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101. Guiding Principles Help Healthcare Community Address Potential Bias Resulting from Algorithms | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/press-releases/guiding-principles.html
     December 01, 2023 - The use of algorithms is expanding in many realms of healthcare, from diagnostics and treatments to payer … Although algorithms are widely used and can offer value in diagnostics and treatments, not all individuals

102. PowerPoint Presentation
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/pruhealing/puh-erepguide_slides.pptx
     November 01, 2016 - and Treatment Guidelines. … Adjunctive therapies Interventions and consultations Content of On-Time Pressure Ulcer Assessment November … onset and ulcer days Ulcer onset date, site, initial and most recent stage Ulcer status, number of treatments … and interventions: Treatments (e.g., wound cleanser, debridement, topical and protective agents, dressings … Width, and Depth Braden Score Healed, Improving, or Worsening Signs of Delayed Healing Current Stage Treatments

103. Funding Opportunities to Address Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/opioids/funding-opportunities.html
     February 01, 2023 - AHRQ is interested in projects that build on recent research on effective treatments and effective models … adequately addressed and have exacerbated existing disparities in substance use disorder screening and treatment … care and primary care settings, with a particular interest in substances for which pharmacological treatments

104. Upper Respiratory Tract Infection: The Common Cold (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/respiratory-one-pager.pdf
     September 01, 2022 - Treatment • Antibiotics are not indicated for the treatment of the common cold.1 • Patients should … • Consider the following treatments for symptom management in adults and children ≥ 6 years of age … years because of reports of harm, including apnea and serious overdoses.6,7 • Consider the following treatments … • Antibiotic treatment does not prevent complications.9 • Symptoms usually last about 1 week and up … Treatment of the common cold in children and adults. Am Fam Physician. 2012 Jul 15;86(2):153-9.

105. Smoking Cessation Evidence and Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/evidence/smoking.html
     March 01, 2021 - This comprehensive report synthesizes evidence on the use of behavioral counseling and medication treatments … the Tobacco Use and Dependence Guideline Panel contains strategies and recommendations for effective treatments … Dispelling Myths About Nicotine Replacement Therapy This fact sheet for patients reviews and refutes … common myths about nicotine replacement therapy to assist in smoking cessation. … Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR) compares the impact of two or more preventive, diagnostic, treatment

106. 128. Treatment Recommendations: Medications (Continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-full/slide128.html
     October 01, 2014 - Treatment Recommendations: Medications (Continued) Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 … medication for treating tobacco use and dependence (continued) Should nicotine replacement therapies … course of medications, who have relapsed in the past after stopping medication, or who desire long-term therapy … , or the nicotine patch with bupropion SR, increases long-term abstinence rates relative to placebo treatments

107. Measures of Engagement in Decisionmaking | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/personcentered/measures4.html
     June 01, 2018 - Treatment plans also need to incorporate patients’ values and preferences. … Providers Asking Patients To Assist in Making Treatment Decisions, by Insurance and Education People … care who sometimes or never asked the person to help make decisions when there was a choice between treatments … Providers Asking Patients To Assist in Making Treatment Decisions, by Number of Chronic Conditions and … care who sometimes or never asked the person to help make decisions when there was a choice between treatments

108. Final Progress Report: Improve Safety, Quality, and Efficiency in Radiotherapy with Automated HIT System (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-04/yang-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - Dedicated Treatment Management Systems (TMS) are now managing all aspects of the patient RT treatments … This study was designed to cover the cancer patients who received external beam radiation therapy treatments … There are many types of potential errors during radiation therapy treatments. … patient treatments could be detected automatically. … Not all radiation therapy (RT) treatment planning systems (TPS) are supported.

109. | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2017 - A Review of the Research for Adults This guide from the Effective Health Care Program presents treatment … It does not cover specific treatments. The summary is greater than 3 years old. … It does not cover specific treatments. The summary is greater than 3 years old.

110. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/d4g_pdi09-postoprespfailure-bestpractices.pdf
     May 17, 2016 - postoperative respiratory failure and screen all patients undergoing elective surgery.5 Initiate various treatments … Recommended Practice: Initiate various treatments during the perioperative and postoperative period … www.rcjournal.com/cpgs/pdf/10.11.1600.pdf Staff Required • Surgeons • Intensivists • Nursing • Respiratory therapy … Essential First Steps Recommended Practice: Assess risk factors Recommended Practice: Initiate various treatments

111. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4u_combo_pdi09-postoprespfailure-bestpractices.pdf
     May 17, 2016 - postoperative respiratory failure and screen all patients undergoing elective surgery.5 Initiate various treatments … Recommended Practice: Initiate various treatments during the perioperative and postoperative period … www.rcjournal.com/cpgs/pdf/10.11.1600.pdf Staff Required • Surgeons • Intensivists • Nursing • Respiratory therapy … Essential First Steps Recommended Practice: Assess risk factors Recommended Practice: Initiate various treatments

112. | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2016 - Date: March 2016 Publication Number: 13-0001 Consumer Guide - Noninvasive Treatments … for Low Back Pain This guide from the Effective Health Care Program discusses noninvasive treatments

113. HHS Awards $45 Million in Grants to Expand Access to Care for People with Long COVID | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/press-releases/long-covid-grant-awards.html
     September 01, 2023 - “Treatment of Long COVID is a major focus for HHS, and AHRQ is helping lead the way through grants to … “Without diagnostic tests and treatments specific for Long COVID conditions, drawing on the collective … COVID-19 (PDF, 1.6 MB) report lay the groundwork to advance progress in the prevention, diagnosis, treatment … enrollment for phase 2 Long COVID clinical trials in July that will evaluate at least four potential treatments

114. 30. Ten Key Guideline Recommendations (Continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-full/slide30.html
     October 01, 2014 - Brief tobacco dependence treatment is effective. … Clinicians should offer every patient who uses tobacco at least the brief treatments shown to be effective … Individual, group and telephone counseling are effective and their effectiveness increases with treatment … attempt: Practical counseling (problem-solving/skills training) and social support delivered as part of treatment

115. 48. 10 Key Guideline Recommendations (Numbers 4 and 5) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-overview/slide48.html
     October 01, 2014 - Brief tobacco dependence treatment is effective. … Clinicians should offer every patient who uses tobacco at least the brief treatments shown to be effective … Individual, group, and telephone counseling are effective, and their effectiveness increases with treatment … Social support delivered as part of treatment.  

116. Identify, Teach and Treat (IT2): Automating Clinical Decision Pathways for the Care of Women (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/projects/urinary/evidencenow-it2.pdf
     July 01, 2025 - Describe and compare UI treatment options preferred by patients. 4. … Describe the impact of automated UI screening on the utilization of UI treatments. 5. … The proportions of patients with bothersome UI receiving referrals to nonsurgical and surgical treatments … goals into an algorithm that produces a treatment preference map … They deserve education about the problem and treatment options.

117. The Theory of Distributed Cognition | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/distributed-cognition-er-nurses2.html
     August 01, 2022 - sheet may include information such as medications that are due, when medication should be given, other therapies … and treatments nurses are responsible for, and timing of all these treatments.

118. Improving the Emergency Department Discharge Process | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/emergency-dept/discharge-process.html
     July 01, 2017 - signal potentially significant clinical implications for the patients themselves, including unfinished treatments

119. Be the expert on you, Patient Notes (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/resources/diagnostic-toolkit/10-diagnostic-safety-tool-patient-note-sheet.pdf
     August 01, 2021 - � Treatments? � Something else? What are you worried about?

120. 191. Specific Populations and Other Topics (Continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-full/slide191.html
     October 01, 2014 - Pilot data indicate that effective treatments work with this population.