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6241. Interim Update on 2013 Annual Hospital-Acquired Condition Rate (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/interimhacrate2013_0.pdf
      October 27, 2014 - Algorithm enhances provision of preventive treatment to at-risk inpatients, reducing incidence of venous … https://innovations.ahrq.gov/profiles/algorithm-enhances-provision-preventive-treatment-risk-inpatients-reducing-incidence-venous … Prevention of venous thromboembolism: the Seventh ACCP Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy … 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.

6242. Epoetin and Darbepoetin for Managing Anemia in Patients Undergoing Cancer Treatment: Comparative Effectiveness Update | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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6243. Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals: A Toolkit - Section 7, Tools and Resources (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressureulcertoolkit/putoolssect7.pdf
      January 01, 2004 - wheelchairs or stretchers minimized or mitigated when patients are taken off the unit for diagnostic or therapeutic … Prompt assessment and treatment b. … Steps to be taken to monitor treatment effectiveness d. … Rehabilitation should be instituted if consistent with the patient‟s overall goals of therapy. … Wound care team* Wound Care Physician  Directs patient care, orders tests and treatments, and reviews

6244. Evidence Summary: Aspirin Use to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/aspirin-to-prevent-cardiovascular-disease-preventive-medication
      April 26, 2022 - Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the US. 1 Aspirin has long been a recommended therapy … The Hypertension Optimal Treatment study (the HOT study). … Optimal Treatment (HOT) study. … Low-dose aspirin therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes and reduced glomerular filtration rate: subanalysis … Annual risk of major bleeding among persons without cardiovascular disease not receiving antiplatelet therapy

6245. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      December 01, 2010 - single full-thickness pressure ulcer in one patient can be as much as $70,000; in 2006, inpatient treatment … points including severe kyphoscoliosis or other unusual skeletal anomalies, and previous radiation therapy … While treatment of all hip fracture patients with a pressure redistribution surface is not a new idea

6246. How Do IBH Practices & Functions Differ? | The Academy
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      July 01, 2024 - Whole-Person Care Age 0-5 Behavioral-Developmental Health Low-Threshold Treatment … employing EHR reports and registries, and coordination of care Complex or specialized behavioral health therapies … Full collaboration and integration Fully shared treatment plans and documentation, regular communication

6247. 005-Ss-Preop-Chlorhexidine-Fg (doc file)
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      April 01, 2025 - Workup reveals a herniated disc, and conservative treatment with physical therapy and steroid injections … In the Nasal Decolonization section, the checklist records that he completed three days of treatment,

6248. Suppl-1-User-Guide-To-Ocer 130129 (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/suppl-1-user-guide-to-ocer_130129.pdf
      January 01, 2011 - in order to estimate the comparative effects of alternative treatments. … This issue is especially relevant when assessing the effectiveness of treatments 165 Supplement … Survival benefit associated with adjuvant androgen deprivation therapy combined with radiotherapy … Survival following primary androgen deprivation therapy among men with localized prostate cancer. … The marginal benefits of invasive treatments for acute myocardial infarction: does insurance coverage

6249. Archived: Suicide Risk: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/suicide-risk-screening-1996
      January 01, 1996 - Surveys indicate that patients receiving psychiatric consultation for attempted suicide find the therapy … Several studies have evaluated treatment of those who attempt suicide, but results were conflicting, … Suicide: a guide to risk factors, assessment, and treatment of suicidal patients. … Generalizable treatment strategies for suicidal behavior. … Deliberate self-poisoning: a treatment follow-up of repeaters and nonrepeaters.

6250. Section 1, FECC Survey—Telephone Interview Version (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-166-fecc-phone-interview.pdf
      June 02, 2025 - questions. 2-INTRO EMPTY This first set of questions is about the people who help you manage care, treatment … one doctor’s office or use more than one kind of health care service, such as physical or speech therapy … REFUSED (GO TO 3B) Did anyone in the main provider’s office help you to manage your child’s care or treatment … (GO TO 17 INTRO) Did anyone outside of [1A]’s office help you to manage your child’s care or treatment … satisfied or dissatisfied were you with the help you received in managing your child’s care or treatment

6251. MAINTAIN AND EXPAND (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2011 - Patients receiving therapeutic services only For patients receiving therapeutic services only during … to this rule is that when the primary reason for the admission/encounter is chemotherapy, radiation therapy … diagnosis, either condition may be sequenced first, unless the circumstances of the admission, the therapy … for principal diagnosis as determined by the circumstances of admission, diagnostic workup and/or therapy … guidelines are the diagnostic workup, arrangements for further workup or observation, and initial therapeutic

6252. Emerging Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease: A Summary of Systematic Reviews Conducted for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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      October 01, 2009 - Behavioural treatments for chronic systemic inflammation: effects of dietary weight loss and exercise … Statin therapy, LDL cholesterol, C-reactive protein, and coronary artery disease. … Effect of statin therapy on C-reactive protein levels: the pravastatin inflamma- tion/CRP evaluation … Comparison of intensive and low-dose atorvastatin therapy in the reduction of carotid intimal- medial … Inflammatory biomarkers, hormone replacement therapy, and incident coronary heart disease: prospective

6253. Final Progress Report: Risk Analysis of Pediatric Chemotherapy Processes (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2024 - 2 Purpose A primary goal of patient care is to ensure the delivery of safe and effective therapies … In the field of oncology, in which chemotherapy medications typically have narrow therapeutic … Chemotherapy medications are, by design, highly toxic agents, typically having very narrow therapeutic … monitoring the results of treatment and adjusting the treatment plan as necessary. … , correct timing of therapy, dosage calculations, etc.

6254. Guide to Implementing a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Long-Term Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      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

6255. An Etiology for Medication Ordering Errors in CPOE Systems - Final Report (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2020 - Finally, clinicians mixed-up patients with similar diagnois/problem lists and treatments: “There was … attributed to social factors arose as a result of clinicians’ limited awareness about modified patient therapy … in clinical settings for the electronic ordering of medications, laboratory tests, and radiologic therapies

6256. Archived: Lung Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/lung-cancer-screening-december-2013
      December 31, 2013 - Current smokers should be informed of their continuing risk for lung cancer and offered cessation treatments … Strong evidence shows that quit lines can expand the use of evidence-based tobacco cessation treatments … Combination therapy with counseling and medications is more effective at increasing cessation rates than … Food and Drug Administration has approved several forms of nicotine replacement therapy (gum, lozenge … No RCTs compared treatment of stage IA or IB lung cancer with surgical resection versus no treatment.

6257. Getting a Good Report Card: Unintended Consequences of the Public Reporting of Hospital Quality | PSNet
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      October 01, 2004 - with warfarin, and a heparin drip was initiated with the plan to bridge her until her INR was in the therapeutic … reporting improves transparency and can empower patients to make better choices about where to seek treatment … Finally, direct harm can occur when caregivers are faced with diagnostic or therapeutic uncertainty, … with antibiotics intended for treatment of pneumonia, or how frequently patient on narcotics are administered … of intramuscular influenza immunization among patients receiving long-term warfarin anticoagulation therapy

6258. Uterine Artery Injury during Cesarean Delivery Leads to Cardiac Arrests and Emergency Hysterectomy | PSNet
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      September 30, 2020 - For Response , birthing facilities must be prepared to administer medications for prevention and treatment … Continued abnormal vital signs should then prompt the health care team to escalate diagnostic and therapeutic … protocols with built-in triggers for objective data provide the infrastructure that enables equitable treatment … updated CMQCC guidelines on obstetric hemorrhage now include tranexamic acid (TXA) as an adjunctive therapy … The Joint Commission. [ Available at ] R 3 Report: Provision of Care, Treatment, and Services standards

6259. Classics and Emerging Classics | PSNet
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      August 01, 2023 - Information Systems (50) Electronic Health Records (36) Computer-Assisted Therapy … article describes two experimental studies exploring the impact of gender biases on pain estimation and treatment … Clinical decision support (CDS) systems are intended to support diagnosis and therapeutic processes of … impact of pharmacological/pharmaceutical care on medication safety and patient-reported outcomes during treatment … the intervention group reported considerably fewer medication errors and side effects and increased treatment

6260. The Long Term Effectiveness of Telephone Intervention Problem Solving (TIPS) - Final Report (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r21hs022166-beebe-final-report-2016.pdf
      January 01, 2016 - Problem solving has long been among the most effective treatments to improve psychiatric medication … Our TIPS intervention increases access to this proven treatment. Methods. RCT. … Problem solving has long been among the most effective treatments to improve psychiatric medication … Our TIPS intervention increases access to this proven treatment. … Problem-solving therapy: A positive approach to clinical intervention. 3rd ed.