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7621. An Organizational Guide to Building Health Services Research Capacity (pdf file)
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      October 01, 2011 - For example, products stemming from health services research serve to enable providers and patients … Background and Purpose of the Guide AHRQ’s mission is to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and … Indicators of a shift in research culture Types of Indicators • Changed performance evaluation system … o Content specific areas (e.g., access, cost and financing of care, quality of care, patient safety … This requires communication to stakeholders, such as providers, patients, and policymakers.

7622. The Literature on Health Care Simulation Education: What Does It Show? | PSNet
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      March 01, 2013 - safety. … The conceptual arguments for patient safety are compelling ( 1 ) and these, together with the empiric … safety competency. … February 14, 2015 Aviation tools to improve patient safety. … safety and outcome?

7623. Archived: Problem Drinking: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      January 01, 1996 - meeting DSM criteria for an active drinking disorder. 48 The reliability of patient report is highly … variable and dependent on the patient, the clinician, and individual circumstances. … National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Traffic safety facts 1993: alcohol. … Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics … Screening for drinking problems by patient self-report: even "safe" levels may indicate a problem.

7624. Chapter 4. Conclusions and Next Steps | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2018 - valuable and important tool for assessing the risks associated with the occurrence of many different patient … safety events in a variety of different health care contexts. … settings, for example through a common patient identifier field. … A toolkit of core fault trees for important safety problems such as medication errors, serious and sentinel … Better methods to track patients across provider sites.

7625. PC CDS Planning, Implementation, and Reporting Checklist (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2024 - Patient-Centered Activities Anticipated costs, risks, and benefits incurred by patients. … Patient-Centered Activities Process to involve patients in PC CDS governance structures. … Engagement trends among patients from patient user data. … to patients (e.g., lifeflow burden, efficiency, usage, and patient/clinician communication). … ☐ Not Applicable ☐ Task Description Changes in clinical (e.g., health outcomes, patient safety)

7626. PC CDS Planning, Implementation, and Reporting Checklist (pdf file)
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      September 01, 2024 - Patient-Centered Activities Anticipated costs, risks, and benefits incurred by patients. … Patient-Centered Activities Process to involve patients in PC CDS governance structures. … Engagement trends among patients from patient user data. … to patients (e.g., lifeflow burden, efficiency, usage, and patient/clinician communication). … ☐ Not Applicable ☐ Task Description Changes in clinical (e.g., health outcomes, patient safety)

7627. Appendix B. Detailed Research Domain Framework Definitions and Classification Rules | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      June 01, 2020 - safety related events (e.g., surgical errors, healthcare-associated infections), and patient experience … Patient Safety. … See also Patient Safety and Definitive Health Outcomes (under HSR/PCR Areas of Interest). … Patient Safety Studies of opioid-related harm in general are not automatically included as patient … Patient safety studies are also prevention studies insofar as they examine how to prevent accidental

7628. Issue Brief 26: Exploration of Foundational Terminology and Paradigms for Improving Diagnosis (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/diagnostic/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-terminology.pdf
      April 01, 2025 - Patient safety concepts were initially developed from industrial safety principles that use a systems … Learning from patients’ experiences related to diagnostic errors is essential for progress in patient … /diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-patient-role.html https://www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety … /diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-patients-source-understanding-dx-error-vol1.html https … ://www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-patients-source-understanding-dx-error-vol2

7629. Decision Support System Design and Implementation for Outpatient Prescribing: The Safety in Prescribing Study (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Feldstein.pdf
      January 01, 2004 - We were unable to identify any studies about outpatient Advances in Patient Safety: Vol. 3 36 … Key committees and decisionmakers in quality management, patient safety, and IT were enlisted during … A Advances in Patient Safety: Vol. 3 44 program ran nightly to find plan members eligible for … Advances in Patient Safety: Vol. 3 46 Figure 3. Alternative medications alert Table 1. … Advances in Patient Safety: Vol. 3 50 27. Soumerai SB, Majumdar SR, Lipton HL.

7630. Screening for Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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      February 25, 2020 - planning, including advance directives; safety planning; legal and financial planning); patient health … Efficacy, safety and tolerability of rivastigmine capsules in patients with probable vascular dementia … The efficacy and safety of donepezil in patients with Alzheimer’s disease: results of a US multicentre … Efficacy and safety of rivastigmine in patients with Alzheimer’s disease: international randomised controlled … Efficacy and safety of galantamine in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease: multicentre

7631. Final Evidence Summary: Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      February 25, 2020 - planning, including advance directives; safety planning; legal and financial planning); patient health … Efficacy, safety and tolerability of rivastigmine capsules in patients with probable vascular dementia … The efficacy and safety of donepezil in patients with Alzheimer’s disease: results of a US multicentre … Efficacy and safety of rivastigmine in patients with Alzheimer’s disease: international randomised controlled … Efficacy and safety of galantamine in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease: multicentre

7632. Venous-Ulcers-Treatment Executive (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2014 - had extensive premarket evaluation and study protocol evaluation; however, premarketing testing for safety … Key Questions Our objective was to systematically review the literature on the effectiveness and safety … by other patients. … had major problems that limited our ability to make firm conclusions about the effectiveness and safety … Efficacy and safety of the freeze-dried cultured human keratinocyte lysate, LyphoDerm 0.9%, in the

7633. Compendium of U.S. Health Systems, 2021, Hospital Linkage File, Technical Documentation (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/chsp/compendium/2021-hospital-linkage-techdoc-rev.pdf
      January 01, 2021 - DSH patient percentage is defined as: DSH Patient Percentage = (Medicare SSI days/total Medicare days … It is a measure of the hospital’s overall caseload of low-income insured patients. … How did safety-net hospitals cope in the 1990s? … Total patient revenue Hospital’s total patient revenue. … Net patient revenue Hospital’s total patient revenue less contractual allowances and discounts on patients

7634. Diabetes Mellitus (pdf file)
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      December 01, 2015 - Investigators observed no new safety concerns for the implant. … Investigators observed no new safety concerns beyond what is known for the GLP-1 receptor agonist class … , two patients underwent operations for band or port complications, and one patient underwent band … The FAME Study consisted of 2 phase III pivotal trials that assessed the product’s safety and efficacy … A study of the safety and efficacy of a new treatment for diabetic macular edema.

7635. Evidence Summary: Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/impaired-visual-acuity-screening-older-adults
      May 24, 2022 - Data Abstraction and Quality Rating One investigator abstracted details about the study design, patient … Pegaptanib sodium for neovascular age-related macular degeneration: two-year safety results of the two … Utility of a patient-response screening question for visual impairment. … the key questions that the review will address to allow the USPSTF to evaluate the effectiveness and safety … = .25 Bilateral visual impairment: 35% vs 47%;  P = .17 Abbreviations: ACCS, Aged Care Client

7636. Medication Use to Reduce Risk of Breast Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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      June 20, 2019 - professional judgment and patient preferences. … Offer or provide this service for selected patients depending on individual circumstances. … PDQ Breast Cancer Prevention (PDQ®)—Patient Version. … Safety and adverse effects associated with raloxifene: multiple outcomes of raloxifene evaluation. … Safety assessment of raloxifene over eight years in a clinical trial setting.

7637. Prescribers-Facilitator-Guide (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/prescribers-facilitator-guide.docx
      June 01, 2021 - AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use 1 Communicating Infectious Concerns With Antibiotic … This, in turn, should help the practitioner develop an informed response regarding changes in patient … State what you think needs to happen for the patient and also suggest a timeframe. … Consider the following case: The microbiology lab must notify the facility whenever a patient has a culture … Effective communication is a key component to ensure resident safety. 2.

7638. Final progress report: Developing Evidence for Safety Surveillance from Device Adverse Event Reports (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2025 - Voluntary reporters include health care professionals, patients, and consumers. … Most of the reports submitted by patients were submitted through regulatory authority. … The most common patient events reported among patients undergoing reoperation was abdominal/pelvic/back … Two- thirds of patients undergoing reoperation reported patient events only. … One fourth of patients reported both patient and device events (Figure 1).

7639. Final Progress Report: Older adult safety while receiving home health services after hospital discharge (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2024 - /caregivers identified more patient safety threats than did home health providers. … Patient Safety in the Home. Institute for Healthcare Improvement;2017. 27. … Real time patient safety audits: improving safety every day. … What practices will most improve safety? Evidence- based medicine meets patient safety. … Human factors systems approach to healthcare quality and patient safety.

7640. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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      September 13, 2012 - Additionally, maintaining moisture balance minimizes patient discomfort before, during, and after dressing … However, there is still a debate about the necessity of performing venous Duplex on every patient with … the standard pain scales o Quality of the wound bed as measured objectively using photographs and patient … The other Coprincipal Investigator is the chair of Scientific and Safety Monitoring for a large phase … all patients have chronic venous ulcers) unless the study presents a subgroup analysis of patients