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301. Final Progress Report: Improving Quality in Medication Management in Schools (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/grahamlear-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - Improving the safety of the management of medication and other treatment regimens when they are in school … Treatment regimens for children with chronic physical or mental health conditions frequently require … schools are asked to manage may include controlled substances, psychotropic medications, and a range of therapeutic … argued that there will be increasing attention to the school’s capacity to assist students adhere to treatment … Within the domain of chronic disease management, specialists have established "gold standards" for treatment

302. 2021 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report Introduction and Methods (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2021qdr-intro-methods.pdf
     December 01, 2021 - • Supplemental measures are not discussed in the core report, except to highlight important topical … children; limitations or inability to do things most children can do; the need or use of special therapy … , such as physical, occupational, or speech therapy; and the need or use of treatment or counseling … of care who sometimes or never asked person to help make decisions when there was a choice between treatments … Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care.

303. AHRQ Projects Funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/funding/training-grants/pcor/pcortf-di.html
     January 01, 2016 - Prospectively measuring physicians' treatment allocation decision process to minimize confounding by … CHOICE) and Prospective Outcomes Systems using Patient-specific Electronic data to Compare Tests and therapies … review for end users: When to include decision analytic support, when and how to conclude that two treatments … Appendicitis Systematic Review Brown University 290-12-00012i-5 Decision Support Tools For Treatment … of Bipolar Disorder University of Minnesota 290-12-00008i-4 Treatment of Major Depressive

304. What Are Patient-Reported Measures? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/cahps/about-cahps/patient-experience/prems-proms/index.html
     February 01, 2025 - These measures are often used to assess the effectiveness of treatments—like knee or hip replacements … PROMs can also provide evidence on which treatments are most effective for specific patient groups, ultimately

305. Making Patients Part of Conversations About Their Care: Integrating Patient-Generated Health Data into Electronic Health Records | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/making-patients-part-of-conversations.html
     February 01, 2022 - Using that data, he and his physician can have more informed conversations about treatment options and … Traditionally, ambulatory care clinicians have based their treatment recommendations on information received

306. Supplement to Evaluation Highlight No. 13 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/supplhighlight13.html
     June 01, 2015 - economic reserve, clinical structural processes ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ UT 10 9 2 Testing and treatment … of pharyngitis; treatment of URIs, otitis media, and sinusitis; parent education in use of antibiotics

307. Strategic Plan: Children as a Priority Population | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/mission/strategic-plan/CHStratPlan.html
     December 01, 1999 - What are the most effective preventive and treatment strategies for children with diabetes or pain? … Clinical services include screening, diagnostic, treatment, rehabilitative, and palliative interventions

308. | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/es/programs/index.html?page=2
     presents trends for measures related to access to care, affordable care, care coordination, effective treatment

309. ADHD Performance Measurement Set (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/chipra-89-adhd-behavior-section-14-attach-1.pdf
     January 01, 2011 - trial were randomly assigned to one of four intervention groups: intensive multicomponent behavior therapy … Additionally, we discussed forming a measure on prescribing first line therapy for children other than … to remove patients from the denominator of a performance measure when a patient does not receive a therapy … or service AND that therapy or service would not be appropriate due to specific reasons for which the … For patients who are receiving ADHD medication3 (with or without behavior therapy): At least 2 follow-up

310. Comparison Tables for Making Healthcare Safer Reports | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/comparison.html
     June 01, 2025 - Stewardship (Not reviewed) (Not reviewed) Summary of Evidence Summary of Evidence Medication-Assisted Treatment … Evidence (Not reviewed) (Not reviewed) Ensuring Documentation of Patients’ Preferences for Life-Sustaining Treatment

311. Skin and Soft Tissue Infections – Discussion Guide (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/skin-soft-tissue-discussion-guide.docx
     September 01, 2022 - What antibiotics and antibiotic dosages should the practice recommend for treatment of nonpurulent and … What recommendations will the practice make about non-antibiotic therapies for cellulitis? 3.

312. Using the Core Set of Quality Measures for Children to Improve Children’s Health Care (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/childhealth/usingthecoresetofqm.pdf
     February 01, 2010 - This measure set addresses high-priority topics including: preventive services, treatments for acute

313. Protocol - Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Treatment for Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Medicare Eligible Patients (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/ta/topicrefinement/sleep-apnea-protocol.pdf
     June 09, 2020 - Treatment of OSA The most common first-line therapy for OSA is the use of continuous positive airway … Other nonsurgical interventions used to treat OSA include devices to alter sleep position (positional therapy … ), physical therapy to improve oropharyngeal muscle tone, complementary and alternative medicine techniques … Because AHI is commonly used to evaluate the mechanical effectiveness of CPAP (and other treatments … Decision Memo for Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) Therapy for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA

314. Patient and Family Engagement in the Emergency Department | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/patient-family-engagement-ed-transcript.html
     December 01, 2017 - department, feeling like they are engaged in their care, have been shown to have greater adherence to their treatment … order to facilitate the exchange of data that would be useful in determining not only a diagnosis but a treatment … the research has also shown us is that informed patients often prefer a lower cost and less intensive treatment

315. Patient And Family Engagement In The Ed Transcript (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/Patient_and_Family_Engagement_in_the_ED_transcript.docx
     July 07, 2015 - department, feeling like they are engaged in their care, have been shown to have greater adherence to their treatment … order to facilitate the exchange of data that would be useful in determining not only a diagnosis but a treatment … the research has also shown us is that informed patients often prefer a lower cost and less intensive treatment

316. Memorial Hospital Uses AHRQ Resources to Cut Readmissions, Promote Patient Self-Management | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201507.html
     April 01, 2015 - from AHRQ's Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) toolkit to help newly discharged patients follow their treatment

317. Appropriate Emergency Department Blood Testing for Children with Sickle Cell Disease (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-215-fullreport.pdf
     August 01, 2017 - Failure to respond to home treatment was the most common reason provided for visiting the ED (46.3 percent … • Relevance to the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment benefit in Medicaid (EPSDT … Currently, there are no quality measures for the diagnosis, assessment, or treatment of pediatric SCD … This measure was tested using EHR review conducted at three major SCD treatment facilities in Michigan … Date and time of treatment. 4. Type of tests administered. 5. Date of tests performed. 6.

318. Toolkit 2: Monitor and Sustain Stewardship | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/nhguide/toolkits/implement-monitor-sustain-program/toolkit2-monitor-sustain-program.html
     October 01, 2016 - about infections, lab results and x rays, organisms, names of prescribing clinicians, and antibiotic therapies … For example, has there been a decrease in treatment of residents who do not meet the diagnostic criteria … topic, such as fluoroquinolones, which are often overprescribed, or the frequency of inappropriate treatment

319. The 2022 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report: We Still Have Much Work to Do | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/2022-national-healthcare-disparities-report.html
     November 01, 2022 - with alcohol misuse also loom large; in 2020, the percentage of people aged 12 and over who needed treatment … for alcohol misuse and who received such treatment at a specialty facility was less than 10 percent

320. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Performance Measurement Set (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/chipra-89-adhd-behavior-section-2-attach-1.pdf
     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 (e.g., lack of access to behavior therapy) Supporting Guideline & Other … In areas where evidence-based behavioral treatments are not available, the clinician needs to weigh