that the
GRADE system was used for the grading of the
strength of
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KQ1, KQ2
Both
Grade
assignment,
refinement
of screening
approach
Benefits: Randomized … ‡ Types of gaps may include: grade assignment (moving from an I to a letter grade), change in letter … grade (e.g., C to B, C to D), health disparities (e.g., populations with a disproportionate burden of … the
condition), combined (e.g., grade assignment and health disparities), and general gap (e.g., uptake
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4n_combo_iqi-mortalityreview-bestpractices.pdf
May 20, 2016 - possible, along with a lymphadenectomy appropriate to the
histological tumor type and its location (grade … o Single layer manual or stapled anastomoses can be used (grade B). … o Clinical anastomotic leakage should not exceed 5% (grade B). … o Curative (R0) resection rates should exceed 30% (grade B). … o Overall hospital mortality for esophageal resection should be less than 10% (grade B).6
IQI 11
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December 10, 2024 - Read the Full Recommendation
Recommendation Summary
Population
Recommendation
Grade … in women who have had a hysterectomy with removal of the cervix and do not have a history of a high-grade … precancerous lesion (i.e., cervical intraepithelial neoplasia [CIN] grade 2 or 3) or cervical cancer … Women who have had a hysterectomy with removal of the cervix and do not have a history of a high-grade … High-grade cervical lesions may be treated with excisional and ablative therapies.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/workplace-verbal-abuse-nurse-reported-quality-care-and-patient-safety-outcomes-among-early
July 10, 2019 - Nurses who experienced verbal abuse were less likely to report high-quality care and favorable safety grade … January 19, 2022
Nurse burnout syndrome and work environment impact patient safety grade
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KQ1, KQ2 Both Grade
assignment,
Health equity
RCTs; controlled clinical
trials
Children … KQ4 Both Grade
assignment,
Health equity
RCTs; controlled clinical
trials; observational
studies … ‡ Types of gaps may include: grade assignment (moving from an I statement to a letter grade), change … in letter grade (e.g., from a C to B or C to D), health equity (e.g., populations with a disproportionate … burden of the condition),
combined (e.g., grade assignment and health equity), or general gap (e.g.
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KQ1, KQ3 Direct Grade
assignment
Randomized,
controlled trials;
controlled clinical
trials … KQ1, KQ3 Direct Health
equity, grade
assignment
Randomized,
controlled trials;
controlled clinical … KQ2a
Indirect Grade
assignment,
health equity
Large, nationally
representative
observational … KQ2c Indirect Grade
assignment,
health equity
Large, nationally
representative
observational … KQ2d, CQ1 Direct,
indirect
Grade
assignment,
other (modify
topline by
age to start
and stop;
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/48064/psn-pdf
June 12, 2019 - Lives Lost, Lives Saved: An Updated Comparative
Analysis of Avoidable Deaths at Hospitals Graded by The
Leapfrog Group.
June 12, 2019
Austin M, Derk J. Baltimore, MD: Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, and Johns Hopkins
Medicine; May 2019.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/lives-lost-lives-saved-updat…
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/prostate-cancer-screening-adults
December 21, 2023 - benefits of treatment vary in populations defined by age, race, ethnicity, family history, or Gleason grade … Do the harms vary in populations defined by age, race, ethnicity, family history, or Gleason grade/tumor … characteristic curve); for detection of prostate cancer and for detection of clinically significant or high-grade … screening and diagnostic workup; adding PSA density as a PSA-based screening approach; adding Gleason grade … screening approaches for prostate cancer in general as well as for detection of clinically significant/high-grade
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January 01, 2018 - Meaning of USPSTF Grades
Grade Definition
A The USPSTF recommends the service. … Preventive Services Task Force | 47
Grade Title
I
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Screening in Women … intraepithelial neoplasia [CIN] grade 2 or 3) or cervical cancer. … (Grade D)
U.S. … (Grade D)
U.S.
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March 27, 2024 - Liver injuries are classified according to their size and relative difficulty of management:
Grade I … Grade III injury is a subcapsular hematoma that encompasses more than 50% of the surface area of
the … Grade IV injury is a parenchymal disruption involving 25-75% of one lobe of the liver (or up to 3
segments … psnet.ahrq.gov//#1
https://psnet.ahrq.gov//#2
https://psnet.ahrq.gov//#3
https://psnet.ahrq.gov//#1
Grade … The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST)
Liver Injury Grade does not equally predict
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June 01, 2021 - ” (Topic X),
on its journey from topic nomination through the development of a
recommendation and grade … • This is a B Grade recommendation. … Task Force Grades
Grade Definition
A
The USPSTF recommends the service. … with the following sections:
• Summary/Top Line: Summary statement of
recommendation and assigned grade … (Grade B)”
• Importance: Description of Topic X, prevalence,
burden of disease – why prevention of
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/ehc-presentation-selection-harms-systematic-reviews.pdf
February 01, 2018 - Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) group recommends that guideline developers prioritize … GRADE guidelines: 2. Framing the question and deciding on important outcomes. … GRADE guidelines: 12. Preparing Summary of Findings tables—binary outcomes. … GRADE guidelines: 2.
Framing the question and deciding on important outcomes. … GRADE guidelines: 12.
Preparing Summary of Findings tables—binary outcomes.
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May 01, 2016 - "MSK has a long-standing commitment to providing educational materials that are written at a sixth-grade … used to complement readability assessments, which are tools that estimate reading comprehension by grade
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/racial-ethnic-and-payer-disparities-adverse-safety-events-are-there-differences-across
December 01, 2019 - Book/Report
Racial, Ethnic, and Payer Disparities in Adverse Safety Events: Are there Differences across Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades?
Citation Text:
Racial, Ethnic, and Payer Disparities in Adverse Safety Events: Are there Differences across Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades? Gangopa…
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June 18, 2018 - precancerous
lesion (ie, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia [CIN] grade 2 or 3) or
cervical cancer. … USPSTF Grades and Levels of Evidence
What the USPSTF Grades Mean and Suggestions for Practice
Grade … Grade: A Grade: A Grade: D
Risk Assessment
Screening Tests
Treatments and
Interventions
For a summary … High-grade cervical lesions may be treated with excisional and ablative therapies. … High-grade cervical
lesions may be treated with excisional and ablative therapies.