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221. Venous Thromboembolism Safety Toolkit: A Systems Approach to Patient Safety (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol3/Advances-Zierler_81.pdf
     September 01, 2008 - evidence-based, system-supported, interactive VTE Safety Toolkit—which includes diagnostic, preventive, and therapeutic … The VTE Safety Toolkit consists of diagnostic, preventive, and therapeutic algorithms; a mandatory Web-based … • VTE treatment pathway. • DVT outpatient treatment order set. • Vascular laboratory requisition … Antithrombotic therapy for venous thromboembolic disease. … on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy.

222. Final Progress Report: The National Quality Forum National Annual Policy Conference 2006 (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/nishimi-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - for esophageal cancer, breast cancer, efficacy of physical therapy in back pain, appropriate care for … Gurwitz is a nationally recognized expert in geriatric medicine and in the use of drug therapy in the … Award in Geriatric Clinical Pharmacology from the American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics … Research Analyst; Terri Smith Moore, PhD, RPh joined NQF as a Senior Program Director to lead the ‘Therapeutic … framework and set of voluntary consensus standards to evaluate, measure, and report a broad view of therapeutic

223. Improving Healthcare Safety by Enhancing Care Coordination (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/highlights/ps-project-highlights-care-coordination.pdf
     June 30, 2025 - regarding warfarin management in nursing homes, resulting in statistically significant improvements in therapeutic … medication errors), and ■ Improved patient outcomes (e.g., satisfaction, increased time in medication therapeutic … modestly improve the quality of warfarin management in nursing homes, as reflected by increased time in therapeutic … actions in ambulatory oncology practices—care settings that deliver high-risk and high-cost cancer treatments … Treatment delays were attributed to care plan discrepancies and missing orders, uncommunicated day-of-treatment

224. Innovative Use of Technology in Primary Care Delivery - Slide Presentation (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/webinars/innovative-use-pcr-091423.pdf
     September 14, 2023 - cohort ► Variable timing, formulations, routes ► Weight-based dosing, liquid concentration ► Narrow therapeutic

225. Appendix B: Risk Assessment Models, Protocols, and Order Sets (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/vtguide/appb2.html
     January 01, 2020 - Age ≥70 years 1 Obesity (BMI ≥30) 1 Bed rest/immobility 1 Ongoing hormonal treatment … Acute infection and/or rheumatologic disorder 1 Obesity (BMI ≥30) 1 Ongoing hormonal treatment … Ongoing hormonal treatment. ___ Enoxaparin 40 mg SC q 24 hrs. ___ Enoxaparin 30 mg SC … OR Contraindication to pharmacologic prophylaxis, including already on therapeutic anticoagulation … She is not on hormonal therapy.

226. Appendix B: Risk Assessment Models, Protocols, and Order Sets (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/vtguide/appb2.html
     January 01, 2020 - Age ≥70 years 1 Obesity (BMI ≥30) 1 Bed rest/immobility 1 Ongoing hormonal treatment … Acute infection and/or rheumatologic disorder 1 Obesity (BMI ≥30) 1 Ongoing hormonal treatment … Ongoing hormonal treatment. ___ Enoxaparin 40 mg SC q 24 hrs. ___ Enoxaparin 30 mg SC … OR Contraindication to pharmacologic prophylaxis, including already on therapeutic anticoagulation … She is not on hormonal therapy.

227. The University of Wisconsin-Madison Multidisciplinary Graduate Certificate in Patient Safety (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol4/Karsh.pdf
     April 08, 2004 - developers advocate incorporating the content into existing areas of the curriculum, such as diagnosis and treatment … the percentage of patients receiving medication management is growing, and the complexity of the therapeutic … Centers for Education and Research on Therapeutics report: survey of medication errors education during

228. “Near-miss” Reporting System Development and Implications for Human Subjects Protection (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Murff.pdf
     January 01, 2004 - a common purpose.”8 Whether the goal is to reduce LDL cholesterol in adults or to evaluate a novel therapeutic … research,” refers to clinical trials research, which typically involves the evaluation of a specific therapeutic

229. 7. Tools and Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureulcer/tool/pu7.html
     October 01, 2014 - Pressure ulcers acquired during acute care stays present significant treatment and recovery delays for … Respiratory therapy: Is all respiratory equipment appropriately placed to reduce the chances of pressure … wheelchairs or stretchers minimized or mitigated when patients are taken off the unit for diagnostic or therapeutic … officer, director of supply/materials, housekeeping director, quality improvement (QI) department, therapy … Staff education programs     Quality improvement experts     Physical/occupational therapy

230. 7. Tools and Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureulcer/tool/pu7.html
     October 01, 2014 - Pressure ulcers acquired during acute care stays present significant treatment and recovery delays for … Respiratory therapy: Is all respiratory equipment appropriately placed to reduce the chances of pressure … wheelchairs or stretchers minimized or mitigated when patients are taken off the unit for diagnostic or therapeutic … officer, director of supply/materials, housekeeping director, quality improvement (QI) department, therapy … Staff education programs     Quality improvement experts     Physical/occupational therapy

231. Final Progress Report: Improving Quality With Outpatient Decision Support (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/bates2-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - outlined in the Sixth Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment … completed the implementation of paper-based reminders in four areas: health maintenance, disease-specific therapies … completed the implementation of paper-based reminders in four areas: health maintenance, disease-specific therapies … Percent of time that actions were taken for therapeutic reminders and diabetes reminders Reminder … beta-blocker therapy.

232. Final Progress Report: Society for Pediatric Sedation Consensus Meeting: Great Expectations— Defining Quality in Pediatric Sedation (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/connors-report.pdf
     January 01, 2025 - Everyone in the group agreed that access to more potent medications would result in a smaller therapeutic … How to approach diagnostic and therapeutic procedures for pediatric patients that may involve pain, … Efficacy and safety of intravenous midazolam and ketamine as sedation for therapeutic and diagnostic … Timeliness in ambulatory care treatment. … An examination of patient satisfaction and wait times in medical practices and outpatient test and treatment

233. Meeting Minutes, May 2022 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/events/nac/2022-05-nac/nacmtg051222-minutes.html
     August 01, 2022 - AHRQ seeks to translate new biomedical discoveries into breakthrough therapeutic practices. … on the patient-health professional dyad, emphasizing knowledge generation and implementation of new therapies … Further, resources could be treated as therapies. Dr. … The field would also benefit from study of alternative treatments and their influence on costs. Dr.

234. Pillars of a Smart, Safe Operating Room (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol3/Advances-Seagull_98.pdf
     April 07, 2008 - just as with an actual patient, the trainee can practice communicating, ordering tests, prescribing treatments … , and observing treatment results. … The MVP can be given a variety of treatments at any time and in any doses, appropriately or inappropriately … endoscopists, radiologists) and a greater dependence on an image of the patient’s (target) anatomy to effect therapy … While many image-guided therapies are already enhancing patient safety and therapeutic efficacy, substantial

235. Making Effective Changes in Antibiotic Decision Making (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/safety/changes-facilitator-guide.pdf
     November 01, 2019 - Can I narrow therapy or change from IV to oral therapy? 4. … “Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diverticulitis and Biliary Tract Infections.” … mechanism for daily review of antibiotics; poor written or verbal communication during handoffs; or the treatment … This activity can also be integrated into existing vancomycin therapeutic monitoring programs as the … somewhat controversial as on rare occasions a patient may have vancomycin stopped when it was needed for treatment

236. Chapter 5. Project Findings for Goal 1 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/delivery-initiative/ihs/chapter5.html
     December 01, 2017 - Utilization of behavioral health, physical therapy, and other rehabilitative services varied somewhat … The average number of physical therapy visits by persons with diabetes was the same as that for persons … The number of dispensed prescribed medications by the Veterans Administration Therapeutic Medication … IHS Total Treatment Costs Annual IHS total treatment costs, including I/T and CHS costs, were estimated … Among adults with CVD but not diabetes, IHS total treatment costs averaged $9,009.

237. Final progress Report: Spaced Education to Optimize Prostate Cancer Screening (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-03/kerfoot-conlin-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - Implications: Inappropriate screening for prostate cancer among elderly men leads to diagnostic and therapeutic

238. AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care: Labor and Delivery Unit Safety Obstetric Hemorrhage (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/perinatal-care/modules/strategies/labor-delivery-unit/tool_obhemorrhage.docx
     May 01, 2017 - · Rapid access to pharmacologic therapy and surgical equipment necessary to respond quickly to a hemorrhage … reduces risk of manual placental removal but has no effect on severe hemorrhage, need for transfusion, or therapeutic … These aids ensure that available treatment options are considered and can help the team maintain situational … New WHO recommendations on prevention and treatment of postpartum hemorrhage.

239. Final Progress Report: Automated Image Analysis for the Prevention of Radiotherapy Delivery Errors (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-11/lamb-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - Scope: The scope of this project is image-guided radiation therapy, in which patients are positioned … Scope Approximately 1 million patients per year receive radiation therapy in the United States as part … Patient positioning is performed by radiation therapy technologists, usually by visually aligning on-board … x-ray setup images to the CT scans used to plan patients’ treatments. … before therapeutic radiation doses were delivered.

240. 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 - Can I narrow therapy or change from intravenous to oral therapy? … As there are generally not opportunities for de-escalation of CDI therapy and the duration of therapy … It is anticipated that IV metronidazole is likely to achieve therapeutic concentrations in an inflamed … therapy alone—17 percent versus 28 percent. … Further, intravenous therapy generally is not needed for cystitis.