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4521. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/034-importance-mrsa-prevention-slides.pptx
      October 01, 2024 - healthcare facilities, but most of the morbidity and mortality occurs in critically and chronically … MRSA increases morbidity and mortality, especially in critically and chronically ill patients. … It increases healthcare costs. Hospital reputation and reimbursement are impacted. … MRSA leads to increased antibiotic utilization, putting further pressure on the emergence and proliferation … and the use of contact isolation precautions can reduce HAIs and transmission and colonization by MDROs

4522. Archived: Depression: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      January 01, 1996 - Department of Health and Human Services. … Department of Health and Human Services. … of 70% at a cutoff score of 27 2 and the SDS had a sensitivity of 97% and a specificity of 63% at a … of 84% and a specificity of 75% for the CES-D at a cutoff of 24 and a sensitivity of 84% and a specificity … Depression: medical utilization and somatization.

4523. Screening For Illicit Drug Use: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/Qh7NQD6ZEynjyRso7L5-gS
      January 15, 2008 - • It bases its recommendations on a systematic review of the evidence of the benefits and harms and … to assess the balance of benefits and harms of screening adolescents, adults, and pregnant women for … abuse and family violence. … adolescents, and fair-to- good evidence for the accuracy and reliability of the ASSIST (10), CAGE-AID … Point, PA); and Barbara P.

4524. Final Progress Report: A Pilot Study for Intrgrating Facility Information With Healthcare Information to Improve Patient Safety (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2024 - scenarios and use cases that can be used to develop systems and mechanisms to maximize the opportunities … understand the priority and probability of something happening and having a negative effect. … Common Format and ICPS are very similar in purpose, function, and features. … ICPS, and identifies gaps and overlaps between these existing systems and facility information. … and standards.

4525. mHealth for Diabetes (pdf file)
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      April 28, 2017 - Summary of Key Findings:  Appropriateness and importance: The nomination is both appropriate and … Patients and clinicians could use an evidence review to decide whether to use mHealth care, and which … technology to support and promote long-distance clinical health care, patient and professional health … abstracts for inclusion and classified identified studies by study design, to assess the size and … Implementation of Foot Thermometry and SMS and Voice Messaging to Prevent Diabetic Foot Ulcer.

4526. mHealth for Diabetes (pdf file)
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      April 28, 2017 - Summary of Key Findings:  Appropriateness and importance: The nomination is both appropriate and … Patients and clinicians could use an evidence review to decide whether to use mHealth care, and which … technology to support and promote long-distance clinical health care, patient and professional health … abstracts for inclusion and classified identified studies by study design, to assess the size and … Implementation of Foot Thermometry and SMS and Voice Messaging to Prevent Diabetic Foot Ulcer.

4527. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      May 01, 2013 - On return to home, he reconstituted the powdered medication and self-administered the risperidone into … to ensure that patients have accurate, actionable, and up-to-date medication lists. … local pharmacy, the medication list was incomplete and inaccurate. … Department of Health and Human Services. … Department of Health and Human Services.

4528. A Sweet Case of Hidden Hydrogen Ions | PSNet
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      November 30, 2023 - Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services … Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services … unmeasured anions and cations.  … comprehension, utilization, clinical outcomes, and satisfaction with care. 12  Although it was unclear … Educating trainees, nurses, and physicians regarding criteria for DKA and HHS, and management of type

4529. Use of HIT to Increase Primary Care Access in Medicaid Patients | Digital Healthcare Research
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      January 01, 2023 - Department of Health and Human Services. … This results in increased costs to health systems and society, and reduced quality of care. … program using a health information technology-based intervention to reduce ED utilization and increase … Improve Medicaid patients’ satisfaction with care and improve communications between the ED and PCPs … Department of Health and Human Services.

4530. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49708/psn-pdf
      May 01, 2014 - possible triggers and optimize treatment. … structured patient and/or family interview and (ii) verification of this information with at least one … Moreover, while medication reconciliation alone probably does not reduce post-discharge hospital utilization … Deficits in communication and information transfer between hospital-based and primary care physicians … Department of Health and Human Services.

4531. EHC Protocol: Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/high-risk-drugs-protocol.pdf
      July 27, 2023 - What are the frequency and severity of harms associated with anticoagulant use in the inpatient and … Context and Domain Being Studied The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Making Healthcare … transitions and the continuation of anticoagulants post-discharge, highlighting both inpatient and … therapeutic range Harms associated with the use of PSPs (i.e., unintended negative consequences) Utilization … of healthcare services • ED utilization • Hospital admission/readmission Other unspecified outcomes

4532. Rachel Hogg Graham - Sample Grant Application (pdf file)
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      May 19, 2021 - delivery policies can be used to improve health and lower health care costs across the US by examining … almost half of all deaths in the United States and 86% of health care costs can be attributed to the … To accomplish this aim, ACHIEVE data will be matched to Medicare claims and Healthcare Cost and Utilization … Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) data to measure trends in hospitalizations and readmissions … The measures will be pulled from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) and 5 years of

4533. Title Page (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r01hs015009-ward-final-report-2008.pdf
      January 01, 2008 - issues, and reviewed and compiled the literature on HIT. … Analysis and Reporting of AHRQ Safety and Quality Indicators in Iowa SID. … PSIs for 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005 data, and the NQF 30 Safe Practices summary and individual scores … Private insurance or employer-claims datasets comprised the largest source of utilization and cost information … Clabaugh G and Ward MM.

4534. Central Distributor SID Availability of Data Elements by year - 2012
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      May 01, 2020 - Login HEALTHCARE COST & UTILIZATION PROJECT User Support Home About … HCPCS Level II CCS for Services and Procedures Surgery Flags for Services and Procedures Tools … CM Chronic Condition Indicator (CCI) for ICD-9-CM Elixhauser Comorbidity Software for ICD-9-CM Utilization … Flags for Revenue Center Codes and ICD-9-CM Procedure Classes for ICD-9-CM Surgery Flags for ICD … Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). May 2020.

4535. Final Progress Report: Distance Management of High-Risk Obstetrical Patients (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/ferguson2-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - travel time and costs. … and its partners to initiate and maintain the services; and 9) to develop a detailed implementation … case review activities and engage in formal and informal education programs for ob/gyn, neonatal, and … its partners and served as the forum for team reports and updates. … Khoury and Dr.

4536. Methods Research Report: Improving Health Systems' Access to High-Quality Evidence: AHRQ EPC 2018 Pilot Projects Summary (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-report-improving-health-systems-access.pdf
      August 01, 2019 - , and expertise … adolescents” and “First and second-generation antipsychotics in children and young adults” Brown … Utilization of AHRQ EPC Report Findings “Early Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment of Clostridium … Final pathway utilization was evaluated using metrics such as view rate. … utilization 14 Type of Product Key Points, Newsletter Item, Evidence- To-Decision

4537. Disposition of Comments for Technical Brief 23 Genetic Testing (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/genetic-testing-developmental-disabilities_disposition-comments.pdf
      June 30, 2015 - These include references #3 and 4, and an article by Curry et al. … and interpreting the testing and its results. … Peer Reviewer 3 Summary and Implications Summary and implications was a strength of the paper and … CGS for both SNVs and CNVs and small indels of clinical significance. … CGS for both SNVs and CNVs and small indels of clinical significance.

4538. Central Distributor SID Availability of Data Elements by year - 2010
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/state/siddist/siddistvarnote2010.jsp
      May 01, 2020 - Login HEALTHCARE COST & UTILIZATION PROJECT User Support Home About … HCPCS Level II CCS for Services and Procedures Surgery Flags for Services and Procedures Tools … CM Chronic Condition Indicator (CCI) for ICD-9-CM Elixhauser Comorbidity Software for ICD-9-CM Utilization … Flags for Revenue Center Codes and ICD-9-CM Procedure Classes for ICD-9-CM Surgery Flags for ICD … Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). May 2020.

4539. Table 24. Utilization of education and case management (ECM) visits among adults with diabetes by project site. Fiscal year 2010 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2017 - Utilization of education and case management (ECM) visits among adults with diabetes by project site. … 2010 ARRA Grant Initiative Findings from a set of 16 grants on improving delivery systems and … on spreading evidence-based practices through delivery systems; recommendations and methods for advancing … diabetes Percent of adults with diabetes who had at least 1 ECM visit   Among adults with diabetes and

4540. Using HIT to Improve Transitions of Complex Elderly Patients from SNF to Home - Final Report (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2012 - The comparison group was individually matched on facility and patient age and sex. … Scope Background: Medication Utilization Patterns of Older Adults Older adults are burdened by more … Study site and setting. … medication and information on SNF and hospital stays and patients’ living situations. … Complex Elderly Patients from SNF to Home Abstract Final Report Purpose Scope Background: Medication Utilization