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AHRQ: Anticoagulant prescriptions in U.S. total $900M+ in 2007
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In 2007, a reported 4.2 million Americans purchased 27.9 million anticoagulant prescriptions, totaling $905.2 million, according to a survey published by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). (Source: Cardiovascular Business News)
Source: Cardiovascular Business News - November 18, 2009 Category: Cardiology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
HHS Secretary Appoints Members to AHRQ National...Email this article to a colleague.
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Nov. 16, 2009 - Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius appointed seven new members to the National Advisory Council for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). (Source: NurseZone.com Nursing News)
Source: NurseZone.com Nursing News - November 18, 2009 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
HHS Secretary Appoints Members to AHRQ National Advisory CouncilEmail this article to a colleague.
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Nov. 16, 2009 - Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius appointed seven new members to the National Advisory Council for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). (Source: NurseZone.com Nursing News)
Source: NurseZone.com Nursing News - November 17, 2009 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Systematic review: drug prophylaxis against breast cancerEmail this article to a colleague.
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Source: Ann Intern Med
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A systematic review carried out on behalf of the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) concludes that tamoxifen, raloxifene, and tibolone can reduce the risk of primary breast cancer, however all are also associated with harms and the evidence has significant limitations.
All three of these drugs have been studied as prophylaxis against primary breast cancer, however the balance of risks and harms is uncertain. This systematic review was intended to summarise the evidence. The authors carried out a literature search to January 2009 for randomised controlled trial...
Source: NeLM - Oncology - November 17, 2009 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: organizations
HHS Secretary Appoints Members to AHRQ National Advisory CouncilEmail this article to a colleague.
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Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius appointed seven new members to the National Advisory Council for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), a council that provides advice and recommendations to the Secretary and the director of the agency on priorities for a national health services research agenda. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - November 13, 2009 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Application of Patient Safety Indicators Internationally: A Pilot Study Among Seven CountriesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Authorities reported summaries of the distribution of hospital-level and overall (national) rates for each AHRQ patient safety indicator. International Journal for Quality in Health Care (Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Headlines - November 12, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Public Health & Prevention Source Type: info
KeyTopics: Consumer Health IT ApplicationsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The AHRQ National Resource Center for Health IT has published a new Key Topic page on Consumer Health IT Applications. The page provides an overview of the various emerging IT applications for consumers as well as information on investigations into their use and impact on health care. The page also hosts a list of resources to help health care providers and consumer-oriented organizations design, implement, and use consumer health IT applications efficiently and effectively. (Source: AHRQ Health IT News and Events)
Source: AHRQ Health IT News and Events - November 10, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: info
AHRQ Announces Intent to Publish Grant and Contract Solicitations for Pediatric Healthcare Quality Measurement Research and Demonstration ProjectsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Notice from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - November 10, 2009 Category: Research Source Type: funding
AHRQ: End-of-life hospitalization costs total nearly $20 billion for 2007Email this article to a colleague.
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An Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) report, examining the cost of end-of-life care and hospitalization for individuals and payors within and outside of the Medicare system in 2007, found that the average cost of 765,651 hospital patient stays ending in death totaled $26,035 per patient. (Source: Cardiovascular Business News)
Source: Cardiovascular Business News - November 10, 2009 Category: Cardiology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
AHRQ: End-of-life hospitalization costs total nearly $20 billion for 2007Email this article to a colleague.
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An Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) report, examining the cost of end-of-life care and hospitalization for individuals and payors within and outside of the Medicare system in 2007, found that the average cost of 765,651 hospital patient stays ending in death totaled $26,035 per patient. (Source: Health Imaging News)
Source: Health Imaging News - November 10, 2009 Category: Radiology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
Designing and implementing effective venous thromboembolism prevention protocols: lessons from collaborative effortsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Abstract Hospital acquired venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a major source of morbidity and mortality, yet proven prevention measures
are often underutilized. The lack of a validated VTE risk assessment model, difficulty integrating VTE risk assessment and
prevention protocols into the routine process of care, and the lack of standardized metrics for VTE prophylaxis have all been
barriers. Recently, a VTE risk assessment/prevention protocol has been validated, leading to portable strategies achieving
breakthrough levels of adequate prophylaxis in a variety of inpatient settings. VTE prevention protocol design...
Source: Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis - November 9, 2009 Category: Hematology Tags: Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis Source Type: journals
Patient Deaths In Hospitals Cost Nearly $20 BillionEmail this article to a colleague.
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One of every three people who died in 2007 in the United States were in the hospital for treatment at the time of their deaths, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The cost of their hospital stays was about $20 billion. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 6, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Public Health Source Type: news
Patient Deaths In Hospitals Cost Nearly $20 BillionEmail this article to a colleague.
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One of every three people who died in 2007 in the United States were in the hospital for treatment at the time of their deaths, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The cost of their hospital stays was about $20 billion. (Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today)
Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today - November 6, 2009 Category: Primary Care Tags: Public Health Source Type: news
"Canary Measures" Among the AHRQ Patient Safety IndicatorsEmail this article to a colleague.
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This study aims to identify 1 or more measures among the PSIs best suited for a quick index of general patient safety status. The 1997-2002 Nationwide Inpatient Sample was used to calculate the hospital-level risk-adjusted rates of the PSIs. Both pairwise correlation analyses and multivariate analyses showed that PSI #7 (Selected infections due to medical care) is significantly correlated with most of the other PSIs. The results are robust even when (1) the pairwise and multivariate analyses are rerun on a reduced data set that excludes admissions with multiple patient safety events, and (2) Bonferroni-adjusted P values ar...
Source: American Journal of Medical Quality - November 4, 2009 Category: Health Management Authors: Yu, H., Greenberg, M. D., Haviland, A. M., Farley, D. O. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals
Long-term effect of home telehealth services on preventable hospitalization use.Email this article to a colleague.
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In this study, we assessed the longitudinal effect of a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) patient-centered Care Coordination Home Telehealth (CCHT) program on preventable hospitalization use by veterans with diabetes mellitus (DM) at four VA medical centers. We used a matched treatment-control design (n = 387 for both groups). All patients were followed for 4 years. We operationalized ambulatory care-sensitive conditions (ACSCs) by applying Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality criteria to VA inpatient databases to determine preventable hospitalization use. We used a generalized linear mixed model to estimate the ad...
Source: J Rehabil Res Dev - November 4, 2009 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Jia H, Chuang HC, Wu SS, Wang X, Chumbler NR Tags: J Rehabil Res Dev Source Type: journals
Family's History Of Relatively Little ValueEmail this article to a colleague.
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It's one of the first things you do at a doctor's visit: Fill out a family medical history. But does providing that information do any good? Perhaps not.
In an analysis funded by the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, researchers... (Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research)
Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research - November 4, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Family history of little health useEmail this article to a colleague.
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It's one of the first things you do at a doctor's visit: Fill out a family medical history. But does providing that information do any good? Perhaps not.
In an analysis funded by the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, researchers... (Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research)
Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research - November 4, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Family medical history reporting spotty, researchers findEmail this article to a colleague.
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It's one of the first things you do at a doctor's visit -- fill out a family medical history. But does providing this information actually do any good? Perhaps not.
In a new analysis, researchers funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality... (Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research)
Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research - November 2, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
People From Ohio And Georgia Pay Less For Dental Care Than The National AverageEmail this article to a colleague.
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The annual amount spent by Georgians and Ohioans or their insurers for dental care in 2006 averaged about $150 less than the national average of $607, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The average annual dental expenditure for each Georgian who had dental care was $466, while for Ohioans, it was $474. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 1, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Dentistry Source Type: news
Consumer Electronics Can Help Improve Patient HealthEmail this article to a colleague.
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Electronic tools and technology applications for consumers can help improve health care processes, such as adherence to medication and clinical outcomes like smoking cessation, according to a report by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The analysis of consumer health informatics, conducted by the Bloomberg School's Evidence-based Practice Center for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), was based on an examination of 146 published research studies of patient-focused electronic tools. It is among the first to explore the potential value of consumer health informatics. ...
Source: Public Health News Headlines from Johns Hopkins - October 30, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Tags: News Health Source Type: news
Proton therapy report advises cautionEmail this article to a colleague.
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The limited evidence on the comparative effectiveness of proton-beam therapy, especially in comparison to other radiation-based treatment modalities, undermines the value of this up-and-coming technology, according to a comparative effectiveness report by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (Source: Cancer Network)
Source: Cancer Network - October 30, 2009 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: info
Study Suggests Electronic Tools Can Improve Patient OutcomesEmail this article to a colleague.
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A new report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) suggests that consumer health IT applications can help improve outcomes for a variety of diseases and health conditions, Government Health IT reports. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Quality/Equality)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Quality/Equality - October 29, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: news
Events: A National Web Conference, E-Prescribing and Medication Management: Current Realities and Future DirectionsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Materials from AHRQ's Web conference titled “A National Web Conference, E-Prescribing and Medication Management: Current Realities and Future Directions,” are now available on its National Resource Center for Health Information Technology. The event was the last of three, free 90-minute Web conferences on the role of health information technology (health IT) in medication management, from prescribing to adherence. Experts explored what is known about e-prescribing and medication management systems and suggested future research topics. (Source: AHRQ Health IT News and Events)
Source: AHRQ Health IT News and Events - October 26, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: info
Podcasts: Clinical Decision Support - Improving Health Care QualityEmail this article to a colleague.
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AHRQ has produced the first in a series of three podcasts on clinical decision support (CDS). This podcast describes what CDS is and the kinds of projects AHRQ is working in the area of CDS. (Source: AHRQ Health IT News and Events)
Source: AHRQ Health IT News and Events - October 26, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: info
CAHPS Item Set for Addressing Health LiteracyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Oct. 23, 2009 - The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has published new survey questions that offer further insights into how well health care professionals are communicating health information to their patients. The CAHPS Item Set for Addressing Health Literacy consists of 29 supplemental items designed for use with the CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey. (Source: NurseZone.com Nursing News)
Source: NurseZone.com Nursing News - October 24, 2009 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
AHRQ: Consumer health informatics has positive impact on health outcomesEmail this article to a colleague.
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An Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) literature review suggests that consumer health informatics engage consumers, enhance traditional clinical interventions and improve intermediate and clinical health outcomes. (Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives)
Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives - October 23, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
AHRQ: Consumer health informatics has positive impact on health outcomesEmail this article to a colleague.
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An Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) literature review suggests that consumer health informatics engage consumers, enhance traditional clinical interventions and improve intermediate and clinical health outcomes. (Source: Health Imaging News)
Source: Health Imaging News - October 23, 2009 Category: Radiology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
AIM: Common blood pressure meds show promise for treating heart diseaseEmail this article to a colleague.
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Inhibitors of angiotensin-converting enzyme, or ACE inhibitors, and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARB), which are commonly used to treat high blood pressure appear to be effective in treating stable ischemic heart disease, according to a new comparative effectiveness review funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). The analysis was posted online Oct. 20 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. (Source: Cardiovascular Business News)
Source: Cardiovascular Business News - October 22, 2009 Category: Cardiology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
High Blood Pressure Medicines Show Promise For Treating Heart DiseaseEmail this article to a colleague.
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Two medications commonly used to treat high blood pressure appear to be effective in treating a common type of heart disease known as stable ischemic heart disease, according to a new comparative effectiveness review funded by HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. A version of the analysis was posted in the October 20 online version of the Annals of Internal Medicine. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart Disease Source Type: news
Systematic review: comparative effectiveness of ACE inhibitors and ARBs in patients with IHDEmail this article to a colleague.
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Source: Ann Intern Med
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Adding an ACE inhibitor to standard medical therapy improves outcomes in some patients with ischaemic heart disease (IHD) and preserved left ventricular function, according to a systematic review; the evidence on angiotensin-2-receptor blockers (ARBs) is limited and combination of ACE inhibitors with ARB provides no additional benefits but does increase harms.
The authors of this systematic review, carried out on behalf of the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), note that there is clear evidence of benefit for both ACE inhibitors and ARB for patients with hear...
Source: NeLM - Cardiovascular Medicine - October 19, 2009 Category: Cardiology Source Type: organizations
Hormonal testing and pharmacological management in erectile dysfunction: US guidelinesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Source: Ann Intern Med
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The American College of Physicians has produced an evidence-based guideline on hormonal testing and pharmacological management of erectile dysfunction (ED).
Based on the results of a systematic review published alongside the guideline, together with a recent evidence review from the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the guideline has three basic recommendations:
- that clinicians initiate therapy with a PDE-5 inhibitor in men who seek treatment for erectile dysfunction and who do not have a contraindication to PDE-5 inhibitor use (Grade: strong re...
Source: NeLM - News - October 19, 2009 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: organizations
Highlights of the 2009 Society of Vascular Surgery annual meetingEmail this article to a colleague.
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The annual meeting for the Society of Vascular Surgery (SVS) took place June 11 to 14, 2009, in Denver, Colorado. A highlight of the meeting was the presidential address of G. Patrick Clagett, who raised the question: “Does Vascular Surgery Cost Too Much?” He reviewed the staggering cost of healthcare in our country and stressed that the rate of growth in healthcare expenditures is not sustainable and that the huge disparity in healthcare spending among a variety of industrialized nations has not translated into better healthcare outcomes. Dr Clagett described the unusual paradox that higher healthcare spending has oft...
Source: The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - October 19, 2009 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Michael Belkin Tags: Meeting Proceedings Source Type: journals
Health Care Spending Increases For Middle Age AmericansEmail this article to a colleague.
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Total health care expenses for Americans age 45 to 64 in 2006 ($370 billion) were about double the inflation-adjusted total for 1996 ($187 billion), according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. AHRQ's study covers all Americans age 45 to 64 other than those residing in nursing homes and other institutions. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pharmacy / Pharmacist Source Type: news
Meeting of the National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and QualityEmail this article to a colleague.
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Nov 13, 2009. Eisenberg Conference Center, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. Sponsored by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (Source: Rural events via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Rural events via the Rural Assistance Center - October 16, 2009 Category: Rural Health Source Type: events
Slow Start For PSOs Meant To Help Providers Learn From MistakesEmail this article to a colleague.
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A federal agency has designated 68 "Patient Safety Organizations" to offer health care providers a way "to share information and learn from problems," Modern Healthcare reports. But, a year after the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality began implementing the program, its "technology has not been finessed enough to really enable that sharing. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 16, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: IT / Internet / E-mail Source Type: news
Open Enrollment: What to Consider When Choosing a Health PlanEmail this article to a colleague.
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Source: MedlinePlus Health News - October 16, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: consumer
AHRQ issues 2008 health IT grant, contract reviewEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released its Health IT Portfolio, revealing that the agency funded 124 grants and 26 contracts in 2008—the vast majority of which were multi-year in duration. In total, AHRQ will provide nearly one-quarter of a billion dollars in support over the lifetime of the projects, equaling $151 million for the grants and $70 million for the contracts. (Source: Health Imaging News)
Source: Health Imaging News - October 15, 2009 Category: Radiology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
AHRQ issues 2008 health IT grant, contract reviewEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released its Health IT Portfolio, revealing that the agency funded 124 grants and 26 contracts in 2008—the vast majority of which were multi-year in duration. In total, AHRQ will provide nearly one-quarter of a billion dollars in support over the lifetime of the projects, equaling $151 million for the grants and $70 million for the contracts. (Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives)
Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives - October 15, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
AHRQ Guides Offer Comparisons Of Insulin Analogues, Other AgentsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Qualityhoffers two booklets, one for clinicians and one for patients, on the use of newer premixed insulin analogues. “Premixed Insulin Analogues: A Comparison with Other Treatments for Type 2 Diabetes” is 4-pageplaine that compares the efficacy, effectiveness, side effects, and costs of newer premixed insulin analogues with those of conventional insulin (human insulin) and other generic and brand-name preparations used tpe 2 diabetes. It includes a level-of-confidence scale for the information provided in the guide, based on a systematic review of the literature. Downl (Source: ...
Source: Internal Medicine News - October 15, 2009 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: News Source Type: journals
Guides to Knee OA TreatmentsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality offers a clinician's Gguide that summarizes the lack of evidence on the safety and effectiveness of three treatments for knee osteoarthritis. (Source: Internal Medicine News)
Source: Internal Medicine News - October 15, 2009 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Rheumatology Source Type: journals
Consumers Lack Critical Information About Value of Health ITEmail this article to a colleague.
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A new report prepared by an outside research group for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, or AHRQ, suggests that American consumers are ripe for education about health information technology, or health IT. (Source: AAFP Practice Management)
Source: AAFP Practice Management - October 12, 2009 Category: Practice Management Source Type: news
More Than Two Million Seniors Treated For Falls In Hospital Emergency DepartmentsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Hospital emergency departments treated more than 2 million seniors for broken bones, head wounds, cuts and other injuries caused by falls in 2006 at a cost to hospitals of approximately $7 billion for emergency and subsequent inpatient care, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 9, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Seniors / Aging Source Type: news
National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ): Request for Nominations for Public MembersEmail this article to a colleague.
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AHRQ is requesting nominations to the Council, to advise the Secretary of HHS and the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality on matters related to activities of the Agency to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - October 9, 2009 Category: Rural Health Source Type: info
AHRQ Releases Tool to Aide Alternate Care Site SelectionEmail this article to a colleague.
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released two new tools designed to help emergency planners prepare alternate care sites in the event of a public health emergency, AHA News Now reports. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - October 7, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Disaster Alternate Care Facility Selection ToolEmail this article to a colleague.
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Assists users in selecting alternate sites and identifying what they need to prepare these sites for use. It evaluates the characteristics of several potential facilities and calculates the results into weighted scores, which planners can use to select appropriate sites for care and plan for operations during a disaster. -- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (Source: Rural web sites and other tools via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Rural web sites and other tools via the Rural Assistance Center - October 6, 2009 Category: Rural Health Source Type: info
New Tools Help Emergency Planners Select Alternate Care Facilities and Transfer Patients During DisastersEmail this article to a colleague.
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Two interactive computer tools released today by HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality will help emergency planners and responders select and run alternate care facilities during disaster situations. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - October 6, 2009 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released two new tools designed to help emergency planners prepare alternate care sites in the event of a public health emergency, AHA News Now reports. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - October 6, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
