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5421. Nurse Wellbeing and Patient Safety | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/curated-library/nurse-wellbeing-and-patient-safety
      August 30, 2023 - strategies intended to improve nurse wellbeing that directly contribute to improved patient safety rather … than the personal experience or resilience of nurses.

5422. Communication During Transitions of Care | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/communication-during-transitions-care
      July 10, 2024 - on this topic may explore Safety II approaches , which seek to understand safety through successes rather … than failures, to identify what strategies or tactics care professionals use to ensure reliable transfer

5423. HEALTHCARE COST AND UTILIZATION PROJECT (HCUP) E CODE EVALUATION (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2015-03.pdf
      January 01, 2015 - One, the NIS became a sample of discharge records from HCUP-participating hospitals, rather than a sample

5424. Stakeholder Community and Outreach Center: Operational Framework – Option Year 2 (pdf file)
      cdsic.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/OY2_Final%20Stakeholder%20Center%20Operational%20Framework.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - 2 and 3 products, Workgroups will develop a Level 2 or 3 product that focuses on a distinct scope rather … than building directly on a previous product.

5425. Improving Technology Innovation in Medicaid Programs – Final Report (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r13hs028546-kennedy-final-report-2022.pdf
      January 01, 2022 - While this is one area of promise, most research focuses on the development of technology rather than

5426. Obesity (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/obesity-horizon-scan-high-impact-1506.pdf
      June 01, 2015 - Rather, the reports will help to inform and guide the planning and prioritization of research resources … Worldwide, obesity rates have more than doubled since 1980. … older (39%) were overweight; of these, more than 600 million (13%) were obese. … Low-income women are more likely to be obese than high-income women. … 40 inches and in women with a waist circumference of more than 35 inches.

5427. White Paper: Narratively Describing Effects of Interventions in Systematic Reviews (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/white-paper-roadmap-interventions.pdf
      November 01, 2020 - representatives had epidemiology or public health training and a greater understanding of research results than … very large reduction in a laboratory parameter), or a standardized effect (e.g., reduction of more than … making.6 If scientific journals require manuscripts based on EPC reports to use different language than … Rather, it aims to assist authors in writing high level summary statements and plain language statements

5428. AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Preventable Hospital and Emergency Department Visits | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/prevhosp/factraining.html
      September 01, 2017 - For example: Pressure Ulcer Prevention has been pilot tested in more than 50 nursing homes across … Are proactive rather than reactive. Show recent changes in risks. … reports who should not be there, residents are missing from reports, residents are less functional than

5429. 012-Blood-Culture-Practices-Webinar (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/012-blood-culture-practices-webinar.docx
      October 01, 2024 - Unfortunately, up to half of these positive blood cultures may represent blood culture contaminants rather … than true pathogens. … CLSI) recommends calculating monthly rates of blood culture contamination for units that collect more than … 50 blood cultures per month, and quarterly rates for units with less than 50 blood cultures drawn per

5430. Applying CUSP To Promote Safe Surgery (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/guide-appcusp.pdf
      December 01, 2017 - Creating a skin preparation checklist is far easier than managing the staff’s attitudes and values, … CUSP IN PRACTICE In 2004, more than 100 intensive care units (ICUs) in Michigan implemented CUSP in … Rather than being the main instigators of an accident, operators tend to be the inheritors of system

5431. Identifying, Understanding, and Communicating Medical Device Use Errors: Observations from an FDA Pilot Program (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Flack.pdf
      January 01, 2005 - burdensome, we designed a secure, web-based system that is faster, more flexible, and easier to use than … having made what they perceive to be a usage error—in this case, they internalize feelings of shame rather … than realize that the device design or the organization’s systems are really at the root of the problem … More than half of the respondents rated the FDA Patient Safety News and the posters as “useful” to

5432. 10-Year Experience Integrating Strategic Performance Improvement Initiatives: Can the Balanced Scorecard, Six Sigma®, and Team Training All Thrive in a Single Hospital? (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol3/Advances-Meliones_40.pdf
      January 01, 2006 - focus of the health care organization’s vision and mission is on patient safety and clinical quality rather … than on financial performance. … We have undertaken projects that required nothing more complex than Pareto diagrams and others that … improvement initiatives need strong champions if they are to be successful, Team Training requires it more than

5433. Musculoskeletal-Complaints-Tests-Children Surveillance (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/musculoskeletal-complaints-tests-children_surveillance.pdf
      January 08, 2013 - warning) or the availability of a new drug within class (the latter being less of a signal to update than … Most of these studies focused on adults, rather than children; the age groups involved were often unclear … One prospective cohort6 reported anti-CCP antibody positive more often in polyarticular JIA than pauciarticular

5434. On-Time Pressure Ulcer Healing: Introduction to Pressure Ulcer Healing Reports Facilitator Training Instructor's Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/pruhealing/erepguide.html
      December 01, 2016 - If more than one consultation occurred, all are listed. … Counts by Month Report allows clinicians to use their EMR to quickly see the information on this report rather … than compiling the information manually each month. … Number of Residents With More Than One Pressure Ulcer. … Number of Residents With More Than One IHA Pressure Ulcer.

5435. MEDLINE Searches (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/breast-cancer-medications_appendixes.pdf
      March 01, 2009 - • Drugs other than tamoxifen, raloxifene, or tibolone. … • Intermediate outcomes rather than health outcomes.‡ • Laboratory or animal studies. … • Drugs other than tamoxifen, raloxifene, or tibolone. … Outcomes: • Surrogate rather than clinical outcomes. • Failure to measure most important outcomes … for the rating (or both, if that is the case) -- namely, use of intermediate/ surrogate outcomes rather

5436. A Picture Speaks 1000 Words | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/picture-speaks-1000-words
      July 16, 2015 - Weekend admission to hospital has a higher risk of death in the elective setting than in the emergency

5437. Layout 1 (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/hypothyroidism-hyperthyroidism-screening-treatment_executive.pdf
      October 01, 2011 - Cochrane review.3 None of the trials evaluated long-term cardiovascular outcomes, and none had more than … conducted on U.S. populations; most patients included in the studies were recruited from specialty clinics rather … than from primary care settings. … Currently, it is unclear whether screening and early treatment for thyroid disease is better than not

5438. Research Findings #16: Patterns of Ambulatory Care Use: Changes From 1987 to 1996
      meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/rf16/rf16.shtml
      July 01, 2001 - people covered exclusively by Medicare were substantially less likely to have a visit than … Blacks also showed a more marked decline than whites and Hispanics in the percentage of … rooms decreased more from 1987 to 1996 for people with lower incomes than … that took place in emergency rooms also declined more for poor people from 1987 to 1996 than … In New England, metropolitan areas consist of cities and towns rather than whole

5439. Screening for Syphilis: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/TzddJozNQQZYmTohr64wMz
      June 07, 2016 - including those with previous syphilis infection, an infected sexual partner, HIV infection, or more than … sequence testing with an initial automated treponemal test yielded more false reactive test results than … studies of HIV-positive men20,23 concerned testing for syphi- lis as part of HIV disease monitoring rather … than screening. … Reverse screening yielded a higher false-positive rate than traditional testing (0.6% vs 0%, P = .03)

5440. Chartbook #17: Dental Use, Expenses, Dental Coverage, and Changes, 1996 and 2004 (pdf file)
      meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/cb17/cb17.pdf
      January 01, 2004 - Persons with less than a high school education were less likely to have a dental visit in 2004 than … 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