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  1. Archived: Final Evidence Review: Gonorrhea: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-review40/gonorrhea-screening-2005
    May 15, 2005 - the oxidase reaction; final identification was performed by carbohydrate utilization. … Identities of presumptive isolates were confirmed by carbohydrate utilization profiles. … Culture; gram-negative diplococci were confirmed as N. gonorrhoeae by glucose utilization profiles … Isolates were confirmed as N. gonorrhoeae by either sugar utilization tests, fluorescent antibody, … Oxidase-positive gram-negative diplococci were confirmed as gonococci by using sugar utilization tests

  2. Executive Summary: Implementing PCOR To Increase Referral, Enrollment, and Retention in Cardiac Rehabilitation through Automatic Referral with Care Coordination (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications2/files/takeheart-executive-summary.pdf
    August 01, 2023 - reduce known disparities in CR referral and retention, and  Integrate efforts to increase utilization … and CC. … Cohort 1: 22% and 20%; Cohort 2: 32% and 16%; and Cohort 3: 48% and 21% of Partner Hospitals in counties … operational challenges to CR, in place of topics relating to strategies beyond AR +CC to increase CR utilization … Drive time to cardiac rehabilitation: at what point does it affect utilization?

  3. Final Progress Report: Watchful Waiting as a Strategy for Reducing Low-value Spinal Imaging (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/fenton-report.pdf
    January 01, 2025 - , and patient focus groups. … imaging utilization in both intervention and control arms. … patient-centered communication among advanced cancer patients but also had no impact on healthcare utilization … Is Excessive Resource Utilization an Adverse Event? JAMA. 2017 Feb 28;317(8):849–50. 5. … Health Care Utilization in Advanced Cancer: The VOICE Randomized Clinical Trial.

  4. Emergency Department Project (ppt file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/Johnson%205-V.ppt
    August 18, 2004 - Emergency Department Project AHRQ State and Regional Demonstration Project Evaluation: Kevin B. … Overview 08-18-04-Working-Group Project Drivers Incomplete information increases admission rate and … gains 08-18-04-Working-Group Qualitative Questions Usability (focus groups in ED) 1 month and … The QUIS team successfully addressed the reliability and validity problems found in other satisfaction … after go live and again 6 months later Maybe include subscales of QUIS 08-18-04-Working-Group

  5. Emergency Department Project (ppt file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/Tennessee%204-VI.ppt
    August 18, 2004 - Emergency Department Project AHRQ State and Regional Demonstration Project Evaluation: Kevin B. … Overview 08-18-04-Working-Group Project Drivers Incomplete information increases admission rate and … gains 08-18-04-Working-Group Qualitative Questions Usability (focus groups in ED) 1 month and … The QUIS team successfully addressed the reliability and validity problems found in other satisfaction … after go live and again 6 months later Maybe include subscales of QUIS 08-18-04-Working-Group

  6. Preventing CAUTI: Engaging Clinicians and Senior Leadership to Implement Change (May 14, 2013) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/preventing-cauti-engaging-clinicians-transcript.html
    December 01, 2017 - Thank you so much, and good morning and good afternoon, everyone. … the link, you can go ahead and email Paul Tedrick at ptedrick@aha.org, and he will go ahead and send … what your hospital teams and peers are saying and identify any issues raised and best practices that … And we also know that CAUTI leads to increased morbidity and increased health care costs. … Todd will talk a little bit more about the health care costs later in the talk.

  7. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33834/psn-pdf
    May 22, 2017 - benzodiazepines, and utilizing multiple prescribers and dispensers. … and to identify and treat those with opioid use disorders.( 12) Such efforts must be accompanied by … Dozens of similar guidelines have now been adopted by local, regional, and state medical and pharmacy … boards; professional societies; and commercial and public payers. … programs (PDMPs), designed to improve clinicians' ability to manage patients' controlled substance utilization

  8. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49456/psn-pdf
    July 12, 2004 - Checklists (7) and signout cards (8) may decrease the risk of error and improve the satisfaction of … Nurses and others now can easily look up residents' names on a web site, write a short message, and … Housestaff now create and update signout sheets on every patient, and the system is available at computers … input requests and concerns, and allowing the system to communicate with wireless devices. … Effect of a change in house staff work schedule on resource utilization and patient care.

  9. Virtual Patient Advocate to Reduce Ambulatory Adverse Drug Events (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs017196-jack-final-report-2011.pdf
    January 01, 2011 - For any subjects with subsequent hospital utilization since the index hospitalization, we collected … hospital utilization information into an event summary. … Health Care Cost Reengineering Rep 1998;3:17-23. 18. Creighton FA. … Repeated Hospitalization for the same disease: a multiplier of national health costs. … Identifying and managing inappropriate hospital utilization: a policy synthesis.

  10. Development of a Primary Care Guie for Implementing Evidence-Based Screening and Counseling for Unhealthy Alcohol Use With Epic-Based Electronic Health Record Tools: A Pilot Dissemination Project (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-research-report-unhealthy-alcohol-use-final.pdf
    September 01, 2018 - team; and staff and provider buy-in. … , costly medical conditions and new health care technologies and strategies. … and testing of protocols and tools. … Test Process, Train Nurses and Providers, and Barriers and Facilitators) were rated as very useful … Providers • Collect Data and Track Progress • Barriers and Facilitators 2.

  11. HCUP SASD 2004 Comparison Report - IM (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2010_04.pdf
    January 01, 2010 - Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 540 Gaither Road … uses of the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Central Distributor (CD) 2007 State Ambulatory … surgical centers was fueled by concern over rising health care costs and emerging medical technologies … AS) data as part of the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP, pronounced “H- Cup”) and making … in ambulatory surgery utilization, access, charges, and outcomes.

  12. Microsoft Word - deliverable57_02_CD_V2.doc (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2009_03.pdf
    January 01, 2009 - Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 540 Gaither Road … uses of the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Central Distributor (CD) 2006 State Ambulatory … surgeries and surgical centers was fueled by concern over rising health care costs and emerging medical … AS) data as part of the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP, pronounced “H- Cup”) and making … in ambulatory surgery utilization, access, charges, and outcomes.

  13. Final Progress Report: Accountability and Health Safety – A Statewide Approach (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/thorpe-rask-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - readmits, and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Patient Safety Indicators. … Published Insights in 2002 and updated in 2003 and 2004. … and Patient Safety Award. … , and Emory. … Results: Strategies for Leadership and CEO Surveys were combined and shortened.

  14. antibiotics-respiratory-infection-protocol-140922 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/antibiotics-respiratory-infection_research-protocol.pdf
    September 22, 2014 - diagnostic coding according to desired action, improvement in patient symptoms, speed of improvement, utilization … , speed of improvement • Use of non-antibiotic treatments, such as over-the-counter medications • Utilization … complications (mortality, antibiotic adverse events) KQ3: Other clinical outcomes (health care utilization … mortality, hospitalizations, antibiotic adverse events) KQ4: Other clinical outcomes (health care utilization … 46 exp clinical competence/ (63269) 47 exp guideline adherence/ (19720) 48 exp drug utilization

  15. In Conversation with...Bradley T. Rosen, MD, MBA | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-withbradley-t-rosen-md-mba
    March 01, 2008 - 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 … This Center and Dr. … service, they can and should certainly track their performance and compare it to the baseline. … These attendings focus on all components of the procedure, including obtaining consent, utilization of

  16. Creation of a Medical Procedure Service to Improve Patient Safety | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/creation-medical-procedure-service-improve-patient-safety
    March 01, 2008 - Christopher Smith, MD, and Grace C. … Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services … both clinical knowledge and psychomotor skill; and (iii) ultimately, improve patient safety. … These attendings focus on all components of the procedure, including obtaining consent, utilization of … This Center and Dr.

  17. Maximizing the Effectiveness of E-Prescribing Between Physicians and Community Pharmacies (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/u18hs016394-lapane-final-report-2006.pdf
    January 01, 2006 - and managers and consumers. … and analysis. … Initiation, Application Modification, and Testing and Production; and, generally lasts five months … Factors associated with potentially inappropriate drug utilization in a sample of rural community-dwelling … Don't Ask, Don't Tell: The Status of Doctor-Patient Communication About Health Care Costs.

  18. STATISTICAL BRIEF #490: Uninsurance and Insurance Transitions Before and After 2014: Estimates for U.S., Non-Elderly Adults by Health Status, Presence of Chronic Conditions and State Medicaid Expansion Status

    meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st490/stat490.shtml
    June 01, 2016 - STATISTICAL BRIEF #490: Uninsurance and Insurance Transitions Before and After 2014: Estimates for … Vistnes, PhD, Brandy Lipton, PhD, and G. … is a nationally representative longitudinal survey that collects detailed information on health care utilization … Rhoades, J.A. and Cohen, S.B. … We also invite you to tell us how you are using this Statistical Brief and other MEPS data and tools

  19. National Center for Pediatric Practice Based Research & Learning - Final Report (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/p30hs021645-fiks-final-report-2018.pdf
    January 01, 2018 - for assessing normal and abnormal growth and 2) enhanced the capture of race and ethnicity in pediatric … and a governance structure. … obesity treatment, and influenza and HPV vaccination. … and use. … Use Policy and Portals".

  20. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/867672/psn-pdf
    February 26, 2025 - An autopsy listed the cause of death as multi-organ failure and sepsis caused by necrotic bowel and … diarrhea; and physical exam findings such as the location and quality of abdominal tenderness, and … and assist clinicians to refine their selection of laboratory tests and imaging. … (e.g., serial exams and labs, treatment with fluids, etc.) while also improving resource utilization … Similarities and differences between biliary sludge and microlithiasis: their clinical and pathophysiological
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