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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/evidence-map-hcbs-protocol.pdf
July 27, 2023 - Evidence Map on Home and Community Based Services
Evidence-based Practice Center Technical Brief Protocol
Project Title: Evidence Map on Home and Community Based Services
I. Background and Objectives
One in four adults in the United States live with some form of disability that impacts their
cognit…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/engaging-caregivers-rapid-review.pdf
April 01, 2024 - single-arm study) which
assessed PSPs focused on discharge to home, transfers from intensive care units … Details of studies focused on transfers from intensive care units ................................... … Details of studies focused on transfers from intensive care units
Author, Year
Risk of Bias … nurse, and family
perceptions of care in the surgical,
neurological, and medical intensive care
units
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cer-231-dementia-interventions-evidence-summary_0.pdf
August 01, 2020 - Evidence Summary: CER 231 Care Interventions for People Living With Dementia and Their Caregivers
Comparative Effectiveness Review
Number 231
Care Interventions for People Living
With Dementia and Their Caregivers
Evidence Summary
Main Points
Background and Purpose
The aging of the U.S. population and the co…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/labor-nitrous-oxide_executive.pdf
August 01, 2012 - 1
Comparative Effectiveness Review
Number 67
Nitrous Oxide for the Management of
Labor Pain
Executive Summary
Background
More than 4 million births occur in
the United States each year; in 2008,
there were 4,247,694 births.1 The most
commonly used labor pain management
method in the United States is epidural…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/product/pdf/respectful-maternity-care-protocol.pdf
September 16, 2022 - Respectful Maternity Care: Dissemination and Implementation of Perinatal Safety Culture to Improve Equitable Maternal Healthcare Delivery and Outcomes
Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol
Project Title: Respectful Maternity Care: Dissemination and Implementation of
Perinatal Safety Cu…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/masks-appendix-table-b-1-version-1.xlsx
April 09, 2020 - mask in HCWs Recruitment September 23, 2008 to April 23, 2009 Canada (Toronto area) Tertiary hospital units … (emergency, acute medical, pediatric) Hospital units HCWs (nurses) with current fit-test certification … working full time (>37 hr/wk) in study units during 2008-2009 influenza season HCWs (nurses): 422 A:
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/masks-surveillance-2-appendix-table-a-1.xlsx
April 09, 2020 - mask in HCWs Recruitment September 23, 2008, to April 23, 2009 Canada (Toronto area) Tertiary hospital units … (emergency, acute medical, pediatric) Hospital units HCWs (nurses) with current fit-test certification … working full time (>37 hr/wk) in study units during 2008-2009 influenza season HCWs (nurses): 422 A:
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/masks-appendix-table-b-1-version-2.xlsx
April 09, 2020 - mask in HCWs Recruitment September 23, 2008, to April 23, 2009 Canada (Toronto area) Tertiary hospital units … (emergency, acute medical, pediatric) Hospital units HCWs (nurses) with current fit-test certification … working full time (>37 hr/wk) in study units during 2008-2009 influenza season HCWs (nurses): 422 A:
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/Masks-appendix-table-b-1-surveillance-report.xlsx
April 09, 2020 - mask in HCWs Recruitment September 23, 2008, to April 23, 2009 Canada (Toronto area) Tertiary hospital units … (emergency, acute medical, pediatric) Hospital units HCWs (nurses) with current fit-test certification … working full time (>37 hr/wk) in study units during 2008-2009 influenza season HCWs (nurses): 422 A:
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cancer-end-of-life-measures-framework_research.pdf
April 01, 2010 - unit
Implementation Feasibility/usability:
38% of patients met
criteria, multiple
intensive care units … admission
Implementation Feasibility/usability:
72% of patients met
criteria, multiple
intensive care units
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cancer-quality-indicator-framework_research.pdf
April 01, 2010 - unit
Implementation Feasibility/usability:
38% of patients met
criteria, multiple
intensive care units … admission
Implementation Feasibility/usability:
72% of patients met
criteria, multiple
intensive care units
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mhs-iv-patient-safety-practices-year-2.pdf
May 01, 2025 - Making Healthcare Safer IV: Summary of Findings on Patient Safety Practices and Ratings by a Technical Expert Panel, 2024-2025
Making Healthcare Safer IV
Making Healthcare Safer IV: Summary of Findings
on Patient Safety Practices and Ratings by a
Technical Expert Panel, 2024-2025
Prepared for:
Agen…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/breast-biopsy-update_clinician.pdf
May 01, 2016 - Core-Needle Biopsy for Breast Abnormalities
Core-Needle Biopsy for Breast Abnormalities
Clinical Issue
About one in eight women in the United States will develop
invasive breast cancer during her lifetime. Approximately
290,000 new cases of breast cancer are diagnosed each year
in the United States, and more than…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-195-disposition-comments-uterine-fibroids.pdf
December 14, 2017 - These
errors are really too numerous to mention, but here are some
examples: Lack of units or inconsistency … of use of units in
column headers on tables. … have this issue
(e.g., Table ES-A, on pg ES-3, lines 51-52: "Mean followup
duration" doesn't have units … and
Usability
Another example is on pg. 19, Table 6, where the column for
"Uterine Size" has no units … To the left and right the units are
cubic cms, but it needs to be specified for this column as well.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mhs-IV-sepsis.pdf
July 01, 2023 - EHC Protocol: Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review
1
Evidence-based Practice Center Rapid Review Protocol
Project Title: Making Healthcare Safer IV: Sepsis Prediction,
Recognition, and Intervention
Review Questions
1. What is the frequency and s…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mhs4-infection-prevention-mdro-rapid-research.pdf
April 01, 2024 - protocol implementation
Salgado
et al.,
201352
Randomized
controlled trial
3 intensive care
units … daily chlorhexidine bathing for
preventing healthcare-associated infections in
adult intensive care units … multidrug-resistant organisms and all-
cause bloodstream infections in general
medical and surgical units … Prevention and Control of
Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria in Adult Intensive Care Units:
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/mrsa-screening-2010_research-protocol.pdf
January 01, 2010 - screening for this pathogen was associated with decreased transmission
at the level of individual units … Settings
O Inpatient: hospital wards and intensive care units.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/hemorrhage-postpartum_executive.pdf
April 01, 2015 - management of
postpartum haemorrhage following the dissemination of guidelines
in a network of 16 maternity units
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/13_pulmonary_potential_high_impact_june_2012.pdf
January 01, 2012 - PULMONARY with "Discussions" in Exec Summary
AHRQ Healthcare Horizon Scanning System – Potential High
Impact Interventions Report
Priority Area 13: Pulmonary Disease, Including Asthma
Prepared for:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
540 Gai…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/mental-illness-adults-prisons_research-protocol.pdf
September 13, 2012 - Includes self-contained mental health units for the care of inmates with
SMI who are unable to function … or prison to prison), but include inpatient care,
short-term crisis beds, and long-term residential units … populations
mentally ill offenders/ OR (forensic ADJ (hospital* OR patients OR setting* OR unit
OR units