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5501. CDSiC Innovation Center Quarterly Report (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/InnovationCenterQ4ProgressReportFinalForDTPFINAL.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - world; 3) User control and freedom; 4) Consistency and standards; 5) Error prevention; 6) Recognition rather … than recall; 7) Flexibility and efficiency of use; 8) Aesthetic and minimalist design; 9) Help users

5502. Tracking Patient Outcomes | The Academy
      integrationacademy.ahrq.gov/products/playbooks/moud-playbook/monitor-patient-outcomes/tracking-patient-outcomes
      October 01, 2025 - A urine drug screen can be more accurate than patient self-report, as some patients do not want to disappoint … use or missed appointments as treatment failures or reasons to "fire" a patient from treatment, but rather

5503. PowerPoint Presentation
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/facilitation-webcast-slides.pptx
      June 13, 2013 - Rather than getting people’s reactions to messages (as in the focus group), this same scenario is now

5504. Duplicate Therapies in Retail Pharmacy | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/duplicate-therapies-retail-pharmacy
      August 05, 2022 - the more recent prescription and asked the patient to follow up with their physician by telephone, rather … than wait eight days.

5505. HEALTHCARE COST AND UTILIZATION PROJECT (HCUP) E CODE EVALUATION (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2016-03.pdf
      January 01, 2016 - One, the NIS became a sample of discharge records from HCUP-participating hospitals, rather than a sample

5506. Archived: Evidence Summary: Alcohol Misuse: Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions in Primary Care | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary9/alcohol-misuse-screening-and-behavioral-counseling-interventions-in-primary-care-2013
      September 25, 2012 - , 0.12 [CI, 0.07 to 0.16]; 7 trials; 2737 participants), and 11% more adults reported drinking less than … drinking practices (for example, by encouraging fewer drinks per occasion or not drinking before driving) rather … than to achieve abstinence. … Other than the results for opportunity costs, our results are limited by the few trials that reported … These categories are not all discrete (an individual may meet the definition of more than one).

5507. Breastfeeding Programs and Policies, Breastfeeding Uptake, and Maternal Health Outcomes in Developed Countries Evidence Summary (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-210-breastfeeding-evidence-summary.pdf
      January 01, 2020 - e Effective Health Care Program Archived: This report is greater than 3 years old. … visits provided, or qualifications of intervention delivery personnel) are more or less effective than … Give infants no food or drink other than breast milk, unless medically indicated. 7. … implementation of fewer than four steps. … more likely to engage in other beneficial health behaviors.180, 181 Moreover, it is plausible that, rather

5508. Obesity (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/obesity-horizon-scan-high-impact-1512.pdf
      December 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. … 40 inches and in women with a waist circumference greater than 35 inches. … The treatment success rate, defined as %EWL of more than 25%, was 94.7%. … Also, it has less serious side effects than surgery.

5509. Final Progress Report: Pharmacist Technology for Nursing Home Resident Safety (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/lapane-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Elderly patients are two to three times more likely to experience an ADE than are patients aged 20 to … For many of these (>75%), the duration of symptoms lasted more than a day. … interventions that consultant pharmacists performed in response to the GRAMTM flag were different than … residents in the intervention homes triggering the delirium resident assessment protocol was less than … Discussion: Our findings may reflect in part that delirium, rather than a fall, is more likely caused

5510. Conducting Quantitative Synthesis when Comparing Medical Interventions: AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guidance-quantitative-synthesis_methods.pdf
      October 01, 2010 - should avoid statements such as ―We conducted a meta-analysis to obtain a combined estimate of …‖ Rather … A general question may allow inclusion of a broader selection of studies than a focused question. … comparison is useful by saving the resources of going through formal testing and more informative than … When overlap in confidence intervals is less than modest and a significant difference is suspected, … When event rates are less than 1 percent, the Peto OR method is the recommended choice if the included

5511. Conducting Quantitative Synthesis when Comparing Medical Interventions: AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/methodsguide_conductingquantitativesynthesis.pdf
      October 01, 2010 - should avoid statements such as ―We conducted a meta-analysis to obtain a combined estimate of …‖ Rather … A general question may allow inclusion of a broader selection of studies than a focused question. … comparison is useful by saving the resources of going through formal testing and more informative than … When overlap in confidence intervals is less than modest and a significant difference is suspected, … When event rates are less than 1 percent, the Peto OR method is the recommended choice if the included

5512. V-C3.01 Information Technology Security Policy Manual (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/AHRQ-Security-and-Privacy-Language-for-Information-and-Information-Technology-Procurements.pdf
      November 07, 2023 - integrated at the application layer, such as through an enterprise identity service as described above, rather … than through network authentication (e.g., a virtual private network). … Contractors explicitly configure endpoints to use contractor-designated encrypted DNS servers, rather … than relying on automatic network discovery.

5513. Dementia-Agitation-Aggression Executive (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/dementia-agitation-aggression_executive.pdf
      March 01, 2016 - Because “dementia” is the far more familiar term, we have used it rather than “NCD” throughout this … Archived: This report is greater than 3 years old. … Archived: This report is greater than 3 years old. … Archived: This report is greater than 3 years old. … Archived: This report is greater than 3 years old.

5514. Research Protocol: Safety of Vaccines Used for Routine Immunization in the United States (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/safety-vaccines-protocol.pdf
      January 30, 2020 - published systematic reviews11-106 to ensure that all relevant studies have been identified, i.e., rather … than summarizing the reviews, we will use them as sources to identify available research studies. … Rather than relying on the author’s interpretation of outcomes, we will apply the categorization and … Assessing the evidence: live attenuated influenza vaccine in children younger than 2 years. … EPC core team members must disclose any financial conflicts of interest greater than $1,000 and any

5515. MEPS HC-085B: 2004 Dental Visits
      meps.ahrq.gov/data_stats/download_data/pufs/h85b/h85bdoc.shtml
      August 01, 2006 - ) and/or the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) may not be used for any purpose other than … More than one type of provider may have been identified on an event record. … More than one type of service or treatment may have been identified on an event record. … MEPS differs slightly from its predecessors, the 1987 NMES and 1977 NMCES surveys, where "charges" rather … than sum of payments were used to measure expenditures.

5516. Implementation Guide: Healthy Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults with Cardiovascular Risk Factors (pdf file)
      cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cds/artifact/1071/2024_CDS_Connect_IG_Healthy_Diet_Physical_Activity.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - The prevalence of CVD for people living in this area is higher than the national norm. … the initial published recommendation.6 • Metabolic syndrome: Metabolic syndrome is not a disease but rather … Inclusions “HDL-C lab result <40 mg/dL” HDL-C lab result that is less than 40 mg/dL. … Inclusions “>” Greater than a given value (e.g., >130 mg/dL). … Inclusions “<” Less than a given value (e.g., <40 mg/dL).

5517. Archived: Evaluating Test Strategies for Colorectal Cancer Screening: A Decision Analysis for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evaluating-test-strategies-for-colorectal-cancer-screening-a-decision-analysis-for-the-us-preventive-services-task-force/colorectal-cancer-screening-2008
      October 15, 2008 - Results of Base-Case Analysis: Beginning screening at age 50 years was consistently better than at age … The life-years gained for this set of screening strategies is approximately 8% to 12% lower than that … As expected, results for the worst-case analysis showed fewer life-years gained than results for the … We note that our analysis used chronologic age rather than comorbidity-adjusted life expectancy and that … In practice, adherence is much lower than 100% and varies across type of screening test.

5518. Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Knee: An Update Review (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/osteoarthritis-knee-update-disposition.pdf
      May 04, 2017 - that there are likely certain dosages or applications of interventions that may be more effective than … I'm not sure why mudbaths are included since this is a rather obscure treatment but explanation if … A mean difference less than the MCID or MCII may translate into a substantial number of individuals … These therapies are non-invasive and non- addictive, have been utilized in patients for more than … These therapies are non-invasive and non-addictive, have been utilized in patients for more than 20

5519. Resources for Advanced Practices (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/advanced-practice-guide-brochure.pdf
      March 01, 2016 - They are designed to complement, rather than replace, counseling from a health care clinician and are

5520. Final Progress Report: Improving Patient Safety by Reducing Medication Errors (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-03/strom2-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Although we excluded subjects with an upper limit of the target INR greater than 3, this represented … Consistent with the parent study, patients were excluded if they were younger than 21 years old, were … Participants were six times more likely to take too few pills than to take extra pills (18.8% vs. 3.3% … inventory displays mistaken for dosage guidelines; antibiotic renewal notices placed on paper charts rather … This brief was mailed to more than 4,000 clinicians, policymakers, and industry leaders.