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241. For Professionals | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2016 - information on evidence-based practice, clinical guidelines, medical effectiveness, pharmaceutical therapy

242. Facilitator Guide: Build Your SSI Prevention Bundle (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/technical/nursedr-early-mobility-protocols-facguide.docx
     January 01, 2017 - not progress through the algorithm as anticipated, the nurse has the authority to consult physical therapy … (PT) and occupational therapy (OT) when appropriate. … This protocol also encourages and enables collaboration with respiratory therapy to improve mobility. … They can mobilize any patient that PT determines does not require any skilled therapy or more than minimal … This will also give you an opportunity to discuss the physical therapy workload and if the time allotment

243. Nurse-Driven Early Mobility Protocols: Facilitator Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2017 - not progress through the algorithm as anticipated, the nurse has the authority to consult physical therapy … (PT) and occupational therapy (OT) when appropriate. … This protocol also encourages and enables collaboration with respiratory therapy to improve mobility. … They can mobilize any patient that PT determines does not require any skilled therapy or more than minimal … This will also give you an opportunity to discuss the physical therapy workload and if the time allotment

244. Part 2: Trends in Priorities of the Heckler Report—Care for Cancer | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2018 - Quality Strategy Priority—Care Coordination Part 3: National Quality Strategy Priority—Effective Treatment … Importance: Radiation therapy after breast-conserving surgery reduces the risk of cancer recurrence … Early detection increases treatment options and the chances for cure. … Importance: Recommended cancer treatment depends on different factors, such as the stage or extent of … to reduce the stigma surrounding breast cancer, encourage screening, and secure access to affordable treatment

245. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Urinary Tract Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2022 - Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Urinary Tract Infections … Recommend empiric treatment options for UTIs that are effective and minimize adverse events. … Discuss recommended durations of antibiotic therapy for UTIs. … Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Urinary Tract Infections …  – Slides (PPTX, 2.3 MB) Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria

246. CAHPS Cancer Care Supplemental Items (doc file)
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     June 02, 2025 - MODALITY] with the appropriate term: radiation therapy, drug therapy, or cancer surgery. … , including the treatments you did not get? … , including the treatments you did not get? … , including the treatments you did not get? … Since your cancer was diagnosed, when you talked about having [CANCER TREATMENT MODALITY], did a doctor

247. Improving Antibiotic Use is a Patient Safety Issue
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     November 01, 2019 - Antibiotic-Associated Adverse Events In a cohort of ~1,500 hospitalized patients receiving antibiotic therapy … What empiric therapy should I initiate? A day or more has passed. Can I stop antibiotics? … Can I narrow therapy or change from IV to oral therapy? … What duration of antibiotic therapy is needed for my patient's diagnosis?

248. PowerPoint Presentation
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     June 01, 2021 - End of Antibiotic Treatment Time Bacterial Cell Number Detection Threshold   Adapted from: Jernberg … Can we try symptomatic treatment and active monitoring? What type of infection is it? … What empiric therapy should we initiate? … What duration of antibiotic therapy is needed for the resident’s diagnosis? … Can we narrow therapy? 

249. Measure 1, Section 2, Attachment 1 (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2012 - DRAFT Measure #2: Behavior Therapy as First-Line Treatment for Preschool-Aged Children………………………………… … * was prescribed as first line treatment** *Evidence-based behavior therapy: 1. … Treatment does not involve child-directed play therapy **First line treatment: Prior to any ADHD medication … as first line treatment (eg, lack of access to behavior therapy) Supporting Guideline & Other … In areas where evidence-based behavioral treatments are not available, the clinician needs to weigh

250. 133-Translating-Research-Into-Practice-Fg (doc file)
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     April 01, 2025 - If patients are not receiving the evidence-based therapies that they should, there must be a reason. … One barrier may be that providers are not aware of the evidence-based therapy. … If providers are not aware of the evidence-based therapy, they would have no clear reason to provide … these therapies to their patients. … step is to ensure all patients receive the evidence-based therapies they should.

251. Appendix B. Clinical Materials to Share With Primary Care Providers | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2013 - Caffeine is most commonly used due to its broader therapeutic index and slower excretion rate than theophylline … important to distinguish between physiologic and pathologic GER (GERD, or GER disease) before beginning any therapeutic … Treatment Medical or surgical therapy is indicated only for pathological GER. … Therapies may improve symptoms, but generally reflux is not entirely eliminated. … Surgical Treatments Goals of surgery: Slow intestinal transit.

252. Appendix B. Clinical Materials to Share With Primary Care Providers | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/nicu/packet/apb.html
     December 01, 2013 - Caffeine is most commonly used due to its broader therapeutic index and slower excretion rate than theophylline … important to distinguish between physiologic and pathologic GER (GERD, or GER disease) before beginning any therapeutic … Treatment Medical or surgical therapy is indicated only for pathological GER. … Therapies may improve symptoms, but generally reflux is not entirely eliminated. … Surgical Treatments Goals of surgery: Slow intestinal transit.

253. 5 Tk1 T4-Antibiogram Formats And Instructions Final (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2016 - The antibiogram should be used to guide empiric therapy. … Selection of empiric therapy in a particular resident should not be based solely on an antibiogram. … Use this as a guideline in selecting empiric therapy. … If chosen for empiric therapy, you should prescribe only a 24–72-hour supply and reassess the resident … timeframe for clinical response, results of any tests, and the ability to narrow any further antibiotic therapy

254. Six Building Blocks How-To-Implement Toolkit: Overview (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2021 - the most commonly prescribed medications in the United States.1 Another consideration complicating treatment … Support patient-centered, empathic communication for care of patients on chronic opioid therapy. … capacity to help patients with chronic pain maximize their functional status and quality of life with a treatment … Long-term opioid therapy reconsidered. … “I’m not abusing or anything”: patient-physician communication about opioid treatment in chronic pain

255. One-Pager-Uti (doc file)
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     June 01, 2021 - · Uncomplicated acute cystitis13 · Oral therapy preferred; avoid fluoroquinolones · [Place local treatment … recommendations here] · [Place local treatment recommendations here] · Uncomplicated pyelonephritis … trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole are preferred given excellent penetration into the kidney; their use as empiric therapy … should be based on local E. coli susceptibility data. · [Place local treatment recommendations here] … A retrospective, non-inferiority, cohort study comparing empirical therapy with cefazolin versus ceftriaxone

256. Evidence Now Fact Sheets - Aspirin Use by High-Risk Individuals (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/heart-health/aspirin-use-pcor.pdf
     November 01, 2016 - • The panel recommends long-term low-dose aspirin therapy (75 to 100 mg daily) for patients with … Outcomes Research (PCOR) PCOR is research that compares the impact of two or more preventive, diagnostic, treatment … AHA/ACCF secondary prevention and risk reduction therapy for patients with coronary and other atherosclerotic … Primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease: Antithrombotic therapy and prevention

257. NICU Family Information Packet, Appendix B, Gastroesophageal Reflux (pdf file)
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     June 02, 2025 - to distinguish between physiologic and pathologic GER (GERD, or GER disease) before beginning any therapeutic … Treatment ■ Medical or surgical therapy is indicated only for pathological GER. … ■ Therapies may improve symptoms, but generally reflux is not entirely eliminated.

258. AHRQ’s Work Helps Convince Army Medical Center to Reinstate E.D. Clinical Pharmacist | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2015 - “I’m involved with underdose and overdose prevention, but I also perform medication therapy consults … on patients, adverse drug reaction consults, toxicology consults, therapy change recommendations, resident

259. 5 Tk1 T5-Sample Policy Letter Final (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2016 - Use of antibiograms helps reduce reliance on broad-spectrum antibiotics as initial therapy and leads … We expect that prescribing clinicians will take the antibiogram into account when they are choosing therapy

260. 5 Tk1 T5-Sample Policy Letter Final (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK1_T5-Sample_Policy_Letter_final.docx
     October 01, 2016 - Use of antibiograms helps reduce reliance on broad-spectrum antibiotics as initial therapy and leads … We expect that prescribing clinicians will take the antibiogram into account when they are choosing therapy