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181. Chlorhexidine Bathing Routine Reduces Infections in Nursing Homes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/press-releases/chlorhexidine-bathing.html
     October 01, 2023 - These nursing homes also significantly reduced transfers to the hospital for other causes. … found that decolonizing all intensive care unit (ICU) patients with chlorhexidine and nasal mupirocin reduced

182. Measuring What Matters: Catalyzing Conversations on the Quality of Long-Term Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/ltc-quality-measures.html
     December 01, 2022 - Measures should be implemented that evaluate whether access gaps are reduced and whether these gaps are … reduced for all long-term care patients, since long-term care may not just happen in nursing homes or

183. Table 1. Implications of Telediagnosis for Diagnostic Quality and Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/teledx-table1.html
     August 01, 2020 - Communication is probably reduced if the diagnostic team (for example, the nurse, pharmacist, therapist … Safety may be reduced by missed physical findings, lack of presence, and decreased participation of onsite

184. Build a Business Case for Quality Improvement: Facilitator Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/build-business-case-fac-guide.html
     February 01, 2017 - Revenue enhancement: shorter LOS increases patient throughput capacity Balance sheet improvement: reduced … Ask: If one study reduced a key measure significantly through an intervention, how would implementing … Ask: If we reduced our VAPs, how much could we save? … Earlier we discussed an intervention that reduced ICU length of stay or LOS by 3 days. … Ask: If we reduced our ICU LOS by 3 days, how much could we save?

185. Trauma resuscitation errors and computer-assisted decision support. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/trauma-resuscitation-errors-and-computer-assisted-decision-support
     January 28, 2010 - Use of the CDSS resulted in significantly reduced errors, and also reduced morbidity compared to standard

186. Impact of preoperative briefings on operating room delays. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-preoperative-briefings-operating-room-delays
     July 28, 2010 - This study demonstrated that use of a briefing tool reduced unexpected operating room delays by more … study by the same investigators reported that implementation of time outs also improved teamwork and reduced

187. Residency work-hours reform: a cost analysis including preventable adverse events. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/residency-work-hours-reform-cost-analysis-including-preventable-adverse-events
     August 05, 2015 - An early study suggested that the change reduced serious medical errors, but the cost implications … August 5, 2015 Cost implications of reduced work hours and workloads for resident physicians

188. The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education's limits on residents' work hours and patient safety. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/accreditation-council-graduate-medical-educations-limits-residents-work-hours-and-patient
     July 10, 2008 - errors, and found that self-reported errors did not decrease even when work hours were significantly reduced … residents did not feel that errors due to handoffs or cross-coverage increased after their work hours were reduced

189. CER 218 Evidence Summary: Long-Term Drug Therapy and Drug Holidays for Osteoporosis Fracture Prevention: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-218-osteoporosis-fracture-prevention-evidence-summary.pdf
     April 01, 2019 - In older women with osteopenia or osteoporosis, 6 years of zoledronate versus placebo reduced incident … alendronate versus placebo, but women with osteopenia had no reduced risk (p-value for interaction … vertebral and nonvertebral fractures in women with osteoporosis, and zoledronate for 6 years reduced … In women with osteoporosis, long-term raloxifene for 4 years reduced incident vertebral fractures, … In women with unknown osteoporosis or osteopenia status, oral hormone therapy for 5-7 years reduced

190. Statewide Telehealth Program Enhances Access to Care, Improves Outcomes for High-Risk Pregnancies in Rural Area | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/innovation/statewide-telehealth-program-enhances-access-care-improves-outcomes-high-risk
     November 13, 2024 - including maternal-fetal medicine consultations and tertiary level obstetric care, which, in turn, has reduced … The High-Risk Pregnancy Program has reduced Arkansas' 60-day infant mortality rate by 0.5 percent due … Increasing access to specialized obstetric services for patients in rural communities via telehealth reduced … The program has reduced the 60-day infant mortality rate by increasing the proportion of low–birth-weight … Reduced infant mortality:  The program has reduced the 60-day infant mortality rate by 0.5 percent by

191. Appendix 1: Weeks Without CLABSI Banner | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/clabsi-tools/appendix-1.html
     March 01, 2018 - When used with the CUSP (Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program) Toolkit, these tools dramatically reduced

192. Final Research Plan: Breast Cancer: Medication Use to Reduce Risk | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/breast-cancer-medications-for-risk-reduction
     July 20, 2017 - Women who are treated with these medications may have reduced incidence of invasive or noninvasive breast … carcinoma in situ), breast cancer mortality, all-cause mortality, and other beneficial outcomes (such as reduced … noninvasive breast cancer incidence;  breast cancer and all-cause mortality; other beneficial outcomes (e.g., reduced … Some comments suggested that other beneficial outcomes should be included in KQ 2, such as reduced fractures

193. Final Progress Report: Improving the safety of pediatric tracheal intubation in ICUs with apneic oxygenation and video laryngoscopes (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-06/nishisaki3-report.pdf
     January 01, 2025 - implementation through the National Emergency Airway Registry for Children (NEAR4KIDS) previously reduced … After adjusting for clustering by sites, the intervention significantly reduced the severe tracheal … After adjusting for site-level clustering, the video laryngoscope use significantly reduced adverse … oxygen desaturation was smaller in the apneic oxygenation group, we speculate the apneic oxygenation reduced … This risk needs to be further reduced by making the QI intervention more effective, by selecting the

194. Facilitator Guide: Learning From Defects Through Sensemaking (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/modules/implementation/imp_learn_from_defects_facnotes.docx
     December 01, 2017 - · How will you know the risk is reduced? … How will you know the risk is reduced? … Slide 43 How Will You Know Risks Were Reduced? … Slide 44 How Will You Know Risks Were Reduced? … Show your staff that you’ve reduced the risks for patient harm.

195. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45758/psn-pdf
     July 21, 2017 - often debated whether the weekend effect could be due to factors related to the system of care (i.e., reduced … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/do-variations-hospital-mortality-patterns-after-weekend-admission-reflect-reduced-quality

196. Tertiary Care | Digital Healthcare Research
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     January 01, 2023 - use of order sets, patient-level order variation, and patient outcomes and found that order set usage reduced … project developed patient-tailored relevant warnings about drug-drug interactions and found that it reduced

197. Cauldwell M et al. 2007 "The impact of electronic patient records on workflow in general practice." | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/research/cauldwell-m
     January 01, 2023 - "[T]he administrative staff at [the intervention site] reported that the ... system had reduced the amount … 77.8 percent indicated that they believed viewing their electronic record before the consultation had reduced

198. 004-Cusp-Learning-From-Defects (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/004-cusp-learning-from-defects.docx
     October 01, 2024 - How will you know the risk is reduced? … Slide 20 How Will You Know the Risk Is Reduced? … the presentation will focus on the fourth question of the LFD process: “How will you know the risk is reduced … Slide 21 How To Determine the Risk Is Reduced SAY: After clearly identifying the defect, determining … · How will you know the risk is reduced?

199. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0398_06-17-2008.pdf
     January 01, 2008 - cost; patient-centered outcomes related to optimal treatment of ESA or iron therapy including 1) reduced … mortality, 2) reduced morbidity, 3) reduced adverse events, and 4) improved quality-of-life.

200. Archived: Final Research Plan: Genital Herpes Infection: Serologic Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/genital-herpes-screening-november-2016
     August 06, 2015 - antiviral drugs or two different type-specific HSV-2 serologic tests) Outcomes KQs 1a, 5a, 7: Reduced … rates of symptomatic genital herpes; reduced rates of genital herpes transmission measured by partner … symptom recognition (or clinician diagnosis) or HSV seroconversion KQs 1b, 5b: Reduced rates of … neonatal HSV infection; reduced rates of genital herpes at delivery KQ 2: Sensitivity, specificity … Cesarean delivery (in women with no evidence of active genital lesions at the time of delivery) KQ 4: Reduced