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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/vitamin-d-calcium-falls-bulletin.pdf
January 21, 2025 - Learn more here
This recommendation applies to people who live at home, not in assisted living or nursing … Importantly, this recommendation is not
for people who are taking vitamin D or calcium for other medical … reasons and does not include people diagnosed
with osteoporosis, vitamin D deficiency, or those who … Falls and fractures can happen in people of all ages, but because they become more common as people get … does not prevent falls or fractures in older adults, so we recommend
against these supplements for people
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan36/carotid-artery-stenosis-screening-december-2007
January 23, 2014 - who are at decreased, average, or increased risk of CAS (KQ 2) and for distinguishing among people with … Are externally validated, reliable risk stratification tools available that distinguish people who are … For people with asymptomatic CAS (defined as 60% to 99% stenosis), does the addition of medications ( … to a focused population, such as those with radiation exposure or peripheral vascular disease; people … Studies must follow a cohort of people with asymptomatic CAS (defined as 60%–99% stenosis) to develop
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/ResearchPlanFinal/carotid-artery-stenosis-screening-december-2007
January 23, 2014 - who are at decreased, average, or increased risk of CAS (KQ 2) and for distinguishing among people with … Are externally validated, reliable risk stratification tools available that distinguish people who are … For people with asymptomatic CAS (defined as 60% to 99% stenosis), does the addition of medications ( … to a focused population, such as those with radiation exposure or peripheral vascular disease; people … Studies must follow a cohort of people with asymptomatic CAS (defined as 60%–99% stenosis) to develop
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36325/psn-pdf
October 25, 2006 - The Anatomy of Medical Error: Preventing Harm with
People-Based Patient Safety. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/anatomy-medical-error-preventing-harm-people-based-patient-safety
The authors … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/anatomy-medical-error-preventing-harm-people-based-patient-safety
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37443/psn-pdf
July 14, 2008 - Medication errors in older people with mental health
problems: a review. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-errors-older-people-mental-health-problems-review
This review … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-errors-older-people-mental-health-problems-review
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33814/psn-pdf
September 01, 2016 - First, many of us throughout our
careers have been struggling to expand access to health care for people … It
permits innovation in engaging people to give them information that they have never had before and … That said, I also understand that while I may be very
romantic about that, there are people living in … I also have great respect for patients, and listening to them, we learn that many people appreciate … What is also happening though is that increasingly many people
in these integrated groups, especially
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/hypertensive-disorders-pregnancy-final-rec-bulletin.pdf
September 19, 2023 - Final Recommendation Statement on
Screening for Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
All pregnant people … The Task Force
recommends that all pregnant women and pregnant people of all
genders have their blood … This
recommendation applies to pregnant people without a known
diagnosis of a hypertensive disorder … Additionally, Black, Native
American, and Alaska Native people are much more likely to both have and … “Ensuring all pregnant people have their blood pressure taken is an important first step, but it is not
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33792/psn-pdf
September 01, 2015 - People who have been early adopters are gleaming because
they have never had access like this. … Once it does, we have a tremendous opportunity to help people, even to preempt illness. … Another says
that people have to be protected against bad information or bad choices. … If people want to have their DNA
sequenced, or their 23andMe profile, that is their right. … If we can get 1.3 billion people on
Facebook, why not get millions of people on social media to improve
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/disabilities-quality-improvement-outcomes_disposition-comments.pdf
October 15, 2012 - Quality Improvement Measurement of Outcomes for People With Disabilities
Draft review available for … Quality Improvement
Measurement of Outcomes for People With Disabilities. … Well motivated by AHRQ’s identification of people with
disabilities as a priority population. … Attending to inclusion: people with disabilities and health-care
reform. … Patient populations include people with temporary
disability due to trauma or illness, and people with
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33662/psn-pdf
January 01, 2008 - Sometimes safety improvements are generated when bad things happen to good people. … JD: When I got to Tenet, people would say—and this is my favorite statement about corporate—"People … Those people always had a great reputation, because everyone knew they were there to help. … RW: You talk about the scientific method and people instinctively appreciating that. … At Tenet, the resistance was often from people who hadn't kept up as much with the latest.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33718/psn-pdf
October 01, 2011 - People might be interested in looking at the evidence in different ways. … For many
of the aspects that people think are important when deciding to implement an HIT system, the … started using those measures and reporting on them so that people got a sense of how they worked. … Although people may
have sounded like they were coming at this from different angles initially, as we … Because what's really going to be most interesting to people who are reading
about it is knowing how
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st430/stat430.shtml
February 01, 2014 - Stagnitti, MPA
Highlights
From 2000 to 2010, the number of people in the U.S. civilian … From 2000 to 2010, for people ages 45-64 the total number of people purchasing one or more prescribed … ages 18–44 in the 2000 total population) to 9.8 million people (8.8 percent of the 111.1 million people … ages 45–64 in the 2000 total population) to 13.2 million people (16.2 percent of the 81.5 million people … people age 65 and older in the 2010 total population)—a 71.8 percent increase.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38755/psn-pdf
July 01, 2009 - Review of Patient Safety for Children and Young People. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/review-patient-safety-children-and-young-people
Analyzing research and … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/review-patient-safety-children-and-young-people
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33845/psn-pdf
November 01, 2017 - Understanding what the computer does well, what people do well, how we can study people
and their needs … Our goal is to develop technologies that help people in ways
that they cannot do alone. … For example, people cannot remember things very well. … Many studies have
shown people can hold around seven items in working memory. … There are times when people are hesitant to seek
care.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/workarounds-and-resiliency-front-lines-health-care
August 01, 2009 - "( 12 ) Workarounds also enable people to complete tasks without interrupting other harried staff who … There's a slight misunderstanding when people look at Toyota. … People who are inside health care know that premise is fundamentally flawed. … Some people say, "You can't measure care because every patient is different." … Demand that people start measuring quality.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-david-juurlink-md-phd
May 22, 2017 - , people who are on them for years, not months, at a time. … People sometimes call themselves legitimate pain patients. … So what can we do for those people? Have a difficult conversation. … are people who say that you shouldn't use opioids for chronic pain. … We know that people with a history of substance use disorders, people with histories of childhood trauma
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/opioid-overdose-patient-safety-problem
May 01, 2017 - , people who are on them for years, not months, at a time. … People sometimes call themselves legitimate pain patients. … So what can we do for those people? Have a difficult conversation. … are people who say that you shouldn't use opioids for chronic pain. … We know that people with a history of substance use disorders, people with histories of childhood trauma
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-withsteven-j-spear-dba-ms-ms
August 01, 2009 - These people often find that there are so many disanalogies that the lessons aren't transferable. … There's a slight misunderstanding when people look at Toyota. … People who are inside health care know that premise is fundamentally flawed. … Some people say, "You can't measure care because every patient is different." … Demand that people start measuring quality.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-withpat-croskerry-md-phd
June 01, 2010 - The errors always involved well-intentioned efforts by hard-working people, but these people were working … PC: Just the way that people get set up for errors. … ways of scheduling people in emergency departments. … There are ways of identifying people who are different prototypes. … You know, you have morning people and evening people, and as you get older you tend to become more of
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/getting-patient-safety-personal-story
August 01, 2006 - I'm one of those people who thinks that it's immoral to operate on people and not take care of them afterward … we do have some people problems. … , but in fact there are some "bad" people. … That's exactly what I'm trying to get people to look at. … Because when you're not open and honest with people, you're lying.