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2681. Primary Care Practice Facilitation Curriculum Module 4: An Introduction to Practice Organization and Management (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/tools/PCMH/pcpf-module-4-practice-management.pdf
      September 01, 2015 - Acute care is when a patient seeks health care because of symptoms. … Is the staff trained to schedule patients with a member of their care team, and can patients get an … This essential function is often delegated to a risk management team that reviews patient safety issues … They help clients set and attain health goals through behavior and life style change. … Examples include: new patient visits, initial health assessment for a Medicare patient, newborn check

2682. Protection of Human Subjects in Research | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/funding/process/grant-app-basics/hsubjects.html
      August 01, 2018 - Data and safety monitoring for clinical trials.

2683. Screening for Thyroid Disease: Systematic Evidence Review (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/prevent/pdfser/thyrser.pdf
      January 01, 2004 - with supporting research designed to improve the quality of health care, reduce its cost, address patient … safety and medical errors, and broaden access to essential services. … The greatest difficulty is in classifying a patient who has an abnormal TSH, normal T4 and T3 levels … -0.65), indicating that 1 patient improved for every 3.5 patients treated with levothyroxine. 75 Treatment … Quality of Randomized Trials of Thyroxine Replacement Therapy (continued) Study, Year Patient

2684. Table 1. Four Models of Self-management Support | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2018 - Patient Self-Management Support Programs: An Evaluation Table 1. … Four Models of Self-management Support Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Patient … Position of program within the health care system Extent of personal interaction between patient

2685. Lessons from the Field: Making Performance Comparisons (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/lessons/lessons-performance-comparisons.pdf
      October 01, 2019 - across providers, outcome performance measures must be adjusted for different levels of risk in the patients … was a barrier to screening for patients in smaller clinics. … for social risk factors, as recommended by the NQF, improved performance for clinics that served patients … found that the odds of counseling on lethal means restriction was higher for caregivers of female patients … Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses.

2686. Exhibit 4. Numbers of Documents Abstracted | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2018 - Guide to Patient and Family Engagement Exhibit 4. … Numbers of Documents Abstracted Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Guide to Patient … Peer-reviewed Grey literature Total Target audience perspectives 83 18 101 Patient

2687. Table 3. Relation Between the Care Coordination Measurement Framework and Other Key Sources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      June 01, 2014 - NQF: Communication domain includes – availability of patient information, such as consultation reports … , progress notes, test results, and current medications to all team members caring for a patient reduces … MPR: Care coordination activity – educate patient about condition and self-care. … Align Resources with Patient and Population Needs MPR: Care coordination activity – arrange needed … and behavioral health care patients.

2688. Identifying Key Areas for Delivery Systems Research | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/delivery-initiative/casalino/index.html
      December 01, 2017 - Patients, legislators, the media, physicians mostly don't see a problem. … These processes affect patient engagement and outcomes. … Patient engagement also has independent effects on outcomes. … May be a major source of poor quality/poor patient experience/high costs. … How valuable is phone communication among physicians about patients (even when patient is not referred

2689. Chapter 4, Emerging Trends in Care Coordination Measurement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      June 01, 2014 - IT systems, such as health information exchanges, to facilitate information flow between providers, patients … , such as whether patients can email their doctor, receive test results online, view their medical record … heart failure (CHF) at three primary care clinics in the Netherlands, using information from patients … Weenink and colleagues examined networks centered around patients, evaluating the degree to which certain … Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 2009;35(7):359-69. n.

2690. Section 6. Facilitating Change and Anticipating Challenges | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ptflow/section6.html
      July 01, 2018 - Improving Patient Flow and Reducing Emergency Department Crowding: A Guide for Hospitals Section 6. … Patients waited hours, even if a bed was empty, because nurses thought that they had too many patients … to care for and were overwhelmed at taking on more patients. … of time that patients required. … some of the patients were simply waiting for laboratory results.

2691. Final Progress Report: Advancing Patient Identity Management in the Context of Real-World Health Information Exchange (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/grannis-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - patients from across the state of Indiana. … only to determine a patient's healthcare status,but also for clinical effectiveness research, drug safety … registrations for approximately 12 million unique patients. … registrations for approximately 12 million unique patients. … We also studied a public health client registry containing more than 750,000 patient records.

2692. Introduction and Purpose | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2018 - Patient Self-Management Support Programs: An Evaluation Introduction and Purpose Previous … Page Next Page Table of Contents Patient Self-Management Support Programs: An Evaluation Acknowledgments … Patients with chronic illnesses such as asthma, cardiovascular disease, depression, diabetes, heart failure … room) that result from poor management of chronic conditions and to improve long-term outcomes for patients … insurers, employers, public providers, and payers such as Medicaid to improve the quality of care for patients

2693. Nutritional Research Series: Volume 5: Comparison of Translational Patterns in Two Nutrient–Disease Associations (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/evidence-based-reports/nutrtp5.pdf
      October 01, 2011 - , as part of a congressional mandate to review the current scientific evidence on the efficacy and safety … It is likely that most RCTs are conceived and designed at least a year before randomizing the first patient … For both examples, at least two RCTs enrolled their first patient before or on the same calendar year … Vitamin E supplementation and cardiovascular events in high-risk patients. … The majority included predominantly male patients with mean ages in the early 60s.

2694. Acknowledgments | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2018 - Patient Self-Management Support Programs: An Evaluation Acknowledgments Previous Page Next … Page Table of Contents Patient Self-Management Support Programs: An Evaluation Acknowledgments … McDarby Senior Health Services Analyst Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Hope Sasek, RN Manager of Patient-Centered … Medical Director Care Coordination Program Geisinger Health Plan David Sobel, MD Medical Director of Patient

2695. Screening for Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis, Evidence Synthesis, No. 50 (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/prevent/pdfser/cas/cases.pdf
      December 01, 2007 - , or were studies of patient populations at extremely high risk. … Carotid endarterectomy in Oklahoma Medicare beneficiaries: patient characteristics and outcomes. … Safety and efficacy of endovascular treatment of carotid artery stenosis compared with carotid endarterectomy … with positive test go to surgery; 6) Perioperative stroke or death rate with CEA (whether patient … is TP or FP) = 3.1% (as in ACST); 7) Perioperative non-fatal MI rate with CEA (whether patient is TP

2696. Part 4: Health Care of Residents of the U.S.-Mexico Border (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/hispanichealth/part4-comm.html
      March 01, 2020 - Hispanic Health Care Acknowledgments Health Care For Hispanics National Quality Strategy Priorities: Patient … Safety National Quality Strategy Priority: Healthy Living Part 1: Overviews of the Report and the

2697. Step 3: Build the Stakeholder Group Structure | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/implementation-guides/implementation-guide1/impguide1step3.html
      March 01, 2019 - AHRQ’s Guide to Patient and Family Engagement in Hospital Quality and Safety .

2698. Exhibit 1. Preliminary Conceptual Framework | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ptfamilyscan/ptfamilyex1.html
      July 01, 2018 - Guide to Patient and Family Engagement Exhibit 1. … Preliminary Conceptual Framework Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Guide to Patient

2699. Next Steps | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ptfamilyscan/ptfamily6.html
      July 01, 2018 - Guide to Patient and Family Engagement Next Steps Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents … Guide to Patient and Family Engagement Executive Summary Introduction Methods Findings … Inclusion of "paired" guidance for patients and families and hospitals and health professionals. … The materials that come closest to meeting all criteria are those related to Component 2, the patient … materials and testing of preliminary tools will uncover additional facilitators or barriers to engaging patients

2700. Figure 1. Chain of Self-management Support Effect | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2018 - Patient Self-Management Support Programs: An Evaluation Figure 1. … Chain of Self-management Support Effect Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Patient