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21. Ohio Veterans’ Facility Relied on AHRQ Resource to Develop Diabetes Initiative | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2023 - Department of Veterans Affairs' national Hypoglycemic Safety Initiative to help high-risk diabetes patients … “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. … clinical pharmacy specialists, to discuss reducing or changing their medication to reduce their risk

22. Post-Vaccination Practices Series | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2022 - 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

23. 3. What are the best practices in pressure ulcer prevention that we want to use? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2014 - In addition, risk assessment may be used to identify different levels of risk. … at risk and quantify the level of this risk. … Remember that risk assessment scales are only one part of a pressure ulcer risk assessment. … as nurses can identify people at high risk or no risk. … ulcer risk status.

24. 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

25. The AHRQ Informed Consent and Authorization Toolkit for Minimal Risk Research | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2019 - Protection of Human Subjects The AHRQ Informed Consent and Authorization Toolkit for Minimal Risk … Management Contracts The AHRQ Informed Consent and Authorization Toolkit for Minimal Risk … Next Page Table of Contents The AHRQ Informed Consent and Authorization Toolkit for Minimal Risk … Research and Quality (AHRQ) has developed the Informed Consent and Authorization Toolkit for Minimal Risk … 2012 Internet Citation: The AHRQ Informed Consent and Authorization Toolkit for Minimal Risk

26. Care-Mgmt-Issue-Brief-No-15-0018-Ef (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2015 - • Use multiple metrics to identify patients with modifiable risks • Develop risk-based approaches … • Develop/refine tools for risk stratification • Develop predictive models to support risk stratification … This requirement is particularly important for high-risk and/or high-cost populations. … consequently at different stages of modifiable risk. … More work is needed to explore what constitutes modifiable risks.

27. 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.

28. Tool 3F: Orthostatic Vital Sign Measurement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2013 - When a patient is on a medication that may cause orthostasis and has other risk factors for falls. … Use this tool in conjunction with clinical assessment and a standard assessment of fall risk factors … (e.g., Tool 3H, "Morse Fall Scale for Identifying Fall Risk Factors," or Tool 3G, "STRATIFY Scale … for Identifying Fall Risk Factors" ) to determine a patient's risk factors for falls, and then plan care … A significant change in vital signs with a change in position also signals increased risk for falls.

29. For American Heart Month, AHRQ Offers New Tools for Expanding Cardiac Rehabilitation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2023 - morbidity and mortality by about 20 percent; it also reduces hospital admissions by 28 percent and the risk … Diagnosing and treating heart disease in its early stages is crucial to reducing patients’ risks of serious … collection of resources to help primary care practices implement the best evidence for reducing cardiac risks … It includes Integrating Cardiovascular Disease Risk Calculators into Primary Care , a guide to help … primary care physicians assess their patients’ risk of a cardiovascular disease event.

30. 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.

31. Reports and Other Publications | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2024 - 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

32. Fall TIPS: A Patient-Centered Fall Prevention Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2021 - This toolkit, developed through an AHRQ Patient Safety Learning Lab , consists of a formal risk … Being hospitalized puts patients at further risk for falls due to illness and the newness of the hospital … theoretical underpinning that fall prevention in hospitals is a three-step process: (1) assessing fall risk … evidence-based fall prevention intervention that uses bedside tools to communicate patient-specific risk … modalities provided access to real-time safety plans at the bedside, including patient-specific fall risk

33. SDOH & Practice Improvement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2023 - Assessing Patient Social Risks and Needs There are numerous tools to help identify social needs patients … currently have and their risks for developing social needs. … Below are the five screening tools they studied that are still in use: HealthBegins Upstream Risks … Protocol for Responding to and Assessing Patients' Assets, Risks, and Experiences (PRAPARE)  includes

34. ABCS Aspirin Treatment for Secondary and Primary Prevention ASCVD
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    April 01, 2016 - Point of Care Tools ASCVD Risk Calculator app NIH Heart attack assessment tool Point of Care Tools (2 … Patient is at a high risk for bleeding (i.e. GI hemorrhage, bleeding disorders documented). … Benefits usually outweigh the risks for secondary prevention. … The ASCVD Risk Estimator provides easy access to recommendations specific to the risk estimates produced … the most current evidence on bleeding and aspirin use to derive a patient’s likely benefits and risks

35. 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

36. Smoking Cessation Evidence and Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2021 - Cigarette smoking accounts for one out of every five deaths and is estimated to increase the risk for … Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of congenital anomalies, perinatal complications, miscarriage … Smoking Cessation Fact Sheet This EvidenceNOW fact sheet provides an overview of PCOR findings about the risks … Smoking Cessation in Primary Care This facts-at-a-glance handout for clinicians summarizes evidence, risks … Ready or Not…Addressing Tobacco Use This script and slide deck from a 14-minute presentation cover the risks

37. Heart Failure Patients’ Risk of Adverse Events Higher in Poor-Performing Hospitals | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2024 - Newsletter AHRQ News Now Events Heart Failure Patients’ Risk … [PDF, 9 MB]) Today's Headlines: Heart Failure Patients’ Risk of Adverse Events Higher in Poor-Performing … Heart Failure Patients’ Risk of Adverse Events Higher in Poor-Performing Hospitals Patients with heart … hospitals with higher 30-day readmission rates and deaths from all causes have a 24 percent higher risk … failure admitted to hospitals that perform poorly on mortality and readmission measures have higher risk

38. Module 3: Best Practices in Fall Prevention—Training Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2017 - 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

39. Yale Center for Healthcare Innovation, Redesign, and Learning | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2020 - Patients being transferred from one setting to another or one clinical team to another are at increased risk … Real-time surveys reveal important safety risks during interhospital care transitions for neurologic … Real-time surveys reveal important safety risks during interhospital care transitions for neurologic

40. Large-Scale Program To Reduce Heart Disease Risk Could Have Meaningful Health Benefits | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2023 - AHRQ News Now Events Large-Scale Program To Reduce Heart Disease Risk … Today's Headlines: Large-Scale Program To Reduce Heart Disease Risk Could Have Meaningful Health Benefits … Poorly Coordinated Healthcare Increases Infection Risk Following Ventricular Device Implantation, Study … Large-Scale Program To Reduce Heart Disease Risk Could Have Meaningful Health Benefits A new AHRQ-funded … Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and 10-year atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk