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341. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2024 - that if the US eliminates the disparity in youth PA levels across SES groups, absolute overweight and obesity … prevalence would decrease by 0.826% resulting in approximately 383,000fewer cases of overweight and obesity … Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations for oral health screenings in primary care settings … The USPSTF concludes there is insufficient evidence to recommend for or against oral health screening … Screening and preventive interventions for oral health in children, adolescents, and adults.

342. New AHRQ Views Blog Post: Seizing Opportunities in Three Essential Areas To Improve Patient Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2019 - Screening for preeclampsia. Mabry-Hernandez I, Romano MJ. … Identifying the complexity of multiple risk factors for obesity among urban Latinas.

343. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2024 - Findings suggest that the local process of implementing alcohol screening and brief intervention may … Local implementation of alcohol screening and brief intervention at five Veterans Health Administration … Keywords: Alcohol Use, Screening, Primary Care Zamora-Kapoor A , Nelson L , Buchwald D … Keywords: Children/Adolescents, Obesity, Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Risk, Social Determinants of … Prostate cancer screening practices and diagnoses in patients age 50 and older, Southeastern Michigan

344. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2024 - Missed opportunities for depression screening and treatment in the United States. … Keywords: Depression, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), Prevention, Screening, Social Determinants … The authors conducted a pilot study to optimize screening, recruitment, and enrollment strategies for … Patients with a younger age, male sex, lower income, or obesity had higher odds of receiving antibiotics … for health systems serving persons living with HIV needing annual syphilis screening.

345. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2024 - This study examined the association between obesity and exacerbation of asthma symptoms in hospitalized … Obesity was associated with a higher use of mechanical ventilation as well as a longer hospital stay. … Association between obesity and acute severity among patients hospitalized for asthma exacerbation. … Keywords: Asthma, Hospitalization, Obesity, Respiratory Conditions Amin AP , Pinto D , House … The authors suggest that TreeScan with propensity score matching shows promise as a method for screening

346. Screening for Thyroid Disease: Systematic Evidence Review (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2004 - medical subject headings (MeSH) thyroid function tests and thyroid diseases were combined with the term mass … screening, and the text words screening or case-finding. … institutionalized patients, and series of patients seen in specialized referral clinics for depression or obesity … How to think about screening. In: Eddy D, editor. Common Screening Tests. … screening with a TSH test?

347. How are CHIPRA Quality Demonstration States working to improve adolescent health care? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2013 - , Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) program for a variety of conditions, including obesity, depression … Encouraging practices to adopt a patient screening questionnaire . … Screening for behavioral health problems in primary care. … Adolescents’ preference for substance abuse screening in primary care practice. … Comprehensive adolescent health screening.

348. Summary Background Report on 2013 Retirement of Measures from the Child Core Set (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - related to prenatal care, well child visits, immunizations, asthma, emergency room use, preventive care screenings … Measure Name Chlamydia Screening in Women 4.b. … Adolescents: Body Mass Index Assessment for Children/Adolescents SNAC members acknowledged that obesity … Although this measure aligns with other federal initiatives, it does not address treatment of obesity … expressed concern that the measure does not address several components of quality, such as the validity of screenings

349. Clinical-Community Relationships Evaluation Roadmap (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2013 - screening and counseling for adults; • Obesity screening and counseling for children; • Sexually … and counseling for obesity. … No evidence was identified for three of the eight preventive services—breastfeeding counseling, obesity … screening, and counseling for children, and counseling for STIs. … screening and counseling for adults; and tobacco use counseling and interventions for non-pregnant

350. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2024 - They concluded that DXA screening was underused in women at increased fracture risk, including women … Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), Screening, Osteoporosis, Healthcare Utilization, Risk … Keywords: Surgery, Obesity, Healthcare Costs Okafor NG , Doshi PB , Miller SK Voluntary … Screening for speech and language delay and disorders in children five years and younger. … Keywords: Case Study, Children/Adolescents, Evidence-Based Practice, Screening, U.S.

351. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2024 - Keywords: Diabetes, Education: Patient and Caregiver, Lifestyle Changes, Obesity, Obesity: Weight Management … The researchers conducted a case–control study to assess the association between screening positive for … They found that alcohol screening questionnaires, potentially coupled with genetic testing, could have … Keywords: Nutrition, Obesity, Women Lu CY , Zhang F , Lakoma MD Asthma treatments and mental

352. Developmental Screening and Follow-Up: Follow-Up Referral Tracking (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2014 - Association of measure topic with children’s future health – for example, a measure addressing childhood obesity … These and other initiatives are necessary because of the known quality gap in developmental screenings … Screenings at well-child visits can be completed by the patient’s family. … “It is critical to go beyond measuring screenings and have appropriate follow-up to ensure services … Screenings at well-visits can be completed by the patient’s family.

353. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2024 - They further found that many obese children were already overweight by age 3, and persistence of obesity … Keywords: Children/Adolescents, Obesity, Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Social Determinants of Health … , Obesity: Weight Management Boyce RD , Perera S , Nace DA A survey of nursing home physicians … Those screening at high risk have worse in-hospital sleep quantity and quality.

354. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2024 - commonly-occurring research topics are pharmacy/medications, systems issues, and weight management/obesity … insured high-cost adolescents are associated with medical complexity, mental health conditions, and obesity … forecasted assessment of quality of life to validate time-trade-off utilities and a prostate cancer screening … forecasted assessment of quality of life to validate time-trade-off utilities and a prostate cancer screening … Keywords: Shared Decision Making, Cancer: Prostate Cancer, Elderly, Quality of Life, Screening

355. FY 2019 Congressional Justification (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2019 - Program Portrait: Recommendation on Screening for Obesity in Children and Adolescents Childhood obesity … sought to see whether screening for obesity in children and adolescents can be beneficial or harmful … The USPSTF found that screening (with body mass index) can identify children who have obesity. … Parents often do not know when their children have obesity, so screening is an important tool to help … Effects of Obesity on Total Expenditures for Youth and Adults: • Among children ages 11-17, obesity

356. Unique Challenges in Approaching Diagnostic Safety in Older Adults | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2024 - Obesity (42%). Arthritis (35%). Ischemic/coronary heart disease (29%). Diabetes (27%). … Overdiagnosis and screening dilemmas.  … is performed despite the lack of clear benefits or where benefits are outweighed by harm. 82 Screening … Some screening is for conditions in which asymptomatic screening is generally not recommended by the … heterogeneity between studies can make it challenging to recommend one diagnostic test for use as a screening

357. Background Report for the Request for Public Comment on Initial, Recommended Core Set of Children's Healthcare Quality Measures for Voluntary Use by Medicaid and CHIP Programs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2009 - Part of the reason for concerns about overweight and obesity in children is the relationship between … In addition, there is concern that the current epidemic of obesity and overweight among children and … is essential for children to have well child visits and the opportunity for social and developmental screening

358. Follow-Up With Patient Family After Developmental Screening (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2014 - Screening Section 1. … Association of measure topic with children’s future health – for example, a measure addressing childhood obesity … Screenings at well-visits are completed by the parent, and the clinician is presented with a summary … Pediatrics is a Level III Medical Home and provides vaccines and hearing, vision, and developmental screenings … Screenings at well visits can be completed by the patient’s family.

359. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2024 - Children/Adolescents, Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Health Information Technology (HIT), Medication, Obesity … , Obesity: Weight Management, Quality Measures, Quality of Care Loh KP , Liu J , Ganzhorn … This study’s objective was to validate a machine learning approach to alcohol screening using a natural … The authors examined error in manual screening and reviewed discordance between the NLP classifier and … Keywords: Alcohol Use, Behavioral Health, Screening, Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Health Information

360. Appendix B: Risk Assessment Models, Protocols, and Order Sets (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2020 - Already known thrombophilic condition/hypercoagulability 3 Major surgery 2 Age ≥70 years 1 Obesity … 1 Acute myocardial infarction or stroke 1 Acute infection and/or rheumatologic disorder 1 Obesity … Obesity (BMI ≥30).