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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/fairbanks-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - by consensus of the investigators, because it was felt that the vast majority of medication-
related treatments … clinical pharmacists, most did not provide services that have
been shown to be valued, such as drug therapy … -50%
Order clarification 39 99 39 30-50%
Teaching at ED in-service meetings 36 99 36 27-47%
Drug therapy … 99 33 24-44%
Drug interaction screening 32 99 32 23-42%
Assessment of patient contraindications to therapy … Treatment of Pain in the Emergency Department
OBJECTIVES: Treatment of pain is an important quality
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/lannon2-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Pursuing Perfection in Pediatric Therapeutics
Title Page
• Title of Project … : PURSUING PERFECTION IN PEDIATRIC THERAPEUTICS
• Principal Investigator and Team Members: CAROLE MARIE … Learning Networks (LNs) as unique laboratories for studying and improving the
effectiveness of pediatric therapies … and therapy within 2 hours after huddle, and the best predictors were briefing and
requesting external … Implementable
strategies and
exploratory
considerations to
reduce costs
associated with anti-
TNF therapy
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49781/psn-pdf
January 01, 2017 - Tesoro, PharmD
Loading doses are an important way to rapidly achieve therapeutic drug concentrations … heparin when used to
treat pulmonary embolism, may also need a loading dose to attain an immediate therapeutic … For many decades, phenytoin has been used for both the treatment and prophylaxis of seizures. … Due to the nonlinear kinetics of phenytoin occurring within the therapeutic range, small changes in dose … Introduction to Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics: The Quantitative
Basis of Drug Therapy.
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cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/workgroups/236/may-2017-cholesterol-wg-notes.docx
January 01, 2017 - development for the Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of CVD in Adults Artifact and the Aspirin Therapy … · Look at the GRADE system (e.g., SHOULD means that 90% of the patients would choose/receive that treatment
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/presentation.ppt
August 01, 2009 - tables for randomized controlled trials, prevalence studies, harms/side effects, outcomes for specific treatments … Treatment of Overactive Bladder in Women. … Treatment of Overactive Bladder in Women. … Treatment of Overactive Bladder in Women. … Treatment of Overactive Bladder in Women.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/_nVeFxDCT9L-_cnDf_V3fK
July 17, 2018 - Given
that risk estimates are used to guide preventive therapy such as as-
pirin and statins,6,8-10 improved … and appraise updated evidence on the benefits and harms of
nontraditional risk factor assessment and therapy … for each KQ or method-
ological and clinical heterogeneity, including differences in out-
comes and treatments … initiate preventive therapies have been lowered to 7.5% or 10%, and
reported NRI will capture movement … In the absence of this evidence, studies in which preventive
therapies were guided by nontraditional
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/clinicians-providers/guidelines-recommendations/tobacco/clinicians/references/quickref/tobaqrg.pdf
April 01, 2009 - effort, but ask for an
hypnosis, or laser agreement that, should it not be successful, the patient
therapy … is evidence that combination NRT therapy may be
particularly effective in suppressing tobacco
withdrawal … Which medications should Data show that bupropion SR and nicotine
be considered with replacement therapies … The nicotine patch in particular has been
replacement therapies demonstrated as safe for cardiovascular … relapsed in the past after stopping medication, or
who desire long-term therapy.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/management-cardiac-arrest-unconventional-locations
June 14, 2023 - hypertensive end-stage renal disease and significant cardiac disease, including current antibiotic treatment … Bradycardia algorithm, if there is persistent bradyarrhythmia associated with acutely altered mental status, therapies … High-quality CPR and the timely use of the defibrillator have been associated with improved survival; these treatments … Treatment and outcome of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in outpatient health care facilities. … Bed
August 26, 2020
WebM&M Cases
Duplicate Therapies
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/011-ss-decolonization-strategies-fg.docx
April 01, 2025 - Slide 10
Nasal Mupirocin in Cardiac Surgery: Duration of Therapy
SAY:
All patients who were positive … 27 percent risk reduction in MRSA colonization for each additional day of the pre-op decolonization therapy … Patients were randomized to receive treatment with either intranasal mupirocin for 5 days or intranasal … The other is targeted, where only those known to be positive for Staphylococcus aureus receive the treatment … Along with the cost of assuring that identified patients actually receive treatment, there is the cost
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/crosscutting_hi_impact.pdf
January 01, 2012 - new (and new uses of existing) pharmaceuticals, medical devices,
diagnostic tests and procedures, therapeutic … purposes of horizon scanning, AHRQ’s interests are broad and encompass drugs, devices,
procedures, treatments … , screening and diagnostics, therapeutics, surgery, programs, and care delivery
innovations that address … technology might play an important role as a substitution for or complement to directly observed
therapy … Adherence to long-term therapies.
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/919.html
July 01, 2024 - Multidisciplinary proactive e-consults to improve guideline-directed medical therapies for patients with
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/cds-connect-year3-final-report-2019.pdf
January 01, 2019 - https://cds.ahrq.gov/cdsconnect/artifact/clostridoides-difficile-c-diff-infection-cdi-treatment-pathway … https://cds.ahrq.gov/cdsconnect/artifact/primary-care-anaphylaxis-treatment-protocol-order-set
https … for the Prevention and Treatment of
Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) eCQM
AHRQ Structured 07/10/2017 … screening-and-interventions-unhealthy-alcohol-use-logic-best-practice-alerts
https://cds.ahrq.gov/cdsconnect/artifact/statin-therapy-prevention-and-treatment-cardiovascular-disease-cvd-ecqm … https://cds.ahrq.gov/cdsconnect/artifact/statin-therapy-prevention-and-treatment-cardiovascular-disease-cvd-ecqm
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/get-involved/nominated-topics/for-patients-with-crohns-disease-what-treatments-or-therapies-alone-or-in-conjunction-with-one-another-provide-the-highest-rate-of-disease-management-with-the-lowest-risk-of-long-term-complications-particularly-in-young-wome
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/prevhosp/prevhospitalvisits-funcspecs_0.pdf
August 01, 2017 - true and display X.
25 Current Clinical
Conditions
Contributing to
Transfer Risk
26 Oxygen Therapy … IF physician order for oxygen therapy
during report week is true within 7
days, then Oxygen Therapy … Ulcer+Polypharmacy (3 active High-
Risk Diagnoses+1 Clinical Condition+Polypharmacy)
o UTI+Oxygen Therapy … Unavailable
at Facility Authorized by:
Nursing Home Treatments 24
Hours Prior to Transfer
Seen …
Respiratory Peripheral vascular disease
Oxygen therapy
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60268/psn-pdf
April 29, 2020 - Patients
receiving ECMO must receive anticoagulant therapy due to a substantial risk of blood clots … did not result in significant clinical consequences.5 Our hospital has
performed almost 1,300 ECMO treatments … simulation days per staff per year at high-
volume centers and more often in low-volume ECMO centers (<5-10 treatments … A ‘Treatment A-B-C’ may include the following items:
1. Device
i. … Auxiliary (example: heater on in ECMO and renal replacement therapy)
4.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/assess-resident-RTI-slides.pptx
June 01, 2021 - Treatment is supportive care (rest, fluids, analgesics) and time. … year-old resident
Has a 50-pack-year smoking history and diabetes
He is at your facility for physical therapy … Start levofloxacin for 10 days for treatment of pneumonia. … Bordetella is the only one of these that requires antibiotic treatment.3
‹#›
Assessment of RTI
12 … Let me see about getting him some cough suppressants and we can try some breathing treatments.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/SuccessStory072012_Lapane.pdf
June 16, 2021 - medication as prescribed, strategies to manage side effects, potential
for duplication in drug therapy
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49418/psn-pdf
October 01, 2003 - The therapy meant to save him eventually led to his death.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/impaired-visual-acuity-screening-older-adults
May 24, 2022 - Morphology and visual acuity in aflibercept and ranibizumab therapy for neovascular age-related macular … Oral zinc-therapy in age-related macular degeneration: a double blind study. … Introducing anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapies for AMD did not raise risk of myocardial … Reporting bias not detected
Moderate for benefit
VEGF inhibitors are considered first-line therapy … Moderate for no harm
VEGF inhibitors vs sham:
VEGF inhibitors are considered first-line therapy
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44231/psn-pdf
January 22, 2016 - Just-in-time training for high-risk low-volume therapies:
an approach to ensure patient safety. … Just-in-Time Training for High-Risk Low-Volume Therapies: An
Approach to Ensure Patient Safety. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/just-time-training-high-risk-low-volume-therapies-approach-ensure-patient … and competency shortcomings for bedside
nurses on an as-needed basis, given the demands of complex treatments … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/just-time-training-high-risk-low-volume-therapies-approach-ensure-patient-safety