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8781. Disposition of Comments: Management of Colonic Diverticulitis (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/diverticulitis-comments.pdf
      October 12, 2020 - The statement of elective surgery following acute diverticulosis for prevention is beneficial to reducing … diverticulitis management (often in addition to antibiotics) - what is the role of dietary changes in reducing

8782. Maternal Safety | PSNet
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      January 10, 2024 - Reducing disparities in severe maternal morbidity and mortality. … Cesarean delivery rates vary tenfold among US hospitals; reducing variation may address quality and cost

8783. Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: A Progress Report on the National 'On the CUSP: Stop BSI' Project, Neonatal CLABSI Prevention (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/clabsineonatal.pdf
      October 01, 2012 - The project had two primary aims: 1) create and support statewide CLABSI collaboratives committed to reducing … Create and support nine statewide CLABSI collaboratives committed to reducing CLABSI. 2.

8784. Care Management: Implications for Medical Practice, Health Policy, and Health Services Research | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      August 01, 2018 - employing the triple aim (improving the experience of care, improving the health of populations, and reducing … e.g., medication reconciliation to avoid duplication and prescription errors), and efficiency (e.g., reducing

8785. Meeting Minutes, November 2015 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/news/events/nac/2015-11-nac/nacmtg1115-minutes.html
      May 01, 2016 - NAC Chair, reviewed the results of a large study, conducted by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), on reducing … The study addressed the following eight goals toward reducing diagnostic errors: facilitating more effective

8786. Geographic Variation in Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations for Acute and Chronic Conditions, 2005-2011 (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb178-Preventable-Hospitalizations-by-Region.pdf
      September 01, 2014 - geographic variation may serve to narrow disparities in health outcomes and identify strategies for reducing … hospitalizations by providing adequate and appropriately targeted resources.3,4 In fact, reducing

8787. A Missed Bowel Perforation - the Importance of Diagnostic Reasoning | PSNet
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      January 29, 2021 - gastrointestinal perforations was significantly associated with examination only by non-physician practitioners. 5 Reducing … hemorrhage resulted in more timely diagnosis of this life-threatening syndrome. 1 Authors have suggested reducing

8788. ECRI_Penn EPC FINAL Environ Cleaning Protocol 08_21_14 CC[1] (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2014 - This technical brief will explore these factors and their impact on reducing HAIs. II. … An evaluation of environmental decontamination with hydrogen peroxide vapor for reducing the risk of

8789. Final progress Report: Improving Over-the-Counter Medication Safety for Older Adults (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-03/chui-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Impact of a pilot community pharmacy system redesign on reducing over-the-counter medication misuse in … “Impact of a community pharmacy system redesign on reducing over-the- counter medication misuse in older … Impact of a pilot community pharmacy system redesign on reducing over-the-counter medication misuse in

8790. What Makes a Good Checklist | PSNet
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      October 01, 2010 - that the public cares about, and I think that doctors and nurses care about, is making care better, reducing … July 17, 2024 Improving peripherally inserted central catheter appropriateness and reducing

8791. Methodology Report #30: Sample Design of the 2014 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Insurance Component (pdf file)
      meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/mr30/mr30.pdf
      June 01, 2015 - Integration Plan of June 1995, which focused on consolidating DHHS surveys, achieving cost efficiencies, reducing … This strategy helps to reduce the reporting burden for multi-units by reducing their chances of being

8792. Methodology Report #31: Sample Design of the 2017 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Insurance Component
      meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/mr31/mr31.shtml
      July 01, 2018 - Integration Plan of June 1995, which focused on consolidating DHHS surveys, achieving cost efficiencies, reducing … This strategy helps to reduce the reporting burden for multi-units by reducing their chances of being

8793. Methodology Report #30: Sample Design of the 2014 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Insurance Component
      meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/mr30/mr30.shtml
      June 01, 2015 - Integration Plan of June 1995, which focused on consolidating DHHS surveys, achieving cost efficiencies, reducing … This strategy helps to reduce the reporting burden for multi-units by reducing their chances of being

8794. Methodology Report #27: Sample Design of the 2011 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Insurance Component
      meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/mr27/mr27.shtml
      March 01, 2013 - Integration Plan of June 1995, which focused on consolidating DHHS surveys, achieving cost efficiencies, reducing … This strategy helps to reduce the reporting burden for multi-units by reducing their chances of being

8795. Recommendation: Anxiety in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/screening-anxiety-children-adolescents
      October 11, 2022 - symptomatic youth who have been exposed to traumatic events, based on strong evidence of effectiveness in reducing … symptomatic youth who have been exposed to traumatic events, based on strong evidence of effectiveness in reducing

8796. Methodology Report #27: Sample Design of the 2011 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Insurance Component (pdf file)
      meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/mr27/mr27.pdf
      March 01, 2013 - Integration Plan of June 1995, which focused on consolidating DHHS surveys, achieving cost efficiencies, reducing … This strategy helps to reduce the reporting burden for multi- units by reducing their chances of being

8797. Archived: Evidence Summary: Aspirin: Aspirin/NSAIDs for Prevention of Colorectal Cancer: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-aspirin/aspirin-nsaids-for-prevention-of-colorectal-cancer-preventive-medication-2007
      March 15, 2007 - Conclusions:  Aspirin appears to be effective at reducing the incidence of colonic adenoma and colorectal

8798. Topic Brief: Interventions to Decrease Hospital Length of Stay (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/system/files/docs/topic-brief-hospital-length-of-stay.pdf
      November 01, 2019 - navigators[tiab] OR navigation[tiab] OR “patient centered”[tiab]) AND (Length of stay[mesh] OR “reducing … Implementation strategies/interventions to reduce LOS—strategies may include: • Clinical care approaches to reducing … In addition: • Reducing LOS reduces the risk of patient harms in the hospital and the cost of care … C-2 • Indirectly, reducing LOS increases hospital volume capacity for those hospitals that have … Supporting Document Reducing Hospital Length of Stay: Topic Nomination from the LHS Panel Project (

8799. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/index.html
      November 01, 2024 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention This ongoing implementation project aims to help intensive care units, non-intensive care units, surgical services, and long-term care facilities measurably decrease invasive MRSA infections using AHRQ's Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) method. About This …

8800. Microsoft PowerPoint - Updated Handouts - Read-Only (pdf file)
      cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cds/artifact/136331/Benzodiazepine%20Patient%20Handout.pdf
      January 01, 2018 - Microsoft PowerPoint - Updated Handouts - Read-Only REDUCING MEDICATIONS SAFELY TO MEET LIFE’S CHANGES … taking:_____________________ Your dose: _____________________________________________ WHY CONSIDER REDUCING … Adapted from “Reducing Medications Safely to Meet Life’s Changes, Focus on Benzodiazepine Receptor Agonists