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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/monitoring-programs-rapid-research.pdf
April 01, 2025 - devices, and supplies to patients and providers, which may lead
to lower quality of care and increased … When assessing RCTs, we planned to use the 7 items in
the Cochrane Collaboration’s tool that cover domains … of care and patient safety, while
simultaneously reducing health system costs. … of
healthcare services. … Using
lean six sigma methodology to improve quality
of the anesthesia supply chain in a pediatric
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary39/obesity-in-children-and-adolescents-screening-2010
January 15, 2010 - systematic reviews from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and the Agency for Healthcare … Quality and Research (AHRQ). 9 , 11 We searched Ovid Medline, PsycINFO, the Database of Abstracts of … summarized here, with more detailed accounts in the full evidence review. 40
Behavioral Interventions
Six … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research; 2009. 41. … Improvement of early vascular changes and cardiovascular risk factors in obese children after a six-month
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/mcc/pccp4p/human-social-service-rapid-scan-report.pdf
May 01, 2025 - and work toward goals over six months.9 The program
developed and documented a rigorous approach to … Sites reported that
systematic screening across domains and routinely addressing HRSNs resulted in an … Discussion
Summary of Findings
We identified a limited number of descriptions of health care organization … collaborations to connect people with community resources that address these needs could improve
the quality … of care and the well-being of people living with or at risk multiple chronic conditions.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/advanced-care-decision-aids_technical-brief.pdf
July 01, 2014 - system leaders, and policymakers, among others—make well informed
decisions and thereby improve the quality … of health care services. … of health care in the United States. … care quality. … intervention focused on
care choices for CPR and ventilation among terminal cancer patients asked six
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/NISIntroduction2019.pdf
September 01, 2021 - For example, when a hospital contributed only six months of
discharge data to HCUP, the adjusted number … of
Hospitals
Number of
Discharges
in the NIS,
Unweighted
Number of
Discharges
in the NIS, … States
Number of
Hospitals
Number of
Discharges
in the NIS,
Unweighted
Number of
Discharges … This is a six-
category urban-rural classification scheme for U.S. … of dying, (2) Moderate likelihood of dying, (3)
Major likelihood of dying, (4) Extreme likelihood of
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/healthful-diet-and-physical-activity-for-cardiovascular-disease-prevention-in-adults-without-known-risk-factors-behavioral-counseling-july-2017
July 11, 2017 - variable levels of evidence of the reliability and validity of the measures. … Maintaining physical activity among older adults: six-month outcomes of the Keep Active Minnesota randomized … of the Trials of Hypertension Prevention, phase I. … of the Trials of Hypertension Prevention (TOHP). … Six-month results from a healthy lifestyles diabetes primary prevention program among urban Native American
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/NISIntroduction2022.pdf
November 01, 2024 - For example, when a hospital contributed only six months of
discharge data to HCUP, the adjusted number … of
Hospitals
Number of
Discharges
in the NIS,
Unweighted
Number of
Discharges
in the NIS, … States
Number of
Hospitals
Number of
Discharges
in the NIS,
Unweighted
Number of
Discharges … This is a six-
category urban-rural classification scheme for U.S. … of dying, (2) Moderate likelihood of dying, (3)
Major likelihood of dying, (4) Extreme likelihood of
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/appendicitis_executive.pdf
December 01, 2015 - Assessment of the Risk of Bias of Individual
Studies
We assessed the risk of bias for each study using … the strength
of the body of evidence for each Key Question with
respect to the following domains: … Only six small studies reported
that other pathology was found when appendicitis was
also present … Maternal/Fetal Adverse Events
Six studies (3 studies of US, 3 of MRI, and 2 of multiple
clinical and … Seven studies (5 studies of US, 2 of MRI, 1 of CT, and 1 of
clinical symptoms and signs, some studies
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/perinatal-care/perinatal_care_toolkit_lowvision.pdf
May 01, 2017 - decrease maternal and neonatal
adverse events and to improve patient safety, team communication, and quality … of care
within labor and delivery (L&D) units nationwide. … in a short
span of time and led some of the huddles for the first week. … It is a 61-bed facility with six L&D
beds and a Level III nursery. … Next Steps
The team remains conscientious of the pace of their roll out
of QI changes, recognizing
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/perinatal-care/perinatal_care_toolkit_fullcolor.pdf
May 01, 2017 - decrease maternal and neonatal
adverse events and to improve patient safety, team communication, and quality … of care
within labor and delivery (L&D) units nationwide. … in a short
span of time and led some of the huddles for the first week. … It is a 61-bed facility with six L&D
beds and a Level III nursery. … Next Steps
The team remains conscientious of the pace of their roll out
of QI changes, recognizing
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/dementia-older-adults-screening-2003
June 03, 2003 - [b] Peterson: Department of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico School of Medicine Albuquerque, NM. … Six to 12 months of treatment with cholinesterase inhibitors modestly slows the decline of cognitive … (5 of 7), and 20% of persons with severe dementia (1 of 5) had no documentation of a dementia diagnosis … : Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology. … Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/npsd/data/npsd-chartbook-2021.pdf
January 01, 2021 - The Event-specific section of the NPSD Chartbook displays more detailed information for
the six types … These six event-specific sections were developed for inclusion in the NPSD
Chartbook because they were … The data in the NPSD Chartbook for the Generic Patient Safety Concerns module and six types of
safety … These issues are studied in greater depth for six types of safety events (i.e., Blood or Blood
Products … Specifically, the data
submitted by the PSOs for these six types of patient safety events were the most
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-screening-for-women-and-elderly-adults/intimate-partner-violence-and-elderly-abuse-screening-2004
March 08, 2004 - type of interventions, length of followup, outcomes, methods of outcome measurement, and study duration … Screening instruments are described in Appendix 3 . 49-61
Six studies compared brief screening instruments … , loss of personal residence and financial resources, erosion of family structure, loss of autonomy for … Effect of abuse on health: results of a national survey. … Most of the Time
A Good Part of the Time
Some of the Time
A Little of the Time
Very Rarely
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/europe-e-prescribing-report.pdf
February 01, 2011 - This form of contract, which encouraged more
quantity than quality of care, was known as the Traditional … practitioners (and pharmacists) perceive that technology
adoption in prescribing can result in better quality … of care and
reduced costs:
– Fewer legal liabilities. … In the case of EPS, we have identified six main stakeholder groups:
the government, general practitioners … Library of the House of Commons.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary9/breast-cancer-screening-2009
November 15, 2009 - breast cancer mortality among women of any age; and the magnitude of harms of screening with mammography … Rates of additional imaging and rates of biopsies may be underestimated because of incomplete capture … aged 40 years or older. 37 Twenty-six studies were included: 9 on psychological distress, 11 on anxiety … of studies of sensitivity and specificity of mammography published 10 years ago. 38 The cumulative … Rates of additional imaging and biopsies may be underestimated because of incomplete capture of these
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/future05-breastcancer-10-5-2010final.pdf
September 01, 2010 - make well-informed decisions in designing and funding research and thereby improve the quality
of health … care services. … of health care. … We present a conceptual framework for future research
that emphasizes high priority research domains … The questionnaires were
organized into six sections: Introduction, Populations of Interest, Interventions
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/autism_surveillance.pdf
October 01, 2012 - to two new high quality RCTs, one with six month
followup and the other with one year. … 3
• How out of date is that portion of the CER? … Is the portion of the CER that is
probably or certainly out of date an issue of safety (a drug withdrawn … In sum, seven of the 25 conclusions are possibly out of date, and another is probably out of date. … October 2012 – No studies of
impact of type of provider
identified.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/pelvic-pain-surveillance-151130.pdf
July 10, 2015 - on pain status, functional status, satisfaction with care, quality of life, and
harms? … The included journals were six high-profile general medical interest journals (Annals of
Internal Medicine … of life. … interventions on pain status, functional status, satisfaction with care, quality of life, and harms … STUDY DESIGN: A total of 1012 reproductive-aged women completed a 112-item questionnaire
with domains
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cad-women-treatment_executive.pdf
August 01, 2012 - The major advantage of PCI is its
relative ease of use and avoidance of general anesthesia,
thoracotomy … The optimal
management of UA/NSTEMI has the twin goals of
the immediate relief of ischemia and the … described in the Methods Guide.31
The evidence was evaluated by using the four required
domains: risk … We grouped these by CAD presentation and type
of comparison:
• KQ 1: seven studies (six good quality … fibrinolysis/supportive (five
fibrinolysis, two supportive) in patients with STEMI
• KQ 2: seven studies (six
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/asthma-immunotherapy-2010_executive.pdf
January 01, 2010 - Handbook
for Systematic Reviews of Interventions.”11 We assessed
six categories of potential bias: … across the
six categories. … Twenty-three studies (20%) had fewer than 30 patients
and twenty-six studies (18%) had more than 100 … improves symptom control, when considering all domains
with pertinent clinical outcomes (Table F). … In the six studies that
compared subcutaneous and sublingual immunotherapy
head-to-head, only three