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4961. Santa Cruz County, CA Diabetes Mellitus Registry (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2007 - completed pre- and post-tests which included an assessment of their technical skills and understanding of how … • Most clinics do not have enough computers and printers and no dedicated IT staff. … • Market the vision; do not sell it. … • Do workflow analysis for each site before implementation. … • Identify winners and losers and how they win and lose and revisit (be comfortable going back

4962. Wireless-Motility-Capsule Executive (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/wireless-motility-capsule_executive.pdf
      May 01, 2013 - Physicians do not need to test an individual less than 50 years old and without “red flag” symptoms … Rectal exit produces a large temperature reduction.11 One disadvantage is that 5 percent of tests do … There is no specific or clear information about when or how physicians should utilize a WMC. … how much the incremental information contributed to the decisionmaking process. … We need to do further work to classify the types of patients within subgroups of gastroparesis or slow-transit

4963. Traumatic Brain Injury and Depression (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/depression-brain-injury_executive.pdf
      April 01, 2011 - Traumatic Brain Injury and Depression Introduction We do not know the extent to which depression contributes … Care providers in a variety of settings need to know when and how best to screen TBI patients for depression … case reports, letters, etc.) and articles published in languages other than English. … that do not provide strong evidence. … Given how common, concerning, and debilitating the combination of TBI and depression can be, a priority

4964. Strategies for Improving Patient Experience with Ambulatory Care: Cultivating Cultural Competence (pdf file)
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      August 01, 2017 - A handful of states have restrictions on how health plans and other organizations can collect this information … CIGNA staff use a software system to search this information whenever a member requests a provider with … Callers who prefer to speak to someone in a different language can be connected to a separate language … Available at http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/case-studies/2010/jul/genesys-healthworks. … culturally-competent-disease-management-improves-self-monitoring-and-blood-pressure-control http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/case-studies

4965. Coordinating Transitions: HIT Role in Improving Multiple Chronic Disease Outcomes - Final Report (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2017 - they do not suggest how to use either the EHR or administrative claims to divide the population into … A further drawback is that they do not attempt to use the segments to evaluate program effectiveness … The staff are enthusiastic about the program and it has become a regional model for how to meet DSRIP … understand how to use data to improve decision making at the point of care. … Our recent scoping review demonstrates that we still have much to learn about how to incorporate social

4966. INTRODUCTION TO THE HCUP KIDS' INPATIENT DATABASE (KID), 2019
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      January 01, 2012 - on how to apply the AHRQ software tools to HCUP or other administrative databases. … Return to Contents HOW TO USE THE KID FOR DATA ANALYSIS This section provides a brief synopsis … However, some hospitals do not supply data to HCUP. … In the KID, a small percentage of the cases with a DRG of "Normal Newborn" do not meet the in-hospital … These cases have diagnoses that imply a newborn, but do not specifically indicate an in-hospital birth

4967. Designing and Delivering Whole-Person Transitional Care: The Hospital Guide to Reducing Medicaid Readmissions - Toolbox (pdf file)
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      July 28, 2016 - What are the top 10 discharge diagnoses leading to readmissions, and how do they differ between Medicare … What are the top 10 discharge diagnoses leading to readmissions, and how do they differ between Medicare … Followup with patients at high risk of readmission The proposed COPs do not state how or when to provide … Use this tool to prepare for and initiate a series of structured discussions about how to more effectively … , shared drive, or paper binder) and train providers on what to do when a patient has a care plan in

4968. Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Using Spirometry: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2008 - Whether individuals who do not recognize or report symptoms but meet spirometric criteria for a diagnosis … Benefits experienced by individuals who do not recognize or report symptoms are unlikely to be greater … CLINICAL CONSIDERATIONS Patient Population This recommendation applies to healthy adults who do not … Using Spirometry www.annals.org 1 April 2008 Annals of Internal Medicine Volume 148 • Number 7 531 How … healthy adults w ho do not recognize or report respiratory sym ptom s to a clinician.

4969. Interventions in Primary Care to Promote Breastfeeding: An Evidence Review (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2010 - to breastfeed and how to maintain lactation, even if they are separated from their infants; 6) give … in delivery room and helped to breastfeed in delivery room; BFHI step 5, shown how to breastfeed (positioning … How should relative risk estimates for acute otitis media in children aged less than 2 years be perceived … A meta-analysis of infant diet and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus: do biases play a role? … RCT, statistical methods used to compare groups for primary outcome indicating how clustering was taken

4970. Statistical Brief #139: Emergency Department Visits and Hospital Admissions for Kidney Stone Diseases, 2009 (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb139.pdf
      July 25, 2012 - Additional symptoms may include blood in the urine (hematuria), nausea and vomiting.4 The decision on how … Because most State data do not identify SCHIP patients specifically, it is not possible to present this … The SEDD capture information on ED visits that do not result in an admission (i.e., treat-and- release … 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.

4971. Final Progress Report: Promoting Safe Care Transitions: Simulation-Based Mastery Learning to Improve Communication in Times of Diagnostic Uncertainty (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2025 - uncertainty is frequent in emergency care settings, medical professionals have minimal guidance on how … learner to obtain the practice needed to achieve mastery of a skill. … We applied a rigorous process with a range of experts to develop a set of core measures to assess clinical … Testing the Uncertainty Communication Education Module to teach physicians how to communicate diagnostic … well do you feel this curriculum increased your skills for having conversations with patients about

4972. Preventing CAUTI: Focus on Culturing Stewardship | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      May 01, 2023 - Isolating an organism from a nonsterile site does not equate to infection and may lead to inappropriate … Certain groups of patients have a high incidence of asymptomatic bacteriuria (but do not have an active … How To Reduce Unnecessary Urine Cultures? … What To Do With Positive Urine Cultures? … When To Obtain or Not Obtain a Urine Culture in a Patient With an Indwelling Urinary Catheter

4973. HCUP Calculating Standard Errors - Accessible Version
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      January 01, 2016 - My name is Sarah, and I am going to show you how to calculate standard errors for national estimates … For a detailed description on how to produce regional and national estimates using these databases, please … Return to Contents Learning Objectives The goal of this tutorial is to show you how to determine … Return to Contents National Estimate Example First I will show you how to produce standard errors … The Z-Test calculator is a convenient way to do just that.

4974. Meeting Minutes, November 2019 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2020 - How to optimize AHRQ assets and resources. … What do you think of a public-partnership model? … them understand how to use data. … Fain noted that there is much research on social determinants but also a lack of direction on how to … Robin Wagner called for a description of what CDC might do to help, perhaps in the areas of surveillance

4975. El Dorado County Safety Net Technology Project / ACCESS El Dorado (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/uc1hs016129-bergner-final-report-2009.pdf
      January 01, 2009 - We did not use iREACH in all cases because of differences in how data on pending cases are reported. … The OMH Pathway identifies children who visit the Marshall ED and do not have a medical home, and connects … To do so, we used an estimate of the average marginal cost of an ED visit at a trauma hospital, based … These trainings were accompanied by instruction manuals ACCEL developed, referred to as case studies … Third, iREACH contains detailed information about how to complete each task and enables users to input

4976. CER 215 Adverse Effects of Pharmacologic Treatments of Major Depression in Older Adults (pdf file)
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      March 28, 2019 - Perhaps, it could benefit from instructions as to how to interpret the contents. … It is impossible to know how to apply the information that “acute treatment with SNRIs (duloxetine and … On p. 9, you could provide a bit more detail (or perhaps do some rewording) to clarify how a “third … These citations do not meet the inclusion criteria requiring the study to include patients 65y of … Hip fracture and suicide do not seem to go together.

4977. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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      May 20, 2016 - Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How … number of conditions for which hospitals do not receive the higher payment for cases when the condition … Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety 2 Tool … glycemic control, and improve outcomes.5 • Consider obtaining a dietary consultation with a focus … Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety 3 Tool

4978. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      August 21, 2015 - understand how this error occurred. … Standardizing how procedures and medication administration are documented is a reasonable step and should … [go to PubMed] 5. Partikian A, Mitchell WG. … Iatrogenic botulism due to therapeutic botulinum toxin A injection in a pediatric patient. … The authors are solely responsible for this report’s contents, findings, and conclusions, which do not

4979. Global Assessment of Pediatric Patient Safety (GAPPS) Trigger Tool (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-143-fullreport.pdf
      April 01, 2018 - Section 2: Detailed Measure Specifications Provide sufficient detail to describe how a measure would … The goal of this national field test was to evaluate how reliably the measure detects AEs across a variety … Do hospitals provide lower-quality care to minorities than to whites? … Medical errors—what and when: What do patients want to know? … that hospitals do not?

4980. Options for Developing a Web-Based Forum on Patient Registries (pdf file)
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      May 01, 2014 - The goal of a CoP that is responsive to the specific interests of stakeholders, no matter how broad … Sharing best practices through online communities of practice: a case study. … Practice (CoP)—A group of people who share a concern or passion for something they do and learn how … • How do you currently learn about registry practices and interact with others regarding this subject … However unlikely such a request may be, it may be worth determining how AHRQ policy will apply to these