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5801. Archived: Tuberculosis Infection, Including Bacille Calmette-Guérin Immunization: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      February 11, 2014 - INH or rifampin, and those belonging to groups with a rate of new infections greater than 1% per year … steady decline from 1963 to 1984, reported TB cases increased by 20% from 1985 to 1992. 2 A disproportionately … Moreover, because many BCG vaccinees either lose their immunity over time or do not convert, large indurations … Some organisms are resistant to INH and other agents. 5 Patient compliance with a 6-12-month regimen … in homeless shelters, correctional institutions, and health care facilities. 49 Recommendations on how

5802. Standardized Library of Atrial Fibrillation Outcome Measures (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/white-paper-library-afib.pdf
      November 15, 2018 - document are those of the authors, who are responsible for its contents; the findings and conclusions do … do not attempt to define the detailed criteria for an outcome. … Quality measures do create value sets (e.g., for TIA), and we did identify several overlapping value … For other events, it is feasible to identify an event that occurs in a specified time window after a … Note: Registries should clearly report how they communicate with patients (phone, in- person visit)

5803. Slide 1
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      January 01, 2013 - behaviors and adhere to screening procedures and other recommendations more often than do nonusers. … One issue with no-treatment comparison groups is how to identify time 0. … Pharmacy records do not provide information on actual intake. … Stratification must be carried out to inform decisions about how to handle these factors. … such bias, when possible Be sure to also describe how study design/analytic methods will be used to

5804. Topic-Brief2-Opioid-Withdrawal (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2021 - patients in whom an individualized assessment determines that benefits of long-term opioid therapy do … with chronic pain, effectiveness of interventions to mitigate risks of overdose or suicide, or how … In patients in whom an individual assessment determines that benefits of long-term opioid therapy do … .17 Important research gaps included uncertainty with regard to how use of different strategies and … How do the effects of treatments and technologies to support opioid tapering vary according to demographics

5805. Topic-Brief2-Opioid-Withdrawal (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2021 - patients in whom an individualized assessment determines that benefits of long-term opioid therapy do … with chronic pain, effectiveness of interventions to mitigate risks of overdose or suicide, or how … In patients in whom an individual assessment determines that benefits of long-term opioid therapy do … .17 Important research gaps included uncertainty with regard to how use of different strategies and … How do the effects of treatments and technologies to support opioid tapering vary according to demographics

5806. Disposition of Comments for CER 159 Insomnia (pdf file)
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      December 30, 2015 - who don't do CBT. … Primary care providers are likely to value how their patient feels they are sleeping and how perceived … , it is not entirely clear how useful it will be to clinicians or to those who might want to derive … end point because no matter how effective a treatment is, if it is not acceptable to patients it will … who don't do CBT.

5807. Using Electronic Records to Detect and Learn from Ambulatory Diagnostic Errors (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2010 - to give a more robust picture of the problem. … decompensated CHF, and urinary tract infection do not typically represent “diagnostic dillemas” of medicine … Notification of abnormal lab test results in an electronic medical record: do any safety concerns remain … The Elephant of Patient Safety: What You See Depends on How You Look. … Notification of Laboratory Test Results in an Electronic Medical Record: Do Any Safety Concerns Remain

5808. Meeting Minutes, May 2022 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      August 01, 2022 - A systems approach is required to answer the question, “How do we transmit the evidence back into the … AHRQ could study how quality connects to unintended consequences in low-resource environments. … Rhodes asked the participants to consider how the SNAC might position itself to address the healthcare … AHRQ can pursue follow through, determining how to improve systems. … It has a role in determining who should be counted, addressing fundamental problems, and how the dollars

5809. National Advisory Council (NAC) Virtual Meeting Minutes: May 12, 2022 (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2022 - A systems approach is required to answer the question, “How do we transmit the evidence back into the … AHRQ could study how quality connects to unintended consequences in low-resource environments. … Rhodes asked the participants to consider how the SNAC might position itself to address the healthcare … AHRQ can pursue follow through, determining how to improve systems. … It has a role in determining who should be counted, addressing fundamental problems, and how the dollars

5810. Appendicitis Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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      December 09, 2013 - approaches because they typically assess a single diagnostic modality, do not evaluate the comparative … They do not meet all the criteria for low risk of bias owing to some deficiencies, but none are likely … We do not plan to use rigid counts of studies as standards of evaluation (e.g., four of five studies … How should meta-regression analyses be undertaken and interpreted? … Technical Experts do not do analysis of any kind nor contribute to the writing of the report and have

5811. Final Progress report: Creating High Reliability Organizations (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2024 - most recently funded project is focused on exactly this phenomenon and specifically has looked at how … understand how advanced simulation in other high-consequence industries helped create robust safety …  Brought a feasibility study to build a network and deliver a plan to create the Chicago Medical … about how they might be applied by clinicians and decision makers. … do so) and begin telecollaboration on a pilot emergency medicine-based patient safety project.

5812. Zvvry6Wa4Sgj-Ejb3Brcvy (pdf file)
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      November 01, 2013 - increased risk for breast cancer Do not prescribe risk-reducing medications. … (A severe event is regarded as equivalent to half a life-threatening event.) … (A severe event is regarded as equivalent to half a life-threatening event.) … Risk Perception and Decision Making In studies describing how women decide whether to take medications … How Does Evidence Fit With Biological Understanding?

5813. EvidenceNow Key Drivers and Change Strategies (pdf file)
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      February 01, 2019 - for evidence on how to organize and deliver care. … Small practices can start simply, using common sense and a can-do attitude to get the process going. … Even so, dedicated time to do QI work is important. … what we set out to do?” … If all members of the practice do not serve on the QI Team, the QI Team should regularly report to the

5814. EvidenceNow Key Drivers and Change Strategies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2020 - evidence on how to organize and deliver care. … Small practices can start simply, using common sense and a can-do attitude to get the process going. … Even so, dedicated time to do QI work is important. … what we set out to do?” … If all members of the practice do not serve on the QI Team, the QI Team should regularly report to the

5815. Enhancing Providers’ Ability to Follow-up on Abnormal Test Results - Final Report (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2017 - Evidence suggests that EHR alerts do not eliminate the problem of incomplete follow-up of abnormal test … to the subject are made using a two-way microphone. … In fact, scholars found that 55.5% of providers believe that the EMR systems do not have convenient … How Do Clinical Information Systems Affect the Cognitive Demands of General Practitioners? … From Board to Bedside: How the application of financial structures to safety and quality can drive accountability

5816. Identifying and Testing Strategies for Management of Opioid Use and Misuse in Older Adults in Primary Care Practices: Opioid and Pain Management Tools and Resources (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2021 - make decisions about what tools and resources to include and how to categorize them. … It is important to note that the tools detailed in these tables do not represent everything that has … use when deciding how, when and rate at which to taper patients on opioids. … Content includes types and duration of pain; how to initiate opioid therapy, and non-opioid pain … Background, treatment, education and State- based case studies are presented.

5817. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol - Management of Infantile Epilepsies (pdf file)
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      October 25, 2022 - early testing and diagnosis, but it feels like a missed opportunity and I do think it would add significant … this that is not designed to do so, close consideration of the impact of exclusion criteria is particularly … Thank you for your comment AANS-CNS Results Overall, there do not appear to be any major shortcomings … reflect the fact that the evidence base is too sparse to support a more precise estimate of how many … We do mention economic hardship in the Discussion.

5818. Statistical Brief #56: Hospital Stays for Children, 2006 (pdf file)
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      July 01, 2008 - This is a shift from when 55 percent of were billed to private nce and 37 percent illed to Medicaid … Hospital charges reflect the amount the hospital charged for the entire hospital stay and do not include … 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.

5819. INTRODUCTION TO THE HCUP KIDS' INPATIENT DATABASE (KID), 2006
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      January 01, 2006 - Return to Introduction HOW TO USE THE KID FOR DATA ANALYSIS This section provides a brief synopsis … For more information on how hospitals in the data set were mapped to hospitals as defined by the AHA, … However, some hospitals do not supply data to HCUP. … In the KID, a small percentage of the cases in DRG 391 do not meet the in-hospital birth screen. … These cases have diagnoses that imply a newborn, but do not specifically indicate an in-hospital birth

5820. Association Between Outcomes and Dental Services in People Receiving Treatments That Cause Medication-Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw: A Rapid Response Review (pdf file)
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      May 01, 2025 - document are those of the author(s) who are responsible for its contents; the findings and conclusions do … A systematic review published in 2020 included six case reports after a literature search spanning 1985 … Our PICOTS criteria excluded case reports and hence this systematic review and its associated articles … 00198-024-07108-2 Population at risk for MRONJ without dental comparison MorenoRa bie 2023 How … N/A N/A 2.6 Was an appropriate analysis used to estimate the effect of assignment to intervention?