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5201. Implementation of Health Improvement Collaboration in Cherokee County, Oklahoma (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/uc1hs016131-jones-final-report-2008.pdf
      January 01, 2008 - Also, when asked to rate the usability of information systems more respondents scored poor/fair than … Also, we noticed that the entities that contracted for legal time got much faster responses than those … using the SMRTNET approach, that networks can be developed in a more natural way “from the bottom up” rather … than the top down. … This work to develop the database proved to be more difficult than we anticipated in terms of getting

5202. Case Example #5: WellMed | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/workforce-financing/case-example-5.html
      July 01, 2019 - WellMed has more than 800 primary care locations in Texas and Florida, more than 85 of which have integrated … Return to Contents Patient Population Description and Practice Panel Size WellMed serves more than … Most people have only traditional Medicare, and WellMed can provide much more comprehensive care than … care and specialist departments is supported by what WellMed calls compacts with specialty services rather … than contracts.

5203. Patient-Provider Electronic Messenger in Chronic Illness - Final Report (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r03hs014625-ralston-final-report-2006.pdf
      January 01, 2006 - If physicians or health care teams are noted to have outstanding messages (longer than one business … Group Health’s population is also somewhat more highly educated than the Metropolitan Statistical Area … These online patients may have characteristics that are more similar to users of SM than patients who … When either correspondent replies more than once to a message a parallel strand is initiated, which … While it seems more likely SM use would lead to better quality of care, rather than better quality of

5204. Physicians’ Roles in Preventing Dental Caries in Preschool Children: A Summary of the Evidence (pdf file)
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/xXX8ZeqpmqtMURtJSfub56
      April 01, 2004 - incidence, prevalence, and severity being greater among minority and economically disadvantaged children than … scope of opportunities for physician intervention for the prevention of dental diseases is much wider than … The pre-protocol level of appropriate management was estimated to have been no more than 25%. … , attention should be devoted to developing approaches to increase current levels of effectiveness, rather … than simply documenting these levels.

5205. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73899/psn-pdf
      September 29, 2021 - analgesics daily are often presumed to be opioid tolerant, and therefore at lower risk of overdose, than … decision support should suggest alternatives that do not involve cutting tablets into portions other than … MME), this approach is not designed to be used to convert patients from one opioid to another, but rather … Methadone's peak respiratory depressant effects typically occur later, and persist longer, than its … The patch is not recommended for patients on more than 80 OME per day.

5206. Recommendation: Gestational Diabetes: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      August 10, 2021 - , 20 Factors associated with a lower risk for developing gestational diabetes include age younger than … Some pregnant persons are screened earlier than 24 weeks of gestation because they have risk factors … Major guidelines from organizations in the US generally recommend universal rather … than selective/risk-based screening at 24 to 28 weeks of gestation. … The USPSTF recognizes that clinical decisions involve more considerations than evidence alone.

5207. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/autism-adolescents_research-protocol.pdf
      March 29, 2011 - closure when compared with those with other disabilities, though with fewer work hours and lower wages than … We will add these approaches and note that the list was not meant to be exhaustive but, rather, illustrative … individuals over the age of 30 typically face different issues related to functioning with an ASD than … 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.

5208. Management of Suspected Opioid Overdose With Naloxone by Emergency Medical Services Personnel - Executive Summary (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-193-naloxone-executive-summary.pdf
      November 01, 2017 - Archived: This report is greater than 3 years old. … • Exclude: Inpatient, clinic, or ED setting (for Key Questions other than 1 and 1a) Study Designs … Rather, we synthesized studies qualitatively. … same dose of IN naloxone using a lower concentration formulation (2 mg/5 mL) to be less effective than … of administration comparisons, given the small number of studies and differences in factors other than

5209. RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR WORK ASSIGNMENT (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/copd-anticholinergic-medicines_research.pdf
      December 01, 2009 - as much of the evidence in clinical practice guidelines come directly from placebo control trials rather … than head-to-head comparisons. … Several short-term clinical trials9-12 and trials of longer than 12 months13,14 have shown tiotropium … During follow-up there were more than 17.1 million person-days of medication exposure. … This regimen was used during slightly more than 50% of exposure days and was used by 76% of patients

5210. 2014-Women-Chartbook (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/2014-women-chartbook.pdf
      January 01, 2014 - In 2012, the percentage was 0.9% for men and 2% for women (more than double). … 1.5 times) to have an emergency department visit for asthma than men … The treatment of precancerous rather than early-stage cancerous lesions is unique to cervical cancer … than White women to receive a Pap smear in the last 3 years … 10% of income was higher for females than for males

5211. Pillars of a Smart, Safe Operating Room (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol3/Advances-Seagull_98.pdf
      April 07, 2008 - patient safety.5 Many patient safety issues arise not out of poor manual and procedural skills, but rather … commercial warehouses and supermarkets track their assets and inventories in a far more sophisticated way than … Application of human factors and ergonomic principles can help ensure that technologies facilitate rather … than impede safe practices.

5212. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 12 (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guidance-tests-prognostic_methods.pdf
      July 01, 2012 - association between a potential prognostic test and patient outcomes would have little impact other than … a narrow range of individual predicted probabilities and the prediction models are fit to the data rather … than applied to a new sample. … Rather, it focuses on subjects that have, to any degree, a higher or lower predicted outcome probability

5213. Improving Patient Safety in Hospitals: A Resource List for Users of the AHRQ Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/hospital/hospitalresourcelist.pdf
      January 01, 2019 - For easy access to the resources, keep the file open rather than printing it in hard copy because many … Note that some resources are duplicated (and cross-referenced) since they are applicable to more than … integrate teamwork principles into all areas of your healthcare system. • Scientifically rooted in more than … Checklists https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primers/primer/14 Most errors in healthcare are defined as slips rather … than mistakes, and checklists can help prevent them, according to a patient safety primer available

5214. Health-Careassociated-Infections Executive (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/health-careassociated-infections_executive.pdf
      November 01, 2012 - The four largest categories of HAI, responsible for more than 80 percent of all reported HAI, are central … period of no intervention (usual care), which refers to the absence of additional QI efforts other than … one infection. dOne of these studies reports on more than one infection. 17 Moderate Strength of … Most studies of QI strategies are effectiveness studies rather than efficacy studies. … The interventions are implemented in a “real-world” setting rather than using the highly controlled

5215. Lung-Cancer-Nonsurgical-Therapies Executive (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/lung-cancer-nonsurgical-therapies_executive.pdf
      June 01, 2013 - A study that met fewer than seven of eight criteria was rated as poor quality. … treatment based on clinician preferences, center resources, and patient characteristics and preference rather … than random allocation. … than the latter, but they still are not as healthy as good surgical candidates … BED is considered to have potential efficacy implications.48 The higher BED causes tumor ablation, rather

5216. Recommendation: Prevention of Acquisition of HIV: Preexposure Prophylaxis | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/prevention-of-human-immunodeficiency-virus-hiv-infection-pre-exposure-prophylaxis
      August 22, 2023 - An estimated 1.2 million persons in the US currently have HIV and more than 760,000 persons have died … 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 … No trial enrolled pregnant persons or persons younger than 18 years.

5217. Archived: Evidence Summary: Healthful Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults With Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary2/healthy-diet-and-physical-activity-counseling-adults-with-high-risk-of-cvd-august-2014
      August 26, 2014 - 12 months, intermediate term was 12 to 24 months, and long term was greater than 24 months). … 30 minutes of total contact, medium was 30 to 360 minutes, and high was more than 360 minutes), number … More than one third of participants were nonwhite in 12 of the U.S.-based trials. … Most of these interventions were medium-intensity (8 trials) rather than high-intensity (2 trials) interventions … Based on our review's estimates, even in populations with lower rates of progression to diabetes than

5218. 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 - not healed within 2 years, and 66 percent of patients had a history of ulcerations lasting longer than … Reflux is defined as retrograde blood flow lasting greater than 0.5 seconds in the greater or lesser … an I2 statistic, which describes the variability in effect estimates that is due to heterogeneity rather … than random chance.10 A value greater than 50 percent may be considered to have substantial variability … Invited Peer Reviewers may not have any financial conflict of interest greater than $10,000.

5219. Final Progress Report: Risk of Acute Asthma Associated with the Pediatric Use of Opioids (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/chen-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - indication was immediately preceding the low- priority indication (within a span of less than a week … Non-Hispanic White children used significantly more opioid analgesics than their non-Hispanic Black … Patient Demographics: The opioid analgesic recipients were older [10.2 (4.9) years] than … DISCUSSIONS Discussion (Aim 1) The primary finding of our study was that more than a quarter of … warning based on what is known about the pharmacological mechanisms of action associated with opioids, rather

5220. Chartbook #17: Chartbook #17: Dental Use, Expenses, Dental Coverage, and Changes,1996 and 2004
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      January 01, 2004 - Persons with less than a high school education were less likely to have a dental visit in 2004 than college … Adults with less than a high school education were less likely to have a dental visit in 2004 than college … Adults with less than a high school education were more likely to have no dental coverage in 2004 than … Adults with less than a high school education were less likely to have a dental visit in 2004 than college … Expenditure Survey (NMES) and the 1977 National Medical Care Expenditure Survey, in which charges rather