Taubman Health Sciences Library Blog- Blog Retired
- Global Innovation – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of October 20, 2014)
- Local Innovation & #MCubed – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of October 13, 2014)
- Open Access Journal on Clinical Diabetes and Endocrinology
- National Medical Librarians Month 2014
- Suicide Prevention & Trauma on Social Media – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of October 6, 2014)
- Radiation Oncology Journal Club (#RadOnc) – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of September 29, 2014)
- From the National Library of Medicine: Roosevelt at NIH
- Patients on the Right TEDMED Questions – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of September 22, 2014)
- TEDMED on Patient Engagement – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of September 15, 2014)
Tag Archives: AHRQ
Primary care telemonitoring to support diabetes management
From the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ): According to a new study supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), adding telemonitoring to the routine care diabetes patients receive did not significantly change outcomes. “Effect of … Continue reading
Children’s EHR format available in USHIK
From the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHQR): The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ’S) Children’s EHR Format has moved to the United States Health Information Knowledgebase (USHIK). This helps align the Children’s EHR Format with related knowledgebase … Continue reading
Webinar: Team training and patient safety
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) will host a 1-hour webinar on the use of the agency’s teamwork training program, TeamSTEPPS® & what evidence is available to demonstrate the program’s efficacy in improving patient safety. David Baker, Ph.D., … Continue reading
Most health outcomes following surgery are worse for low-income patients
From the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ): A new AHRQ study of 12 measures of outcomes following surgical procedures found that outcomes for patients from both high- and low-income geographic areas improved between 2000 and 2009. In fact, … Continue reading
New from HCUP – New state databases released
The Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality has released the following state Databases: 2010: State Inpatient Databases (SID): Maine State Ambulatory Surgery Databases (SASD): Maine State Emergency Department Databases (SEDD): Maine 2011: State Inpatient Databases (SID): Maine, Utah State Ambulatory … Continue reading
HCUP’s “Most Expensive Conditions” infographic
From the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ): HCUP has released a new infographic, The Top Five Most Expensive Conditions Treated in U.S. Hospitals, which represents data from the recently released Statistical Brief #160: National Inpatient Hospital Costs: The … Continue reading
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Tagged AHRQ, health services research, insurance, utilization
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Strategies to facilitate the use of health-related evidence
The Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ) has released a systematic review, Communication and Dissemination Strategies To Facilitate the Use of Health-Related Evidence. The review focuses on 3 areas. First, it addresses the comparative effectiveness of communicating evidence in … Continue reading
MEPS update
New data files & tables have been added to the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey web site: MEPS 1996-2011 Pooled Linkage Variance Estimation File (MEPS HC-036) MEPS 1996-2011 Replicates for Variance Estimation File (MEPS HC-036BRR) 2011 Non-Group Health Insurance Tables (No. 6 Tables Series) Updated … Continue reading
Meaningful use updates in USHIK
From the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ): Meaningful Use Portal is the “one-stop shop” for Meaningful Use Stage 1 and Stage 2 Clinical Quality Measures, their computation logic, their data elements, & the vocabularies and codes the data elements may … Continue reading
Hispanic women successfully navigate computer-based bilingual breastfeeding education program
From the AHRQ Electronic Newsletter (13 December 2013): Research supported by AHRQ evaluated the usability of a computerized learning program to provide breastfeeding education to Hispanic women residing in rural areas. “An interactive, bilingual touch-screen program to promote breastfeeding among … Continue reading
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Tagged AHRQ, health disparities, health literacy, online learning, rural health
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