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7421. May I Have Another?—Medication Error | PSNet
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      March 01, 2009 - ineffective, take another" allows considerable opportunity to interpret the meaning of ineffective, as well … particularly for patients with limited literacy skills or limited English proficiency.( 17-19 ) Despite being … We know better ways to communicate instructions on a container label, as well as how to provide plain … the end the solution must involve the entire continuum of prescribing and dispensing medication, as well

7422. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      March 31, 2021 - the patient’s multiple sclerosis is not specified, the description of the patient in this case as being … Additionally, clinicians should be well versed in the complications that elderly, immunocompromised … online; however, there are tools such as remote stethoscopes and pulse oximeters that are available as well … These options all should be considered, as well as use of remote monitoring equipment that allows for

7423. Medication Reconciliation: Whose Job Is It? | PSNet
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      May 01, 2018 - These challenges are well illustrated in this case. … As the best practices for reconciling medications are being defined on the front lines, several common … They should also understand why they take each of the medications as well as why medication changes occur … Information technology can facilitate medication reconciliation if it is devised to support a well-designed

7424. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2018 - which did state there was a thrombosis in the right lower extremity, but went on to describe it as being … anticoagulation include an elevated D-dimer, unprovoked clots, active cancer, or severe symptoms, as well … with atrial fibrillation.(15) Observational data now suggests that bridging is overused for VTE as well … influenced by many complex factors, including the lack of high-quality evidence in specific situations as well

7425. Appendix B: Risk Assessment Models, Protocols, and Order Sets (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      January 01, 2020 - (e.g., CABG patients get IPC but abdominal surgery patients would get LMWH or UFH, instead of both being … Never tested or tried as VTE risk assessment model in admission order sets and not particularly well … Well-developed male in no acute distress, oxygen at 2 liters per nasal cannula in place. … Physical exam reveals a well-appearing man with normal vital signs. Next Page Return to Contents

7426. Methods | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2017 - deliverables: Synthesis of research in the field, Inventory and description of current interventions being … mixed methods or quantitative or qualitative methods, including meta-analyses and systematic reviews Well … Categories and Codes Category Codes Quality of Evidence Evaluated intervention Well-described … Common themes emerging were validated by the key informants and additional subject matter experts as well

7427. Section 3: Selecting and Targeting Populations for a Care Management Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2014 - programs, States can choose to include members diagnosed with specific chronic diseases, the most common being … Members with chronic diseases as well as depression and high-risk maternity cases may participate in … coaching are to empower members to better understand their illness and self-manage their condition, as well

7428. Archived: Lipid Disorders in Adults (Cholesterol, Dyslipidemia): Screening, 2001 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      March 14, 2014 - heart disease, including smoking cessation, treatment of blood pressure, diabetes, and obesity, as well … rather than routine screening. 12  The ATP II and the Canadian Task Force recommendations are currently being … Good: Evidence includes consistent results from well-designed, well-conducted studies in representative

7429. Appendix B: Risk Assessment Models, Protocols, and Order Sets (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      January 01, 2020 - (e.g., CABG patients get IPC but abdominal surgery patients would get LMWH or UFH, instead of both being … Never tested or tried as VTE risk assessment model in admission order sets and not particularly well … Well-developed male in no acute distress, oxygen at 2 liters per nasal cannula in place. … Physical exam reveals a well-appearing man with normal vital signs. Next Page Return to Contents

7430. PII: S0749-3797(01)00266-5 (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2001 - heart disease, including smoking cessation, treatment of blood pressure, diabetes, and obesity, as well … rather than routine screening.12 The ATP II and the Canadian Task Force recommendations are cur- rently being … Good: Evidence includes consistent results from well-designed, well-conducted studies in representative

7431. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2012 - She also vaguely remembered being given a number at the hospital to call if she had any issues at home … of the discharge instructions, medication changes, and follow-up plans for patients who are doing well … important to include the time pharmacists, physicians, and case managers spend in troubleshooting, as well … This case illustrates how a scripted, well-resourced phone call program can be used to reduce adverse

7432. Final Progress Report: Regional Approach for THQIT in Rural Settings - Planning (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2024 - Results: Our principle findings include a regional assessment of the value of information sharing as well … Because of a higher concentration of information technology and patient data available in hospitals (as well … The available technologies were then evaluated to determine how well they were able to meet identified … Patients and payors seem to be the likely recipients of most of the benefit, but providers are being

7433. Improving Communication and Teamwork in the Surgical Environment
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      May 01, 2017 - settings…acknowledges that families, however they are defined, are essential to patients’ health and well-being … coordination among all members of the health care team across settings To be supported emotionally as well … problems at home Educate the patient and family throughout their time in the ASC facility Assess how well

7434. Failure to Report | PSNet
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      July 01, 2008 - Case & Commentary: Part 1 A well-appearing 9-month-old infant weighing 8 kg presented with urinary … type of "Do Not Disturb" signage that is posted by the storage area during times when medications are being … proximity and why haven't steps been taken to reduce cognitive overload on caregivers even though it is well … increased by 275%.( 19 ) The rise in reports was attributed to enhanced reporting accessibility as well

7435. Implementation Guide: Factors to Consider in Managing Chronic Pain: A Pain Management Summary (pdf file)
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      December 01, 2018 - integration with the EHR is described in this document in the section “Integration with the EHR, as well … Delta to help improve his functional status as well as acupuncture to reduce his level of pain. 3. … Each of the three pain assessments below were expressed individually in the CQL code (as opposed to being … a positive urine screen for an opioid that was not ordered by the clinical practice that they are being … this would include medications prescribed outside of the primary care setting where the patient is being

7436. Recommendation: Tobacco Use in Children and Adolescents: Primary Care Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      April 28, 2020 - This topic is being updated. … refers to any tobacco product, including cigarettes, cigars (including cigarillos and little cigars), as well … The following risk factors may increase the risk of tobacco use in youth: being male, white race, not … having parents with lower levels of education, parental smoking, having childhood friends who smoke, being … on interventions to prevent cigarette smoking could be applied to prevention of e-cigarette use as well

7437. NPSD Data Spotlight: Patterns of Fall Interventions (pdf file)
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      September 01, 2023 - for each fall are specified by data element (DE) DE216, “Which of the following were in place and being … Data mining approaches, like Frequent Pattern Mining, are well suited for this situation. … least one intervention selected for Data element DE216, “Which of the following were in place and being … fall were captured in DE216 in response to the question “Which of the following were in place and being … senior subgroups are similar (Appendix A Figure A1), with the most frequent intervention in place being

7438. Compendium of U.S. Health Systems, 2016, Hospital Linkage File, Technical Documentation (pdf file)
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      October 01, 2018 - We linked hospitals reported as being assigned to only one health system to that system.viii Of the 6,762 … We manually reviewed the 398 hospitals identified as being assigned to two or more health systems due … one health system include those in which all three data sources agree on the system assignment, as well … a system, and the other two data sources do not assign a system for the hospital, it is listed as being … The hospitals are identified as different types in the AHA data, with the most common being surgical

7439. Interventions to Prevent Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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      June 04, 2024 - of car- diovascular disease events, cardiovascular disease mortality, and all- cause mortality, as well … moderate-intensity, or 75 to 150 min- utes per week of vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity, as well … Half of the exercise trials reported harms, with generally minor musculoskeletal adverse effects being … In some cases, clinical preventive services have been well studied, but there are important evidence … Dr Wong reported being an unpaid coauthor of several falls-related publications.

7440. Recommendation: Falls Prevention in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      June 04, 2024 - risk of cardiovascular disease events, cardiovascular disease mortality, and all-cause mortality, as well … moderate-intensity, or 75 to 150 minutes per week of vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity, as well … Half of the exercise trials reported harms, with generally minor musculoskeletal adverse effects being … Dr Wong reported being an unpaid coauthor of several falls-related publications. … In some cases, clinical preventive services have been well studied, but there are important evidence