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1. Statin Therapy Measure Narative (pdf file)
   www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/results/research/cholesterol-narrative.pdf
   December 31, 2018 - Statin Therapy Measure Narative Statin Therapy for the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease … diabetes with a fasting or direct LDL-C level of 70-189 mg/dL; who were prescribed or are already on statin … Numerator The number of patients with a statin medication (Statin RXNORM Value Set) current on the … medication list or prescribed a statin medication during the measurement period. … Denominator Exceptions • Patients with adverse effect, allergy or intolerance to statin medication

2. Statin Therapy Measure Flow Chart (pdf file)
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   June 02, 2025 - Statin Therapy Measure Flow Chart Statin Therapy for the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular … Disease Yes *Contraindications and Exceptions to Statin Use · Patients with adverse effect, allergy … or intolerance to statin medication therapy · Patients who are pregnant or breastfeeding · Patients … e Yes PATIENT INCLUDED IN DENOMINATOR 1 Was the patient prescribed or on a statin at any … No PATIENT NOT INCLUDED IN NUMERATOR 3 11_18_2015 Statin Therapy Measure Flow Chart 3 Denom v3.

3. Cholestrol Control with Statin Therapy (xls file)
   www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/results/research/chart-abstraction-template-cholesterol.xlsx
   November 18, 2015 - Cholestrol Control with Statin Therapy CHOL PCP Demographics Demographics DOB 40-75 (DM), ≥ 21 … Statin Med No statin then check LDL, if yes in Num. … Statin Med No statin then check LDL, if yes in Num. <70 If < 70 exempt, ≥70 statin required and failed … Fluvastatin Lescol XL or Lescol Statin Lovastatin (Mevinolin) Mevacor or Altoprev Statin Pitavastatin … Livalo N/A Pravastatin Sodium Pravachol Statin Rosuvastatin Calcium Crestor Statin Simvastatin Zocor

4. Strategies to Better Manage Lipids – Statin Pearls
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   November 01, 2016 - Strategies to Better Manage Lipids – Statin Pearls Strategies to Better Manage Lipids – Statin Pearls … Measures – Cholesterol Percentage of “high-risk” adult patients who were prescribed or are taking a statin … (CVD) (i.e., symptomatic coronary artery disease or thrombotic stroke) use a low- to moderate-dose statin … Clinicians may choose to offer a low- to moderate dose statin to certain adults without a history of … Other side effects – try a 6 week break and then restarting Add Co-enzyme Q10 Stop statin and focus

5. Statin Use in U.S. Adults Doubles | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   August 01, 2018 - Statin Use in U.S. Adults Doubles Statin Use in U.S. … Adults Doubles (PDF, 263 KB) Source: Statistical Brief #458: Trends in Statin Therapy among Adults … (Age ≥ 18), United States, 2000 to 2011 ; Statistical Brief #459: Changes in Statin Therapy among Adults

6. Statin Use in U.S. Adults Doubles in 10 Years (pdf file)
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   June 03, 2015 - Statin Use in U.S. … Adults Doubles in 10 Years Source: MEPS Statistical Brief #458: Trends in Statin Therapy among Adults … Branded Statin 2010- 2011 2008- 2009 2006- 2007 2004- 2005 2002- 2003 2000- 2001 Average Annual … In the 10-year period ending in 2011, statin use roughly doubled among all adult age groups. … Statin Use in U.S. Adults Doubles in 10 Years Publication Date: June 3, 2015

7. Final Progress Report: Clinical importance of the drug interaction between statins and CYP3A inhibitors (pdf file)
   www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/strom-report.pdf
   January 01, 2024 - The I*R represents the relative effect of each statin type (statin 3A4 substrate vs. statin non-3A4 … for each CYP3A4 inhibitor evaluated by statin type (statin 3A4 substrate and statin non-3A4 substrate … Baseline characteristics Statin 3A4 substrate Statin non- 3A4 substrate Statin 3A4 substrate Statin … non- 3A4 substrate Statin 3A4 substrate Statin non- 3A4 substrate # of statin initiators 325,460 … ) 0.90 (0.53-1.52) statin 3A4 substrate 2358 657,276 3.59 statin non-3A4 substrate + CYP3A4X statin

8. Variability in Statin Use After Hospitalization for Cardiovascular Events or Procedures Among Medicare Beneficiaries Age 65 Years and Older (pdf file)
   www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/SyH-DR-stat-brief-4-statins.pdf
   October 01, 2024 - Statin Use by Region Among those hospitalized for IS/TIA, overall statin use was lower inside the stroke … Variability in Statin Use in Medicare 4 Figure 2. … Use in Medicare 5 Statin Use by State Figures 4-6 display overall and state-level statin use rates … statin prescription fills during the 3 months after hospital discharge (“any statin use”) from a cardiovascular … Use Statin Use by Region Statin Use by State Data Source Definitions Use of Statins Statin Prescription

9. Variability in Statin Use After Hospitalization for Cardiovascular Events or Procedures Among Commercially Insured Beneficiaries Ages 45-64 (pdf file)
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   October 02, 2024 - Statin use was lower inside the stroke belt for both sex and age categories. … Variability in Statin Use in Commercially Insured Beneficiaries 3 Figure 2. … Variability in Statin Use in Commercially Insured Beneficiaries 6 Figure5. … Statin Prescription Fills We examine the percentage of adults ages 45-64 with any outpatient statin … Variability in Statin Use in Commercially Insured Beneficiaries 9 Table 1.

10. Cholesterol Management Evidence and Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2021 - Substantial evidence shows that taking a statin medication each day to manage blood cholesterol can reduce … People who have already had a heart attack or stroke have also been shown to benefit from statin use … Recommendation: The USPSTF recommended starting statin use for primary prevention of cardiovascular … The USPSTF recommended discussing statin use in similar patients with more moderate risk of a CVD event … All patients at high risk should receive a high- or moderate-intensity statin unless contraindicated

11. Reducing Disparities in the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease (pdf file)
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    June 02, 2025 - Statin drugs decrease CVD illness and mortality in people at high risk. … in statin use among people of different race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. … Will patients who receive outreach from care managers seek out and obtain statin treatment to lower …  Barriers to at risk patients starting a statin regiment include: – Primary care clinicians focus … , as was done in this study) may more effectively increase appropriate statin use and lower CVD risk

12. Articulate Word Output (pdf file)
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    June 02, 2025 - And, finally, to examine effective techniques for encouraging adherence to statin therapy. 4 Mr … Would you recommend a statin for CVD risk reduction in this patient? How would you decide? … As such, we recommend that you initiate a moderate dose generic statin for primary prevention. … It assumes a relative risk reduction of 25% with statin therapy. … their statin medication within six months.

13. Strategies to Better Manage Lipids—Statin Pearls | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/heart-health/cholesterol/statins.html
    September 01, 2018 - Strategies to Better Manage Lipids—Statin Pearls Resource title: Strategies to Better Manage … Lipids—Statin Pearls Resource description: This slide deck and transcript of a 20-minute video with

14. Clinic Intervention Tracking Sheet (doc file)
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    June 02, 2025 - alert staff for lipid panel in general population for low risk patients CDS reminder to order statin … in ASCVD, IVD, CVD CDS reminder to order statin in DM CDS reminder to order statin in patients … with low-density lipoprotein (LDL) >=190 CDS reminder to order statin in general population with … Outreach list for DM not on statin Outreach list for LDL>=190 not on a statin Outreach … list for increased CVD risk not on statin Outreach list for smokers Agreement with community

15. Intervention Tracking (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/results/research/intervention-tracking-worksheet-mw.pdf
    May 19, 2016 - mellitus Alert for a lipid panel in general population (low risk patients) Reminder to order a statin … in ASCVD (or IVD, or CVD) Reminder to order statin in diabetic patients Alert to order a statin … in pts with LDL ≥190 Alert to order statin in general population with increased risk (based on a … patients with uncontrolled hypertension Outreach to patients who need cholesterol measurement or statin … Outreach to tobacco users or smokers Outreach to patients with increased CVD risk who are not on a statin

16. Cholesterol Management in Primary Care (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/heart-health/cholesterol-academic-detailing-guide.pdf
    July 07, 2015 - Statin benefits for patients with coronary artery disease1,2 i16% Reduction in absolute risk of … statin Diabetes LDL-C 70-189mg/dl, Age 40-75 y > 7.5% - Estimated 10-y ASCVD risk < 7.5% … Effectiveness of statin therapy in adults with coronary heart disease. Arch Intern Med. … The effects of lowering LDL cholesterol with statin therapy in people at low risk of vascular disease … Ezetimibe Added to Statin Therapy after Acute Coronary Syndromes.

17. EvidenceNOW: Chart Abstraction Template - Cholesterol | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/research-results/research/chart-abstraction-template-cholesterol.html
    March 01, 2021 - Cholesterol Oklahoma Cooperative Resource: Chart Abstraction Template—Cholesterol Control with Statin … template was used by an EvidenceNOW Cooperative to conduct chart abstractions for cholesterol control with statin

18. EvidenceNOW: Cholesterol Measure Flow Chart, National Evaluator | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/research-results/research/cholesterol-flowchart.html
    March 01, 2021 - EvidenceNOW: Cholesterol Measure Flow Chart, National Evaluator Minnesota Cooperative Resource: Statin … Measure Flow Chart (PDF, 248.7 KB, 1 page) This document provides a process flow diagram for the Statin

19. Clinical Recommendation: Statins in Primary Prevention of CVD | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/heart-health/cholesterol/uspstf.html
    September 01, 2018 - Clinical Recommendation: Statins in Primary Prevention of CVD Resource title: Statin Use for

20. Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events With Statins | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2018 - using assessment results and patient preferences to guide decisionmaking and improving adherence to statin