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8141. TAKEHeart | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      TAKEHeart About TAKEheart TAKEheart is an AHRQ initiative to help hospitals increase patient participation in cardiac rehabilitation (CR). Training Curriculum & Resources…

8142. Improving Customer Service and Access in a Surgical Practice (pdf file)
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      October 01, 2011 - Improving Customer Service and Access in a Surgical Practice WORKING P A P E R Improving Customer Service and Access in a Surgical Practice A Case Study of a Successful Quality Improvement Intervention Denise D. Quigley, Shelley H. Wiseman, and Donna O. Farley WR-848-AHRQ August 2011 Prepared for th…

8143. North Carolina Physicians Use AHRQ Materials to Boost Communication with Patients | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2015 - North Carolina Physicians Use AHRQ Materials to Boost Communication with Patients Search All Impact Case Studies December 2015 G and G Healthcare P.C., a four-office primary care practice based in Whiteville, North Carolina, uses AHRQ’s " Questions Are the Answer " educational materials to improve communica…

8144. Weighted Summary Statistics: PUF Commercial Outpatient File (Version 2) (pdf file)
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      September 26, 2023 - Weighted Summary Statistics: PUF Commercial Outpatient File (Version 2) 15:39 Tuesday, September 26, 2023 1 Weighted Summary Statistics: PUF Commercial Outpatient File Variable Variable Label Count of Non-missing Values (Unweighted) Count of Missing Values (Unweighted) Minimum Maximum Mean Standard Deviat…

8145. About CUSP: A Nurse's Perspective | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2018 - About CUSP: A Nurse's Perspective A story of CUSP success in the hospital setting. A nurse's perspective on the CUSP program's success in reducing infections. Read the Impact Case Study . Nurse Discusses the Power of CUSP to Make Care Safer [3 min., 41 sec.] YouTube embedded video: https://www.youtube-…

8146. About CUSP: Overview | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2018 - About CUSP: Overview A story of CUSP success in the hospital setting. An overview of the CUSP program's success in reducing infections. About CUSP: Overview [3 min., 24 sec.] YouTube embedded video: https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/hx_qzozHM-I

8147. Tool: OR Briefing and Debriefing Audit Tool (doc file)
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      December 01, 2017 - Tool: OR Briefing and Debriefing Audit Tool AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery Operating Room Briefing and Debriefing Audit Tool Introduction Problem Statement One of the strongest determinants of safety culture is whether local and hospital leadership respond to staff patient safety concerns. Frontline providers unde…

8148. Preparing a Questionnaire Using the CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2021 - Preparing a Questionnaire Using the CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey Updated April 2021 Guidelines for Using the CAHPS® Clinician & Group Survey Introduction ............................................................................................ 1 Section 1: Preparing a Questionnaire Using the CAHPS C…

8149. Recently Funded Dissertation Grants | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2014 - Recently Funded Dissertation Grants List of recently funded dissertation grants. Principal Investigator Grant Number Institution Title Anticipated Completion Bender, Annah R36 HS22818-01 Washington University, St. Louis Rural Primary Health Care Providers Response to Intimate…

8150. Putting Evidence Into Practice: Articles from "Health Affairs" | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2014 - Putting Evidence Into Practice: Articles from "Health Affairs" Fact sheet on outcomes research by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Outcomes research is defined, and the fact sheet discusses what outcomes information is used for as well as how to measure outcomes This edition of …

8151. Diagnosis and Management of Febrile Infants | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      August 01, 2018 - Diagnosis and Management of Febrile Infants Topic page summarizing review the evidence for diagnostic accuracy of screening for bacterial illness and herpes simplex virus infection in febrile infants 3 months or younger. March 2012 The febrile infant is a common clinical problem that account…

8152. Updating Systematic Reviews | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2018 - Updating Systematic Reviews Background: Systematic reviews are often advocated as the best source of evidence to guide both clinical decisions and healthcare policy, yet we know very little about the extent to which they require updating. Objectives: To estimate the average time to changes in evidenc…

8153. Meta-regression Approaches | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2014 - Meta-regression Approaches Full Title: Meta-regression Approaches: What, Why, When, and How? Objective: The broad objective of this report is to compare and contrast via simulation five meta-regression approaches that model the heterogeneity among study treatment effects: fixed effects with a…

8154. Call for Public Review | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2021 - Call for Public Review Technology Assessment for Public Comment The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) Technology Assessment (TA) Program develops systematic reviews, health technology assessments, and other reports at the request of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Coverag…

8155. Adverse Events | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2018 - Adverse Events Structured Abstract Full Title: Empirical Evaluation of the Association Between Methodological Shortcomings and Estimates of Adverse Events Objective: Accurate harms data are necessary to appropriately assess the balance between benefits and harms of interventions. Numerous deficiencies in t…

8156. Nutritional Research Series | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2018 - Nutritional Research Series Full Title: Advancing the Role of Systematic Reviews in Nutrition Research and Applications The medical and clinical communities have effectively used systematic reviews to develop clinical and public health practice guidelines, set research agendas, and develop scientific consensu…

8157. Allocation of Scarce Resources During MCEs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/evidence-based-reports/er207-abstract.html
      October 01, 2014 - Allocation of Scarce Resources During MCEs Full Title: Allocation of Scarce Resources During Mass Casualty Events Topic page summarizing evidence report on allocation of scarce resources during mass casualty events (MCEs). June 2012 This report reviews the evidence regarding allocation of scarce medical r…

8158. Figure 2: CQG Series Analytic Framework to Summarize Applicable Areas for Each Topic | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2014 - Figure 2: CQG Series Analytic Framework to Summarize Applicable Areas for Each Topic Closing the Quality Gap: Revisiting the State of the Science Overview of new series of evidence reports on quality improvement strategies. Return to Document

8159. Figure 1: Analytic Sequence of Series Key Questions for Topic Scope Development | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2014 - Figure 1: Analytic Sequence of Series Key Questions for Topic Scope Development Closing the Quality Gap: Revisiting the State of the Science Overview of new series of evidence reports on quality improvement strategies. Return to Document

8160. Vol 6: Concordance Between the Findings of Epidemiological Studies and Randomized Trials in Nutrition: An Empirical Evaluation and Analysis | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2018 - Vol 6: Concordance Between the Findings of Epidemiological Studies and Randomized Trials in Nutrition: An Empirical Evaluation and Analysis Structured Abstract Full Title: Nutritional Research Series: Advancing the Role of Evidence-based Reviews in Nutrition Research and Applications To facilitate a better …