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5021. Genetic Risk Assessment and BRCA Mutation Testing for Breast and Ovarian Cancer Susceptibility: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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      September 01, 2005 - No direct measures of the prevalence of clinically impor- tant BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations in the general … The RAGs tool, a computer program designed to support assessment and management of family breast and … Four published studies (2 of fair quality and 2 that did not meet USPSTF quality criteria) of prophylactic … Preventive Services Task Force, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland. … Cancer risk estimates for BRCA1 mutation carriers identified in a risk eval- uation program.

5022. Screening for Cervical Cancer: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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      June 01, 2012 - annual Pap smear screening visit as an opportunity to discuss other health problems and preventive measures … One large, good-quality ran- domized trial (10) and one large, fair-quality randomized trial (11) of … benefits and harms of screening at different starting ages and intervals; colposcopy was used as a proxy measure … Colposcopies and biop- sies can occur in response to false-positive results and can be used as a proxy measure … Screening program summaries: national aggregate.

5023. Sustaining Zero CLABSIs (Transcript) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2013 - the important message I tried to convey is, “We don’t understand how to improve this process or this program … And over the years they had developed a Good Catch Program. … Programs like this encourage nurses to speak up and other folks in caretaking areas to speak up.

5024. Q Nxyq7Cwpbuwvt27Sq42 (pdf file)
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      July 01, 2013 - Two reviewers independently assessed methodological quality. … Data Extraction and Quality Assessment Two reviewers independently assessed the method- ological quality … Sensitivity and specificity are measures of test accu- racy. … version 5.0 (The Cochrane Collaboration, Copenhagen, Denmark), to perform meta-analyses and the metandi program … Comparison of accuracy measures of two screening tests for gestational diabetes mellitus.

5025. Routine Iron Supplementation During Pregnancy: Review Article (pdf file)
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      August 03, 2020 - Studies were excluded if they did not measure clinical outcomes in ei¬ ther the mother or newborn. … Trials Most clinical trials of iron supplemen¬ tation have used changes in hématologie indexes as the measure … One of the first trials to assess health outcomes used subjective measures. … CONCLUSION The quality of the evidence in support of the causal chain outlined at the be¬ ginning of … Low compliance with an iron-supplementation program: a study among pregnant women inJakarta, Indonesia

5026. Chemo and Couns/2nd instal (pdf file)
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      July 01, 2002 - Address correspondence to: Linda Kinsinger, MD, MPH, Program on Prevention, CB# 7508, Wing D, Room 383 … questionnaire, the mean percentages of women reporting a problem on 4 different sexual functioning measures … for the findings, we did not combine the 3 primary prevention tamoxifen trials to obtain a summary measure … David Atkins, MD, MPH, Director; Dana Best, MD, MPH; and Eve Shapiro of the AHRQ Clinical Prevention Program … (RCTs) of chemoprevention agents in populations of women without breast cancer in which the outcome measures

5027. Eighth Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2018 - attack or stroke Risk Assessment for Cardiovascular Disease With Nontraditional Risk Factors • Measure … these gaps, the USPSTF needs well-designed studies to better understand the following key issues: • Measure … Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program. … Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program. Cancer Stat Facts: Prostate Cancer. … Barry is director of the Informed Medical Decisions Program in the Health Decision Sciences Center at

5028. Using HIT to Improve Transitions of Complex Elderly Patients from SNF to Home - Final Report (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2012 - Evaluation We compared a series of measures related to the experiences of patients discharged from … Measures 1. … Improving the quality of transitional care for persons with complex care needs. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. 2011 Nov. … Utilization Patterns of Older Adults Context, Setting, Participants Methods Intervention Evaluation Measures

5029. Archived: Evidence Summary: Hepatitis C Virus Infection: Screening, 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      March 08, 2004 - from HCV Antibody Testing False-positive screening tests could result in harms that are difficult to measure … demonstrate improvements in long-term clinical outcomes, intermediate outcomes have been the most common measure … Performance characteristics and results of a large-scale screening program for viral hepatitis and risk … Comparison of multiple screening strategies based on the National Hepatitis Surveillance Program. … The analytic framework shows the target samples, interventions, and intermediate and health outcome measures

5030. Enhanced Medication Histories (pdf file)
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      October 01, 2011 - important measure of quality.5 A computerized medication list can be compared against a problem list … More precisely, we sought to provide medication and laboratory information, and measure an effect on … independent commercial laboratories, public health agencies, payors, and the Indiana State Medicaid program … Therefore it is possible to define some quality measures, relying only on knowledge about (1) diabetes … National Quality Forum.

5031. ahrq29a - Screening for Hepatitis C Virus Infection: A Review of the Evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2004 - from HCV Antibody Testing False-positive screening tests could result in harms that are difficult to measure … demonstrate improvements in long-term clinical outcomes, intermediate outcomes have been the most common measure … Performance characteristics and results of a large-scale screening program for viral hepatitis and risk … Comparison of multiple screening strategies based on the National Hepatitis Surveillance Program. … The analytic framework shows the target samples, interventions, and intermediate and health outcome measures

5032. Sustaining Change Webinar Transcript | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2017 - Part of that context is motivation to measure and continue to give feedback as some more background level … When the Vietnam War was over, they actually looked at all the different programs they need to put into … lead a physician group and that is very helpful, to have transparency in data, to show people their quality

5033. VI. Summary and Conclusions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      May 01, 2016 - patients might overwhelm health care organizations with reports, or that patients who complained about quality … Over the past two decades, AHRQ has sponsored a plethora of activities to improve the quality and safety … Information about the quality and safety of care may still be gained from anonymous reports. … Some patients and caregivers prefer to report anonymously—and since information about the quality and … safety of a provider’s care can be gained from anonymous reports, institutional programs may wish to

5034. Emergency Department and Catheter Insertion | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2017 - So finally, the ongoing physician champion roles, once you’ve got your quality improvement program up … – well, I’m just curious to know if the ED physicians and nurses work with other infection control programs

5035. Failed Interpretation of Screening Tool: Delayed Treatment | PSNet
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      August 20, 2018 - 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 … Murphy, MD, PhD Patient Safety Officer, Emory Healthcare Director of Quality, Emory Critical Care Center … Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services … September 23, 2020 Implementation of the I-PASS handoff program in diverse clinical environments

5036. Using Information Technology for Patient-Centered Communication and Decisionmaking about Medications - Final Report (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2012 - TIONS FINAL REPORT FEBRUARY 2012 AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH & QUALITY … AIMS were to: Aim 1 Pre-Visit Patient Intervention: Develop and test a DVD multimedia program … These sources can be highly problematic: It is often difficult to ascertain the quality, accuracy, or … NMFF goals of using an EHR include enhancing patient safety, improving quality of care, and increasing … Each of the outcome measures represent dichotomous variables, and chi square tests were used to examine

5037. Network of Patient Safety Databases Chartbook, 2023 (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2023 - (AHRQ) Patient Safety Organization (PSO) program by providers and PSOs nationwide. … The NPSD data are not statistically comparable to clinical quality measures. … For example, the data from clinical quality measures reported by agencies such as the Centers for … Charts, as well as other challenges to receiving meaningful data sets at the PSOPPC, the AHRQ PSO program … , as the AHRQ PSO Program and PSOPPC offered technical assistance to PSOs to encourage and facilitate

5038. Archived: Final Research Plan: Healthful Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults With Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      May 15, 2013 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … hospital units, emergency departments, nursing homes and other institutionalized settings, school-based programs … musculoskeletal injuries, cardiovascular events) Knowledge, attitudes, self-efficacy, functioning, quality

5039. Recommendation: Cervical Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      August 21, 2018 - that it is impractical to directly measure the effects of different screening strategies on mortality … are essential to detection of cancer, they represent a burden and risk to patients and are a proxy measure … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2018. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2018. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2011.

5040. Delay in Malignancy Diagnosis Reflects Systemic Failures | PSNet
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      September 25, 2019 - 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 … One pathology residency program published a standardized, structured handoff tool to decrease the risk … A retrospective study focusing on accuracy and quality control. … J Orthop Sci . 2007;12(2):123-126. [ Available at ] College of American Pathologists QCDR Measure: Turnaround