AHRQ-Related Articles, August 29, 2014

American Indian Quarterly
Cummings J, Revels A. The impact of drug trafficking on American Indian reservations with international boundaries. Am Indian Q 2014 Summer; 38(3):287-318. [Notes previous AHRQ support for first author's research.]

American Journal of Transplantation
Massie AB, Kuricka LM, Segev DL. Big data in organ transplantation: registries and administrative claims. Am J Transplant 2014 Aug; 14(8):1723-30. [Describes AHRQ's HCUP NIS and SID data sets and their use in organ transplantation studies, citing Introduction to the HCUP Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), 2013, Introduction to the HCUP State Inpatient Databases (SID), 2013, and AHRQ-authored article by Steiner, Elixhauser, and Schnaier (Eff Clin Pract, 2002).] Select to view the abstract.

Bulletin of the NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases
Rosenberg RE, Ardalan K, Wong W, Patel S, Simson GG, Feldman D, Lonner B, Petrizzo A, Poitevien P, Gertz SJ, et al. Postoperative spinal fusion care in pediatric patients: co-management decreases length of stay. Bull NYU Hosp Joint Dis 2014 Jul; 72(3):197-. [Cites data from AHRQ's HCUPnet database.]

HealthLeaders Magazine
Fellows J. Keeping score? Many third-party organizations rate hospital quality, but healthcare leaders find limited value in the plethora of grades, stars, and rankings. Healthlead Mag 2014 Jul; ( ):10-22. [Mentions that AHRQ "had a hand in picking the more than 100 measures on quality, safety, and patient experience available for the public to view on Hospital Compare" and that AHRQ's Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) is a data source "for Truven's balanced scorecard…."]

JAMA
Kuehn BM. Patient safety still lagging: advocates call for national patient safety monitoring board. JAMA 2014 Sep 3; 312(9):879-80. [Discusses the AHRQ-funded CLABSI-reduction program led by AHRQ grantee Peter Pronovost.]

Medical Laboratory Observer
LaBombardi VJ. Sepsis and antibiotic stewardship: the importance of rapid ID, rapid AST and right drug-bug match. Med Lab Observ 2014 Apr; 46(4):12-13. [Reviews findings from AHRQ publication, National Inpatient Hospital Costs: the Most Expensive Conditions by Payer, 2011, as accessed on the National Library of Medicine's Bookshelf Web site.]

Pharmacy Times
Nguyen TK. Fall allergies: the pharmacist's role in allergic rhinitis symptom management and patient counseling. Pharm Times 2014 Aug:109-16. [Cites AHRQ publication, Five Major Steps to Intervention (the "5 A's"), as published on the AHRQ Web site.]

Journal of Women's Health
Brouwer ES. Women living with HIV and healthcare reform. J Womens Health 2014 Aug; 23(8):715. [Cites AHRQ-authored article by Fleishman (researcher in AHRQ's Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends) et al. (Med Care, 2005).]