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341. From Insight to Implementation: Lessons from a Multi-site Trial of a PDA-based Warfarin Dose Calculator (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Kravitz.pdf
     February 09, 2005 - responses to help physicians predict steady-state warfarin dosing requirements and steer patients to a therapeutic … Heterogeneity of effects is not unusual even for biomedical treatments. … Computer- adjusted dosage of anticoagulant therapy improves the quality of anticoagulation. … Can treatment that is helpful on average be harmful to some patients? … Selection bias and treatment heterogeneity in clinical trials.

342. Shared Learning and the Drive to Improve Patient Safety: Lessons Learned from the Pittsburgh Regional Healthcare Initiative (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Sirio.pdf
     June 15, 2003 - Author affiliations Critical Care Medicine, Medicine and Pharmacy Therapeutics, University of Pittsburgh

343. Improving Patient Safety in Long-Term Care Facilities, Module 2 (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/ltcmodule2.pdf
     June 01, 2012 - For instance, you may say “I think he may have had a stroke.” or “Her Coumadin is well above the therapeutic

344. Final Progress Report: Addressing Patients' Multiple Concerns in Primary Care (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/heritage-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - These include the ability of physicians to evaluate patients' symptoms, to diagnose, to make effective treatment … knowledge of the full spectrum of patients’ concerns is vital not only for the accurate diagnosis and treatment … Raters evaluated whether these concerns were the objects of history taking, diagnosis and treatment … Promoting adherence to courses of treatment: Mututal collaboration in the physician-patient relationship … questions in clinical interviews, in The Talk of the Clinic: Explorations in the Analysis of Medical and Therapeutic

345. Lessons Learned from the Evolution of Mandatory Adverse Event Reporting Systems (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Flink.pdf
     April 09, 2004 - Incident reporting expanded to include patient responses to illness and treatment, clouding the issue … Information on adverse events related to treatment, such as nosocomial infections and unintended effects … PETS was an e-mail system based on a decision algorithm of patient harm and therapeutic treatment. … in providing services by or under the supervision of a physician…for the prevention, diagnosis, or treatment … This definition applies to general hospitals and diagnostic and treatment centers.

346. Do Transient Working Conditions Trigger Medical Errors? (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/Grayson.pdf
     January 01, 2003 - Our participants told us that they found it therapeutic to talk to someone outside of their work environment

347. Best Practices in Medication Safety: Areas for Improvement in the Primary Care Physician’s Office (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/Galt.pdf
     April 23, 2004 - Medication histories were highly variable with inconsistent inclusion of self-treatments, over-the-counter … Counsel patient includes medication name, directions for use, reason for use, warnings, length of therapy … patients’ visits when authorizing the number of medication refills on prescriptions used for non-acute treatment … When patients received prescriptions for new treatments while at the office, the most common method … Most sample areas were organized by therapeutic category.

348. Vascular Access Device (VAD) Policy, Adult (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/clabsi-tools/vascular-access-device-policy.pdf
     March 01, 2008 - Selects catheter and site guided by careful consideration of the patient’s medical condition, treatment … modalities, duration of therapy needed, patient needs and activity level, types of infusions needed … with a known bleeding diathesis (PT INR or a PTT ratio > 1.3, platelets < 50K) or if patient is on therapeutic … a VAD shall have documented home care arrangements made prior to discharge or a continuum of care treatment … PESS, shall be notified prior to patient discharge, to assist with the discharge plan for home VAD Therapy

349. Standardized Simulated Events for Provocative Testing of Medical Care System Rescue Capabilities (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol4/Blike.pdf
     January 01, 2003 - Pediatric sedation (i.e., the acute treatment of procedure-related pain and stress with medications … This area of treatment was chosen because children are a high-risk, low-error-tolerance subset of all … Video markers had been developed that represented treatment milestones. … hardware and software modifications) was allowed to progress after initiation of the apneic event with no therapeutic … Modified Pediatric Simulator Behavior: No Treatment and Full Treatment 0 20 40 60 80 100

350. Nutrition Research Series: Volume 3: Reporting of Systematic Reviews of Micronutrients and Health: A Critical Appraisa (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/evidence-based-reports/nutrtp3.pdf
     March 01, 2009 - can be applied to nutrition questions, there are important differences between evaluations of drug therapies … Meta-analyses of therapies for postmenopausal osteoporosis. … Meta-analyses of therapies for postmenopausal osteoporosis. VII. … Clin Pharmacol Therapeutics 2007;81:685-91. 150. Stephen AI, Avenell A. … Lifestyle modifications in the prevention and treatment of hypertension.

351. Ambulatory Safety and Quality Program: Health IT Portfolio (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/ambulatory-safety.pdf
     July 01, 2010 - ways to close the loop of outpatient diagnosis in an effort to improve the quality of diagnostic and therapeutic … intensification protocol using an EHR to identify patients in need of treatment intensification for … improve care quality and safety in an ambulatory care setting through CDS for evidence-based pharmaco- therapy … the EHR to prevent errors related to laboratory monitoring at the initiation and continuation of drug therapy … Investigates the effect of a current PHR system among older adults on patient- reported medication therapy

352. Final Progress Report: Quality Factors in Nursing Home Choice (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/congdon-magilvy-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - aspects of what they considered “good” care – basic hygiene, appropriate medication administration, therapeutic

353. Reimagining Healthcare Teams: Leveraging the Patient-Clinician-AI Triad To Improve Diagnostic Safety (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/reports/issue-briefs/dxsafety-reimagining-healthcare-teams.pdf
     July 07, 2023 - a patient’s history or to consider all potential data points to develop high-quality diagnostic or therapeutic … data outside of scheduled office visits (home, work, etc.) but also may permit early detection and treatment … the patient’s values, preferences, and circumstances to provide recommendations for testing and treatment … with the healthcare system and providing the information needed for accurate and timely diagnosis and treatment … Artificial Intelligence MacHIne Learning for the Detection and Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation Guidelines

354. Understanding Quality and Safety Problems in the Ambulatory Environment: Seeking Improvement With Promising Teamwork Tools and Strategies (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol3/Advances-Webster_76.pdf
     July 18, 2008 - environment is prone to problems and errors that include missed/delayed diagnoses, delay of proper treatment … issues, system problems, ineffective communication, and information flow. 2 Delay in proper treatment … However, treatment delays have many causes, some of which may or may not be preventable. … to The Joint Commission (2005),14 root causes of sentinel events specifically related to delay in treatment … This group effort—focused on diagnostic, therapeutic, preventive, and social dynamics—can be seen as

355. Final Progress Report: Effects of Establishing Focus in the Medical Interview (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/robins-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - According to self-determination theory, patients demonstrate more motivation to adhere to recommended treatments … glucose control among people with diabetes, and greater attendance and involvement in an addiction-treatment … If patients are in crisis, therapeutic listening should take precedence over establishing the focus for … These include the physicians’ 1) explaining diagnostic reasoning and proposed treatment plans in lay … terms, 2) providing rationales for treatment/management, 3) demystifying jargon, and 4) sharing personal

356. Implementing an Ambulatory e-Prescribing System: Strategies Employed and Lessons Learned to Minimize Unintended Consequences (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol4/Advances-Devine_83.pdf
     April 06, 2008 - Features included from the outset were basic dosing guidance, formulary decision support, and duplicate therapy … The Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee is overseeing the customization of drug-allergy and drug-drug

357. CHIPRA Pediatric Quality Measures Program (PQMP) Candidate Measure Submission Form (CPCF) (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/outcomes/chipra-140-section-5.8.pdf
     January 01, 2014 - providers, being informed and given unbiased information about all possibilities of care, and having a therapeutic … Parents reported communication and involvement in discussions about treatment as important aspects … Lack of knowledge about children’s treatment plans was an important gap in communication that negatively … Outcome measures included objective health outcomes, self-reported health, adherence to treatment, … Investigators examined the link between patient satisfaction and adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy

358. Use of First-Line Psychosocial Care for Children and Adolescents on Antipsychotics (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-148-fullreport.pdf
     February 01, 2019 - , antipsychotics are a therapeutic option. … Jensen, Hinshaw, Swanson, et al., 2001; Schimmelmann, Schmidt, Carbon, et al., 2013), underuse of these therapies … Psychosocial treatments were first-line for all conditions. … Current billing codes are not specific about the content of the therapy or psychosocial visits. … Treatments and ongoing management.

359. Transitional Care Medication Safety: Stakeholders' Perspectives | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/liability/corbett.html
     August 01, 2017 - Acutely ill patients are often discharged with instructions to follow complex inpatient-initiated therapeutic

360. HF Measures For Public Comment (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/0085maternitycare.pdf
     February 23, 2012 - Patients should be able to use these measures for informed decisions about their care and treatment … Measures addressing overuse of services/treatments Elective Delivery Before 39 Weeks Cesarean Delivery … As a result, there was not consensus on the Work Group to develop a measure assessing the treatment … Generally, induction of labor has merit as a therapeutic option when the benefits of expeditious delivery … even be associated with iatrogenic harm, stemming from surgical complications that are not offset by therapeutic