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201. 2013 ACC/AHA Guideline on Treatment of Cholesterol to Reduce CVD | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2018 - Opportunity Guidance AHRQ Grants Policy Notices AHRQ Informed Consent & Authorization Toolkit for Minimal Risk … 2013 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Treatment of Blood Cholesterol to Reduce Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Risk … published in Circulation in 2011, outlines how to treat high blood cholesterol in adults to reduce risk

202. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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     May 20, 2016 - Quality Forum states: “Healthcare organizations must systematically identify and mitigate patient safety risks … 11 Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Repair Mortality Rate • Using an individualized assessment of risk … factors for each specific patient allows categorization of operative mortality risk into low (l%-3%

203. Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators - A “How to” Guide for Improving Hospital Quality and Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - Area-level indicators Risk-adjusted (age, sex,poverty) *Not included in the AHRQ QI Toolkit Slide … Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment at Admission and Daily: Evaluate all patients for pressure ulcers and … pressure ulcer risk (using Braden Scale or other tool) upon admission and every 24 hours thereafter, … using valid risk assessment, with results documented in the patient's chart. … Slide 67 Looking Back and Looking Forward Retrospective Reviews Appropriate Risk Assessment

204. Module 1: Preventing Falls in Hospitals—Training Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2017 - Risk assessments are most effective when increased risk for a fall is identified and communicated early … They gave an update on the risk assessment process changes. … The staff are transitioning to risk-based assessment and interventions tied to each identified risk factor … Before they used more of a definitional risk-based assessment and interventions. … For example, are staff individualizing care plans according to risk factors found on risk assessment?

205. Module 5: How To Measure Fall Rates and Fall Prevention Practices—Training Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2017 - When falls occur with assistance, it suggests that staff have identified at-risk patients and are in … Putting appropriate care planning in place that addresses each risk factor identified during fall risk … Slide 41 Say: For risk factor assessment to make a difference, all risk factors identified … on the risk factor assessment need to be addressed in the care plans. … Ensure that the care plans address all areas of risk.

206. Preventing Falls in Hospitals | 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 … Fall prevention involves managing a patient's underlying fall risk factors and optimizing the hospital's … What is a standardized assessment of risk factors for falls, and how should this assessment be conducted … How should identified risk factors be used for fall prevention care planning?     3.5.

207. Preventing Medication Errors in Ambulatory Care: The Importance of Establishing Regimen Concordance (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2004 - for thrombosis) or > 4.0 (at risk for hemorrhage) over 90 days, using repeated measures analysis. … clinicians and patients regarding warfarin regimens is unsettlingly common and places patients at risk … 200 Introduction For patients with atrial fibrillation and other conditions associated with a risk … unsafe/high (INR > 4), or safe (INR ≤ 2 but ≥ 4), based on cutoff values associated with increased risks … Risk factors for complications of chronic anticoagulation. A multicenter study.

208. Core CUSP Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2019 - Opportunity Guidance AHRQ Grants Policy Notices AHRQ Informed Consent & Authorization Toolkit for Minimal Risk … identify recurring negative events in your system and apply CUSP and Sensemaking tools to help reduce the risk … Toolkit introduces Just Culture principles, which emphasize shared accountability and attitudes towards risk

209. EvidenceNOW in Action | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2021 - Opportunity Guidance AHRQ Grants Policy Notices AHRQ Informed Consent & Authorization Toolkit for Minimal Risk … example, external consultants helped practices use their electronic health record data to identify at-risk … EvidenceNOW is having on these practices and their patients, including identifying and treating patients at risk … Oklahoma Practice "Progress under EvidenceNOW included increasing blood pressure measurement for at-risk

210. AHRQ Efforts To Address Long COVID | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2024 - Opportunity Guidance AHRQ Grants Policy Notices AHRQ Informed Consent & Authorization Toolkit for Minimal Risk … many potentially overlapping entities, likely with different biological causes and different sets of risk … Further, many at-risk and minority populations face barriers that can exacerbate the impact of Long COVID … research and to improve the care of people living with multiple chronic conditions who are at increased risk

211. Investing in Primary Care to Ensure High-Quality Care for All Americans | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2021 - Opportunity Guidance AHRQ Grants Policy Notices AHRQ Informed Consent & Authorization Toolkit for Minimal Risk … care practices to improve quality of care, while achieving measurable improvements in  cardiovascular risk … Older Adults , which will provide important lessons on avoiding harms in this under-recognized and high-risk … disorders to stem the epidemic of deaths and harms from opioid and polysubstance use in all population at risk

212. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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     May 17, 2016 - NICU) experience at least one episode of BSI.2 • Low-birth-weight infants with BSIs are at increased risk … Factors Identify the risk factors that are most common among neonates for bloodstream infection and … Recommended Practice: Assess neonatal patients for risk factors • Assess all neonatal NICU patients … Risk factors for neonatal BSI include2-5: ○ Gestational age at birth <32 weeks or birth weight <1,500 … extremities or the scalp (in neonates or young infants) can be used as an insertion site.11 ○ The risks

213. Falls Dashboard | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2023 - Opportunity Guidance AHRQ Grants Policy Notices AHRQ Informed Consent & Authorization Toolkit for Minimal Risk … fall at-a-glance (by age), commonly reported patient activities prior to fall, and commonly reported risk

214. Issue Brief Explores the Unique Challenges of Studying and Improving Diagnostic Safety for Children | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2023 - Opportunity Guidance AHRQ Grants Policy Notices AHRQ Informed Consent & Authorization Toolkit for Minimal Risk … Using OurDX prior to symptomatic ambulatory visits can help clinicians flag at-risk diagnostic processes … ordering of venous thromboembolism chemoprophylaxis is associated with increased VTE events in high-risk … Anesthesia Risk Alert program: a proactive safety initiative .

215. Making Healthcare Safer IV | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2024 - Opportunity Guidance AHRQ Grants Policy Notices AHRQ Informed Consent & Authorization Toolkit for Minimal Risk … telehealth became evident during the pandemic, the harms and patient safety practices to reduce the risk … telehealth became evident during the pandemic, the harms and patient safety practices to reduce the risk

216. Overview: Getting Patients Off the Ventilator Faster: Facilitator Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2017 - In doing so, you will effectively reduce the risk of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) and other … associated with more days to extubation, more days to hospital discharge, and higher hospital mortality risk … Slide 12: AHRQ Safety Program Goals Say: The two main safety program goals are: (1) reduce the risk … By getting patients off of the ventilator faster, you will reduce the risk of patient harms associated … develop lenses that allow us to see those system factors and how they influence care, we can see the risks

217. Improving Patient Safety in Community Pharmacies: A Resource List for Users of the AHRQ Community Pharmacy Survey on Patient Safety Culture (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2023 - Environmental factors • Staff competency and education • Patient education • Quality process and risk … This manual is designed to help community pharmacy personnel identify potential medication safety risks … • Build awareness of risk-identification opportunities in the community pharmacy setting. … • Maximize the appropriate application of system strategies to reduce organizational risk. 3. … Improving Medication Safety in Community Pharmacy: Assessing Risk and Opportunities for Change 3.

218. How To Implement the Fall Prevention Program in Your Organization
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     November 20, 2014 - Example: Perform comprehensive fall risk assessment on admission, daily, or if condition deteriorates … Team A Unit Team comprises staff members who provide daily direct patient care by: Conducting fall risk … for assistance with toileting) Page 58 ‹#› Electronic Health Record What information about fall risk … the most logical place in the record to collect, organize, and assess information about patient fall risk

219. Chlorhexidine Bathing Routine Reduces Infections in Nursing Homes | 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 … Nursing home residents are at high risk for HAIs due to age, wounds, medical devices, and other illnesses … Services agencies that show universal decolonization can be an effective tool to prevent infections for at-risk

220. Origin | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2021 - Opportunity Guidance AHRQ Grants Policy Notices AHRQ Informed Consent & Authorization Toolkit for Minimal Risk … The goal of improving care focuses on the “ABCS” of cardiovascular care: A for aspirin for those at risk … ) help small- and medium-sized practices implement the ABCS to improve heart health for patients at risk