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361. Chapter-8 - Diabetes (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2020 - The types of studies were diverse in terms of populations, settings, countries, study design, sample … Populations included individuals with type 1 or 2 diabetes who were admitted to acute care, intensive … However, the study population was small and conducted in a single hospital.5 A study of 552 acute … University Medical Centre in Amsterdam, Netherlands In the total study population, no significant … Study population included all adult inpatients on non-critical care units with electronically reported

362. Measuring the Quality of Physician Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2019 - challenges include: The difficulty of constructing valid measures with data generated from small patient populations … The advantage of constructing scores at the group level is the availability of a larger patient population … ) are more understandable to consumers and can also address small sample sizes (i.e., small patient populations … Peer group comparison can generally be defined by the patient population (e.g., Medicaid beneficiaries

363. CUSP Toolkit Spread Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2012 - Initially, the organization should spread the new process to similar patient populations, shifts, units … put the new process in place then review and tailor it, if necessary, to meet the needs of the new population … The patient population, the process, and the social system and culture of a unit can affect the ease … benefits the majority of patients and then works to identify and incorporate the variability of patient populations … As you develop the spread plan, consider the following: Similar patient populations.

364. Making Healthcare Safer Practices: 16. Venous Thromboembolism (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2020 - In two studies, this was because either the incidence of VTE in the patient population was so low that … above, a further area that may help better determine the efficacy of aspirin in different patient populations … Prevention of venous thromboembolism after arthroscopic knee surgery in a low-risk population with the … As for PE, the overall incidence in the study population was 0.2% (12/ 5,666 patients). … As no cases of VTE were identified in the patient population, the use of aspirin in a low- risk population

365. Challenges in Approaching Diagnostic Safety Unique to Children | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2023 - the risk of missing rare but serious life-limiting illness against a backdrop of a generally healthy population … providers may lack the knowledge, procedural skills, and comfort needed to care for this unique patient population … specialized pediatric care, the rapidly growing subset of children with medical complexity (CMC) represents a population … with considerable diagnostic safety risks. 49,50 This population presents its own potential diagnostic … often have increased variation in care, especially related to diagnostic testing. 54 In addition, this population

366. Going the Extra Mile To Provide Community-based Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2021 - "As a Catholic health care system, we have a commitment to serve vulnerable populations," shares Mrs. … "We’re proud to serve a diverse patient population and provide the outreach van as a community benefit … Janet Eddy, the clinic’s medical director, has spent almost 30 years working with underinsured populations

367. Strategies for Improving Patient Experience with Ambulatory Care: Internet Access for Health Information and Advice (pdf file)
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     July 07, 2017 - obstacle for some organizations is that they are not certain that this strategy makes sense for the populations … (often referred to as the “digital divide”) have decreased in recent years, there are still some populations … The Ever-Shifting Internet Population: A new look at Internet access and the digital divide, Apr 16, … Available at http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2003/The-EverShifting-Internet- Population-A-new-look-at-Internet-access-and-the-digital-divide.aspx … http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2003/The-EverShifting-Internet-Population-A-new-look-at-Internet-access-and-the-digital-divide.aspx

368. Electronic Student Health Questionnaire (eSHQ) enhances risk assessment for adolescents | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2015 - These reports allowed comparisons across SBHCs within a State and across the two States to help improve population … it hard to track whether students’ risks have been addressed, both on an individual basis and at the population … These reports gave SBHCs a profile of risk for their entire population, which enabled them to act on … They were also implemented in schools that served predominantly White student populations as well as … those with predominantly Hispanic/Latino populations.

369. Data Evaluation of All-Payer Claims Databases | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2017 - These numbers were compared with State populations obtained from the U.S. … submission. ii It was observed in one case that the total number of unique individuals could exceed the population … releases or clarifications, these analyses showed reasonable numbers of unique patients relative to State populations … encounters for a single patient, such as the total number of prescriptions of a class of medication per population … team did not evaluate whether the location of service was populated for most provider claims or if the population

370. Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®) 2022 Virtual Research Meeting Summary: Assessing Patient Experience for Insights into Enhancing Equity in Healthcare (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2022 - Disparities and Opportunities to Learn More 12 Session 2: Improving the Participation of Diverse Populations … minorities, people with disabilities, among others, but there are gaps in our understanding of different population … and address under-representation of minority populations. … Improving the Participation of Diverse Populations in Patient Experience Surveys Marc Elliott, Ph.D., … racial and ethnic groups to ensure that patient experience survey results represent the surveyed population

371. Chapter-6 - Carbapenem-Resistant-Enterobacteriaceae (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2020 - Ben-David et al., 201913 • Population-tailored contact precautions • Staff education • Active … studies like this are needed to assess risk factors for increased carriage in a variety of settings and populations … Author, Year Description of Patient Safety Practice Setting(s) Population(s) Summary of SR … varied in terms of policies from institution to institution, depending on definitions of high- risk populations … Researchers stated that targeted screening of populations and units expected to be at high risk for

372. Strategic Plan | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2018 - Strategic Plan: Children as a Priority Population —AHRQ's Strategic Plan goals and objectives for including … children in research as a priority population.

373. Healthcare Research and Quality Act of 1999 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2014 - (c) REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO RURAL AND INNER-CITY AREAS AND PRIORITY POPULATIONS- (1) RESEARCH, EVALUATIONS … in inner-city areas, and in rural areas (including frontier areas); and (B) health care for priority populations … in the overall portfolio of research conducted and supported by the Agency. (3) OFFICE OF PRIORITY POPULATIONS … - The Director shall establish an Office of Priority Populations to assist in carrying out the requirements … commitment, amongst applicants for training funds, to addressing health care needs of the priority populations

374. IQI, PSI, and PDI RATES GENERATED BY THE AHRQ SAS PROGRAMS Guidance for Using the SAS Programs and an Example of Output for One Hospital (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2016 - Identify populations at risk. 3. Calculate observed (raw) indicator rates. 4. … This is the population file, POPFILE (pop95t14.txt), which is located in a compressed folder (1995-2014 … Population Files.zip) on the AHRQ QI Web site: http://www.qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/software/. … first contains the number of events or numerator for each of the indicators, the second displays the population … values reported on each line are the minimum, maximum, mean, and sum for each measure (numerator, population

375. | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2008 - medical facilities and services and variation in rates of disease occurrence and disabilities between population … defined by socioeconomic characteristics such as age, ethnicity, economic resources, or gender and populations … These AHRQ resources can help improve gaps and mitigate social determinants of health among priority populations

376. Strategy 6K: Cultivating Cultural Competence | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/communication/strategy6kculturalcompetence.html
     March 01, 2020 - The Problem Approximately 21 percent of the U.S. population speaks another language at home, and about … required by law to collect information on the race, ethnicity, and language needs of the individuals and populations … focused on giving physicians a clear understanding of the social, cultural, and economic barriers this population … also develop written educational materials tailored to the cultural and linguistic needs of the target population … health care organizations can ensure effective, patient-centered communication with people from diverse populations

377. Emergency Visits for Opioid Use Rose White Treatment for Illicit Drug Use Remained Unchanged (pdf file)
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     August 11, 2021 - grew from 2005 to 2017, with the overall rate of ED visits increasing from 89.1 to 249.1 per 100,000 population … Emergency department visits related to opioid use per 100,000 population, by patient’s location of … use were greater for patients residing in large central metropolitan counties (268.6 per 100,000 population … ) and medium metropolitan counties (274.1 per 100,000 population) compared with large fringe metropolitan … counties (210.3 per 100,000 population)

378. Conclusion and Future Directions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2017 - Specifically, mental health and pediatric care are areas where APCD data can uniquely contribute to population … With ongoing efforts, APCDs remain the most comprehensive source of data for monitoring population health … and health care across the full system, assessing interventions aimed at improving population health

379. Appendix F. | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2014 - Immunization Status SNAC members noted that this measure affects a large portion of the Medicaid population … Status for Adolescents SNAC members noted that this measure affects a large portion of the Medicaid population … Medicaid, and the measure shows room for improvement, particularly when compared to the commercial population … visit measures, this measure shows room for improvement, particularly when compared to the commercial population … measure’s validity more than the validity of the other well-care visit measures, either because this population

380. Chartbook on Healthy Living: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2018 - measure with a disparity at baseline, average annual percentage changes were calculated for select populations … of Healthy Living This chartbook tracks measures of Healthy Living through 2013, overall and for populations … ) and 2013 (749 per 100,000 population). … ) compared with children in the first (1,569 per 100,000 population), second (890 per 100,000 population … ), and third quartiles (744 per 100,000 population).