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1321. Seamless Care: Safe Patient Transitions from Hospital to Home (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/Spehar.pdf
      April 18, 2004 - patient education and involvement in the decisionmaking process, increased assurance of medication/treatment … homes are fast becoming care centers themselves as new technology allows us to monitor and administer treatments … the inpatient hospital setting.17–19 Patients are now expected to accept greater responsibility for therapy … , and neurological services, as well as a spinal cord injury service, comprehensive rehabilitation therapy … It contains six centers of excellence focused on major disease areas, including cancer treatment, cardiac

1322. Final Progress Report: Medication List Consistency When Patients Transition from Hospital to Community (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/kennelty-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) List of High-Alert Medications, medications with a narrow therapeutic … Frequencies of medication discrepancies by the American Hospital Formulary Service (AHFS)® pharmacologic-therapeutic … alendronate) 1 *The AHFS® Pharmacologic-Therapeutic Classif ication w as used to identify medication … reconciling medications for patients were to help prevent medication errors, such as duplication of therapy … and inappropriate therapy (100%).

1323. Health Information Technology for Engaging Patients in Diagnostic Decision Making in Emergency Departments (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/reports/issue-briefs/healthited-issuebrief.pdf
      February 01, 2021 - , including but not limited to engaging with medical providers and the health system in diagnosis, treatment … based interventions have been used in ED care to engage patients in followup planning and encourage treatment … and shared decision making with patients and caregivers about diagnosis and subsequent testing and treatment … symptoms to aid diagnosis Educating patients Facilitating shared decision making (SDM) Communicating treatment … Mobile phone text messaging for promoting adherence to antiretroviral therapy in patients with HIV infection

1324. 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

1325. Toolkit for Reducing CAUTI in Hospital Units: Implementation Guide (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/impl-guide/implementation-guide.pdf
      September 01, 2015 - to manage critical illness such as hemodynamic instability, frequent titration of life-supportive therapy … instability, severe electrolyte imbalance, or hourly titration of fluids, drips, or life-supportive therapy … Catheters also may be used when daily measurement of urine volume is required to provide treatment … Diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of catheter- associated urinary tract infection in adults: 2009 … Urinary tract infection in male veterans: treatment patterns and outcomes.

1326. Toolkit for Reducing CAUTI in Hospital Units: Implementation Guide (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/implementation-guide_0.pdf
      September 01, 2015 - to manage critical illness such as hemodynamic instability, frequent titration of life-supportive therapy … instability, severe electrolyte imbalance, or hourly titration of fluids, drips, or life-supportive therapy … Catheters also may be used when daily measurement of urine volume is required to provide treatment … Diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of catheter- associated urinary tract infection in adults: 2009 … Urinary tract infection in male veterans: treatment patterns and outcomes.

1327. Appendix: State Overviews | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/medicaidmgmt/tap.html
      October 01, 2014 - Assess new therapies and technologies. Review Medicaid policies and recommend changes.

1328. Implementing Heart Health Practice Self-Assessment (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/tools-and-materials/skills-qi-heart-health.docx
      February 01, 2016 - smoking, type 2 diabetes, inactivity, and obesity) are largely preventable and have effective, low-cost treatments … If these risk factors were well-controlled through behavioral modification and/or treatment, the risk … Better alignment and coordination of existing and new prevention and treatment efforts will accelerate … We use a team care approach for managing patients who need ABCS therapies 1.1 2. … Define time bound treatment goals 5.

1329. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/001-clabsi-prevention-webinar-slides.pptx
      October 01, 2024 - vasopressors, chemotherapy, or total parenteral nutrition Support of high-volume flow for intravenous therapy … Proper hand hygiene Central line site care Hub disinfection Central line dressing changes Daily CHG treatment … | 26 AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention | ICU & Non-ICU Prevention of CLABSI 26 Daily CHG Treatment … Explain to the patient that this treatment is to protect them from infection.

1330. Network of Patient Safety Databases Falls Chartbook, 2023 (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/npsd/data/npsd-falls-chartbook-2023.pdf
      January 01, 2023 - education Education Patient sitting close to the nurses' station Near staff Physical/occupational therapy … Therapy Sitter Sitter Supplemental environmental or area lighting (when usual facility lighting

1331. AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention Functional Specifications (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/pruprev/functspecs.pdf
      March 22, 2014 - monthly, weekly, daily, or more often, such as dialysis weights, which may be pre- and postdialysis treatments … PT Physician Orders Display the date physical therapy (PT) was ordered or a PT consult was ordered. … OT Physician Orders Display the date that occupational therapy (OT) was ordered or an OT consult was … Speech Physician Orders Display the date that speech therapy (ST) or a speech consult was ordered.

1332. Final Progress Report: Developing a Medical Biometric Identification System with a Secure Database Network That Can Access Electronic Medical Databases (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/sohn-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - verification system using fingerprints, which calls up existing hospital applications, such as treatment …   individual,   and   the  same   two   identifiers  must  be   directly  associated  with   the   treatments … register a new system user Study  3  –  Developing a patient identification system for radiation therapy … But failure to scan in means that no treatment plan is loaded, making treatment impossible. … The clinical worker is forced to take action before the patient can move to treatment, making positive

1333. 2024 Network of Patient Safety Databases Chartbook (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/npsd/data/npsd-medication-chartbook-2024.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Patient food (not suspected in drug-food interactions) ■ Radiopharmaceuticals ■ Appropriateness of therapeutic … Biological products include any virus, therapeutic serum, toxin, antitoxin, or analogous product applicable … to the prevention, treatment or cure of disease or injury. … route of administration Incorrect admin route Incorrect duration of administration or course of therapy

1334. Final Progress Report: Producing Evidence: Coordination within a Multiteam System Makes Healthcare Safer (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/jones2-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Moving beyond direct patient care: An expanded role for physical therapy in inpatient fall risk reduction … CAPTURE Falls Part 3: Moving Beyond Direct Patient Care: An Expanded Role for Physical Therapy in Inpatient

1335. Meeting Minutes, November 2018 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/news/events/nac/2018-11-nac/nacmtg1118-minutes.html
      April 01, 2019 - AHRQ is supporting research to study how innovations in treatments, diagnoses, preventive strategies, … The focus is on treatment, less so prevention. … treatments for cancer? … How will the excitement over new treatments affect costs? Dr. … Can they estimate the appropriateness of prescribed drugs—for example, expensive cancer-therapy drugs

1336. 012-Blood-Culture-Practices-Webinar (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/012-blood-culture-practices-webinar.docx
      October 01, 2024 - or misleading results, which lead to overdiagnosis or misdiagnosis, which often leads to unnecessary treatment … positives caused by contamination result in further adverse consequences, including unnecessary antibiotic treatment … significant risks to patient care, including negative outcomes, extended hospital stays, and unnecessary treatments … and contributes to the broader goal of sustainable healthcare by preserving the efficacy of existing therapies … and treatments.

1337. Meeting Minutes, November 2017 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/news/events/nac/2017-11-nac/nacmtg1117-minutes.html
      February 01, 2018 - It concludes that behavior-based therapy and some medication-based treatments are effective in treating … However, some medication-based treatments are likely to cause short-term adverse effects. … published a new collection of nearly 250 tools and resources to help implement medication-assisted treatment … They address prevention, training, education, treatment, and overdose.

1338. Case Example #1: Stanford Coordinated Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/workforce-financing/case-example-1.html
      July 01, 2019 - its patient portal so patients have access to the team and to information about their conditions and treatments … LCSW Behavioral health counseling   .6 PT Specialized in use of integrative physical therapy … reviews patient problems while a computer screen is visible to the patient so if the patient asks about a treatment

1339. Nutritional Research Series - Volume 4: Effects of Eicosapentanoic Acid and Docosahexanoic Acid on Mortality Across Diverse Settings: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials and Prospective Cohorts (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/evidence-based-reports/nutrtp4.pdf
      February 01, 2012 - We further investigated potential associations of the treatment effect with study-level variables in … There was no evidence for an association between treatment effect and supplement dose (relative risk … Omega 3 fatty acids for prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease. … Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy 2009;7:735-48. 52. … trial to test the effect of highly purified omega-3 fatty acids on top of modern guideline-adjusted therapy

1340. 003-Clabsi-Prevention-Webinar-Fg (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/003-clabsi-prevention-webinar-fg.docx
      October 01, 2024 - Treatment with medical devices and procedures is often necessary to provide effective care to hospitalized … administration of vasopressors, chemotherapy, or total parenteral nutrition; support for high volume flow for IV therapy … Slide 26 Daily CHG Treatment or Bathing SAY: Published evidence shows that routine CHG treatment … Explaining the purpose of the CHG treatment to the patient can help to overcome their reluctance. … For more information on CHG treatment, refer to the section of this toolkit on Decolonization.