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1261. Guide To Implementing a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Long-Term Care (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/implementing-guide.pdf
      March 01, 2017 - infections have very high costs to LTC facilities: $38 to $137 million annually for antimicrobial therapy … Other critical factors for reducing CAUTIs include appropriate use of urine cultures and non-treatment … Appropriate antibiotic treatment of urinary tract infections is a key element of antibiotic stewardship … White House Office of the Press Secretary.13,19 Appropriate antibiotic treatment of urinary tract … Reducing antimicrobial therapy for asymptomatic bacteriuria among noncatheterized inpatients: a proof

1262. Appendix F. Interventions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2017 - Heartburn: treatment options Yes No Strong Tool to support shared decisionmaking … Yes Yes Strong NPSF published guidelines for establishing expectations for the therapeutic … Veterans' Medicines Advice and Therapeutics Education Services (MATES) Program Yes Yes … A multicomponent intervention to improve primary care provider adherence to chronic opioid therapy guidelines … Primary care-based, pharmacist-physician collaborative medication-therapy management of hypertension:

1263. Teach-back: Interactive Module Slides (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2013 - ▪ Treatment plan. ▪ Recommended behavior changes. ▪ Use of a new device. … ▪ Treatment options. ▪ Next steps. … ▪ Visual aids can support communication of new diagnoses and new therapies (such as the use of an … Choice Feedback Yes Improved adherence with treatment plan When patients fully understand a treatment … Physician communication and patient adherence to treatment: a meta-analysis.

1264. Final Progress Report: Partnering With Patients To Find Adverse Events (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/weingart2-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - patients have direct and immediate access to subjective data about their healthcare and response to therapy

1265. Guide-Infection-Prevention (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2017 - Other risk factors include the use of intravenous catheters (IVs) or other catheters, treatment with … ▪ Encourage residents to complete the full round of antibiotic treatment. … ▪ Make sure medication and treatment carts are stocked with alcohol-based hand rub or alcohol hand … and other factors (for example, if there are no longer signs or symptoms of an infection, antibiotic therapy … ▪ Talk with the resident about options for in-room therapy and other activities.

1266. AHRQ CONFERENCE GRANT PROGRAMS (R13): Angela Smith (pdf file)
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      March 31, 2020 - written by surgeons were for opioids.4 While opioids make up a majority of prescriptions for the treatment … making labeling decisions, enhancing safety labeling, requiring new data, and seeking to improve treatment … acupuncture (Meghan Sperandeo, ND, National University of Natural Medicine)  Cognitive behavioral therapy … Discussion will then focus on alternative pain management strategies and cognitive behavioral therapy … Brooke Chidgey will speak on the role of pain specialists in the treatment of high-risk patients.

1267. On-Time Pressure Ulcer Healing: Facilitator Training | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/pruhealing/slides.html
      December 01, 2017 - and Treatment Guidelines. … Treatments. Adjunctive therapies. Interventions and consultations. … Ulcer status, number of treatments. … Treatment Summary Report Slide 39: Weekly Pressure Ulcer Treatment Summary Report Displays a … Treatments. Surfaces. Nutritional Interventions. Consults. Labs.

1268. 2013 Annual Hospital-Acquired Condition Rate and Estimates of Cost Savings and Deaths Averted From 2010 to 2013 (pdf file)
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      October 01, 2015 - Algorithm enhances provision of preventive treatment to at-risk inpatients, reducing incidence of venous … Prevention of venous thromboembolism: the Seventh ACCP Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy … https://innovations.ahrq.gov/profiles/algorithm-enhances-provision-preventive-treatment-risk-inpatients-reducing-incidence-venous … Antithrombotic therapy for venous thromboembolic disease: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based … Antithrombotic therapy practices in US hospitals in an era of practice guidelines.

1269. 4. How do we implement best practices in our organization? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureulcer/tool/pu4.html
      October 01, 2014 - Developing hospitalwide policies and procedures related to pressure ulcer prevention and treatment. … Hospitalist: Reviews need for specific types of rehabilitation therapy. … Nurses have guidelines for treatment if Wound Care Team is not available.

1270. 4. How do we implement best practices in our organization? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureulcer/tool/pu4.html
      October 01, 2014 - Developing hospitalwide policies and procedures related to pressure ulcer prevention and treatment. … Hospitalist: Reviews need for specific types of rehabilitation therapy. … Nurses have guidelines for treatment if Wound Care Team is not available.

1271. Final Progress Report: Trial of Decision Support To Improve Diabetes Outcomes (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/cebul-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Importantly, progression to ESRD can be retarded by treatment with specific classes of medicines (ACE … Treatment is associated with a 5% reduction in PCP visits (IRR=.95; 95% CI=[.89,1.01]; p=.08), a 10% … Indications for photocoagulation treatment of diabetic retinopathy: DRS report no. 14. … Preliminary report on effects of photocoagulation therapy. Am J Opthalmol. 2004;81:383-396. … Telecare of diabetic patients with intensified insulin therapy. A randomized clinical trial.

1272. Adolescent Depression Remission/Response (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-247-fullreport.pdf
      December 01, 2019 - Dysthymia is a mild but long-term (chronic) form of depression, and it often responds to the same treatments … In studies of the effects of cognitive behavioral therapy among adolescents, remission rates of 48 to … There are effective treatments and models of care to manage and improve depression. … clinical psychotherapy trial for adolescent depression comparing cognitive, family, and supportive therapy … Effective treatments exist: People with depression and anxiety should seek help as early as possible

1273. Technology Assessment Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      May 01, 2025 - Ventilators (2017; PDF - 144 KB) Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation (2014; PDF - 216 KB) Therapeutic … Options for Obesity in the Medicare Population (2014; PDF - 316 KB) Pain Management Injection Therapies

1274. Making Healthcare Safer Practices: 12. Infusion Pumps (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2020 - Reflections on the current state of infusion therapy. … A team approach to identify and manage risk in infusion therapy. … Study aims: (1) develop a nurse-led smart pump champion group and (2) revise existing protocol on IV therapy

1275. Preventablehospitalandedvisits-Implmatl (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/prevhosp/preventablehospitalandedvisits-implmatl.pdf
      June 03, 2025 - hospitalization transfer wishes (e.g., Do Not Hospitalize, Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment … , Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment)? … Report or brief with Therapy Department k. … increased fluids for suspected UTI, increased assistance with ambulation for new weakness, respiratory treatment

1276. Final Progress Report: Enhancing Stroke Prehospital and Emergency Evaluation and Delivery (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/prabhakaran-holl-report.pdf
      January 01, 2025 - Primary Stroke Center (PSC) to a Comprehensive Stroke Center (CSC) for advanced time-sensitive AIS treatments … Stroke Center (PSC) and require transfer to a Comprehensive Stroke Center (CSC) for advanced stroke treatments … Despite the proliferation of stroke centers nationwide, access to timely stroke care and evidence-based therapies … DIDO for AMI), and selected several solutions for further simulation to assess impact on DIDO times, treatment … changes in the process were discussed and assessed for (1) impact on DIDO time; (2) impact on AIS treatment

1277. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-dx-stewardship-references.html
      August 01, 2024 - Advances and challenges in the diagnosis and treatment of urinary tract infections: the need for diagnostic … Impact of reflex EGFR/ALK testing on time to treatment of patients with advanced nonsquamous non-small-cell … of a “No MRSA, No Pseudomonas” comment to a respiratory culture in antibiotic utilization during the treatment … Rapid genomic sequencing for genetic disease diagnosis and therapy in intensive care units: a review.

1278. Final Progress Report: Pursuing Perfection in Pediatric Therapeutics (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/lannon1-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Pursuing Perfection in Pediatric Therapeutics FINAL PROGRESS REPORT Title of … it take to deliver the right therapeutic to the right child at the right time in the right way – … Therefore, basic evide nce to establish safety and efficacy of therapeutic interventions in children—let … Pharmacogenetics: This project attempted to assess the impact of pharmacogenetic testing on the treatment … without the use of new medications but via increased adherence to protocols for the use of existing therapies

1279. Skin and Soft Tissue Infections – Discussion Guide (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/skin-soft-tissue-discussion-guide.docx
      September 01, 2022 - What antibiotics and antibiotic dosages should the practice recommend for treatment of nonpurulent and … What recommendations will the practice make about non-antibiotic therapies for cellulitis? 3.

1280. Timely Blood Culture for Children With Sepsis Syndrome (pdf file)
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      February 01, 2018 - Patient or surrogate decision-maker declined or is unwilling to consent to therapies. 1.I. … Patient or surrogate decision-maker declined or is unwilling to consent to therapies. 1.K. … The current management strategy for treatment of sepsis is goal-directed therapy, with institution of … antimicrobial and hemodynamic (i.e., relating to the forces driving blood flow throughout the body) treatments … and blood pressure; and maintain or restore threshold heart rate (Brierley, et al., 2009). 11 Therapeutic