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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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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/UMASS%20Final%20Report_0.pdf
April 01, 2007 - HIT and HIE to control costs and improve the quality of care for Medicaid recipients. … high quality affordable HIT in physician offices as a means of improving the quality of care
and patient … quality of care for recipients
began. … Many studies have explored the potential clinical benefits of HIT to
improve the quality of care and … The quality of
healthcare delivered to adults in the United States.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/healthyliving/qdr2015-chartbook-healthyliving.pdf
January 01, 2020 - These
reports provide a comprehensive overview of the quality of health care received by the general … of strengths and weaknesses in the health care system along three main axes:
access to health care, … quality of health care, and priorities of the National Quality Strategy. … Through 2013, across a broad spectrum of measures of health care quality, 60% showed
improvement … Worse = Selected group received worse quality of care than reference group.
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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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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.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/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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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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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/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
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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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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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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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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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integrationacademy.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-07/MOUD_Playbook_Environmental_Scan_2025.pdf
January 01, 2025 - This same study also noted the effect that low
reimbursement can have on the quality of care when providers … prescribers served 10 or more patients for a full six-year period.47 Other provider payment-related … services they offer rather than the value or quality of care
provided.52 By contrast, alternative payment … communities.111 A similar New Mexico
Bridge program successfully implemented ED-based MOUD programs across six … Stigma reduction trainings for healthcare providers can
contribute to improving the quality of care
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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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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.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/hospital/AHRQ-Hospital-Survey-2.0-Users-Guide-5.26.2021.pdf
January 01, 2021 - item asking respondents to provide an overall rating on patient safety for
their unit/work area
– Six … We recommend using at least two types
of points of contact. … Your final list consists of:
1. 600 nursing staff—From the total of 1,200 nurses, a sample of 600 … Use your estimate of the number of surveys to print to estimate the number of outer and return
envelopes … This User’s Guide
Table of Contents
List of Appendixes
List of Tables
List of Figures
1.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/kidney-stone-prevention_executive.pdf
March 01, 2013 - We developed
an analytic framework that incorporated six Key Questions
and specified the patient populations … Ambulatory evaluation of
nephrolithiasis: an update of a 1980 protocol. … of randomized trials. … The role of thiazides in the prophylaxis of recurrent calcium
lithiasis. … No. 12-EHC049-1
July 2012
Revised March 2013
We also clarified how we assessed the four domains
for