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digital.ahrq.gov/principal-investigator/wang-hsin-hsiao-scott
January 01, 2023 - Wang, Hsin-Hsiao Scott
Machine-Learning Prediction Model for Personalized Urinary Tract Infection Care in Children
Description
The study will develop and implement a validated machine learning model to optimize voiding cystourethrogram timing and use for diagnosing vesicourete…
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digital.ahrq.gov/program/national-center-excellence-primary-care-research-center-evidence-and-practice-improvement
January 01, 2023 - National Center for Excellence in Primary Care Research, Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement
Program Link: https://www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/index.html
Assessing the Effects of EHR Optimization Interventions in Primary Care
Description
This research…
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/using-evidence-based-nursing-practices-and-electronic-health-record-decision-6
January 01, 2023 - Nurse leader training presentation for the deployment of the QI-CDS tool (separate document with supplemental handout for data element definitions)
Citation
Nurse leader training presentation for the deployment of the QI-CDS tool (separate document with supplemental handout for data element definition…
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/using-evidence-based-nursing-practices-and-electronic-health-record-decision-0
January 01, 2023 - Specifications for a care planning (CP) clinical decision support (CP-CDS) tool (Chapter 3; Figures 4-10)
Citation
Specifications for a care planning (CP) clinical decision support (CP-CDS) tool (Chapter 3; Figures 4-10)
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action-cp-cds-tool-specifications.pdf
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39793/psn-pdf
August 25, 2010 - Infection Control in the Intensive Care Unit.
August 25, 2010
Crit Care Med. 2010;38:S265-S404.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/infection-control-intensive-care-unit
Articles in this special issue describe strategies to reduce infections in the intensive care unit, including
human factors design, guideline use…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40406/psn-pdf
February 13, 2018 - Critical conversations: a call for a nonprocedural "time
out."
February 13, 2018
Sehgal NL, Fox M, Sharpe B, et al. Critical conversations: a call for a nonprocedural "time out". J Hosp
Med. 2011;6(4):225-30. doi:10.1002/jhm.853.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/critical-conversations-call-nonprocedural-time-out
This…
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/breast-and-ovarian-cancer-brca-testing-screening-2005
September 15, 2005 - followed by BRCA mutation testing and preventive interventions for appropriate candidates ultimately reduces … It is not known whether testing for BRCA mutations reduces cause-specific or all-cause mortality and … Bilateral prophylactic mastectomy reduces breast cancer risk in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/osteoarthritis-pain-disposition-120516.pdf
October 01, 2011 - Peer Reviewer
#4
Results p. 91 Say that only misoprostol reduces
complications. … Discussion
There is evidence that the DMOAD effect of
glucosamine is clinically relevant since it reduces … Chondroitin sulfate reduces both
cartilage volume loss and bone marrow lesions in
knee OA patients
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43491/psn-pdf
January 01, 2015 - The systems approach to medicine: controversy and
misconceptions.
December 9, 2014
Dekker SWA, Leveson NG. The systems approach to medicine: controversy and misconceptions. BMJ
Qual Saf. 2015;24(1):7-9. doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2014-003106.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/systems-approach-medicine-controversy-and-misconcept…
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/medicaid.html
Topic: Medicaid
Medicaid is state-based government health insurance that helps many low-income people in the United States to pay their medical bills.
Background Report for the Request for Public Comment on Initial, Recommended Core Set of Children's Healthcare Quality Me…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44436/psn-pdf
October 30, 2017 - Overreaction.
October 30, 2017
Shell ER. Overreaction. Scientific American. 2015;313(5):28-9.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/overreaction
Reporting on how test inaccuracies can lead to misdiagnosis of food allergies in children and the potential
consequences, this magazine article describes a diagnostic tool to dete…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39465/psn-pdf
May 08, 2018 - Latest heparin fatality speaks loudly—what have you
done to stop the bleeding?
May 8, 2018
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. April 8, 2010;15:1-3.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/latest-heparin-fatality-speaks-loudly-what-have-you-done-stop-bleeding
Detailing a recent lethal overdose of heparin, this …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/impl-guide/implementation-guide-appendix-d.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Appendix D. Poster on Indications for Urinary Catheters
AHRQ Safety Program for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals
Appendix D. Poster on Indications for Urinary Catheters
In lower right, use Adobe Acrobat Pro to insert contact information for your institution.
Does your patient
really nee…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73431/psn-pdf
June 23, 2021 - Drive to Deprescribe.
June 23, 2021
The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/drive-deprescribe
Polypharmacy is a known challenge to patient safety. This collective program encourages long-term care
organizations, physicians, and pharmacists to take part in a learning net…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37749/psn-pdf
July 16, 2018 - Practice advisory for the prevention and management of
operating room fires.
July 16, 2018
Fires AS of ATF on OR, Caplan RA, Barker SJ, et al. Practice advisory for the prevention and management
of operating room fires. Anesthesiology. 2008;108(5):786-801; quiz 971-2.
doi:10.1097/01.anes.0000299343.87119.a9.
htt…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39766/psn-pdf
August 18, 2010 - Paediatric dosing errors before and after electronic
prescribing.
August 18, 2010
Jani Y, Barber N, Wong ICK. Paediatric dosing errors before and after electronic prescribing. Qual Saf
Health Care. 2010;19(4):337-40. doi:10.1136/qshc.2009.033068.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/paediatric-dosing-errors-and-after-elec…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41972/psn-pdf
January 23, 2013 - Impact of a pharmacotherapy alerting system on
medication errors.
January 23, 2013
Natali BJ, Varkey AC, Garey KW, et al. Impact of a pharmacotherapy alerting system on medication errors.
American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. 2012;70(1). doi:10.2146/ajhp120126.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-pharmacothe…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42753/psn-pdf
November 20, 2013 - Dealing with a medical mistake: should physicians
apologize to patients?
November 20, 2013
Tabler NG Jr.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/dealing-medical-mistake-should-physicians-apologize-patients
This article discusses how apologies address patients' needs when a medical mistake has occurred and
how such disclosur…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36431/psn-pdf
March 28, 2011 - Using the internet to deliver education on drug safety.
March 28, 2011
Franklin B, O'Grady K, Parr J, et al. Using the internet to deliver education on drug safety. Qual Saf Health
Care. 2006;15(5):329-33.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/using-internet-deliver-education-drug-safety
The project team implemented a web-…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50727/psn-pdf
December 11, 2019 - Your diagnosis was wrong. Could doctor bias have been
a factor?
December 11, 2019
Glicksman E. Washington Post. November 17, 2019.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/your-diagnosis-was-wrong-could-doctor-bias-have-been-factor
Unconscious assumptions and biases are known contributors to poor decision-making. This news st…