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381. Study Identifies Trends in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Medication Misuse | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2025 - in the  Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association demonstrated the use of simulation testing … The findings suggest simulation testing can help clinicians identify which ADS tools best meet their … Multicomponent deimplementation strategy to reduce low-value preoperative testing.

382. Articulate Word Output (pdf file)
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     June 02, 2025 - Objectives Our objectives in this Webinar will be, first, to review recommendations for lipid testing … has the opportunity to prevent many heart attacks, strokes, and premature deaths. 6 Lipid Testing … First of all, let’s briefly review recommendations about lipid testing. … cardiovascular events increases with age, we recommend that all adults ages 40 and older have regular lipid testing … 6 Lipid Testing 7 Statins are Effective for Primary Prevention 8 Statins for Primary Prevention 9

383. Chapter 6. Measure Maps and Profiles (continued, 7) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2014 - up, and respond to change: 25, 26 Support self-management goals: 17-24, 34 Development and Testing … : Through the use of Likert's method, 5 testing assumptions were met, specifically: (1) item-convergent … C6Q0A_D Care management: C5Q09, C5Q12, C5Q13, C5Q14 INDEX, C5Q15, C5Q16 INDEX Development and Testing … 6.2 Care management: 2.4, 3.1, 3.5 Health IT-enabled coordination: 5.1, 5.2 Development and Testing … Subsequent testing revealed internal consistency, construct validity, and inter-rater reliability for

384. Chapter 6. Measure Maps and Profiles (continued, 24) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2014 - 39 Teamwork focused on coordination: 26, 27, 28 Medication Management: 44 Development and Testing … : Pilot testing in 1,289 patients with multiple chronic conditions from 13 primary care clinics in one … Additional measure testing and refinement of both the survey and the psychometric models is on-going, … Development and Testing: In a study of 65 safety net practices across five states, internal consistency … and respond to change: 19 Support self-management goals: 9, 14, 15, 16, 17 Development and Testing

385. Chapter 6. Measure Maps and Profiles (continued, 19) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2014 - transitions: Across settings: 16,17 Health IT-enabled coordination: 3-7 Development and Testing … home: K5Q10, K5Q11, K5Q20-22, K5Q30-32, K5Q40-46 Care management: K5Q20, K5Q22 Development and Testing … this group formed the Technical Expert Panel that met multiple times to discuss the development and testing … 24, 25, 29, 30 Teamwork focused on coordination: 3, 12-14, 18-22, 26, 31-33 Development and Testing … Atlas, we were not able to contact the measure developers about any on-going measure development or testing

386. Chapter 6. Measure Maps and Profiles (continued, 16) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2014 - of care: 8 Support self-management goals: 8 Medication management: 6, 7 Development and Testing … , follow up, and respond to change: 1,2 Teamwork focused on coordination: 3 Development and Testing … : Coordination measures were adapted from validated surveys and underwent cognitive interview testing … 3 Support self-management goals: 23 Teamwork focused on coordination: 8 Development and Testing … follow up, and respond to change: 22 Support self-management goals: 11, 17 Development and Testing

387. Questions & Answers: The CAHPS Patient Narrative Elicitation Protocol (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2017 - narrative information back to clinicians to support improvement activities If you are interested in testing … This testing was done for both the original protocol and a revised version that reflected findings from … the initial round of testing. … As part of the development and testing process, the Elicitation Protocol was administered by Web and … However, because a mail mode was not included in testing of the Elicitation Protocol, we cannot provide

388. Potential Measures for Clinical-Community Relationships: A Supplement (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2013 - These measures are suggested for further testing and development to refine their specifications and … These measures are suggested for further testing and development to refine their specifications and … Therefore, this individual measure may need to undergo further reliability and validation testing to … Therefore, this individual measure may need to undergo further reliability and validation testing to … Therefore, this individual measure may need to undergo further reliability and validation testing to

389. Potential Measures for Clinical-Community Relationships: A Supplement (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2013 - These measures are suggested for further testing and development to refine their specifications and … These measures are suggested for further testing and development to refine their specifications and … Therefore, this individual measure may need to undergo further reliability and validation testing to … Therefore, this individual measure may need to undergo further reliability and validation testing to … Therefore, this individual measure may need to undergo further reliability and validation testing to

390. Metabolic Monitoring for Children and Adolescents on Antipsychotics (pdf file)
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     February 14, 2018 - Several guidelines address metabolic testing for children prescribed antipsychotics, with consensus … See the Antipsychotic Testing Summary (see Supporting Documents) for full validity results. … Such testing provides evidence for assessing measure’s performance for disparities identification. … If so, in what health IT system was it tested and what were the results of testing? … Testing also showed poor performance among both plans and States, suggesting room for improvement.

391. Chapter 6. Measure Maps and Profiles (continued, 5) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2014 - 7, 8, 10-11 Align resources with patient and population needs: 7, 8, 10-11 Development and Testing … Scale reliability testing was conducted, and each of the scales had a Cronbach's alpha of above 9. … of care: 1 Support self-management goals: 2, 3 Medication management: 3 Development and Testing … Development and testing of a measure designed to assess the quality of care transitions. … Development and testing of a measure designed to assess the quality of care transitions.

392. | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2025 - in hospitalized children with artificial airways: expert consensus statements from the BrighT STAR (Testing … Panelists included members of the BrighT STAR (Testing STewardship for Antibiotic Reduction) collaborative … in hospitalized children with artificial airways: expert consensus statements from the BrighT STAR (Testing … Nanua D Overcoming inertia: provider perspectives on de-implementation strategies in preoperative testing … Overcoming inertia: provider perspectives on de-implementation strategies in preoperative testing.

393. Final Progress Report: Utility of Predictive Systems in Diagnostic Errors (UPSIDE) (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2025 - For instance, testing process faults might lead to problems in clinical assessment, and vice versa. … presentation faults (e.g., incorrect triage, failure or delay in seeking care), and problems with testing … able to generate models with c- statistic greater than 0.57, so we did not proceed with subsequent testing … Finally, the priority areas we identified — testing and assessment — provide an initial roadmap for … prevent future diagnostic errors (DE), upcoming programs must address deficiencies in assessment, testing

394. Infection Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2017 - Part I—A Clear View on Endoscope Processing: Transporting, Leak Testing, Cleaning  In April, 2015, … This video discusses the new guidelines related to transporting, leak testing and cleaning.

395. About the CAHPS Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Item Set (pdf file)
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     May 22, 2014 - • Cognitive testing (English and Spanish). … The testing was done with both adults and children in English and Spanish. … A second round of cognitive testing was completed in the spring of 2011. … • Field testing. NCQA field tested the instrument in the winter of 2010-2011. … • Consumer testing of composite labels.

396. Implications for the Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2018 - Include Testing and Evaluation of the Guide and Involve the Target Audiences in Its Development, Testing … and approaches to patient and family engagement lack clear evidence; thus, we must rely on our own testing … for technical assistance will be an ongoing focus of inquiry with organizations that participate in testing

397. SOPS Program Brief (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2024 - Focus on effective diagnostic processes, including time availability, testing and referrals, and provider … Survey Development Process SOPS surveys and supplemental item sets undergo a rigorous development and testing … With additional input from the TEP, revise the items and conduct cognitive testing again.

398. Final Progress Report: Detection, Education, Research, and Decolonization without Isolation in Long-term Care (DERAIL MRSA) (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2025 - that needed to be met in order to reach our goals were: • To test the effectiveness of an admission testing … The testing was done onsite at each LTCF and processed either by the onsite nursing personnel working … Subjects had the right to decline this testing should they desired to do so. … The PCR testing is complete on all samples, and all PCR-positive swabs were cultured as well as had … Conversion rates are based upon paired admission and discharge testing samples for which the admission

399. NICU Family Information Packet, Appendix B, Neurodevelopment (pdf file)
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     June 02, 2025 - Testing ■ Adjust an infant’s age for prematurity until he/she is 2 years adjusted age. … ■ Err on the side of caution, and refer the infant for formal testing early rather than waiting.

400. Measures To Assess the Safe and Judicious Use of Antipsychotics in Children and Adolescents Field Test Summary (pdf file)
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     June 02, 2025 - Judicious Use of Antipsychotics in Children and Adolescents Field Test Summary This report summarizes testing … This report focuses on testing results; it supplements information provided in the candidate measure … Research Questions The overall goals of testing are to determine whether the measures are reportable … Measure Descriptions Table 1 describes the measure specifications during testing. … Descriptions represent versions of the specifications after testing variations of certain components