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3061. Private Sector Efforts in Value-Based Purchasing and Quality Improvement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-measures/21st-century/private-sector.html
      June 01, 2018 - Antibiotic prescribing for adults with colds, upper respiratory tract infections, and bronchitis by ambulatory

3062. Language, Literacy, and Communication Regarding Medication in an Anticoagulation Clinic: Are Pictures Better Than Words? (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/Schillinger.pdf
      January 01, 2004 - Language, Literacy, and Communication Regarding Medication in an Anticoagulation Clinic: Are Pictures Better Than Words? 199 Language, Literacy, and Communication Regarding Medication in an Anticoagulation Clinic: Are Pictures Better Than Words? Dean Schillinger, Edward L. Machtinger, Frances Wang, Lay-Leng …

3063. Final Progress Report: Medication List Consistency When Patients Transition from Hospital to Community (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/kennelty-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Medication List Consistency When Patients Transition from Hospital to Community TITLE PAGE Medication List Consistency When Patients Transition from Hospital to Community Principal Investigator: Korey A. Kennelty Team Mentors: Betty Chewning, Amy Kind, David Kreling, Dave Mott, Beth Martin,…

3064. Grant Final Report: Toward an Optimal Patient Safety Information System (TOPSIS) (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-04/koss-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - non-Joint Commission accredited hospitals, and non-teaching hospitals generally report nosocomial infections … pharmacy (p < .001) and transfusion medicine (p < .001), while reports are distributed less often to infection … significantly more often, while reports from non-teaching hospitals are distributed more often to infection

3065. Overuse of Computed Tomography Scans for the Evaluation of Children with a First Generalized Afebrile, Atraumatic Seizure: Report (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-0198-fullreport.pdf
      November 01, 2019 - o Infections that would warrant imaging on the day of or within the 365 days before the atraumatic seizure … o Infection, such as meningitis, brain abscess, HIV, and encephalitis. o Lumbar puncture. … thrombophlebitis, occlusion of cerebral arteries, moyamoya disease, tumor, hemorrhage, or tuberous sclerosis; infection

3066. Module 2: How To Manage Change | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureinjury/workshop/guide2.html
      October 01, 2017 - Catheter-associated urinary tract infections.

3067. Module 2: How To Manage Change (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressure_ulcer_prevention/module2/module2_managingchange.docx
      June 02, 2025 - Catheter-associated urinary tract infections.

3068. Webinar Transcript - Advancing the National Quality Strategy: An Introduction to the Stakeholder Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/workingforquality/events/webinar-introduction-to-the-stakeholder-toolkit.html
      November 01, 2016 - the last calendar year to align around smoking cessation, hypertension, depression, hospital acquired infections

3069. The TeamSTEPPS for Improving Diagnosis Team Assessment Tool: Scale Development and Psychometric Evaluation (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/dx-team-assessment-scale-jtcommjqualpatsaf.pdf
      June 30, 2024 - Reducing preventable harm: observa- tions on minimizing bloodstream infections. … conversations: lessons from peer– to-peer assessments to reduce central line–associated bloodstream infections

3070. Facilitator Guide: Auditing Your Briefings and Debriefings (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/modules/implementation/imp_audit_briefing_facnotes.docx
      December 01, 2017 - operating room delays, reducing nursing time in the core, reducing complications, reducing surgical site infections

3071. Chapter 4. Long Term Management | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/injuries/fallspx/man4.html
      December 01, 2017 - Infections, uncontrolled blood sugar, stroke and other acute conditions should be treated promptly.

3072. Facilitator-Notes (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/long-term-modules/module5/facilitator-notes.docx
      March 01, 2017 - methods to engage residents and family members in safety initiatives, especially in the area of reducing infections

3073. Strategy 3: Nurse Bedside Shift Report Implementation Handbook (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy3/Strat3_Implement_Hndbook_508.pdf
      August 01, 2010 - can help catch potential medical errors in blood incompatibility, catheter-associated urinary tract infections … percent by the end of the fourth quarter • Reduce the incidence of vascular catheter-associated infections

3074. CHIPRA 234: Access to Outpatient Dental Care for Children (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/availability/chipra-234-fullreport.pdf
      June 17, 2014 - left untreated, dental disease can cause major problems, including significant pain, school absences, infections … recommends beginning by age 1 at the latest, with services including “at a minimum, relief of pain and infections

3075. 3. Breadth and Focus Areas of Federal Agency Research Portfolios in HSR and PCR | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/healthsystemsresearch/hspc-research-study/breadth-and-focus.html
      July 01, 2021 - causes of and effective strategies to reduce medical errors and harms, such as healthcare-associated infections … For example, CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) provides data on healthcare–associated infections

3076. Chartbook on Healthy Living: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/healthyliving/healthyliving-slides.html
      April 01, 2018 - made up 7.1%. 10 Youth ages 10-19 years are at risk of contracting meningitis, a possibly fatal 11 infection … Meningococcal diseases are infections caused by the bacteria Neisseria meningitidis. 12  Neisseria … meningitides causes various infections but is most important as a potential cause of meningitis. 12 … It can also cause meningococcemia, a bloodstream infection. 12 The meningococcal vaccine can prevent … Weight loss also may lead to muscle wasting, infections, and increased risk of pressure ulcers.

3077. Chartbook on Black Health Care: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/blackhealth/qdr-blackhealth-slides.html
      November 01, 2020 - total HIV diagnoses made between 2008 and 2011, Blacks made up 47% of the total, 64% of women, 66% of infections … for patients age 18 and over with length of stay of 4 or more days, excluding patients admitted for infection … Slide 99 Long-stay nursing home residents experiencing urinary tract infections, by race, 2012-2013 … Image: Chart shows long-stay nursing home residents experiencing urinary tract infections, by race … The measure was calculated as follows: Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection

3078. AHRQ's Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/pruprev/ereports.html
      December 01, 2014 - change in health status are elevated temperature with blood cultures obtained or new urinary tract infection

3079. Final Progress Report: Contextual Factors Associated with Implementation Effectiveness within a Quality Improvement Collaborative (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/lindenauer-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Risk-adjusted complication rate using the AHRQ  composite Patient Safety Indicator (PSI)  PSI #07: Selected Infection

3080. Risk of Concurrent Use of Prescription Drugs with Herbal and Dietary Supplements 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/vol4/Advances-Graham_77.pdf
      March 05, 2008 - disease and cancer Nonherbal 4 4.0 0.6 Cranberry Prevent heart disease and cancer, treat urine infection