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March 01, 2023 - Researchers Analyze Methods To Reduce Interruptions During Diagnosis . … with traditional surgical site infection (SSI) surveillance approaches alone, applying a statistical method … AHRQ-funded study published in EClinicalMedicine , researchers tested use of the statistical process control method … large infection control network of 29 U.S. community hospitals in the Southeast for 13 common surgical procedures … Researchers found that applying the statistical process control method detected four times as many SSIs
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April 01, 2018 - Culture Type Map to Procedure Types
Appendix F. Algorithms
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Study sites and cohort. … VASQIP surveillance is the principle method of SSI accounting at the VA; as such, surveillance is not … Another procedure identified as having an SSI was actually a hysterectomy. … One study in the literature used the same method to develop algorithms and reported high sensitivities
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June 01, 2017 - surgery centers (ASCs) generally have such standard work firmly in place in the form of policies and procedures … Well-Understood and Routinely Executed Problem-Solving and Escalation Methods . … raised in daily huddles fall into four rough groupings: (1) conformance with established protocols and procedures … through staff coaching, reminders and other reliability techniques, or simple changes in equipment or procedures … The PDSA method essentially describes the scientific method — it is a way of describing hypothesis testing
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February 01, 2015 - The payment is designed to
cover the average cost of a defined “bundle” of services related to a procedure … In addition to the treatment or procedure, the bundle may include standard
care needed before and afterward … Study Methodology
RAND Corporation used qualitative methods (interviews and focus groups) to assess the … RAND planned to use quantitative methods
to evaluate the impact of bundled payments on the costs and … quality of orthopedic
procedures for commercial enrollees.
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April 01, 2018 - Culture Type Map to Procedure Types
Appendix F. Algorithms
Appendix G. … Improved surveillance for surgical site infections after orthopedic implantation procedures: extending … C-reactive protein is not a reliable marker of infection in flap reconstructive procedures of lower extremities … Random effect modelling of patient-related risk factors in orthopaedic procedures: results from the Dutch … The MI Procedure. In: SAS OnlineDoc™ Version 8.
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March 01, 2021 - Advancing Heart Health
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June 24, 2022 - sufficient answer the question to meet the evidentiary standard
Pearson Transparency Establish the method … NAM2019 Could the source data elements (e.g. diagnosis codes, procedure codes, clinical text, sensed … CMS Design_bias For observational, and in some cases randomized controlled trials, the method in that … concepts of the condition,
FDA2021 Date_outcome Generate operational definitions using diagnosis and procedure … definition of the outcome
FDA2021 Design_definitions Generate operational definitions using diagnosis and procedure
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January 01, 2024 - Methods
Appendix C. Measures Used in State Disparities and Quality Maps
Appendix D. … Disparities Tables
Data Sources (PDF, 604 KB)
Measure Specifications (PDF, 3 MB)
Additional Methods … Information:
Detailed Methods for the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (PDF, 504 KB)
Methods Applying