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5421. Exhibits 56 to 58 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2018 - Designing and Testing Methods to Stratify Risk of Surgical Site Infections Chapter 4. … Culture Type Map to Procedure Types Appendix F. Algorithms Appendix G. … Emergency surgery -1.31 -1.45 0.1479 History of MRSA 3.02 3.57 0.0004 No. of procedures … Emergency surgery 1.08 1.83 0.0672 History of MRSA 0.91 0.94 0.3456 No. of procedures … Emergency surgery 0.14 0.31 0.7555 History of MRSA 1.90 3.37 0.0008 No. of procedures

5422. Enhancing Care Coordination | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2023 - to the topics covered in the Enhancing Care Coordination training curriculum include: Practical Methods … Rehabilitation Enhancing Care for Heart Failure Patients in Your Cardiac Rehab Program Practical Methods … YouTube embedded video: https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/z3x4SJLnsdg Video: Practical Methods … for Improving Care Coordination for Cardiac Rehab Patients (1:00:16) Slides: Practical Methods for

5423. Tool: Briefing and Debriefing Tool (doc file)
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      December 01, 2017 - Patients in acute care hospitals underwent more than 16 million surgical procedures in the United States … in 2010.1 Using National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) definitions and surveillance methods, the … If the procedure is considered minor, complete the checklist presented in the “Minor Procedures” table … SIGN IN · Patient has confirmed: · Identity (name and date of birth) · Site (along with marking) · Procedure … response and/or followup: ______________________________ ______________________________ Minor Procedures

5424. AHRQ National Scorecard on Hospital-Acquired Conditions: Updated Baseline Rates and Preliminary Results 2014-2017 (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2019 - infections, adverse drug events, and injuries due to procedures, as well as pressure ulcers/pressure … between the new method and the previous method is that the new method includes patient charts for most … All Other Hospital- Acquired Conditions MPSMS Femoral Artery Puncture for Catheter Angiographic Procedures … is built on the 2010–2014 methods but includes some changes. … is based on NHSN data for 17 specific operations: the 12 SCIP operations and 5 other major surgical procedures

5425. URINARY CATHETERIZATION – Sample Policy (doc file)
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      April 24, 2015 - sacral wounds in incontinent patients to avoid further deterioration of wound and skin when alternative methods … Document attempts at and inadequacy of alternative methods for bladder elimination prior to insertion … Alternative methods include: · Programmed toileting, which consists of placing the patient on the bedpan … Patients who perform self-catheterization at home should be encouraged to continue performing this procedure … catheter use in hospitalized medical patients: results obtained by using the RAND/UCLA appropriateness method

5426. Section 4: Immunizations for Adults and Children | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      June 01, 2014 - The methods used by the ACIP to review evidence on immunizations may differ from the methods used by

5427. Meta-regression Approaches | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2014 - We constructed a statistical notation generally applicable to different meta-regression methods. … Across the five different meta-regression methods, six terms in a three-way ANOVA model were found to … Based on our comparison of bias across approaches, either fixed effects or random effects methods can

5428. Estimating the Additional Hospital Inpatient Cost and Mortality Associated With Selected Hospital-Acquired Conditions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      November 01, 2017 - → 8) Analysis: Apply random-effects models using the DerSimonian and Laird method. … SSI) Infection that occurs prior to discharge and within 30 days following an inpatient operative procedure … that involves any part of the body that is opened or manipulated as part of the procedure. … Thus, for analysis, we applied random-effects models using the DerSimonian and Laird method. 32 , 33 … This method weights studies based on the inverse of the sum of the variance estimated between studies

5429. Transition of Primary Care Medical Group Practices to Next Generation Models (pdf file)
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      May 01, 2015 - Data and Methods The study used an in-depth mixed-methods case study approach. … visits per provider per year, adjusted for illness level) • Unique patients, patient encounters, and procedures … Care Medical Group Practices to Next Generation Models Overview of Estimating Costs Grant Data and Methods

5430. Appendix P. Evaluating and Selecting Hand Hygiene Products: Transcript/Facilitator Notes - Implementation Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      May 01, 2017 - I'm going to introduce two formal methods that you can use relatively easily to evaluate different products … Slide 13: Product Evaluation World Health Organization (WHO) Method One There are two main methods … what the acceptable user characteristics or qualities are for rating new products, according to WHO methods … Slide 17: Product Evaluation WHO Method Two The WHO method two protocol is slightly more elaborate … Slide 18: Product Evaluation WHO Method Two I'll give you a quick tip, which is in this WHO method

5431. Exhibit 3. Comparison of fraction of all herniorrhaphy and total knee and hip arthroplasties reviewed by VASQIP | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2018 - Designing and Testing Methods to Stratify Risk of Surgical Site Infections Chapter 4. … Culture Type Map to Procedure Types Appendix F. Algorithms Appendix G. … JAMIA Draft Manuscript Note: All procedures were identified by ICD-9 and CPT codes

5432. Cost Assessment of Collaborative Healthcare (CoACH) (pdf file)
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      May 01, 2015 - benefits • Training • Operational costs such as space, equipment, software, and training Data and Methods … Detailed analysis methods employed by the tool have been described in previous publications. … Benjamin Miller, PsyD, Principal Investigator Relevant Information The cost analysis methods … Cost Assessment of Collaborative Healthcare (CoACH) Overview of Estimating Costs Grant Data and Methods

5433. Behind the Scenes: Patient Safety in the Operating Room and Central Materiel Service During Deployments (pdf file)
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      February 01, 2005 - The restricted area includes operating rooms, procedure rooms, and clean-core areas. … Patients depend on the science of sterilization and the application of surgical asepsis as the primary method … Having all three methods available is ideal. … However, when one method is not feasible (e.g., outdated or “turned” chemical impregnated steam tape … If all three methods are not available, then using a combination of the methods that are available provides

5434. Executive Summary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2017 - Introduction Limitations of the Environmental Scan Model of Patient Safety in Primary Care Methods … of the environmental scan was to identify: Descriptive, qualitative, and quantitative studies on methods … to engage patients and families in their care in primary care settings and the impact of these methods … How family carers engage with technical health procedures in the home: a grounded theory study. … Tools for measuring patient safety in primary care settings using the RAND/UCLA appropriateness method

5435. Standardized Simulated Events for Provocative Testing of Medical Care System Rescue Capabilities (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2003 - Pediatric sedation (i.e., the acute treatment of procedure-related pain and stress with medications … Methods Test domain Pediatric sedation for the acute treatment of procedure-related pain and stress … Several settings were selected to test the method. … This methodological study investigates the use of provocative testing in the sedation care domain as … The method we describe has great potential for achieving this aim.

5436. Estimating the Costs of Primary Care Renewal (pdf file)
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      May 01, 2015 - The participating organizations have adopted formal improvement methods, redesigned practices to increase … Using process improvement theory as a framework, to apply costing methodology and qualitative research methods … The team planned to use activity-based costing methods to identify costs associated with each activity … The costing method involves the following steps: identify specific activities associated with a process … 2015 Estimating the Costs of Primary Care Renewal Overview of Estimating Costs Grant Data and Methods

5437. AHRQ Final Progress Report: Developing an Integrated Engineering-Based Model to Reduce Infections in the ICU (pdf file)
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      February 01, 2007 - Methods: We took an integrated approach, concentrating on catheter-related bloodstream infections, … factors that may be discovered in the future as ones affecting the risk of HA infections. 2 Methods … Age, risk score, length-of-stay risk score, PIM2 score risk score, and the invasive procedure risk … 5.2.2.i Physiological Risk 5.2.2.ii Invasive Procedure Risk 5.2.3 Individual Patient Risk … Two more in progress. 9 AHRQ Final Progress Report Abstract Purpose & Scope Methods Results

5438. Assessing Indicator Rates Using Trends and Comparators (pdf file)
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      March 20, 2016 - • The method used for risk adjustment (which is not currently available for v6.0 of the QI software … The best way to achieve this consistency is to choose one method for each item and apply the method … Because the measurement methods for the PDIs change from year to year, you will have to use the methods … for one year instead of using the relevant methods for each year. … Once you select a method, it should be applied consistently to rates across your trend timeline.

5439. Assessing Indicator Rates Using Trends and Comparators (pdf file)
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      March 20, 2016 - • The method used for risk adjustment (which is not currently available for v6.0 of the QI software … The best way to achieve this consistency is to choose one method for each item and apply the method … Because the measurement methods for the QIs change from year to year, you will have to use the methods … for one year instead of using the relevant methods for each year. … Once you select a method, it should be applied consistently to rates across your trend timeline.

5440. Early Evidence on the Patient-Centered Medical Home (pdf file)
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      February 01, 2012 - Many evaluations did not use rigorous methods. … health care professional experience Number of Evaluations That Assessed the Outcome Using Any Method … Best practices for mixed methods research in the health sciences. … http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf0 8/methods/procmanual.htm. … Procedures and standards handbook (version 2.1).