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1. CAHPS Cancer Care Survey: Drug Therapy (pdf file)
   www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/cancer/drug-eng-cancer-552a.pdf
   October 07, 2016 - Drug therapy does not include radiation therapy or surgery. … In the last 6 months, when you had blood tests, x-rays, or other tests as part of your cancer treatment … your health during cancer treatment such as what to eat and what exercises to do? … Besides drug therapy, did you receive other types of cancer treatments or services from this cancer … How do you prefer to make decisions about your cancer treatment?

2. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (pdf file)
   www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/HAP-facilitator-guide.pdf
   November 01, 2019 - Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia AHRQ Safety Program … Empiric treatment recommendations for HAP 3. … Can I narrow therapy or change from IV to oral therapy? … sufficient for the treatment of HAP. … AS team and providers can take steps to minimize inappropriate treatment and optimize treatment for

3. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Sepsis (pdf file)
   www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/sepsis-facilitator-guide.pdf
   November 01, 2019 - Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Sepsis AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic … No. 17(20)-0028-EF November 2019 Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Sepsis … Acute Care Slide Title and Commentary Slide Number and Slide Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment … Sepsis Acute Care SAY: This presentation will address best practices in the diagnosis and treatment … SAY: Before making recommendations about possible combination treatment regimens, it is helpful

4. Dispelling Myths About Nicotine Replacement Therapy: Fact Sheet | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
   www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/heart-health/smoking/myths.html
   August 01, 2018 - Smoking Cessation Evidence and Resources Dispelling Myths About Nicotine Replacement Therapy … Incontinence Tools for Change Dispelling Myths About Nicotine Replacement Therapy … : Fact Sheet Resource title: Dispelling Myths About Nicotine Replacement Therapy Resource … description: This fact sheet for patients reviews and refutes common myths about nicotine replacement therapy … originally created August 2018 Internet Citation: Dispelling Myths About Nicotine Replacement Therapy

5. PowerPoint Presentation: Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Urinary Tract Infections
   www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/ASB-UTI-slides.pptx
   November 01, 2019 - Recommend empiric treatments for UTIs. … Can I narrow therapy or change from IV to oral therapy? … Can I narrow therapy or change from IV to oral therapy? … Antimicrobial treatment in diabetic women with asymptomatic bacteriuria. … Therapy vs no therapy for bacteriuria in elderly ambulatory nonhospitalized women.

6. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diverticulitis and Biliary Tract Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
   www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/acute-care/diagnosis/gastro.html
   November 01, 2019 - Care Toolkit Long-Term Care Toolkit Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment … diagnosis of diverticulitis and biliary tract infections Identify options for empiric antibiotic therapy … of source control in the management of intra-abdominal infections Identify options for antibiotic therapy … biliary tract infections after additional clinical data are known Describe the optimal duration of therapy … originally created November 2019 Internet Citation: Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment

7. Early Mobility in the Intensive Care Unit: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
   www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/technical/early-mobility-icu-slides.html
   February 01, 2017 - Early intensive care unit mobility therapy in the treatment of acute respiratory failure. … Early intensive care unit mobility therapy in the treatment of acute respiratory failure. … Early intensive care unit mobility therapy in the treatment of acute respiratory failure. … Intervention: Routine physical therapy: 5,267 total PT treatments ( not individual activities). … Early intensive care unit mobility therapy in the treatment of acute respiratory failure.

8. Pain Management Injection Therapies for Low-back Pain: Topic Refinement (pdf file)
   www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/ta/topicrefinement/lbpinject-topicref.pdf
   March 03, 2014 - Broadly, these can be classified as pharmacological treatments,15 non-pharmacological treatments (e.g … ., exercise therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, spinal manipulation, acupuncture, and others),16 … injection therapies,17 and surgical treatments.18 Injection therapies, the topic of this evidence review … Ablative therapies include radiofrequency denervation, intradiscalelectrothermal therapy, percutaneous … Effectiveness of therapeutic lumbar transforaminal epidural steroid injections in managing lumbar spinal

9. Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
   www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/acute-care/four-moments/index.html
   November 01, 2019 - Stewardship Program Develop Culture of Safety Around Prescribing Best Practices for Diagnosis and Treatment … What empiric therapy should I initiate? … Next, decide on the appropriate empiric antibiotic treatment regimen based on what you think the source … Use local antibiotic treatment guidelines whenever they are available. … Can I narrow therapy or change from IV to oral therapy?

10. Early Mobility in the Intensive Care Unit: Facilitator Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/technical/early-mobility-icu-fac-guide.html
    February 01, 2017 - Slide 3: Early ICU mobility therapy in the treatment of acute respiratory failure Say: The Morris … This translated to 5,267 total physical therapy treatments. … This translates to 0.6 percent of the physical therapy treatments. … None of the events requiring treatment required additional treatment or increased cost or length of stay … Please note this is not per treatment as that information was not available.

11. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Sepsis | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/acute-care/diagnosis/sepsis.html
    November 01, 2019 - Antibiotic Stewardship Toolkits Acute Care Hospital Toolkit Best Practices for Diagnosis and Treatment … Care Toolkit Long-Term Care Toolkit Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment … of sepsis Recognize when to stop and narrow antibiotic therapy in patients with suspected sepsis … Discuss durations of therapy for patients with sepsis Slides (PPTX) Facilitator Guide (PDF) … originally created November 2019 Internet Citation: Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment

12. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Bacteremia | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/acute-care/diagnosis/bacteremia.html
    November 01, 2019 - Antibiotic Stewardship Toolkits Acute Care Hospital Toolkit Best Practices for Diagnosis and Treatment … Care Toolkit Long-Term Care Toolkit Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment … Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteremia Discuss opportunities for de-escalation of antibiotic therapy … for bacteremia Discuss reasonable durations of antibiotic therapy for common organisms causing bacteremia … originally created November 2019 Internet Citation: Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment

13. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/acute-care/diagnosis/hap.html
    November 01, 2019 - Care Toolkit Long-Term Care Toolkit Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment … be able to— Discuss the approach to diagnosing hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) Discuss empiric treatment … recommendations for HAP Discuss opportunities for de-escalation of antibiotic therapy for HAP after … additional clinical and microbiological data are available Discuss reasonable duration of antibiotic therapy … originally created November 2019 Internet Citation: Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment

14. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/acute-care/diagnosis/vap.html
    November 01, 2019 - Care Toolkit Long-Term Care Toolkit Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment … to— Discuss the approach to diagnosing ventilator-associated pneumonia  (VAP)  Discuss empiric treatment … recommendations for VAP  Discuss opportunities for de-escalation of antibiotic therapy for VAP after … additional clinical and microbiological data are available Discuss reasonable durations of antibiotic therapy … originally created November 2019 Internet Citation: Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment

15. Best Practices in Diagnosis and Treatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Urinary Tract Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/acute-care/diagnosis/uti.html
    November 01, 2019 - Antibiotic Stewardship Toolkits Acute Care Hospital Toolkit Best Practices for Diagnosis and Treatment … the patient populations who should and should not be tested and treated for ASB Recommend empiric treatments … for UTIs Discuss opportunities for de-escalation of antibiotic therapy for UTIs after additional clinical … data are available Discuss reasonable durations of antibiotic therapy for UTIs Slides (PPTX) … Page originally created November 2019 Internet Citation: Best Practices in Diagnosis and Treatment

16. 5 Tk1 T1-Background Final (pdf file)
    www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK1_T1-Background_final.pdf
    October 01, 2016 - susceptibility test data reports to determine the most appropriate agents for initial empirical antimicrobial therapy … practitioners, and physician assistants—can consult these tools before initiating empiric antibiotic therapy … Antibiograms are not generalizable to different nursing homes; they can be useful tools for guiding empiric therapy … • Selection of empiric therapy in a particular resident should not be based solely on an antibiogram … resident characteristics and prevalence of other risk factors should be incorporated when making therapeutic

17. Cancer | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/effectivetreatment/cancer.html
    June 01, 2018 - Acknowledgments Effective Treatment Effective Treatment Trends and Measures Cardiovascular Disease … Breast Cancer Treatment Women With Breast Cancer Who Received Axillary Node Dissection or Sentinel … Therefore, finding cancer in one or more lymph nodes often affects the treatment plan. … breast cancer have been reported to have double the risk for failing to receive necessary adjuvant treatments … Breast cancer deaths reflect the impact of breast cancer screening, diagnosis, and treatment.

18. Chronic Kidney Disease | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/effectivetreatment/kidney.html
    June 01, 2018 - Making Healthcare Safer Reports AHRQ Research Studies Chartbook on Effective Treatment … Chronic Kidney Disease Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Chartbook on Effective Treatment … Acknowledgments Effective Treatment Effective Treatment Trends and Measures Cardiovascular Disease … Diseases National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report Measures of Effective Treatment … Patients Who Saw a Nephrologist Prior to Renal Replacement Therapy, by Sex and Age Patients who saw

19. ABCS Aspirin Treatment for Secondary and Primary Prevention ASCVD
    www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/heart-health/aspirin-asa-measure.pptx
    April 01, 2016 - ABCS Aspirin Treatment for Secondary and Primary Prevention ASCVD ABCS Aspirin Treatment for Secondary … patients with symptomatic atherosclerotic peripheral artery disease of the lower extremity, antiplatelet therapy … Antiplatelet therapy is recommended in preference to anticoagulant therapy with warfarin or other vitamin … includes readily accessible guideline reference information for both providers and patients related to therapy … current evidence on bleeding and aspirin use to derive a patient’s likely benefits and risks of aspirin therapy

20. AHRQ Health Literacy Tools for Use in Pharmacies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/health-literacy/improve/pharmacy/tools.html
    January 01, 2024 - Health literacy tools to improve communication for providers of medication therapy management. … Phone Call Top of Page Health Literacy Tools To Improve Communication for Providers of Medication Therapy … Management Medication Therapy Management (MTM) is a patient-centric and comprehensive approach to … Get started: Health literacy tools to improve communication for providers of medication therapy management