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9041. Research Themes and Findings | Digital Healthcare Research
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      January 01, 2022 - multi-component digital tool with an innovative communication approach may reduce childhood obesity risk … contribute to the limited evidence base of effective, culturally relevant mHealth tools for minority, at-risk … Closing the Communication Gap Between Prescribers and Pharmacists to Decrease Medication Safety Risks … Emerging Continuous Predictive Analytics Monitoring to Improve Care for At-Risk Patients with Cardiac … education program increases a provider’s awareness of medications and conditions that increase the risk

9042. Impact of System Failures on Healthcare Workers | PSNet
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      August 30, 2023 - In a culture of safety , health systems understand and acknowledge the high-risk and complex nature … Assess Staffing Levels and Enhance a Culture of Teamwork Recognizing that there are constant risks … Capture and Use Data to Mitigate Risk and Support Learnings from Events A culture of safety is a culture … adopt a systematic approach to gather and analyze data, identify system failures, and decrease the risk … work collaboratively and communicate effectively with their colleagues, which can help to reduce the risk

9043. Final Progress Report: National Trends in Outpatient Quality Indicators (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-11/stafford-fortmann-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Evidence-based practice guidelines focus on LDL-C as the primary target for risk reduction. … Only 37% of those with CVD and 13% of those with CVD risk factors were regular aspirin users. … Among moderate-risk patient visits defined by multiple risk factors, aspirin increased significantly … We examined trends in COX-2 inhibitor use based on risk for adverse events from NSAIDs. … National trends in statin use by coronary heart disease risk category. PloS Med 2005;2(5):e123.

9044. Long-Term-Care-Adults Executive (pdf file)
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      November 01, 2012 - Risk of Bias Assessment of Individual Studies We assessed methodological risk of bias of longitudinal … We assessed risk of bias using questions adapted from the RTI International item bank for risk of bias … We assessed summary risk of bias as high, moderate, low, or unclear based on the overall risk of bias … We assigned a moderate risk of bias rating if the preponderance of studies were of moderate risk of … We assigned a high risk of bias rating if the preponderance of individual studies were high risk of

9045. EHC Protocol: Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review (pdf file)
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      July 01, 2023 - unique patient and family perspectives can be incorporated into patient safety, ultimately reducing risks … Risk of Bias (Quality) Assessment For studies that address Review Question 3 about the effectiveness … of PSPs, the reviewer will use the Cochrane Collaboration’s tool for assessing the risk of bias of … The Cochrane Collaboration's tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials. … ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomised studies of interventions.

9046. Mismanagement of Delirium | PSNet
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      February 13, 2014 - Such patients are at high risk for negative outcomes including accelerated and permanent cognitive decline … At this point, care should have focused on identifying potentially modifiable risk factors for delirium … Treatable risk factors for delirium were not addressed, and the patient was denied critical interventions … both patients and caregivers are comparable in efficacy to the use of antipsychotics and carry fewer risks … Risk Factors for Delirium.( 5 ) Potentially Modifiable Risk Factors Sensory impairment (hearing

9047. Appendix F. CAUTI Prevention in Long-Term Care: Frequently Asked Questions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2017 - There is no known evidence that shows the risks or benefits of changing gloves prior to or immediately … reduce urethral and bladder injury (e.g., irritation, hemorrhage, ulceration), which increases the risk … However, there is no evidence that suprapubic catheters reduce the risk of bacteriuria in the urine. … Pelvic cancer, due to the increased adhesion risk. … Indwelling device use and antibiotic resistance in nursing homes: identifying a high-risk group.

9048. BLADDER SCAN – POLICY #2202 12/11/06 (doc file)
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      March 01, 2017 - Indwelling device use and antibiotic resistance in nursing homes: identifying a high-risk group. … There is no known evidence that shows the risks or benefits of changing gloves prior to or immediately … reduce urethral and bladder injury (e.g., irritation, hemorrhage, ulceration), which increases the risk … still indicated, the catheter should be replaced to hasten resolution of symptoms and to reduce the risk … However, there is no evidence that suprapubic catheters reduce the risk of bacteriuria in the urine.

9049. Delayed Diagnosis of Kidney Transplant Complications | PSNet
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      January 29, 2020 - Clinicians should be vigilant about the potential heightened risk of complications when multiple procedural … interventions are performed simultaneously in high-risk kidney transplantation patients. … diagnosis of this condition would have allowed for more prompt interventions with lower procedural risk … , as demonstrated in this patient’s case, staging with interim imaging may minimize the risk. … interventions are performed simultaneously in high-risk kidney transplantation patients.

9050. Crossing the Borderline | PSNet
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      June 01, 2022 - Despite occasional gestures suggesting ongoing risk for self-harm as well as continued conflicts with … The events prompted a review and a strengthening of the policies regarding formal risk assessment in … in borderline patients.( 12 ) However, hospitalization may be essential at times of extreme suicide risk … Evaluation tools to assess degree of suicide risk, such as the Suicide Behaviors Questionnaire (revised … Development and evaluation of the Clinician Suicide Risk Assessment Checklist.

9051. Inpatient Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE) (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2009 - One way to minimize alert fatigue is to turn off alerts when risks are minimal. … interactions with common over-the-counter sleep aids, since the providers were fully aware of the minimal risks … Complaints were shared with a clinical oversight committee that had the authority to turn off minimal risk

9052. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2009 - One way to minimize alert fatigue is to turn off alerts when risks are minimal. … interactions with common over-the-counter sleep aids, since the providers were fully aware of the minimal risks … Complaints were shared with a clinical oversight committee that had the authority to turn off minimal risk

9053. Inpatient Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE) | Digital Healthcare Research
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      January 01, 2023 - One way to minimize alert fatigue is to turn off alerts when risks are minimal. … interactions with common over-the-counter sleep aids, since the providers were fully aware of the minimal risks … Complaints were shared with a clinical oversight committee that had the authority to turn off minimal risk

9054. Rapid Response_Linking Dental Services to Treatment Outcomes for Chronic Kidney Disease: A Rapid Response Review (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/treatment-outcomes-chronic-kidney-rapid-research.pdf
      November 01, 2024 - Intensive Periodontal Treatment Reduces Risks of Hospitalization for Cardiovascular Disease and All-Cause … Risk of bias rating (ROB) of the randomized clinical trials RCT Risk of Bias Domains D1 Risk … of Bias Domains D2 Risk of Bias Domains D3 Risk of Dias Domains D4 Risk of Bias Domains … of Bias Domains D1 Risk of Bias Domains D2 Risk of Bias Domains D3 Risk of Bias Domains … D4 Risk of Bias Domains D5 Risk of Bias Domains D6 Risk of Bias Domains D7 Overall

9055. Archived: Evidence Summary: Tobacco Smoking Cessation in Adults, Including Pregnant Women: Behavioral and Pharmacotherapy Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/behavioral-counseling-and-pharmacotherapy-interventions-for-/tobacco-use-in-adults-and-pregnant-women-counseling-and-interventions-september-2015
      September 21, 2015 - Biomedical risk assessment as an aid for smoking cessation. … Consistent Possibility of publication bias but unlikely that the presence of additional studies with lower relative … risks would alter the findings because of the large number of studies and consistency in findings. … Consistent May be risk of bias due to lack of blinding of participants. … § Pooled risk ratios estimated using the Mantel–Haenszel random-effects model.

9056. Optimizing Environmental Cleaning: Webinar Slide Presentation
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      October 01, 2024 - Cleaning 3 Transmission From Environment to Patient5 A 2023 meta-analysis by Gu et al. examined the risk … Organism Quaternary Ammonium UV-C And Quaternary Ammonium Bleach Bleach And UV-C All Target Organisms Relative … Evaluated six high-risk units in a tertiary care hospital. … How do we know the risk is reduced? Access the AHRQ Learning From Defects Tool. … Risk of acquiring antibiotic-resistant bacteria from prior room occupants.

9057. Preventing adverse events caused by emergency electrical power system failures. | PSNet
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      July 31, 2023 - This alert provides risk reduction strategies to help health care facilities prepare for a sudden loss … January 5, 2017 Managing risk during transition to new ISO tubing connector standards … View More See More About The Topic Facility and Group Administrators Risk

9058. EHC Protocol: Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/high-risk-drugs-protocol.pdf
      July 27, 2023 - Center Rapid Response Protocol Project Title: Making Healthcare Safer IV: Protocols for High-Risk … of PSPs, the primary reviewer will use the Cochrane Collaboration’s tool for assessing the risk of … The risk of bias assessments will focus on the main outcome of interest in each study. … The Cochrane Collaboration’s tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials. … ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomised studies of interventions.

9059. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      October 30, 2019 - The risk tolerance is incredibly low. Most people are expecting this to be a happy episode. … After accounting for risk, you don't see 10-fold variation anymore. You see 15-fold variation. … Which means it's one of the only health care services where after accounting for risk, you see more … RW: So much of this is about risk tolerance and predicting the outcomes. … look at the 15-minute clinic visit, and the idea that the physician will somehow be able to explain risks

9060. Screening for Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse of Elderly and Vulnerable Adults: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2013 - Assessment of Risk Although all women are at potential risk for abuse, factors that elevate risk include … Risk Factors The CDC has developed a comprehensive list of risk factors for IPV, which are organized … Both study groups reported fewer threats of abuse, assaults, risks for homicide, and events of work harassment … Intimate partner violence as a risk factor for mental disorders: a meta-analysis. … Intimate partner violence: risk and protective factors.