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1. Best Practices for Identifying and Managing Deconditioning in Nursing Home Residents (pdf file)
   preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nursing-home/best-practices-managing-deconditioning.pdf
   May 01, 2022 - in Nursing Home Residents Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, many nursing home residents had less physical … Deconditioning is the process of physical and mental decline after a period of prolonged inactivity.1 … Some physical, cognitive, and psychological decline associated with deconditioning can be improved. … Physical therapy focuses on a person’s ability to move their body. … Using function-focused care to increase physical activity among older adults.

2. 2023 HCBS CAHPS Survey Database Executive Summary (pdf file)
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   January 01, 2023 - 664 Older Adult Program respondents 330 Acquired Brain Injury Program respondents 288 Physical … 41 Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Program respondents Highest-Scoring Measure Physical

3. Step Up App Challenge: Advancing Care Through Patient Assessments | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   January 01, 2022 - process of collecting, interpreting, aggregating, and sharing patient-centered outcomes data related to physical … PRO tools look beyond the clinical data to assess how a patient thinks about his or her physical, mental … AHRQ provided a copy of the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS®) physical … were required to showcase a patient-facing app created using the technical specifications and PROMIS® physical … Institute, EMF Consulting, and digital health company PerkHealth, Prism enables patients to complete physical

4. Final Topic Refinement Document - Therapeutic Options for Obesity in the Medicare Population (pdf file)
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   May 22, 2014 - inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity (SGA) by reason of any medically determinable physical … The lifestyle interventions comprise of caloric restriction, physical activity and behavioral modifications … The comprehensive lifestyle approach combines monitoring caloric intake and increasing physical activity … Physical activity also contributes to weight loss, decreases abdominal fat, and improves cardiorespiratory … targets strategies to treat obesity in older persons and states that weight-loss therapy improves physical

5. Issue Brief 9: Improved Diagnostic Accuracy Through Probability-Based Diagnosis (pdf file)
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   September 01, 2022 - ” ■ Step 2: Adjustment based on history and physical exam. … The clinician performs a history and physical examination, each element of which informs adjustment … This step requires knowledge of the impact of each history and physical exam finding on probability … and physical examination data. … evidence of the sensitivity and specificity of clinical features and physical examination findings,

6. Best Practices to Help Nursing Home Residents and their Families to Reduce the Impact of Social Isolation (pdf file)
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   May 01, 2022 - precautions were necessary to prevent the spread of the virus, prolonged social isolation contributed to physical … Some nursing homes have found ways to encourage residents to stay connected to others, even when physical … and includes details about core principles of infection prevention such as hand hygiene, masking, and physical

7. Network of Patient Safety Databases Falls Chartbook, 2023 (pdf file)
   preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/npsd/data/npsd-falls-chartbook-2023.pdf
   January 01, 2023 - Injuries were divided into three groups: No Injury where the incident did not result in physical injury … , Injury where the patient fall resulted in physical injury, and Unknown where presence of physical … The percentage of falls where presence of physical injury could not be determined increased across … injury, Injury where the patient fall resulted in physical injury, and Unknown where presence of physical … Note: 445 falls were not indicated as injuries by DE201 (“Did the patient sustain a physical injury as

8. Best Practices for Promoting Emotional Well-Being in Nursing Home Residents (pdf file)
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   March 01, 2022 - staff can also request an assessment from the on-call physician to determine whether an underlying physical … transmission risk wherever possible, such as through vaccination, distancing, masking, and use of physical

9. Recovering After Hip Fracture Surgery (pdf file)
   preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/booklets/hip-fracture-booklet.pdf
   November 01, 2023 - ■ Many people start physical therapy the day of surgery. … ■ If your job involves heavy, physical work, like lifting, talk to your surgeon. … If you have questions or concerns, ask your surgeon or physical therapist. … F You may start physical therapy the day of surgery. … At Home F Walk and do your physical therapy exercises.

10. Developmental Disabilities PBRN | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 07, 2013 - Developmental delays, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism* Functional limitations and physical … Population health Current or Past Research Interests Comments : Other: co-morbid mental & physical

11. About SDOH in Healthcare | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2020 - Physical infrastructure (e.g., housing, transportation, workplace safety, food availability, parks and … Physical environment (e.g., lead paint).

12. Medication Reconciliation Intervention Reduces Drug Discrepancies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2023 - Feedback Sought on Federal Effort To End Hunger, Increase Healthy Eating and Physical Activity . … Feedback Sought on Federal Effort To End Hunger, Increase Healthy Eating and Physical Activity A new … Nutrition, and Health (PDF, 776 KB), which targets ending end hunger and increasing healthy eating and physical

13. Applying Human Factors to Make it Easier for Clinicians to Do Their Jobs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2022 - Working with cross-disciplinary input by researchers, clinicians, and patients, the team is evaluating physical … The project also will identify and share examples of positive uses of physical space that improve patients … about their pain level, how it varies over time, and offers access to non-drug alternatives, such as physical

14. Final Progress Report: Improving Medication Safety in Nursing Home Dementia Care (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2024 - The 1987 Nursing Home Reform Act (OBRA-87) sought to reduce both physical restraint and antipsychotic … residents (OR = 0.796 per 10-year age increment); and much higher, as expected, for residents with physical … Use of physical restraints declined from 41% in the early 1990s18,19 to current rates of less than … 3%.13 As with reducing antipsychotic use, reducing reliance on physical restraints required deployment … Risk factors for physical restraint use in nursing homes: The impact of the Nursing Home Reform Act

15. 2022 Updated Results for the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture™ (SOPS®) Workplace Safety Supplemental Items for Hospitals (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2022 - transfer, or lift patients. 3 0.83 Addressing Workplace Aggression From Patients or Visitors Physical … Subtotal 499 4% Other Clinical Position Dietitian 48 <1% Pharmacist, Pharmacy Technician 432 4% Physical … including NICU, PICU) 246 2% Psychiatry, Behavioral Health 320 3% Pulmonology 10 <1% Rehabilitation, Physical … Labor & Deliv/OB Oncology/ Hematology Peds, NICU, PICU Psych/ Behavioral Health Rehab/ Physical … Labor & Deliv/OB Oncology/ Hematology Peds, NICU, PICU Psych/ Behavioral Health Rehab/ Physical

16. SOPS Community Pharmacy Survey Items and Composites (pdf file)
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    June 19, 2018 - Physical Space and Environment (Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Neither Agree nor Disagree, Agree, Strongly … The physical layout of this pharmacy supports good workflow. … Physical Space and Environment 2. Teamwork 3. Staff Training and Skills 4.

17. AHRQ Public Access Policy | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2022 - research contracts to include a DMP for managing, storing and disseminating the primary data, samples, physical … research contracts to include a DMP for managing, storing and disseminating the primary data, samples, physical

18. 3. Which fall prevention practices do you want to use? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2013 - Nurses, physicians, pharmacists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, patients, and families … Depending on the severity of the mobility deficit, these patients can be handled through physical or … These patients should be seen by a physical or occupational therapist. … Physical therapist or nurse shows patient how to use mobility aid. … Floor has a dedicated physical therapist.

19. Online Training Enables Primary Care Providers in Rural New Mexico to Prescribe Medication for Opioid Use Disorders | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2023 - Chris Alliman, M.D., the physical medicine director at an Albuquerque substance abuse treatment center … He is now the physical medicine director at an Albuquerque substance abuse treatment center.

20. AHRQ Toolkit Helped Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital Reduce Patient Falls by 21 Percent | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2018 - Fall prevention involves managing a patient's underlying fall risk factors and optimizing a hospital's physical … Surveillance of the physical environment is also important, noted Terasa Farlin, R.N., the hospital’s