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  1. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4u_combo_pdi09-postoprespfailure-bestpractices.pdf
    May 17, 2016 - Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety 1 Tool D.4u Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement PDI 09: Postoperative Respiratory Failure Why focus on postoperative respiratory failure in chi…

  2. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    January 04, 2012 - Complementary telephone strategies to improve postdischarge communication. January 4, 2012 Rennke S, Kesh S, Neeman N, et al. Complementary telephone strategies to improve postdischarge communication. Am J Med. 2012;125(1):28-30. doi:10.1016/j.amjmed.2011.05.011. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/complementary-telephon…

  3. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    June 10, 2018 - Survey results: community liaison programs to decrease hospital readmissions. June 10, 2018 ISMP Medication Safey Alert! Acute Care Edition. March 7, 2013;18:1-3. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/survey-results-community-liaison-programs-decrease-hospital-readmissions This newsletter article details the characteristic…

  4. AHRQ Announces Interest in Health Services Research to Reduce Emergency Department Boarding and Hospital Crowding | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    January 01, 2025 - AHRQ Announces Interest in Health Services Research to Reduce Emergency Department Boarding and Hospital Crowding A new Special Emphasis Notice from AHRQ signals the agency’s interest in receiving health services research grant applications for addressing Emergency Department (ED) boarding and hospital crowdi…

  5. Aspirin for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events: A Summary of the Evidence (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2002 - benefit of aspirin for patients with known CVD is well established,3 the question of whether aspirin reduces … the 5 large primary prevention trials, our systematic review suggests that aspirin chemoprevention reduces

  6. Archived: Evidence Summary: Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

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    July 08, 2014 - of this review is to evaluate the current evidence on whether screening asymptomatic adults for CAS reduces … Direct Evidence That Screening Reduces Ipsilateral Stroke We found no eligible studies that provided

  7. Ch 2-User-Guide-To-Ocer 130129 (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2011 - validity of an outcome definition).17 Matching on factors strongly associated with treatment often reduces … This reduces the potential for various sources of confounding and selection bias, including by barriers

  8. Timeliness of Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Children With Sickle Cell Disease (pdf file)

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    February 01, 2017 - Sometimes these children receive no antibiotics at all, even though this simple precaution greatly reduces … initiated as early as possible in infants with SCD and continued daily until the child is 5 years old, reduces

  9. Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)

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    May 01, 2021 - USPSTF Rationale Rationale Assessment Benefits of statin use • Convincing evidence that statin use reduces … • Convincing evidence that statin use reduces the probability of CVD events (myocardial infarction

  10. Folic Acid Supplementation for the Prevention of Neural Tube Defects: An Update of the Evidence (pdf file)

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    May 01, 2009 - provide generally consistent evidence that folic acid supplementation in the periconceptional period reduces … form of a multivitamin or prenatal vitamin that includes supplementation with vi- tamin B12, which reduces

  11. Archived: Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

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    June 26, 2018 - primary prevention of fractures that met inclusion criteria, the previous review found that estrogen reduces … Application of a triage approach to peripheral bone densitometry reduces the requirement for central

  12. Using Nontraditional Risk Factors in Coronary Heart Disease Risk Assessment: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)

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    October 01, 2009 - stratification with any of these risk factors, either independently or in addition to Framingham risk scoring, reduces … evidence that using ABI in addition to Framingham-based risk assessment to guide risk factor treatment reduces

  13. Timeliness of Confirmatory Testing for Sickle Cell Disease (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-132-fullreport.pdf
    January 23, 2017 - prophylactic antibiotics, which today is a standard for pediatric SCD treatment and significantly reduces … by confirmatory testing for positive screening results, parental education, and comprehensive care reduces

  14. Ykjvkfmv5Jf8Bl3Rbx8Bp7 (pdf file)

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    December 01, 2015 - diagnosis of type 2 diabetes results in im- proved health outcomes is limited, primary prevention that reduces … Pravastatin reduces the risk for cardiovascular disease in Japanese hypercholesterolemic patients with

  15. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Folic Acid to Prevent Neural Tube Defects: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

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    May 15, 2009 - provide generally consistent evidence that folic acid supplementation in the periconceptional period reduces … form of a multivitamin or prenatal vitamin that includes supplementation with vitamin B 12 , which reduces

  16. CER 218 Disposition of Comments: Long-Term Drug Therapy and Drug Holidays for Osteoporosis Fracture Prevention (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-218-osteoporosis-disposition-comments.pdf
    April 23, 2019 - of the report stating: “No eligible trial provided usable data about whether long-term denosumab reduces … of the report stating: “No eligible trial provided usable data about whether long-term denosumab reduces

  17. Reducing health care-associated infections (HAIs): lessons learned from a national collaborative of regional HAI programs. | Digital Healthcare Research

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    January 01, 2023 - Reducing health care-associated infections (HAIs): lessons learned from a national collaborative of regional HAI programs. Citation Welsh CA, Flanagan ME, Hoke SC, et al. Reducing health care-associated infections (HAIs): lessons learned from a national collaborative of regional HAI programs. Am J Inf…

  18. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34901/psn-pdf
    April 15, 2005 - Thirty Safe Practices for Better Health Care. April 15, 2005 AHRQ; Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; NQF; National Quality Forum https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/thirty-safe-practices-better-health-care This fact sheet presents 30 safe practices that can work to reduce or prevent adverse events and medicatio…

  19. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41769/psn-pdf
    October 17, 2012 - The MacArthur Fellows Program: Eric Coleman. October 17, 2012 MacArthur Foundation. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/macarthur-fellows-program-eric-coleman Dr. Eric Coleman has enhanced care transitions by developing tools and processes to improve communication and reduce readmissions. The MacArthur Foundation has sel…

  20. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45063/psn-pdf
    May 04, 2016 - Value of the pharmacist in the medication reconciliation process. May 4, 2016 Splawski J, Minger H. Value of the Pharmacist in the Medication Reconciliation Process. P T. 2016;41(3):176-8. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/value-pharmacist-medication-reconciliation-process Medication reconciliation has been shown to r…
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