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6521. Findings and Lessons From the Improving Quality Through Clinician Use of Health IT Grant Initiative (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/findings-and-lessons-from-the-improving-quality-through-clinician-use-of-health-it.pdf
      January 28, 2014 - The system included a visual display of prior epi- sodes and treatments, a structured data collection … medications and to document their responses; a hypertension order set that allows ordering of tests and treatments … Trivedi employed a three-stage process to develop a CDS system to assist with assessment and treatment … Forrest found that practices using the CDS system for treatment of otitis media were significantly … Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care.

6522. AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use: Final Report (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/overall-antibiotic-stewardship-project-final-report.pdf
      September 01, 2022 - associated with increased healthcare costs and delayed recovery among patients resistant to initial treatment … behavioral drivers of antibiotic decision making, and reviews of best practices in the diagnosis and treatment … In addition, these documents could form the basis of local diagnostic and treatment guidelines or could … Can I narrow therapy or change from intravenous to oral therapy? 4. … What empiric therapy should be used? 3.

6523. Evidence Summary: Weight Loss to Prevent Obesity-Related Morbidity and Mortality in Adults: Behavioral Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/obesity-in-adults-interventions
      September 18, 2018 - Orlistat in the long-term treatment of obesity in primary care settings. … Weight loss with naltrexone SR/bupropion SR combination therapy as an adjunct to behavior modification … Impact of intensive lifestyle and metformin therapy on cardiovascular disease risk factors in the Diabetes … Surgical vs medical treatments for type 2 diabetes mellitus: a randomized clinical trial. … level version of EQ-5D; EQ-VAS, EuroQol Visual Analogue Scale; FACT-G, Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy—General

6524. Appendix D: Alternate Care Facility Questionnaire—Summary of Results | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/research/shuttered/acfselection/appendixd.html
      July 01, 2018 - [name] question Yes Yes - dining in shelter, treatment in ACF Yes for staff; No for patients … treatment facility ACF Goal? … Other treatment areas as well were loud & light. … Medical treatment facility Medical treatment facility Shelter care Medical treatment facility … Shelter care Medical treatment facility ACF Goal?

6525. Smoking-Pregnancy-Infants Research-Protocol (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/smoking-pregnancy-infants_research-protocol.pdf
      March 11, 2013 - [Varenicline - pharmacological therapy of tobacco dependence]. … [Pregnancy and nicotine substitution treatment: what to do?]. … [Pregnancy and nicotine substitution treatments: what to do?]. … [Nicotine replacement therapies during pregnancy: what do we know about the balance between benefits … [Weight cycling during treatment of obese women].

6526. Evidence Summary: Aspirin Use to Prevent Preeclampsia and Related Morbidity and Mortality: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/low-dose-aspirin-use-for-the-prevention-of-morbidity-and-mortality-from-preeclampsia-preventive-medication
      September 28, 2021 - Studies limited to persons seeking fertility treatments were not included. … The gestational age at which aspirin therapy was initiated across the trials varied substantially, with … For individuals at increased risk of preeclampsia, daily low-dose aspirin therapy was associated with … Low-dose aspirin therapy to prevent preeclampsia. … Pre-eclampsia: screening and aspirin therapy for prevention of pre-eclampsia.

6527. Assessing Applicability (ppt file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/assessing-applicability.ppt
      January 01, 2009 - Thus, when evaluating studies comparing complication rates between surgical repair and other therapies … treatment effect size. … treatment effect size. … therapy. … Watchful waiting would be reasonable if the baseline treatment in both groups was standard medical therapy

6528. Detailed Methods for Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2021qdr-mepsmethods.pdf
      December 01, 2021 - It questions respondents about the care they received in the treatment of their diabetes. … The supplement was redesigned in 2018 to gather information on whether treatment was not used or was … who sometimes or never found it easy to get the care, tests, or treatment Core changed to non-core … Variables for getting the care, tests, or treatment measures were dropped in 2018 and 2019. 2021 … with a USC who sometimes or never asked person to help make decisions when there was a choice between treatments

6529. Layout 1 (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/acs-pci-adjunctive-devices_executive.pdf
      December 01, 2011 - Effectiveness Reviews, the program supports systematic appraisals of existing scientific evidence regarding treatments … include mortality, MACE (including reinfarction, target revascularization, and stroke) and impact of therapy … In RCTs, ejection fraction was not significantly impacted by catheter aspiration therapy versus control … In patients with mixed ACS, the impact of device therapy on many intermediate outcomes was not assessed … Given the inadequate power in overall analyses or lack of data, we cannot determine the impact of therapy

6530. QDR 2014: Chartbook for Hispanic Health Care, Part 3 (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/hispanichealth/2014nhqdr-hispanichealth-pt3.pdf
      June 01, 2014 - Musculoskeletal diseases ■ Respiratory diseases Nephrologist Consultation Before Renal Replacement Therapy … Patients who saw a nephrologist at least 12 months prior to initiation of renal replacement therapy, … Patients who saw a nephrologist at least 12 months prior to initiation of renal replacement therapy, … ESRD patients who began nephrology care at least 12 months prior to initiation of renal replacement therapy … Nephrologist Consultation Before Renal Replacement Therapy Care for Chronic Joint Symptoms Completion

6531. Disposition of Comments for Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Orthopedic Surgery (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/blood-clots-hip-knee-surgery_disposition-comments.pdf
      March 01, 2012 - What other medical, injury or treatment factors (i.e. orthopaedic resident cases, time?) … Major bleeding occurred in 0.1% of patients in both treatment groups. … That treatment, as with treatment for PE, usually with warfarin, carries with it its own risks of bleeding … , FACS Results If at all possible it would be helpful to show comparative data in tables so that treatments … " may not provide a complete picture of the effect of anticoagulation and other treatments.

6532. Overuse of Computed Tomography Scans for the Evaluation of Children with Atraumatic Headache: Report (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-206-fullreport.pdf
      November 01, 2019 - • Relevance to the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment benefit in Medicaid (EPSDT … Date and time of treatment. 4. Type of tests administered. 5. Date of tests performed. 6.

6533. Screening for Obesity and Intervention for Weight Management in Children and Adolescents: Evidence Report and Systematic Review (pdf file)
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/Jz4WcZ2Wy3-nV6jNUrwUzX
      June 20, 2017 - Pharmaco­ jama.com therapy trials had to include a placebo control. … reflected in the unadjusted analyses.68,69,71 The trial with the most intensive concomitant lifestyle therapy … Despite differences in metfor­ min dose and concomitant therapy between trials, statistical heterogeneity … Family Weight School treatment: 1-year results in obese adolescents. … Metformin and placebo therapy both improve weight management and fasting insulin in obese insulin-resistant

6534. Medication-Adherence-Interventions Executive (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/medication-adherence-interventions_executive.pdf
      September 01, 2012 - Although medical researchers have demonstrated many efficacious medical treatments to improve health … Adherence to Long Term Therapies: Evidence for Action. … Adherence to Long Term Therapies: Evidence for Action. … Compliance in antihypertensive therapy: analyses in scientific articles. … or therapeutic compliance?

6535. Enhancing Medication CPOE Quality & Safety by Indications Based Prescribing - Final Report (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r01hs023694-schiff-final-report-2018.pdf
      January 01, 2018 - pharmacists on our team in collaboration with practicing clinicians and academic faculty with expertise in therapeutics … order was considered inappropriate included an incorrect route, frequency, duration or dose or the treatment … was missing ceftriaxone as part of the therapy for gonorrhea or the PPI as part of the therapy for … indications o Sorting out how to differentiate an indication from a diagnosis or symptom o Empirical treatment … info button” function in our system to go directly to outside reference sources further discussing treatment

6536. Recommendation: Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Adolescents and Adults: Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/unhealthy-alcohol-use-in-adolescents-and-adults-screening-and-behavioral-counseling-interventions
      November 13, 2018 - Treatments and Interventions Brief behavioral counseling interventions were found to reduce unhealthy … recommendations do not apply to persons who have a current diagnosis of or who are seeking evaluation or treatment … hours or less. 1 Primary care settings often used the Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment … The review did not include treatment with medications because medications are used to treat severe AUD … Substance use screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment [published online June 20, 2016

6537. Can Physical Activity Improve the Health of Wheelchair Users? Amended Protocol (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/wheelchair-users-amended-protocol.pdf
      June 21, 2019 - due, in part, to the specific disease that limits mobility or leads to the use of a wheelchair, the treatment … • Exclude: Comparisons to other active comparators such as drug therapy. … population, setting, interventions, and comparison groups; a valid method for allocation of patients to treatment … Equine-Assisted Therapy/ 18. Bicycling/ 19. Hydrotherapy/ 20. exp Balneology/ 21. … control* or trial or cohort or group* or arm*).ti,ab. 20. limit 18 to ("0300 clinical trial" or 2100 treatment

6538. Neonatal Intensive Care All-Condition Readmissions with Gestational Age Reported (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-207-fullreport.pdf
      June 01, 2019 - • Relevance to the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment benefit in Medicaid (EPSDT … premature/low birthweight infants, the EPSDT program will be integral in early identification and treatment … Variation in risk-adjusted hospital readmission after treatment of appendicitis at 38 children's hospitals

6539. Patient Characteristics of Opioid-Related Inpatient Stays and Emergency Department Visits Nationally and by State, 2014 (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb224-Patient-Characteristics-Opioid-Hospital-Stays-ED-Visits-by-State.pdf
      December 01, 2016 - E935.0–E935.2: Heroin, methadone, other opiates and related narcotics causing adverse effects in therapeutic … use • E940.1: Opiate antagonists causing adverse effects in therapeutic use … However, if a patient received long-term care, rehabilitation, or treatment for a psychiatric or chemical … However, if a patient received long-term care, rehabilitation, or treatment for a psychiatric or chemical … quality of health services, medical practice patterns, access to health care programs, and outcomes of treatments

6540. Recommendation: Breast Cancer: Medication Use to Reduce Risk | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/breast-cancer-medications-for-risk-reduction
      September 03, 2019 - breast cancer susceptibility 1 and 2 genes ( BRCA1/2 ) and women with a history of chest radiation therapy … in the extended treatment period may have received tamoxifen or raloxifene during the initial treatment … Toxicity of extended adjuvant therapy with aromatase inhibitors in early breast cancer: a systematic … Use of the Gail model and breast cancer preventive therapy among three primary care specialties. … A phase-III prevention trial of low-dose tamoxifen in postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy users