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5681. In Conversation with...Steven J. Spear, DBA, MS, MS | PSNet
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      August 01, 2009 - RW: There's a long history of people coming into health care with industrial backgrounds who say, "I … For a very long time, we as a society understood very little about medicine and invested very heavily … well-meaning human beings—if we get half of our potential out of the investment we make, that would be a long … behavior, called first-order problem solving, seems successful because patient care continues in the short term … and creativity—while simultaneously avoiding pitfalls from relying too heavily on ad-hoc solutions to long-standing

5682. Workarounds and Resiliency on the Front Lines of Health Care | PSNet
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      August 01, 2009 - behavior, called first-order problem solving, seems successful because patient care continues in the short term … and creativity—while simultaneously avoiding pitfalls from relying too heavily on ad-hoc solutions to long-standing … RW: There's a long history of people coming into health care with industrial backgrounds who say, "I … For a very long time, we as a society understood very little about medicine and invested very heavily … well-meaning human beings—if we get half of our potential out of the investment we make, that would be a long

5683. Research Protocol: Breast Reconstruction After Mastectomy (pdf file)
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      April 09, 2020 - (in contrast with the recommendation that implants be replaced every 10 years), and better long-term … radiation therapy.26 But, AR requires a larger operation, leads to greater scarring, and may lead to long-term … Influence of long term silicone implantation on type II collagen induced arthritis in mice. … Long-Term Health Outcomes in Women With Silicone Gel Breast Implants: A Systematic Review. … Long-term Patient-Reported Outcomes in Postmastectomy Breast Reconstruction.

5684. Disposition of Comments Report for Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment and Prevention (pdf file)
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      May 08, 2013 - Risk also needs to be studied within specific patient populations==acute, icu, long term care, home … The NPUAP has now adopted the term "Stage" rather than "Grade". … quality, one was limited to sheepskin over the sacral area and two were in the hospital and one in long-term … Clarity and Usability: Excellent review with significant relevance to policy and practice in acute and long-term … Mary Arnold Long Results Brem H et al American Journal of Surgery (2010) 200, 473-477 1 - Use of

5685. EHC Protocol: Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review (pdf file)
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      July 01, 2023 - Additionally, “health care settings” is defined as acute inpatient settings and long-term care settings … can improve patient safety across the healthcare system—from hospitals to primary care practices, long-term … Gall E, Long A, Hall KK. 5. Infections Due to Other Multidrug-Resistant Organisms. … Gall E, Long A. 6. Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae.

5686. Module 1: Preventing Pressure Injuries in Hospitals—Understanding Why Change Is Needed | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2017 - high-reliability organizations, where we provide consistent performance at high levels of safety over long … leadership doesn’t feel the value of safety and hold people accountable—you are not going to get continued long-term … Will this initiative save costs over the long run? How will it affect quality scorecards? … Slide 34 Say: What are your plans to keep this prevention effort going long term?

5687. The Case for Patient Flow Management | PSNet
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      February 23, 2019 - Litvak E, Buerhaus PI, Davidoff F, Long MC, McManus ML, Berwick DM. … Even patients with changing moles face long dermatology appointment wait-times: a study of simulated … Litvak E, Long MC. Cost and quality under managed care: irreconcilable differences? … Litvak E, Long MC, Cooper AB, McManus ML. Emergency room diversion: causes and solutions. … Litvak E, Green Vaswani S, Long M, Prenney B. Managing variability in healthcare delivery.

5688. Radiotherapy Treatments for Head and Neck Cancer Update (pdf file)
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      December 09, 2014 - We removed the term “conventional” referring to 2DRT. … I also do not agree with the pairing of “intermediate vs. long-term” outcomes in the figure text. … We revised the figure legend by deleting “long-term” and substituting “final health” for that term … Of particular note is the 2011 Nutting study which is a high-quality, long term FU of this RCT. … This prospective study of 73 patients found that on average, long- term patient-reported, observer-rated

5689. Statistical Brief #87: Characteristics of Weekday and Weekend Hospital Admissions (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2010 - Types of hospitals included in HCUP HCUP is based on data from community hospitals, defined as short-term … They exclude long-term care, rehabilitation, psychiatric, and alcoholism and chemical dependency hospitals … Admission from another hospital indicates the patient was admitted to this hospital from another short-term … Admission from long-term care facility indicates the patient was admitted from a long- term facility … hospital, and includes the following six categories: routine (to home), transfer to another short-term

5690. Is the Admission Drug Dose Too Low? | PSNet
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      September 01, 2011 - The Case A 72-year-old man with a long history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) was … common type of medical error and occur frequently in the inpatient setting.( 1 ) This elderly man with long-standing … In this case, as the patient had a long history of COPD, a call to the patient's outpatient pharmacist … January 19, 2014 A long-term follow-up evaluation of electronic health record prescribing

5691. Archived: Evidence Summary: Bleeding Risks With Aspirin Use: Aspirin Use to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease and Colorectal Cancer: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      April 11, 2016 - of increasing the cumulative weekly aspirin dosage on lower or upper GI bleeding in both short- and long-term … Clinical features of gastroduodenal injury associated with long-term low-dose aspirin therapy [Editorial … Effect of daily aspirin on long-term risk of death due to cancer: analysis of individual patient data … Long-term use of aspirin and the risk of gastrointestinal bleeding. Am J Med . 2011;124:426-33. … Alternate-day, low-dose aspirin and cancer risk: long-term observational follow-up of a randomized trial

5692. Untitled (pdf file)
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      July 10, 2015 - Key Question 2: New studies were identified evaluating the long-term effectiveness of surgical interventions … Two studies identified by one our expert reviewers examined long- term outcomes. … However there is new evidence regarding the long-term effectiveness of surgical interventions. … Short- and long-term outcomes (including non- surgical harms) related to treatment for symptoms of … Closure versus non-closure of the peritoneum at caesarean section: short- and long-term outcomes.

5693. STATISTICAL BRIEF #341: Changes in Children's Use and Expenditures for Asthma Medications, United States, 1997-1998 to 2007-2008
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      September 01, 2011 - inhaled corticosteroids rose from 15.5 to 40.3 percent; the average annual proportion using inhaled long … have been updated. 1 The pharmacotherapy section of the guidelines recommends a stepwise approach to long-term … corticosteroids (ICS) increased from 15.5 to 40.3 percent; the average annual proportion using inhaled long … Controller medications included ICS (inhaled corticosteroids), ILABA (inhaled long acting beta-agonists … ), OLABA (oral long acting beta-agonists), LTRA (leukotriene receptor antagonists), MXS (methylxanthines

5694. ChartBook On Patient Safety (pdf file)
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      March 04, 2016 - The National Quality Strategy has identified three long-term goals related to patient safety: reduce … CLABSI data also include neonatal intensive care units but exclude long-term acute care hospitals and … Report | 33 Patient Safety Long-Term … venous catheters for 90 days or longer (7%), and Puerto Rico had the highest percentage (18%) of long-term … Nursing Homes and Assisted Living (Long-Term Care Facilities). http://www.cdc.gov/longtermcare/.

5695. Paul Tedrick (doc file)
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      April 08, 2014 - having sufficient bedside commodes for your unit, and they can be a great advocate for your team as long … retention, why this is worrisome is that if we do the epidural anesthesia or spinal anesthesia for a long … A long time ago when we started doing the work at my facility, a lot of the nurses and even physicians … And a lot of this has been based on work that has been done a long time ago with nurses and work at our … Mohamed Fakih: Most of the data is related to how long you use the catheter, multi-interventions.

5696. Building a Team and Process to Reduce CAUTI Risk (April 8, 2015) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2017 - having sufficient bedside commodes for your unit, and they can be a great advocate for your team as long … retention, why this is worrisome is that if we do the epidural anesthesia or spinal anesthesia for a long … A long time ago when we started doing the work at my facility, a lot of the nurses and even physicians … And a lot of this has been based on work that has been done a long time ago with nurses and work at our … Mohamed Fakih: Most of the data is related to how long you use the catheter, multi-interventions.

5697. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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      November 30, 2011 - interferon alfa-2a or pegylated interferon alfa-2b. 8,9 While the goals of treatment are to prevent the long-term … complications associated with HCV infection such as cirrhosis and liver cancer, clinical trials are never long … Because of this viral kinetics have become important predictors of long-term prognosis in patients … influenza-life syndrome that can have a substantial effect on quality of life due to the usually long

5698. The Role of the National Quality Forum (NQF) in the Quest for Transparency in U.S. Hospitals' Patient Safety Performance | PSNet
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      April 01, 2010 - The long road to patient safety: a status report on patient safety systems. … Certainly, there were pioneering public reporting initiatives long before the National Quality Forum … JC: We've come a long way, actually. … RW: You've used the term " shared accountability ." What does that mean to you? … Shared accountability is a term that came from some of the work of the Institute of Medicine, where I

5699. PowerPoint Presentation
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      October 01, 2016 - For the purposes of this presentation, the term “prescribing clinician” will encompass physicians, physician … regarding the potential need for antibiotic use between nursing staff and prescribing clinicians in long-term … and symptoms) that, at a minimum, should be present before initiating antibiotics for residents in long-term … For others, if they have not urinated in a long time, their urine may smell. … Although the “new” criteria and protocol are based on research that has been around for a long time,

5700. HEALTHCARE COST AND UTILIZATION PROJECT — HCUP (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2008 - Starting in 2005, the AHA included long term acute care facilities in the definition of community hospitals … These facilities provide acute care services to patients who need long term hospitalization (stays of … Excluded from the NIS are short-term rehabilitation hospitals (beginning with 1998 data), long- term … Starting in 2005, the AHA included long term acute care facilities in the definition of community hospitals … These facilities provide acute care services to patients who need long term hospitalization (stays of