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5681. Clinical Impact of an Anticoagulation Screening Service at a Pediatric Tertiary Care Facility (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Harney_89.pdf
      May 01, 2007 - o 6 Most available information is focused on the treatment of thrombosis rather than prevention.7

5682. 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

5683. 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.

5684. Recommendation: Intimate Partner Violence and Caregiver Abuse of Older or Vulnerable Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/intimate-partner-violence-and-abuse-of-elderly-and-vulnerable-adults-screening
      June 24, 2025 - harms of primary care interventions to prevent child maltreatment in children and adolescents younger than … The USPSTF recognizes that clinical decisions involve more considerations than evidence alone. … can result in significant injury, death, and long-term adverse health consequences. 1 , 5 , 6 More than … evidence, effective interventions generally address multiple factors related to IPV (such as depression rather … More than 44% of men report sexual violence, physical violence, or stalking by an intimate partner in

5685. Screening for Intimate Partner Violence and Caregiver Abuse of Older or Vulnerable Adults: US Preventive Services Task Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/_q6ZTL2Yg6f6rLp-Re9whD
      June 24, 2025 - evidence, effective interventions generally address multiple factors related to IPV (such as depression rather … magnitude of the overall harms of screening and interventions for IPV can be bounded as no greater than … The USPSTF recognizes that clinical decisions involve more considerations than evidence alone. … an abusive relationship.1,24-26 Based on nationwide data from a recent study in older adults, more than … physi- cal violence, or stalking by an intimate partner in the past 12 months.3 IPV in Men | More than

5686. Final Progress Report: Leveraging Existing Assessments of Risk Now (LEARN) Final Report (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/woods2-report.pdf
      January 01, 2025 - significantly more favorable, resulting in lower mortality rates, shorter lengths of stay, and lower charges than … “Once children are critically ill or injured, their bodies will respond differently than adults in similar … Documented and frequent (happens once a month) F4 Very Frequent Documented, occurs routinely (happens more than … Rather than “reinventing the wheel” in each case, this analysis recommends consultation from individuals … The Need “Children are not just little adults”; rather, a number of research findings suggests that

5687. Pediatric Lower Respiratory Infection Readmission Measure (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-131-fullreport.pdf
      April 05, 2017 - Numerator Statement Hospitalizations at general acute care hospitals for LRI in patients less than 18 … Denominator Statement Hospitalizations at general acute care hospitals for LRI in patients less than … and discharge date or less than 80 percent of records with complete primary diagnosis codes. … the national rate, no different than the national rate, or higher (worse) than the national rate, given … picture because billing codes lack details, such as disease status; coding is driven by payment rules rather

5688. 2016 Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture Part I (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/hospital/2016/2016_hospitalsops_report_pt1.pdf
      January 01, 2016 - We use more agency/temporary staff than is best for patient care. (A7R) 65% 4. … • 57 percent of hospitals changed less than 5 percentage points. … • 53 percent of hospitals changed less than 5 percentage points. … worthwhile to strive to implement easier smaller changes that are likely to have a positive impact rather … than big changes with unknown probability of success.

5689. 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

5690. 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

5691. Screening for Thyroid Disease: Systematic Evidence Review (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/prevent/pdfser/thyrser.pdf
      January 01, 2004 - Nearly all women who developed hypothyroidism within 5 years had an initial serum TSH greater than … A good-quality cohort study in the Framingham population found that, in subjects older than 60 who … Introduction 11 disease or Graves’ disease44-47 rather than patients who have no obvious clinical … serum TSH less than 6 mU/l (0.9%, OR, 4.4; 95% CI, 1.9-9.5). … had IQ scores greater than 1 standard deviation (SD) below the control mean.

5692. 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.

5693. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adults and Adolescents: A Targeted Evidence Update for the USPSTF (pdf file)
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/CVoJ9fc9nv2Zsgs8R8XabH
      September 01, 2022 - with increased stress experience included history of injected drug use, Black race/ethnicity, less than … They reported that rates of syphilis diagnoses were consistently higher for Black MSM than for White … Therefore, the automated RPR may be more suitable for monitoring treatment response rather than screening … information on gender or sex (e.g., cis-man, trans-man), we will use gender terminology (e.g., man, woman) rather … • Was the exposure(s) assessed more than once over time?

5694. Continuous-Outcomes-Quantitative-Synthesis Methods (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/continuous-outcomes-quantitative-synthesis_methods.pdf
      March 01, 2011 - Peer Reviewers must disclose any financial conflicts of interest greater than $10,000 and any other … If a 90% confidence interval is given rather than a 95% confidence interval, the divisor in formula … A correlation less than 0.5 would make using followup scores generally more efficient than using the … Glass’ , and Hedges’ g has smaller sample variance than Cohen’s d. … When the outcome is assessed using different scales, RoM is easier to interpret than SMD.

5695. C-Diff-Infections-Surveillance-140925 (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/c-diff-infections-surveillance-140925.pdf
      January 01, 2014 - difficile infection than the use of vancomycin. … the EIA result (p=0.005) but lower than the PCR result (P=0.057). … 027 was lower than that for Xpert C. difficile (P<0.001). … findings by suggesting a 2-step testing algorithm for C. difficile using rapid PCR confirmatory testing rather … than CCCNA leads to decreased unnecessary anti-CDI antimicrobial use.

5696. Optimizing the Value of PROMs in Improving Care Delivery through Health Information Technology (PROMOTE) – Final Report (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r18hs025618-solberg-final-report-2023.pdf
      January 01, 2023 - Results: Most patients prefer an outcome individualized to them rather than a multi-item score. … The race and ethnicity of all patients are routinely identified, so while Minnesota is less diverse than … Patients perceived the scores as more useful for the physician than for them. … None of the remaining 14 outcomes were selected as the top three most important by more than 30% of … Eight surgeons had observed scores greater than expected after adjustment, providing an opportunity

5697. THE HCUP NATIONWIDE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT SAMPLE (NEDS), 2008
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/neds/NEDS_Introduction_2008.jsp
      January 01, 2008 - Excluded were a handful of non-rural hospitals that reported less than ten ED visits in a year. … Some States provide more than the maximum code fields retained on the NEDS. … Less than 2% of all ED records report more fields than the maximum allowed on the NEDS. … This is in contrast to the superpopulation model, which adopts a stochastic viewpoint rather than a deterministic … The 2008 NEDS includes less than one-third of CT hospitals.  

5698. THE HCUP NATIONWIDE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT SAMPLE (NEDS), 2006
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/neds/NEDS_Introduction_2006v2.jsp
      November 01, 2015 - In Version 1, if more than 99 CPT codes were reported, the data element had an invalid value. … Excluded were a handful of non-rural hospitals that reported less than 10 ED visits in a year. … Some States provide more than the maximum code fields retained on the NEDS. … Less than 2% of all ED records report more fields than the maximum allowed on the NEDS. … This is in contrast to the superpopulation model, which adopts a stochastic viewpoint rather than a deterministic

5699. HEALTHCARE COST AND UTILIZATION PROJECT — HCUP (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/neds/NEDS2008Introductionv3.pdf
      November 01, 2015 - The NEDS contains more than 100 clinical and non-clinical variables provided in a hospital discharge … Some States provide more than the maximum code fields retained on the NEDS. … Less than 2% of all ED records report more fields than the maximum allowed on the NEDS. … This is in contrast to the superpopulation model, which adopts a stochastic viewpoint rather than a … The 2008 NEDS includes less than one-third of CT hospitals.

5700. Evidence Summary: Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/latent-tuberculosis-infection-screening
      May 02, 2023 - Meta-analysis found greater risk for hepatotoxicity with isoniazid than with rifampin (pooled RR, 4.22 … Isoniazid was associated with higher rates of hepatotoxicity than placebo or rifampin. … Studies were excluded if more than 25% of the study population was younger than 18 years or known to … did not enroll populations that were identified to have LTBI via screening in primary care settings; rather … Isoniazid was associated with higher rates of hepatotoxicity than placebo or rifampin.