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4721. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/disabilities-quality-improvement-outcomes_research-protocol.pdf
      August 03, 2011 - This review will examine how the outcomes of health care for people with disabilities are assessed. … These quality indicators do not address considerations relating to disability.” 4 For example, the … It represents a step in helping to create a more systematic taxonomy for discussing these issues and … Technical Experts do not do analysis of any kind nor contribute to the writing of the report and have … not reviewed the report, except as given the opportunity to do so through the peer review or public

4722. In Conversation With... Libby Hoy and Stephen Hoy | PSNet
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      March 10, 2021 - LH : Sure, to do that I’ll level set a little bit with how we're approaching the different terms that … KH : One of the challenges, it seems, is that you're trying to do this work in a system that's already … If we want to create an equitable health system, how do we build in the infrastructure for engagement … KH : How do you know when you have authentic PFE? … How do you show that? LH : That’s the million-dollar question.

4723. Screening Women for Intimate Partner Violence: A Systematic Review to Update teh 2004 USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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      June 01, 2012 - Clinicians could inquire about abuse during the clinic visit if there were indications to do so. … For women identified through screening with current, past, or increased risk for IPV, how well do interventions … well do interventions reduce exposure to IPV, physical or mental harms, or mortality? … How well the results of studies translate to clinical practice is also not clear, although most studies … For women identified through screening with current, past, or increased risk for IPV, how well do interventions

4724. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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      June 01, 2012 - If appropriate, how is confirmatory testing performed to resolve false positive results in a timely … How often does the test fail to give a usable result? 17. … How were samples obtained? How were samples handled and stored prior to analysis? … How to use an article about genetic association: A: Background concepts. … How to use an article about genetic association: A: Background concepts.

4725. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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      June 01, 2012 - If appropriate, how is confirmatory testing performed to resolve false positive results in a timely … How often does the test fail to give a usable result? 17. … How were samples obtained? How were samples handled and stored prior to analysis? … How to use an article about genetic association: A: Background concepts. … How to use an article about genetic association: A: Background concepts.

4726. Final Progress Report: A Formal Approach to Detecting and Correcting Simultaneous Masking in the IEC 60601-1-8 International Medical Alarm Standard (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2024 - This allows us to determine when and how reserved alarm sounds can mask other reserved alarms and to … failures has to do with simultaneous masking, a condition in which concurrent sounds interact in ways … Case studies will be used to show that the method supports its intended design goals. … synthetic case studies based on the parameters of IEC 60601-1-8. … The method improvements are responsible for the performance observed in synthetic case studies used

4727. Technical Interventions To Prevent CAUTI | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2015 - A catheter may be needed when nurses do not have resources such as lift teams and mechanical lifts to … Providing patients and family members with educational materials on how to document the urine output … Product representatives can provide staff with guidance and instruction on how to use their devices correctly … When a urine culture is positive in a catheterized patient who has no symptoms of infection, do not treat … Skin Care in the Incontinent Patient Educate caregivers on how to prevent skin breakdown in incontinent

4728. Clinical Areas | PSNet
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      March 24, 2025 - Miscommunication is a major contributor to adverse events. … to a patient safety incident. … Commentary Doing 'detective work' to find a cancer: how are non-specific symptom … This scoping review explored how decision fatigue impacts decision-making in inpatient settings. … Commentary How unprofessional behaviours between healthcare staff threaten patient

4729. Microsoft Word - PSI report-revised to AHRQ_031208_rev.doc (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2008 - could not do multivariate analyses and that we need to qualify many conclusions. … That is, by looking at each factor individually, we do not understand how they work together. … how care is provided and whether complications occur—that help to explain variation in PSIs. … To demonstrate how the interpretation of the analysis results is further complicated, the same two factors … States and facilities should continue to look at how care is being delivered in hospitals and what

4730. Understanding Quality and Safety Problems in the Ambulatory Environment: Seeking Improvement With Promising Teamwork Tools and Strategies (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol3/Advances-Webster_76.pdf
      July 18, 2008 - This is not rocket science, and most ambulatory staff members already do meet to solve problems. … This process is easy to do but requires some discipline. … While these are admirable goals, how does a clinic or office begin to apply the strategies and tools … How doctors think. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company; 2007. 12. Croskerry P. … How to turn a team of experts into an expert medical team: Guidance from the aviation and military

4731. Neonatal Intensive Care All-Condition Readmissions Without Gestational Age: Full Report (pdf file)
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      May 13, 2019 - describe how a measure would be calculated from the recommended data sources, uploading a separate … Although submission of formal programming code or algorithms that demonstrate how a measure would be … To do this will require either (1) population based datasets from all payers and providers, similar … State-level rates of readmissions do not require these records, since CPT billing codes serve as a valid … Rogowski JA, Horbar JD, Staiger DO, et al.

4732. 3. Building and Maintaining a Network of Primary Care Practices | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      August 01, 2024 - However, it is important to have a plan for how to develop and maintain a broad and ongoing network of … and asked, ‘Wouldn’t you like to do some quality improvement in your practice?’ … connection. 22 Develop a Value Proposition A value proposition is a statement that explains how involvement … The EvidenceNOW cooperatives highlighted how practice facilitators taught participating practices to … Cooperatives called attention to how participation could improve overall practice functioning.

4733. Does clinical supervision of health professionals improve patient safety? A systematic review and meta-analysis. | PSNet
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      August 04, 2021 - A systematic review and meta-analysis. … A systematic review and meta-analysis. … This systematic review examined how increased clinical supervision affects patient safety. … A systematic review and meta-analysis. … April 1, 2009 WebM&M Cases Do Not Disturb!

4734. Using Aviation Technology to Prevent Healthcare Errors: The Health IT Black Box | Digital Healthcare Research
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      January 01, 2019 - industry’s use of a “black box” that captures actions leading up to a near miss or error, the health … wanted to find a way to identify near misses in healthcare. … Could the concept of a “black box,” a flight data recorder that has led better system design and preventing … How small inconsistencies can lead to increased errors A second example found from the black box analysis … “They're doing that 20, 30, 40 times a day, and now all of a sudden they're in what we call automaticity

4735. Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation Programs for Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in Adults: Future Research Needs (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2013 - We used an analytical framework (Figure 1) to construct the following Key Questions (KQs): KQ 1: How … How should the severity of overall impairments be assessed and reported in effectiveness research to … How should interventions be defined to encourage consistency and comparability across studies and support … How do patient-centered outcomes differ depending on the setting in which rehabilitation is provided … Guidance is available to researchers regarding how to better describe interventions in order to enhance

4736. Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Final Report Companion Guide (pdf file)
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      October 18, 2012 - unit resides may serve as a predictor of how well a unit performs in quality improvement initiatives … confusion about how to proceed with CUSP activities, and 3) not enough buy-in from other physician … The top three unit progress barriers were 1) not enough time, 2) confusion about how to proceed with … Letters, case reports (n=1), historical articles, editorials, and commentaries were excluded. … infections to the patient: a case study in Turkey.

4737. Disposition of Comments Report for Primary Care Management of Abnormal Uterine Bleeding (pdf file)
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      March 21, 2013 - Peer Reviewer #2 Results The results were a summary in several sections of the findings of how to treatment … Peer reviewer #4 Results p.25 l.33-34 How is, for example, a 121% increase in cycle regularity established … None found benefit which may or may not reflect how similar approaches would be received in a U.S. … How does this provide insight to the primary care practitioner? … the research needed section do not seem to reflect some of the biggest evidence gaps.

4738. Primary Care and Patient Safety: Opportunities at the Interface | PSNet
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      September 28, 2022 - A community health worker can work with the individual to show them how to get into patient portal, how … models, logistically how you make this happen, and how to do it virtually, is going to be key for some … JW: How do we measure high quality? … How do we make sure we do that? … So how do we develop a taxonomy for patient safety, and how do we improve safe discussions around patient

4739. Making Healthcare Safer Practices: 15. Care Transitions (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2020 - help shape the thinking about how best to improve transitional care practices. … et al. (2014) sought to identify factors that contributed to how programs could be implemented to enhance … APNs educate patients about their health conditions and risks, including how to recognize and manage … They use home visits to monitor symptoms and do medication reconciliation. … .8 More strategies are also needed to determine how best to incorporate patients and family caregivers

4740. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      April 26, 2023 - or knowledge- based errors but do not address the whole picture or acknowledge that these errors may … erroneously linked to how easy it is to think of examples. … misdiagnosis may not reflect real-world conditions.6 The conditions under which diagnoses are rendered do … framework for how to define and identify factors contributing to misdiagnosis. … they could be more amenable to intervention, such as institutional uncertainty about how to begin efforts