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Summary of the 2020 AHRQ research meeting on 'advancing methods of implementing and evaluating patient experience improvement using consumer assessment of healthcare providers and systems (CAHPS ®) surveys'
Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res. 2022 May 5:1-8. doi: 10.1080/14737167.2022.2064848. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality held a research meeting on using Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®) data for quality improvement (QI) and evaluating such efforts.TOPICS COVERED.: Meeting addressed: 1)What has been learned about organizational factors/environment needed to improve patient experience? 2)How have organizations used data to improve patient experience? 3)What can evaluations using CAHPS data teach us about implementing successful progra...
Source: Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research - May 5, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: Denise Quigley Nabeel Qureshi Lise Rybowski Dale Shaller Susan Edgman-Levitan Paul D Cleary Caren Ginsberg Ron D Hays Source Type: research

Global epidemiology of leprosy from 2010 to 2020: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the proportion of sex, type, grade 2 deformity and age
This study suggested that disparities existed between sex, type, grade 2 deformity (G2D) and age group characteristics of leprosy from country to country.PMID:35510339 | DOI:10.1080/20477724.2022.2057722 (Source: Pathogens and Global Health)
Source: Pathogens and Global Health - May 5, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jing Yang Xiang Li Yanqi Sun Lianhua Zhang Guangjie Jin Guoli Li Shunyu Zhang Kunchi Hou Yunhui Li Source Type: research

Race and Urinary Tract Infections in Young Children With Fever
In 2011, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) published an evidence-based clinical practice guideline on “The Diagnosis and Management of the Initial UTI in Febrile Infants and Children 2 to 24 Months” (hereafter referred to as the AAP UTI Guideline). Based on 2 studies, Key Action Statement 2 of the AAP UTI Guideline recommended the use of the following risk factors to assess the pretest likelihoo d of UTI: age, temperature, sex, circumcision status, presence of another source of fever, and race. Shaikh et al developed an online application (UTICalc) that obviated the need for clinicians to remember the various ri...
Source: JAMA Pediatrics - April 18, 2022 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research

Perspective: Appraisal of the Evidence-Base to Update Dietary Reference Intake Values - Lessons From The Past, Thoughts For The Future
Adv Nutr. 2022 Apr 11:nmac041. doi: 10.1093/advances/nmac041. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTUpdating evidence-based nutrient guidance is challenging. One set of recommendations for which a robust evidence base is essential is the Dietary References Intakes (DRI). In the past ten years, DRI values for four essential nutrients have been re-evaluated in two groups; vitamin D and calcium, and sodium and potassium. To support the work of the committees tasked with evaluating the available evidence, the federal agencies that sponsor the DRI reviews contracted with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to perform ...
Source: Adv Data - April 11, 2022 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Danielle S Cahoon Shruti P Shertukde Nanguneri Nirmala Joseph Lau Alice H Lichtenstein Source Type: research

2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines
Circulation. 2022 Apr 1:101161CIR0000000000001062. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000001062. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAIM: The "2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure" replaces the "2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure" and the "2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure." The 2022 guideline is intended to provide patient-centric recommendations for clinicians to prevent, diagnose, and manage patients with heart failure.METHODS: A comprehensive literature search was conducted from May 2020 to December 2020, encompassing s...
Source: Circulation - April 1, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Paul A Heidenreich Biykem Bozkurt David Aguilar Larry A Allen Joni J Byun Monica M Colvin Anita Deswal Mark H Drazner Shannon M Dunlay Linda R Evers James C Fang Savitri E Fedson Gregg C Fonarow Salim S Hayek Adrian F Hernandez Prateeti Khazanie Michelle Source Type: research

2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines
Circulation. 2022 Apr 1:101161CIR0000000000001063. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000001063. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAIM: The "2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure" replaces the "2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure" and the "2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure." The 2022 guideline is intended to provide patient-centric recommendations for clinicians to prevent, diagnose, and manage patients with heart failure.METHODS: A comprehensive literature search was conducted from May 2020 to December 2020, encompassing s...
Source: Circulation - April 1, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Paul A Heidenreich Biykem Bozkurt David Aguilar Larry A Allen Joni J Byun Monica M Colvin Anita Deswal Mark H Drazner Shannon M Dunlay Linda R Evers James C Fang Savitri E Fedson Gregg C Fonarow Salim S Hayek Adrian F Hernandez Prateeti Khazanie Michelle Source Type: research