AHRQ-Related Articles, March 27, 2015

Lancet
Nallamothu BK, Normand SL, Wang Y, et al. Relation between door-to-balloon times and mortality after primary percutaneous coronary intervention over time: a retrospective study. Lancet 2015 Mar 21; 385(9973):1114-22. [Last author, Krumholz HM, reports receiving grants from AHRQ for other work.] Select to access the abstract.

Fätkenheuer G, Hirschel B, Harbarth S. Screening and isolation to control meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: sense, nonsense, and evidence. Lancet 2015 Mar 21; 385(9973):1146-9. [Cites article by Huang et al. on behalf of the AHRQ DEcIDE Network and Healthcare-Associated Infections Program (N Engl J Med, 2013) on targeted versus universal decolonization to prevent ICU infection.] Select to access the abstract.

Nursing Clinics of North America
Owens LD, Koch RW. Understanding quality patient care and the role of the practicing nurse. Nurs Clin North Am 2015 Mar; 50(1):33-43. [Briefly describes AHRQ's mission and Quality Indicators program; cites AHRQ-funded Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century, 2001.] Select to access the abstract.