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4701. Disposition of Comments Report for Noninvasive Technologies for the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease in Women (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cad-women-diagnosis_disposition-comments.pdf
      June 12, 2012 - This is problematic and continues to contribute to the problem of how to recognize potential CHD in … The authors should consider a discussion on the ischemic cascade and how a given abnormality (global … It would be helpful to define how these are calculated. … For example in the study with menopausal status as a predictor, do we know how this compares to non- … Or in the study with race/ethnicity as a predictor, do we know how these statistics compare to Caucasian

4702. Patient Experience as a Source for Understanding the Origins, Impact, and Remediation of Diagnostic Errors, Volume 1: Why Patient Narratives Matter (pdf file)
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      July 01, 2023 - How hard is it to pick up the phone for a quick phone conversation. … , which they may be reluctant to do.45 For all these reasons, patients or families may fail to report … The challenge here is to identify how best to encourage patients and family members to report situations … that hospitals do not? … In response to Ledford and colleagues Toward a Model of Shared Meaningful Diagnosis: how to capture

4703. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 3 (pdf file)
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      July 01, 2012 - the decision to use a medical test generates a broad range of outcomes, and suggest how each of these … Awareness of these varied outcomes affects how a decisionmaker balances the benefits and risks of the … We consider a broad range of outcomes to illustrate how these may affect the balance of the benefits … to the test results are more numerous and include the patient’s response to the test results and how … Therefore, as stakeholders, they may be more focused on how clinical outcomes vary as a result of medical

4704. Checklist for Working with the KID
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      November 01, 2024 - , its strengths and limitations, and how it has changed over time to ensure its appropriate use and to … Return to top Research Design ⬜ Learn how to account for the KID sampling design. … To learn how to apply KID weights, view the Producing National HCUP Estimates Online Tutorial and review … To learn how to apply the trend weights for multi-year analyses, view the HCUP Multi-Year Analysis On-line … To learn how to calculate standard errors, view the HCUP Calculating Standard Errors On-line Tutorial

4705. Untitled (pdf file)
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      October 12, 2015 - The figure illustrates how a wide range of treatments for infertility may result in intermediate outcomes … case! reports! Publications! •! English0language!only! •! Published!January!1,!2007!to! … Case!Reports[ptyp]!OR!Comment[ptyp])!NOT! (animals[mh]!NOT!humans[mh])! #4& #1!AND!#2!AND!#3! … studies, and how these differences might affect applicability), this would generally lead to increased … Technical Experts do not do analysis of any kind nor do they contribute to the writing of the report

4706. TREAT ECARDS: Translating Evidence into Action: Electronic Clinical Decision Support in ARDS – Final Report (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2022 - a patient has ARDS and how they should be managed. … And I think also even when they do try to apply a low tidal volume strategy, some people might forget … I do not have a tape measure. I probably should get one. … You just have to understand how to use it and how to use it properly. … But this is on a case by case basis. But again, do I use only vent desynchrony for paralysis?

4707. Step 5: Evaluating the Infrastructure Support Initiative | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2014 - evaluation examines how a program works. … to do and then define your outcomes from that perspective, asking yourself “What do I hope to achieve … your major outcomes: What is it that your organization aims to do? … Consider how frequently you will conduct a formal evaluation. … Who will do the evaluation?

4708. Disposition of Comments Report for CER 132 Combination Therapy Versus Intensification of Statin Monotherapy: An Update (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/high-cholestorol-medicines-update_disposition-comments.pdf
      September 01, 2014 - As mentioned in the introduction, do all individuals have to reach a certain goal, i.e. … On page 40, lines 7-12, I do not see how the strength of evidence was rated as high after reviewing … I do not see how this translates into a strong conclusion that the statin/ezetimibe combination produces … Begs the question, is it possible to do a larger data base rather than a RPCT. … Clinicians want to know what to do if a patient can’t tolerate a statin.

4709. Making Healthcare Safer Practices: 14. Delirium (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2020 - Delirium: A symptom of how hospital care is failing older persons and a window to improve quality of … Attention will have to be paid to how long it takes to assess patients using these tools and the ability … screen and manage patients.10 In an effort to teach ICU nursing staff how to use the CAM- ICU to best … Routine bedside nursing patient interactions do not reliably detect delirium in a critically ill … upon admission for hospice patients A quality improvement (QI) approach (PDSA: Plan, Do, Study,

4710. Why Define Integrated Behavioral Health (IBH)? | The Academy
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      February 01, 2025 - What a shared functional definition (Lexicon) can do for different stakeholders For patients … Design a local plan that accomplishes these functions and makes these decisions on what to do and how … To expand our clinic team to do better (and feel better) with the behavioral health dimension of our … to do as well as we want. … The task is how to do it effectively, accomplishing the functions.

4711. Disposition of Comments for CER 164 Home-Based Primary Care Interventions (pdf file)
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      February 16, 2016 - We refer to the goals but do not attribute them to CMS as we do not have a source that explicitly links … We have revised the text to include an expanded discussion of hospitalizations and how they may have … We agree that that it would be useful for all HBPC programs, regardless of how they are financed, to … Commentator & Affiliation Section Comment Response TEP Reviewer #5 Discussion The authors do a good … The authors do note that many of the studies were conducted with a primarily male veteran population

4712. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Lipid Disorders in Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      July 15, 2007 - How well do screening tests (non-fasting total cholesterol, fasting total cholesterol, fasting lipoprotein … How well do lipid levels track from childhood to adulthood? … How well do screening tests (non-fasting total cholesterol, fasting total cholesterol, fasting lipoprotein … How well do lipid levels track from childhood to adulthood? 2d. … with 95% confidence. 2c How well do lipid levels track from childhood to adulthood?

4713. Care Transitions and Teamwork in Pediatric Trauma: Implications for HIT Design - Final Report (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2021 - R01HS023837 Acknowledgements: The opinions expressed in this article are of those of the authors and do … how multiple perspectives are managed in a team health IT design process. … To examine how multiple perspectives are managed in a team health IT design process. Scope. … Participants were asked: “What information do you need to know, and can you find that on the screen? … Donabedian A. The quality of care. How can it be assessed? JAMA. 1988;260(12):1743-8. 3.

4714. Section II: Detailed Measure Specifications (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/availability/chipra-0134-technicalspecs.pdf
      January 01, 2011 - describe how a measure would be calculated from the recommended data sources, uploading a separate … document (+ Upload attachment) or a link to a URL. … Although submission of formal programming code or algorithms that demonstrate how a measure would be … To identify the look back period do the following: i. … vii. had at least 1 visit to a psychiatrist viii. had at least 1 visit to a psychologist.

4715. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/atypical-antipsychotics-off-label-update_research-protocol.pdf
      May 19, 2010 - Sub-Question 2: How do atypical antipsychotic medications compare with other drugs, including first … How do they compare within the class and with other drugs used for the conditions? … For those trials that do not report a follow-up standard deviation, we will impute one by assigning … to be standardized and a mean difference will be calculated. … The TEP does not do analysis of any kind nor contribute to the writing of the report. X.

4716. Addressing Workplace Violence and Creating a Safer Workplace | PSNet
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      October 31, 2023 - We spoke to her about workplace violence trends in healthcare settings and how we can create a safer … It is also one more thing for health professionals to do or to remember to do when they are already stretched … Sarah Mossburg: How do you think workplace violence impacts patient safety? Cheryl B. … We must also educate workers at all levels to understand workplace violence, to know when and how to … It’s important that staff know what to do if a situation escalates and what resources are available to

4717. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      October 27, 2021 - security The risk for multi-prescribing and polypharmacy is higher for patients of health systems that do … A useful way to approach deprescribing is to break it down into a five-step approach:6 1. … it is important to consider the purpose of each medication (curative vs. palliative), how the patient … benefit from the medication, among other things.8 Determining why each medication was started and how … each medication that is to be deprescribed to determine if tapering is necessary and to decide how long

4718. Disposition of Comments Report for Strategies To Reduce Cesarean Birth in Low-Risk Women (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cesarean-birth-2010_disposition-comments.pdf
      January 01, 2010 - a "minor" In otherwords, get a better sense of how audit and feedback influences. … With rates much lower than the current US rates of concern, how are we to interpret a lack of effect … We do list an RCT of midwifery versus conventional care in the US as an important trial to be a priority … importance of research on reducing cesarean and willing to participate in a study about how best to … How important is the randomizing technique to ultimate data strength.

4719. Community-Acquired Pneumonia Clinical Decision Support Implementation Toolkit Handbook (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2018 - tools in the toolkit, and how to use the toolkit to integrate the tool into a clinical practice. … conduct a workflow assessment to make some decisions about how to implement the alert. … a. If so, how effective have they been? b. … To what extent do clinicians rely on CDS systems in your practice? a. … What do clinicians like about them and what would they like to see changed? 7.

4720. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      December 01, 2011 - Patients who do not receive timely assistance with activities that they are unable to undertake safely … A postfall review used as an opportunity to plan secondary prevention, including a careful history to … The scale of the challenge can perhaps best be faced by setting aside the question, "How do we prevent … [go to PubMed] 4. Sari AB, Sheldon TA, Cracknell A, Turnbull A. … The 'How to' Guide for Reducing Harm from Falls. London, UK: National Patient Safety Agency; 2009.