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241. B3A Combo Chartsforpresentations (xls file)
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     January 01, 2006 - Indicator Risk-Adjusted Rate Risk-Adjusted (Lower Confidence Interval Bound) Risk-Adjusted (Upper Confidence … Indicator Risk-Adjusted Rate Risk-Adjusted (Lower Confidence Interval Bound) Risk-Adjusted (Upper Confidence … Baseline Indicator Risk-Adjusted Rate Risk-Adjusted (Lower Confidence Interval Bound) Risk-Adjusted … Enter Your Data Here Year Risk-Adjusted Rate Risk-Adjusted (Lower Confidence Interval Bound) Risk-Adjusted … Enter Your Data Here Year Risk-Adjusted Rate Risk-Adjusted (Lower Confidence Interval Bound) Risk-Adjusted

242. Applying Human Factors to Make it Easier for Clinicians to Do Their Jobs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2022 - Miller’s team is studying the role of the ambulatory care environment in elevating the risk of a CVD … That’s because the widely used Framingham risk score—an algorithm used to estimate a person’s 10-year … cardiovascular risk—is based on a long-term ongoing study of mostly older, white men, Dr. … “How does that account for cardiovascular risk factors in young, Black female patients?” she asks. … A broader, systems-based approach to addressing CVD risk factors also might include assessing whether

243. Medication Discrepancies and Potential Adverse Drug Events During Transfer of Care from Hospital to Home | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2017 - Therefore, when unintended risks and hazards associated with the delivery and management of care are … To reduce safety risks to patients, health systems expend considerable resources to prevent medication … errors in the hospital setting. 1-3 Increasingly, inpatient medication risk management efforts focus … These findings further support the need for the development of effective risk management strategies to … Risk factors for adverse drug events: a 10-year analysis. Ann Pharmacother 2005; 39:1161-8. 21.

244. Table 7B.1 (pdf file)
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     February 02, 2018 - ) 0.78 2 body systems 1.71 (1.29, 2.26) <0.001 3 or more body systems 1.69 (1.16, 2.46) 0.01 a Relative … Risk Estimate b Confidence Interval

245. CHIPRA 230: Documentation of BMI Percentile and Weight Classification for Children (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2019 - Health risks and body fat levels are proportionate (Barlow, 2007). … First, for a child who is overweight, medical risks include future or persistent obesity (Barlow, 2007 … BMI levels correlate with body fat; high levels of body fat are associated with increased health risks … these findings can help determine whether a patient has excess body fat and obesity-related health risks … Health risks and body fat levels are proportionate; the use of BMI as a screening tool can identify

246. Measures: Availability of Outpatient Maternal Fetal Medicine and Special Care for Women .... (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2015 - Measures: Availability of Outpatient Maternal Fetal Medicine and Specialty Care for Women With High-Risk … Data Source(s) Availability of Outpatient Maternal Fetal Medicine and Specialty Care for Women High-Risk … Pregnancies (HROB V) The number of eligible high-risk pregnant women who have the specified number … Overall number of eligible qualifying high-risk pregnancies using the indicated look back period. … Availability of Multidisciplinary Outpatient Care for Women with High-Risk Pregnancies (HROB VI) The

247. Prioritization Worksheet (pdf file)
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     June 05, 2016 - In column E, “Volume of Cases at Risk,” indicate the annual volume of each PDI event occurring within … Patients who experience adverse events often tend to have more comorbidities and other risk factors … experience the adverse event and/or adjust for possible factors that could increase both costs and risk … To determine this number, for each PDI, multiply column E, “Volume of Cases at Risk” by column F, “Cost … the best way by which executives can review the execution of projects, identify gaps, and spot new risks

248. Pressure Ulcer Prevention Toolkit (doc file)
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     August 02, 2017 - Prevention Practices Tool 5C: Assessing Comprehensive Skin Assessment Tool 5D: Assessing Standardized Risk … Completion Date for Plan Fall risk factor assessment is performed within 24 hours of admission … Determine whether there is any documentation of the completion of the standardized risk assessment. … For each patient, determine on which dimensions of the standardized risk assessment there was a score … Calculate the percentage of abnormally scored dimensions of the standardized risk assessment that are

249. Technical Specifications and Chart Abstraction Tool (pdf file)
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     December 14, 2011 - Measure Scoring Proportion Measure Type Process Stratification Risk Adjustment None Rate Aggregation … be to decrease the number of transfusions in PICUs and thereby decreasing transfusion-related event risks … g/dL during the ICU stay, an admission diagnosis of cardiac disease, an admission PRISM (Pediatric Risk … criteria Data Criteria (QDM Variables) Data criteria (QDM Data Elements) Supplemental Data Elements Risk … Administrative Sex" using "ONC Administrative Sex AdministrativeSex Value Set (2.16.840.1.113762.1.4.1)" Risk

250. Tables 2-5 (pdf file)
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     October 21, 2019 - TABLE 2 High-risk … referral center Not a high-risk referral center P-value Facility Type Community hospital 61 (58.7% … 33] 0.01 Proportion funded by private insurance* 45% [25, 65] 35% [20, 70] 0.22 TABLE 3 High-risk … referral center ≥1500 births per year High-risk referral center <1500 births per year Low … risk, ≥1500 births per year Low risk, <1500 births per year P- value Recommended anesthesia

251. Tool 3: The Share Approach Overcoming Communication Barriers With Your Patients: A Reference Guide for Health Care Providers (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2014 - regulation, and case law, the informed consent process requires explanations of the benefits and risks … Make sure the interpreter understands the information, especially if the patient’s life may be at risk … When a minor child interprets, the child is in a very vulnerable position and the practice is at risk

252. Section 3-C, Tables 2-5 (pdf file)
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     May 31, 2018 - Section 3-C, Tables 2-5 TABLE 2 High-risk referral center Not a high-risk referral center … Proportion funded by private insurance* 45% [25, 65] 35% [20, 70] 0.22 TABLE 3 High-risk … referral center Not a high-risk referral center P-value Night-time and weekend staffing … referral center ≥1500 births per year High-risk referral center <1500 births per year Low … risk, ≥1500 births per year Low risk, <1500 births per year P- value Recommended anesthesia

253. How are CHIPRA Quality Demonstration States working to improve adolescent health care? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2013 - Questionnaires that assess adolescents’ risks and strengths can collect sensitive information to help … Strategies to improve care include encouraging providers to assess patient risk using questionnaires … Questionnaires can ask about a range of health risk factors and strengths (such as in North Carolina) … Youth risk behavior surveillance: United States, 2011. … Delivering quality care: adolescents' discussion of health risks with their providers.

254. Overview of Patient Safety Learning Laboratory (PSLL) Projects | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2024 - application to inform and encourage older adults to initiate dialogue with a clinician regarding the risks … highly reliable systems that address communication and coordination challenges that pose patient safety risks … assessment and risk surveillance. … Real-time surveys reveal important safety risks during interhospital care transitions for neurologic … design, development, implementation, and evaluation) to identify and address the salient issues and risks

255. Fall Prevention Toolkit (doc file)
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     January 01, 2012 - 1 = Moderate risk 2 or above = High risk 3H: Morse Fall Scale for Identifying Fall Risk Factors … 25-45: Moderate risk >45: High risk ______ * Weak gait: Short steps (may shuffle), stooped but able … calculated by (risk level score) x (number of medications in that risk level category). … Fall Scale for Identifying Fall Risk Factors,” or 3G, “STRATIFY Scale for Identifying Fall Risk Factors … medication-related risk for falls.

256. Evidence Now Fact Sheets - Cholesterol Management (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2016 - Management Rationale for Cholesterol Management People with elevated levels of cholesterol are at increased risk … to manage blood cholesterol can reduce the chance of having a heart attack for people at increased risk … an evidence-based guideline on treating high blood cholesterol to reduce heart disease and stroke risk … • Unless contraindicated or not tolerated, all patients at high risk should receive a high- or … Services Task Force (USPSTF) released recommendations supporting statin use in adults at increased risk

257. Acknowledgments | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2022 - Boothman, J.D., Executive Director, Clinical Safety and Chief Risk Officer, University of Michigan Health … ARM, formerly with the University of Illinois-Chicago and now Director, Office of Patient Safety and Risk … Scott, Ph.D., R.N., Manager of Patient Safety and Risk Management, University of Missouri Kelly M. … Driver, J.D., M.B.A., CEO of The Risk Authority Stanford and Chief Risk Officer of Stanford Health Care … Hickson, M.D., Senior Vice President for Quality, Safety and Risk Prevention, Assistant Vice Chancellor

258. Pressure Ulcer Prevention Toolkit (doc file)
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     January 01, 1995 - Hot water and soap may dry the skin and increase the risk for pressure ulcers. 5. … A low Braden score is associated with increased pressure ulcer risk. 44. … Hot water and soap may dry the skin and increase the risk for pressure ulcers. True 5. … A low Braden score is associated with increased pressure ulcer risk. True 44. … Does the education provided address risk assessment tools and procedures? 7.

259. EXCEL WORKSHEETS FOR CHARTS ON DATA, TRENDS, AND RATES TO POPULATE THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION (pdf file)
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     June 05, 2016 - Note: The current version of the AHRQ QI software does not have risk-adjustment capabilities. … However, the tools described below include information about risk adjustment that will be relevant when … The “trend-observed,” “trend-observed-expected,” and “trend-risk-adjusted- smoothed” worksheets can be … The “trend-risk-adjusted-smoothed” worksheet can be used to compare the risk- adjusted rate and smoothed … The “trend-risk-adjusted-average” worksheet can be used to track how a hospital’s performance on an

260. The Five Principles of Effective Primary Care-Based Care Coordination for Reducing Potentially Preventable Readmissions (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2021 - Routinely assessing patient risk during this period is critical to facilitate tailoring appropriate … If left unaddressed, behavioral health and social needs are key risk factors for postdischarge adverse … Consider using a pharmacist for complex medication regimens or high-risk patients. … • Advise high-risk patients to let the primary care practice know if they are thinking about going … Risk stratification may help practices more efficiently allocate resources to high-risk patient groups