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8701. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4l_combo_psi15-accidentalpuncturelaceration-bestpractices.pdf
      May 31, 2016 - • Accidental puncture and laceration is not uncommon among hospitals in the United States.

8702. Prologue | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/liability/prologue.html
      August 01, 2017 - long resolution time (for example, the average medical malpractice lawsuit that goes to trial in the United … States takes about 3.5 years to resolve), 3 different insurance models (i.e., captive vs. commercial

8703. Identifying and Reducing Errors in Perioperative Anesthesia Medication Delivery | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/anesthesia-medication-long-desc.html
      January 01, 2025 - cited in nearly 200 other publications, as well as posters and presentations at conferences in the United … States and internationally.

8704. Acute Care Learning Laboratory—Reducing Threats to Diagnostic Fidelity in Critical Illness | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/acute-care-threats-long-desc.html
      February 01, 2024 - A qualitative exploration across diverse acute care settings in the United States .

8705. Medical Expenditure Panel Survey - Household Participant Frequently Asked Questions
      meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/communication/household_participant_faqs.jsp
      Families and individuals in scientifically selected communities throughout the United States participate

8706. Falls | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/falls
      October 27, 2021 - Approximately half of the 1.6 million nursing home residents in the United States fall each year, and

8707. StartSmart(TM): Health Information Technology to Improve Adherence to Prenatal Guidelines | Digital Healthcare Research
      digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/startsmarttm-health-information-technology-improve-adherence-prenatal
      January 01, 2023 - Despite advancements in perinatal healthcare in the United States, there has been little improvement

8708. Implementing USPSTF Recommendations for Breast Cancer Screening and Prevention by Integrating Clinical Decision Support Tools with the Electronic Health Record | Digital Healthcare Research
      digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/implementing-uspstf-recommendations-breast-cancer-screening-and-prevention
      August 31, 2025 - Services Task Force Recommendations Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in the United … States excluding nonmelanoma skin cancer.

8709. Health Information Technology in Heart Failure Care | Digital Healthcare Research
      digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/health-information-technology-heart-failure-care
      January 01, 2023 - Care Theme Chronic Disease Management Provider Burden Technology Usability In the United … States, patients with heart failure experience 4 million hospitalizations per year.

8710. Power to the Patient: Design and Test of Closed-Loop Interactive IT for Geriatric Heart Failure Self-Care | Digital Healthcare Research
      digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/power-patient-design-and-test-closed-loop-interactive-it-geriatric-heart
      January 01, 2023 - CHF) is a serious, costly chronic disease and the leading and fastest-growing cause of death in the United … States among all cardiovascular diseases.

8711. Evaluation of a Computerized Clinical Decision Support System and Electronic Health Record (EHR)-linked Registry to Improve Management of Hypertension in Community-based Health Centers | Digital Healthcare Research
      digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/evaluation-computerized-clinical-decision-support-system-and-electronic-health
      January 01, 2023 - Medication Adherence Quality Improvement Hypertension affects millions of adults in the United … States (US) and is the most prevalent modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease.

8712. TELE-TOC Telehealth Education Leveraging Electronic Transitions of Care for COPD Patients | Digital Healthcare Research
      digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/tele-toc-telehealth-education-leveraging-electronic-transitions-care-copd-patients
      January 01, 2024 - obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the most common chronic diseases among adults in the United … States that often requires hospitalization and, far too frequently, rehospitalizations.

8713. Screening for Hepatitis B Virus Infection - Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/_YbH4zWjUdppo-uWMUg4qC
      February 01, 2004 - • The main risk factors for HBV infection in the United States include diagnosis with a sexually transmitted

8714. Prescribing Patterns of Preferred or Formulary Medications (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/prescribing-patterns-of-preferred-or-formulary-medications-quick-reference-guide.pdf
      April 01, 2009 - Trends in antihypertensive drug use in the United States: do the JNC V recommendations affect prescribing

8715. September 2021 Surveillance Report 1: Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 250: Living Systematic Review on Cannabis and Other Plant-Based Treatments for Chronic Pain (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-250-cannabis-other-plant-based-treatments-surveillance-report-1-updated_0.PDF
      December 01, 2021 - public- and private-sector organizations in their efforts to improve the quality of healthcare in the United … States.

8716. Statistical Brief #168: Trends in Outpatient Prescription Drug Utilization and Expenditures, 1997 and 2004 (pdf file)
      meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st168/stat168.pdf
      April 01, 2007 - in obtaining more information about access, cost, use, financing, and quality of health care in the United … States.

8717. Behavioral Counseling to Promote a Healthful Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults with Cardiovascular Risk Factors (pdf file)
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/rhSzEVBjRK5CW8G42VWuVU
      August 01, 2014 - Diet and Physical Activity Counseling Heart disease and stroke are leading causes of death in the United … States, and risk factors for these diseases are very common.

8718. Ambulatory Care Safety | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/ambulatory-care-safety
      December 15, 2024 - Indeed, one study estimated that 5% of adults in the United States experience a missed or delayed diagnosis

8719. EvidenceNOW Managing Unhealthy Alcohol Use: The STUN (STop UNhealthy) Alcohol Use Now Trial (pdf file)
      integrationacademy.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2020-12/Grantee%20Profile%20North%20Carolina.pdf
      January 01, 2020 - Region North Carolina has a population of over 10 million people and is the 10th largest State in the United … States.

8720. A Direct-to-Patient Alert for Glycated Hemoglobin Screening Using Prediction Modeling and Mobile Health (mHealth) | Digital Healthcare Research
      digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/direct-patient-alert-glycated-hemoglobin-screening-using-prediction-modeling
      January 01, 2023 - Patient Engagement Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a pervasive public health issue in the United … States.