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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/best-practices-integrating-clinical-decision-support-clinical-workflow
January 01, 2023 - The rate of asthma CDS use increased by 9.2 percent in the low intensity group and 7.3 percent in the … For cardiovascular disease prevention, CDS use decreased by 2.3 percent in the low intensity group and … increased by 4.3 percent in the high intensity group; however, the rate of statin prescriptions did
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digital.ahrq.gov/loinc
January 01, 2023 - Of the total codes identified, 80 (2 percent) codes accounted for 80 percent of the results, and 784 … (19 percent) codes account for 99 percent of the results.
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/improving-uptake-and-use-personal-health-records/annual-summary/2012
January 01, 2012 - A response rate of 59 percent was obtained by mailed surveys to adopters of the PHR (PHRA). … In comparison, there was a 42 percent response rate among the nonadopters of the PHR (PHRNA). … PHRA also showed significantly greater preferences for receiving health information via a PHR: 62 percent … of PHRA would prefer to receive preventive care information via a PHR, compared to 32 percent of PHRNA … ; 65 percent of PHRA would prefer receiving patient education materials via a PHR, compared to 29 percent
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/improving-uptake-and-use-personal-health-records/annual-summary/2011
January 01, 2011 - Unlike the telephone surveys, which were stopped because of low response rates, a good response rate (59 percent … In comparison, there was a 42 percent response rate among the non-adopters of the PHR (PHRNA). … PHRA also showed significantly greater preferences for receiving health information via a PHR: 62 percent … of PHRA would prefer to receive preventive care information via a PHR, compared to 32 percent of PHRNA … ; 65 percent of PHRA would prefer receiving patient education materials via a PHR, compared to 29 percent
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digital.ahrq.gov/program-overview/research-stories/decision-precision-increasing-lung-cancer-screening-risk-patients
January 01, 2023 - And while LDCT could reduce lung cancer deaths by about 20 percent, or more than 10,000 lives per year … in the United States, its use is pretty abysmal; less than 10 percent of eligible patients are screened … And in a clinical space, that's considered pretty substantial because we typically see a 5 to 10 percent … So, an over 300 percent increase is quite promising.” - Dr.
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/integration-nlp-based-application-support-medication-management
January 01, 2023 - That project showed that in patients with chronic diseases, 31 percent of the active medications mentioned … mentions found in 163 notes representing 306 unique medications, NotesLink achieved a precision of 70.1 percent … and a recall of 73.7 percent in identifying all medication discrepancies and status. … Fifty-two medication discrepancies were identified, of which 50 percent represented possible true discrepancies
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/quality-oral-health-care-through-health-information-technology/annual-summary/2010
January 01, 2010 - It is estimated that fewer than seven percent of primary care dentists’ patients are Medicaid, compared … to 28.5 percent of pediatric physicians’ patients. … Far fewer dentists than pediatricians participate in Medicaid, with roughly 20 percent of dentists and … 89.5 percent of pediatricians participating. … Now that providers must meet a minimum Medicaid patient volume threshold of 30 percent in order to qualify
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/surveillance-adverse-drug-events-ambulatory-pediatrics
January 01, 2023 - 1,983 patients the automated system detected 156 ADEs with a positive predictive value (PPV) of 21.5 percent … The sensitivity of the automated system was 43 percent with a PPV of 16 percent; while the sensitivity … of the chart review was 86 percent with a PPV of 59 percent.
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/impact-consumer-health-informatics-applications/annual-summary/2009
January 01, 2009 - forty-six articles were included in the CHI review, the majority of which studied educational Web sites (55 percent … proportion of published CHI research focused on computer-generated tailored feedback applications (15 percent … ), personal monitoring devices (8 percent), and interactive computer programs (8 percent). … The majority (58 percent) of CHI applications were designed for use in the patient’s home.
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/using-health-information-technology-improve-health-care-quality-primary-care-va/annual-summary/2010
January 01, 2010 - Only 2.7 percent of Americans have an electronic PHR even as 79 percent report that they believe an online … Only 17-to-24 percent of outpatient clinicians have an EMR, a mere four percent of which are considered … clinician-patient communication and increase the delivery of recommended preventive services by 3-to-12 percent
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/using-health-information-technology-improve-health-care-quality-primary-care-va/annual-summary/2012
January 01, 2012 - clinician-patient communication and increase the delivery of recommended preventive services by 3-to-12 percent … Impact and Findings: Within 6 months, an average of 14.4 percent (ranging from 1.5 to 28.3 percent) … By the end of the study period all six practices had varying rates of utilization ranging from 0.8 percent … over 9 months in one practice to 22.2 percent over 15 months in another.
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/assessing-impact-patient-centered-medical-home-pcmh/annual-summary/2010
January 01, 2010 - patients responded they were “very satisfied or satisfied” with the WellMed staff in 2006, and 96.0 percent … WellMed Medicare bed days are 60 percent lower than in the fee-for-service population; hospital admission … WellMed invests 40 to 50 percent more in the primary care setting than is typical of Medicare (approximately … 10 percent of total spending). … WellMed beneficiaries appear to enjoy mortality reduction of nearly 50 percent compared to an age and
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/using-artificial-intelligence-support-efficient-same-day-diagnostic-imaging
January 01, 2024 - While mammography screenings have led to a 25-40 percent reduction in breast cancer mortality, associated … Ten percent of all screening exams require further diagnostic workup; 95 percent of these are ultimately … States has been an incredibly successful tool for identifying breast cancer and has led to a 25-40 percent … While most screenings reveal normal results, approximately 10 percent of all screenings require a followup … Of women recalled for additional diagnostic exams, roughly 95 percent do not receive a diagnosis of breast
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/patient-centered-virtual-multimedia-interactive-informed-consent-vic
January 01, 2023 - In the intervention arm, 96 percent of patients were able to correctly identify what would happen to … their personal health information while they participated in the research study, as compared to 77 percent … Also, 96 percent of intervention patients were able to identify how to withdraw from the study, versus … 81 percent of control patients.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/SuccessStory072012_Lapane.pdf
June 16, 2021 -
• 48 percent of patients watched the DVDs more than once. …
• 40 percent of patients reported sharing DVDs with family or friends. … Further, among patients who viewed the DVDs and
completed a followup assessment:
• Less than 20 percent … • Even fewer (less than 10 percent) reported asking the doctor
about side effects or telling the … • Less than half (44 percent) of the participants reported telling
their physician if they were
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/risk-based-approach-improving-management-chronic-kidney-disease/annual-summary/2010
January 01, 2010 - Most Recent Self-Reported Quarterly Status (as of December 2010): The project is meeting 80 to 99 percent … were that among 11,760 patients treated by 166 primary care providers (PCPs) across 15 clinics, 66 percent … had hypertension and 29 percent had diabetes. … PCP awareness of CKD was low at 24 percent, and only 10 percent of patients were co-managed with nephrologists
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/trial-decision-support-improve-diabetes-outcomes/annual-summary/2008
January 01, 2008 - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 90 percent of these complications could … associated with DM², but there were borderline improvements in the ADA-8 score, and significant 25 percent … DM² was associated with a 20 percent reduction in hospitalizations (p=0.01), but no significant reductions … Uninsured patients had 49 percent increased odds of poor glycemic control (MOR 1.49, p<0.01) and Medicare … patients had 21 percent decreased odds of poor control (MOR 0.79, p<0.01).
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/evaluation-and-integration-automatic-fall-prediction-system/annual-summary/2010
January 01, 2010 - Twenty (57.2 percent) participants ambulate independently. … Of those who use assistive devices, one (2.9 percent) uses a cane, 12 (34.3 percent) use rolling walkers … , and three (8.6 percent) use wheelchairs. … The relatively even split between the 57 percent fully-ambulatory participants and those using mobility
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/quality-oral-health-care-through-health-information-technology/annual-summary/2011
January 01, 2011 - It is estimated that fewer than 7 percent of primary care dentists' patients are Medicaid, compared to … 28.5 percent of pediatric physicians' patients. … Far fewer dentists (approximately 20 percent) participate in Medicaid than do pediatricians (89.5 percent … Meaningful Use incentive payments, they would need to meet a minimum Medicaid patient volume threshold of 30 percent
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/forging-pathway-for-electronic-prescribing-of-controlled-substances.pdf
March 01, 2014 - Although adoption
and use of e-prescribing has increased significantly in
recent years, from 7 percent … project, conducted by Brandeis University, respon-
dents indicated that EPCS:
• Was easy to use (73 percent … ).
• Improved monitoring of medications in their
practice (59 percent).
• Improved workflow and efficiency … (66 percent).
• Improved coordination with pharmacists
(56 percent).
• Made it easier to identify … diversion or misuse
of medications (43 percent).2
“In our survey of prescribers engaged
in EPCS