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6361. Improving Patient Safety in Nursing Homes: A Resource List (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/nursing-home/nursing-home-resource-list-2.0.pdf
      April 01, 2025 - /cauti-ltc/modules.html CUSP is a method that can help clinical teams make care safer by combining improved … skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and their community partners in code-signing and reliably implementing improved … It makes the case that true transparency will result in improved outcomes, fewer medical errors, more

6362. Improving Communication and Teamwork in the Surgical Environment Module: Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/training-tools/improving-fac-notes.html
      May 01, 2017 - Good communication leads to improved patient outcomes and is a major component of improved teamwork in … Teaching team members structured language like CUS and closed-loop communication can lead to improved

6363. Simulation-Based Education Improves Patient Safety in Ambulatory Care (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol3/Advances-Lavelle_33.pdf
      March 12, 2008 - Staff debriefings followed immediately to identify what went well, what could be improved, and to suggest … assistants, who “really hated” code-like situations, indicated that their confidence level had not improved … Increased staff knowledge, competence, confidence, and teamwork skills improved their ability to manage

6364. JAMA JATS (pdf file)
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/UA7cEG8wH4xh8-fr7Lfw9q
      September 18, 2018 - Well-designed pragmatic trials and improved reporting of intervention characteristics to enable evaluation … included trials), the small differences between study groups, and the unclear clinical significance of improved … Improved lifestyle and decreased diabetes risk over 13 years: long-term follow-up of the randomised Finnish

6365. transforming-guidelines-action-slides-06152023 (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/transforming-guidelines-action-slides-06152023.pdf
      June 15, 2023 - IMPROVE-DD VTE Score – Derivation and Validation Incorporation of D-dimer into the IMPROVE score improved … Key Clinical Need: Improved … Prompts Everyday Shared Decision Making Tool Research Impact Disclosures Key Clinical Need: Improved

6366. Archived: Breast Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/breast-cancer-screening-2009
      December 15, 2009 - Screening Tests Standardization of film mammography has led to improved quality. … Standardization of mammography practices enacted by the Mammography Quality Standards Act have led to improved … This decrease is largely attributed to the combination of mammography screening with improved treatment

6367. Feasibility Study of a Mobile Digital Personal Health Record for Family- Centered Care Coordination for Children and Youth with Special Healthcare Needs - Final Report (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs028699-final-report-ming-2024.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - conducted in fall 2021 and gathered formative pre-trial feedback that informed study procedures and improved … automated reminder to complete tasks - Better ability to visualize and share tracked data Improved … Jan 2023 • Improvements to Insight graphs o Show monthly insights for items tracked weekly o Improved

6368. In Conversation with Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar about Harm Reduction Strategies to Improve Safety for People Who Use Substances | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-elizabeth-salisbury-afshar-about-harm-reduction-strategies-improve-safety
      October 30, 2024 - meet people where they are, helping to protect their health and dignity while offering a path toward improved … to identify risky substance use early and utilize long-standing relationships to guide patients to improved … receive consistent, judgment-free healthcare, regardless of where they are in their journey toward improved

6369. Harm Reduction Strategies to Improve Safety for People Who Use Substances | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/harm-reduction-strategies-improve-safety-people-who-use-substances
      October 30, 2024 - meet people where they are, helping to protect their health and dignity while offering a path toward improved … to identify risky substance use early and utilize long-standing relationships to guide patients to improved … receive consistent, judgment-free healthcare, regardless of where they are in their journey toward improved

6370. Obesity (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/10_obesity_potential_high_impact_june_2012.pdf
      January 01, 2012 - cost of this drug, unless payers decide to cover it for individuals with comorbidities that could be improved … Qnexa patients had improved cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors and a decrease in the need for … Additionally, preoperative weight loss is widely recognized as correlating with improved outcomes and

6371. An Evaluation of an Interactive Social Media Web Site for Parents Who Are Concerned About Immunizing Their Children - Final Report (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r21hs019760-glanz-final-report-2013.pdf
      January 01, 2013 - about the website, what they find difficult or frustrating, and what they think can be improved … Based on the results from the focus groups and usability testing, we re-designed the website and improved … Despite this positive feedback, we received several suggestions on how the website could be improved

6372. Screening for Syphilis: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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      June 07, 2016 - CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE Screening HIV-positive men or MSM for syphilis every 3 months is associated with improved … risk patients improved the rate of syphilis testing and diagnosis.22 Men who reported 10 or more sexual … Conclusions Screening MSM or HIV-positive men for syphilis every 3 months is associated with improved

6373. Archived: Evidence Summary: Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adults and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/syphilis-infection-in-nonpregnant-adults-and-adolescents-june-2016
      June 07, 2016 - Conclusions and Relevance: Screening HIV-positive men or MSM for syphilis every 3 months is associated with improved … evaluated whether a computer alert for physicians of MSM in 6789 consultations to test higher-risk patients improved … Screening MSM or HIV-positive men for syphilis every 3 months is associated with improved

6374. Factors Associated with Emergency Department Return Among COVID-19 Patients - Final Report (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs028563-final-report-galarraga-2023.pdf
      January 01, 2023 - ROCAUC, F1 score, and precision-recall AUC improved in all feature types when using the expanded HIE … ROCAUC, F1 score, and precision-recall AUC improved in all feature types when using the expanded HIE … Further, the findings of improved model performance with the HIE-enhanced target variable demonstrate

6375. Health Information Technology Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics (HIT-CERT) - Final Report (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/u19hs021094-bates-final-report-2017.pdf
      January 01, 2017 - closely with the existing CERT program, AHRQ, and partner organizations to translate research into improved … closely with the existing CERT program, AHRQ, and partner organizations to translate research into improved … about the appropriateness of alert overrides may help identify a number of ways in which alerts can be improved

6376. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cad-women-treatment_research-protocol.pdf
      September 29, 2011 - Several randomized trials have demonstrated improved clinical outcome in patients with an invasive … benefit of using an early invasive strategy, as compared with an initial conservative strategy, for improved … In FRISC-II and RITA-3, an improved outcome in the early invasive arm was seen only in men, whereas

6377. PULMONARY with "Discussions" in Exec Summary (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pulmonary-horizon-scan-high-impact-1406.pdf
      June 01, 2014 - Slowed disease progression could lead to improved quality of life and reduced costs. … Slowed disease progression could lead to improved patient quality of life and reduced costs. … Patient health outcomes could be improved by the purported increase in lung tissue quality from the

6378. Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation: Executive summary for the update of an ASTRO Evidence-Based Consensus Statement (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/topic-nomination-apbi-breast-cancer.pdf
      April 01, 2017 - , with no significant difference compared with WBI in the ELIOT trial. 26 IORT techniques may allow improved … 3D-CRT APBI.15 In contrast, the University Florence phase 3 trial reported that IMRT APBI resulted in improved … clinical studies are designed to evaluate or validate innovative approaches in a disease for which improved

6379. Disposition of Comments Report for Breathing Exercises and/or Retraining Techniques in the Treatment of Asthma: Comparative Effectiveness (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/asthma-treatment_disposition-comments.pdf
      September 10, 2012 - consistently seen a huge improvement in symptoms, decrease and even elimination of medications and a much improved … Results after applying Buteyko techniques for 6 months • Asthma control improved from 41% to 75%, an … Robert Cowie Results after applying Buteyko techniques for 6 months • Asthma control improved from

6380. R18Hs017163-Baker-Final-Report-2011 (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2011 - for physicians to review prior to entering the examination room and analyzed whether this further improved … Results: During the first year of the intervention, performance improved significantly for 14 measures … For 9 measures, the primary outcome improved more rapidly during the intervention year than during the … Phase 2 Performance improved significantly for 8 of the 16 measures during Phase 2. … For all of these measures, performance had improved significantly during Phase 1.