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4601. Safety In Dentistry | PSNet
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      August 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 … So once professionals are convinced on the usefulness of a particular measure, it will be adopted quickly … It also proposes measures for improvement and for monitoring current compliance. … economic crisis we've had since 2007 has cut the health budget, and this has affected patient safety programs

4602. Tjdzc7Rzm3Wzcdhfc4Sjhq (pdf file)
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      June 01, 2015 - There was also no difference in self-reported measures of general and diabetes-specific quality of life … screening is sparse, although limited evidence showed no clear long-term negative effects on psychological measures … Effect of screening for type 2 diabetes on population-level self-rated health outcomes and measures of … Ratner R, Goldberg R, Haffner S, Marcovina S, Orchard T, Fowler S, et al; Diabetes Prevention Program … Sakane N, Sato J, Tsushita K, Tsujii S, Kotani K, Tsuzaki K, et al; Japan Diabetes Prevention Program

4603. Pf-Engagement-Facnotes (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/training-tools/pf-engagement/pf-engagement-facnotes.docx
      May 01, 2017 - AHRQ Safety Program for Ambulatory Surgery Patient and Family Engagement in the Surgical Environment … existing hospital setting Patient and Family Engagement module of the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program … It will then discuss how to understand and measure engagement in your facility. … or advisers, such as by working with staff, clinicians, and leaders to improve policies, processes, programs … To receive high-quality, safe care.

4604. Antiseizure Medication Disorder | PSNet
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      April 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 … The therapeutic index (ratio between toxic dose and therapeutic dose, a measure of the relative safety … Some institutions have in fact replaced total serum concentration monitoring with assays to measure only … November 25, 2009 A multidisciplinary teamwork training program: The Triad for Optimal

4605. TeamSTEPPS Research/Evidence Base: Simulation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2023 - Simulation-based training program to improve cardiopulmonary resuscitation and teamwork skills for the … BMJ Quality & Safety . Select to access the  abstract . Naik, V. N., & Brien, S. E. (2013). … Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety  37, 357-64. … International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance  26(2), 174-88. … Journal of Quality and Patient Safety  31(7), 363-71. Select to access the  abstract .

4606. Screening for Colorectal Cancer: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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      November 01, 2008 - As- surance of performance of high-quality endoscopy should be part of all screening programs. … In this context, the best measure for the morbidity that results from any screening program for colorectal … Screening programs incorporating fecal occult blood testing, sigmoidoscopy, or colonoscopy will all be … Modeling evidence suggests that population screening programs between the ages of 50 and 75 years using … Fi- nally, randomized trials are needed to compare screening programs using different modalities in order

4607. Exploring the Utilization of and Outcomes from Health Information Exchange - Final Report (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs025502-dixon-final-report-2020.pdf
      January 01, 2020 - This project was supported by grant number R21HS025502 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … The sharp increase in HIE use in 2012 was likely due to a pilot interoperability program implemented … In this program, data from the state prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) was integrated with … Providers also reported using HIE to determine patient outcomes, through chart reviews for quality improvement

4608. Readmissions to U.S. Hospitals by Diagnosis, 2010 (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2013 - Rehospitalizations among patients in the Medicare fee-for-service program. … Weights for national estimates were developed using poststratification on hospital characteristics ( … No more than one readmission is counted within the 30-day period, because the outcome measure assessed … Patients covered by the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) may be included here. …  Other: includes Worker's Compensation, TRICARE/CHAMPUS, CHAMPVA, Title V, and other government programs

4609. Managing Personal Health Information: An Action Agenda (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2010 - It will be important to identify outcome measures pertaining to all three stakeholder groups. … Some measures might include patient quality of life, perceived quality of care, adherence to clinician … Partnerships (MIPS) program should be established. … Like the STTR and SBIR programs, the MIPS program provides competitive awards to companies to promote … The industry/university partnerships established through the program helps participating companies meet

4610. Screening to Prevent Osteoporotic Fractures: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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      June 26, 2018 - MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Incident fractures and related morbidity and mortality, diagnostic and predictive … Thirty-five studies reported other measures of diagnostic ac- curacy (ie, sensitivity, specificity), … [software program] Englewood, NJ: Biostat; 2014. 20. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Leslie WD, Morin S, Lix LM, et al; Manitoba Bone Density Program. … Leslie WD, Lix LM; Manitoba Bone Density Program.

4611. Flu Alert: Influenza Vaccine Alerts for Providers in the Electronic Health - Final Report (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs018158-stockwell-final-report-2013.pdf
      January 01, 2013 - Project Officer: Vera Rosenthal Submitted to: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Statements in the report should not be construed as endorsement by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … received information from other sources including the media, the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program … We conducted three main types of analyses (1) process measures related to provider’s actions in response … Process Measures for the alert. The alert fired nearly 14,000 times for over 8600 unique visits.

4612. Characteristics of Hospital Stays Involving Malnutrition, 2013 (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb210-Malnutrition-Hospital-Stays-2013.pdf
      January 01, 2013 - NHEA spending or revenue measures the amount of income received by the hospital for treatment and other … services provided, including payments by insurers, patients, or government programs. … Hospital stays billed to the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) may be classified … as Medicaid, Private Insurance, or Other, depending on the structure of the State program. … of health services, medical practice patterns, access to health care programs, and outcomes of treatments

4613. Screening for Lung Cancer With Low-Dose Computed Tomography: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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      March 09, 2021 - MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Lung cancer incidence, lung cancer mortality, all-cause mortality, test accuracy … c NLST was rated as good quality for the main trial outcomes. … Efficacy of SBRT for stage I NSCLC k = 27 Uncontrolled cohort studies n = 38 915 5-y OS (and other measures … When applied to cur- rent clinical practice, lung cancer screening programs have demonstrated significant … Smoking cessation and relapse during a lung cancer screening program.

4614. Geographic Variation in Hospital Inpatient List Prices in the United States, 2013 #209
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb209-Geographic-Variation-Hospital-Inpatient-Prices.jsp
      August 01, 2016 - Procedure Classes for ICD-9-CM Surgery Flags for ICD-9-CM HCUP Supplemental Files NIS-Trend Weights … The area wage index is an index computed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to measure … Hospital stays billed to the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) may be classified as Medicaid … , Private Insurance, or Other, depending on the structure of the State program. … of health services, medical practice patterns, access to healthcare programs, and outcomes of treatments

4615. AHRQ National Web Conference on the Role of Health IT to Improve Care Transitions - Slides (pdf file)
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      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 … Identify barriers to implementation • Participants: high-risk patients in care management program … 5-year goals 2015, first year of program 63 Comparison of IP, ED

4616. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary4/colorectal-cancer-screening-2008
      October 15, 2008 - report, we discuss lack of new data on the mortality benefits of colorectal cancer screening beyond FOBT programs … commissioned a separate, simultaneous decision analysis comparing different colorectal cancer screening programs … fecal tests with improved sensitivity but reduced specificity and to compare results from screening programs … [PMID: 15061598] Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program. … Development of a colonoscopy screening program. Can Fam Physician 2005;51:1224-8.

4617. Behavioral Counseling in Primary Care to Promote Physical Activity - Recommendations and Rationale (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2010 - Linking primary care patients to community-based physical activity and fitness programs may enhance the … potential harms related to physical activity counseling.6 This trial, in which initially sedentary program … , improving access to places for physical activity, and individually-adapted behavior change programs … The latter programs generally recruited groups of volunteers at community sites, work sites, or schools … or evaluated, and may reflect a failure to distinguish patients who were ready to begin an exercise program

4618. Trends in Potentially Preventable Inpatient Hospital Admissions and Emergency Department Visits #195
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb195-Potentially-Preventable-Hospitalizations.jsp
      November 01, 2015 - Procedure Classes for ICD-9-CM Surgery Flags for ICD-9-CM HCUP Supplemental Files NIS-Trend Weights … overall and for chronic conditions grouped together, the individual rate is not presented because this measure … ), a component of the AHRQ Quality Indicators (QIs), are a set of measures that can be used with hospital … of health services, medical practice patterns, access to programs, and outcomes of treatments at the … About the QDR The National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report (QDR) measures and tracks

4619. Preparing for and Recovering After Hip or Knee Replacement Surgery (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/booklets/hip-knee-surgery-booklet.pdf
      November 01, 2023 - is for identification only and does not imply endorsement by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Your surgery team will create a recovery program just for you. … Ball Socket 6 AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery When Is a Hip or Knee … A blood test may be done in the weeks before surgery to measure the nicotine in your blood. … And the point of joint replacement is to improve your quality of life.

4620. Improving Pediatric Quality and Safety with Health Care Information Technology (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2008 - These controlled trials assessed: a) Effects of reminders and templates on recorded weights, review … The set of interventions, the study design, and the outcome measures employed resulted into a robust … The reminders we introduced for the pediatric setting included: 1) reminders for checking weights and … efforts to improve safety and quality. … Outcomes results from the evaluation of the APA/HRSA Faculty Scholars Program. Ambul Pediatr.