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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs017248-adams-final-report-2011.pdf
January 01, 2011 - do PPD 42 (75%)
Misuse Fever Medicine 25 (21%) Bring medication to visit 16 (64%)
Misuse of Cold … use 40% 50% 10%
Increases completeness of my documentation 50% 50%
Reminds me to do things … I might forget to do 40% 50% 10%
Improves my efficiency during visits 30% 50% 20%
Integrates … Further
research will be necessary in this area to better understand how clinicians view the medication … Paasche-Orlow, M.K., et al., How health care systems
can begin to address the challenge of limited literacy
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs024977-dexheimer-final-report-2018.pdf
January 01, 2018 - What can natural language processing do for
clinical decision support? … During phase
2, we will use data visualization to evaluate how well each intervention is progressing … when they would like to receive them, and how they would prefer to be informed. … Intervention 2: EHR alert: We will do semi-structured interviews with a convenience sample of
neurologists … This exemplifies how machine learning can be used to identify patients with
complex, chronic disorders
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March 30, 2008 - Failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) was used to assess how
individual components of the chemotherapy … ordering process could fail, how likely failure was,
and the consequences of failure.14
A team consisting … Evaluation of Proposed Process for Chemotherapy CPOE
Few steps of the current paper-based processes, which do … Integration: Types of orders in the clinician order
entry and pharmacy sections of the system do not … Challenges to implementing CPOE: A
case study of a work in progress at Cedars-Sinai.
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May 01, 2021 - The USPSTF decided to use a reaffirmation deliberation process to up-
date this recommendation. … To whom does this
recommendation apply?
What’s new?
How to implement this
recommendation? … • This recommendation applies to adults who do not recognize or report respiratory symptoms. … • Do not screen for COPD in patients with no symptoms. … helping them quit if they do.
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April 01, 2011 - How many studies for each of them? … I do note that their
cutoff date was week 2 of 2010, but the Medline search target was
extended to … I do not have adequate expertise to know if any
studies were overlooked in that area. … PPIs reduce upper GI bleeding to a greater degree than do
H2RAs. ii. … We do our utmost to look at the data from a
perspective of evidentiary strength.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/availability/chipra-0120-fullreport.pdf
May 01, 2018 - Section 2: Detailed Measure Specifications
Provide sufficient detail to describe how a measure would … Although submission of formal programming code or
algorithms that demonstrate how a measure would be … of women deliver in hospitals that do not have one. … We asked the Bioethics Consortium to extrapolate
the primum non nocere (First, do no harm) principle … or other entities wanting to do that.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/stroke-atrial-fibrillation_research-protocol.pdf
January 30, 2012 - score of 0 to 18.2 percent in patients with a CHADS2 score
of 6. … Also, an assessment of how
application of these tools improves outcomes and providing a clinical guidance … do so through the peer or public review
mechanism. … Technical Experts do not do
analysis of any kind nor contribute to the writing of the report and have … not reviewed the report,
except as given the opportunity to do so through the public review mechanism
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May 31, 2023 - Summary
Trauma staff at The Alfred Hospital use a computerized decision support system to guide the … The prompts serve as guides and do not replace the medical staff's expertise. … Video and screen capture: The system interfaces with a video camera to produce a recording of the entire … How to turn a team of experts into an expert medical team: guidance from the aviation and military communities … to prevent prescribing errors in a pediatric emergency department.
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January 01, 2018 - decline in the rate of hospital-acquired conditions (HACs) from 2012 to 2013, and a 17 percent decline … Patients and their skilled providers find themselves in systems that do not always take into account … prevent it, and how to spread and implement proven practices on a national scale—seems to be making … was established to allow tracking of a variety of other important sources of harm to patients in addition … event types, such as CLABSIs, only a fraction of patients are exposed to risk for the event.
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adolescent women (the population most likely to do so). … Some of these products use a black light (such as
a Wood lamp) to produce UV light; a camera can also … A cluster randomized, controlled trial
(11) that provided counseling to parents of newborns in a
series … The link of behavior change to outcomes is
supported by a body of evidence comprising a few trials
and … How Does Evidence Fit With Biological Understanding?
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April 17, 2023 - adults 19 years or older who do not
have a diagnosed mental health disorder or recognizable signs or … adults (65 years or older)
who do not have a diagnosed mental health disorder and are not showing recognized … How to implement this • Treatment for MDD in adults includes psychotherapy or pharmacotherapy. … More research is needed to understand these
groups and to determine how primary care can improve health … What do we know
about sex differences in depression: a review of
animal models and potential mechanisms
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2009_01.pdf
January 01, 2009 - Because some statewide data organizations do not report
data for all community hospitals in the State … These caveats relate to the how the QIs were applied, ICD-9-CM coding changes, inter-State
differences … We do not employ finite
population correction factors in estimating standard errors. … the same hospital (an “ED admission”), and some NEDS
events are ED visits that do not result in an … Selection of patients: To qualify for the analysis a patient needed to have a verified
person identifier
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/reports/issue-briefs/dxsafety-probabilistic-thinking.pdf
September 01, 2022 - If we do a BNP
test and it’s abnormal, that chance of heart failure would rise to about 8 percent.” … to arrive at a posttest probability. … In addition, they need to understand how to adjust
probability based on test results, whether those … Girard C, Ecalle J, Magnan A. Serious games as new educational tools: how effective are they? … How to systematically assess serious games applied to health care.
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February 01, 2025 - To get started, we need patients who trust primary care to help, and clinicians who will do so. … Over a decade of research on low-threshold treatment for patients with OUD has demonstrated how this … non-stigmatizing approach by the program 72 Peer support services 73
How Do Primary … proven effective treatment means prescribing buprenorphine; here is how to get started: Start prescribing … When Possible, Do What You Can to Promote Care in Other Settings High social needs and complex healthcare
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September 14, 2021 - In 2019, there were 616 392
cases of gonococcal infections, corresponding to a rate of 188.4 cases … This update primarily
evaluated studies published since the prior USPSTF review.17 How-
ever, since … mix of adolescents and adults (16 to 34 years) from a
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January 01, 2019 - At the current time, these
independent studies leave us without a clear understanding of how each of … patients, but the process of deciding on how
to act on this is shared. … to allow patients
to understand how treatment options fit with their personal preferences. … We do have the data from patient
reports and chart review, and these analyses are currently underway … First, we have shown a
methodology that could be mirrored by others on how to create and test a personalized
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/diabetes-horizon-scan-high-impact-1306.pdf
January 01, 2016 - do not require insulin to
survive. … Patients receive a treatment plan and are taught how to self-manage day-to-day care. … inform the
sponsors of APDS IDE studies on how to support a PMA for “single patient use in the home … Ongoing, patients are given a
treatment plan and are taught how to self-manage their day-to-day care … to
inject themselves or who don't have a reliable caregiver to do so.”
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January 01, 2003 - Surveillance is a cornerstone of the public health approach to disease and
injury prevention.4, 5 A … N-codes describe the nature of the injury, such as a
complication particular to a specific surgical … A key determinant
of the utility of hospital discharge data for patient safety reporting is how
effectively … do well. … To err
is human: building a safer health system.
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May 01, 2021 - OBJECTIVE To conduct a targeted systematic review to update the evidence on the
effectiveness of screening … 1
How effective are different screening programs for identifying people with hypertensive
disorders … How effective are different screening programs used to identify hypertensive disorders of pregnancy for … her
institution for a project to develop and test a novel
menopause curriculum for medial residents. … The
opinions expressed in this document are those of
the authors and do not reflect the official position
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January 01, 2016 - The opinions expressed in this
document are those of the authors and do not reflect the official position … conclusions in this document are those of the author(s), who are
responsible for its content, and do … inform health IT development,
understanding how consumers use health IT to manage and access their … outcomes research (PCOR) into clinical practice, and how to design and
implement electronic health … Improving Health IT Usability
AHRQ funds projects to study how health IT can improve patient safety