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9361. Archived: Evidence Summary: Syphilis Infection in Pregnant Women: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/syphilis-infection-in-pregnancy-screening-september-2018
      September 04, 2018 - Main Outcomes and Measures: Incidence of congenital syphilis; any harms of screening or penicillin treatment … studies and large before-after or ecologic studies reporting the association of implementing a screening program … Each study was rated as good, fair, or poor quality. A good-quality study met all quality criteria. … does not include an historical comparator (ie, a time point before implementation of the screening program … ) because the screening program was initiated in 2001 and screening commenced in 2002, the authors also

9362. Preventing CAUTI: Engaging Clinicians and Senior Leadership to Implement Change (May 14, 2013) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/preventing-cauti-engaging-clinicians-transcript.html
      December 01, 2017 - Fifth, we should track performance, both process measures, which would include urinary catheter usage … as well as rates of appropriate and inappropriate urinary catheter usage as well as outcome measures … Re-measure and then see if your rates go back to an acceptable range. … The first is this integration with existing programs and services. … we've used a delta method to get at the error terms around that, and then using sort of a composite measure

9363. Characteristics of Inpatient Hospital Stays Involving Sickle Cell Disease, 2000-2016 (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb251-Sickle-Cell-Disease-Stays-2016.pdf
      January 01, 2016 - No more than one readmission is counted within the 30-day period, because the outcome measure assessed … NHEA spending or revenue measures the amount of income received by the hospital for treatment and other … Hospital stays billed to the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) may be classified as … Medicaid or Other, depending on the structure of the State program. … Discharge weights for national estimates are developed using the target universe of community hospitals

9364. Strategy 4: IDEA Discharge Planning (Tool 4)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy4/Strat4_Tool_4_PPT_508.pptx
      April 01, 2011 - – for example, working together with staff, clinicians, and leaders to improve policies, processes, programs … patients and family members to work together with health care staff to develop and evaluate policies and programs … Many of the measures from the CAHPS Hospital Survey — particularly those related to patient-provider … Rehospitalizations among patients in the Medicare fee-for-service program. … NC Program on Health Literacy with two examples: http://www.youtube.com/watch?

9365. Understanding CancelRx: Impact on Clinical Workflows, Medication Safety Risks, and Patient Outcomes – Final Report (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs026584-pitts-final-report-2022.pdf
      January 01, 2022 - This work was supported by Grant R21 HS26584 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Measure the impact of CancelRx on patient outcomes, including dispensing errors, documented adverse … In 2006, the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs added CancelRx to the SCRIPT standard for … Measures. Not applicable – qualitative analysis. Limitations. … Measures.

9366. Sustainability-Partnerships-And-Teamwork-In-Health-It-Implementation (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/sustainability-partnerships-and-teamwork-in-health-it-implementation.pdf
      December 01, 2012 - (AHRQ) Transforming Healthcare Quality through Information Technology (THQIT) grant program to help … Introduction Background on the THQIT Program Under the THQIT program, AHRQ funded 118 grants for health … While the Tribal Health Programs (THP) operating the clinics were led to believe that the EHR system … At one of the original centers, Erie Family Health Center, some outcomes measures have improved since … In the 5 years since implementation and the end of the grant, measures for the percentage of people

9367. Untitled (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/pelvic-pain-surveillance-151130.pdf
      July 10, 2015 - Program, Trans.) Comparative Effectiveness Review Surveillance Program (pp. 21). … Studies must include at least one outcome measure of an outcome listed in the PICOTS •! … The primary outcome measure was pain relief, and secondary outcome measures were psychological outcomes … Main outcome measure was the degree of patient satisfaction by using a Likert scale. … of life and visual analogue scales up to two years after surgery, with no difference between groups

9368. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49730/psn-pdf
      April 01, 2015 - Intervention.(5) Recent developments in health care policy, including the Community-based Care Transitions Program … Achieving positive ROI via targeted care coordination programs. SCAN Foundation Issue Brief. … New HHS data show quality improvements saved 15,000 lives and $4 billion in health spending. … Impact of an integrated transitions management program in primary care on hospital readmissions. … project was funded under contract number 75Q80119C00004 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

9369. Tympanostomy Tubes in Children With Otitis Media (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/tympanostomy-tubes-executive-170523.pdf
      May 01, 2017 - e Effective Health Care Program 2 clinical practice guideline (CPG) identifies a subpopulation … For KQ 2, measures of recurrent AOM, including otorrhea were extracted. … Specific methods and metrics (summary measures) meta-analyzed were chosen based on available, reported … Only two studies reported specifically on quality of life outcomes: Paradise reported on measures of … Strength of a Body of Evidence When Assessing Health Care Interventions for the Effective Health Care Program

9370. Microsoft Word - EvaloftheSASD2002_HCUP_CD_Final.doc (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2005_04.pdf
      January 01, 2005 - Information: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Agency for Health Care Research and Quality. … began collecting ambulatory surgery data under funding from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … The CCS program aggregates ICD-9-CM procedure codes into 231 mutually exclusive procedure categories … Surgery Databases NUMBER OF SURGERIES BY STATE AND BODY SYSTEM, 2002 SASD (continued) State Measure

9371. Arthritis and Nontraumatic Joint Disease (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/01_arthritis_potential_high_impact_2012-12-10.pdf
      January 01, 2012 - topics are entered into the System, individual topic profiles are developed for technologies and programs … better inform patient-centered outcomes research investments at AHRQ through the Effective Health Care Program … plasma (PRP), and fat matrix injected into the intra-articular space, improvements in several disease measures … The mean VAS to measure pain severity at baseline was 8.2 (range 7–10); it was 3.2 (range 1–4) and … Patients receiving PRP demonstrated significant improvements in VAS and IKDC score measures compared

9372. Chapter 4: Defining Language Need and Categories for Collection (cont.) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/iomracereport/reldata4a.html
      May 01, 2018 - Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data: Standardization for Health Care Quality Improvement Chapter 4: … Page Table of Contents Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data: Standardization for Health Care Quality … The Census employs another measure called "linguistic isolation," meaning that no one ages 14 or older … excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program … ability is widely used in studies evaluating the effects of language proficiency on disparities in the quality

9373. FluAlert: Influenza Vaccine Alerts for Providers in the Electronic Health Record - 2010 | Digital Healthcare Research
      digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/flualert-influenza-vaccine-alerts-providers-electronic-health-record/annual-summary/2010
      January 01, 2010 - Funding Mechanism PAR: HS08-270: Utilizing Health Information Technology to Improve Health Care Quality … The Vaccine for Children Program provides the majority of vaccines given at the practices.

9374. Risk of wrong-patient orders among multiple vs singleton births in the neonatal intensive care units of 2 integrated health care systems. | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/risk-wrong-patient-orders-among-multiple-vs-singleton-births-neonatal-intensive-care-units-2
      December 21, 2017 - 2024 Annual Perspective Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality … September 28, 2022 Implementing a robust process improvement program in the neonatal

9375. Understanding and preventing wrong-patient electronic orders: a randomized controlled trial. | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/understanding-and-preventing-wrong-patient-electronic-orders-randomized-controlled-trial
      December 21, 2017 - September 23, 2020 Implementation of the I-PASS handoff program in diverse clinical environments … May 27, 2011 View More See More About The Topic Hospitals Quality and

9376. Disposition of Comments for Comparative Effectiveness of Therapies for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer: An Update of a 2008 Systematic Review (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/prostate-cancer-therapies-update_disposition-comments.pdf
      December 16, 2014 - Comments can be submitted via the EHC Program Web site, mail or email. … compared RP to another treatment of interest, addressed the KQ and reported efficacy of treatment on a measure … Are the definitions or diagnostic criteria for the outcome measures appropriate? … of life measures. … cohort studies, use of instrumental variables, use of validated quality-of-life measures) may also

9377. CDS Connect Implementation Guide Draft (doc file)
      cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cds/artifact/26/Implementation%20Guide_USPSTF%20Aspirin%20Therapy%20for%20the%20Prevention%20of%20CVD%20and%20CRC_Final.docx
      October 01, 2017 - Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; October 2017. … Patient self-care/family caregivers can use the artifact as part of self-assessment or health maintenance programs … Delta runs an overall general health self-assessment or cardiac risk self-screen as part of a self-care program … Measures (eCQMs). … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

9378. NASHP Environmental Scan 3-1 to TR v2.xls (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/race/50StateScan04_26forweb.pdf
      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

9379. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49720/psn-pdf
      December 01, 2014 - and continuing stroke education of neurology and emergency department staff can facilitate ongoing quality … care in the United States.(14) Various state-based agencies, the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program … important element of initial certification and maintenance of certification is measurement of the quality … Periodic review of performance metrics and ongoing quality improvement projects can enhance stroke systems … Barrett, MD, MSc Consultant Associate Professor of Neurology Director, Neurohospitalist Fellowship Program

9380. STATISTICAL BRIEF #229: National Health Care Expenses in the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2006
      meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st229/stat229.shtml
      December 01, 2008 - paid by individuals, private insurance, Medicare, Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program … Eligibility criteria for both programs vary significantly by state. … It is cosponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the National Center for Health … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.