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8401. Appendix D. Falls Engineer Instructions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/injuries/fallspx/manapd.html
      December 01, 2017 - Each list will include the tasks you are being asked to do for a group of 14 beds. … Burned-out bulbs or ones that flicker can prevent the resident from seeing well. … Reason: The wheelchair must be clean and well lubricated for the joints and other moving parts to work … well. … Reason: Footrests should be secure and work well so that the resident's feet are supported.

8402. Crosscutting-Horizon-Scan-High-Impact-1312 (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/crosscutting-horizon-scan-high-impact-1312.pdf
      December 01, 2013 - This report is being generated twice a year. … Lack of patient adherence to the medication regimens being tested in clinical trials was cited in a … The visit concludes with patients being referred to or reconnected with their primary care providers … may not be universal.”18 Several experts cited cost as a potential barrier to patient adoption as well … However, one research expert envisioned this device being accepted by elderly patients, especially

8403. Tailored DVD to Improve Medication Management for Low Literate Elderly Patients (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs017281-lapane-final-report-2010.pdf
      January 01, 2010 - the need for messages to empower patients, provide tips for medication taking and communication, as well … descriptive analyses (stratified by age, gender and race/ethnicity) of population-based data sources, as well … concept" as the automation of the DVD generation process was implemented (interface with the EMR, as well … Indeed, we also learned that medication histories in the VCU clinics did not match up well with information … population, regardless of race or ethnicity, we consistently heard concerns from participants about being

8404. Public-Reporting-Quality-Improvement Executive (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/public-reporting-quality-improvement_executive.pdf
      July 01, 2012 - reports and technology assessments will inform individual health plans, providers, and purchasers as well … The Key Questions were reviewed and refined in consultation with the Technical Expert Panel as well … between the intervention (public reporting) and intermediate outcomes (Key Questions 3 and 4), as well … provides information on a variety of health services and reports on additional services that are being … impact on access (e.g., selection of patients at low risk of negative outcomes or expected to do well

8405. Summary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/iomracereport/reldatasum.html
      October 01, 2018 - asking two questions: one aimed at determining whether an individual speaks English less than very well … On average, 55 percent of those who speak another language at home speak English very well ( Shin and … indirect estimation may be better suited to population-level interventions and communications and less well … Recommendation 6-1d: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), as well as others sponsoring … Pay for performance, public reporting, and racial disparities in health care: How are programs being

8406. Final Progress Report: Developing Best Practices for Patient Safety (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/baker-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - quality and patient safety widely believe that the most effective approach to minimizing errors must go well … They participated in conference calls to discuss survey results as well as specific topics of interest … gather qualitative information, based on hospital experiences, about the areas of greatest progress as well … until March 2003 and revised in October 2004); thus, some of the subsequent analyses were delayed as well … statistically significant relationships, but we continue to pursue more refined models and anticipate being

8407. Recommendation: Healthy Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults With Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/healthy-diet-and-physical-activity-counseling-adults-with-high-risk-of-cvd
      November 24, 2020 - This topic is being updated. … Family members as well as the individual with CVD risk factors. … Primary care clinicians as well as a wide range of specially trained professionals, including nurses, … These may be useful tools to increase engagement in physical activity as well as for providing objective … A small number of trials included family members as well as the individual with CVD risk factors.

8408. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/osteoarthritis-pain_research-protocol.pdf
      August 05, 2010 - supplements not regulated by the FDA as pharmaceuticals, including glucosamine and chondroitin, as well … • All non-aspirin NSAIDs work equally well for pain reduction • NSAIDs increase the risk of GI bleeding … These newly approved drugs as well as the new publications make an update of the CER necessary at this … population in whom the intervention will be applied, whether differences in outcomes were clinically (as well … Expert Panel (TEP) to assure that the questions are specific and explicit about what information is being

8409. Final Progress Report: Improving patient safety through leadership and team performance in simulations (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/fernandez-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - examples of leadership skills and reflection: behaviors they encountered in their own practice as well … to determine the correlation between team member and team leader (self-evaluation) perceptions as well … measures Team members rated their leaders on how effective the leader was on six team processes as well … as how comfortable team members felt in speaking up and how well the leader communicated with the team … The work from this project is being disseminated in a number of different venues.

8410. New Models of Primary Care Workforce and Financing - Case Example #2: The Health Center (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/workforce-financing/case_example_2.pdf
      October 01, 2016 - The practice depends on staff being crosstrained and able to cover for each other to avoid bottlenecks … provider then sees the patient to address medical needs, manage ongoing chronic care, and provide well … This, as well as staff crosstraining, is viewed as contributing to overall QI. … Matthew said THC performs very well compared to the average. … The current panel size serves the 4,000+ medical patient population well.

8411. Procedure Manual Section 1. Overview of U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Structure and Processes | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual/procedure-manual-section-1
      December 01, 2013 - consistently high quality, methodologically sound, scientifically defensible, reproducible, unbiased, and well … Force has featured a rolling panel of members appointed for 4 years, with a portion of the membership being … Force members are expected to provide full disclosure for new topics and topics in development, as well … All members are expected to provide full disclosure of their own interests as well as the interests of … members are chosen for their national reputations on prevention issues; and their work may be very well

8412. Final Progress Report: Making Ambulatory Procedural Care Safer: STAMP-Based Risk Assessment and Redesign (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/dierks-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - phenomenon, due, in part, to the potential to improve efficiency and reduce the cost of care as well … already been identified as high-surgical-risk patients, with the goals of nonsurgical intervention being … primary nursing, nurse management, risk management, and physician and organizational leadership as well … and historical clinical data (FY’98-FY’08) and disease registries for all major clinical areas as well … procedural and inpatient units; acuity levels and patient volume in the target unit population as well

8413. Evaluating and Predicting Patient Safety for Medical Devices with Integral Information Technology (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/Zhang.pdf
      January 01, 2004 - exceed injuries arising from device failures.11 A poorly designed user interface, even operated by a well … Heuristic evaluation has been traditionally used to evaluate web sites, as well as desktop software … It can be applied to paper or electronic mock-ups or prototypes, as well as completely implemented … -channel pumps from Manufacturer A and Manufacturer B.5 Pumps from Manufacturer A are widely used, well … Nonetheless, a quick search through FDA reports makes it clear that they fall short of being problem-free

8414. Tinnitus Executive (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/tinnitus_executive.pdf
      August 01, 2013 - 50 million people) experience tinnitus, with up to 16 million seeking medical help and 2 million being … conducted in six databases—MEDLINE®, Embase®, Cochrane CENTRAL, PsycINFO®, AMED©, and CINAHL®—as well … Small sample sizes led to these studies being considered imprecise. … for TRT and relaxation Although there are some treatment benefits with various forms of CBT, as well … interventions, many studies evaluated the effectiveness of treatment immediately after treatment, as well

8415. Final Progress Report: Leveraging a Social Network of Elders and Families To Improve Medication Safety at Transitions of Care (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/quintana-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - activation and self-efficacy 6-9 in using health information exchanges, so other electronic tools are being … Families will likely need to play an increasingly important role in the caretaking and well-being of … Families can use InfoSAGE with or without the Keystone being an active online user. Figure 1. … Design for two age groups requires well-thought-out approaches to navigation and terminology when low … Dementia Care, Women's Health, and Gender Equity: The Value of Well- Timed Caregiver Support.

8416. Final Progress Report: Engaging Families in Bedside Rounds To Promote Pediatric Patient Safety (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/cox-carayon-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - children are a priority population and are especially vulnerable to medical error, making this project well … for improving the quality and safety of care is widely accepted by experts from clinical medicine as well … options (1 = never, 2 = rarely, 3 = occasionally, 4 = usually, 5 = always, dichotomized with "frequent" being … minimizing distractions and interruptions, attending and/or senior resident physicians leading and being … This data about how much students gained from simply observing as well as practicing FCR informed the

8417. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/851971/psn-pdf
      July 31, 2023 - This procedure requires a combination of topical local anesthesia to suppress the gag reflex as well … Perhaps for this reason, as well as careful intraprocedural monitoring, non-compliance with fasting … For this reason, clinicians should take meticulous care to prevent critical information from being omitted … The NPO status needs to be displayed prominently at the patient’s bedside as well as highlighted in

8418. Draft Recommendation: Syphilis Infection During Pregnancy: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/draft-recommendation/syphilis-infection-pregnant-persons
      November 19, 2024 - This topic is being updated. … The USPSTF uses the reaffirmation process for well-established, evidence-based standards of practice … Recommendations The USPSTF has issued recommendations on screening for syphilis in nonpregnant persons, 18 as well … Recommendations for Well-Woman Care: 2024 Clinical Summary Tables. Updated January 2024.

8419. How are CHIPRA quality demonstration States improving perinatal care? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/highlight12.html
      May 01, 2015 - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, as well … The FPQC also used demonstration funding to pay for FPQC staff time as well as on-site training and ongoing … The projects focused on the use of timely, accurate data as well as on training and technical assistance … Use the tabs and information boxes on the Web page to also: Find out about the 52 projects being

8420. Redesigning Primary Health Care Teams for Population Health and Quality Improvement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/delivery-initiative/redesigningprimaryhealthcareteams.html
      November 01, 2017 - leaders realized that quality improvement was a more attainable outcome and most important to providers being … to medical assistants identified as part of the model but later trained all medical assistants, as well … Teams chosen typically included a highly productive provider open to change, as well as one new to Penobscot … Introduction of the model may ultimately bring financial benefits by preparing Penobscot to perform well