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  1. Physicians’ Roles in Preventing Dental Caries in Preschool Children: A Summary of the Evidence (pdf file)

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/xXX8ZeqpmqtMURtJSfub56
    April 01, 2004 - Hill (RTI-UNC) Evidence-based Practice Center under contract to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … this article should be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … might have reduced or eliminated the incidence of disease and averted substantial interference with quality … The available clinical trials are generally of fair-to-poor quality and typically used convenience samples … The quality of these studies varies, but 3 used random assignment to treatment group, and sample loss

  2. Innovations | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/innovations
    February 26, 2025 - systems, tools, policies, organizational structures or business models implemented to improve or enhance quality … organization developed, implemented, and sustained an innovation that has generated results enhancing quality … (1) Nurse Staffing Ratios (1) Policies and Operations (13) Quality … Improvement Strategies (21) Audit and Feedback (4) Continuous Quality Improvement

  3. Neurological Red Flags: A Missed Stroke after Intermittent Episodes of Dizziness and Headache | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/neurological-red-flags-missed-stroke-after-intermittent-episodes-dizziness-and-headache
    February 08, 2023 - 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 … This traditional “symptom quality” approach to diagnosing patients with isolated dizziness, used for … Symptom Quality Approach to Diagnosis of Acute Dizziness Descriptive term Usual diagnostic implication … System Optimization and Quality Improvement Measures Guidelines In 2023, the Society for Academic Emergency

  4. Clinical Areas | PSNet

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    March 24, 2025 - method of retrospectively analyzing medical records in order to identify errors and adverse events, measure … non-specific symptom pathways for cancer investigation organised, and what are the implications for safety and quality

  5. Emergency Department Visits for Children and Young Adults With Diabetes, 2012 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb203-Emergency-Department-Children-Diabetes.pdf
    January 01, 2016 - expected primary payer are not calculated because available population denominators related to this measure … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Accessed February 17, 2016. 6 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Updated June 2015. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

  6. Microsoft Word - 2008_3.doc (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2008_03.pdf
    January 01, 2008 - Contact Information: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Owens, PhD Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Center for Organization, Delivery and Markets … “Comorbidity measures for use with administrative data”, Medical Care, 36(1):8-27. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, HCUP Fact Book No. 9, Publication No. 07-0007.

  7. Archived: Physical Activity: Behavior Counseling in Primary Care, July 2002 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/physical-activity-behavioral-counseling-primary-care-2002
    July 01, 2002 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … randomized 16 ) and five poor quality trials that addressed whether counseling involving a primary … The six trials of fair to good quality that compared physical activity counseling protocols to usual … (Executive Director, National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality, Boston, MA); Mark S.

  8. Labor and Delivery Unit Safety: Safe Cesarean Section | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/labor-delivery/perinatal-care/modules/strategies/labor-delivery-unit/tool-safe-csection.html
    July 01, 2023 - This might include an existing medical peer review process or review by a perinatal safety or quality … Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research’s Patient Safety Network. … Development of medical checklists for improved quality of patient care.

  9. Pain Management Injection Therapies for Low-back Pain: Topic Refinement (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/ta/topicrefinement/lbpinject-topicref.pdf
    March 03, 2014 - Practice Center: Pacific Northwest Evidence-based Practice Center Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … characteristics predict responsiveness to injection therapies on outcomes related to pain, function, and quality … injection, no injection, surgery or non-surgical therapies on outcomes related to pain, function and quality … Harms  Pain  Function  Quality of life  Opioid use  Health care utilization 2 … remains common in persons 65 years of age and older.3 Low back pain can have major adverse impacts on quality

  10. Mnpoavideotranscript (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/clinicaldata/MNPOAvideotranscript.pdf
    September 24, 2010 - past  two decades, has been developing and applying new methods of measuring and    improving clinical quality … direct pay‐for performance programs and to  guide time‐consuming, expensive efforts to improve clinical quality … Errors in coding may directly affect public reports of your clinical  quality and payments to your practice … If the clinician  caring for this patient wishes to avoid a data quality audit, his progress notes or …  been coding present‐on‐admission for many years, we found a wide  range of scores, indicating that quality

  11. Hemorrhagic Shock after Elective Spine Surgery: Failure to Rescue after Limited Response to Nursing Concerns. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/hemorrhagic-shock-after-elective-spine-surgery-failure-rescue-after-limited-response-nursing
    April 27, 2022 - 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 … Establishing a culture of highly reliable quality care. … project was funded under contract number 75Q80119C00004 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services

  12. A Toolset for E-Prescribing Implementation in Independent Pharmacies (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/e-prescribing-toolset-pharmacy.pdf
    January 01, 2020 - Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. September 2011. … This project was funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), U.S. … , and how do you make changes to improve quality and safety? … Benchmark measures, such as labor costs per prescription or the typical completion time for various … identity-proofing of prescribers by a certified third party (such as a local hospital), and extra security measures

  13. Diagnosing Diagnosis Errors: Lessons from a Multi-institutional Collaborative Project (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/advances/vol2/Schiff.pdf
    January 01, 2005 - focused on diagnosis error, and none of the 20 evidence-based AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators directly measures … Is there a general rule, or are there measures that can be implemented to ensure this is reliably done … A report of the Committee on Quality of Health Care in America, Institute of Medicine. … Section 1: evidence-based quality improvement, principles, and perspectives. … Computer reminders, the quality of care and the nonperfectability of man.

  14. Background Report Final (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/background_report_final.pdf
    September 01, 2011 - Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. May 2011. … costs of up to 60 percent and decrease in design time of up to 40 percent; provides the ability to measure … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, June 2009. … The house of quality. Harv Bus Rev 1988; 66(3):63-73. Herbst PG. … Crossing the quality chasm: a new health system for the 21st century.

  15. Preparing for and Recovering After Colorectal Surgery (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/booklets/colorectal-booklet.pdf
    November 01, 2023 - is for identification only and does not imply endorsement by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … A blood test may be done in the weeks before surgery to measure the nicotine in your blood. … F Measure how much liquid is in the ostomy bag. … F Measure how much liquid is in the ostomy bag.

  16. AHRQ National Web Conference on the Role of Health IT to Improve Care Transitions - Slides (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/care-transitions-slides-092619.pdf
    September 26, 2019 - Wyatt Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality September 26, 2019 … Discuss the use of clinical decision support tools to improve the quality of transitions for adults … often Hispanic and non-English speaking; had non-standard insurance or self-insured, had higher DRG weights … risk for readmission by incorporating patient-specific readmission risk scores from EHR Competing quality … Patient participants • Erie Family Health Centers Funding • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

  17. All-Cause Readmissions Following Hospital Stays for Patients With Malnutrition, 2013 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb218-Malnutrition-Readmissions-2013.pdf
    January 01, 2013 - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. … No more than one readmission is counted within the 30-day period, because the outcome measure assessed … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Discharge weights for national estimates are developed using the target universe of 18 community

  18. Making Healthcare Safer Practices: 9. Reducing Adverse Drug Events in Older Adults (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/ade.pdf
    November 11, 2019 - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Institute of Medicine Committee on Quality of Health Care in A. … Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century. … Physical and mental health summary scales increased from 65.8 to 82.7 (p<0.0001) and 66.2 to 81.1 ( … Institute of Medicine Committee on Quality of Health Care in A.

  19. Crushing Chest Pain: A Missed Opportunity | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/crushing-chest-pain-missed-opportunity
    February 01, 2007 - 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 … Keys to detecting acute aortic dissection are a complete history (identifying the quality, severity, … Quality of history taking in patients with aortic dissection. … Achieving quality in clinical decision making: cognitive strategies and detection of bias.

  20. PA-20-070 Integrating Patient-Reported Outcomes into Routine Primary Care: Monitoring Asthma Between Visits – Final Report (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r18hs026432-03s1-rudin-final-report-2023.pdf
    January 01, 2023 - This project was supported by Grant No. 3R18HS026432-03S1 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … AHRQ Final Progress Report R18 HS26432-03S1 8 Data Sources/Collection and Measures … Toward an asthma patient-reported outcome measure for use in digital remote monitoring. … Toward an asthma patient-reported outcome measure for use in digital remote monitoring.
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