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  1. Nursing Home SOPS Translation Information | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/sops/international/nursing-home/translators.html
    October 01, 2014 - Information This document provides information about the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Prepared by Westat under contract number HHSA 290200710024C for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Patient safety is a critical component of health care quality.

  2. Serological Screening for Genital Herpes: A Reaffirmation Evidence Update for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/XW6XUe2wRmkM-6Rrbn_462
    February 01, 2023 - Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2023. … Assessments of Study Quality Appendix E. … A single study met all our eligibility criteria except for study quality, which was rated as poor quality … , and the details of its quality assessment appear in Appendix D Tables 1 and 2. … Significant effects on their quality of life d. Social and sexual dysfunction e.

  3. Smoking-Pregnancy-Infants Research-Protocol (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/smoking-pregnancy-infants_research-protocol.pdf
    March 11, 2013 - We will also extract key data and study quality elements for each study. … We will retain poor-quality studies as part of the evidence base. E. … Quality of measurement of smoking status by self-report and saliva cotinine among pregnant women. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; April 2012. … Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) for assessing the quality of nonrandomised studies in meta-analyses.

  4. Timeframe for Application Preparation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    October 01, 2014 - Timeframe for Application Preparation This guide is intended to help you plan the timing of preparation of your grant application. Give yourself plenty of time to write the application—at least three to six months. This guide is intended to help you plan the timing of preparation of your grant application. Gi…

  5. Appendix: State Overviews (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    October 01, 2014 - collaboration in members' disease management, and delivery of key clinical interventions that help improve quality … its managed care program in response to a legislative mandate and State concerns about the cost and quality … Virginia also has contracted with an External Quality Review Organization, Michigan Peer Review Organization … addition to monthly and quarterly reports, the vendor submits an annual report containing results of the quality

  6. Developing a Community-Wide Electronic Shared Medication List (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol4/Advances-Stock_113.pdf
    June 15, 2005 - Based on their interest in improving medication safety and experience in quality improvement projects … A medication safety quality improvement team—involving providers, nurses, administration, pharmacy, … An experienced outside consultant was hired to query the Agency for Healthcare research and Quality … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2003. 12. Sexton JB, Thomas EJ. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2003. 13. Mahoney E.

  7. Screening for Intimate Partner Violence, Elder Abuse, and Abuse of Vulnerable Adults: USPSTF Final Recommendation Statement (pdf file)

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    June 11, 2018 - Evidence is lacking, of poor quality, or conflicting, and the balance of benefits and harms cannot be … High-quality RCTs are also needed on the effectiveness (benefits and harms) of screening and interventions … The review identified 1 fair-quality study assessing the accu- racy of screening for abuse in the primary … Five good- or fair-quality RCTs assessing IPV interventions re- ported on harms. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2018.

  8. Disposition of Comments for Technical Brief 29 Women Living With HIV-AIDS (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/women-hiv_disposition-comments.pdf
    November 21, 2016 - Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; November 2016. … its contents, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Since technical briefs are explicitly not charged with judging the quality of works assessed it is … While the authors are not charged with gauging quality they could point out challenges. … Recommendations should more explicitly add the need for better quality demographic information, as

  9. Disposition of Comments Report for Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment and Prevention (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/pressure-ulcer-prevention_disposition-comments.pdf
    May 08, 2013 - Peer Reviewer #8 Methods 4) Avoid conflation of quality of conduct and quality of reporting. … Also by same token avoid conflating reporting quality with conduct quality (“adequate reporting of dropouts … ” is a reporting quality issue). … NB other undefined quality issues slip in later in Tables e.g., powered, nonpowered The quality criteria … These distinctions (quality; efficacy vs.

  10. Behavioral and Pharmacotherapy Weight Loss Interventions to Prevent Obesity-Related Morbidity and Mortality in Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/boPWHmzrtxnkkPQAoCNENS
    September 18, 2018 - Each study was given a final quality rating of good, fair, or poor. … Quality: Study was poor quality. … AHRQ had no role in study selection, quality assessment, or synthesis. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2015. 17. … Changes in quality of life and body image after gastric bypass surgery.

  11. Systems Change: Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    December 01, 2012 - of Tobacco-Dependence Interventions Tobacco-Dependence Treatment as Part of Assessing Health are Quality … Cost per Quality-Adjusted-Life-Year Saved and Cost per Quit Numerous analyses have estimated the cost … per Quality-Adjusted-Life-Year (QALY) saved resulting from use of effective tobacco dependence interventions … , 410-411 Return to Contents   Tobacco-Dependence Treatment as a Part of Assessing Health Care Quality … Forum, Ambulatory Quality Alliance), 89 , 412-414 which support smoker identification and treatment

  12. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    June 01, 2022 - HMS is one of 20+ Collaborative Quality Initiatives (CQIs) funded and in partnership with Blue Cross … stakeholders including, but not limited to, organizational leadership (e.g., chief medical officer, chief quality … It is also important to designate a site-specific internal facilitator for all PICC-related quality improvement … https://mi-hms.org/quality-initiatives/peripherally-inserted-central-catheter-picc-use-initiative 8. … Accessed November 17, 2021. https://mi-hms.org/quality- initiatives/midline-use-initiative 13.

  13. Errors and Near Misses: What Health Care Could Learn From Aviation | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/errors-and-near-misses-what-health-care-could-learn-aviation
    September 01, 2006 - Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services … Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services … Washington, DC: Committee on Quality of Health Care in America, Institute of Medicine. … I think the reason the quality of care we deliver is so good is because it is built on the foundation … Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services

  14. CER 220: Disposition of Comments Report for Comparative Effectiveness of Analgesics To Reduce Acute Pain in the Prehospital Setting (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-220-disposition-comments-analgesics-prehospital-setting.pdf
    September 03, 2019 - Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; August 2019. … its contents, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … TEP reviewer #7 Evidence summary This review found an absence of quality data to answer these … The quality of the evidence has been considered and when the research team was unable to estimate an … You point out that the quality of the data are not good.

  15. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/857258/psn-pdf
    November 30, 2023 - Patient Safety and Quality Healthcare. December 2019. Accessed November 29, 2023. … project was funded under contract number 75Q80119C00004 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

  16. Microsoft PowerPoint - Spotlight Case_Anesthesia Error During Cesarean_06.22.2023 - Final.pptx (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/hurried_huddle_0.pdf
    January 01, 2023 - factors.9,10,12 – In contrast, the National Partnership for Maternal Safety and the California Maternal Quality … Palo Alto, CA: California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative, 2018. [Free full text] 14.

  17. Archived: Evidence Summary: Bleeding Risks With Aspirin Use: Aspirin Use to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease and Colorectal Cancer: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-bleeding-risks-with-aspirin-use/aspirin-to-prevent-cardiovascular-disease-and-cancer-april-2016
    April 11, 2016 - Primary Funding Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2015. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2015. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2014. 13. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2015.

  18. Modeling and Analysis of Clinical Care for HIT Improvement - Final Report (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs021233-butler-final-report-2016.pdf
    January 01, 2016 - Quality was defined in terms of adherence to appropriate practice. … Organizational Workflow and Its Impact on Work Quality. In: Hughes RG, editor. … Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses. … Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2008 Apr. Chapter 31. … Improving Usability, Quality and Safety: Key Lessons from Airplane Cockpit Design.

  19. Emergency Department Visits for Injurious Falls among the Elderly, 2006 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb80.pdf
    October 01, 2009 - From HEALTHCARE COST AND UTILIZATION PROJECT Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), HCUP includes the largest all- payer … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.

  20. 4. Observations About the Evaluation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/final-report/section4.html
    October 01, 2015 - National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program: Final Project Report 4. … Evaluation Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality … Like many complex evaluations of grant programs, the 5-year national evaluation of the CHIPRA quality … the evaluation’s purpose was to provide CMS and States with: (1) “insight into how best to implement quality … In particular, 12 States planned to implement a PCMH model to improve quality of care for children in
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