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5761. Regulation of Health Policy: Patient Safety and the States (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/Weinberg.pdf
      March 01, 2004 - There is a perception that the health care system is rife with errors.7 Legislative and regulatory efforts … For example, disparities in the health care system are errors of omission because are frequently caused … Care, to study the quality of health care and to develop a strategy for improving the health care delivery … in the culture of health care, as health care organization shifted from a clinician- (usually physician … The sea change in the health care system should have led to a reexamination of regulatory mechanisms

5762. Paul Tedrick (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/preventing-cauti-focus-procedure-related-cath-use-transcript.doc
      July 08, 2014 - David Pegues, who is the medical director of health care epidemiology infection prevention and control … Just by way of brief review, you know that urinary catheter infections are one of the most common healthcare-associated … A recent prevalent survey done in the United States suggests that almost 13 percent of all healthcare-associated … This is some recent data from the CDC's national health care surveillance network looking at rates of … This is taken from the updated guideline to prevent CAUTI, published by the Society of Healthcare Epidemiology

5763. AHRQ Summit To Address Emergency Department Boarding | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      September 01, 2024 - The blog post highlights the program’s newly released 2023 year-in-review report, Improving Healthcare … child and adolescent healthcare: Elevate the importance of child and adolescent health through continuous … Access the report, Launching Lifelong Health by Improving Health Care for Children, Youth, and Families … Use of telehealth among medical visits in the United States: results from the 2021 Medical Expenditure … Surveillance of health care-associated violence using natural language processing.

5764. Developing Shared EHR Infrastructure in Wisconsin (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/p20hs015295-size-final-report-2005.pdf
      January 01, 2005 - Technologies in health care for quite some time. … In 2000, the IOM Committee on the Quality of Health Care in America concluded that IT “must play a central … role in the redesign of the health care system” to achieve a significant improvement in quality (IOM … both rural and urban, whose goal was to begin work toward applying existing technology to health care … care in rural communities, and yet the challenges are immense.

5765. Impact of Office-Based E-Prescribing on Prescribing Processes and Outcomes | Digital Healthcare Research
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      January 01, 2023 - in this document are those of the author(s), who are responsible for its content, and do not necessarily … No statement in this report should be construed as an official position of AHRQ or of the U.S. … In order for the positive effects of e-prescribing to occur, e-prescribing systems must have utility … The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the implementation of an e-prescribing system in ambulatory … No statement in this report should be construed as an official position of AHRQ or of the U.S.

5766. S89 (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/s89.pdf
      October 01, 2007 - Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, Massachu- setts; †Division of General Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital … Developing Evidence to Inform Deci- sions about Effectiveness (DEcIDE) Program, Agency for Healthcare … had been reported to VAERS, and a comparison with background rates from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization … the importance of timely, population-based safety monitoring for rare events after the introduction … care use and diagnostic codes in outpatient, emergency department, and hospital settings.

5767. Overuse of Imaging for the Evaluation of Children with Post-Traumatic Headache (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-195-fullreport.pdf
      December 17, 2019 - burdened health care system (Callaghan, et al., 2014). … together, cover all settings, services, and topics of health care relevant to children. … relationship(s) among the structure, process, and/or outcome of health care that is the focus of the … When associated with race/ethnicity, overuse of health care, in general, is greater among white patients … of special health care needs. 7.C.

5768. EHC Protocol: Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mhs4-infection-prevention-mdro-protocol.pdf
      July 01, 2023 - (who either acquired the MDRO in the community, during prior contact with healthcare systems, or by … Making Health Care Safer (2001) chapter 13 primarily focused on the use of barrier precautions in the … Making Health Care Safer III had chapters focusing in-depth on individual pathogens including C.diff … the United States • Outpatient care settings • Outside of traditional health care settings • Prison … for those PSPs using the methods outlined in the AHRQ Effective Health Care Program (EHC) Methods

5769. Transfer Troubles | PSNet
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      December 29, 2014 - patients between health care organizations. … of transfers can be non-emergent.( 4,5 ) Patients can be transferred between health care sites for a … The number of patients requiring transfer to another health care organization to access appropriate services … will only grow as health care becomes increasingly centralized and specialized. … Int J Qual Health Care. 2011;23:68-75. [go to PubMed] 11.

5770. JAMA JATS (pdf file)
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/Nop5YpEpMybx_oNPKC76-X
      July 11, 2017 - Rationale Importance Cardiovascular disease, which includes myocardial infarction and stroke, is the … The USPSTF therefore suggests that health care professionals also consider of- fering or referring adults … Patients and health care professionals can de- cide together, based on patient interest and the availability … The US Congress mandates that the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) support the operations … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2011.

5771. PowerPoint Presentation
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      April 01, 2025 - the population.6 MRSA is common in healthcare settings. … Any practice described in this presentation must be applied by healthcare practitioners in accordance … Health care-associated infections: a meta-analysis of costs and financial impact on the US health care … system. … National prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in inpatients at US health care facilities

5772. Chapter 4: Defining Language Need and Categories for Collection (cont.) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      May 01, 2018 - Improving Data Collection across the Health Care System 6. Implementation A. … on disparities in the quality of health and health care ( Jacobs et al., 2001 ). … language barriers that will limit his/her ability to navigate the health care system and communicate … in English in the health care setting remains undetermined. … The phrasing of the first question would apply particularly within a health care delivery setting, while

5773. Archived: Prevention of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Preexposure Prophylaxis | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/prevention-of-human-immunodeficiency-virus-hiv-infection-pre-exposure-prophylaxis-june-2019
      June 11, 2019 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Importance An estimated 1.1 million individuals in the United States are currently living with … This highlights the importance of testing for HIV and excluding persons with acute or chronic HIV infection … Owens, MD, MS (Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, and Stanford University … A case-control study of HIV seroconversion in health care workers after percutaneous exposure.

5774. Disposition of Comments: Technical Brief No. 39_Disparities and Barriers to Pediatric Cancer Survivorship Care (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/tech-brief-39-pediatric-cancer-survivorship-comments.pdf
      March 01, 2021 - how the healthcare system or other fields can offer assistance in mediating this problem. … research, so recommendations for healthcare systems are beyond the scope of the project. … Health Care of Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer: A Report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor … to address to overcome disparities at patient, provider, health care system, payer, family/caregiver … of the typical health care system and how this impacts future research.

5775. Introducing a Protocol To Obtain Patient Comments Using the CAHPS® Clinician & Group Survey (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-webinar-jan-2017-transcript.pdf
      January 01, 2017 - Shaller (opening), Slide 3 CAHPS surveys have been developed for use in multiple health care settings … reviews of health care providers. … question for people who're not used to telling their stories about health care. … with the health care system. … So, one relates to the importance or lack of importance of shared decision making as revealed in the

5776. Teaching Patients: Integrated Ambulatory Care | The Academy
      integrationacademy.ahrq.gov/playbooks/behavioral-health-and-primary-care/implementing-plan/educate-patients-and-families-about-integrated-ambulatory-care
      March 01, 2024 - Patients expect that integrated behavioral health care is a standard of quality care. … Consider a “trial” of behavioral health care to reduce the impact of the patient’s underlying problem … To further engage patients, include them in the design and improvement of the practice. … Instead, make it easier for them to recognize the benefits and engage them in these changes in the practice … a brochure that provides patients with information about integrated behavioral health care.

5777. Final Progress Report: Generalizability and Spread of an Evidenced-based Fall Prevention Toolkit: Fall TIPS (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-04/dykes-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Scope: Testing of a nurse-led fall prevention toolkit across three diverse healthcare systems Methods … in three large, diverse healthcare systems. … This initial review included one interview from each of the three healthcare systems included in the … The different healthcare systems involved in this study had their own systems for collecting, processing … healthcare systems based on differing patient characteristics and EHRs.

5778. Developing and Sustaining State-Based Infrastructure To Support Primary Care (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/projects/state/how-to-guide/how-to-guide.pdf
      August 01, 2024 - that aim to strengthen the capacity of healthcare systems, other healthcare organizations, and clinicians … care, but with a focus across the whole healthcare system. … High-quality primary care is the foundation of a robust health care system, and… is the essential element … , evidence-based and patient-centered care, clinical-community linkages, program evaluation, data feedback … Taking innovation to scale in primary care practices: the functions of health care extension.

5779. Automating Assessment of Obesity Care Quality - Final Report (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs018157-hazlehurst-final-report-2013.pdf
      January 01, 2013 - Importance of the Health Care Setting The 2001 and 2002 National Ambulatory Medical Care Surveys (NAMCS … function) promote evidence-based quality, safety, and efficiency in the delivery of health care [57 … Summary of the Opportunity Healthcare systems must proactively address the public health crisis of … The quality of health care delivered to adults in the United States. … Health Benefits of Weight Loss Importance of the Health Care Setting Health Care Guidelines for Obesity

5780. Statistical Brief #74: Potentially Avoidable Injuries to Mothers and Newborns During Childbirth, 2006 (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb74.pdf
      June 01, 2009 - to childbirth comprise a large portion of U.S. hospital care, and the quality of health care has been … , and continues to be, a focal point of both past and current U.S. health care policy, it is important … PSIs screen for problems that patients experience as a result of exposure to the healthcare system and … Virginia Health Information Washington State Department of Health West Virginia Health Care Authority … interested in obtaining more information about access, cost, use, financing, and quality of health care