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4881. Final Progress Report: Evaluation of Risk by Active Surveillance in the Emergency Department (ERASED) (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/hall1-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - HFMEA is a systematic, proactive method of process evaluation that identifies where and how failures … Cards were given to all staff with information on how to access the online reporting system. … Technicians are not always present in the department, and, when they are, they do not identify with … If yes, please describe how it was not ideal and why you think it might have happened. … do with all segments.

4882. Final Progress Report: Automated Lab Test Followup To Reduce Medical Errors (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/greenes-report.pdf
      January 01, 2025 - (4) Clinicians using ALARMS spend relatively little time addressing laboratory results that do not … a note documenting a response to the laboratory result. … The graphics that follow show how the user interface works. … have a power of 0.8 to detect an improvement to a follow-up rate of 93% and a power of 0.99 to detect … results that do or do not require follow-up calls.

4883. Overuse of Imaging for the Evaluation of Children with Post-Traumatic Headache (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-195-fullreport.pdf
      December 17, 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 … Relationship to Other Measures (if any) Describe, if known, how this measure complements or improves … How readily are the data available? … Health IT Workflow Please describe how the information needed to calculate the measure may be captured

4884. Cancer-Pancreas Executive (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cancer-pancreas_executive.pdf
      September 01, 2014 - How are patient factors and tumor characteristics related to the comparative diagnostic accuracy of the … How are patient factors and tumor characteristics related to the comparative staging accuracy of the … a. How are patient factors related to the harms of different imaging techniques? b. … EPC guidance by White et al. (2009)12 states how existing systematic reviews can be used to replace de … How are patient factors related to the harms of different imaging techniques?

4885. 1.a-1 Information Packet for Participating Practices | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/crctoolkit/crctool1a1.html
      April 01, 2018 - We may also ask questions to clarify how your practice perceives colorectal cancer screening. … If a patient calls for your advice and you prefer to recommend a specific test, please feel free to do … have a positive test return to your practice for that care. … Part VIII: Patient Reminder Mailing We will send a simple reminder letter to all patients who do not … Personnel from the central entity can show you how to use this tool.

4886. Lessons in Safety Climate and Safety Practices from a California Hospital Consortium (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Singer.pdf
      April 01, 2003 - provide safe patient care, and whether they had observed a coworker do something that appeared unsafe … 11.3** I have witnessed a coworker do something that appeared to me to be unsafe for patient care … . 39.3 38.3 -1.0** In the last year, I have witnessed a coworker do something that appeared to … and how to expect communication. … employees do not lose their jobs if they make a mistake.”

4887. 4. How do we implement best practices in our organization? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureulcer/tool/pu4.html
      October 01, 2014 - How do we implement best practices in our organization? … How do we sustain the redesigned prevention practices? 7. … How do we put the new practices into operation? … How do we manage the change process at the front line? How do we pilot test the new practices? … and how to customize the bundle for specific work units in your organization. 4.1.1 How do we assign

4888. 4. How do we implement best practices in our organization? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureulcer/tool/pu4.html
      October 01, 2014 - How do we implement best practices in our organization? … How do we sustain the redesigned prevention practices? 7. … How do we put the new practices into operation? … How do we manage the change process at the front line? How do we pilot test the new practices? … and how to customize the bundle for specific work units in your organization. 4.1.1 How do we assign

4889. Appendix V. JAMIA Draft Manuscript | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2018 - Also, the fact that they can and do adapt potentially leads to issues concerning intra- and inter-rater … The discriminability index is a measure of how well the reviewer perceives the differences in signal … We performed a literature review using Medline to identify data elements that were likely to inform a … to a single type. … We specified a classification tree and a loss matrix to penalize false negatives.

4890. R18Hs017163-Baker-Final-Report-2011 (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs017163-baker-final-report-2011.pdf
      January 01, 2011 - how quality is measured and how information is used to achieve truly outstanding levels of quality. … Most clinical decision support tools had linked order sets that allowed physicians to do place orders … 16 Paper reminders do not appear to improve quality of care beyond state-of-the-art electronic … The time and effort to do this may be better spent doing additional academic detailing and training … exceptions when they are learning how to use these tools.

4891. Outcome Measure Framework Design Document (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/registry-of-patient-registries_research-2014.pdf
      January 01, 2014 - on the data they collect in their registry, and those who are searching for information about how a … and to learn about how stakeholders would like to see information on outcome measures presented within … Due to these variations, many systems that collect this type of information do so using “free text” … How is date of readmission defined and collected? How is heart failure defined?). … Some users may not take the time to do this or may find this extra step too burdensome.

4892. Final Progress Report: TOP-MEDS CERT: Tools for Optimizing Medication Safety (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/lambert-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - To do so, we will define a clustering unit of patients who have taken drug A and experienced adverse … evaluate the efficacy of an internet-based opioid dosing simulator to teach medical residents how to … In face-to-face didactic sessions, we taught residents conceptual principles of pain management and how … We demonstrate how to use a combination of logistic regression, Poisson prediction limits, and highly … A case study in generic drug use: Should there be risk adjustment in incentive payments for the use

4893. Disposition of Comments for Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Orthopedic Surgery (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/blood-clots-hip-knee-surgery_disposition-comments.pdf
      March 01, 2012 - Second, it is not clear how the authors chose the information to be included in this paragraph. … Since there are no high SOE data, I would like to better know how the investigators synthesized the … If there are only 2 trials, then I do not think the authors should be a strong in their conclusion … so we will do so here. … Key Questions 1 and 2 also do not provide a definition for VTE, while subsequent questions define it

4894. CER 218 Disposition of Comments: Long-Term Drug Therapy and Drug Holidays for Osteoporosis Fracture Prevention (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-218-osteoporosis-disposition-comments.pdf
      April 23, 2019 - its contents, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Agency for Healthcare Research and … How ever, this statement is based on data from a small phase 2 study that w as not designed or pow … General Public Commenter #1 (Rafael Pirtillo Ferman -Altietus College) Dr Gil has a good point how … I have no criticism to offer and I do not have any conflicts of interest with regard to the research … Although these and other findings are not placebo controlled or RCTs, they do add to the interpretation

4895. HCUP Statistical Brief #150: Infectious Enteritis and Foodborne Illness in the United States, 2010 (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb150.pdf
      March 01, 2012 - cases of acute gastroenteritis are caused by organisms found in food, so gastrointestinal symptoms do … For each hospital, a hospital-wide cost-to- charge ratio is used. … Because most State data do not identify SCHIP patients specifically, it is not possible to present this … We also invite you to tell us how you are using this Statistical Brief and other HCUP data and tools … , and to share suggestions on how HCUP products might be enhanced to further meet your needs.

4896. In Conversation With... Katie J. Suda, PharmD, MS | PSNet
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      December 07, 2020 - how we needed to standardize the services that we were providing. … In general, dental practices also do not have access to a comprehensive electronic medical history. … If they do, do they know how to use it? … I believe that study was limited to one state, but she did do a national survey of the National Dental … For example, for a long time there's been a sink next to the dental chair, how long did it take us to

4897. An Etiology for Medication Ordering Errors in CPOE Systems - Final Report (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs025443-abraham-final-report-2020.pdf
      January 01, 2020 - a “Job Aid” describing the purpose and how to use the medication void function was sent to all hospital … around physically having to do things and having to come back to it to place orders” (MD-466). … This example illustrates how a clinician ordered the medication, without realizing updates in patient … do things too quickly for a patient” (MD-707) resulting in erroneous orders. … A clinician stated: “my workload is such that I often do not have enough time to look things up before

4898. Archived: Hepatitis C: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/hepatitis-c-screening-2013
      June 15, 2013 - Evidence on how often screening should occur in these persons is lacking. … The USPSTF found no evidence about how often screening should occur in persons who continue to be at … How Does Evidence Fit With Biological Understanding? … Many patients with chronic infection do not develop histologic evidence of liver disease or have mild … The USPSTF also clarified how risk-based screening approaches may miss infected persons.

4899. S103 (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/s103.pdf
      October 01, 2007 - In this article, we describe how this propensity score-based method can be used to compare the effectiveness … Finally, we offer detailed guidance about how to implement the estimators in comparative effectiveness … Next, we discuss how to use inverse probability-weighted esti- mators for comparative effectiveness analyses … to the following estimating equation: � i � 1 n I�Ai � a��Ri � �a� �a�Xi,�̂� � 0, a � {1,2} (2) … trim extreme weights so that they do not exert undue influence.

4900. Disposition of Comments_Systematic Review_Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: 2024 Update of the Evidence Base for the PTSD Trials Standardized Data Repository (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/ptsd-pharm-non-pharm-treatment-update-disposition-comments.pdf
      August 28, 2024 - Our team is preparing a manuscript on how to compare and combine effect size https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov … As is, I am not too sure how useful this would be to those member o the intended audience. … If this is the case, please indicate how exclusion listed was selected (was there a hierarchy of screening … do with much more ease and speed than having to conduct such a search and review from scratch. … It's also useful to note how many very small trials drive this literature.