AHRQ-Related Articles, September 5, 2014

American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Abroms LC, Boal AL, Simmens SJ, Mendel JA, Windsor RA. A randomized trial of Text2Quit: a text messaging program for smoking cessation. Am J Prev Med 2014 Sep; 47(3):242-50. [Cites AHRQ-sponsored guideline, Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update, 2008.] Select to access the abstract.

American Journal of Public Health
Paulsell D, Del Grosso P, Supplee L. Supporting replication and scale-up of evidence-based home visiting programs: assessing the implementation knowledge base. Am J Public Health 2014 Sep; 104(9):1624-32. [Cites AHRQ-authored article by Clancy (former AHRQ director) and Cronin (Health Aff, 2005).] Select to access the abstract.

Steinberg DM, Askew S, Lanpher MG, Foley PB, Levine EL, Bennett GG. The effect of a "maintain, don't gain" approach to weight management on depression among black women: results from a randomized controlled trial. Am J Public Health 2014 Sep; 104(9):1766-73. [Cites summary of AHRQ-sponsored guidelines on treating major depression in primary care practice as published in article by Schulberg et al. (Arch Gen Psychiatry, 1998).] Select to access the abstract.

Canfield MA, Mai CT, Wang Y, O'Halloran A, Marengo LK, Olney RS, Borger CL, Rutkowski R, Fornoff J, Irwin N, et al. The association between race/ethnicity and major birth defects in the United States, 1999-2007. Am J Public Health 2014 Sep; 104(9):e14-23. [Cites HCUP statistical brief, Hospitalizations for Birth Defects, 2004, 2006.] Select to access the abstract. 

Gracia JN, Ruffin J. Partnership, research, and leadership to advance health equity and eliminate health disparities. Am J Public Health 2014 Sep; 104 Suppl 4:S520-1. [Mentions AHRQ's establishment of an office of minority health under the Affordable Care Act.]

Hospital Case Management
Cesta T. Case management insider. Family caregivers: a key component of the discharge planning process. Hosp Case Manag 2014 Sep; 22(9):123-6. [Cites AHRQ data on family caregivers.] Select to access the abstract.

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Calfee DP, Salgado CD, Milstone AM, Harris AD, Kuhar DT, Moody J, Aureden K, Huang SS, Maragakis LL, Yokoe DS. Strategies to prevent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus transmission and infection in acute care hospitals: 2014 update. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2014 Sep; 35 Suppl 2:S108-32. [Lists the AHRQ Web site as a source of educational resources for healthcare personnel on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureas infections.]

International Journal for Quality in Health Care
Backman C, Forster AJ, Vanderloo S. Barriers and success factors to the implementation of a multi-site prospective adverse event surveillance system. Int J Qual Health Care 2014 Aug; 26(4):418-25. [Cites AHRQ publication, Guide to Patient Safety Indicators, Version 2.1, 2005.] Select to access the abstract.

JAMA
Kuehn BM. Patient safety still lagging: advocates call for national safety monitoring board. JAMA 2014 Sep 3; 312(9):879-900. [Discusses the AHRQ-sponsored Michigan-Keystone infection reduction program led by AHRQ grantee Peter Pronovost.]

JAMA Surgery
Ferraris VA, Bolanos M, Martin JT, Mahan A, Saha SP. Identification of patients with postoperative complications who are at risk for failure to rescue. JAMA Surg 2014 Sep 3; epub ahead of print. [Cites AHRQ-funded articles by Ghaferi et al. (Ann Surg, 2009, and Med Care, 2011).] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
Abhyankar S, Demner-Fushman D, Callaghan FM, McDonald CJ. Combining structured and unstructured data to identify a cohort of ICU patients who received dialysis. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2014 Sep-Oct; 21(5):801-7. [Cites AHRQ-authored article by Zhan et al. (Med Care, 2009).] Select to access the abstract.

Medical Care
Li X, Stürmer T, Brookhart MA. Evidence of sample use among new users of statins: implications for pharmacoepidemiology. Med Care 2014 Sep; 52(9):773-80. [Notes that first author received other funding as the principal investigator of the University of North Carolina DEcIDE Center and third author receives other funding through contracts with AHRQ's DEcIDE program.] Select to access the abstract.

Modern Healthcare
Rice S. Language liabilities. To avoid errors, hospitals urged to use qualified interpreters for patients with limited English. Mod Healthc 2014 Sep 1; 44(35):16-8, 20. [Cites AHRQ findings on percentage of the U.S. population at risk for adverse events due to language barriers.]