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2661. 10-Year Experience Integrating Strategic Performance Improvement Initiatives: Can the Balanced Scorecard, Six Sigma®, and Team Training All Thrive in a Single Hospital? (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol3/Advances-Meliones_40.pdf
      January 01, 2006 - When translating the scorecard to health care, a significant modification of the “traditional” perspectives … Aligning PI initiatives toward strategic goals provides a significant economy of scale and ensures that … Team Training As a result of Team Training, a number of significant operational changes were implemented … First, one must train individuals in the Six Sigma methodology, which requires a significant time and … Despite all these impediments, Team Training can result in significant improvements in health care,

2662. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49549/psn-pdf
      December 06, 2007 - "( 1) Wandering can also lead to significant safety risks when the patient has decreased capacity.(2 … Patients who have been missing for a significant period of time, most typically 4 hours, are typically

2663. Recommendation: Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      May 02, 2023 - isoniazid vs isoniazid alone. 9 , 28 , 35 , 36 , 40 The PREVENT TB study (n = 7731) 35 reported a statistically … isoniazid-alone group (RR, 0.16 [95% CI, 0.10-0.28]). 40 The second trial (n = 263) 36 reported a statistically … There was a statistically nonsignificant increase in discontinuation due to adverse events in a meta-analysis … participants in the rifapentine plus isoniazid group compared with isoniazid alone; however, this was statistically … significant in only 1 trial. 9 , 28 Overall, study reports of gastrointestinal adverse events other

2664. VitaminD, Calcium, or Combined Supplementation for the Primary Prevention of Fractures in Community-Dwelling Adults: Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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      April 17, 2018 - MPH; Manny Coker-Schwimmer, MPH; Meera Viswanathan, PhD IMPORTANCE Osteoporotic fractures result in significant … Supplementation with vitamin D alone or with calcium had no significant effect on all-cause mortality … All but 1 study reported statistically nonsignificant differences in fracture inci- dence between supplementation … For vitamin D combined with calcium compared with placebo, a statistically significant association for … For vitamin D alone compared with placebo, 3 RCTs were eligible, and none found significant find- ings

2665. Screening for HIV Infection in Asymptomatic, Nonpregnant Adolescents and Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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      June 11, 2019 - , MLS; Sara Grusing, BA; Christina Bougatsos, MPH IMPORTANCE Untreated HIV infection can result in significant … progression to AIDS, tuberculosis, and invasive bacterial disease also favored im- mediate ART but were not statistically … significant (Table 1). … composite outcome (death, AIDS events, and non-AIDS events) favored early ART, but the effect was not statistically … significant (RR, 0.73 [95% CI, 0.53-1.02]); beneficial effects on HIV transmission remained present

2666. Diabetes Mellitus (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/diabetes-horizon-scan-high-impact-1412.pdf
      January 01, 2015 - The JDRF (formerly the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) has committed significant resources to … Significant HbA1c reductions observed over the 39 weeks of the study ranged from a “mean of 1.4% to … Two dosages were used and both (40 mcg/day and 60 mcg/day mini-pumps) reportedly showed statistically … significant results versus control group and were well tolerated. … Patients who had HbA1c levels “above 8.5%” had statistically significant “mean reductions up to 2.1%

2667. Making Healthcare Safer Practices: 9. Reducing Adverse Drug Events in Older Adults (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2020 - on deprescribing, polypharmacy, PIMs, and/or STOPP; targeted older adults; and effectively (i.e., statistically … Their study noted a significant reduction in drug burden index scores, by 0.34 (p<0.001), reflecting … No significant difference in healthcare utilization, but a significant change in self-rated health. … Not provided Intervention led to a significant decrease in benzodiazepine use in the intervention … The decrease in PIPs was significant (z=2.823; p<0.005).

2668. Improving Rural Health Care: Implementing Innovative Integration Solutions (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/uc1hs016142-sims-final-report-2008.pdf
      January 01, 2008 - This at times results in significant delays resulting from Radiology physician travel to the facility … A significant amount of time was expended searching for infrastructure and a solution that would meet … A significant upgrade was delivered to the HIS that had a negative impact to the screen login mapping … This is a significant achievement as information exchange activities progress. 11 Lab result … This is significant because, as a perpetual license agreement in the purchase of the software tools,

2669. Hospital Deaths for Common Heart Conditions Increased While Hospitalizations Decreased During the First Year of COVID-19 (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/qdr-data-spotlight-heart-failure-hospital.pdf
      July 01, 2023 - Significant disparities exist among racial/ethnic groups, with NH Black groups experiencing the highest … In addition, an analysis of national emergency medical services data reported a significant increase … Second, the quality of hospital care may have worsened in 2020 due to significant financial and operational … Multiple “surges” of people infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus placed significant strain on hospitals

2670. The Use of Surgical Simulators to Reduce Errors (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol4/Fried.pdf
      January 01, 2003 - and carries a significant risk of injury to the delicate neighboring eye and brain structures. … have been used to augment the education and training of surgical residents in several fields with significant … The data from this study clearly show that there are significant group differences in ES3 simulation … Similarly, we found that total scores from the MIST-VR trainer show a significant correlation with dissection … 0.2) r = 0.43 (P < 0.01) r = 0.45 (P < 0.01) r = 0.57 (P < 0.00) r = 0.63 (P < 0.01) Significant

2671. Disposition of Comments for CER 196 The Role of Immunotherapy in the Treatment of Asthma (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-196-disposition-comments-immunotherapy-asthma.pdf
      March 23, 2018 - Why is it only moderate strength when all of the cited studies show significant reduction and two have … The strength of evidence considers several domains and is not based solely on statistically significance … Response TEP #1 Results Page 28, line 34: “The second RCT found statistically … significant improvement in asthma symptoms with a decrease of 0.41 in ACQ score.”.

2672. Screening, Referral, Behavioral Counseling, and Preventive Interventions for Oral Health in Children and Adolescents Aged 5 to 17 Years: A Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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      November 07, 2023 - All significance testing was 2-tailed; P values of .05 or less were considered statistically significant … There were no statisti- cally significant interactions between control type, follow-up dura- tion, or … The systematic review found no statistically significant in- teractions between baseline caries level … There were no statistically significant interac- tions between baseline caries severity, background fluoride

2673. S116 (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/s116.pdf
      October 01, 2007 - The association between long-acting benzodiazepine prescribing and APM prefer- ence was no longer significant

2674. Racial Misclassification and Disparities in Mortality among AI/AN and Other Races, Washington (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/raceethnicitytoolkit/or26.pdf
      June 01, 2012 - mentioned earlier, Injury Prevention has become a main public health focus for Indian Country as a significant … increased throughout the time http://www.doh.wa.gov/hws/IV2004.shtm period as Whites experienced significant … While both populations had a significant increase in drug overdose deaths over this time period, the … Whites experienced a small but significant decrease in suicides during the time period (APC=-0.47%) … Both racial groups experienced a significant decrease in homicide mortality rates, with AI/ANs dropping

2675. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/vte-prophyalaxis_research-protocol.pdf
      March 01, 2011 - as venous thromboembolism (VTE), affects an estimated 900,000 Americans each year and results in significant … Adverse Consequences of Venous Thromboembolism There are significant adverse consequences of DVT and … Other studies demonstrate that IVC filters are associated with significant complications, 31,32 such … These studies had significant flaws that might have invalidated the results. … which has the best confidence interval coverage for rare events, because the random effects model is statistically

2676. In Conversation With… David Urbach, MD, MSc | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-david-urbach-md-msc
      June 12, 2019 - DU : What we didn't find was a statistically significant improvement in the time period after hospitals

2677. Disposition of Comments for CER 177 Agitation Aggression Dementia (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/dementia-agitation-aggression_disposition-comments.pdf
      March 21, 2016 - Additionally, in some cases, authors inappropriately conclude differences exist when the differences are not statistically … significant. … , "Without an understanding of what constitutes a clinically meaningful change, interpretation of statistically … significant differences ... was challenging." … Yet in many places throughout the report, when a statistically significant result is noted, the phrase

2678. Personal Health Records and Elder Medication Use Quality (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs017034-chrischilles-final-report-2011.pdf
      January 01, 2011 - All other followup comparisons between study groups post-intervention were statistically insignificant … Significant age group differences were observed for entry of any health information; with increasing … There were no significant differences between high and low/non-users in education, marital status, or … No significant differences in medication self-efficacy were observed. 23 Interaction Term … Interaction terms were examined for characteristics that showed statistically significant or marginally

2679. Overview of Hospital Stays Among Children and Adolescents, 2019 (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb299-Hospital-Stays-Children-2019.pdf
      January 01, 2019 - Because of the large sample size of the NIS and SID data, small differences can be statistically significant

2680. Interventions To Prevent Age-Related Cognitive Decline, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Clinical Alzheimer’s-Type Dementia (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cognitive-decline-disposition-170707pdf.pdf
      March 24, 2017 - Results – Cognitive Training Peer Reviewer #3 Table 4A.4: Presumably the results in BOLD represent statistically … and clinically significant results. … That is correct; the bold font is intended to highlight the statistically significant results. … (Bonferroni) Most were not significant even without Bonferroni corrections. … Willis, ACTIVE study investigators The impact of selective attrition, if any, can be assessed and statistically