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9841. NLP-enabled Decision Support for Cervical Cancer Screening and Surveillance | Digital Healthcare Research
      digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/nlp-enabled-decision-support-cervical-cancer-screening-and-surveillance
      January 01, 2023 - Determine the impact of reminders to non-adherent high-risk patients.  … They also found that sending reminders to non-adherent high-risk patients significantly improved surveillance … Impact of patient reminders on papanicolaou test completion for high-risk patients identified by a clinical … Impact of patient reminders on papanicolaou test completion for high-risk patients identified by a clinical

9842. Topic 0552 Low Back Pain NSD FINAL SJ (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND-0651-131114.pdf
      June 20, 2013 - Strategies include testing (e.g., imaging tests), decision tools, identifying risk factors for chronicity … to diagnose and treat low back pain, including: testing (e.g., imaging tests), identification of risk … In patients with low back pain, what are the benefits and harms of identifying risk from Nominator: … factors for chronicity and targeting treatment based on assessed risk?

9843. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37924/psn-pdf
      December 23, 2016 - The Joint Commission issues sentinel event alerts one to two times yearly to highlight areas of high risk … and to promote the rapid adoption of risk reduction strategies.

9844. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34998/psn-pdf
      June 22, 2009 - errors to improve care, this retrospective analysis examined patient claims from an institution’s risk … important opportunities for quality improvement efforts, and continued collaboration among providers, risk

9845. Learn From Defects | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/long-term-modules/module2/defects.html
      March 01, 2017 - What can we do to reduce the risk of it happening again?   … How will we know risk is reduced? Were the above action plans effectively carried out?

9846. Plan To Help Incorporate the Role of Champions for Resident Physicians | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/phys-championsgd/section9.html
      October 01, 2015 - Sustainability Preventing CAUTI: Focus on Culturing Stewardship Tools To Help Mitigate Device Risk … Provide formal lectures to address device risk, especially the UC, for both RPs and faculty.

9847. Recommendation: BRCA-Related Cancer: Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/draft-update-summary/brca-related-cancer-risk-assessment-genetic-counseling-testing
      April 05, 2024 - Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print BRCA-Related Cancer: Risk … See Current Final Recommendation Statement for BRCA-Related Cancer: Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling

9848. Keim-Malpass, Jessica | Digital Healthcare Research
      digital.ahrq.gov/principal-investigator/keim-malpass-jessica
      March 18, 2025 - Cardiology Trial (PM-IMPACCT) Description This research evaluates an artificial intelligence risk … CoMET that uses visual outputs of patient data to serve as an early warning system for patients at risk

9849. PEDS20152567 746..752 (pdf file)
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/s2xawZNAWVC5qgGyTT6r8m
      October 01, 2015 - Additional factors that may be associated with increased risk for iron deficiency in children include … Evidence on whether Hispanic ethnicity increases children’s risk for iron deficiency has been mixed, … with some studies showing an increased risk and others showing no increased risk. … tools to identify children who are at increased risk for iron deficiency anemia. … Some comments also requested separate analyses of certain high-risk populations.

9850. Delayed Symptomatic Subdural Hematoma Following an Initially Normal CT Head | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/delayed-symptomatic-subdural-hematoma-following-initially-normal-ct-head
      March 27, 2024 - Describe the risk factors for subdural hematoma expansion. … patients taking antiplatelet and anticoagulation medications, as persistent antithrombotic use is a risk … contribute to neurological deterioration. 13,14 Delayed Acute Subdural Hematoma Despite the very low risk … A non-improving headache more than three weeks after injury in the setting of these risk factors should … Risk factors for progression of conservatively managed acute traumatic subdural hematoma: a systematic

9851. WebM&M: Case Studies | PSNet
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      March 25, 2025 - The commentary discusses risk factors for delayed acute subdural hematoma and the importance of repeat … brain imaging in patients with risk factors and persistent symptoms. … The commentary summarizes risk factors for fall injuries among high-risk populations (such as older adults … The commentary highlights the importance of evaluating patient risk of wound infection and poor wound … The commentary discusses the risk factors for intraoperative awareness, approaches to prevent awareness

9852. Maternal Safety | PSNet
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      January 10, 2024 - Patients may also be at risk via overuse of interventions. … are greater for cesarean than for vaginal birth. 17 Those who give birth by cesarean are at greater risk … Health care experiences of pregnant, birthing and postnatal women of color at risk for preterm birth. … J Healthc Risk Manag . 1999;19(2):24-32. [ Available at ] Committee on Practice Bulletins-Obstetrics. … High-risk cardiac disease in pregnancy: Part I.

9853. 2. Evidence of Disparities among Ethnicity Groups | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/iomracereport/reldata2.html
      May 01, 2018 - More discrete ethnicity groups, based on ancestry, differ in the extent of risk factors, degree of health … For example, there is more information on varying life expectancy ( IOM, 2008 ) and mortality risks or … Cancer risk factors such as smoking varied by ethnic group (e.g., over 25 percent of Puerto Rican and … Foreign-born women with Mexican ethnicity had about a 21 percent reduced risk of low birthweight, but … At the same time the rate for Mexican American women increased to 205.5, now making their risk higher

9854. Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/BhnZRA--TRpXdg9_tYmZ_M
      April 05, 2016 - used to select high-risk patients for screening spirometry, which as- signs scores for established risk … Possible scores range from 5 to 25, with lower scores associated with higher COPD risk. … long-acting muscarinic antagonist; OR, odds ratio; NA, not applicable; RCT, randomized clinical trial; RR, relative … risk. … Inhaled corticosteroids in COPD and the risk of serious pneumonia.

9855. Hidden Heparins: HIT Happens | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/hidden-heparins-hit-happens
      March 27, 2024 - Because of the risk of venous limb gangrene that can result from transient hypercoagulability associated … In light of the high risk of thrombosis that accompanies the diagnosis of HIT, it is possible that the … The significant risk of HIT and its devastating sequelae has prompted consideration of policies that … Identifying uses of heparins that circumvent provider orders can lower the risk that a patient with HIT … (or at risk for HIT) will be exposed to heparin.

9856. Affordable Housing Community Offers Seniors Onsite Health Care Coordination and Support, Reducing Hospital Admissions and Falls and Improving Resident Health | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/innovation/affordable-housing-community-offers-seniors-onsite-health-care-coordination-and-support
      March 27, 2024 - following: Scheduling appointments with wellness nurse: A part-time wellness nurse visits high-risk … Monthly team meetings focused on high-risk and nearing risk residents: The program team meets monthly … to discuss residents' general health and information needs, as well as the specific needs of high-risk … As the team members who often care for these high-risk residents, the visiting nurse and area agency … fell by 19 percentage points (46 at-risk residents the year before implementation, 34 a year later)

9857. Ocular Prophylaxis for Gonococcal Ophthalmia Neonatorum: US Preventive Services Task Force Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/hEp2uYfD9KRhYTY5fGr8Tp
      October 15, 2018 - Currently, there are no risk-based tools for screening pregnant women and no studies examining the use … of risk-based vs universal prophylaxis. … Another area for research is whether risk-based prophylaxis of newborns, based on maternal risk factors … Comments also supported risk-based prophylaxis as an alternative strategy for pre- vention. … the use of risk-based vs universal prophylaxis.

9858. In Conversation With… Brian Jarman, PhD | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-brian-jarman-phd
      March 01, 2015 - Where Does Risk-Adjusted Mortality Fit Into a Safety Measurement Program? … The risk-adjusted hospital mortality rate (R-AHMR)—and its various incarnations including the hospital … ( 8 ) The second major flaw relates to risk adjustment. … Different risk adjustment models also produce substantially different R-AHMRs, with 1 large US study … What is the empirical evidence that hospitals with higher risk-adjusted mortality rates provide poor

9859. Disposition of Comments_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 260: Nutrition as Prevention for Improved Cancer Health Outcomes (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-260-improved-cancer-outcomes-disposition-comments.pdf
      May 22, 2023 - For example, there are many statements like the following: "One low-risk-of- bias study with reported … frequently studied, it would be beneficial to further discuss the cancer sites that have a higher risk … While it showed a 5% risk of malnutrition in medical oncology pts. in a limited range of cancer DX … that are most notably at a lower risk of malnutrition and a 12% risk in radiation pts, it was a well … Of those with completed MST screens, the average percentage of patients identified at nutritional risk

9860. Final Progress Report: Challenges and Opportunities for Stewardship of Urological Imaging (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-05/nielsen2-report.pdf
      January 01, 2025 - Exposure to radiation from CT scan is not without risk, and the radiation epidemiology literature has …   established a model describing a linearly proportional increase in the risk of future malignancy with … Despite the amount of  information that can be gleaned from CT scans, the risks of radiation exposure … Committee to Assess Health Risks from Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation, Board on Radiation … In: Health Risks from Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation: BEIR VII Phase 2.