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7681. Timeliness of Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Children With Sickle Cell Disease (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-135-fullreport.pdf
      February 01, 2017 - hospitalizations restrict daily activities and reflect negatively on school attendance and performance, as well … Of these children, 63 percent averaged one well-child visit per year, and 10 percent had at least one … Face validity is the degree to which the measure construct characterizes the concept being assessed, … This testing is mandatory in all 50 States, as well as in the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the … for this may be obtained through multiple successive fills, which may be an indicator of medications being

7682. Final Progress Report: Producing Evidence: Coordination within a Multiteam System Makes Healthcare Safer (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/jones2-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - .† 70 63 .07 When an event is reported, it feels like the person is being written up, not the problem … cooperation among hospital departments that need to work together. 76 67 .02 Hospital departments work well … together to provide the best care for patients. 86 76 .003 Hospital departments do not coordinate well … Patient and Caregiver Perceptions of Being Safe from Falling in the Hospital. 2. … Versions exist for hospitals that work directly with us as well as for hospitals who use the form

7683. Research Findings #4: Nursing Homes - Structure and Selected Characteristics, 1996
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      January 01, 1998 - that include independent living and/or personal care units, as well … unbiased national and regional estimates for the population in nursing homes, as well … effort took place over a 1-1/2 year period, with the reference period being … ) and retirement centers that have independent living and/or personal care units, as well … include independent living and/or personal care units, as well

7684. Final Progress Report: Mentored Implementation of I-PASS for Better Handoffs and Safer Care (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/landrigan-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Methods: We adapted the I-PASS handoff program for use in adult as well as pediatric providers and … Handoff observers were instructed to observe multiple patients being handed off within a handoff session … also sent to the primary site lead from each participating site immediately after participation as well … b) I-PASS champions (60-minute session focused on how to observe and give feedback on handoffs as well … Site champions reported high rates of both sustainability of the intervention as well as independent

7685. Developing an Interactive Patient-Centered mHealth Tool to Enhance Post-Cystectomy Care | Digital Healthcare Research
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      January 01, 2023 - More recently, quality assessment and reimbursement are being based on post-discharge outcomes.

7686. Screening for Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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      February 25, 2020 - decision-making; patient function, quality of life, and neuropsychiatric symptoms; caregiver burden and well-being … aimed at improving patient cognition, physical function, quality of life (QOL), caregiver burden or well-being … A biobehavioral home-based intervention and the well-being of patients with dementia and their caregivers … in persons with mild Alzheimer disease and has impact on neither disease progression nor caregivers’ well-being … Video-based coping skills to reduce health risk and improve psychological and physical well-being in

7687. Final Evidence Summary: Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      February 25, 2020 - decision-making; patient function, quality of life, and neuropsychiatric symptoms; caregiver burden and well-being … aimed at improving patient cognition, physical function, quality of life (QOL), caregiver burden or well-being … A biobehavioral home-based intervention and the well-being of patients with dementia and their caregivers … in persons with mild Alzheimer disease and has impact on neither disease progression nor caregivers’ well-being … Video-based coping skills to reduce health risk and improve psychological and physical well-being in

7688. Screening for Child and Adolescent Depression in Primary Care Settings: A Systematic Evidence Review (pdf file)
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/R33bUm6oyjhWnbw96pJHwE
      April 01, 2009 - and methodologically limited, it indicates that several screening instruments have performed fairly well … No single study stood out as being of good quality. … years of age in the United States and other similarly developed Westernized populations (defined as being … More general mental health screening tools were included if they had a depression module or were being … Screening test relevant, available for primary care, adequately described The nature of the test being

7689. Behavioral Health Apps in Primary Care | The Academy
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      July 01, 2024 - Apps can make it possible to virtually deliver several well-established, evidence based behavioral health … While being evidence based is generally better than not, it is also important to review the published … in following the treatment plan of the app will be useful in determining the utility of the app as well … Mobile apps that promote emotion regulation, positive mental health, and well-being in the general population … Digital mental health interventions for depression, anxiety, and enhancement of psychological well-being

7690. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/diabetes-update-2015_disposition-comments.pdf
      January 01, 2015 - metformin compared with other medications so we can't really make specific claims about metformin being … "beneficial" versus the sulfonylureas being "harmful." … In the absence of being able to assign a label of beneficial or harmful, we have just used relative … (length of time on market or of studies) figures or text do not clarify at what timepoint data is being … The figures and tables are well done.

7691. Overview of Patient Safety Learning Laboratory (PSLL) Projects | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      August 01, 2025 - This PSLL's work has resulted in at least six peer-reviewed journal publications, as well as posters … Patients being transferred from one setting to another or one clinical team to another are at increased … The framework is being incorporated into the routine educational programs at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital … interactive newsletters), were well received by clinicians. … efficient, and effective care by minimizing unnecessary stressors for patients while improving provider well-being

7692. Facilitator Guide: Build Your SSI Prevention Bundle (doc file)
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      January 01, 2017 - It also recommends the management of ventilated patients with minimal sedation whenever possible, as well … Once a day, you should interrupt sedation with SATs as well as assess readiness to extubate with SBTs … If yes, can the patient tolerate being off sedation? … This protocol was developed by national experts with a narrow set of well-defined contraindications. … It provides a quick reference to the latest evidence-based protocols as well as summarizes the position

7693. AHRQ Safety Program for Ambulatory Surgery Final Report (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/ambulatory-surgery-report.pdf
      May 01, 2017 - Without an understanding of the message being communicated from the staff via the culture survey, the … center Reasons for same-day cancellations were examined in Cohort 6, with the most common reasons being … This process revealed patterns of more common events as well as rare events. … Same-day cancellations have potential short- and long-term consequences for patient health and overall well-being … ASC program participants had many job responsibilities, with QI sometimes being one of them.

7694. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      September 27, 2019 - deliver primary and secondary prevention, and provide trusted medical advice to improve health and well-being … Avoiding misuse of scarce workforce and other resources as well as missed opportunity costs.

7695. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Obesity in Adults: Screening and Management | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary38/obesity-in-adults-screening-and-management-2012
      October 15, 2011 - Whether being overweight is associated with an increased mortality risk is less clear, possibly because … Weight Loss Behavioral treatment trials were fairly high quality, with 24% being rated “good” (Appendix … Comparative-effectiveness trials would shed more light on effective intervention components and are being … a) How well is weight loss maintained after an intervention is completed? … a) How well is weight loss maintained after an intervention is completed?

7696. Recommendation: Tobacco Smoking Cessation in Adults, Including Pregnant Persons: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      January 19, 2021 - This topic is being updated. … The USPSTF has identified the lack of well-designed, randomized clinical trials (RCTs) on e-cigarettes … . 52 Nineteen percent of tobacco users use 2 or more tobacco products, the most common combination being … Any harms of combined therapy are assumed to be similar to those of the pharmacotherapy being used. … There is a critical gap in the evidence due to a lack of well-designed, randomized clinical trials on

7697. PREGNANCY, INCLUDING PRETERM BIRTH #12 (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pregnancy_hi_impact.pdf
      January 01, 2012 - This report is being generated twice a year. … (A total of 14 topics in this priority area were being tracked in the system as of November 2011.) … could have a tremendous impact on a child’s morbidity and mortality in the first year of life, as well … as the pregnant mother’s well-being.” 15 Other experts questioned whether receiving text messages … treatment and the treatment is potentially more expensive than the current treatment available as well

7698. Epilepsy-Medicine Surveillance (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/epilepsy-medicine_surveillance.pdf
      August 01, 2012 - We reference-mined articles that met inclusion criteria as well as systematic reviews identified by … Three separate, well-conducted controlled observational studies assessed a composite endpoint of medical … The third well-conducted case control study was sponsored by Express Scripts. … Three separate, well-conducted controlled observational studies assessed a composite endpoint of medical … The third well-conducted case control study was sponsored by Express Scripts.

7699. Epilepsy-Medicine Surveillance (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/epilepsy-medicine_surveillance.pdf
      August 01, 2012 - We reference-mined articles that met inclusion criteria as well as systematic reviews identified by … Three separate, well-conducted controlled observational studies assessed a composite endpoint of medical … The third well-conducted case control study was sponsored by Express Scripts. … Three separate, well-conducted controlled observational studies assessed a composite endpoint of medical … The third well-conducted case control study was sponsored by Express Scripts.

7700. Final Progress Report: Transforming the Medication Regimen Review Process of High-Risk Drugs Using a Patient-Centered, Telemedicine-Based Approach to Prevent ADEs in the Nursing Home (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/kane-gill-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Details on the severity evaluation of the potential consequences, as well as provider responses, are … .848) n=143 4.60 (.920) n=266 4.50 (.972) Overall, I am satisfied with the quality of service being … How well the pharmacist explains medication problems to you 4.0 (.816) 3.11 (.928) 4.33 (.577) … How well the pharmacist answers your questions 4.0 (.816) 3.63 (1.061) 4.33 (.577) 4.29 (.951 … How well the pharmacist instructs you about residents’ medication changes 4.25 (.500) 3.38 (.916)