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3521. Glucose Control Factsheet (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/tools/surgical-complication-prevention/glucose_control_factsheet.docx
      December 01, 2017 - Glucose Control Factsheet Glucose Control Factsheet Facts About Glucose Control and the Prevention of Surgical Site Infections Definition of Tight Glucose Control Tight glucose control refers to getting as close to a normal (nondiabetic) blood glucose level as you safely can. Ideally, this means levels between 70 an…

3522. CHIPRA 213: Section 5, Table 4 (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2012 - CHIPRA 213: Section 5, Table 4 Table 4: Evidence Supporting Hydroxyurea Treatment for Children with Sickle Cell Disease TYPE OF EVIDENCE KEY FINDINGS LEVEL OF EVIDENCE (USPSTF RANKING*) CITATIONS Randomized controlled trial The Multicenter Study of Hydroxyurea in Sickle Cell Anemia (MSH), a ra…

3523. CHIPRA 194: Section 5, Table 11, Figures 1 and 2 (pdf file)
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      April 21, 2015 - CHIPRA 194: Section 5, Table 11, Figures 1 and 2 Table 11. Evidence about Overuse of Imaging for the Evaluation of Children with Primary Headache Type of Evidence Key Findings Level of Evidence (USPSTF Ranking*) Citations Systematic review Alexiou et al. conducted a systematic review of the lite…

3524. Overview | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureulcer/tool/intro.html
      October 01, 2014 - Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals Overview Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals Overview Key Subject Area Index 1. Are we ready for this change? 2. How will we manage change? 3. What are the best practices in pressure ulcer prevention that…

3525. Anemia Increasing in Hemodialysis Patients, Especially for Blacks (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/dataspotlight-anemia-dialysis.pdf
      December 02, 2019 - Anemia Increasing in Hemodialysis Patients, Especially for Blacks 1 Anemia Increasing in Hemodialysis Patients, Especially for Blacks Hemoglobin is an iron-rich protein that attaches to oxygen in the lungs and carries it to tissues throughout the body. Anemia is said to occur when hemoglobin levels …

3526. Many Pediatric Pneumonia Patients Receive Antibiotics Outside of Guidelines | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2025 - Many Pediatric Pneumonia Patients Receive Antibiotics Outside of Guidelines Issue Number 967 AHRQ News Now is a weekly newsletter that highlights agency research and program activities. July 22, 2025 Today’s Headlines: Many Pediatric Pneumonia Patients Receive Antibiotics Outside of Guidelines . Adult P…

3527. Join the IDEAS Project To Advance Diagnostic Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/966.html
      July 01, 2025 - Join the IDEAS Project To Advance Diagnostic Safety Issue Number 966 AHRQ News Now is a weekly newsletter that highlights agency research and program activities. July 15, 2025 Today’s Headlines: Join the IDEAS Project To Advance Diagnostic Safety . Help Shape the Future of AHRQ’s Quality Indicators . St…

3528. Study Identifies Strategies To Improve Patient Experience | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/947.html
      February 01, 2025 - Study Identifies Strategies To Improve Patient Experience Issue Number 947 AHRQ News Now is a weekly newsletter that highlights agency research and program activities. February 25, 2025 AHRQ Stats: Conditions Associated With Lack of Reliable Transportation In 2021, 15.5 percent of current smokers report…

3529. Antibiotic Stewardship Helps Protect Newborns in Neonatal Intensive Care Units | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      November 01, 2024 - Antibiotic Stewardship Helps Protect Newborns in Neonatal Intensive Care Units Issue Number 939 AHRQ News Now is a weekly newsletter that highlights agency research and program activities. November 26, 2024 AHRQ Stats: Trends in Healthcare-Associated Infections Between 2020 and 2021, the rate of inpatie…

3530. New Dashboard Tracks Progress Toward 50 Percent Reduction in Patient and Workforce Harm | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2024 - New Dashboard Tracks Progress Toward 50 Percent Reduction in Patient and Workforce Harm Issue Number 941 AHRQ News Now is a weekly newsletter that highlights agency research and program activities. December 10, 2024 AHRQ Stats: Trends in Severe Maternal Morbidity Complications Between 2016 and 2021, the…

3531. Study Finds Association Between Smoking and Chronic Pain | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      November 01, 2024 - Study Finds Association Between Smoking and Chronic Pain Issue Number 938 AHRQ News Now is a weekly newsletter that highlights agency research and program activities. November 19, 2024 AHRQ Stats: Rates of Long COVID by Race Just 7.3 percent of non-Hispanic Asian adults with a prior COVID-19 infection r…

3532. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Clostridioides difficile Infections (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/CDI-facilitator-guide.pdf
      November 01, 2019 - Improving Antibiotic Use – Acute Care Common Laboratory Testing Approaches SAY: Several diagnostic tests … There are nucleic acid tests that identify the genes that produce toxin A and B. … Some laboratories perform “two-step” tests which initially look for the presence of the organism, followed … Also, tests of cure are not necessary.

3533. Denver Health: How a Safety Net System Maximizes Its Value (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2019 - been designed to allow its primary care clinics to incorporate reminders for certain cancer screening tests … This allows staff to see, at the point of care, which patients are due or overdue for screening tests

3534. HCA: How a Large Healthcare System Is Looking Beyond the Electronic Health Record (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2019 - “The paradox of being very large but also very nimble is that small tests of change can be surfaced … “The paradox of being very large but also very nimble is that small tests of change can be surfaced

3535. Special Considerations for Measurement of Diagnostic Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      June 01, 2020 - dimensions of diagnosis include: Patient-clinician encounter (history, physical examination, ordering of tests … /referrals based on assessment); Performance and interpretation of diagnostic tests.

3536. The “Never Antibiotics” Diagnoses: ​Viral Acute Upper Respiratory Infection: ​the Common Cold – Slides
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      September 01, 2022 - Do I need to order any diagnostic tests? … Do I need to order any diagnostic tests?

3537. A Breakthrough Approach to Improving CAHPS Communication Performance (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2012 - feelings, let’s say a patient exclaims, “Now what do you want to do to me, haven’t you done enough tests … Instead of answering just with information, “Well, yes, there are a couple more tests we do need to … can we say to express positive regard to a patient’s daughter who is hounding us to get results from tests

3538. Attachment 7.1 Measure Performance by Race/Ethnicity: White (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2010 - Other N 693,210 498,472 143,151 142,953 % 63.55% 65.30%*** 53.22%*** 57.36%*** We use chi-square tests … Other N 693,210 498,472 143,151 142,953 % 14.38% 9.14%*** 3.77%*** 11.06%*** We use chi-square tests

3539. 5 Tk2 T2-Concise Antibiogram Toolkit Getting Started (pdf file)
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      May 01, 2014 - taken from residents suspected of having an infection—and the results of antibiotic susceptibility tests … The laboratory that processes your cultures will have a record of the antibiotic susceptibility tests

3540. Chapter 2. What is Care Coordination? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      June 01, 2014 - Care ordered several blood tests to evaluate her cholesterol and triglyceride levels. Mrs. … The primary care clinic includes a laboratory, but they refer their radiology tests to a nearby radiology