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501. Improving the Emergency Department Discharge Process: Environmental Scan Report (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/edenvironmentalscan/edenvironmentalscan.pdf
     December 01, 2014 - Ongoing Studies To identify ongoing studies of ED discharge processes, we searched clinicaltrials.gov … Many studies cited the high prevalence of poor patient comprehension. … Overall, most of the studies found that telephone followup calls were effective. … 3 negative studies 8 characteristics of positive studies Katz, et al., 94 2012b Systematic review … The table below summarizes these studies. Table 8.

502. Is There an Association Between Patient Safety Indicators and Hospital Teaching Status? (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Rivard_97.pdf
     April 28, 2008 - Studies of quality of care, in contrast to those studies focused on safety only, suggest that quality … Two prior studies using administrative data found higher rates of selected infections due to medical … studies of rates of other PSIs in teaching and nonteaching facilities. … While previous studies of teaching hospital effects on PSIs have relied on AHRQ Healthcare Cost and … Recent studies of the impact of changes in resident teaching hours45, 46, 47 are examples.

503. Bundling Clinical Preventive Services: A Review of Definitions and Concepts from the Literature (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/decision/research-centers/bundlingcps.pdf
     March 01, 2014 - Some of the STI bundling studies examined the benefits of bundling relative to the provision of a single … Only one of the studies examined the benefits of bundling and found that women who attending influenza … Finally, some studies used bundling of services as a measure for the quality of care. … Similarly, our search did not yield any studies that examined barriers and facilitators to bundling of … Based on the search, we identified a number of gaps which could be addressed through further studies

504. Primary Care Workforce | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/2024-annual-report/recent-grants-primary-care-workforce.html
     May 01, 2024 - Studies that measure, track, and contribute to understanding the experience of the primary care workforce … Below are tables, organized by two subtopics, which include short summaries of the four studies focused … Expanding the Primary Care Workforce With Nurse Practitioners Two studies look at expanding the primary … Research Spotlight #8 Measuring Individual and Team Factors Affecting the Primary Care Workforce Two studies

505. Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care Settings by Engaging Patients and Families--Executive Summary (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/envscan-exec-summary.pdf
     March 01, 2017 - The purpose of the environmental scan was to identify:  Descriptive, qualitative, and quantitative studies … Several gaps in the evidence emerged from the environmental scan:  There are few well-evaluated studies … Scoping studies: towards a methodological framework. Int J Soc Res Methodol 2005;8:19-32. 7. … Scoping studies: advancing the methodology. Implement Sci 2010;5:69. … A meta- synthesis of qualitative studies of patient safety in primary care.

506. Making It Work Tip Sheet: Celebrating Success and Spreading CLABSI and CAUTI Prevention Beyond the Unit (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/celebrating-success.pdf
     April 01, 2022 - Case Studies, Tools, and Resources The following materials reinforce strategies for spread and celebrating … No. 17(22)-0019 April 2022 https://www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/case-studies/201701.html https://www.ahrq.gov … /policymakers/case-studies/201701.html http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit … Successes Spreading CLABSI and CAUTI Prevention Conversation Starters – Spreading the Gains Case Studies

507. Preventing Medication Errors in Ambulatory Care: The Importance of Establishing Regimen Concordance (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/Schillinger.pdf
     January 01, 2004 - Studies have demonstrated that, among treated patients, nearly one-half have international normalized … the treatment of chronic diseases7 and can help prevent medication-related errors.8, 9 Numerous studies … While studies have demonstrated tremendous variability in the means used by clinicians to counsel their … report their warfarin adherence using a well-established instrument similar to that used in other studies … Because studies have demonstrated that medication adherence and/or knowledge varies with the number

508. Info FAQs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     Does AHRQ have case studies on its research and dissemination activities? … AHRQ provides impact case studies for online access. … You can search the available case studies in the Impact Case Studies database .

509. 019-Perioperative-Infection-Prevention-Strategies-Notes (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-surgery/019-perioperative-infection-prevention-strategies-notes.docx
     April 01, 2025 - PI-Alcohol for Skin Antisepsis SAY: Several recent studies suggest that CHG-alcohol may be superior … Importantly, this was observed with both diabetic and nondiabetic patients in all of these studies. … Different studies have defined hyperglycemia, or mild versus severe hyperglycemia in different ways, … Different studies often use different values for glucose levels for tight versus conventional glucose … Due to heterogeneity of studies and how they were conducted, it is suggested that you maintain these

510. 019-Ss-Periop-Infection-Prevention-Fg (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/019-ss-periop-infection-prevention-fg.docx
     April 01, 2025 - PI-Alcohol for Skin Antisepsis SAY: Several recent studies suggest that CHG-alcohol may be superior … Importantly, this was observed with both diabetic and nondiabetic patients in all of these studies. … Different studies have defined hyperglycemia, or mild versus severe hyperglycemia in different ways, … Different studies often use different values for glucose levels for tight versus conventional glucose … Due to heterogeneity of studies and how they were conducted, it is suggested that you maintain these

511. Policy Projects | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/professionals/clinicians-providers/resources/rice/ceproj.html
     October 01, 2014 - To what extent do they include data from unpublished studies? … AHRQ to "make easily accessible the findings of existing, scientifically sound, cost-effectiveness studies … of new clinical interventions and technologies," with the goal of integrating these studies more effectively

512. Chen, Jersey | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/funding/training-grants/grants/active/kawards/Kawdsumchen08.html
     October 01, 2014 - His long-term research agenda is to conduct studies that inform policymakers on strategies to improve … He has completed a number of preliminary studies related to developing a rational assessment for cardiac

513. Final Progress Report: Emergency Department Overcrowding and Quality of Acute Asthma Care for Children (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-10/sills-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - Primary independent variables were crowding measures from adult studies. … Objectives 2.1 – 2.3 Studies of ED crowding in adult populations have compared crowding measures, often … Because most recent studies of crowding use quality measures as the basis for comparison,7 a factor … contributing to the lack of pediatric studies comparing crowding measures is the paucity of quality … Objectives 2.4-2.6 We performed a series of retrospective studies with data from PHIS involving two

514. Introduction | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/education-dx-outcomes-1.html
     March 01, 2022 - Care , which called for major initiatives to improve diagnostic safety and quality. 2 In addition to studies … Research studies over the past two decades have shown how diagnostic errors can be prevented or mitigated

515. Making It Work Tip Sheet: Overcoming the Just in Case Mindset (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/just-in-case-mindset.pdf
     April 01, 2022 - • Provide education using case studies that incorporate catheter indications and strategies for … • Provide education and use patient case studies with all healthcare providers to address the potential … Case Studies, Tools, and Resources • Learn From Defects Tool Worksheet: CAUTI • Learn From Defects … Electronic Health Record (EHR) Opportunities (Bring Forth to Leadership) Conversation Starters Case Studies

516. Eliciting Patients’ Diagnostic Experiences Using Rigorous Methods | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-patients-source-understanding-dx-error-vol2-3.html
     June 01, 2023 - “mistakes and problems” in obtaining a diagnosis, although this option has yet to be tested in any studies … The Challenge: Most studies eliciting patient experience with medical errors focus on the adverse event … In studies published on these findings, we did not separate out the impact of perceived diagnostic errors … Potential Response: Although longitudinal studies have the greatest potential for tracking the extent … Several principles for robust narrative elicitation emerged from various studies.

517. Concannon, Thomas | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2014 - School in Boston and an Assistant Professor at the Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies … Concannon has completed three studies related to Aim #1 and a manuscript has been accepted for publication

518. Findings From the AHRQ Transforming Primary Care Grant Initiative: A Synthesis Report | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/synthesis-report/index.html
     July 01, 2015 - Health Outcomes Reported in Transforming Primary Care Studies Contract No. 290-2010-00004 … Health Outcomes Reported in Transforming Primary Care Studies Acknowledgments The authors thank the

519. Findings From the AHRQ Transforming Primary Care Grant Initiative: A Synthesis Report | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/grants-transform/index.html
     February 01, 2017 - Health Outcomes Reported in Transforming Primary Care Studies Contract No. 290-2010-00004 … Health Outcomes Reported in Transforming Primary Care Studies Acknowledgments The authors thank the

520. CHIPRA 194: Section 5, Table 11, Figures 1 and 2 (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-194-section-5-table-11-figs-1-2.pdf
     April 21, 2015 - Seventeen studies met inclusion criteria; the majority had low quality of evidence. … Of the 185 children with neuroimaging studies, 78% were normal, 22% had “remarkable” findings, and … One fifth to one quarter of imaging studies were ordered by child neurologists, and 3% to 9% were requested … III) Opinions of respected authorities, based on clinical experience; descriptive studies or case reports