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801. AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery: Final Report (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/safe_surgery_finalreport.pdf
     December 01, 2017 - HSOPS Survey Submission Rates by Cohort at Baseline and Followup .................................... … Table 7 lists response rates and the dates when the NPT assessed each cohort. … The analysis in this report is a comparison of baseline SSI rates with post-intervention SSI rates for … Data acquisition rates more than doubled between November 2013 and March 2014. … This is particularly true in sites reporting NHSN data where baseline rates were initially low.

802. CAHPS Moving Forward: Innovations in Tools and Research (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-moving-forward-webcast.pdf
     October 01, 2017 - by the CAHPS team to look into strategies for addressing declining response rates. … and item completion rates. … Another question is kind of related to survey length and how that affects response rates. … I think this relates to the whole issue of survey length and response rates and finding new ways of … or how do we maximize response rates and participation.

803. Documentation and Coding for Patient Safety Indicators (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/b4_combo_documentationcoding.pdf
     March 15, 2016 - improvements to documentation and coding processes to ensure that the AHRQ Quality Indicator (QI) rates … They will also learn about actions they can take to estimate their QI rates more accurately. … • Track and communicate documentation query response rates by provider. … If documentation or codes are not specific enough, rates can be inflated. … The potential effect of surveillance bias on reported DVT rates after trauma.

804. AHRQ Works: Building Bridges Between Research and Practice | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/impact/index.html
     April 01, 2017 - than 1,100 intensive care units nationwide and reduced central line-associated blood stream infection rates … AHRQ funded one of the Nation’s leading tools for hospitals to reduce avoidable readmission rates, the … changes that resulted in dramatic improvement in children with the disease, including increased remission rates … and helped target local-level solutions by identifying variations in opioid-related hospitalization rates … HCUP analyses have also tracked trends in readmission rates by payer type; inpatient versus outpatient

805. Antiseptic-impregnated catheters: Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze?
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/preventing-cauti-plan-b-110414.pptx
     January 01, 2013 - Learning Objectives Define basic principles of CAUTI prevention Describe approaches to consider if CAUTI rates … Krein, PhD, RN Polling Question What strategies have you used or considered using if your CAUTI rates … days Non-ICU, Acute Care ≥ 3 CAUTIs/10,000 pt days & 2 CAUTIs/1,000 catheter days Monitor CAUTI rates … If rate has dropped below indicated levels proceed back to Tier 1 Measure CAUTI rates monthly Encourage … prevent CAUTI and other patient safety problems Additional approaches if still unhappy with your CAUTI rates

806. ADHD: Available Information on Impact and Gaps/Variations in Care (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/chipra-89-adhd-behavior-section-5-attach-2.pdf
     November 12, 2010 - High rates of ADHD (ever) were noted among multiracial children (14.2%) and children covered by Medicaid … In the aforementioned study by Visser, et al comparing ADHD prevalence data between 2003 and 2007, rates … Notably, little difference exists in the rates of ADHD between the United States and other countries … However, the rates of "diagnostic prevalence" (namely, cases actually diagnosed by clinicians) fall … illustrated modest improvements, and after 36 months there was little difference in comorbid conditions and rates

807. ADHD: Available Information on Impact and Gaps/Variations in Care (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/chipra-88-measure-1-section-5-attachment-2.pdf
     November 12, 2010 - High rates of ADHD (ever) were noted among multiracial children (14.2%) and children covered by Medicaid … In the aforementioned study by Visser, et al comparing ADHD prevalence data between 2003 and 2007, rates … Notably, little difference exists in the rates of ADHD between the United States and other countries … However, the rates of "diagnostic prevalence" (namely, cases actually diagnosed by clinicians) fall … illustrated modest improvements, and after 36 months there was little difference in comorbid conditions and rates

808. AHRQ Works: Building Bridges Between Research and Practice (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cpi/about/impact/ahrq-works.pdf
     April 01, 2017 - 1,100 intensive care units nationwide and reduced central line-associated blood stream infection rates … AHRQ funded one of the Nation’s leading tools for hospitals to reduce avoidable readmission rates, … that resulted in dramatic improvement in children with the disease, including increased remission rates … and helped target local-level solutions by identifying variations in opioid-related hospitalization rates … BUILDING BRIDGES BETWEEN RESEARCH AND PRACTICE 4 HCUP analyses have also tracked trends in readmission rates

809. Meeting Minutes, March 27, 2015 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/events/nac/2015-03-nac/nacmtg0315-minutes.html
     July 01, 2015 - Insurance for Their Children Is Rolled Back     The Growing Gap Between Public and Private Payment Rates … The study and report produced the following conclusions: Rates of inpatient hospitalizations for … In 1993, rates were highest among men and younger adults and in the Northeast region. … In the 20-year period, hospitalization rates for opioid misuse broadened geographically, rising in U.S … Return to Contents The Growing Gap Between Public and Private Payment Rates for Inpatient Hospital

810. Module 1: Preventing Pressure Injuries in Hospitals (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressure_ulcer_prevention/module1/module1_pu-whychange.docx
     July 12, 2017 - describe the Toolkit, and discuss why a hospital would be interested in decreasing pressure injury rates … Pressure injuries are preventable, but pressure injury rates continue to escalate. … Because of the ever-increasing number of obese, diabetic, and elderly patients, pressure injury rates … How do you measure pressure injury rates and pressure injury prevention practices? … However, tools alone will not improve pressure injury rates.

811. Priority Areas Identified by the U.S.-Mexico Border Commission (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/hispanichealth/part4-comm2.html
     October 01, 2015 - Compared with non-Hispanics, Hispanics generally had higher rates of complications associated with diabetes … Among Hispanics, those in border counties had higher rates of complications associated with diabetes … Hispanics with diabetes had lower rates of neurologic disorders than non-Hispanics with diabetes, both

812. Facilitator Guide: Turn Data Into Action (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/modules/onboarding/onboarding_data_into_action_facnotes.docx
     December 01, 2017 - to one being discussed today, to debrief their safety culture survey results reduced their infection rates … On average, these teams reduced their infection rates by only 2.2 percent. … On the frontline side, staff will post infection rates throughout the surgical areas, such as in the … Slide 23 Generating an SSI Run Chart SAY: You may also use the NHSN Web site to create graphs of rates … By providing timely data reports, motivate your team to improve their SSI rates.

813. Turning Data Into Action—Using HSOPS and SSI Data as Part of a Meaningful Change: Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/on-boarding/data-into-action-fac-notes.html
     December 01, 2017 - to one being discussed today, to debrief their safety culture survey results reduced their infection rates … On average, these teams reduced their infection rates by only 2.2 percent. … On the frontline side, staff will post infection rates throughout the surgical areas, such as in the … By providing timely data reports, motivate your team to improve their SSI rates. … Try and provide your team with monthly data reports to continue motivating your team to improve SSI rates

814. Studies in Meta-analyses | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/references/meta/index.html
     October 01, 2014 - Meta-analysis (1996): Impact of having a tobacco use status identification system in place on rates of … Meta-analysis (1996): Effectiveness of and estimated abstinence rates for advice to quit by a physician … Meta-analysis (2000): Effectiveness of and estimated abstinence rates for various intensity levels of … Mortality rates in treated hypertensive men with additional risk factors are high but can be reduced: … Cognitive-behavioral intervention increases abstinence rates for depressive-history smokers.

815. Using Probabilistic Risk Assessment to Model Medication System Failures in Long-term Care Facilities (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/Comden.pdf
     January 01, 2003 - Estimate human error, at-risk behavior, control systems, and equipment failure rates. … , and human-reliability expert input—for rates of control systems failures, at-risk behaviors, errors … The group discussed rates of failure to check the MAR based on different ratios: 1 in 100 doses, 5 in … Experience indicates that these team estimates are more accurate than rates derived from event data, … and are often more accurate than rates predicted by senior management within the facility.13, 14

816. Section 7.C, Appendix 9, Socioeconomic Status Table (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/duration/chipra-153-section-7c-appendix-9.pdf
     June 30, 2009 - APPENDIX IX: Socioeconomic status table Informed Coverage rates … ^MT & OR are designated “Mixed Coverage” (PM), or an average of their PE and PI state rates.

817. Affordability | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/womenhealth/wm-afford.html
     September 01, 2015 - Note: For this measure, lower rates are better. … Note: For this measure, lower rates are better. … Note: For this measure, lower rates are better. … Note: For this measure, lower rates are better. White and Black are non-Hispanics.

818. Performing an SSI Investigation: Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/on-boarding/ssi-investigation-fac-notes.html
     December 01, 2017 - outcome measures, describe how the SSI investigation tool can guide improvement work even when SSI rates … and progress toward improving patient care and ultimately decreasing those surgical site infection rates … , regardless of your current rates (already low or elevated). … The team can use this tool first to determine the baseline rates of normothermia before making any system

819. Facilitator Guide: Sustaining and Spreading Surgical Safety Improvements (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/modules/onboarding/onboarding_ssi_investigation_facnotes.docx
     December 01, 2017 - outcome measures, describe how the SSI investigation tool can guide improvement work even when SSI rates … and progress toward improving patient care and ultimately decreasing those surgical site infection rates … , regardless of your current rates (already low or elevated). … The team can use this tool first to determine the baseline rates of normothermia before making any system

820. Transcranial Doppler (TCD) Ultrasonography Screening for Children with SCD; and Appropriate Antibiotic Prophylaxis (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/chipra-1416-p007-2-ef.pdf
     November 01, 2015 - incidence of pneumococcal infection by 84 percent among children with SCA, resulting in increased survival rates … ● Between States, the rates of TCD screening varied from 6 percent to 50 percent. … ● Between States, the rates of prescriptions for antibiotics varied from 5 percent to 33 percent … A critical assessment of transcranial Doppler screening rates in a large pediatric sickle cell center