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4881. Final Progress Report: Identifying Unnecessary Irradiation of Patients With Suspected Renal Colic (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2024 - unlikely to harbor an important alternative diagnosis, and may be appropriate for imaging choices other than … Clinical and policy implications In deriving and validating this clinical prediction rule (rather than … 2007, the yearly rate of CT scanning in the United States was nearly 228 per 1,000 persons – more than … . nrdr.acr.org) indicates that the mean institutional dose for CT for renal colic is still greater than … expectant management (no CT) or an "ultra-low dose CT", with a radiation dose that is about 90% lower than

4882. 003-Clabsi-Prevention-Webinar-Fg (doc file)
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      October 01, 2024 - Although it is sometimes said that PICCs are safer than central lines, a meta-analysis from 2013 reported … Studies have demonstrated that greater than 50 percent of connection sites are contaminated. … Referring to this as a “CHG treatment” rather than “bath” can help to emphasize its medical importance … Lines that must remain in for longer than expected should not be changed prophylactically or as part … They also identify that central lines are often left inserted for longer than necessary, raising the

4883. Implementing Near-Miss Reporting and Improvement Tracking in Primary Care Practices: Lessons Learned | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/liability/crane.html
      August 01, 2017 - adoption of near‑miss reporting systems in primary care could improve safety in that setting where more than … Together, these practices and sites employed more than 70 medical providers and 200 clinical support … percentage point improvement in five of the twelve measures in the survey which corresponds to a “better than … A change of 5 percentage points corresponds to ‘better’ or ‘lower’ than comparison data, per scoring … Observed changes in the culture measures could simply reflect staff turnover rather than a change in

4884. A Patient Safety Program & Research Evaluation of U.S. Navy Pharmacy Refill Clinics (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/Reige.pdf
      March 01, 2004 - The pharmacy refill clinic is available to more than 4,200 users residing on Naval Air Station Keflavik … Rather than taking the medication as prescribed, the patient then might choose to minimize the daily … Pharmacists are more familiar than physicians with the concentrations of various drugs. … obtaining renewals of often-needed medications through the pharmacy refill clinic is more efficient than … Neither of these locations renews more than 4–5 prescriptions per week.

4885. HEALTHCARE COST AND UTILIZATION PROJECT — HCUP (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/kid/KID_2009_Introduction.pdf
      January 01, 2009 - This is in contrast to the superpopulation model, which adopts a stochastic viewpoint rather than a … Also, rural hospitals are generally smaller and offer fewer services than urban hospitals. … hospital location for the sampling strata to use the newer Core Based Statistical Area (CBSA) codes rather … than the older Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) codes. … For example, a medium-sized teaching hospital would be considered a rather large rural hospital.

4886. Using HIT to Improve Transitions of Complex Elderly Patients from SNF to Home - Final Report (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs017817-field-final-report-2012.pdf
      January 01, 2012 - that of acute care and more than ambulatory care.” … daily living.17 Subacute care is best viewed as care for patients who have diverse and complex needs, rather … than care of a specific condition. … The prevalence of monitoring ranged from less than 50.0% to greater than 90.0%, with infrequently prescribed … differed by greater than 50.0%.

4887. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/coronary-artery-stenting_research-protocol.pdf
      August 19, 2011 - IVDx techniques do not preclude the need for angiography but rather are complementary in nature by assisting … Moreover, invasive techniques such as IVUS are able to detect plaques much earlier than cardiac MRI, … Other than FFR, whose diagnostic accuracy has been established in a previous meta- analysis,13 all other … Key Informants must disclose any financial conflicts of interest greater than $10,000 and any other … Invited Peer Reviewers may not have any financial conflict of interest greater than $10,000.

4888. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/ptsd-5-protocol-update-2023.pdf
      January 01, 2023 - • Interventions designed to simultaneously target PTSD and comorbid conditions other than SUD if … of studies to be reviewed for possible inclusion (data will be abstracted from individual studies rather … Members of the TEP must disclose any financial conflicts of interest greater than $5,000 and any other … Potential peer reviewers must disclose any financial conflicts of interest greater than $5,000 and any … Invited peer reviewers with any financial conflict of interest greater than $5,000 will be disqualified

4889. In Conversation With… Sharon K. Inouye, MD, MPH | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-sharon-k-inouye-md-mph
      December 01, 2012 - RW : You've found that the prognosis for patients with delirium is significantly worse than for those … How would you manage that differently than the run-of-the-mill doctor? … So we felt that rather than go that route we would be very much in favor of putting in some process measures … 1, 2012 Perspective Remarkably, in every intensive care unit (ICU) on any given day, more than … almost half, shortened duration of coma (a form of acute brain dysfunction with even worse prognosis than

4890. In Conversation With… Mark L. Graber, MD | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-mark-l-graber-md
      January 01, 2016 - We get it right more than 90% of the time, and that's really amazing given the complexity of the task … The radiologists know so much more about a film than they put in their report, and you used to get that … You get so much more information from watching how a clinician analyzes a case than you do from how they … reimbursement for diagnostic thinking, reformed medical malpractice standards, technologies that support rather … than hinder patient care, and a research funding climate conducive to accelerating our understanding

4891. Improving Patient Safety in Long-Term Care Facilities, Module 3 (pdf file)
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      June 01, 2012 - Most nursing centers have more than 100 falls per year.2,3,4 At the same time, another priority is … We can respond more completely to our residents’ needs together than by ourselves. › Reporting and … Many residents have more than one risk factor. … In general, people who have dementia are more likely to fall than people who don’t, and they are more … Falls hardly ever have one single cause, but rather they require adjustments in multiple areas to prevent

4892. Improving Health Care Quality through Health IT for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities: A Final Report and Lessons Learned (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r21hs018766-rimmer-final-report-2012.pdf
      January 01, 2012 - For the more than six million individuals with intellectual disabilities living in the U.S. (U.S. … Yamaki, 2005) , which indicates that obesity is a significantly greater problem in this population than … person I am caring for 17 2 (11.8) 5 (29.4) 10 (58.9) 3.53 (1.01) I want to continue using the PHR rather … than stop using it 17 2 (11.8) 5 (29.4) 10 (58.9) 3.53 (1.01) Note. 1 = Strongly disagree, 2 = … Unfortunately, both of those experiences were met with less than receptive physicians.

4893. In Conversation With… Susan Smith, MD | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-susan-smith-md
      August 01, 2019 - SS : It's that translation from a conversation to a note, which is quite different than taking dictation … We were talking about what happens if and when AI takes this over, and it is a digital scribe rather … than a person. … There are some physicians who are easier to work with than others for the scribe, and vice versa. … But the documentation burden is so different than it was before the EHR became ubiquitous.

4894. In Conversation With… Hardeep Singh, MD, MPH | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-hardeep-singh-md-mph
      January 01, 2014 - It's about more than just a research area, it's about a person, and she took interest in both. … physicians, but correct diagnosis resonates more with physicians than other health care professionals … Naturally, one might expect clinicians to preferentially attribute diagnostic errors to system problems rather … than individual cognitive errors. … In the case of duty hour restrictions—now more than a decade old—empirical studies testing whether the

4895. Medical Scribes and Patient Safety | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/medical-scribes-and-patient-safety
      August 01, 2019 - Descriptions of scribe programs in the United States using unlicensed personnel first appeared more than … We were talking about what happens if and when AI takes this over, and it is a digital scribe rather … than a person. … There are some physicians who are easier to work with than others for the scribe, and vice versa. … But the documentation burden is so different than it was before the EHR became ubiquitous.

4896. In Conversation with…Jennifer Daley, MD | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-withjennifer-daley-md
      January 01, 2008 - It incorporated a lot of things other than safety. … So rather than a dry policy and procedure, it was more like, "Here's a little vignette of what happens … Seven of these hospitals have fewer than 100 beds, twelve have between 100 and 250 beds, and four have … more than 250 beds; the total number of beds in the system is 6156. … Compared to a Thomson Healthcare (Solucient) national database of more than 20 million discharges, AHS

4897. CDS Connect Implementation Guide Draft (doc file)
      cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cds/artifact/81/Implementation%20Guide_Longitudinal%20ASCVD%20Risk%20Assessment%20Tool%20for%20Updated%20Risk_Final_0.docx
      October 01, 2017 - formulas that assign coefficients for the impact of changes in key values such as LDL cholesterol, rather … than risk based on the absolute value of the parameter. … However, it provides guardrails so that the Updated risk cannot be more than the Baseline risk calculation … Notify the user if the patient is excluded, because of age less than 40 or greater than 79 or a history … Results older than 6 years may not accurately reflect the individual's current condition.

4898. Recommendation: Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adolescents and Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/syphilis-infection-nonpregnant-adults-adolescents-screening
      September 27, 2022 - The USPSTF recognizes that clinical decisions involve more considerations than evidence alone. … Screening Tests Current syphilis screening tests rely on detection of antibodies rather than direct … are resolved with a second confirmatory treponemal test, preferably testing for different antigens than … Factors associated with increased stress included history of injection drug use, Black race, less than … The USPSTF recognizes that clinical decisions involve more considerations than evidence alone.

4899. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adolescents and Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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      May 01, 2021 - harms of antibiotic treatment are well established, and the magnitude of these harms is no greater than … Screening Tests Current syphilis screening tests rely on detection of antibodies rather than direct detection … The USPSTF recognizes that clinical decisions involve more considerations than evidence alone. … Factors associated with increased stress included history of injection drug use, Black race, less than … The USPSTF recognizes that clinical decisions involve more considerations than evidence alone.

4900. Recommendation: Falls Prevention in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/falls-prevention-community-dwelling-older-adults-interventions
      June 04, 2024 - The USPSTF recognizes that clinical decisions involve more considerations than evidence alone. … The USPSTF recognizes that clinical decisions involve more considerations than evidence alone. … The USPSTF recognizes that race, ethnicity, and gender are all social rather than biological constructs … testing to prevent osteoporotic fractures in women 65 years or older and in postmenopausal women younger than … evidence is adequate to bound the harms of exercise and multifactorial interventions as no greater than