-
cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cds/artifact/106/HWI_2017.pptx
January 01, 2017 - GOALS:
1) Improve documentation* of overweight/obesity to 80%
2) Appropriate comorbidity screening** improved … with BMI > 85% tile (Jan-Dec 2016)
Results
Across Network (Figure 1):
Documentation of weight status improved … Subgroup Analysis:
Practices receiving clinical decision support* (Figure 2) had improved AST/ALT/glucose … Improved documentation of weight status was not associated with achieving QI goals around comorbidity
-
www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/tpc-profile-reid.pdf
April 01, 2015 - Providers and staff found the PCMH to be the “right work,” and work satisfaction and burnout rates
improved … Leadership focused transformation efforts on process
improvement, and improved team functioning (including … staff
found PCMH
transformation to be
the “right work,” and
work satisfaction and
burnout rates improved
-
effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pdf/epc-pain-management-grand-rounds-slides.pptx
March 01, 2022 - multidisciplinary rehabilitation, acupuncture, CBT, mind-body practices, and massage associated with improved … versus placebo Improved pain outcome (moderate SOE)
Antiemetics versus placebo Improved pain outcome … (low SOE)
New treatments CGRP versus placebo Improved pain outcome (moderate to high SOE)
Lasmiditan … versus placebo Improved pain and function (moderate to high SOE)
Key Question 3: Nonpharmacologic … Triptans, NSAIDs, antiemetics, dihydroergotamine, CGRP antagonists, and lasmiditan associated with improved
-
digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/research/friedman-r-et-al-1996
January 01, 1996 - Mean antihypertensive medication adherence improved 17.7% for telephone system users and 11.7% for controls … For telephone system users, mean DBP decreased more if their medication adherence improved (P = .03). … Therefore, weekly use of an automated telephone system improved medication adherence and blood pressure
-
effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0404_01-14-2011.pdf
January 01, 2011 - pulmonary artery pressure, prevention of right ventricular dysfunction and/or
right heart failure, improved … dyspnea, improved functional class, improved quality of life);
side effects of various drugs (including
-
effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/urinary-incontinence-treatment_surveillance.pdf
October 29, 2012 - Darifenacin improved UI when
compared to placebo in older women. … PFMT with biofeedback
improved UI. … Evidence of
improved quality of life was low. … Darifenacin improved UI when compared to placebo
in older women. … PFMT with biofeedback improved
UI.
-
digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/survey/cis-survey-pre-go-live-physician.pdf
December 27, 2004 - think that the following areas will be
either: Worsened (-3, -2, -1), Stay the Same (0), or be
Improved … Is Much
Worse
Has Not
Changed
Is Much
Improved
-3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3
1. … ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
Is Much
Worse
Has Not
Changed
Is Much
Improved … Is Much
Worse
Has Not
Changed
Is Much
Improved
-3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3
1. … [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
Is Much
Worse
Has Not
Changed
Is Much
Improved
-
psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43975/psn-pdf
July 18, 2016 - Although
safety culture improved in units with CUSP implementation, the intervention did not reduce … Further study characterizing
sites that improved versus those that did not may elucidate facilitators
-
psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35392/psn-pdf
June 16, 2011 - caution that interpreting climate surveys can be challenging and note the limited data linking better or
improved … Questionnaire (SAQ) has been subjected to studies determining whether better scores are associated with
improved
-
digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/improving-quality-through-decision-support-evidence-based-pharmacotherapy
January 01, 2023 - Neither the reports alone nor the reports with the notices groups improved adherence to EBP compared … No improved adherence was detected for any individual class of medication or for any individual condition … Clinical Decision Support System Population: Adults , Medicaid
Development and evaluation of an improved … Development and evaluation of an improved methodology for assessing adherence to evidence-based drug
-
digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/demonstration-project-assessing-significance-and-impact-utilizing-novel
January 01, 2023 - study was limited by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the addition of a pharmacist to a CBPC team improved … medication management, decreased medical errors, improved symptom management, and enhanced patient and … The addition of a virtual pharmacist to a CBPC team improved medication and symptom management, resulting … two-thirds because of COVID-19, it showed that the addition of a virtual pharmacist to a CBPC team improved
-
digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/use-mobile-technology-improve-acute-care-utilization-sickle-cell-disease
January 01, 2023 - symptoms via Technology application), a recently developed self-monitoring and management service for SCD, improved … studies will leverage these findings with the goals of enhancing the SMART app to provide patients with improved … access to care, better decision making by medical providers, and ultimately an improved quality of life
-
digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/research/haynes-rb-et-al-1987
January 01, 2023 - comprehensive studies found positive effects on physician performance that were not accompanied by improved … patient outcomes, and the remaining two found limited effects on patient outcomes, emphasizing that improved
-
psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/intervention-enhance-nursing-staff-teamwork-and-engagement
June 21, 2010 - an initiative to improve teamwork and staff engagement that resulted in reduced patient fall rates, improved … April 5, 2023
Shift-to-shift nursing handover interventions associated with improved
-
psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-pharmacist-involvement-transitional-care-high-risk-patients-through-medication
August 25, 2011 - This randomized controlled trial found that integrating pharmacists into the discharge process improved … April 5, 2013
Answers to improved medication reconciliation lie with pharmacists.
-
psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/development-and-pilot-evaluation-preoperative-briefing-protocol-cardiovascular-surgery
September 27, 2016 - demonstrated that a specialty-specific preoperative briefing tool decreased surgical flow disruptions and improved … February 17, 2010
Improved operating room teamwork via SAFETY prep: a rural community
-
psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-lean-intervention-improve-safety-processes-and-outcomes-surgical-emergency-unit
January 04, 2010 - An intervention using Lean methodology improved adherence to recommended care processes in a surgical … Evaluation of a preoperative team briefing: a new communication routine results in improved
-
psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-prescription-drug-warnings-promote-patient-comprehension
December 21, 2014 - This study found that merely simplifying the text of drug warnings improved comprehension, and addition … of pictorial icons to the warnings further improved comprehension among adults with low or marginal
-
psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-americas-hospitals-joint-commissions-annual-report-quality-and-safety-2007
April 24, 2007 - The report suggests that hospital performance consistently improved from year to year as measured by … measurement and reporting requirements in future years to adequately reflect the organization's goal of improved
-
psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/escape-fire-lessons-future-health-care
July 05, 2008 - Finally, Berwick proposes three design elements in creating a radically different and much improved health … They include greater access for patients to the system, improved application of science at the bedside