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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/safety/changes-slides.pptx
November 01, 2019 - How will you know the risk is reduced? … Determine if something can be measured to demonstrate that incidence of the adverse event has been reduced … Decision Making
AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use – Acute Care
Make Sure Risks Are Being Reduced … Do staff believe risks were reduced? … Follow up to ensure that solutions are implemented and harm is reduced.
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Changes in Antibiotic Decision
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/845301/psn-pdf
March 01, 2023 - management in long-term care residents is associated with improved hospital
readmission rates and reduced … primary outcome) were not statistically
different than the usual care group, although drug burden was reduced
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan11/brca-related-cancer-risk-assessment-genetic-counseling-and-genetic-testing-2013
December 15, 2012 - medications or surgeries (mastectomy, oophorectomy) may result in improved intermediate outcomes such as a reduced … incidence of breast or ovarian cancer; and/or long-term health outcomes such as reduced breast or ovarian … cancer mortality and reduced all-cause mortality. … Does risk assessment, genetic counseling, and genetic testing lead to reduced incidence of BRCA-related … cancer and reduced cause-specific and all-cause mortality?
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/implementation/learn-from-defects-slides.html
December 01, 2017 - How will you know the risk is reduced?
Questions 1 & 2 are highlighted. … How will you know the risk is reduced? … Do staff members believe risks were reduced? … Slide 44: How Will You Know Risks Were Reduced? … Post the stories of reduced risks (with data!).
Share with others.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/teamwork-associated-reduced-hospital-staff-burnout-military-treatment-facilities-findings
July 31, 2013 - Study
Teamwork is associated with reduced hospital staff burnout at military treatment … Teamwork is associated with reduced hospital staff burnout at military treatment facilities: findings … Teamwork is associated with reduced hospital staff burnout at military treatment facilities: findings
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/919.html
July 01, 2024 - Extending Medicaid Eligibility Reduced Number of Uninsured New Mothers . … Extending Medicaid Eligibility Reduced Number of Uninsured New Mothers Extending Medicaid eligibility … during the COVID-19 pandemic significantly reduced the number of uninsured new mothers, according to … latest interactive data visualization allows users to explore how dental visits were substantially reduced
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/61071/psn-pdf
January 01, 2021 - first-do-no-harm-marshaling-clinician-leadership-counter-opioid-epidemic
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/four-states-robust-prescription-drug-monitoring-programs-reduced-opioid-dosages … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/four-states-robust-prescription-drug-monitoring-programs-reduced-opioid-dosages
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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/systemdesign/leancasestudies/lean-exhibit3-15.html
November 01, 2014 - Reduced discharge time.
Discontinued blood typing and screening.
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/impact-adaptive-patient-centered-web-application-medication-optimization-hfref
January 01, 2023 - guideline-directed medication therapy (GDMT) reduces hospital admission and mortality for those with HF with reduced … A computable algorithm for medication optimization in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. … A computable algorithm for medication optimization in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/takeheart/training/event-summary-leveraging-data-enhance-cr-program.pdf
November 12, 2020 - saw a spike in patients
discontinuing CR, so they created an ambassador
program that drastically reduced … The interventions they implemented to reduce observed
disparities reduced their average time to start … These reports also enhanced their ability to adjust to
reduced gym capacity while scheduling patient … increased falls back to changes in the gym
and track layout that allowed them to make basic changes that reduced
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/changes-hospital-safety-following-penalties-us-hospital-acquired-condition-reduction-program
September 29, 2021 - Investigators attempted to assess whether hospitals penalized under the program reduced HAC rates. … By contrast, quality improvement collaboratives like Partnership for Patients have markedly reduced
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/rapid-response-teams-patient-safety-practice-failure-rescue
January 26, 2022 - utilization is widespread, the authors conclude that definitive evidence that RRTs are associated with reduced … The authors note that evidence does support that RRTs are associated with reduced secondary outcomes,
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www.ahrq.gov/takeheart/about/case-for-cardiac-rehab/index.html
December 01, 2022 - who have:
Had a heart attack
Stable angina
Received angioplasty or stent
Heart failure with reduced … heart-lung transplant surgery
The Challenges
Despite improved health outcomes for patients and reduced
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/skin-cancer-counseling
June 30, 2016 - ); whether primary care–relevant counseling interventions improve skin cancer prevention behaviors (reduced … (KQ2); the harms of counseling interventions for skin cancer prevention (increased time in the sun, reduced … Do primary care–relevant counseling interventions improve skin cancer prevention behaviors (e.g., reduced … the harms of counseling interventions for skin cancer prevention (e.g., increased time in the sun, reduced … Any harm of behavioral counseling interventions, such as anxiety, increased time spent in the sun, reduced
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/kidney-disease-medicine_surveillance.pdf
October 01, 2012 - ESRD was not
significantly reduced in patients
with CKD stages 1–3 who did
not have proteinuria. … ESRD was not significantly reduced in
patients with CKD stages 1–3 who did not
have proteinuria. … proteinuria to 1.44
(1-07-1.93) g/day (P=0.003), addition of a
LSD reduced it to 0.85 (0.66-1.10) … g/day
(P<0.001) and addition of ARB + LSD
reduced it to 0.67 (0.50-0.91) g/day (P<0.001). … ESRD was not significantly reduced in
patients with CKD stages 1–3 who did not
have proteinuria.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/sustainability/learn-from-defects-slides.html
December 01, 2017 - How will you know the risk is reduced?
Slide 10: What Happened?
Walk the process. … Slide 19: How Will You Know Risks Were Reduced? … Do staff members believe risks were reduced?
Use data-driven metrics whenever possible. … Post the stories of reduced risks (with data!).
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psnet.ahrq.gov/innovations-video
August 09, 2025 - implemented innovative practices and/or interventions that have resulted in improved patient safety and reduced
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/48168/psn-pdf
July 24, 2019 - Investigators attempted to assess whether
hospitals penalized under the program reduced HAC rates. … By contrast, quality improvement
collaboratives like Partnership for Patients have markedly reduced
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/multiple/project-echo/videos.html
April 01, 2021 - Sanjeev Arora describes how Project ECHO significantly reduced his clinics' wait times for receiving … Sanjeev Arora describes how Project ECHO significantly reduced his clinics' wait times for receiving
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psnet.ahrq.gov/innovation/geisingers-outpatient-addiction-medicine-specialty-program-uses-data-driven-decision
October 30, 2024 - Results
The innovation has been successful at the following: 3
Reduced all-cause mortality . … For example, reduced ED visits or reduced readmissions demonstrate that the program is not only self-sustaining … How Geisinger Dramatically Reduced Deaths from Opioid Use Disorder. … How Geisinger Dramatically Reduced Deaths from Opioid Use Disorder. … and Ongoing Care Management by Social Workers and Nurse Practitioners Result in Better Outcomes and Reduced