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5441. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/d4k_nqi03-bsi-bestpractices.pdf
      May 17, 2016 - Do not wipe or blot.12 ○ Allow antiseptic solution to dry completely before puncturing the site.11,12 … Pediatric Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety …  Do not routinely apply prophylactic topical antimicrobial or antiseptic ointment or cream to the … To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety 6 Tool D.4k ○ Remove and do not replace umbilical venous … How-to Guide: Prevent Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections.

5442. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4y_combo_nqi03-bsi-bestpractices.pdf
      May 17, 2016 - Do not wipe or blot.12 ○ Allow antiseptic solution to dry completely before puncturing the site.11,12 … Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety 5 Tool D …  Do not routinely apply prophylactic topical antimicrobial or antiseptic ointment or cream to the … To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety 6 Tool D.4y ○ Remove and do not replace umbilical venous … How-to Guide: Prevent Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections.

5443. Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals: A Toolkit - Section 7, Tools and Resources (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2004 - Do you have a process(es) to improve quality or performance? … Is performance information used to do the following? … Do you have the capacity to take action to improve performance when needed? … Do managers have the authority to make certain changes to improve performance? …  What forms do we use?  How does our physical environment support or hinder this process?

5444. Maximizing the Impact of ePHIM in Low-Income, Multiethnic Populations - Final Report (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r01hs021679-bertoni-final-report-2019.pdf
      January 01, 2019 - document use of ePHIM, changes in their knowledge of ePHIM, and any efforts they make to learn how … The clinics often do not have accurate telephone information for these participants due to the frequency … in perception, belief and experience between patients and caregivers who use versus those who do not … understanding their prevalence, but these personal characteristics do not provide leverage points to … How internet users find, evaluate, and use online health information: a cross-cultural review.

5445. Screening for Chlamydial Infection: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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      July 01, 2007 - (B recommendation) Do not routinely screen for chlamydial infection in women age 25 years or older, … This increase is thought to be due to a combination of increased screening, more sen- sitive screening … (The term bounding comprises the severity of the harm, the prevalence of the harm, and how precise the … Several small qualitative studies, however, describe how women in whom chlamyd- ial infection is diagnosed … How to read the new recommendation state- ment: methods update from the U.S.

5446. Personal Health Records and Elder Medication Use Quality (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2011 - We inserted a video to describe and present how to use our system. … In our focus groups, we noticed that being able to see a very quick demonstration of how to use the … do so when a system is designed with their needs in mind. … We were able to demonstrate in a priority population (rural elders) how a Web-based PHR can engage patients … • How do patient-reported survey and PHR-entered medication records compare in terms of completeness

5447. Disposition of Comments: Management of Colonic Diverticulitis (pdf file)
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      October 12, 2020 - We responded that we do not attempt to determine a net benefit (e.g., NNT minus NNH) and that we believe … Appendix B appears to summarize studies. Apologies. Corrected. Now Appendix A. … KI and TEP discussions did not raise this as a Key Question to add. … Key Question 2b (p.24): As with Key Question 2a, we suggest checking for consistency in how findings … Age is a typical factor to evaluate for subgroup differences.

5448. Standardized Library of Lung Cancer Outcome Measures (pdf file)
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      August 01, 2021 - document are those of the authors, who are responsible for its contents; the findings and conclusions do … And lastly, research is needed to explore how information from PROs can be used to inform clinical decision-making … In addition, the concept of complications related to a procedure or treatment may be challenging to … Further work is needed to recommend a consistent approach to evaluation of radiated lesions. … Other complications Complications that do not meet the definition of major complications that

5449. Screening and Diagnosing Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Disposition of Comments Report (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/gestational-diabetes-screening-diagnosis_disposition-comments.pdf
      January 01, 2020 - The topic is inherently confusing than the authors do their best to synthesize the literature into a … attempt to suggest what this might be and how studies might be designed to address this (although there … You do have a bit of a summary at the very end, but there is a lot to wade through to get there. … How do these screening tests relate to current practice in the US and Canada? … How do they relate to the various guidelines?

5450. Archived: Hypertension: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      January 01, 1996 - blood pressure that is not representative of the patient's average blood pressure) do occur in clinical … Hypertensive vascular and end-organ damage may begin in childhood, 64-69 although it is unclear how … blood pressure measurement during any visit to a physician ("case finding"). 99 The American Academy … How common is white coat hypertension? JAMA . 1988;259:225–228. [ PubMed ] 15. … By how much does dietary salt reduction lower blood pressure? III.

5451. Telehealth Education for Asthma Connecting Hospital and Home (TEACHH) - Final Report (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r03hs028033-frey-final-report-2024.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - red zone with instructions for what to do when the child is very sick and not responding to rescue medications … For example, providers expressed a similar uncertainty over initial asthma diagnosis, and how such uncertainty … One respondent described how Zoom visits facilitated the participation of a second parent, while another … However, future studies should consider ways to ensure intervention access for patients who do not own … minutes) ‘priming’ teaching focusing on essential asthma skills including how to use an MDI

5452. Validation of AHRQ’s Patient Safety Indicator for Accidental Puncture or Laceration (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2004 - These patients do not meet the indicator’s intent, which is to identify occurrence of an accidental … examined how many Advances in Patient Safety: Vol. 2 36 records with a primary procedure code … data systems, nor do all States’ uniform billing committees require use of E-codes. … adverse events that do not rely on E-codes. … To err is human: building a safer health system.

5453. Recommendation: Lipid Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      July 18, 2023 - This recommendation statement applies to children and adolescents who do not have signs or symptoms of … How to implement this recommendation? … do not have overweight or obesity. … Despite large changes in LDL-C levels associated with statins, many children with FH do not achieve LDL-C … However, these studies were limited and had short trial durations of 5 to 16 weeks. 1 , 17 How Does

5454. Diabetes-Behavior-Programs Research-Protocol (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/diabetes-behavior-programs_research-protocol.pdf
      June 05, 2014 - Health providers struggle with how to best support, educate, and work with patients to improve their … In general, the figure illustrates how behavioral programs implemented in a community health setting … have a minimum sample size for inclusion, nor do we have a minimum threshold for extent of incomplete … Technical Experts do not do analysis of any kind nor contribute to the writing of the report and have … to use pumps or other diabetes treatment technology, or teaching how to inject insulin.

5455. Draft Recommendation: Syphilis Infection During Pregnancy: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      November 19, 2024 - A Pathway to Benefit To achieve the benefit of screening, it is important that all persons … recommendation. 7 The USPSTF has decided to use a reaffirmation deliberation process to update this … T. pallidum can be performed in a clinical setting using fingerstick blood samples that do not require … It is unclear how results from point-of-care testing alone, without additional confirmatory testing, … Syphilis Cases in Newborns Continue to Increase: A 10-Times Increase Over a Decade.

5456. Screening for Depression in Adults: USPSTF Final Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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      January 26, 2016 - middle-aged adults, and nonwhite persons have higher rates of depression than their counterparts, as do … Women, young and middle-aged adults, and nonwhite persons have higher rates of depression, as do persons … Finally, research is needed to assess barriers to establishing adequate systems of care and how these … How- ever, more research on optimal screening approaches in older adults is imperative. … How effective are psychotherapeutic and other psychosocial interventions with older adults?

5457. Final Evidence Summary: Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      February 25, 2020 - Do interventions for mild to moderate dementia or MCI in community-dwelling older adults improve decisionmaking … and How effective are interventions to improve patient or caregiver outcomes in people with mild to moderate … Limitations There is a lack of evidence around how screening for and treating MCI and early-stage dementia … Do patients diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease benefit from a psycho-educational programme for family … Do memory clinics improve the quality of life of carers? a randomized pilot trial.

5458. Disposition of Comments for CER 212 Nonsurgical Treatments for Urinary Incontinence in Women (pdf file)
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      August 08, 2018 - (e.g., if a CB approach is used, do the authors make homogeneous or heterogeneous variance assumption … I recommend using differ nodes that appear in the graph to help readers understand how to interpret … report on subgroups, then proceed to do just that. … do so. … demonstrate success and then let her decide what she is willing to do long term.

5459. Simulation Training | PSNet
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      September 15, 2024 - In fact, medicine has had a history of promoting “see one, do one, teach one” that has persisted for … Classrooms and skills or task labs: Many organizations do not have a simulation center but can use a … respond to a simulated patient safety crisis. … Twelve tips to organise a mock OSCE. … Using clinical simulation to study how to improve quality and safety in healthcare. 

5460. Volume 6. Concordance Between the Findings of Epidemiological Studies and Randomized Trials in Nutrition: An Empirical Evaluation and Citation Analysis (pdf file)
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      May 01, 2013 - To provide empirical data on how often the summary results of epidemiological studies and of RCTs are … Appendix B provides details on how we formed the citation graphs and how we checked that they possess … How citation distortions create unfounded authority: analysis of a citation network. … Koralek DO, Peters U, Andriole G, et al. … , and, generally, two or more papers do not cite each other.