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5481. Alcohol-Misuse-Drug-Therapy Executive (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/alcohol-misuse-drug-therapy_executive.pdf
      January 27, 2012 - drinking) to alcohol dependence,1,2 is associated with numerous health and social problems, more than … 85,000 deaths per year in the United States,3,4 and an estimated annual cost to society of more than … Most treatment is currently delivered in specialty settings rather than in primary care settings. … (3) Alcohol is often taken in larger amounts or over a longer period than was intended. … Alcohol is taken in larger amounts or over a longer period than intended. B.

5482. Screening for Prostate Cancer: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/vCzPVrVJfgFWfpWRdEHMKQ
      July 01, 2012 - The USPSTF recognizes that clinical decisions involve more considerations than evidence alone. … However, neither screening nor treatment trials show benefit in men older than 70 years. … A person choosing to be screened should believe that the possibility of benefit is more important than … trial provides information about the incidence of metastatic disease only at the time of diagnosis, rather … For example, decreasing the PSA cutoff to 2.5 �g/L would more than double the number of U.S. men aged

5483. A Systems Engineering Approach: Improving Medication Safety with Clinician Use of Health IT - Final Report (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r18hs017020-singh-final-report-2010.pdf
      January 01, 2010 - which are highly labor intensive, often miss errors.4 An alternative approach that is prospective, rather … than retrospective, and encourages involvement of all team-members for identifying and prioritizing … The sensitivity of the trigger tool method for detecting ADE’s is not known but is certainly less than

5484. Covariate Selection for Observational Comparative Effectiveness Research
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/considerations-for-statistical-chapter-10.pptx
      January 01, 2013 - An alternative approach to estimate causal effects, other than confounding/covariate control, is the … These difficulties can be addressed by using inverse-probability-of-treatment weighting (IPTW), rather … than regression adjustment, for confounding control.

5485. Planning the Implementation of HIT in a Rural Setting - Final Report (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/p20hs014903-reiter-final-report-2006.pdf
      January 01, 2006 - CHA therefore determined to pursue a single vendor rather than a best of breed solution when adding … The annual cost of the new product combination, deployed via an ASP model, is expected to be less than

5486. Count and Be Counted: Preparing Future Pharmacists to Promote a Culture of Safety | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/count-and-be-counted-preparing-future-pharmacists-promote-culture-safety
      April 01, 2006 - reduces preventable adverse drug events.( 3 , 4 ) Pharmacist-managed anticoagulation therapy is safer than … days as student pharmacists and teach them the anticipatory framework needed to think "root cause" rather … than "quick fix."

5487. Training Program Summary: HealthTeamWorks’ Coach University | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/case-studies/health-team-works.html
      August 01, 2014 - They note that knowledge alone won’t bring about practice transformation; rather, “transformation happens … If a contracted organization wishes to send more than one employee to Coach University, HealthTeamWorks … placements Since August 2010, when HealthTeamWorks launched Coach University in its current form, more than

5488. In Conversation with… Michael Cohen, RPh, MS, ScD (hon) | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-michael-cohen-rph-ms-scd-hon
      April 01, 2006 - reduces preventable adverse drug events.( 3 , 4 ) Pharmacist-managed anticoagulation therapy is safer than … days as student pharmacists and teach them the anticipatory framework needed to think "root cause" rather … than "quick fix."

5489. Section 4: Ways To Approach the Quality Improvement Process (Page 1 of 2) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/4-approach-qi-process/index.html
      January 01, 2020 - Start your implementation of improvements with small-scale demonstrations, which are easier to manage than … is easier to accumulate evidence for implementation when people are engaged in making something work rather … than focused on the "failure analysis."

5490. Meeting Minutes, July 24, 2015 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/news/events/nac/2015-03-nac/nacmtg0715-minutes.html
      December 01, 2015 - AHRQ focuses on translation (especially of evidence-based care) rather than discovery. … The report's data are based on more than 250 measures of quality and disparities throughout an array

5491. Christiana Care Health System: Safety Mentor Program (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Campbell_94.pdf
      March 30, 2008 - board felt they had responsibility for error prevention but viewed the error-reporting process as less than … Rather, a combination of “best practices” and technology within a culture of patient safety is essential … The AHRQ HSOPSC provides reliable measures with more detail than prior surveys and includes national

5492. Making Healthcare Safer IV_Rapid Response: Reducing Adverse Drug Events Related to Anticoagulant Use in Adults (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mhs-IV-high-risk-drugs-rapid-response.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Preventive Services Task Force, the risk of bleeding was estimated to be 76 percent higher than with … or equal to 1.5, and the percentage of time with INR less than or equal to 5) did not statistically … The TTR was statistically significantly higher in the telemedicine group than the control group. … Funding was based on number of patients rather than number of consultations, and some pharmacists felt … Some patients said they would rather pay their regular doctor than the service and were concerned about

5493. Final Progress Report: Risk Models To Improve Long-Term Care Medication Safety (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/higginson-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - The group agreed to shift its vision to improving safety rather than compliance. … Bed size ranged from 88 to 214 licensed beds; the average was 120 beds, which was somewhat higher than … ALF/RCF bed size ranged from 60 to 122, averaging 73 beds—again, somewhat larger than the statewide … or a dose or frequency administered other than what was ordered. … First, the top-level event is not an “adverse drug event” in the sense that it has resulted in harm; rather

5494. Adolescent Assessment of Preparation for Transition (ADAPT) to Adult-Focused Health Care (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/outcomes/chipra-146-fullreport.pdf
      January 01, 2020 - 6 months between pediatric and adult care than those who were more prepared (Garvey, Wolpert, Rhodes … health outcomes has been shown to be stronger when patient-centeredness is measured by patient report rather … than provider or researcher 11 assessment (Stewart, et al., 2000; Theunissen, Vogels, Koopman, … quality of HCT preparation is based on adolescent-reported responses collected in the ADAPT survey, rather … than on existing data.

5495. Recommendation: Depression and Suicide Risk in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/screening-depression-suicide-risk-adults
      June 20, 2023 - 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 … Adequate evidence that harms of pharmacotherapy are likely no greater than moderate. … No instrument was addressed in more than 1 study.

5496. Screening for Family and Intimate Partner Violence: Systematic Evidence Review (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/prevent/pdfser/famviolser.pdf
      March 01, 2004 - All studies primarily assessed parents, rather than children directly, and none utilized specific physical … Also, at the 2-year assessment, nurse-visited toddlers showed a higher developmental quotient than … The previously validated Abuse Assessment Screen (AAS) was modified to detect present abuse, rather … These studies reported higher detection rates with questionnaires than with interviews. … survey of nurses and physicians, 71% of respondents rated the identification of maltreatment as ‘rather

5497. User Guide (v2025.1) for Clinical Classifications Software Refined (CCSR) for ICD-10-CM (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/toolssoftware/ccsr/DXCCSR-User-Guide-v2025-1.pdf
      November 01, 2024 - ICD-10-CM consists of more than 70,000 diagnosis codes. … was not restricted to include the same set of categories as the beta versions of the CCS tool, but rather … that future revisions to the CCSR would allow new categories to be inserted in a relevant section, rather … More than one CCSR category matches the ICD-10-CM Code Book chapter: If there is more than one CCSR … Rather, code the condition(s) to the highest degree of certainty for that encounter/visit, such as symptoms

5498. Accurate ADHD Diagnosis (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-088-fullreport.pdf
      January 05, 2017 - from this study suggest that the prevalence of medication treatment for ADHD is higher among boys than … Children enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP are more likely than privately insured or uninsured children to … categories of racial and ethnic data, including factors of national origin, such as Cuban or Mexican rather … than the broad category of Hispanic. … Additionally, the distinctions of national origin, such as Chinese or Vietnamese, rather than the broad

5499. Glaucoma-Screening Surveillance (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/glaucoma-screening_surveillance.pdf
      January 01, 2013 - glaucoma significantly decreased when a clinically relevant group of glaucoma suspects was included, rather … than disc photos or FDT. … In terms of specificity, SAP performed better than disc photos and FDT, similar to HRT, and worse than … than disc photos or FDT. … In terms of specificity, SAP performed better than disc photos and FDT, similar to HRT, and worse than

5500. Disposition of Comments_Technical Brief No. 45: Long COVID Models of Care (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/long-covid-disposition-comments.pdf
      January 01, 2022 - The questions are confined by the status quo rather than being used to explore alternative frameworks … need to further validate the PASC score, the first definition to utilize a composite symptom score rather … than clinical criteria." … There needs to be more than a reductive focus on disease symptoms. … We revised the Summary and Implications section to state: "Rather, all models should be designed