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9181. 121-Importance-Mrsa-Prevention-One-Pager (doc file)
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      April 01, 2025 - Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Facts SSIs account for 20 percent of all healthcare-associated infections.1 SSIs are a major cause of morbidity and mortality.2 SSIs lead to rehospitalization and increased costs ($3–10 billion annually).2,3 SSIs due to MRSA lead to higher morbidity and mortality.4 Staphylococcus aureus an…

9182. 145-Cusp-Tip-Sheet-Celebrating-Success (doc file)
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      April 01, 2025 - Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) Tip Sheet: Promoting SSI and MRSA Prevention Surgical Services For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries Purpose Recognizing success, large and small, both early on and long term is important to sustainability. Communicating success can he…

9183. Educational Bundles | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      February 01, 2019 - Educational Bundles Toolkit To Reduce CAUTI and Other HAIs in Long-Term Care Facilities Educational bundles provide evidence-based prevention practices and strategies to reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) and other HAIs in the long-term care (LTC) setting. The bundles include slide set…

9184. Research Agenda | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      September 01, 2021 - The Contribution of Diagnostic Errors to Maternal Morbidity and Mortality During and Immediately After Childbirth: State of the Science Research Agenda Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents The Contribution of Diagnostic Errors to Maternal Morbidity and Mortality During and Immediately After Chi…

9185. University of Missouri Health Care Decreases Pressure Injuries and Saves in Avoidable Costs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      February 01, 2024 - University of Missouri Health Care Decreases Pressure Injuries and Saves in Avoidable Costs University of Missouri (MU) Health Care utilized the AHRQ toolkit Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals to decrease PSI-03 (reportable pressure injuries) by 92% and save an estimated $350,000 in avoidable costs. Impl…

9186. Challenges and Opportunities for Improvement in Diagnostic Documentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2024 - Documenting Diagnosis: Exploring the Impact of Electronic Health Records on Diagnostic Safety Challenges and Opportunities for Improvement in Diagnostic Documentation Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Documenting Diagnosis: Exploring the Impact of Electronic Health Records on Diagnostic Safe…

9187. Six New Jersey Hospitals Reduce Adverse Events With AHRQ Medication Reconciliation Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2014 - Six New Jersey Hospitals Reduce Adverse Events With AHRQ Medication Reconciliation Toolkit Search All Impact Case Studies November 2011 Between January and September 2010, AHRQ partnered with seven Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) to deliver a series of onsite learning sessions and provider support …

9188. Executive Summary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2018 - Improving Patient Flow and Reducing Emergency Department Crowding: A Guide for Hospitals Executive Summary Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Improving Patient Flow and Reducing Emergency Department Crowding: A Guide for Hospitals Acknowledgments Executive Summary Section 1. The Need to…

9189. Increasing Access to Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in Rural Communities Through a Virtual Clinician Training and Support Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2025 - Increasing Access to Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in Rural Communities Through a Virtual Clinician Training and Support Program AHRQ Impact: A research team in New Mexico applied the Project ECHO© model to train rural primary care clinicians in New Mexico to provide evidence-based care for pat…

9190. Practice Improvement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2022 - Practice Improvement AHRQ has tools and resources that can help hospitals, ambulatory care practices, nursing homes, and other healthcare institutions address the challenges of COVID-19. The Agency has invested in developing and testing tools that facilitate quality, safety, and efficiencies in improving health…

9191. States Targeting Reduction in Infections via Engagement (STRIVE). | PSNet
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      June 12, 2024 - Special or Theme Issue States Targeting Reduction in Infections via Engagement (STRIVE). Citation Text: States Targeting Reduction in Infections via Engagement (STRIVE). Ann Intern Med. 2019;171(7_Suppl):s1-s82. Copy Citation Save Save to your library Prin…

9192. Improving Healthcare Quality via Information Technology - 2008 | Digital Healthcare Research
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      January 01, 2008 - Improving Healthcare Quality via Information Technology - 2008 Project Name Improving Healthcare Quality via Information Technology Principal Investigator Hayden, Avis Organization Southwestern Vermont Health Care Corporation Funding Mechanism RFA: HS04-011: Transfo…

9193. Prescribing Patterns of Cost-Effective Drugs (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2009 - Prescribing Patterns of Cost-Effective Drugs Prescribing Patterns of Cost­Effective Drugs Evaluating the costs of prescription drug expenditures can help organizations determine whether health IT, in particular, electronic prescribing and computerized provider order entry (CPOE) with clinical decision support,…

9194. Medicare | Digital Healthcare Research
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      January 01, 2024 - Medicare Changes in the appropriateness of US outpatient antibiotic prescribing after the COVID-19 outbreak: An interrupted time series analysis of 2016-2021 data. Citation Chua KP, Fischer MA, Rahman M, Linder JA. Changes in the appropriateness of US outpatient antibiotic pre…

9195. Obesity | Digital Healthcare Research
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      January 01, 2024 - Obesity External validation of an electronic phenotyping algorithm detecting attention to high body mass index in pediatric primary care. Citation Barron AG, Fenick AM, Maciejewski KR, Turer CB, Sharifi M. External validation of an electronic phenotyping algorithm detecting at…

9196. Final Research Plan: Iron Deficiency Anemia in Young Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      July 18, 2013 - Share to Facebook Share to X Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print Final Research Plan Iron Deficiency Anemia in Young Children: Screening July 18, 2013 Recommendations made by the USPSTF are independent of the U.S. government. They shoul…

9197. USPSTF Clinician Summary of USPSTF Recommendation: Screening for Depression and Suicide Risk in Adults (pdf file)
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      June 01, 2023 - USPSTF Clinician Summary of USPSTF Recommendation: Screening for Depression and Suicide Risk in Adults USPSTF Clinician Summary of USPSTF Recommendation Screening for Depression and Suicide Risk in Adults June 2023 What does the USPSTF recommend? B Grade…

9198. Yen, Po-Yin | Digital Healthcare Research
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      January 01, 2024 - Yen, Po-Yin Defining documentation burden (DocBurden) and excessive DocBurden for all health professionals: A scoping review. Citation Levy DR, Withall JB, Mishuris RG, Tiase V, Diamond C, Douthit B, Grabowska M, Lee RY, Moy AJ, Sengstack P, Adler-Milstein J, Detmer DE, Johnso…

9199. Fourteenth Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps Across the Lifespan, in All Communities | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      November 01, 2024 - Fourteenth Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps Across the Lifespan, in All Communities Share to Facebook Share to X Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has released its …

9200. Data Visualization | Digital Healthcare Research
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      January 01, 2025 - Data Visualization Quality of answers of generative large language models versus peer users for interpreting laboratory test results for lay patients: Evaluation study. Citation He Z, Bhasuran B, Jin Q, Tian S, Hanna K, Shavor C, Arguello LG, Murray P, Lu Z. Quality of answers…