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21. Cholesterol Management Evidence and Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.healthcare411.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/evidence/cholesterol.html
    March 01, 2021 - Skip to main content An official website of the Department of Health and Human Services Careers Contact Us Español FAQs Search all AHRQ sites Search small Search Menu …

22. Section 5, Tables 8 and 9 (pdf file)
    www.healthcare411.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/chipra-131-section-5-table-8-9.pdf
    January 01, 2013 - Hospitals in which the guideline was implemented had lower readmission rates than hospitals that did … rate of 11.4%, compared with 44.2% in the control group (p = 0.01). 30-day readmission rates were lower … Compared with control subjects, patients in the intervention group had lower readmission rates at 30 … Lower quality of inpatient care was associated with a higher risk of unplanned readmission within … Hospitals in the highest quartile for surgical volume had a significantly lower composite readmission

23. America's Health Literacy: Why We Need Accessible Health Information (pdf file)
    www.healthcare411.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/health-literacy/dhhs-2008-issue-brief.pdf
    January 01, 2008 - n Compared to privately insured adults, both publicly insured and uninsured adults had lower health … Lower Health Literacy Is Associated With Less Education Health literacy varies directly with level … The Elderly Have Lower Health Literacy Adults 65 or older were more likely to have below basic or … The share of adults at these lower levels of literacy was greatest for those over 75; more than … Health literacy is lowest among the more vulnerable members of our communities—those with lower education

24. Quality Improvement Strategies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.healthcare411.ahrq.gov/pqmp/implementation-qi/toolkit/child-hcahps/qi-strategies.html
    August 01, 2021 - Following the intervention, there were lower rates of discharge-related care failures, decreasing from … Outcome measure: Inpatient admission rates were lower for children after their involvement with patient … The average length of stay for children with admissions was lower after their involvement with patient … Children with navigators had a lower proportion of missed opportunities for care than they did before

25. 6 Tk1 T1-Talking With Residents Checklist Version Final (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2016 - Educate & Engage Residents, Family Family Toolkit/Tool 1 2  When are antibiotics used to treat lower … • Doctors often use antibiotics to treat some lower respiratory tract infections like pneumonia and

26. Final report: To Quantify the Impact of the Existing vs. Enhanced Work Configuration of Radiation Therapy Technicians on Workload, Situation Awareness, and Performance during Pretreatment QA Tasks (pdf file)
    www.healthcare411.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/mosaly-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - However, the 3- RTT workflow indicated poor performance and higher RULA scores despite lower mental WL … Overall, the current configuration with a 3-RTT workflow has a lower performance score and increased … postural stressors by evaluating postures on 6 anatomical regions (neck, trunk, legs, upper arms, lower … Although the physical stressors are lower compared with the 3-RTT workflow, the 2-RTT workflow in the … Level of screen, lightning, comfort - sitting or standing Keyboard was lower than I'd like, mouse

27. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2024 - Accuracy of diagnosis was lower in the depression condition compared to the control condition, but this … Accuracy was lower in the depression condition (vs. control) when physicians ordered less tests, but … Their results showed a lower incidence of TJA in Medicare Advantage enrollees. … Medicare Advantage is associated with lower utilization of total joint arthroplasty. … The findings indicated a lower TI success rate for APRNs when compared to more experienced clinicians

28. Minimum Criteria for Antibiotics Tool | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.healthcare411.ahrq.gov/nhguide/toolkits/determine-whether-to-treat/antibiotic-tool.html
    September 01, 2017 - residents suspected of having one of three common infections: urinary tract, skin and soft tissue, and lower … Tract Infection 2    Skin and Soft Tissue Infection 11    Lower … For residents who regularly run a lower temperature, use a temperature of 2°F (1°C) … Yes 13 No 12 Notes: For residents who regularly run a lower temperature

29. National Collaborative for Innovation in Quality Measurement (pdf file)
    www.healthcare411.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-177-section-2-technical-specs.pdf
    May 23, 2014 - Note: A lower rate indicates better performance. … Note: A lower rate indicates better performance. … data For each age stratification and total Reported rate For each age stratification and total Lower

30. Study Finds Racial and Ethnic Inequities in End-of-Life Prescription Opioid Access | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.healthcare411.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/875.html
    August 01, 2023 - They also received lower daily doses and lower total doses. … Rural and smaller practices had lower adoption rates than urban and larger practices.

31. Lessons from the Field: Using Pediatric Quality Measures across Multiple Levels (pdf file)
    www.healthcare411.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/lessons/lessons-using-pqms.pdf
    January 01, 2016 - Small sample sizes when folding down to lower levels. … When using a measure at levels lower than what was intended – in other words, when “folding a measure … This issue with small numbers may be exacerbated at lower levels for measures targeting less common … At these lower levels, or for conditions affecting smaller numbers of patients, lack of precision means … Small sample sizes when folding down to lower levels. Lack of consensus on measure standards.

32. Key Study Outcomes Across Grants | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.healthcare411.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/synthesis-report/outcomes.html
    October 01, 2015 - quality (i.e., the provision of chronic and preventive services), greater patient satisfaction, and lower … Specifically, practices that adopted more PCMH processes and systems were more likely to have lower emergency … care and health care utilization for the most complex patients, but not lower inpatient admissions. … specifically) declined steadily immediately following PCMH implementation and then stabilized at a lower … The researchers estimated that full implementation of the PCMH model would lower per member per month

33. Key Study Outcomes Across Grants | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.healthcare411.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/grants-transform/key-study-outcomes.html
    March 01, 2017 - quality (i.e., the provision of chronic and preventive services), greater patient satisfaction, and lower … Specifically, practices that adopted more PCMH processes and systems were more likely to have lower emergency … care and health care utilization for the most complex patients, but not lower inpatient admissions. … specifically) declined steadily immediately following PCMH implementation and then stabilized at a lower … The researchers estimated that full implementation of the PCMH model would lower per member per month

34. Oral, Linguistic, and Culturally Competent Services | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2019 - individuals of limited English proficiency (LEP) typically experience less adequate access to care, lower … and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care , states that: "Racial and ethnic minorities tend to receive a lower

35. Study Finds Evidence of Intentional Inappropriate Painkiller Prescribing | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.healthcare411.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/846.html
    January 01, 2023 - Physicians Who Don’t Work in Teams, “Teamlets” Have Lower Burnout Rates . … Physicians Who Don’t Work in Teams, “Teamlets” Have Lower Burnout Rates Working in a team or collaboratively … Contrary to expectations, physicians who practiced independently had significantly lower rates of burnout

36. Biden Administration Tackles Financial Strains on Healthcare Consumers | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.healthcare411.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/financial-strains-healthcare.html
    November 01, 2023 - address the misaligned incentives across the healthcare ecosystem to improve the quality of care and lower … Although financial strain is most prevalent among lower-income families, every sector of society experiences

37. CHIPRA 81: Pediatric Global Health-7 Measure Report (pdf file)
    www.healthcare411.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/outcomes/chipra-081-fullreport.pdf
    April 01, 2019 - For example, the proposed measure may enhance an existing measure in the initial core set, it may lower … Lower standard error means greater reliability and precision of the estimate. … Race/Ethnicity H1: Black children have lower global health than white children. … H2: Hispanic children have lower global health than non-Hispanic children. … However, our results show that children with Hispanic ethnicity have lower global health than their

38. Hospital Admissions for Uncontrolled Diabetes Improving (pdf file)
    www.healthcare411.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/dataspotlight-aian-diabetes.pdf
    December 01, 2018 - Lower rates are better. … Lower rates are better.

39. Use of Multiple Concurrent Antipsychotics in Children (pdf file)
    www.healthcare411.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-126-fullreport.pdf
    May 01, 2018 - Note: While a rate of zero is not expected for this measure, a lower rate indicates better performance … Because this measure focuses on overuse, a lower rate indicates better performance. … We found positive correlation between rates as would be expected: a lower rate of multiple concurrent … antipsychotic use was associated with lower rates of behavioral health hospitalization. … Plan-level reliability was lower, with an average of 0.64 (range 0.28 to 0.87).

40. Blacks Experiencing Fast-Rising Rates of Overdose Deaths Involving Synthetic Opioids Other Than Methadone (pdf file)
    www.healthcare411.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/dataspotlight-opioid.pdf
    February 20, 2020 - Note: For this measure, lower rates are better. … Note: For this measure, lower rates are better.