Results

Total Results: 1,928 records

Showing results for "how to do a case study".

1821. ADHD: Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment of ADHD in Children and Adolescents (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/chipra-88-measure-1-section-5-attachment-5.pdf
      February 02, 2012 - The recommendations in this report do not indicate an exclusive course of treatment or serve as a standard … How accurate are these tests in the diagnosis of ADHD compared with a reference stan­ dard (ie, what … more detail about how to implement the guidelines but is, necessarily, based less on avail­ able evidence … Preschool- aged children are not likely to have a separate observer if they do not attend a preschool … To pro­ vide more detailed information about how the recommendations of this guideline can be accomplished

1822. 2022 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report Data Sources (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2022qdr-datasources.pdf
      December 01, 2022 - A software package (SURVS-TB) for data entry, analysis, and transmission of case reports to CDC was … Beginning in 2009, case reports no longer had a specific software requirement. … do so. … The core of the survey contains 21 items that ask “how often” or whether patients experienced a critical … More than 1,500 participating hospitals respond to a call for data, submitting case reports for a specified

1823. Follow-up Practice Survey Codebook Including Core and Optional Items (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/results/research/survey-codebook-6mon-post-intervention.pdf
      June 02, 2025 - We suggest you designate an Office Manager or a Lead Clinician to complete this survey. … = yes 2 = no Medical assistant…………………… person_consult_MA .……………... 1 = yes 2 = no Clinician (MD, DO … ……… 1 = yes Moved to a new location prac_change_newlocation….. 1 = yes Lost one or more clinicians … How does your practice intend to meet the requirements of the Quality Payment Program? … On a scale from 1 to 10 where one is no priority at all and 10 is the highest priority, what is the

1824. Final Progress Report: Diagnostic Imaging in the Emergency Department: A Research Agenda to Optimize Utilization (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-04/marin-report.pdf
      January 01, 2025 - The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do … Although there is a significant need for further research on how to best improve diagnostic imaging … involved in pre-conference planning and brainstorming and those present at the conference ^Totals do … Newman-Toker DE, McDonald KM, Meltzer DO, et al. … How much diagnostic safety can we afford, and how should we decide?

1825. AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care: Rapid Response for Perinatal Safety (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/perinatal-care/modules/strategies/rapid-response/rapidresponse_facguide.pdf
      May 01, 2017 - Slide 1 SAY: In this module, we will do the following: • Define components of a rapid response … A rapid response system is more than a team that responds to emergencies. … A rapid response system is intended to assess a greater number of patients, with a broader range of … rapid response system to determine how the elements will be implemented within a hospital. … Engagement In the rest of this presentation, we will highlight each of these key safety elements and how

1826. Surveys on Patient Safety Culture (SOPS) Hospital Survey 2.0: 2022 User Database Report Part I (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/hospital/2022-hsops2-database-report.pdf
      January 01, 2022 - evaluated to see how well they worked. … to see how well they worked. … Identifying Areas To Improve: a. What areas do you want to focus on for improvement? b. … Communicating Your Action Plan: a. How will you share your action plan? b. … Data Table for Example of How To Compute Percentiles Hospital Composite Measure “A” % Positive Score

1827. Network of Patient Safety Databases Falls Chartbook, 2023 (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/npsd/data/npsd-falls-chartbook-2023.pdf
      January 01, 2023 - about how to improve patient safety and prevent patient harm. … fall, what was the patient doing or trying to do?” … doing or trying to do?”) … doing or trying to do?”) … doing or trying to do?”)

1828. 035-Importance-Mrsa-Prevention-Notes (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/035-importance-mrsa-prevention-notes.docx
      October 01, 2024 - Understanding how MRSA spreads and occurs is important for purposes of MRSA prevention. … A person’s own MRSA colonization can progress to invasive MRSA infection. … Relatedly, CLABSI is a major contributor to invasive MRSA bacteremia. … MRSA is often preventable, and hospitals, units, and staff can do many things to prevent MRSA transmission … Many microorganisms occur in the natural flora of the skin, intestines, and other organs, and do not

1829. Improving Healthcare Safety by Enhancing Medication Safety (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/highlights/ps-project-highlights-medication-safety.pdf
      April 30, 2025 - Most efforts focused on encouraging caregivers to submit reports, with less attention given to how best … to analyze these data, how to prioritize improvement efforts based on the data, or how best to evaluate … Blocks (6BBs) How-To-Implement Guide for primary care practices to assist them in managing patients … Within the warning section, two specific warnings, “Do not use” and “Ask a doctor or pharmacist,” were … The RC also created new knowledge about how to use therapeutics effectively and how to translate that

1830. Reducing the Use of Short-acting Nifedipine by Hypertensives Using a Pharmaceutical Database (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Furmaga.pdf
      January 01, 2005 - Methods: A multitiered approach was implemented, using a national pharmaceutical database to assess … To reduce use of short-acting nifedipine in our patient population, we used a multitiered approach, … A report was then forwarded to and discussed with the VISN Formulary Leaders, and they were asked to … consider a similar approach to address potential deficiencies in pharmaceutical care. … Hypertension control: how well are we doing? Arch Intern Med 2003 Dec;163(22):2705–11. 22.

1831. Nutritional Research Series: Volume 5: Comparison of Translational Patterns in Two Nutrient–Disease Associations (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/evidence-based-reports/nutrtp5.pdf
      October 01, 2011 - document are those of the author(s), who are responsible for its contents; the findings and conclusions do … consistencies and inconsistencies in results between observational and intervention studies and evaluate how … Appendix B provides details for how we formed the citation graphs and how we verified that they possess … How citation distortions create unfounded authority: analysis of a citation network. … , and, generally, two or more papers do not cite each other.

1832. 2023 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report Data Sources (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2023qdr-data-sources.pdf
      December 01, 2023 - A software package (SURVS-TB) for data entry, analysis, and transmission of case reports to CDC was … Beginning in 2009, case reports no longer had a specific software requirement. … do so. … The core of the survey contains 21 items that ask “how often” or whether patients experienced a critical … More than 1,500 participating hospitals respond to a call for data, submitting case reports for a specified

1833. Variation in Health System Characteristics Across States, 2016 (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/chsp/data/chsp-brief3-variation-in-health-system-characteristics-across-states-2016.pdf
      January 01, 2016 - inclusion of systems that do not provide comprehensive care in the manner that is intended by the … lag in the data, at times, as a result of updating changes to systems, such as mergers, acquisitions … study the characteristics of high-performing health systems and to understand how health systems use … The effective adoption and use of PCOR evidence holds promise as a way to improve clinical outcomes … and characterizing health systems and is a data resource to help advance research on health systems.

1834. Risk Reduction and Systematic Error Management: Standardization of the Pediatric Chemotherapy Process (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-David_13.pdf
      March 19, 2008 - Children have a distinct physiology and an immature ability to metabolize drugs. … errors, and that a systemwide initiative was needed to improve patient safety, a multidisciplinary … toward a solution, and their ability to make and enforce administrative decisions. … This resulted in the hiring within a year of a full-time protocol specialist to design, create, maintain … You’ve led the horse to water, now how do you get him to drink: Managing change and increasing utilization

1835. Evaluating and Predicting Patient Safety for Medical Devices with Integral Information Technology (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/Zhang.pdf
      January 01, 2004 - files, whereas command line systems (e.g., MS DOS) do not. … Then we will demonstrate how to use this method by applying it to the evaluation of two 1-channel volumetric … Heuristic evaluation is relatively easy to do, even for those not trained in usability. … Users as designers: how people cope with poor HCI design in computer-based medical devices. … Do it by Design: an introduction to human factors in medical devices. In: U.S.

1836. Access to Outpatient Specialty Care for Children (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/availability/chipra-235-fullreport.pdf
      September 01, 2018 - Section 2: Detailed Measure Specifications Provide sufficient detail to describe how a measure would … Although submission of formal programming code or algorithms that demonstrate how a measure would be … In the event they do obtain an appointment with a specialist, it may require a longer wait period than … For those specialists who do participate, there may be 8 a tendency for them to preferentially … discretion in determining how to process the data.

1837. Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund Strategic Framework (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pcor/pcortf-strategic-framework.pdf
      June 01, 2023 - to do so across all PCORTF activities. … One key component of increasing uptake of evidence into practice is “making the right thing to do the … easy thing to do.” … Attendees discussed how to build a community of trust, how to emphasize development of a common language … We cannot do it alone.

1838. AHRQ National Scorecard on Hospital-Acquired Conditions: Updated Baseline Rates and Preliminary Results 2014-2016 (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/natlhacratereport-rebaselining2014-2016_0.pdf
      January 01, 2016 - show a downward trend previously reported for 2010 to 2014. … The details of how the current NHR is calculated are summarized below. 1. … Exhibit A1b provides a summary of the data that shows how the 28 rates from all the measures are combined … to be a 19 percent reduction (98 to 79) rather than a 20 percent reduction. … It is notable that because MPSMS is based on chart-abstraction, results do not depend on this coding

1839. Transitioning Newborns from NICU to Home: Family Information Packet, Appendix B (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/nicu_toolkit/nicupacket-apb.pdf
      June 02, 2025 - A s di ur et ic w ea ns o ff, w ill n ee d to d ec re as e do se / d is co nt … (Do not use a cream, as they are water soluble). … Troubleshooting Complication Causes How to avoid/prevent/cure Displaced tube ■ Inadequate seal ■ … Complication Causes How to avoid/prevent/cure Tube occlusion ■ Build-up of residue from feed or medication … Complication Causes How to avoid/prevent/cure Regurgitation, nausea or vomiting ■ Gastroparesis/

1840. Children with Disabilities Algorithm (CWDA) A Claims-Based Tool for Identifying Children with Disabilities (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-144-section-2.pdf
      January 01, 2020 - How to cite this report: CEPQM. … study, potentially revealing systemic issues and more generalizable solutions. … We trained our pediatric disability experts to take a population approach to the code classification … you consider your child to have a disability?” … &icdnum; do i = 1 to &icdnum; if &icdvar{i} in ("0460", "04611", "04619