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June 30, 2025 - Qualitative analysis of interviews with nine
staff members was completed to better understand how materials … Publications: 0 (5 AHRQ Impact Case Studies)
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Boston Medical
Center
Boston,
Massachusetts … perform
a modified process evaluation to determine how well the intervention worked as
designed. … research how provider handoffs of care are a leading source of
miscommunication and adverse events. … Key Findings/Impact: This contract conducted exploratory research on
how to develop a primary care counterpart
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/atypical-antipsychotics-off-label_executive.pdf
January 01, 2007 - How do
atypical antipsychotic medications
compare with other drugs for treating off-
label indications … Remaining Issues
More research about how to safely treat agitation in
dementia is urgently needed. … Information is needed on
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April 05, 2016 - multisite, US-
based primary care, pragmatic COPD screening trial (n = 8770); how-
ever, this trial did … and PLATINO
population-based samples do
not exclude nor report baseline
COPD diagnoses
Serious concerns … How-
ever, some concerns remain about ICS-containing medications in-
creasing the incidence of pneumonia … it is
unclear how changes in FEV1 correlate with changes in patient-
oriented health outcomes such as … with
those who do not.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/ahrq-cdspain-practice-implemenation-guide-overview-and-appendix-a.pdf
March 01, 2024 - visit communication between patients and clinicians, or what to do when a patient
experiences an exacerbation … your
key practice decisions about how to engage patients in using the TAPR-CPM app to
support their … how the TAPR-CPM app works prior to a full-scale launch … How to Improve | IHI - Institute for Healthcare Improvement. … opioid
tapering and identify how to adapt it to support the integration of the TAPR-CPM app for
patients
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2022-05/final_cme_reviewed_-_spotlight_missing_a_large_vessel_occlusion_stroke_04.14.2022_-_copy.pdf
January 01, 2022 - :
• Describe how health care providers should evaluate acute neurological
deficits of less than 24 … – ENLS training addresses what emergency care providers should do in the
first hour to best help … Routine Use of CT Angiography and Perfusion Imaging (3)
25
• Reliance on the NIHSS as a trigger to … Thrombectomy 6 to 24 Hours after Stroke with a Mismatch between Deficit and Infarct. … Emergency Neurological Life Support (ENLS): What to Do in the First Hour of a Neurological Emergency.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/privacy-and-security-solutions-for-interoperable-hie-avas-executive-summary.pdf
June 30, 2007 - that reducing the variability in the application of administrative and physical security would
do … In addition, the laws frequently conflict, are
antiquated, and do not apply to electronic health information … when and how
patient consent is required to exchange patients’ health information. … These teams also indicated a need to educate patients on
how, when, and why to control access to their … Education
All states recognize the need for varying levels of education to reduce variation in how
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/head-neck-cancer-update_executive.pdf
December 01, 2014 - In general, the figure
illustrates how the interventions 3DCRT, IMRT, SBRT, and PBT may result in intermediate … The primary rationale for
this conclusion is that dosimetry studies do not provide
a link to actual … However, we maintain
that because dosimetry modeling studies do not provide
a clear link to clinical … outcomes, they do not add critical
information to assess the comparative effectiveness of RT
in the … How to formulate
research recommendations. BMJ. 2006 Oct 14;333(7572):804-6.
PMID: 17038740.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Henriksen_104.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Visions help to do this. … When errors do occur, our pride
leads us to respond with surprise (This should never happen here!) … Disclosure, no longer optional in 2025, will be understood as simply the “right thing to do” and
as … • Present no risk to patients.
How will this revolution in health care be accomplished? … If clinicians are to fulfill the ethical obligation to “first, do no harm,” they
must invest in systems
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January 01, 2020 - are more satisfied with care when clinicians discuss these sensitive
topics with them than when they do … how long participants spent on specific content or
13 … Future studies should focus on better understanding how risk level influences engagement in
interactive … Preventive
services in a health maintenance organization: how well do pediatricians screen and educate … Teen Preferences for Clinic-Based Behavior Screens: Who,
Where, When, and How?
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49491/psn-pdf
September 01, 2005 - resuscitation (CPR) but had never trained with the other team members and
didn’t recall being trained in how … She commented on how difficult it had been to
squeeze the Ambu bag toward the end of the code, a fact … she never had a chance to practice or apply that knowledge in a clinical setting. … It is very hard for a simulation center with a few mannequins to “scale up” an ACLS or CPR training … The authors are solely
responsible for this report’s contents, findings, and conclusions, which do not
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April 01, 2007 - Hospital cost and charges do not
include professional (physician) fees. … take care of a
2HCUP Cost-to-Charge Ratio Files (CCR). … to
calculate estimates, please refer to the following publications:
Steiner, C., Elixhauser, A., … 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.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73899/psn-pdf
September 29, 2021 - care
Recognize limitations of prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs)
Recognize differences in how … 90” OME or “carefully justify a
decision (to do so) based on individualized assessment of benefits and … lead a pharmacist to
refuse to fill a prescription if no provider calls back. … In this example, a provider
wants to switch a patient from Opioid A to Opioid B:
Once the conversion … Using the equianalgesic doses shown in Table 5, here is how a provider would convert a patient’s
medication
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/impaired-visual-acuity-in-older-adults-screening-2009
July 15, 2009 - that the recommended interventions are provided by eye care specialists and that many patients do not … vehicle accidents with cataract surgery, and 1 study reported increased risk for death in patients who do … How Does Evidence Fit With Biological Understanding? … This fact creates a challenge to researchers and decision makers to determine whether interventions to … This recommendation is based on descriptive studies, case reports, and expert consensus. 24 The American
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/depression-treatment-ssri_executive.pdf
April 01, 2012 - How does efficacy/effectiveness
vary among the different monotherapies and combined
therapies? … How do the harms compare across
different interventions?
Key Question 3. … How do these therapies compare in
different populations (e.g., different depressive diagnoses,
disease … How do the harms compare
across different interventions? … How do these therapies compare
in different populations (e.g., different depressive
diagnoses, disease
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/hip-fracture-pain_surveillance.pdf
July 08, 2015 - In older adults (≥50 years) admitted to the hospital following acute hip fracture, how do
the effectiveness … Exclusion Criteria:
Study Design: Observational study designs with no comparison group (case reports … how do the effectiveness
and safety of pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic pain management interventions … hospital following acute hip fracture, how do the effectiveness and safety of
pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic … the hospital following acute hip fracture, how do the effectiveness and safety of
pharmacologic and
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb275-COVID19-HospitalLocation.pdf
December 01, 2020 - The observed in-
hospital mortality rates do not account for differences in the age distribution across … metropolitan area with 1 million or more residents that
do not qualify as large central metropolitan … 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. … Please email us at hcup@ahrq.gov or send a letter to the address below:
Joel W.
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-cognitive-load-references.html
May 01, 2024 - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/9728/to-err-is-human-building-a-safer-health-system . … How do attending physicians describe cognitive overload among their workplace learners? … Do telephone call interruptions have an impact on radiology resident diagnostic accuracy? … Barriers to effective EMS to emergency department information transfer at patient handover: a systematic … How features of the healthcare setting may lead to biases in medical decision making.
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April 25, 2017 - The USPSTF assigns a certainty level based on the nature
of the overall evidence available to assess … Approximately
1% to 2% of preeclampsia cases lead to eclampsia, a severe mani-
festation of the syndrome … This trial was an
opportunity to evaluate a specific screening approach compared
with the standard of … How Does Evidence Fit With Biological Understanding? … Do women with
pre-eclampsia, and their babies, benefit from
magnesium sulphate?
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/child-maltreatment-counseling-2004
March 09, 2004 - . 32
Many children experiencing abuse do not show obvious evidence of abuse. … , and few clinicians routinely screen patients who do not have apparent injuries. 33-38 The evidence … for how to effectively intervene once problems are identified is limited. … Arrow 2: How well does screening identify current harm or risk for harm from family violence? … Arrow 4: How well do interventions reduce harm from family violence?
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December 26, 2012 - o Meaning and nature of uncertainty in clinical evidence
• Methodological:
How should we communicate … make
a decision
to what
to do>. dubiety stresses
a wavering between … subjectivist viewpoint: ambiguity does not exist
• Normatively, but not descriptively valid…
o People do … estimates
o Quantitative, qualitative, visual representations
o But conventional representations do … One bar shows risk
as a solid bar.
The other shows risk
as a blurred bar.