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8541. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49745/psn-pdf
      October 01, 2015 - amphotericin treatment of Aspergillus infections.(1) While these associations are well known, several measures … eliminate problems with confusion during the prescription phase.(6) An antimicrobial stewardship program … Such programs often require a prior approval for antimicrobials that are broad-spectrum, high-cost, … Antimicrobial stewardship programs that have a step-wise approach to promoting appropriate drug selection … Quality Use of Medicines–medication safety issues in naming; look-alike, sound-alike medicine names.

8542. Patient and Family Engagement in the Emergency Department | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/patient-family-engagement-ed-transcript.html
      December 01, 2017 - My name is Sarah Dalton, and I am a Program Specialist at the Health Research and Educational Trust. … Development Lead and works with teams guiding the CUSP CAUTI acute and long-term care in TeamSTEPPS programs … programs nationally, so we focus on every element of health care, and especially on what many refer … family presence policy, even such that patients' families are allowed to be a part of resuscitative measures … Encouraging patient advisors to serve on safety and quality performance improvement teams, especially

8543. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/trauma-child-interventions_research-protocol.pdf
      March 26, 2012 - Many programs attempt to bring one of a variety of psychotherapeutic techniques into the home. … These can be home- or school- based intervention programs or programs that partner with first responders … The CD-CP program is a collaborative early intervention program that targets individuals exposed to … In general, a study with a low risk of bias has a strong design, measures outcomes appropriately, uses … and the Effective Health-Care Program.

8544. Tailoring Digital Technologies To Improve Outcomes Among Minorities With Chronic Conditions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2024 - by tracking personal information, such as diet, physical activity, medication adherence, and sleep quality … She also is a member of the Partnership for Quality Measurement. … To learn more about AHRQ's Research Education and Training Programs, please visit https://www.ahrq.gov

8545. Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/resphys-champions_2.pdf
      September 01, 2015 - We hope it will be used to guide quality improvement efforts at facilities with physician training programs … toolkit can be used as a self-learning module or as an adjunct to existing educational or orientation programs … Introducing a population-based outcome measure to evaluate the effect of interventions to reduce catheter-associated … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/education … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/education

8546. psychiatric-readmissions-protocols-140904 (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/psychiatric-readmissions_research-protocol.pdf
      December 31, 2014 - number of psychiatric admissions, typically measured over 30 days, 90 days, or 1 year, is an important measure … We will use the grey literature to identify information beyond the published literature on quality measures … Psychosocial Instruments provides bibliographic access and descriptions of tests, manuals, rating scales … outpatient AND commitment) OR (involuntary AND commitment) OR "Jurisprudence"[Mesh] OR "Mandatory Programs … "[Mesh] OR "mandatory program"[All Fields] OR "mandatory programs"[All Fields] OR "supervised discharge

8547. Obesity (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/10_obesity_potential_high_impact_june_2012.pdf
      January 01, 2012 - Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. June 2012. … better inform patient-centered outcomes research investments at AHRQ through the Effective Health Care Program … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Elise Berliner, Ph.D. … Waist circumference, which measures abdominal fat, predicts obesity-related risk factors for disease … may be candidates for drug therapy. 10,11 Drug therapy is typically offered in conjunction with a program

8548. Clean Equipment and Environment Promotes Safe Resident Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/education-bundles/infection-prevention/environment-and-equipment/environ-equip-slides.html
      March 01, 2017 - Clean Equipment and Environment Promotes Safe Resident Care AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term … Indwelling urinary catheters are important medical devices that can be essential to providing quality … Indwelling urinary catheters are important medical devices that can be essential to providing quality

8549. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/venous-ulcers-treatment_research-protocol.pdf
      September 13, 2012 - Our draft KQs were posted on the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Effective Health Care Program … a 4-week period of time as measured by planimetry (photos, etc,) o Pain using the standard pain scales … , definitions, and the results of each outcome, including measures of variability. … and the Effective Health-Care Program. … Within the EPC program, the Key Informant role is to provide input into identifying the Key Questions

8550. CAHPS® Moving Forward: Innovations in Tools and Research Webcast (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-moving-forward-hays-slides.pdf
      October 01, 2017 - University Of California – Los Angeles and RAND Health Program www.ahrq.gov/cahps CAHPS Family of … Response rates were 60%, 74% and 77%, respectively. 23 www.ahrq.gov/cahps Value of Narratives for Quality … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: October 2017. … surveys, and customized provider surveys may be useful for expediently informing providers’ internal quality … Elicitation Protocol (NEP) 2017 Field Test of Encouragement to Complete NEP Value of Narratives for Quality

8551. Overview of Patient Safety Learning Laboratory (PSLL) Projects | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      August 01, 2025 - AHRQ has been supporting the PSLLs through the Agency's patient safety program. … A new measure tool to assess staff experience of intrahospital patient transfers. … Training programs for staff. … Configurable parameters (i.e., variables, weights) enable adjusted baseline risk estimates in real time … Develop programs to promote interconnectedness between patients and physicians.

8552. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/atrial-fibrillation-ablation_disposition-comments.pdf
      October 01, 2010 - Each comparative effectiveness research review is posted to the EHC Program Web site in draft form for … Comments can be submitted via the EHC Program Web site, mail or E-mail. … of time after the procedure was not a reason for rating the study less than good, but the outcome measure … significant improvements in SF-36 scores (over 30 point changes for both role physical and bodily pain scales … Circulation 2008; Since Doppler EF is the standard method to clinically measure EF and this is the

8553. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49483/psn-pdf
      June 01, 2005 - Getting Started The RCA team is usually led by a member of the institution’s patient safety or quality … improvement program who has expertise in conducting these analyses. … Analyzing Contributing Factors Most ICUs emphasize high quality and safe care; increasingly, ICUs are … medications (indication, dose, interactions) as well as other non-medication-related patient safety measures … In the case of vasopressors, standard dosing scales that attempt to prevent overdoses should be programmed

8554. Disposition of Comments for CER 166 Calcineurin Inhibitors (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/calcineurin-inhibitor_disposition-comments.pdf
      March 15, 2016 - Comments can be submitted via the EHC Program Web site, mail or E-mail. … evidence-based reviews that are relevant to patients, physicians, health plans, purchasers, government programs … published in literature that compared the use of chromatographic techniques to immunoassay techniques to measure … In fact, proficiency testing and external quality assessment programs for Toxic Drug Monitoring (TDM … of this study concluded that metabolite interference impacts the specificity of immunoassays to measure

8555. Implementing the _x000b_SPPC-II Teamwork Toolkit - PowerPoint Presentation
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/perinatal-care-2/hemorrhage_7-implementation.pptx
      July 01, 2023 - SPPC-II TALKING POINTS The objective of step 2 is: To state the issue that will be targeted by the program … Measure before and after you implement  What will you measure? … *Reference: Next module on Program Evaluation 9 Hospital AIM Team Leads SPPC-II SCRIPT It is critical … Key considerations for step 3 include: Knowing what you are going to measure, and for whom. … 21 Acknowledgments This project is funded and implemented by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

8556. Implementing the SPPC-II Teamwork Toolkit - PowerPoint Presentation
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/perinatal-care-2/hypertension_7-implementation.pptx
      July 01, 2023 - Leads SPPC-II SCRIPT The objective of step 2 is: To state the issue that will be targeted by the program … Measure before and after you implement  What will you measure? … *Reference: Next module on Program Evaluation 9 Hospital AIM Team Leads SPPC-II SCRIPT It is critical … Key considerations for step 3 include: Knowing what you are going to measure, and for whom. … 21 Acknowledgments This project is funded and implemented by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

8557. Colon-Cancer-Gene-Profiling Research-Protocol (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/colon-cancer-gene-profiling_research-protocol.pdf
      March 13, 2012 - New assays that measure RNA to detect tumor cells are also beyond the scope of this report. … The FDA addresses the safety and effectiveness of diagnostic tests and the quality of the design and … procedures, and proficiency testing programs. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; January 2008. … Analytic validity: How accurately and reliably the test measures the genotype of interest.14 Clinical

8558. Szn5Hhs8W5Sar6Bbpabsab (pdf file)
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      June 01, 2008 - It is difficult to compare results across studies because of heterogeneous outcome measures and comparison … population and general Swedish population (where there is a high level of screening for T2DM) in most measures … examined persons at high risk for diabetes, and thus the results may not be applicable to mass screening programs … The cost-effectiveness of diabetes screening programs is considered to be mainly determined by the long-term … Diabetes Prevention Program Research Group.

8559. Section 4. Identifying Strategies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ptflow/section4.html
      July 01, 2018 - conditions to become life threatening while the patient waits to be seen is a major patient-safety and quality-of-care … team brainstorming various strategies, testing them (e.g., through kaizen events [i.e., a continuous quality … One strategy was eliminated because the hospital already had a program in place to address the particular

8560. Building a Team and Process to Reduce CAUTI Risk | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/building-team-process-slides.html
      December 01, 2017 - Project Consultant Michigan Health & Hospital Association Keystone Center for Patient Safety and Quality … Collaborative: Improve the culture of safety on your unit through the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program … educator, or frontline nurse Optional, but less desirable: nurse from organization at large: Quality … /patient safety officer or any physician interested in improving safety and quality Slide 12 … through the contract, “National Implementation of Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) to