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4541. Section 1: Product Development | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2025 - Contractors and program staff should not create licensing agreements without AHRQ's attorney. … Explorations in Quality Assessment and Monitoring: The Definition of Quality and Approaches to Its Assessment … The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality publishes this report annually. … of life, except when used as an adjective (quality-of-life outcomes). … Capitalize offices and officers related to AHRQ programs when used as titles: e.g., John Doe, Project

4542. Archived: Diabetes Mellitus (Type 2) in Adults: Screening, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      February 04, 2003 - The report of the Adult Treatment Panel III of the National Cholesterol Education Program recommends … Intensive programs of lifestyle modification (diet, exercise, and behavior) should also be considered … (Senior Scientist and Senior Program Officer, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, NJ);   * … Diabetes Prevention Program Research Group. … Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly Program Cooperative Research Group.

4543. Archived: Final Research Plan: Lipid Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      January 15, 2015 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … : RCTs, CCTs, cohort studies, systematic reviews, registry studies, long-term trial followup, high-quality … : RCTs, CCTs, cohort studies, systematic reviews, registry studies, long-term trial followup, high-quality … hypercholesterolemia Diseases KQs 5–8: Dyslipidemia, as defined by the National Cholesterol Education Program … case-control studies All KQs: Studies rated as poor quality KQs 1–3, 5, 6, 8: Qualitative

4544. Recommendation: Weight Loss to Prevent Obesity-Related Morbidity and Mortality in Adults: Behavioral Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      September 18, 2018 - of weight and provided tools to support weight loss or weight loss maintenance (eg, pedometers, food scales … while other trials provided referral and free access to commercially available group-based weight loss programs … In the good-quality Diabetes Prevention Program trial (n = 1295), the estimated cumulative incidence … of life outcomes. 1 Many trials showed improvement in obesity-specific quality of life measures among … Fifteen trials were good quality and 15 trials were fair quality.

4545. User Guide: Clinical Classifications Software Refined (CCSR) (pdf file)
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      September 01, 2019 - SOFTWARE REFINED (CCSR) VERSION 2019.1 Issued September 2019 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … User Guide ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This work was funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … extensively reviewed the CCSR at each stage of its development using the HCUP State databases for quality … into mutually exclusive groups • Obtaining statistics on discharge-level or record-level outcomes or measures … The programs assume that the input file will have one record per encounter (inpatient stay, emergency

4546. Observation Status Related to U (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2010 - Information: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … , and ambulatory surgery data; • Reimbursement incentives under Medicare and under State Medicaid programs … , and ambulatory surgery data; • Reimbursement incentives under Medicare and under State Medicaid programs … by Source of Referral and Departure Destination, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Fiscal Year 1998 Measure

4547. New Dashboard Tracks Progress Toward 50 Percent Reduction in Patient and Workforce Harm | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2024 - Issue Number 941 AHRQ News Now is a weekly newsletter that highlights agency research and program … "It is not the fault of the health care team - it is the way the system works": a mixed-methods quality … Collaborative , a community of diverse stakeholders organized and funded by AHRQ’s Digital Healthcare Research Program … This service is provided to you at no charge by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ

4548. Patient Safety in Home Dialysis | PSNet
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      April 28, 2021 - JAM : Exactly; they all have an in-center program, which is what most conventional programs are, and … based on their programs. … JAM : You'll see different practices from different programs: all still ensure safety and quality. … Home dialysis programs have quality benchmarks, such as peritonitis rate, hospitalizations, morbidity … We also need to think about home programs and the things that a home program provides.

4549. A Stroke of Error | PSNet
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      February 01, 2016 - 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 … care in the United States.( 14 ) Various state-based agencies, the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program … Barrett, MD, MSc Consultant Associate Professor of Neurology Director, Neurohospitalist Fellowship Program … Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services

4550. Primary Care–Relevant Interventions for Tobacco and Nicotine Use Prevention and Cessation in Children and Adolescents: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2011 - Two investigators independently assessed study quality. … MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Tobacco use initiation; tobacco use cessation; health outcomes; harms. … 7.4) 994/10 817 (9.2)Total Heterogeneity: I2 = 14.9%, P = .30 0.82 (0.73-0.92) Box sizes represent weights … Influence of a family program on adolescent smoking and drinking prevalence. … The influence of a family program on adolescent tobacco and alcohol use.

4551. Designing & Delivering Whole-Person Transitional Care The Hospital Guide to Reducing Medicaid Readmissions Webinar 6
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      April 02, 2025 - services for high-risk patients Give examples of how transitional care services and high utilizer programs … 14 15 16 Improving Care for High Utilizers 17 Principles to Guide High Utilizer Programs … Brevity: No more than 1 page; the essential summary information in a way that saves time and promotes quality

4552. NASHP Environmental Scan 3-1 to TR v2.xls (pdf file)
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      December 01, 2010 - Well- Being, Health Behaviors, Health Status Indicators- Disease Prevalence and Premature Death; Quality … and includes case studies on grantee programs. 2009 Health Care Disparities Report for Minnesota … Health Care Programs (2009) http://tinyurl.com/ 4ulxp9f Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, Breast Cancer … Infants and Children; Adolescents, Adults, Seniors; Barriers to Health Care Access; Affordability; Quality … state to identify solutions for the barriers to health care access, affordability of health care, quality

4553. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2020 - (RED) program. … Development of an instrument to measure seniors' patient safety health beliefs: the Seniors Empowerment … Improving quality of health care through pay-for-performance programs. … Programs, tools, and products . AHRQ Publication No. 05-0021-4, pp. 223-35. … A reengineered hospital discharge program to decrease rehospitalization: a randomized trial.

4554. Microsoft Word - IAVR_ExecSumm.doc (pdf file)
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      December 29, 2006 - Sometimes the matter was simply that, even though HIPAA accommodates scalability in security programs … organizations voiced concern related to liability when one organization that believes its security program … robust sends protected health information (PHI) to another organization with a less robust security program … pt. 2) were issued, confidentiality has been a cornerstone practice for substance abuse treatment programs … Treatment facilities note stringent precautionary measures to safeguard patient substance use information

4555. Discharge Fumbles | PSNet
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      September 09, 2009 - Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services … considered 'ameliorable' (ie, one that is not preventable but whose severity could be reduced if corrective measures … Quality assessment of a discharge summary system. … February 4, 2018 Quality and patient safety metrics: developing a structured program … May 18, 2016 Quality gaps identified through mortality review.

4556. Assess and Adapt: Understanding the Science of Safety and Reliability (June 3, 2014) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2017 - Lisa Lubomski, an Assistant Professor in the Quality and Safety Research Group Department of Anesthesiology … are pretty central to the work that you're going to be doing in this project, as well as any other quality … You're going to measure performance with the data that you'll be collecting. … It's the comprehensive unit-based safety program. … This is the symbol that AHRQ uses for the CUSP program.

4557. Archived: Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Screening, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      February 01, 2003 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … diagnosis of GDM may influence provider decisionmaking and could increase cesarean delivery rates, despite measures … (Senior Scientist and Senior Program Officer, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, NJ); Jeffrey … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. May 2002. 4. … Clinical experience with a screening program for gestational diabetes.

4558. Cognitive Engineering for Complex Decision Making & Problem Solving in Acute Care - Final Report (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2020 - of these studies were completed in the ICU or inpatient medical/surgical units where these types of measures … The current feedback that clinicians receive on their performance is often limited to crude measures … methodology was limited to a single training site and will need further refinement across other training programs … and experienced clinicians and have garnered interest from the emergency medicine residency training program … physician workflow decision making strategies has garnered interest from an emergency resident training program

4559. In Conversation With… Nicholas G. Castle, MHA, PhD | PSNet
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      August 01, 2012 - Castle : Most of my work in nursing homes has revolved around assessing quality: what makes a quality … nursing home and measures of quality. … measures whereby a consumer can compare one place to another. … Most have programs that transmit data to the states because it's mandated. … The MDS has to be transmitted to the state's central repositories; there's a computer program for that

4560. Improving Direct Notification of Abnormal Test Results Via Patient Portals - Final Report (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2017 - Interventions None Measures In Aim 1, the structured interview assessed four domain areas: 1) participant … CLIA Program and HIPAA Privacy Rule; Patients' Access to Test Reports (42 CFR 493, 45 CFR 164). … for Electronic Health Record Technology, 2014 Edition; Revisions to the Permanent Certification Program … Development of the Patient Activation Measure (PAM): conceptualizing and measuring activation in … Methods Study Design Data Sources/Collection Interventions Measures Limitations 6.