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5261. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/006-ss-preop-chlorhexidine.pptx
      April 01, 2025 - Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries AHRQ Pub. … And How Does It Relate to Decolonization? … (x5 days) Common CHG preparations are cloths (2 percent) and wash (4 percent [preferred] and 2 percent … CHG is active and can kill bacteria up to 24 hours after application. … Department of Health and Human Services.

5262. Guide for Safe Transitions to New Appointments (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/safetransitions/safetrans_guide.pdf
      December 01, 2017 - and confidence, and implementation steps. … contacts, and signs and symptoms. … Evaluate use and benefits of tools and processes. … Guide to Patient and Family Engagement in Hospital Quality and Safety. … Patient-centered care is associated with decreased health care utilization.

5263. Rapid Response Teams: Lessons from the Early Experience | PSNet
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      November 01, 2005 - The well-documented decreases in ICU resource utilization and length of stay bear this out. … And the emotionality of the doctors and nurses and managers around signing up has absolutely stunned … And now the campaign has shown up and has given me something to do." … and they always say yes. … look backward and have a party and do something that makes everybody able to feel proud of and happy

5264. The University of Texas System Clinical Safety and Effectiveness Course | PSNet
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      February 01, 2011 - 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 perspective provides an overview of our experience, and we compare and contrast our program with … and for residents. … populations, and curricula.

5265. Arthritis and Nontraumatic Joint Disease (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/arthritis-horizon-scan-high-impact-1306.pdf
      June 01, 2013 - biologics, medical devices, screening and diagnostic tests, procedures, services and programs, and … for high impact on some aspect of health care or the health care system (e.g., patient outcomes, utilization … anterior and posterior decompression and fusion. … numbers, and combining with growth factors and/or platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and fat matrix. … to exercise and improve their mental well-being, which could reduce health care costs.

5266. Personal Health Information Management and Design of Consumer Health Information Technology - 2009 | Digital Healthcare Research
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      January 01, 2023 - between those practices and the effective development and use of consumer health IT. … Impact and Findings: The background report synthesized existing literature and evidence relating to … , such as health status, age, and attitudes about health and medical care. … ; health literacy; and cost. … that reward collaboration and protect the rights and investments of all stakeholders.

5267. Electronic Records to Improve Care for Children (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/uc1hs015420-shiffman-final-report-2007.pdf
      January 01, 2007 - factors that enhance IT acceptance and to provide administrative and technical elements of a community … investigation of personal hopes and concerns and organizational supports and barriers to HIT implementation … The qualitative and quantitative data clustered into four categories – personal hopes and concerns and … use have substantial effects on utilization … • Healthcare quality, patient safety, and utilization efficiency can be dramatically increased

5268. Integrating patient-reported outcomes and electronic health record data to improve clinical decision support for depression treatment - Final Report (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs021769-anderson-final-report-2016.pdf
      January 01, 2016 - and semi-structured interviews with patients and clinicians. … We developed and tested the online data collection tool and system, and enhanced feedback report for … online instruments  helpfulness of patient-centered feedback at the end of each online session  utilization … online instruments  helpfulness of patient-centered feedback at the end of each online session  utilization … Does the severity of mood and anxiety symptoms predict health care utilization?

5269. Pharmacist Role in Patient Safety | PSNet
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      June 29, 2020 - 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 … and prevent medication errors. … Anna Legreid Dopp is an employee of ASHP and serves on committees and initiatives with PQA, NQF, and … bacteria and Clostridium difficile infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

5270. Inhaled Corticosteroids for Children With Persistent Asthma Prescribed at Time of Discharge From the Emergency Department (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-212-fullreport.pdf
      September 01, 2018 - decreased quality of life, increased health care utilization, and even risk of death (Desai, Oppenheimer … However, under-utilization of controller medications is common. … Black children, in particular, had the lowest level of office visits and highest level of ED utilization … treatment costs. … Health care utilization by children with asthma. Prev Chronic Dis 2009; 6(1):A12.

5271. Advanced Methods in Delivery System Research – Planning, Executing, Analyzing, and Reporting Research on Delivery System Improvement Webinar #1: Fuzzy Set Analysis
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      July 15, 2013 - activities and processes Intermediate and ultimate outcomes of the intervention and the pathways through … gaps Track progress and changing needs Guide choice and timing of process and outcome measures Provide … access to email and availability and ease of other forms of comunication (such as nurse advice line) … context Balance brevity and complexity in data collection and analysis Highlight systems change and … Quantitative data Administrative data (N=8,553, 60% schizophrenia) Provides information on housing, service utilization

5272. Project Report - Lean Sigma (ppt file)
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      January 01, 2003 - Hand Hygiene Wash hands with soap and water or use a waterless hand sanitizer — Before and after invasive … Press the sponge against skin and apply chlorhexidine solution using a back-and-forth friction scrub … Inserter washes hands and wears mask, cap, sterile gown, and sterile gloves. … Patient’s head and body are covered with a large, sterile drape. … Wear sterile gloves and a mask with face shield.

5273. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      December 01, 2004 - G consent forms and information to take home to her husband. … , effectiveness, implications, and alternatives to testing and, based on that understanding, to consent … reproductive and family issues arise and when the safety and effectiveness of the interventions that … Department of Health and Human Services. … Department of Health and Human Services.

5274. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/867845/psn-pdf
      February 26, 2025 - Bender and Kulju note that CPRA was designed to be an approachable, scalable, and generalizable technique … Effects Analysis process and mapping all events, reactive risk assessments, and adverse events to every … modes to be noted and topic and safety trends to be studied at the system level.2The team laid a subset … leadership and staff buy-in, staff involvement in planning and development, and a establishing a data … infrastructure to collect process and/or outcomes measures to track performance and drive improvement

5275. Specimen Almost Lost | PSNet
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      September 21, 2022 - 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 … Specimen ordering and processing involves numerous handoffs and complex steps. … and safety. … Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services

5276. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33797/psn-pdf
      January 01, 2016 - First, diagnostic errors are often confused with errors of screening, prevention, and management and … are overshadowed by contemporary issues of overdiagnosis, overtesting, overtreatment, and high health … care costs. … Calibrating utilization of tests and procedures for optimal patient outcomes, and managing uncertainty … (such as lab and radiology).

5277. Executive Summary_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 252: Management of Infantile Epilepsies (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-252-infantile-epilepsies-executive-summary.pdf
      October 01, 2022 - , behavioral, and psychological impairments. … makers and funders of research … Society, and the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute. … focal cortical resections, n=8), and tumor resection (n=1). … freedom and seizure frequency, and few reported other important outcomes such as hospitalization,

5278. Interventions-Horizon-Scan-High-Impact-1306 (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/interventions-horizon-scan-high-impact-1306.pdf
      June 01, 2013 - Experts expected to see the program’s most dramatic effects in reduced health care costs, improved … , provide wellness interventions within the medical home model, decrease ED use, save health care costs … As one clinical expert noted, this intervention “could have a significant impact on healthcare costs … it saved health care costs by improving patient outcomes.22 Health care delivery infrastructure … Experts suggested the technology would have minimal effect on health care costs if adoption is highly

5279. 1. Introduction | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2018 - Defining Race and Ethnicity The concepts of race and ethnicity are defined socially and culturally … Imprecision in defining and using the terms race and ethnicity is apparent in the conflicting and … economic life" and that collecting data on race and ethnicity is therefore necessary to "monitor and … and further defined in Chapters 2 and 3 . … of race, ethnicity, and language categories and questions for the collection and use of these data in

5280. Microsoft Word - 2011_02.doc (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2011 - Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 540 Gaither Road Rockville … uses of the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Central Distributor (CD) 2008 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.