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Research Activities, September 2013

Dr. Clancy bids farewell to AHRQ

From the Director

Dr. Richard Kronick is new AHRQ director

Most primary care diagnostic errors stem from process breakdowns during the clinical encounter

How nurses keep patients safe may be better understood through risk management theory

More intensive pediatric resident training called for to improve performance of tracheal intubations in children

Automated tool to determine medication regimen complexity may help identify patients at high risk of adverse events

Some transitional care interventions reduce 30-day readmissions and emergency department visits

Multicomponent intervention programs are effective in preventing delirium in older hospital patients

Study reviews patient safety strategies targeting diagnostic error and identifies promising interventions

The proportion of middle-income families with health insurance coverage declined from 2003 to 2008

Information on assets should be incorporated when measuring the financial burdens of health

Managed care continued to exert observable effects on hospital cost and quality in the post-managed care era

Declines seen in direct-to-consumer promotion of drugs

Having dental coverage boosts the use of preventive and restorative dental services

Early discharge planning at hospital admission can lower mortality after a heart attack

Adults with childhood-onset illnesses are a small, but high-risk group of users of pediatric intensive care units

Hospitals that collaborate with emergency medical services have fewer heart attack deaths

Study reveals differences in mortality rates of patients transported to trauma centers by private car versus those transported by ambulance

Expanded National Emergency Airway Registry for Children has the potential to improve safety in pediatric intensive care units

Several rheumatoid arthritis drugs are associated with gastrointestinal perforation

Surgical rates for intractable epilepsy remain flat while monitoring for epilepsy increases

Adherence to osteoporosis medications decreases fracture risk

Agent to combat anemia in patients with bone marrow neoplasms is not used according to clinical guidelines

Lower consent rates for organ donation found among racial and ethnic minorities and older donors

South Asians face several barriers when it comes to promoting cardiovascular lifestyle changes

Pediatric leukemia patients are among the childhood cancer patients most likely to develop central line-associated bloodstream infections when hospitalized

Highly educated mothers spend more time in active child care than less-educated mothers

Before Nursing Home Compare, most nursing home selections were made on accommodation quality, not clinical care quality

Pharmacy-based program improves flu immunization rates among health care workers in long-term care settings

Effectiveness of pressure ulcer treatment strategies unclear

New review examines pressure ulcer risk and prevention

Evidence lacking on effectiveness of most hay fever treatments

Women with polycystic ovary syndrome taking combined oral contraceptives have greater risk of blood clots

Clinical decision support system can reduce inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics for acute respiratory infections

Study outlines physicians’ difficulties in transitioning from older to newer electronic health records for e-prescribing

Health care professionals devise ways to get around using electronic health record systems

Intensive care unit clinicians moderately satisfied with computerized provider order entry

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