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41. Strategies to Better Manage Lipids – Statin Pearls
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/heart-health/strategies-to-better-manage-lipids.pptx
    November 01, 2016 - I: The balance of benefits and harms cannot be determined. … The USPSTF concludes that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms … The USPSTF concludes that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms

42. Bibliography for the AHRQ Research Centers for Excellence in Clinical Preventive Services (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/decision/research-centers/cfe_bibliography.pdf
    September 18, 2014 - Center core which help to advance the field of their area of focus (health equity, reducing patient harms … The psychological harms of screening: the evidence we have versus the evidence we need. … The harms and benefits of modern screening mammography. BMJ. 2014 Jun 17;348:g3824. … Have screening harms become newsworthy? … The harms of screening: A proposed taxonomy and application to lung cancer screening.

43. Transdisciplinary Learning Lab To Eliminate Patient Harm and Reduce Waste | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/transdisciplinary-learning-long-desc.html
    June 01, 2020 - Developing an interactive situational awareness platform to eliminate multiple harms. … (ML) techniques to develop a prediction model for the susceptibility of ICU patients to preventable harms … percent. 5 These highly encouraging results suggest that ML may be useful for predicting common ICU harms

44. Antimicrobial Stewardship | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/topics/antimicrobial-stewardship.html
    research-based resource that offers materials to help nursing homes improve antibiotic use and decrease harms

45. Evaluating New Evidence to Improve Asthma Care and Quality of Life | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/evaluating-new-evidence.html
    April 01, 2018 - However, there are potential harms associated with bronchial thermoplasty, such as worsening of asthma … The balance of benefits and harms remains uncertain. … Not only do these reports synthesize available evidence on the effectiveness and harms of asthma treatments

46. Research Centers for Excellence in Clinical Preventive Services | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/prevention/chronic-care/decision/research-centers/index.html
    October 01, 2018 - Baker, MD, MPH—Center Director Michael Wolf, PhD, MPH—Collaborative Scientific Lead Reducing Patient Harms … University of North Carolina Overuse of some medical screening tests exposes patients to avoidable harms … of potentially harmful screening tests * , understanding physicians' and patients' perceptions of harms

47. Introduction | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/issue-briefs/dxsafety-patients-source-understanding-dx-error-vol1-2.html
    June 01, 2023 - patients and families. 23 , 2 7 Failing to assess patient and family perspectives undercounts diagnostic harms … also calls for a lasting commitment to parlay insights into action that can mitigate future resulting harms

48. Advancing the Science of Patient Safety and Quality Improvement to the Next Level | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/es/hai/patient-safety-resources/advances-in-hai/hai-article1.html
    June 01, 2014 - work on only one or two harms, largely because the methods to reduce harm are too burdensome. … required each day to prevent all the harms. … Yet there is no information technology (IT) tool that lists these harms and therapies. … This approach also applies to outpatients who are similarly at risk for multiple harms. … Preventing patient harms through systems of care. JAMA 2012 Aug 22;308(8):769-70.

49. Advancing the Science of Patient Safety and Quality Improvement to the Next Level | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/patient-safety-resources/advances-in-hai/hai-article1.html
    June 01, 2014 - work on only one or two harms, largely because the methods to reduce harm are too burdensome. … required each day to prevent all the harms. … Yet there is no information technology (IT) tool that lists these harms and therapies. … This approach also applies to outpatients who are similarly at risk for multiple harms. … Preventing patient harms through systems of care. JAMA 2012 Aug 22;308(8):769-70.

50. With TeamSTEPPS 3.0, AHRQ Refreshes a Landmark Patient Safety Training Curriculum | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2023 - s mission and its central role in the Nation’s expanding efforts to protect patients from avoidable harms … Together with Health and Human Services Secretary Becerra, we are committed to reducing avoidable harms

51. Appendix D. About the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/guide/appendix-d.html
    June 01, 2014 - effectiveness of a clinical preventive service by evaluating and balancing the potential benefits and harms … The potential harms can include adverse effects of the service itself or inaccurate test results that … D grade or an I statement) based on the strength of the evidence and on the balance of benefits and harms … Then, the entire Task Force discusses and deliberates the evidence, weighs the benefits and harms, and

52. Embracing Evidence as a Central Strategy to Tackling Childhood Mental Illness | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/evidence-childhood-mental-illness.html
    February 01, 2018 - The reports not only synthesize available evidence on interventions' effectiveness and harms, they also … The report evaluated the effectiveness and harms of first- and second-generation antipsychotics for treating … Anxiety in Children evaluated the comparative effectiveness and harms of psychotherapy and medications

53. Understanding Omissions of Care in Nursing Homes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/omissions.html
    October 01, 2019 - Research has shown that many resident harms are avoidable and may be caused by situations in which residents

54. Interim Update on 2013 Annual Hospital-Acquired Condition Rate and Estimates of Cost Savings and Deaths Averted From 2010 to 2013 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/interimhac2013-ap2.html
    December 01, 2014 - Efforts To Improve Patient Safety Result in 1.3 Million Fewer Patient Harms Interim Update on 2013 … Page Table of Contents Efforts To Improve Patient Safety Result in 1.3 Million Fewer Patient Harms

55. Final Progress Report: Caregiver innovations to reduce harm in Neonatal Intensive Care (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/thomas-report.pdf
    January 01, 2025 - Interestingly, though, these two policies ultimately reduced harms by greater than the more quick-acting … In addition to the direct effect of UBA QI effort of reducing harms, ripple effects were observed for … Results: Parents of hospitalized infants in the NICU observe and can report problems/harms if asked and … Scope: After baseline date collection and review of preventable harms, we decided to reduce unplanned … UPEs are preventable harms of invasive mechanical ventilation that most institutions strive to avoid

56. Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: Topic Refinement - Project ID: CRDT0913 (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/ta/topicrefinement/afib_topicref.pdf
    January 01, 2020 - What are the comparative short- and long-term complications and harms (e.g., periprocedural or device-related … harms) associated with AF catheter ablation in the general adult and Medicare populations? … Analytic Framework (KQ 1) (KQ 2) (KQ 1) KQ 3: Differential efficacy, effectiveness, or harms … is the second choice for rhythm control.4 The proposed report will focus on the effectiveness and harms … if specifically designed to evaluate harms and/or adverse events, have a minimum of 100 patients and

57. Section 2. Implementing Recommendations in Academic Curricula | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2022 - Here, the USPSTF clarifies the benefits, harms and balance between the two. … Question 4: What are the harms of mammography for an average 40-year-old woman? … (5 minutes) The USPSTF realizes that harms can take many forms. … The balance of harms and benefits becomes increasingly unfavorable for persons at lower risk, such as … However, these harms have not been adequately studied.

58. Caregiver Innovations to Reduce Harm in Neonatal Intensive Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/caregiver-nicu-long-desc.html
    April 01, 2022 - to help identify various individual-, team-, and unit/organizational-level factors associated with harms … This core obtained data to detect preventable harms in the NICU and the impact of parent engagement on … They found that parents of hospitalized infants in the NICU observe and can report problems/harms, if

59. New Mental Health Resources From AHRQ | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2024 - Care Practices , a resource that emphasizes the importance of helping patients reduce or prevent the harms

60. Making Healthcare Safer Practices: 12. Infusion Pumps (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2020 - Measured clinical outcomes included the number of medication errors, severe harms adverted, and adverse … The authors found that the aggregate number of severe harms averted (defined as high risk drugs being … The study found the costs avoided because severe harms were averted came to $367,500 at the end of the … The lower cost is associated with lower numbers for severe harms averted due to the use of smart pumps … Severe harms averted dropped from 0.68 to 0.44 post- implementation.