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9661. Beware of basal opioid infusions with PCA therapy. | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/beware-basal-opioid-infusions-pca-therapy
      June 05, 2018 - recommendations for using basal opioid infusions and patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) in patients at risk … June 10, 2018 Oral syringes: a crucial and economical risk-reduction strategy that has … Systematic review and evaluation of physiological track and trigger warning systems for identifying at-risk

9662. Covid-19: Assessing the Risk to Public Protection Posed by a Doctor as a Result of Concerns about their Practice during the Pandemic. | PSNet
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      July 15, 2015 - Book/Report Covid-19: Assessing the Risk to Public Protection Posed by a Doctor as … Citation Text: Covid-19: Assessing the Risk to Public Protection Posed by a Doctor as a Result of Concerns … Cite Citation Citation Text: Covid-19: Assessing the Risk

9663. AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Facilitator Training | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/prevhosp/impguide.html
      July 01, 2017 - The Facilitator pointed out that policies and procedures related to risk factors for hospitalizations … The strategy is to identify which are the most important risk factors and work to prevent declines in … these risk factors to encourage earlier interventions so that the overall risk of hospitalization will … The Facilitator helped the team think about risk factors for hospitalizations. … clarified that discussing residents who were hospitalized is different from identifying changes in risk

9664. AHRQ New Models of Primary Care Workforce and Financing - Executive Summary (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/workforce-financing/workforce-executive-summary.pdf
      October 01, 2016 - conditions Patient engagement Intensive care coordination by MAs Enhanced, patient-centered risk … Grand Junction, Colorado Small, independent practice Rural, small town Patient-centered risk … In one program, women with at-risk pregnancies received intensive interventions such as home visits … Through home visits by community health worker programs, patients at risk for specific health-related … issues receive intensive monitoring, for example elderly patients at risk for falls or patients with

9665. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/HAP-facilitator-guide.pdf
      November 01, 2019 - Other risk factors include intravenous drug use, necrotizing pneumonia, an ill-appearing patient with … Moxifloxacin can be considered for these low-risk patients if they have serious penicillin allergies … can occur for otherwise healthy patients who developed HAP early in their hospitalization as their risk … review some take-home points for HAP:  Obtain a sputum culture whenever possible  Determine if risk … factors for Pseudomonas are present to direct empiric therapy  Determine if risk factors for MRSA

9666. AHRQ New Models of Primary Care Workforce and Financing - Executive Summary (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/workforce_executive_summary_0.pdf
      October 01, 2016 - conditions Patient engagement Intensive care coordination by MAs Enhanced, patient-centered risk … Grand Junction, Colorado Small, independent practice Rural, small town Patient-centered risk … In one program, women with at-risk pregnancies received intensive interventions such as home visits … Through home visits by community health worker programs, patients at risk for specific health-related … issues receive intensive monitoring, for example elderly patients at risk for falls or patients with

9667. Quality Measures for Colonoscopy (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/resource/Logan_QMforColonoscopy_Fields_v4.pdf
      December 12, 2008 - For average risk patients >= 50 years of age with no abnormal findings on screening colonoscopy the … Number of exams for average risk screening in patients >= 50 years of age COUNT age >= 50 AND [( … Indications>Average risk screening) NOT (Indications> any others besides average risk screening)]; … RISK ASSESSMENT. Preprocedure risk assessment is documented. a. … RISK ASSESSMENT #3. ANTICOAGULATION PLAN #4. SEDATION MEDICATIONS #5. BOWEL PREP QUALITY #6.

9668. Screening for Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults (pdf file)
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      November 01, 2022 - as screening tools that can accurately detect persons in the general adult population at increased risk … • Individuals at increased risk for sleep apnea include men, postmenopausal persons, older adults (aged … accuracy of screening questionnaires and multistep screening approaches to identify adults at increased risk

9669. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0311_06-17-2008.pdf
      January 01, 2008 - Staff-Generated PICO Population(s): Individuals diagnosed with, or at risk for, acute coronary syndromes … Do specific TnI assays or specific troponin (TnI vs TnT) types confer different degrees of risk in patients … Do elevated troponin levels predict acute coronary syndrome risk in asymptomatic renal function–impaired

9670. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0075_03-10-2009.pdf
      January 01, 2009 - She is particularly interested in strategies that reduce the risk of further surgeries and complete … Outcome(s): Surgical risk reduction, improved quality of life, and cost effectiveness. … or in conjunction with one another, provide the highest rate of disease management with the lowest risk

9671. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0122_06-29-2009.pdf
      January 01, 2009 - nominator is interested in the safety and effectiveness of nitrous oxide for labor pain management in low-risk … Population(s): pregnant women, not designated high-risk, in 2nd and/or 3rd stage of labor, attempting … For low-risk women delivering a full-term baby vaginally, what is the comparative effectiveness of the

9672. Recommendations in Progress | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      June 22, 2025 - Currently in this Stage Autism Spectrum Disorder in Young Children: Screening BRCA-Related Cancer: Risk … Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing Breast Cancer: Medication to Reduce Risk Chronic … Screening Early Allergen Introduction to Prevent Food Allergies in Infants: Counseling Enhanced Risk

9673. Defining an Optimal Format for Presenting Research Needs (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-future-presentation-format_research.pdf
      January 01, 2019 - and meta-analysis 2008 BMJ 16679330 Systematic review and meta-analysis of ethnic differences in risks … Kingdom 2010 Int J Technol Assess Health Care 20014877 A policy model to evaluate the benefits, risks … blood donation 1998 Med Care D-6 PMID Title Year Journal 9753380 Risk adjustment and the … trade-off between efficiency and risk selection: an application of the theory of fair compensation … management decisions: past, present, and future 2004 Risk Anal 15356229 Forecasting the number

9674. Recommendation: Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Adolescents and Adults: Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      November 13, 2018 - The 2015 Youth Risk Behavior Survey found that about 8% of high school students who drove a car in the … The ASAM defines “unhealthy use” as any use of alcohol that increases the risk of health consequences … The T-ACE questions: practical prenatal detection of risk-drinking. … Refinements in screening for risk drinking in reproductive-aged women: the “NET” results. … Youth risk behavior surveillance—United States, 2015. MMWR Surveill Summ . 2016;65(6):1-174. 23.

9675. Integrating Bodies of Evidence: Existing Systematic Reviews and Primary Studies (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/integrating-evidence_methods.pdf
      February 01, 2015 - Assessing Risk of Bias KIs noted that assessments of the risk of bias (RoB) of individual studies are … General Considerations for This Interview Risk of Bias 1. … How do you use existing risk of bias? 5. … How do you integrate existing risk of bias and risk of bias of added studies? … How do you use existing risk of bias in a modified or new analysis?

9676. Multigene Panels in Prostate Cancer Risk Assessment | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/prostate-cancer-risk-assessment-genes/research

9677. Colorectal-Cancer-Staging Executive (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/colorectal-cancer-staging_executive.pdf
      September 01, 2014 - the risk of bias of each individual study. … Studies were rated as low, medium, or high risk of bias. … They were all rated as either low or moderate risk of bias. … Low aOR < 1 indicates a lower risk of error; OR > 1 indicates a higher risk of error. … Physics Society published a position statement recommending against quantitative estimates of health risks

9678. Final Progress Report: Individualized Performance Feedback on Venous Thromboembolism Prevention Practice (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-06/haut-report.pdf
      January 01, 2025 - A platform for extracting individual physician and advanced practice provider risk assessments for VTE … residents, NPs, and PAs who made decisions to prescribe suboptimal VTE prophylaxis for their patients' risks … health record system (EHR), including the programmers and other staff members, in order to tailor risk … It is important to highlight that the team has now validated the risk assessments and prescription data … for the medicine and surgery risk stratification tools.

9679. Outpatient Benzodiazepine Prescribing, Adverse Events, and Costs (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/French.pdf
      April 27, 2004 - High-risk medications and falls: a practical approach to risk management. … Risk of traffic accident injury after a prescription for a benzodiazepine. … Benzodiazepine tranquilizers and the risk of accidental injury. … Risk factors for serious injury during falls by older persons in the community. … Benzodiazepines and injury: a risk adjusted model.

9680. Webinar 2: Analyze Data and Patient/Caregiver Perspectives (Section 1 of the Guide): Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/guide/web2.html
      December 01, 2017 - Enhance Services for High-Risk Patients. … E nhance Services for High-Risk Patients. … Slide 23: Using Data To Identify Your High Risk Populations In practice: A Data-Informed Socially … and Medically High-Risk Target Population In 2014, a Disproportionate Share Hospital drafted a proposal … This definition consistently identifies 30% of all adult non-OB admissions to the hospital as "high-risk