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5321. Approaches to Quality Improvement | The Academy
      integrationacademy.ahrq.gov/products/playbooks/opioid-use-disorder/monitor-patient-and-program-progress/approaches-quality-improvement
      April 01, 2024 - confidence of clinicians and staff in their own operations and teamwork. … Select Measures and Determine How Data Will Be Collected and Analyzed Systematically tracking … engagement with external referrals, overdose rates, utilization of hospital services, impact of co-occurring … When selecting measures, programs should consider the time and resources needed to collect and analyze … Develop a plan to test the change, including who should be involved and how data will be collected and

5322. Final Progress Report: Leveraging a Social Network of Elders and Families To Improve Medication Safety at Transitions of Care (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/quintana-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - This project aims to assess and improve patient and family engagement and self-efficacy, improving care … address the information and care coordination needs of older adults aged 75 and above and their families … and e-health literacy needed for the tool and measuring its adoption and usage. … This project aims to assess and improve patient and family engagement and self-efficacy, improving care … the utilization of continual feedback.

5323. Methods-Guide-Chapter-Prioritization-And-Selection-Of-Harms-For-Inclusion-In-Systematic-Reviews (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/prioritization-selection-of-harms.pdf
      February 01, 2018 - , health system leaders, and policy makers, among others—make well-informed decisions and thereby improve … , costly medical conditions and new health care technologies and strategies. … Director Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Task Order Officer Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement Agency for Healthcare Research and … selecting data on harms, rating the quality of harms assessment and reporting, and synthesizing and

5324. Intervention INC: Interactive Nutrition Comics for Urban Minority Youth - Final Report (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs024117-leung-final-report-2018.pdf
      January 01, 2018 - Audio files from focus groups and interviews were translated and/or transcribed verbatim and uploaded … and characters. … and engage. … Body Mass Index and Incident Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes in Children and Young Adults: A Retrospective … and Fruit and Vegetable Consumption.

5325. Scaling, Measurement, and Dissemination of CDS Workgroup: Approaches to Measuring Patient-Centered CDS Workflow and Lifeflow Impact Executive Summary (pdf file)
      cdsic.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2023-08/Exec%20Sum_SMD%20Workflow%20Measurement%20Approaches%20Report%20to%20AHRQ%208.9.23_508.pdf
      January 01, 2023 - By recognizing where and when interactions occur, we can develop and field measures and measurement … This diagram can help identify interactions between care teams and patients and caregivers and the PC … Workflow and Lifeflow Impact Measurement Gaps and Recommendations Gap Recommendation Conducting and … and impact … Quantifying patient portal use: systematic review of utilization metrics.

5326. Virtualized Homes: Tools for Better Discharge Planning - Final Report (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r03hs024623-mendonca-final-report-2018.pdf
      January 01, 2018 - We met quarterly with the UW Health and Epic teams and leveraged their knowledge and understanding in … technical and policy implementation of storing and retrieving the data; UW Health and UW SRC helped … in this area, and review and discuss progress. … technical and policy implementation of storing and retrieving the data; UW Health and UW SRC helped … The viewer was implemented using WebGL and Javascript and supports all modern web-browsers and mobile

5327. Appendix A. Grantee Profiles | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/candor-demo-program/plan-grants/appa.html
      August 01, 2022 - (SBAR) and debriefs, patients and their family members thought the tools were clear and would be easy … policies that are in alignment with PARS), and overcoming barriers and challenges (e.g., obtaining and … any anticipated health care utilization needed. … poor communication and coordination of care, lengthy and complex discharge processes, and staffing and … an 11-year period to identify and prioritize clinical issues and key clinical and legal cost drivers

5328. Section 6-B, Expert Workgroup Roster and Materials (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-200-section-6-b-expert-workgroup.pdf
      September 18, 2014 - Section 6-B, Expert Workgroup Roster and Materials … Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services Jeffries, Howard Seattle Children's Hospital … specification and testing for this group of measures as well. ! … true symptomatic UTIs (Definitions) This statement is very true and important. … transfusion, but there is value in enabling this – e.g., as blood supply diminishes – appropriate utilization

5329. Final Progress Report: Patient Partnerships To Improve Safety in the Clinic Setting: Creating an accurate medication list through a patient-centered approach (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/leonhardt-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - and patients. … conducted patient and provider focus groups, surveys, and interviews. … and survey, and a community telephone survey. … The rate of utilization of personal medication lists and bags by patients, measured in both the intervention … The difference between conditions significant at p = .034 Table 4: Rate of Patient Utilization of Personal

5330. Create New Variables from Detailed Charges – Draft Workplan (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/UserGuideNISSupplementalDischarge-LevelFiles20150526.pdf
      May 01, 2015 - Create New Variables from Detailed Charges – Draft Workplan Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project … Quality Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) 540 Gaither Road, 5th Floor Rockville, Maryland … Invalid and inconsistent diagnoses. … Beginning in the 1998 data, invalid and inconsistent diagnoses are masked and no validity flags are … Beginning in the 1998 data, invalid and inconsistent procedures are masked and no validity flags are

5331. MAINTAIN AND EXPAND (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2011_03.pdf
      January 01, 2011 - MAINTAIN AND EXPAND HCUP Methods Series kbr33831 Contact Information: Healthcare Cost and … Utilization Project (HCUP) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 540 Gaither Road Rockville, … To investigate this topic, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), using Healthcare Cost … and Utilization Project (HCUP) data, funded a special study on the meaning of the first-listed diagnosis … Specifically, researchers using Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) data will want to know

5332. PMCoE PICU Expert Work Group and Leadership Team Roster (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/chipra-203-section-6-b-workgroup.pdf
      September 18, 2014 - PMCoE PICU Expert Work Group and Leadership Team Roster … Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services Jeffries, Howard Seattle Children's Hospital … specification and testing for this group of measures as well. ! … true symptomatic UTIs (Definitions) This statement is very true and important. … transfusion, but there is value in enabling this – e.g., as blood supply diminishes – appropriate utilization

5333. Tools for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/clabsi-tools/clabsi-tools-revised.pdf
      January 01, 2013 - Post a trend line so nurses and physicians can see at a glance the unit’s CLABSI rate and how it changes … Use formal and informal opportunities to talk about the intervention and about unit-specific infection … Numerous interventions have reduced the incidence of CLABSI and the ensuing morbidity, mortality, and … Use the Central Line Cart Inventory sheet at Appendix 4 and adjust the cart’s content and organization … Communicate your results widely with caregivers and patients and their families.

5334. Inappropriate Antibiotic Use | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/inappropriate-antibiotic-use
      September 22, 2010 - 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 low-grade fevers. … Antibiotic utilization: is there an effect on antimicrobial resistance?. … Strategies to prevent and control the emergence and spread of antimicrobial-resistant microorganisms

5335. Supplemental Project To Assess the Transparency of Reporting for Trials Evaluating Treatment for Infertility (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/transparency-infertility_research.pdf
      June 01, 2017 - , health system leaders, and policymakers, among others—make well-informed decisions and thereby improve … , costly medical conditions and new health care technologies and strategies. … Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement Improvement Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Sanders-Schmidler, Ph.D., and Evan Myers, M.D., M.P.H, for technical input and coordination with the … We used the staff logs and co-investigator reports to estimate the total staff time and co-investigator

5336. 7. Conclusions and Recommendations | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/healthsystemsresearch/hspc-research-study/conclusions.html
      July 01, 2021 - link health care context and process with outcomes and produce richer and more relevant evidence for … fund small-scale pilot studies to test innovative approaches, particularly for strategies to reduce health … care costs and for new payment and incentive models, which tend to change rapidly in the current health … However, the breadth and complexity of HSR and PCR, and the need for research in these fields, are beyond … prevention and the intersection between the health care system and public and community health efforts

5337. Serum Free Light Chain Analysis for the Diagnosis, Management, and Prognosis of Plasma Cell Dyscrasias: Future Research Needs (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/plasma-cell-dyscrasias-sflc-assay-future_research.pdf
      September 01, 2012 - and Evidence Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … cytogenetics, and fluorescence in situ hybridization; and imaging. … of response and remission, and in predicting clinical outcomes and prognosis among patients with diagnosed … and process of FRN topic development, and review Key Questions and FRN topics proposed in the CER. … Finally, the context of utilizing the SFLC assay in a judicious way to reduce resource utilization,

5338. Standardized infection ratios for central line-associated bloodstream infections and surgical site infections, 2009–2012
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/hispanichealth/2014nhqdr-hispanichealth-pt3.pptx
      September 19, 2015 - among Hispanics, by sex, 2008-2011 Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Healthcare … Cost and Utilization Project, State Inpatient Databases, 2008‐2011 disparities analysis files; 2008‐ … Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, State … Quality (AHRQ), Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, State Inpatient Databases, 2012 disparities … Outcomes: Improved the provision of recommended care processes, reduced health care costs, and enhanced

5339. From Pain Relief to Risk: A Case of Suspected Opioid Overdose in a Pediatric Patient | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/pain-relief-risk-case-suspected-opioid-overdose-pediatric-patient
      October 04, 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 … First responders began cardiopulmonary resuscitation and administered naloxone and two doses of epinephrine … Department of Health and Human Services. … Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services

5340. Clinical Classifications for Health Policy Research: Hospital Inpatient Statistics, 1995
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/natstats/his95/table2a.htm
      February 11, 2011 - the endocrine system Operations on the eye Operations on the ear Operations on the nose, mouth, and … Operations on the respiratory system Operations on the cardiovascular system Operations on the hemic and … 0.05 $36,246 $14,026 $23,065 $40,783 11.5 15.0 66.5 65 1.1.3 Other incision and … $8,703 $3,412 $5,611 $9,249 3.7 0.0 45.8 54 1.6.2 Other lysis of adhesion and … Source: AHCPR, Center for Organization and Delivery Studies, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project