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6061. Draft Final Report Estimating the Additional Hospital Inpatient Cost and Mortality Associated with Selected Hospital Acquired Conditions (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/hac-cost-report2017.pdf
      November 01, 2017 - for Patients program (PfP).10 HACs are conditions that are not present upon hospital admission but rather … Weight assignment Large studies receive more weights than smaller studies. … The estimated attributable costs of non-infectious HACs are generally less than those of infectious … More than half of the studies included in the mortality estimate used regression modeling techniques … an update to those estimates, primarily relying on the most current literature, which included more than

6062. Toolkit for Decolonization of Non-ICU Patients With Devices_Toolkit Overview and Recommended Prelaunch Activities (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/introduction/intro-overview.pdf
      March 01, 2022 - ., urinary catheters), but such use would be based on pragmatic needs or literature evidence other than … Universal strategies are generally easier to implement than targeted strategies that require methods … First, HAI rates in non-ICUs are generally lower than rates found in ICUs. … MRSA isolates.23-25 Emergence of CHG resistance at this time is largely considered to be a theoretical rather … than practical concern.

6063. Communication of Weight Classification for Children Who Are Overweight or Obese (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-241-bmi-communication-full-report.pdf
      February 01, 2020 - Rather, changes in eating and physical activity behaviors are affecting the intake and expenditure of … are much more likely to be diagnosed with mental health disorders or 7 bone and joint disorders than … It is interesting to note that one study found that pediatricians were more likely than family physicians … More than 12 million members were enrolled at some point during the 2013 measurement year for this study … More than 12 million members were enrolled at some point during the 2013 measurement year that was used

6064. Making Healthcare Safer IV Rapid Response_Active Surveillance Culturing of Clostridioides difficile and Multidrug-Resistant Organisms: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales, and Candida auris (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mhs4-active-infection-rapid-response.pdf
      May 01, 2024 - In the United States, more than 2.8 million antimicrobial-resistant infections occur each year and more … than 35,000 people die as a result.2 Clostridioides difficile and MDRO pathogens, including methicillin … More than 3,000 clinical cases and 7,000 screening cases were identified in the United States by the … such as whole genome sequencing, often report diagnostic performance results or epidemiologic data rather … than clinical results.

6065. Evidence Summary: Tobacco Smoking Cessation in Adults, Including Pregnant Persons: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/tobacco-use-in-adults-and-pregnant-women-counseling-and-interventions
      January 19, 2021 - without the co-use of NRT) were found to have statistically significantly greater rates of abstinence than … Of the 19 trials reporting the effects of a behavioral intervention on preterm birth (less than 37 weeks … Combination therapy of varenicline with nicotine replacement therapy is better than varenicline alone … bupropion, and 14.5% for varenicline Using a combination of NRT products increased quitting more than … perinatal harms from NRT; mixed findings on birth outcomes from trials but most in direction of benefit rather

6066. Making Healthcare Safer IV_Rapid Response: Use of Report Cards and Outcome Measurements To Improve the Safety of Surgical Care (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mhs-IV-rapid-response-surgical-report-cards.pdf
      November 01, 2023 - A 1998 study estimated that more than 40–50 million operations are performed in the United States each … A surgical site infection (SSI) is estimated to increase hospitalization costs by more than $20,000 … Technical barriers were the perception that, even if more accurate than other initiatives, the data … Rather it provides a means to identify areas in need of an improvement process. … VTE data abstraction accuracy rates from 40% to greater than 94%.

6067. Vte-Prophyalaxis Executive (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/vte-prophyalaxis_executive.pdf
      May 01, 2013 - complications in the relevant special populations • Case reports of pharmacologic therapies other than … 2a and KQ 2b *Total exceeds the # in the exclusion box because reviewers were allowed to mark more than … low-dose dalteparin 5000 IU/day versus placebo among hospitalized obese patients with a BMI less than … valuable for this question but there needs to be much better control for confounding by indication than … We suggest that weight-based dosing compared with fixed-dosing, rather than BMI-based dosing compared

6068. Screening for Intimate Partner Violence and for Caregiver Abuse of Older and Vulnerable Adults: An Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/RrE4_peSk5zVH3cCf77at3
      June 24, 2025 - Dubowitz et al,21 2008 Fair PSQ Past year English-speaking adult caregivers with a child younger than … addition to IPV.40 Improvement in birth outcomes may have been attributable to counseling for depression rather … than IPV counseling. … Screening and interventions for this population are likely to be different than IPV given that some older … Woman Abuse Screening Tool. a SOE ratings for KQ4 were completed for outcomes reported on by more than

6069. Screening for Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Adolescents and Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/WEqCV3NvnZAeLdC_pp6nVK
      October 01, 2018 - studies (n = 3292) reported small improvements in some quality-of-life and functional outcomes (eg, less than … Forty-nine treatment studies (n = 10 181) found DAA regimens associated with pooled SVR rates greater than … The latter were classified as nonrandomized treatment studies rather than randomized trials in this review … DAA regimens were associated with fewer harms than older interferon-containing thera- pies. … However, observa- tional studies reported SVR rates of 90%, only modestly lower than observed in the

6070. Patient-Family-Centered-Care-Transcript (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/patient-family-centered-care-transcript.doc
      April 09, 2013 - patients and families at the end of the period when we think we've done all of our work; we talk at them rather … than with them and we ask them to affirm that they've understood what we've said. … us for not acknowledging years ago that wisdom comes from patients and families perhaps more deeply than … this work, it's really important, and I think Gail's going to talk about this much more dramatically than

6071. Patient and Family-Centered Care (April 9, 2013) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/patient-family-centered-care-transcript.html
      December 01, 2017 - patients and families at the end of the period when we think we've done all of our work; we talk at them rather … than with them and we ask them to affirm that they've understood what we've said. … us for not acknowledging years ago that wisdom comes from patients and families perhaps more deeply than … this work, it's really important, and I think Gail's going to talk about this much more dramatically than

6072. Option Period Final Project Report (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/ahrq_cedar_final_project_report_2023.pdf
      January 01, 2023 - The project team received feedback that, although target end users need more information than the contents … CEDAR’s longevity has been reliant on a small team, rather than a consistent organizational-wide approach … • Meeting with smaller audiences provided more insights for future improvements than were obtained

6073. Rachel Hogg Graham - Sample Grant Application (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/funding/training-grants/rachel-hogg-graham-application.pdf
      May 19, 2021 - Rather, the techniques are covered in a number of econometric and biostatistics courses that I have … AHRF is a collection of more than 50 data sources including the American Medical Association Physician … the network structure and mechanisms used to create collaborative arrangements may look different than … clinical-community networks, which tell us more about the quality of the exchange relationships within a network than … AHRF is a collection of more than 50 data sources including the American Medical Association Physician

6074. Behavioral Health Apps in Primary Care | The Academy
      integrationacademy.ahrq.gov/products/topic-briefs/behavioral-health-apps
      July 01, 2024 - [1] and one in six individuals over the age of 12 experienced a substance use disorder. [2] Fewer than … 58] and one in six individuals over the age of 12 experienced a substance use disorder. [59] Fewer than … While being evidence based is generally better than not, it is also important to review the published … introduced as part of a comprehensive treatment plan that complements other services and supports, rather … than used as a standalone intervention

6075. The CAHPS Ambulatory Care Improvement Guide: Ways to Approach the Quality Improvement Process (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/4-approach-qi-process/cahps-section-4-ways-to-approach-qi-process.pdf
      May 17, 2017 - your implementation of improvements with small-scale demonstrations, which are easier to manage than … easier to accumulate evidence for implementation when people are engaged in making something work rather … than focused on the “failure analysis.”

6076. Patient, Family Member, and Clinician Perceptions of Disclosure of Adverse Events in Labor and Delivery | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/liability/baker.html
      August 01, 2017 - We employed a ranking rather than rating process to ensure variability among events.

6077. Low Tidal Volume Ventilation Guide for Reducing Ventilator-Associated Events in Mechanically Ventilated Patients (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/technical/ltvv-mvpguide.pdf
      January 01, 2017 - associated with significant reductions in central line-associated bloodstream infections and VAP in more than … 100 Michigan ICUs.35-38 The Michigan results were sustained for more than 3 years and were associated … For instance, it would be easier to add a nightlight to bathrooms rather than redesign the floor plan … If the tidal volume is greater than 8 mL/kg, the tidal volume should be reduced over 2 hours.

6078. Implementation, Adoption, and Scaling Workgroup: Key Factors and Considerations for Assessing the Value of Patient-Centered Clinical Decision Support (pdf file)
      cdsic.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-10/IAS_Key%20Factors%20and%20Considerations%20for%20Assessing%20the%20Value%20of%20PC%20CDS.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - to rely more on the findings from similar PC CDS economic evaluations reported in the literature, rather … than conducting their own evaluations. … can inform healthcare organizations' decisions to buy an "interoperable and proven" PC CDS product rather … than develop tools internally and incur costs for a home-grown PC CDS intervention with unknown economic

6079. CDS Connect - Year 1 Final Report (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/cds-connect-year1-final-report.pdf
      October 01, 2017 - For this reason, standards-based CDS artifacts can be more complex than custom-developed CDS artifacts … note that the USPSTF-based CDS did not perform the 10-year ASCVD risk score calculation itself, but rather … authoring tools should be optimized for a wide range of potential build processes from the outset, rather … than specially targeted at a subset of authoring functionality.

6080. Implementation, Adoption, and Scaling Workgroup: Key Factors and Considerations for Assessing the Value of Patient-Centered Clinical Decision Support (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/IAS_Key%20Factors%20and%20Considerations%20for%20Assessing%20the%20Value%20of%20PC%20CDS.pdf
      October 01, 2024 - to rely more on the findings from similar PC CDS economic evaluations reported in the literature, rather … than conducting their own evaluations. … can inform healthcare organizations' decisions to buy an "interoperable and proven" PC CDS product rather … than develop tools internally and incur costs for a home-grown PC CDS intervention with unknown economic