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9521. Appendix F. Hospital Practice Insights: Challenges and Solutions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureinjury/guide/apf.html
      October 01, 2017 - The visibility board is a valuable strategy to engage unit staff with the prevention approaches being … specifically for the Pressure Injury Prevention Program travels each month to a unit that is performing well … Reward staff members who are doing well in pressure injury prevention.

9522. Final Progress Report: EQUIPPED (Enhancing Quality of Prescribing Practices for Older Adults Discharged from the Emergency Department) (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/vaughan-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - elderly patients outside the primary care setting increases chances for suboptimal prescribing as well … adults ranges typically from 5.6%-13%.2-7 Common PIM drug classes prescribed in the ED for older adults being … classes of drugs were observed, such as a decrease in benzodiazepine prescriptions at all sites as well

9523. 2025 AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® (SOPS®) Nursing Home Survey Version 2.0 Pilot Test Results (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/nursing-home/2025-nursing-home-20-pilot-test-results.pdf
      January 01, 2025 - • Largest Item Difference: Staff working the Night shift were less positive about being treated … items with nursing home staff in English and Spanish to ensure that the questions were relevant, as well … provides additional detail regarding how various statistics presented in this report were calculated, as well

9524. Statistical Brief #105
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb105.jsp
      February 01, 2011 - inpatient stays for patients with any diagnosis of back problems increased with age, with the highest rate being … for back problems (2.0 days) was shorter than stays with any diagnosis of back problems (4.3 days) as well … query system, allowing for tables and graphs to be generated on national and regional statistics, as well

9525. Medication-Therapy-Management Executive (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/medication-therapy-management_executive.pdf
      November 01, 2014 - appropriately, medications can alleviate distressing symptoms that compromise physical and psychological well-being … whether services are separately reimbursable) – Health system characteristics (e.g., are services being … problems identified as defined by primary studies but typically including the following: medications being … across this body of evidence spanned a substantial range of both intermediate and health outcomes as well … Patient-centered outcomes focused on numerous measures of quality of life as well as adverse drug

9526. Behavioral Counseling in Primary Care to Promote a Healthy Diet in Adults: A Summary of the Evidence (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2010 - emphasizing food interaction, encouraging goal setting, and using advice appropriate to the patient group being … They also used well-trained counselors (most often dietitians or nutritionists) to provide counseling … taste testing, cooking), encouraging goal setting, and using advice appropriate to the patient group being … Interventions using greater numbers of well-proven counseling elements also were more likely to produce … Healthy Diet in Adults Better epidemiologic studies and randomized trials assessing the clinical as well

9527. Microsoft Word - covtoc.doc (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/APS-DRGsV20DefinitionsManual.pdf
      January 13, 2015 - However, the SDRGs, like the CMS DRGs, suffered from being targeted to the over sixty-five year old … The Major CC category included significant acute diseases, as well as chronic diseases for which an … ADJUSTMENT USING THE APS-DRGs® The APS-DRGs® use diagnoses (both principal and secondaries), as well … In a very few instances, the patient's age and discharge status are taken into consideration as well … HSS will adapt the APS-DRGs® system for new medical technologies, as well as changes in coding practices

9528. Microsoft Word - APS_DRG_Def_Public_V211.doc (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/APS-DRGs%20V21%20Definitions%20Manual.pdf
      January 13, 2015 - However, the SDRGs, like the CMS DRGs, suffered from being targeted to the over sixty-five year old … The Major CC category included significant acute diseases, as well as chronic diseases for which an … ADJUSTMENT USING THE APS-DRGs® The APS-DRGs® use diagnoses (both principal and secondaries), as well … In a very few instances, the patient's age and discharge status are taken into consideration as well … HSS will adapt the APS-DRGs® system for new medical technologies, as well as changes in coding practices

9529. Modeling Study: Breast Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/modeling-study/breast-cancer-screening
      April 30, 2024 - changes and advances in screening and treatment on outcomes of different screening strategies are not well … We used well-established Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network (CISNET) models to estimate … Among the 5 models that included DCIS as well as invasive breast cancer, 3 models found that the overall … In future research, models will be developed to examine results by racial and ethnic groups as well as … grants from MD Anderson Cancer Center of the University of Texas during the conduct of the study and being

9530. Treatments for Schizophrenia in Adults: A Systematic (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/executive-summary-2017-schizophrenia-adult.pdf
      January 01, 2017 - grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior, and negative symptoms), with at least one of the symptoms being … recovery; however, the majority tend to experience some degree of social and occupational difficulty as well … Study designs: • Recent, comprehensive, good- or fair-quality systematic reviews, as well as randomized … In the end we included well over 200 studies of the 12 psychosocial interventions that made comparisons … • Additional well-designed long-term studies are needed.

9531. Facts and Figures 2006
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/factsandfigures/facts_figures_2006.jsp
      January 01, 2006 - Data on conditions treated in the hospital, as well as information on medical and surgical procedures … The most common patient discharge status was routine (74 percent), with the patient being sent home without … Another 3 percent of male hospitalizations, also for newborns, received newborn procedures as well as … Slower increases in the inflation-adjusted cost per discharge contributed as well, with costs rising … Comorbid Illness in Elderly Primary Care Patients: Impact on Multiple Domains of Health Status and Well-being

9532. Archived: Evidence Summary: Breast Cancer: Screening, 2002 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/breast-cancer-screening-2002
      September 03, 2002 - One hundred fifty-four publications of the results of these trials, as well as selected articles about … Breast cancer is known for its biological heterogeneity 10 as well as for late recurrences. 10 Thus … As a result, socioeconomic status, a predictor of stage at diagnosis as well as death from breast cancer … Projecting individualized probabilities of developing breast cancer for white females who are being examined … women entering the study had had mammography - In the age group of 40–49 y, 3 women died after being

9533. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/dietary-supplements_research-protocol.pdf
      December 15, 2010 - This synthesis will evaluate literature that addresses meaningful clinical outcomes, as well as important … located that address a similar research question, summary data will be presented for each, with focus being … Expert Panel (TEP) to assure that the questions are specific and explicit about what information is being … methodologic experts who provide input in defining populations, interventions, comparisons, or outcomes as well

9534. Obesity (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/10_obesity_potential_high_impact_june_2012.pdf
      January 01, 2012 - This report is being generated twice a year. … (Nineteen topics in this priority area were being tracked in the system as of May 2012.) … By 2008, 68% of the population was deemed overweight, with half of that number being categorized as … hormone glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), which has been shown to suppress appetite and energy intake as well

9535. Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2014 - Being around other tobacco users Drinking alcohol. Experiencing urges. … Unfortunately, there are no well-accepted algorithms to guide optimal selection among the first-line … "5 R's" Relevance Encourage the patient to indicate why quitting is personally relevant, being … Being around other tobacco users Limited knowledge of effective treatment options.

9536. Recommendation: Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/statin-use-in-adults-preventive-medication
      August 23, 2022 - evaluate both the presence of CVD risk factors (ie, dyslipidemia, diabetes, hypertension, or smoking) as well … Some studies found that Black adults have a decreased likelihood of being prescribed a statin 14 and … likelihood of statin use, as was having multiple vulnerabilities (defined as age 65 years or older, being … a woman, being Black, area poverty level of 10% or greater, or no health insurance). 15 Older age,

9537. Case-Management Executive (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/case-management_executive.pdf
      January 01, 2013 - care and their expanding use in chronic illness management has led to the term “case management” being … Individual CM programs usually are customized for the clinical problems of the population being served … Some of the negative results may be due to the CM being too short. … typically involves case managers providing both direct clinical support and coordination for patients, as well

9538. Self-Management & Reminders with Technology: SMART Appraisal of an Integrated PHR - Final Report (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r18hs018167-roberts-final-report-2013.pdf
      January 01, 2013 - could help them manage their own disease.28 Patient Acceptance and use of PHRs Although there are well-known … If the patient does not log into HealthTrak for a week after being sent the reminder, another reminder … is sent, and if no logon occurs, a third email message as well as a letter is sent. … Weight loss through living well: translating an effective lifestyle intervention into clinical practice

9539. Archived: Diabetes Mellitus (Type 2) in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/diabetes-mellitus-type-2-in-adults-screening-2008
      June 15, 2008 - For the current recommendation, the USPSTF reviewed the evidence from new trials as well as updates of … from type 2 diabetes mellitus, especially CVD, because the goal of screening—improvement of health and well-being—is … that of microvascular complications: Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality are substantially elevated well

9540. Racial Disparities in Patient Safety Indicator (PSI) Rates in the Veterans Health Administration (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Shimada_65.pdf
      April 04, 2008 - resulted in 3.4 to 4.8 percent of the patients at risk for each PSI—or 3.6 percent of the overall sample—being … have been presented above, the low number of significant racial differences in PSI rates might very well … Evaluating the patient safety indicators: How well do they perform on Veterans Health Administration … Evaluating diagnosis-based case-mix measures: How well do they apply to the VA population?