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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/tobacco-use-in-adults-and-pregnant-women-counseling-and-interventions-september-2015
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 Final Recommendation Statement 
 Tobacco Smoking Cessation in Adults, Including Pregnant Women: Behavioral and Pharmacotherapy Interventions 
 September 21, 2015 
 Rec… 
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/obesity-horizon-scan-high-impact-1512.pdf
December 01, 2015 - Obesity
AHRQ Healthcare Horizon Scanning System – Potential 
High-Impact Interventions Report 
 
Priority Area 10: Obesity 
 
Prepared for:  
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 
5600 Fishers Lane  
Rockville, MD 20857 
www.ahrq.gov  
 
Contract No. HHSA… 
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/home-based-care_research-protocol.pdf
November 19, 2014 - Physical, psychological, and cognitive 
• Mortality 
• Morbidities 
o Examples:  falls, incontinence, pressure … ulcers, depression, delirium, 
dementia with behavioral problems, pain 
• Patient Safety 
o Errors
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-balancing-harms-benefits_research.pdf
February 01, 2014 - Protocol for Quantitative Assessment of Benefit and Harm analysis of Aspirin for primary prevention
Methods Research Report 
 
Evaluation of the Benefits and Harms of Aspirin for 
Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events: A 
Comparison of Quantitative Approaches 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
… 
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/857059/psn-pdf
November 29, 2023 - The Risks of a Malpositioned Gastrostomy Tube and Poor
Communication
November 29, 2023
Hight RA. The Risks of a Malpositioned Gastrostomy Tube and Poor Communication. PSNet [internet].
2023.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/risks-malpositioned-gastrostomy-tube-and-poor-communication
Disclosure of Relevant Financial … 
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/medication-therapy-management-1_research.pdf
July 01, 2012 - Improving Medication Safety in High Risk Medicare Beneficiaries Toolkit
 
Improving Medication Safety 
in High Risk Medicare Beneficiaries Toolkit 
Daniel R. Touchette, Pharm.D., M.A. 
JoAnn Stubbings, R.Ph., M.H.C.A. 
Glen Schumock, Pharm.D., M.B.A. 
Number 38 
July 2012 
ii 
The DEcIDE (Developing Evidence … 
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-11/ridley-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Stage 3 or 4 pressure ulcers acquired after admission to a healthcare facility 0.0
G. … perioperative 
bleed, deep vein thrombosis, fall, nerve injury, organ injury, pneumonia, pneumothorax, pressure … sore, 
sepsis, shock, urinary tract infection, postoperative wound infection, and other.
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/implementation-package-unhealthy-alcohol-use-final.pdf
September 01, 2018 - Implementing Evidence-Based Screening and Counseling for Unhealthy Alcohol-Use With Epic-Based Electronic Health Record Tools: A Guide for Clinics and Health Systems Developed as Part of a Pilot Dissemination Project
Implementing Evidence-Based Screening and 
Counseling for Unhealthy Alcohol Use With Epic-
Based Elec… 
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/alcohol-misuse-drug-therapy_executive.pdf
January 27, 2012 - 1
Comparative Effectiveness Review 
Number 134
Pharmacotherapy for Adults With Alcohol-Use 
Disorders in Outpatient Settings
Executive Summary
Background
Alcohol misuse, or unhealthful alcohol 
use, which includes the full spectrum 
from drinking above recommended 
limits (i.e., risky/hazardous drinking) to 
alcoho… 
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-249-malnutrition-disposition-comments_0_0.pdf
October 13, 2021 - implemented by CMS, although there is 
considerable focus on some of the sequelae of 
malnutrition such as pressure … ulcers, infections, 
30-day readmissions, and mortality, no measure 
considering the role of nutrition
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/chronic-urinary-retention_research.pdf
September 01, 2014 - Chronic Urinary 
Retention: 
Comparative 
Effectiveness and 
Harms of Treatments
Comparative Effectiveness Review
Number 140
Comparative Effectiveness Review 
Number 140 
Chronic Urinary Retention: Comparative Effectiveness 
and Harms of Treatments 
Prepared for: 
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 
U.S. D… 
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/grades-predictive-values_white-paper-2015.pdf
January 01, 2015 - Research White Paper 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Comparison of Effects as Evidence Evolves From 
Single Trials to High-Quality Bodies of Evidence 
 
  
 
Research White Paper 
 
 
Comparison of Effects as Evidence Evolves From 
Single Trials to High-Quality Bodies of Evidence  
 
 
Prepared for:  
Agency for Healthc… 
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/nursing-staff-shortages-rapid-research.pdf
April 01, 2025 - to zero, and hospital-
 
 
16 Making Healthcare Safer IV – Nursing Staff Shortages 
acquired pressure … ulcers decreased from 26 before the staffing change to 22 after the 
staffing change (no statistics
                                     
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs017837-feldman-final-report-2012.pdf
January 01, 2012 - medication management module was not mandatory and other more urgent clinical situations 
(e.g., a worsened pressure … ulcer) with their associated modules may well have taken precedence.
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/feldman-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - medication management module was not mandatory, and other more urgent clinical situations 
(e.g., a worsened pressure … ulcer) with their associated modules may well have taken 
precedence.
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/blike-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Final Progress Report:  Failure To Rescue-Patient Safety Learning Lab (FTR-PSLL)
Title of Project:  Failure to Rescue-Patient Safety Learning Lab (FTR-PSLL)  
Principal Investigator and Team Members:  
Dartmouth-Hitchcock: George Blike, MD, MHCDS, PI; Susan McGrath, PhD, CoI; Todd McKenzie, PhD;
Irina Pearrard, PhD… 
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/gerd_executive.pdf
September 01, 2011 - Layout 1
Background
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is
one of the most common health conditions
affecting Americans. A study of an
employed population in the United States
estimated that more than 11,000 of 267,000
employees (4 percent) suffered from
GERD, contributing an average
incremental cost to the emplo… 
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guidance-topic-refinement_methods.pdf
January 01, 2013 - Pressure 
Ulcer Treatment Strategies: A Comparative 
Effectiveness Review.
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2022qdr-datasources.pdf
December 01, 2022 - Healthcare-associated Infection  
Patients with one or more falls during stay Fall 
Stays with one or more pressure … ulcer adverse events Pressure Ulcer 
Venous thromboembolism/pulmonary embolism (VTE/PE) 
not related
                                     
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/ataglance/HCUPanalysisCA2017Wildfires.pdf
August 19, 2019 - Analysis of Emergency Department Visits During the October 2017 Wildfires in Northern California
Wildfires in Northern California:  
Emergency Department Visits in 2017 
We wish to acknowledge the HCUP Partner organization from the 
California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) 
that contri…