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41. Case Study | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2015 - Her BNP is elevated, indicating congestive heart failure. … She is demonstrating severe congestive heart failure. … Slide 138 Considerations Severe congestive heart failure Need of fluid removal Does diuresis

42. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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    May 20, 2016 - o History of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and/or congestive heart failure. o Smoking.

43. Fundamental Concepts for Understanding Probability | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2022 - For example, an 80-year-old man with hypertension and lower extremity edema who is worried about heart … failure asks his primary care provider for a brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) test. … The clinician might explain the low likelihood of heart failure, the impact of results of a BNP test, … failure. … If we do a BNP test and it’s abnormal, that chance of heart failure would rise to about 8 percent.”  

44. Tool 5 (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2013 - PATIENT: Yes, I was admitted with congestive heart failure. It was the second time this year. … CALLER: Could you tell me your understanding of congestive heart failure? … Since you left the hospital, do you feel your congestive heart failure has improved, worsened, or not

45. Presentation: Program Overview
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    June 01, 2021 - . ‹#› Assessment of RTI 4 Case 1: Sandy 75-year-old resident Has moderate dementia and congestive … heart failure Is wheelchair bound For the past 2 days, she reports: Feeling stuffy Headache Muscle … breathing treatments. ‹#› Assessment of RTI 15 Case 3: Peter 83-year-old resident History of congestive … heart failure Complains of being short of breath with a wet cough Has not felt well for the past 10 … He is having a heart failure exacerbation. He has bacterial pneumonia and needs antibiotics.

46. Identification, Classification, and Frequency of Medical Errors in Outpatient Diabetes Care (pdf file)
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    November 29, 2004 - Metformin was used by 27.2 percent of those with congestive heart failure, and by 16.6 percent of those … heart failure (CHF). … A congestive heart failure diagnosis was assigned to any adult patient with diabetes who had two or … heart failure, liver function abnormalities, or chronic lung disease. … CHF=congestive heart failure. COPD=chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (emphysema).

47. TAKEheart Learning Community Webinars | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2022 - for addressing the needs of traditionally underserved populations, including women and patients with heart … failure. … Bryant , BSN RN, Cardiac Rehab/Heart Failure Nurse Manager, Prairie Heart Institute at HSHS St. … Enhancing Care for Heart Failure Patients in Your Cardiac Rehab Program Hicham Skali , MD, MSc, TAKEheart … failure patients.

48. St. Joseph’s Hospital Improves Patient Safety Using AHRQ Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2015 - patient discharges, the hospital used AHRQ's RED toolkit to support patients who had been treated for congestive … heart failure, pneumonia, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease admissions. … As a result, heart failure rate readmissions were reduced from 10 percent to zero," she said.

49. CAHPS® Moving Forward: Innovations in Tools and Research Webcast (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2010 - processes of care measures, including those for related to the care of acute myocardial infarction (AMI), congestive … heart failure (CHF), pneumonia, and surgery, than hospitals with lowest scores • Patients’ overall … of hospitals’ care and discharge planning associated with lower 30-day readmission rates for AMI, heart … failure, and pneumonia References: Brousseau et al. (2004); Clark et al. (2008); Schulman and Staelin

50. AHRQ's RED Toolkit Helps Lower Readmissions in Dignity Health Hospitals | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2015 - Mary’s Medical Center, a 389-bed trauma center in Long Beach, introduced RED in December 2013 for heart … failure patients and saw readmissions for this population drop to 7.7 percent as of July 2014 from 22.2 … Mary’s Medical Center also introduced RED with heart failure patients, which helped the facility reduce … After seeing the success of the RED Toolkit in reducing readmissions among heart failure patients, officials … After seeing initial success with heart failure patients, the hospital instituted nearly all RED Toolkit

51. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2024 - That found that a 7-factor risk score was able to stratify 3-year risk of heart failure/cardiomyopathy … Risk prediction model for heart failure and cardiomyopathy after adjuvant trastuzumab therapy for breast … This study sought to assess the quality of care for heart failure patients who are hospitalized for all … failure, heart failure patients hospitalized for other causes were less likely to receive guideline … Quality of care for heart failure patients hospitalized for any cause.

52. How CMS Measures the "30-Day All Cause Rehospitalization Rate" on the Hospital Compare Web Site | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2013 - Predicted readmission is the number of readmissions (following discharge for heart attack, heart failure … Expected readmission is the number of readmissions (following discharge for heart attack, heart failure … model also adjusts readmission rate results for small hospitals or hospitals with few heart attack, heart … failure, or pneumonia cases in a given reference period.

53. Major Study Finds Significant National Patient Safety Improvement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2022 - Researchers found significant decreases in in-hospital adverse event rates for heart attack, heart failure … data for 2010 and 2019, adverse event rates fell 36 percent for heart attack patients, 31 percent for heart … failure patients, 39 percent for pneumonia patients, 36 percent for major surgery patients, but were … diminished for all five patient groups, as follows: 41percent for heart attack patients, 27 percent for heart … failure patients, 36 percent for pneumonia patients, 41percent for major surgery patients, and 18 percent

54. C1 Prioritization Worksheet (xls file)
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    July 01, 2016 - Selected Conditions Quality Indicator Composite Conditions Composite IQI 15 AMI Mortality   IQI 16 Heart … Failure Mortality IQI 17 Acute Stroke Mortality IQI 18 Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage Mortality

55. Module-5-Slides (pdf file)
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    December 31, 2022 - or heart/lung transplant DIAGNOSIS (ICD-10 codes) • MI • Chronic stable angina • Chronic stable heart … failure • EF=<35% • Outpatient referral • Medicare guidelines: 6 weeks post hospital WHO: Eliminate … during the care encounter  Require providers to act for patients with qualifying diagnoses, e.g., heart … failure  Target appropriate outpatient providers WHERE: Which CR Programs Will You Refer To?

56. Module-10-Slides (pdf file)
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    February 24, 2022 - (see resource slides, entry 3) Among patients with stable heart failure, CR is NOT associated with … failure (see resource slides, entry 12) Odds Ratios Reflecting Current Gaps in CR Participation 0 … failure patients treated outside the hospital, etc.) … High readmission rates for AMI or heart failure can impact Medicare payments If your hospital or health … Efficacy and safety of exercise training in patients with chronic heart failure: HF-ACTION randomized

57. Event-Summary-Details-Maximizing-Physician-Buy-In (pdf file)
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    June 16, 2022 - Bryant, BSN, RN- Cardiac Rehabilitation/Heart Failure Nurse Manager, Prairie Heart Institute at HSHS … value of CR for eligible patients, its particular value for frail, elderly patients or those with heart … failure, and the underrepresentation of women, minorities, and low-income patients all can be shared … share with their physicians have also been influential; this is especially true for patients with heart … failure

58. AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Preventable Hospital and ED Visits - Transfer Note and Intake Note (pdf file)
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    June 29, 2017 - Chest pain/angina  Dizzy/lightheaded  Hypertension/uncontrolled HTN  Hypotension  Rule out congestive … heart failure  Rule out DVT Respiratory  Abnormalities of breathing  COPD  Cough or wheezing

59. For American Heart Month, AHRQ Offers New Tools for Expanding Cardiac Rehabilitation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2023 - lower among “minority” populations—a particularly urgent concern when considering that the risk of heart … failure for Black men and women is 70 percent and 50 percent higher, respectively, than for White men

60. Module-5-Implementation-Guide (pdf file)
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    February 13, 2023 - failure Important Discussions • Dedicate time to discuss coding combinations with the billing/ … failure (LVEF ≤35% and NYHA class II to IV) I50.22, I50.42, I50.82 * “Stable” defined as no … failure. … Chronic heart failure patients with a major cardiovascular hospitalization or procedure 5 weeks ago … So this patient would not yet meet the criteria for stable chronic heart failure.