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61. Strategies to Improve Communication Between Pharmacists and Patients | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2020 - Lower ability to identify their own medications (12-18 times greater odds of being unable to identify … Lower understanding of how to take medications (52 percent correctly understood "Take med every 6 hours … Lower understanding of drug mechanisms and side effects (70 percent correctly understood "Warfarin works … Literacy and Medication Use This slide lists some research findings from studies of patients with lower … Lower medication adherence.

62. AHRQ's RED Toolkit Helps Lower Readmissions in Dignity Health Hospitals | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2015 - Home News Newsroom Impact Case Studies AHRQ's RED Toolkit Helps Lower … Studies Blog Newsletter Events AHRQ's RED Toolkit Helps Lower … 2015 Page originally created August 2015 Internet Citation: AHRQ's RED Toolkit Helps Lower

63. 5 Tk2 T4-Concise Antibiogram Toolkit How To Enter Data Manually Into An Antibiogram Template (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2014 - This lower number of isolates should be interpreted with caution. … Lower section of the WHONET percent (%) susceptibilities printout. … Headings: Org, CAZ Number, IPM Number Description: This figure shows the lower section of the WHONET … In this case, the apparent susceptibility of 66.7 percent would in reality be much lower (only 14.3%

64. Qdr2015-Chartbook-Access (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2020 - Note: For this measure, lower rates are better. White and Black are non-Hispanic. … Note: For this measure, lower rates are better. White and Black are non-Hispanic. … Note: For this measure, lower rates are better. White and Black are non-Hispanic. … Note: For this measure, lower rates are better. … Note: For this measure, lower rates are better.

65. Key Findings | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2015 - These findings are based on comparisons of activities at five higher performing sites and three lower … We observed differences between the higher performing sites and the three lower performing sites in the … contributors to an organizational-level goal in four of the hospitals we studied (two higher performing, one lower … higher performing based on CLABSI outcomes, and either missing or inconsistently implemented in the lower

66. Elements of Access to Health Care: Services | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2018 - Services People with a usual source of care have better health outcomes, fewer disparities, and lower … For this measure, lower rates are better. Data available for 2015 quarters 1-3 only. … Note: For this measure, lower rates are better. … Note: For this measure, lower rates are better. White and Black are non-Hispanic.

67. Part 3: National Quality Strategy Priority—Care Coordination | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2018 - Rates for Whites in the lowest income quartile were lower than the rates for Blacks in the highest income … The percentage of patients very willing to exchange lab/test results electronically was lower for Blacks … patients very willing to exchange diagnostic information (e.g., medical illnesses) electronically was lower … willing to exchange vital signs (e.g., heart rate, blood pressure, glucose levels) electronically was lower

68. Appendix A: Family Information Packet (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2013 - What can I do to lower my baby's risk of SIDS? … Lower chance of asthma, food allergies, and dental cavities. … Lower risk of some childhood cancers. Lower chance of becoming over weight. … Mothers who breastfeed have: Lower risk of pre-menopausal breast cancer. … Lower chance of becoming pregnant before menstruation returns.

69. Table I-1. Subcommittee Template: Comparison of Spoken Language Categories and Coding (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2018 -           x         Sorbian languages 644* hsb (Upper Sorbian) dsb (Lower … ) wen (collective) hsb (Upper) dsb (Lower)   Sorbian languages     xx … Tanaina Nearly extinct x                   Tanana 855 taa (Upper) tau (Lower … )     Tanana Lower Tanana - nearly extinct x                   Taos (see

70. 4 Tk3 T4-Letter To Prescribing Clinicians (doc file)
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    October 01, 2016 - syndromes treated in nursing homes—urinary tract infections (UTIs), skin and softtissue infections, and lower … Minimum Criteria for Common Infections Toolkit Although UTIs, skin and softtissue infections, and lower … For residents that regularly run a lower temperature, use a temperature of 2°F (1°C) above the baseline … For residents that regularly run a lower temperature, use a temperature of 2°F (1°C) above the baseline … Minimum Criteria for Initiating Antibiotics for a Lower Respiratory Tract Infection If a resident has

71. Measure: PROMIS Pediatric Global Health Measure (PGH-7) (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2016 - with better physical functioning, higher levels of subjective well-being, better social health, and lower … For example: ● Children who are black/African-American have lower global health scores than whites … ● Children who are of Hispanic ethnicity have lower global health scores than non-Hispanics. … ● Children with a chronic condition have lower global health scores than children without a chronic … ● Children with low family income have lower global health scores than children with a higher family

72. Transitions of Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2018 - Note: For this measure, lower rates are better. … Note: For this measure, lower rates are better. … Black patients was highest for heart failure (23.5%) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (20.9%), lower … Note: For this measure, lower rates are better. … patient share was highest for heart failure (23.3%) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (20.8%), lower

73. Part 2: Trends in Priorities of the Heckler Report—Care for Cancer | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2018 - The overall 5-year relative survival rate of Blacks was lower than that of Whites. … In 5 of 6 years, the percentage of adults who received appropriate colorectal cancer screening was lower … In 3 of 6 years, the percentage of adults who received appropriate colorectal cancer screening was lower … In 2013, the percentage of adults who received appropriate colorectal cancer screening was lower among … Groups With Disparities: In all years, the percentage of women who received a Pap smear was lower

74. Part 2: Trends in Priorities of the Heckler Report—Care for Cardiovascular Diseases | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2018 - found that: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major cause of death in Hispanics, although the rate is lower … Note: For this measure, lower rates are better. White and Black are non-Hispanic. … Hispanics had lower death rates than Whites when hospitalized for congestive heart failure and there … Note: For this measure, lower rates are better. … Groups With Disparities: In 2012, Black patients had lower inpatient mortality rates for hospital admissions

75. What Is Patient Safety Culture? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2022 - with more positive SOPS scores had: Fewer hospital-acquired pressure ulcers and patient falls. 1 Lower … surgical site infection rates. 2 Hospitals with more positive SOPS scores had: Lower rates of … Higher Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Nursing Home Five-Star Quality ratings. 5 Lower

76. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2018 - Diagnostic value of C-reactive protein and transthyretin in bone infections of the lower limb. … Contribution of laboratory tests, scintigraphy, and histology to the diagnosis of lower limb joint replacement … [C-reactive protein and transthyretin in early diagnosis of infection after open fractures of the lower … The value of C-reactive protein for postoperative monitoring of lower limb arthroplasty. … Superficial incisional infection in arthroplasty of the lower limb.

77. National Quality Strategy Priorities: Patient Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2015 - For this measure, lower rates are better. … For this measure, lower rates are better. … Note: For this measure, lower rates are better. … Blacks and American Indians and Alaska Natives had lower rates of daily restraint use compared with Whites

78. MEASURE SUMMARY (CHIPRA Core Set Candidate Measures) - Control #: PHP-1 (pdf file)
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    December 14, 2010 - These rates are lower than the average for all women (83.9%) and lower than all other age groups (range

79. Glucose Control Factsheet | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2017 - has diabetes. 2 The evidence review did not identify randomized controlled trials that evaluated lower … Intraoperative and perioperative glycemic control guidelines recommend glucose control (180 mg/dL or lower … the percentage of procedures for which serum glucose meets the selected target, e.g., 180 mg/dL or lower … patients with appropriately maintained serum glucose using the selected target (e.g., 180 mg/dL or lower

80. Aspirin Use Evidence and Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2021 - Evidence and Resources A substantial body of evidence shows that taking aspirin can help patients lower … Taking an aspirin every day can help these patients lower their risk.