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121. Antibiotic Stewardship | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/toolkit/antibiotic-stewardship.html
     October 01, 2024 - settings are prescribed inappropriately, leading to adverse events for patients related to antibiotic therapy … around antibiotic prescribing; and (3) Learning and disseminating best practices for the diagnosis and treatment … The tool asks the prescriber to: (1) Track prescribed antibiotics and treatment day; (2) Record indication … for continuing antibiotics; (3) Assess whether antibiotic therapy can be stopped, narrowed, or changed … ; and (4) Determine duration of therapy.

122. Implementing U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) Recommendations into Health Professions Education (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cpi/centers/ockt/kt/tools/impuspstf/impuspstf.pdf
     September 21, 2010 - For example, consider a patient for whom lipid-lowering treatment would be recommended if his or her … Treatment of Persons with Sustained Blood Pressure of 135/80 mm Hg or Greater: Blood pressure targets … Although false-positive test results, overdiagnosis, and unnecessary earlier treatment are problems … It is especially useful when there is no clear "best" treatment option. … Patient Case Three A 66-year-old female presents at your clinic for an evaluation of the treatment

123. Public Health and Community Integration | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/2024-annual-report/recent-grants-public-health.html
     May 01, 2024 - Preventive Care for Children P12: Using a Televideo-based Training Model for Providers to Expand Treatment … help connect them to needed services available in the community, and also helps clinicians develop treatment

124. National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report Data Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/data/nhqdr.html
     July 01, 2024 - in terms of six priority areas: patient safety, person-centered care, care coordination, effective treatment

125. Library of PCOR Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/pcor/library-of-resources/index.html
     April 01, 2021 - provides access to systematic evidence reviews on the benefits and risks of prevention, diagnoses, and treatments … word or phrase in relation to another such phrase (e.g., "congestive heart failure" AND "statins" AND "treatment

126. Questions and Answers About the CAHPS Cancer Care Survey (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/cancer/questions-and-answers-about-cancer-care-survey.pdf
     April 02, 2025 - The Cancer Care Survey uses terms like “drug therapy” and “radiation therapy” because, from the patients … ’ perspective, those phrases encompassed all of the different types of treatments they might receive … for that cancer (radiation therapy, drug therapy, or surgery) in an outpatient or inpatient setting … Create sample frames: Create separate sampling frames for each treatment modality (radiation therapy … , drug therapy, surgery).

127. Recommendations to Improve Children's Health Care Quality Measures | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/pubs/background-2012/backgrndtab1.html
     December 01, 2012 - policy or quality improvement strategies, and relevance to the Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment

128. S9: Using Integrated Social and Medical Risk Data Dashboards To Improve Chronic Disease Management and Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/2024-annual-report/spotlight-s9-hessler-jones-fichtenberg.html
     May 01, 2024 - Preventive Care for Children P12: Using a Televideo-based Training Model for Providers to Expand Treatment … take relevant social risk factor information into consideration at the point of care when developing treatment

129. | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/es/topics/index.html
     October 01, 2008 - AHRQ provides data to quantify these challenges, tools and resources for screening and treatment, and

130. Toolkit Implementation Guide for Acute Care Antibiotic Stewardship Programs (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/improve/acute_care_implementation_guide.pdf
     November 01, 2019 - , recommendations for narrowing therapy and transitioning from intravenous to oral therapy, and recommendations … for duration of therapy … Learn Best Practices for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Syndromes Next, review the material … under the “Best Practices for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Syndromes” tab. … Develop a Culture of Safety Around Antibiotic Prescribing Learn Best Practices for the Diagnosis and Treatment

131. Investments in Primary Care Research for 2021 and 2022 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/2024-annual-report/index.html
     May 01, 2024 - Preventive Care for Children P12: Using a Televideo-based Training Model for Providers to Expand Treatment

132. Candidate Measure Submission Form (CPCF) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/cpcf-form3.html
     December 01, 2013 - Relevance to the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment benefit in Medicaid (EPSDT).

133. 2014 Chartbooks | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/womenhealth/wm-chartbooks.html
     March 01, 2020 - Chartbooks Access to Health Care Affordability Communication and Care Coordination Effective Treatment … Promoting the most effective prevention and treatment practices for the leading causes of mortality,

134. NICU Family Information Packet, Appendix B, Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/nicu_toolkit/nicupacket-apb-bpd.pdf
     April 02, 2025 - Treatment ■ Oxygen (see home oxygen topic sheet). … oxygenation and lung compliance, but has not decreased length of hospital stay or need for oxygen therapy … ■ Despite treatment, approximately 10% of these children die in the first year of life. … ■ Children with CLD are more likely to develop asthma and require bronchodilator therapy.

135. Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/references/quickref/index.html
     October 01, 2014 - wants to use a method of quitting not known to be effective such as acupuncture, hypnosis, or laser therapy … Also, there is evidence that combination NRT therapy may be particularly effective in suppressing tobacco … Data show that bupropion SR and nicotine replacement therapies, in particular 4 mg nicotine gum and 4 … Should nicotine replacement therapies be avoided in patients with a history of cardiovascular disease … during the course of medications, who have relapsed in the past after stopping, or who desire long-term therapy

136. Learning From Narratives About Diagnostic Experience | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-patients-source-understanding-dx-error-vol2-4.html
     June 01, 2023 - diagnostic process goes awry, patients will often experience the consequences in the form of less effective treatments … But the efficacy of initial treatment can also be a perfectly reasonable way of “testing” a diagnosis … It also makes it especially challenging to determine whether initial treatments were sustained too long … For all these reasons, the nexus between diagnosis and treatment may remain opaque. … Understanding implications of diagnostic mishaps for subsequent treatment.

137. Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update - Overview | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-overview/index.html
     October 01, 2014 - Dependence Combinations: Medication and Counseling Combinations: Medication and Counseling (continued) Treatment

138. Sutter Center for Integrated Care Using AHRQ Guide in Patient Materials | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201515.html
     January 01, 2018 - for When I Leave the Hospital , to help patients record their health care histories and state their treatment

139. Primary Care Practice Facilitation Curriculum Module 32: Improving Self-Management Support and Engaging Patients in Care and Practice Improvement Topics (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/tools/PCMH/pcpf-module-32-self-management-support.pdf
     September 01, 2015 - activities and tasks that patients engage in to live with chronic illness including managing symptoms, treatment … Patients’ adherence to treatment recommendations can be affected by inaccurate information and myths … in the patient community about treatments such as insulin, which sometimes results in amputations and

140. P2: Using an Electronic Screening Tool to Identify Adolescents at Risk for STIs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/2024-annual-report/profile-p2-ahmad.html
     April 01, 2024 - Preventive Care for Children P12: Using a Televideo-based Training Model for Providers to Expand Treatment … Assessing changes in STI testing and treatment in the three pediatric clinics after implementation.