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1. Integrating Cardiovascular Disease Risk Calculators into Primary Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   February 01, 2022 - Tools for Change Search for Tools & Resources Integrating Cardiovascular Disease Risk … Search for Tools & Resources Integrating Cardiovascular Disease Risk … Calculators into Primary Care Resource: Integrating Cardiovascular Disease Risk Calculators … originally created February 2022 Internet Citation: Integrating Cardiovascular Disease Risk … https://www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/tools/cvd-risk-calculator.html   Back

2. Health Care Facility Design Safety Risk Assessment Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   October 01, 2020 - Patient Safety Resources by Setting Hospital Health Care Facility Design Safety Risk … Assessing safety risks and incorporating preventive measures into the design of health care facilities … safety problems as health care-associated infections, patient falls, medication errors, and security risks … Functions as a quality check tool that allows teams to take into account level of priority and risk as … toolkit uses an evidence-based approach to identify solutions, proactive process that can mitigate risk

3. The SHARE Approach—Communicating Numbers to Your Patients: A Reference Guide for Health Care Providers | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   September 01, 2020 - Avoid explaining risks in purely descriptive terms (such as "low risk"). 5 For example, say, "Studies … Give absolute risk instead of relative risk. 1 Absolute risk estimates the number of health events among … Communicating risks and benefits: an evidence-based user’s guide. Silver Spring (MD): U.S. … Strategies to help patients understand risks. BMJ 2003 Sep 27;327(7417):745-8. … What Are the Risks of Having a Stent? National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

4. Tool 5, The SHARE Approach Communicating Numbers to your Patients: A Reference Guide for Health Care Providers (pdf file)
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   April 01, 2014 - Avoid explaining risks in purely descriptive terms (such as “low risk”).5 For example, say, “Studies … instead of relative risk.1 Absolute risk estimates the number of health events among individuals in … Communicating risks and benefits: an evidence-based user’s guide. Silver Spring (MD): U.S. … Strategies to help patients understand risks. BMJ 2003 Sep 27;327(7417):745-8. PMID: 14512489. 6. … What Are the Risks of Having a Stent? National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. http://www.nhlbi.

5. Bleeding Risks Increase When Blood Thinners and Aspirin Are Taken Together | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   February 01, 2024 - Opportunity Guidance AHRQ Grants Policy Notices AHRQ Informed Consent & Authorization Toolkit for Minimal Risk … Home News Newsletter AHRQ News Now Bleeding Risks … Bleeding Risks Increase When Blood Thinners and Aspirin Are Taken Together Patients are at higher risk … thromboembolism, while aspirin may still be used to prevent primary cardiovascular events among high-risk … Surgical approach and reoperation risk in intermittent exotropia in the IRIS Registry.

6. Improving the Safety of Diagnosis and Therapy in the Inpatient Setting | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   February 01, 2024 - In this risk score, X n represents baseline risk factors and in-hospital clinical factors, as well as … The high-risk cohorts included cases of patients who were transferred to the ICU after 24 hours, died … with preimplementation period (16.5 vs. 20.9, OR 0.75 [95% CI 0.43-1.29], p=0.29), or a 25 percent relative … risk reduction in overall DE. 1 In postimplementation analysis, researchers found that relative risk … reductions in DE were greater in patients in the high-risk cohort.

7. Aspirin Use Evidence and Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   March 01, 2021 - Patients with heart disease or who have had a stroke in the past are at high risk for having a heart … Taking an aspirin every day can help these patients lower their risk. … evidence to develop guidelines on aspirin use in patients with heart disease and others who are at risk … Aspirin Use in Primary Care This facts-at-a-glance handout for clinicians summarizes evidence, risk, … Stroke This patient education booklet explains how heart attack and stroke happen, and the potential risks

8. New Data Resources Provide Insights Into Patient Safety Risks | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   October 01, 2023 - Opportunity Guidance AHRQ Grants Policy Notices AHRQ Informed Consent & Authorization Toolkit for Minimal Risk … Newsletter AHRQ News Now New Data Resources Provide Insights Into Patient Safety Risks … Now Events New Data Resources Provide Insights Into Patient Safety Risks … Today's Headlines: New Data Resources Provide Insights Into Patient Safety Risks . … antibiotics excessively and unsafely increases antibiotic-resistant infections, a serious public health risk

9. Researchers Identify Risk Factors for Pneumonia After Cardiac Surgery | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   January 01, 2024 - Home News Newsletter AHRQ News Now Researchers Identify Risk … Blog Newsletter AHRQ News Now Events Researchers Identify Risk … Today's Headlines: Researchers Identify Risk Factors for Pneumonia After Cardiac Surgery . … pneumonia, among the most common complications following cardiac surgery, was associated with increased risks … These findings may inform future quality improvement efforts to reduce patients’ risks of contracting

10. Cholesterol Management Evidence and Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2021 - factor and an increased risk of a CVD event (>=10% in 10 years). … The USPSTF recommended discussing statin use in similar patients with more moderate risk of a CVD event … All patients at high risk should receive a high- or moderate-intensity statin unless contraindicated … factors with a calculated 10-year CVD event risk of 7.5 percent or greater. 2013 ACC/AHA Guideline … on the Treatment of Blood Cholesterol to Reduce Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Risk in Adults This

11. The SHARE Approach—Essential Steps of Shared Decisionmaking: Expanded Reference Guide with Sample Conversation Starters | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2020 - Opportunity Guidance AHRQ Grants Policy Notices AHRQ Informed Consent & Authorization Toolkit for Minimal Risk … Communicate numbers in a way that your patient can understand Numbers can be a big part of discussing risk … Tips Avoid descriptive terms (such as "low risk"). Instead, provide estimated numbers. … Whenever possible, use absolute numbers—not relative risks. … Numeracy skill and the communication, comprehension, and use of risk-benefit information.

12. Ohio Veterans’ Facility Relied on AHRQ Resource to Develop Diabetes Initiative | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2023 - “About half of our veterans with diabetes—around 500 patients—are at high risk for hypoglycemia,” said … “For these patients, general efforts to lower A1C levels only increase their risk for hypoglycemia. … To reduce the risk of hypoglycemia in these patients, Dr. … SHARE Approach training, they adopted an electronic tool that allows the healthcare team to monitor risk … clinical pharmacy specialists, to discuss reducing or changing their medication to reduce their risk

13. Antibiotic Use Significantly Reduced in Long-Term Care Facilities Participating in AHRQ-Funded Project | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2022 - New Guide Available To Help Primary Care Practices Consider Patients’ Risk for Cardiovascular Disease … New Guide Available To Help Primary Care Practices Consider Patients’ Risk for Cardiovascular Disease … A new guide from AHRQ, Integrating Cardiovascular Disease Risk Calculators into Primary Care (PDF … The use of risk calculators in primary care settings, despite some limitations, can help estimate a person … Relative risks of adverse events among older adults receiving opioids versus NSAIDs after hospital discharge

14. Post-Vaccination Practices Series | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2022 - Opportunity Guidance AHRQ Grants Policy Notices AHRQ Informed Consent & Authorization Toolkit for Minimal Risk … This series of two learning modules features strategies to help nursing home teams minimize infection risk … Module 1: Minimizing Infection Risk: Protect The safety precautions that you take are just as important … HD version ] Module 2: Minimizing Infection Risk: Prevent Vaccinations can prevent severe illness

15. Fall Prevention Toolkit (doc file)
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    August 03, 2017 - Environmental risks (e.g., hooked up to IV). … Educates patient/family about fall risk factors. … Environmental risks (e.g., hooked up to IV). … CNA Reports any new fall risks to nurse. Keeps environment around bed clutter free. … Reviews medications for fall risk.

16. Module 2: Obtaining Organizational Buy-in and Support | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2022 - At-risk behavior—Choosing to behave in a way that increases risk, where risk is not recognized or is … At-risk behavior is an active choice to engage in risky activity through a belief that the risk was either … to verify the system encourages healthy, risk-reducing behaviors. … To achieve optimal outcomes, organizations must design robust systems that minimize risks. … It is critical to reinforce behaviors that will reduce risk and deter behaviors that increase risk.

17. System-Affiliated Rural Hospitals Not Necessarily Immune From Risk of Closure | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2022 - Events System-Affiliated Rural Hospitals Not Necessarily Immune From Risk … Today's Headlines: System-Affiliated Rural Hospitals Not Necessarily Immune From Risk of Closure . … System-Affiliated Rural Hospitals Not Necessarily Immune From Risk of Closure While affiliation with … AHRQ-funded study in JAMA Health Forum has found that health system affiliation increases closure risk … Equity and the hazard of veiled injustice: a methodological reflection on risk adjustment.

18. Implementing Evidence-based Heart Health Care in Asheville | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2021 - East Asheville team "rolled up its sleeves and worked together to develop a way to do [heart disease risk … systems—including the practice's own EHR—could not extract the crucial data needed to calculate the risk … While some practices might have given up once it was clear it was not possible to get the risk scores … As a result, in the first eight months of 2017, East Asheville calculated heart event risk scores for … "It's very powerful for patients to see their risk of a heart attack over the next 10 years," said James

19. Module 3: Best Practices in Fall Prevention (doc file)
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    January 01, 2013 - Here are some other risks: An IV pole could cause a patient to trip. … Slide 25 SAY: A risk score of 50 puts this patient at risk for a fall. … risks, such as mobility challenges, medications, mental status, and continence needs. … the patient and family (if possible), and key risks and interventions are checked on the paper tool shown … to have a dedicated care plan form within the medical record to help make staff aware of a patient’s risks

20. Reports and Other Publications | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2024 - Opportunity Guidance AHRQ Grants Policy Notices AHRQ Informed Consent & Authorization Toolkit for Minimal Risk … Technical Brief on Incorporation of Social Risk in Primary Care The U.S. … Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) published a manuscript in JAMA that assesses how social risks … statements and identifies current gaps in the evidence needed to expand the systematic inclusion of social risks