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41. PowerPoint Presentation
    preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/gastro-slides.pptx
    November 01, 2019 - patients with diverticulitis are > 60 years of age Presentation Abdominal pain (~90%) Most common left lower … quadrant but can be in the right lower quadrant Low-grade fever (~90%) Mass may be palpated in the abdomen … For patients with prior procedures, use previous culture data to guide therapy Acute cholecystitis Lower

42. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diverticulitis and Biliary Tract Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2019 - and Treatment Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Urinary Tract Infections Community-Associated Lower

43. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cellulitis and Skin and Soft Tissue Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2019 - and Treatment Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Urinary Tract Infections Community-Associated Lower

44. Best Practices for Promoting Emotional Well-Being in Nursing Home Residents (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2022 - Indoor visits Virtual visits Mask-less visits Smaller group activities Larger group activities Lower

45. Who Could Partner in a Health Care Quality Reporting Project? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2019 - Lower financial burden. … This can lower both the costs associated with generating reporting information for consumers, as well

46. CUSP Onboarding Modules | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2022 - They are good first steps in the work to lower infections in your ICU as well as establishing key actions

47. Comparing Health Plan and Provider Quality Scores to Each Other | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2023 - provider with a much higher score than average could still be doing quite poorly and one with a much lower

48. Webinar Transcript - National Quality Strategy: Using Payment to Improve Health and Health Care Quality | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2016 - And the bottom line, if you were to go to the lower right-hand corner and add everything up, is that … Our idea here is that private purchasers will contribute to better health and lower health cost by buying … But you only keep 20 percent if you're at the lower quality scores. … So, the network is really producing remarkably lower medical trends than what we had in the earlier slide … So, what you notice on the top left is what we talked about a moment ago, lower medical cost trends;

49. Control Cholesterol Numbers: Patient Education Booklet (Spanish) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2018 - 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 …

50. Control Cholesterol Numbers: Patient Education Booklet | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2018 - 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 …

51. Strategies to Better Manage Lipids—Statin Pearls | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2018 - 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 …

52. First-of-its-Kind Study Examines Disparities in Healthcare Costs and Outcomes of Cigarette Smoking in the United States | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2023 - The study shows that even though adults in specific racial and ethnic populations have a lower ever-smoked

53. Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2023 - County Hospital Implements AHRQ Toolkit to Reduce Readmissions Case Study: AHRQ's RED Toolkit Helps Lower … Improved Patient Discharge at Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital Case Study: AHRQ's RED Toolkit Leads to Lower

54. Final Progress Report: Improving Medication Safety in Nursing Home Dementia Care (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2024 - In the multivariate model for 2016, antipsychotic use was notably lower among Black residents (OR = … 0.737); lower for older residents (OR = 0.796 per 10-year age increment); and much higher, as expected … Like antipsychotic use, sedative/hypnotic use (Table 2b) was associated with lower RN staffing, White … In particular, lower registered nurse staffing was associated with greater reliance on antipsychotics … Adequate RN staffing emerged as a key factor, as facilities with lower staffing levels appeared to

55. Cellulitis-One-Page (doc file)
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    November 01, 2019 - Lower limb cellulitis and its mimics: Part 1. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2012; Aug;67(2):163.e1-12.

56. Implementing CLABSI and CAUTI Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2022 - This guide identifies groups of resources to utilize throughout your journey to lower infections in your

57. About Learning Health Systems | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2019 - redirect incentives away from volume and toward a focus on value: better patient outcomes and quality at lower

58. Strategy 6N: Price Transparency | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2020 - 2010 and 2013 with 18 self-insured employers, the study found that use of the tool was associated with lower … information on price differences among MRI facilities and were able to choose different providers selected lower-priced

59. AHRQ Transforming Primary Care Grants | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2015 - hospitalized per month declined steadily immediately following implementation and then stabilized at a lower … PCMH clinic patients experienced improved clinical outcomes for coronary heart disease (2.20 mg/dL lower … Health care costs among PCMH patients were also significantly lower compared with non-PCMH patients, … with 17 percent lower inpatient costs and 7 percent lower total costs. … At the 12-month followup, clinicians at the PCMH clinic reported significantly lower burnout compared

60. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2012 - readmissions is a national priority for payers, providers, and policymakers seeking to improve health care and lower