• An outcome measure, endpoint, effect measure or measure of effect is a measure within medical practice or research, (primarily clinical trials) which is used to assess the effect, both positive and negative, of an intervention or treatment. (wikipedia.org)
  • Outcomes measures should be relevant to the target of the intervention (be it a single person or a target population). (wikipedia.org)
  • Outcome measures can be divided into clinical endpoints and surrogate endpoints where the former is directly related to what the goal of the intervention, and the latter are indirectly related. (wikipedia.org)
  • Design and setting: Systematic review was conducted in accordance with Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses reporting standards using population, intervention, comparison, and outcome strategies. (researchgate.net)
  • Intervention Participants were randomised to use PEP flute self-care in addition to usual care or have usual care only. (bmj.com)
  • The PEP self-care group was instructed to use a PEP flute three times per day during the 30 day intervention. (bmj.com)
  • Results 378 participants were assigned to the PEP flute self-care intervention (n=190) or usual care only (n=188). (bmj.com)
  • The assessment of preventable risk factors for readmissions also provides a basis for designing and implementing intervention programmes. (hkmj.org)
  • The Intervention Worksheet provides examples of potential interventions and ways to measure outcomes in your facility. (ahrq.gov)
  • Therefore, we developed the Diabetes Patient-Reported Outcome Measure (DiaPROM) trial, an empowerment-based intervention using the Problem Areas in Diabetes (PAID) scale to assess diabetes distress and as a dialogue tool in adult T1D consultations. (uib.no)
  • We used computer-generated block-randomisation without blinding to assign participants in a 1:1 ratio, stratified by sex, to receive the intervention or standard care. (uib.no)
  • The pilot trial outcomes were recruitment and retention rates, estimation of variance, between-group differences of follow-up scores and correlations of DDS scores to assist sample size calculations and, finally, participants' perceptions about the intervention components. (uib.no)
  • If anything, scientists have predicted that genetic testing can lead to more personalized or precision medicine that could save healthcare costs by delivering the right intervention to the right person at the right time . (cdc.gov)
  • Nutrition intervention such as health education, counselling and supplementary feeding should include a holistic approach to dietary education not only focusing on promoting a balanced diet but improvement strengthening the upgrading of child's dietary pattern taking into cognisant both quantity, and quality of nutrients provided to the child. (springer.com)
  • Intervention and Outcomes: The patient received chiropractic care over the course of 5 months. (chiroindex.org)
  • This proof of concept study aimed to test the feasibility (recruitment and retention) and preliminary efficacy of physical activity and Mediterranean-style dietary intervention (MedLiPal) delivered via artificially intelligent virtual health coach. (jmir.org)
  • As defined in the Biomarkers, EndpointS and other Tools (BEST) glossary developed by U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and National Institutes of Health Biomarker Working Group, a biomarker is "a defined characteristic that is measured as an indicator of normal biological processes, pathogenic processes, or biological responses to an exposure or intervention, including therapeutic interventions" 1 (e.g., blood pressure). (nature.com)
  • Therefore, we developed the PerfectFit health promotion intervention with a "blended care"-approach, which consists of a web-based health risk assessment (HRA) including tailored and personalized advice, followed by motivational interviewing (MI). (eur.nl)
  • The other arm is the 'extensive' program (intervention), which is additionally offered MI-sessions by trained occupational physicians, 4 face-to-face and 3 by telephone, and is offered more choices of health promotion activities in the HRA. (eur.nl)
  • These goals are achieved through patient and family education, exercise training, psychosocial and behavioral intervention, and outcome assessment. (medscape.com)
  • The rehabilitation intervention is geared toward the unique problems and needs of each patient and is implemented by a multidisciplinary team of health care professionals. (medscape.com)
  • This study in Tabriz, Islamic Republic of Iran, aimed to assess the effectiveness of an intervention for pregnant women--based on education and support groups and involvement in quality assessment activities--in order to improve the technical quality of public maternity care at public health centres. (who.int)
  • An intervention group of 92 pregnant women from 10 health centres was compared with a control group of 93 pregnant women from 11 centres. (who.int)
  • Logistic regression analysis showed that the self-assessed technical quality of maternity care received by the women was significantly better in the intervention that the control group for several of the standards concerning clinical examinations, maternal education and vitamin and mineral supplements. (who.int)
  • Cette étude conduite à Tabriz, en République islamique d'Iran, avait pour objectif d'évaluer l'efficacité d'une intervention pour les femmes enceintes, reposant sur des programmes éducationnels et des groupes de soutien ainsi que sur l'implication dans des activités d'évaluation de la qualité, dans le but d'améliorer la qualité technique des soins de maternité publics dispensés dans les centres de santé publique. (who.int)
  • Secondary or tertiary outcomes are outcome measures which are added after the design of the study is finalized, for example when data has already been collected. (wikipedia.org)
  • Secondary outcomes were self-reported urgent care visits due to covid-19, number of covid-19 related symptoms, and change in self-rated health, all within 30-days' follow-up. (bmj.com)
  • At day 30, the PEP flute self-care group also reported less chest tightness, less dyspnoea, more vigour, and higher level of daily activities, but these differences were small, and no consistent effects were seen on the secondary outcomes. (bmj.com)
  • Our primary outcome measure was the Diabetes Distress Scale (DDS), secondary outcome measures were the WHO 5-Well-being Index, the Perceived Competence for Diabetes Scale and glycaemic control measured by HbA1c. (uib.no)
  • Secondary outcomes included the 7 other Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems measures encompassing communication ratings, clinical processes ratings, and hospital environment ratings. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • Secondary outcomes were body composition (based on height, weight, and waist circumference) and blood pressure. (jmir.org)
  • Our aim is to evaluate the clinical and cost-effectiveness of two invasive and costly surgical interventions that are commonly used in secondary care in the National Health Service (NHS) compared with a non-surgical comparator of Early Structured Physiotherapy. (springer.com)
  • Secondary outcomes include the Disabilities of Arm Shoulder and Hand ( Quick DASH) score, the EQ-5D-5 L score, pain, extent of recovery and complications. (springer.com)
  • The three treatments being compared are the most frequently used in secondary care in the NHS, but there is uncertainty about which one works best and at what cost. (springer.com)
  • The aim of our research is to provide evidence of clinical and cost-effectiveness for commonly used interventions in the National Health Service (NHS) for the management of frozen shoulder in secondary care. (springer.com)
  • Secondary outcomes are self-reported work ability, CVD-risk score, sickness absence, productivity loss at work, participation in health promotion activities, changes in lifestyle (smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity, stress management) and body mass index. (eur.nl)
  • But in a secondary analysis, extent of such hibernating heart muscle was not a good predictor of clinical outcomes, which in the trial meant death from any cause or hospitalization for heart failure (HHF). (medscape.com)
  • In particular, this subcommittee will focus on maternal mental health issues (which includes substance use) including prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment, equity and community-based interventions. (alston.com)
  • To review literature identifying key components for measuring avoidable readmissions, their prevalence, risk factors, and interventions that can reduce potentially avoidable readmissions. (hkmj.org)
  • Home-based interventions, intensive education/ counselling, multidisciplinary care approaches, and telephone follow-up were the main types of interventions to address potentially avoidable readmissions. (hkmj.org)
  • Diet is one important predictor of children's growth, and often dietary interventions can assist with reversing adverse nutrition outcomes. (springer.com)
  • This study aimed to undertake a systematic review examining current evidence from RCTs on the effects of psychosocial interventions by social robots on health or well-being. (jmir.org)
  • All papers reported some positive outcomes from robotic interventions, although most trials had some measures that showed no difference or favored alternate treatments. (jmir.org)
  • Research on social robot interventions in clinical and health settings needs to transition from exploratory investigations to include large-scale controlled trials with sophisticated methodology, to increase confidence in their efficacy. (jmir.org)
  • This leaves other health care services untouched by the potential benefits that robotics may offer for health care professionals and their patients, including psychosocial interventions for health or well-being. (jmir.org)
  • Future research examining artificially intelligent interventions at scale, and for other health purposes, is warranted. (jmir.org)
  • From searching the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) website and the ISRCTN register, there was no large-scale, multi-centre, randomised controlled trial (RCT) of interventions for primary frozen shoulder being undertaken. (springer.com)
  • The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of a child's life [ 7 ]. (springer.com)
  • CDC uses post-COVID conditions similar to the World Health Organization or WHO. (cdc.gov)
  • Once GEM team members have completed a patient's individual clinical evaluation, they'll have a follow-up discussion to establish a care plan. (va.gov)
  • Patient data must have a single source of truth, and that should lay with the patient and be easily accessible by the patient's care team should the patient choose to share it. (mgma.com)
  • Home health service, as decentralization form in many health systems, has an objective to deliver high-quality, long-term care inside the patient's home. (igi-global.com)
  • The primary outcomes were the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems global measures of patient-reported experience and satisfaction, including a patient's overall rating of a hospital and willingness to recommend a hospital. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • FDA is announcing the establishment of a docket to obtain information and comments that will assist the Agency in assessing whether in-home disposal products can be expected to meet the public health goal of mitigating the risk of nonmedical use or overdose if the Agency were to require drug manufacturers to make in-home disposal products available to patients under a risk evaluation and mitigation strategy (REMS). (alston.com)
  • The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of a computerized SBIRT system called the Health Evaluation and Referral Assistant (HERA) on risky alcohol use treatment initiation. (jmir.org)
  • The outcomes were measured by re-assessments, parental evaluation and health care provider and teacher reports. (chiroindex.org)
  • Our objectives are to align the meaning of 'digital biomarker' with established biomarker terminology and to highlight opportunities to enable consistency in evidence generation and evaluation, improving the assessment of scientific evidence for future digital biomarkers. (nature.com)
  • To meet the educational needs of our health care professionals we plan to train nurses, physicians, pharmacists, and physical therapists and follow-up learning outcomes in one group (nurses). (nova.edu)
  • With a strong reputation for scientific research and validity, the company offers an innovative family of products that empower wellness companies, health plans, and other organizations to inspire healthy lifestyles, prevent disease, improve productivity, and reduce unnecessary healthcare costs. (prnewswire.com)
  • How can we ensure that genetic testing saves lives and saves unnecessary healthcare costs at the same time? (cdc.gov)
  • On the other hand, " premature translation " of unvalidated technologies may fail to improve health outcomes, while increasing unnecessary healthcare costs. (cdc.gov)
  • Due to the COVID-19 reporting exceptions, the claims-based measures have been calculated excluding Q1 and Q2 2020 data from measure calculations. (nahc.org)
  • In 2020, The Hague launched the first quantitative assessment tool for measuring age-friendliness - the AFCCQ (Age-Friendly Cities and Communities Questionnaire). (who.int)
  • The central hypothesis of the Enterprise Outcomes study is that nursing homes whose programs, policies, and practices align more closely with TWH as measured by the Workplace Integrated Health Assessment will have better outcomes with respect to occupational injury and quality of patient care compared to worksites less aligned with TWH approaches. (cdc.gov)
  • We will first consider the so-called core set measures of activity, prividing comprehensive overviews on joint count scales, global scales, pain scales, biomarkers, and functional assessment instruments. (nih.gov)
  • Biomarkers and clinical outcome assessments measure different concepts and both could be useful in understanding the impact of a condition on patients. (nature.com)
  • and (2) to highlight opportunities that improve the assessment of scientific evidence for future digital biomarkers. (nature.com)
  • Research aimed at assessing the quality and effectiveness of health care as measured by the attainment of a specified end result or outcome. (online-medical-dictionary.org)
  • In clinical trials such measures of direct importance for an individual may be survival, quality of life, morbidity, suffering, functional impairment or changes in symptoms. (wikipedia.org)
  • Advance scientific knowledge related to aging Veterans' needs (and ways of meeting those needs) by facilitating a higher quality of geriatric care. (va.gov)
  • This document provides examples of ways to measure progress resulting from your program activities and quality improvement activities of interest. (cdc.gov)
  • What process measure or quality measure data are collected , and by whom, for the following? (cdc.gov)
  • Consequently, the decision problem requires finding effective ways to involve assessment and management of several criterias to achieve continuous quality improvement. (igi-global.com)
  • To facilitate dissemination and uptake, the MAPS statement is being co-published by seven health economics and quality of life journals, and broader endorsement is encouraged. (ox.ac.uk)
  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. (ahrq.gov)
  • covering diabetes distress, emotional wellbeing, perceived diabetes competence, hypoglycaemia awareness and health-related quality of life), three glucose variability items and two items concerning current glucose monitoring. (uib.no)
  • To help organizations address this priority, Wellsource , a premier provider of evidence-based Health Risk Assessments (HRA) and self-management tools, has maintained certifications from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) for Health Appraisals and Self-Management Tools since NCQA released certification guidelines in 2008. (prnewswire.com)
  • 10 years of consecutive NCQA certification reflect our continued commitment to helping people enjoy long, healthy lives and organizations reduce healthcare costs through high-quality products," stated Chris McReynolds , Wellsource CEO. (prnewswire.com)
  • We argue that being able to measure the incidence of diagnostic error is essential to enable research studies on diagnostic error, and to initiate quality improvement projects aimed at reducing the risk of error and harm. (bmj.com)
  • Study selection, data extraction and the assessment of study quality were performed in duplicate. (cambridge.org)
  • Assessment applies public health sciences to monitor and evaluate effectiveness, quality and outcomes of deployment of genomic technologies in populations. (cdc.gov)
  • International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 26(5):561-570. (uzh.ch)
  • Objective To review systematic reviews and meta-analyses of integrated care programmes in chronically ill patients, with a focus on methodological quality, elements of integration assessed and effects reported. (uzh.ch)
  • effects on patient-centred outcomes, process quality, use of healthcare and costs. (uzh.ch)
  • HAI/AR surveillance and prevention activities, as well as improving antibiotic use across healthcare and the community, are areas that rely on engagement and relationships with different partners to ensure quality data and evidence-based decision-making. (cdc.gov)
  • The Evidence Based Practice (EBP) diabetes foot education program funded by Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) was developed in consensus with all four GECs (NSU-COM, Arkansas, Texas, and Stanford) involved in this project to improve quality of care of persons with diabetes. (nova.edu)
  • A quality improvement (QI) tool will be used to measure the level of education before/after the diabetes foot education training. (nova.edu)
  • Cost utility -- An economic analysis assessed as a quality-adjusted outcome per net cost expended. (cdc.gov)
  • Conclusions: Following the introduction of chiropractic care and lifestyle changes this child experienced an improvement in his quality of life. (chiroindex.org)
  • However, directly testing this hypothesis is generally complicated in part because it is difficult to construct consistent measures of healthcare utilisation across countries in a way that holds quality of care constant. (cepr.org)
  • Second, for pharmaceuticals it is possible to exploit an existing measure of drug quality that is based solely on clinical value (that is, this quality measure is independent of the drug's price). (cepr.org)
  • Despite having some limitations, this quality measure allows us to compare whether the US differs from other developed countries in the adoption and diffusion of drugs with relatively high therapeutic value relative to those that provide more marginal gains. (cepr.org)
  • For our measure of drug quality, we rely on assessments of France's Haute Autorité de Sante (HAS). (cepr.org)
  • We measure diffusion by sales of standard units (that is, by measuring quantities rather than revenues), and focus our quality metric on a comparison of more (ASMR I/II/III) and less (ASMR IV/V) therapeutically valuable drugs. (cepr.org)
  • Background Low/middle-income countries need a large-scale improvement in the quality of care (QoC) around the time of childbirth in order to reduce high maternal, fetal and neonatal mortality. (bmj.com)
  • Methods We conducted a stepped-wedge cluster-randomised trial in 15 primary health centres (PHC) of the state of Haryana in India to test the effectiveness of a multipronged quality management strategy comprising capacity building of providers, periodic assessments of the PHCs to identify quality gaps and undertaking improvement activities for closure of the gaps. (bmj.com)
  • Routine quality care assessment of schizophrenic disorders using information systems. (bvsalud.org)
  • To assess the quality of mental healthcare provided to patients with schizophrenic disorders in the Italian region of Lombardy. (bvsalud.org)
  • Clinical indicators demonstrate the strengths and weaknesses of the mental health system in Lombardy and they can be useful tools in the routine assessment of mental healthcare quality . (bvsalud.org)
  • For the state worker's compensation boards, state practice regarding data access and our assessment of data quality drove the relationship process. (cdc.gov)
  • In 2019, Discovery Health published a risk adjustment model to determine standardised mortality rates across South African private hospital systems, with the aim of contributing towards quality improvement in the private healthcare sector. (who.int)
  • In 2019, Discovery Health[1] published an article in the South quality. (who.int)
  • It is, however, important to represents an important step towards driving quality improvement in note that population-derived scores should general y not be used to SA's private healthcare sector. (who.int)
  • ABSTRACT Pregnant women have a major role to play in assessing and improving their own quality of care. (who.int)
  • Pregnant women and their newborns sonable indicator of the overall quality health centres. (who.int)
  • World Health Day with the slogan Tabriz and showed that there was a "Pregnancy is special: let us make it need to improve the technical quality of safe" ( 1 ). (who.int)
  • Continuous care for normal as ty to implement effective change has the cording the Comprehensive Quality well at-risk-pregnancies is an essential potential to promote overall health and Measurement in Health care (CQMH) factor in mortality prevention ( 1 ). (who.int)
  • Swedish Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Assessment of Social Services. (wikipedia.org)
  • A two-round, modified Delphi survey with representatives from academia, consultancy, health technology assessment agencies, and the biomedical journal editorial community was used to identify a list of essential reporting items from this larger list. (ox.ac.uk)
  • OHE lunchtime seminar with Leeza Osipenko (NICE Scientific Advice), Nancy Delvin and François Maignen (OHE) Health Technology Assessment (HTA) scientific advice (SA) was created by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence in 2009. (ohe.org)
  • Health Technology Assessment (HTA) scientific advice (SA) was created by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence in 2009. (ohe.org)
  • Primary outcomes included feasibility (based on recruitment and retention) and preliminary efficacy for changing physical activity and diet. (jmir.org)
  • Assessment of methods in health care - A handbook (PDF) (Preliminarily ed. (wikipedia.org)
  • CONCLUSIONS: Using PCOs to inform healthcare decision-making will require ways of collating and presenting information on PCOs in ways that can inform patient-provider decision-making, and developing methods to determine the relative importance of outcomes (including test accuracy) to one another. (cam.ac.uk)
  • Methods and analysis Journal articles meeting inclusion criteria will be identified via a search of seven electronic databases: MEDLINE via EBSCOhost, PsycINFO via APA PsycNET, Embase via Elsevier, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature via EBSCOhost, Web of Science via Thomson Reuters, Google Scholar and the Cochrane Library. (bmj.com)
  • Methods: In the absence of previously published reporting checklists or reporting guidance documents, a de novo list of reporting items was created by a working group comprised of six health economists and one Delphi methodologist. (ox.ac.uk)
  • Assessment of different methods or outcome measures can increase power and account for bias and other effects. (cdc.gov)
  • We will explore the acceptability of the different treatments to patients and health care professionals using qualitative methods. (springer.com)
  • On April 3, 2023, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) issued a notice entitled, Requests for Nominations: Organizations to Serve as Non-Voting Liaison Representatives to the Advisory Committee on Women's Services Subcommittee on Maternal Mental Health . (alston.com)
  • The traditional measure of caries, the DMF index, either as prevalence or incidence of disease, has become highly positively skewed among children and young adults. (edu.au)
  • New' outcome measures that would assist in reaching the aims and constitutive interests of the epidemiology of caries include caries severity grading, variants of prevalence, extent and severity and their combination into case definitions, and weighting of the components of the DMF index. (edu.au)
  • Increasing prevalence of diabetes has also impacted associated health care costs. (nova.edu)
  • With the rise in the prevalence of diabetes complications, it becomes imperative to provide training and practice care for our health care professionals to manage the disease. (nova.edu)
  • 1) To identify English-language published patient-reported upper extremity outcome measures used in breast cancer research and (2) to examine construct validity and responsiveness in patient-reported upper extremity outcome measures used in breast cancer research. (nih.gov)
  • Composite measures or combined measures are common in clinical research. (wikipedia.org)
  • However, there is still a research agenda for the assessment of disease activity, even for RA. (nih.gov)
  • We present the findings of the Patient Reported Outcomes of Diagnostics (PROD) research study in response to a methodological gap in the area of diagnostic test comparative effectiveness research. (cam.ac.uk)
  • Introduction The Health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS) for adults, and equivalent measures for children and adolescents and older people, are widely used in clinical practice and research contexts to measure mental health and functional outcomes. (bmj.com)
  • AHRQ Projects funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund. (ahrq.gov)
  • Research on the impact of economic crises on the use of mental health care is scarce, and methodologies of the included papers are prone to substantial bias. (cambridge.org)
  • Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Center for Outcomes Research in Cardiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • Research questions for each area of 'new' outcome measures are identified as steps in the codifying of their use in the epidemiology of caries. (edu.au)
  • Controlled research on social robots is at an early stage, as is the current range of their applications to health care. (jmir.org)
  • Increasing digitization across the healthcare continuum has revolutionized medical research, diagnostics, and therapeutics. (nature.com)
  • Over the last decade, increasing digitization across the healthcare continuum has revolutionized medical research, diagnostics, and therapeutics. (nature.com)
  • CDC, our planners, and presenters wish to disclose they have no financial relationships with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, reselling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients with the exception of Dr. Talya Fleming, who would like to disclose that she received a research grant from NuStep and served as co- principal investigator for stroke rehabilitation clinical research trial. (cdc.gov)
  • PORTLAND, Ore. , Feb. 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- As healthcare providers and plans continue to focus on curbing costs in 2019, adopting the best practices and technologies for a more preventive-based approach to health is a priority. (prnewswire.com)
  • To evaluate whether the VBP program's implementation was associated with changes in measures of patient-reported experience at safety-net hospitals compared with non-safety-net hospitals between 2008 and 2019. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • Piecewise linear mixed regression models were used to assess annual trends in performance on each patient experience measure by hospital safety-net status before (July 1, 2007-June 30, 2011) and after (July 1, 2011-June 30, 2019) implementation of the VBP program. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • Safety-net hospitals consistently had lower patient experience scores than non-safety-net hospitals across all measures from 2008 to 2019. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • Health care professionals as second victims after adverse events: a systematic review. (ahrq.gov)
  • This planned systematic review will critically appraise evidence on the measurement properties of the HoNOS family of measures. (bmj.com)
  • The aim of this systematic review was to summarise the empirical evidence on the association between periods of economic crisis and the use of mental health care. (cambridge.org)
  • Over the past few decades, financial pressures have led governments and healthcare organisations to adopt systematic approaches to priority setting. (bmj.com)
  • Additionally, with recent advancements in digitization across healthcare, the ability to detect non-biological external factors (e.g., environmental features like pollen count) provides an opportunity to identify predictors and influences on health, that will require systematic development of scientific evidence in the future. (nature.com)
  • These actions are consistent with the essential mission of the "public health system" in the US, namely to ensure conditions by which people can be healthy. (cdc.gov)
  • Imagine if Canadian patients were asked to choose between clean water or consistent access to a health provider? (cbc.ca)
  • Studies were included if a patient-reported upper extremity outcome measure was administered, the participants were diagnosed with breast cancer, and the study was published in English. (nih.gov)
  • Depending on the design of a trial, outcome measures can be either primary outcomes, in which case the trial is designed around finding an adequate study size (through proper randomization and power calculation). (wikipedia.org)
  • A study can have multiple primary outcome measures. (wikipedia.org)
  • Outcome measures used in trials should consider relevance to the target of the study. (wikipedia.org)
  • The authors point out that this is the first study to look at the impact of the second victim experience on work-related outcomes. (ahrq.gov)
  • Other key authors on the study include Florian Krammer, PhD, associate professor of microbiology, and Adolfo Garcia-Sastre, PhD, director of the Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. (infectioncontroltoday.com)
  • A new study gives practical tools for assessment and insights into their effectiveness. (infectioncontroltoday.com)
  • This study examines the impact of improvements in data collection on outcome measures in a national monitoring programme between 2007/2008 and 2010/2011. (bath.ac.uk)
  • A large, United Kingdom (UK)-based primary care study found that 'frozen shoulder' affects 8.2% of men and 10.1% of women of working age [ 1 ]. (springer.com)
  • Work-related risk factors for rotator cuff syndrome in a prospective study of manufacturing and healthcare workers. (cdc.gov)
  • Objective: This prospective study assessed the risk of developing rotator cuff syndrome (RCS) with separate or specific combinations of biomechanical exposures measures, controlling for individual confounders. (cdc.gov)
  • The primary goal of the Enterprise Outcomes study is to promote the health and safety of workers in the nursing home industry through understanding of TWH approaches in the industry. (cdc.gov)
  • What was predictive of outcome was total scar burden," said Rao, who isn't connected with the study. (medscape.com)
  • Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate nutrition care and nursing professional knowledge received by adults on highly active antiretroviral therapy attending primary health care (PHC) facilities Design: Cross-sectional, descriptive study.Subjects and setting: The study was conducted on 263 adults and 75 nursing professionals, recruited from 19 facilities in the Mbombela sub-district, Mpumalanga.Outcome measures: Interviewer-administered questionnaires were completed for each patient. (bvsalud.org)
  • Studies have shown that a wide range of patient engagement efforts are effective and can have a significant impact on self-management practices, health behaviors, health outcomes and costs. (mgma.com)
  • Surgical and rehabilitative robotics offer distinct advances in their exceptional ability to augment treatment practices to enhance patient outcomes but are restricted to a highly specific field of medical assistance. (jmir.org)
  • health access, population-specific health informatics, patient experiences free from hostility and oppression, mental health support, Indigenous representation in health provider roles and integration of traditional Indigenous wellness practices all have direct and immediate effects on disease trajectories. (cbc.ca)
  • The primary outcomes included the number of women approaching the PHCs for childbirth and 12 directly observed essential practices related to the childbirth. (bmj.com)
  • Yet, the degree to which the industry's existing programs, policies, and practices align with the Total Worker Health® approach is unknown. (cdc.gov)
  • Cost effectiveness -- An economic analysis assessed as a health outcome per cost expended. (cdc.gov)
  • Effectiveness -- The improvement in health outcome that a prevention strategy can produce in typical community-based settings. (cdc.gov)
  • That the extent of hibernating myocardium, which is viable but dysfunctional, didn't predict clinical outcomes or LV functional recovery "is disruptive of current practice and challenges a view that's been held for decades. (medscape.com)
  • Another focus of disease activity assessment is to derive measures that work in clinical trials and in daily practice, but are also well understood by patients and physicians. (nih.gov)
  • This will further improve our ability to care for patients with RA consequently. (nih.gov)
  • Objectives: To assess whether NIV is effective and safe for patients with ALS in terms of survival and QOL, alerting the health system. (researchgate.net)
  • Patient-centred outcomes of imaging tests: recommendations for patients, clinicians and researchers. (cam.ac.uk)
  • To increase patient engagement and move the needle on the value provided to patients, administrators should leverage new technology to extend provider reach beyond the traditional appointment to deliver a higher level of personalized care. (mgma.com)
  • Technology is starting to accelerate the healthcare system's steps toward empowering patients to make increasingly informed decisions in their own care by providing solutions that enhance the provider-patient relationship by supporting more meaningful patient data collection, reducing data silos and allowing for intuitive visualization of the entire patient journey. (mgma.com)
  • This is a path for providers to develop closer relationships with patients that result in better health and better value for the health organization as a whole. (mgma.com)
  • Health data has incredible potential to do more than drive revenue - it can help move the needle on health outcomes by giving providers the data points they need to deliver personalized medicine to their patients. (mgma.com)
  • triggers should flag particular members of the care team when patients respond with certain keywords or troubling responses. (mgma.com)
  • Regulation such as the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology's recent Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the Interoperability of Health Information can support the reduction of data silos by facilitating health record sharing with patients and prohibiting information blocking among providers. (mgma.com)
  • However, management of those services is about handling a complex decision problem related with the care delivery process composed by technologies, patients, structures, and professionals. (igi-global.com)
  • Over 100 free commonly used clinical formulas and calculator tools to help diagnose, treat, prevent, and determine prognosis of patients at point of care. (guidelinecentral.com)
  • These patterns were similar for the global measure that assessed whether patients would definitely recommend a hospital. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • Patient clinical outcomes will be measured for all non-demented patients with diabetes through methodical review of patients' charts before and after foot education training. (nova.edu)
  • He was skeptical that the 700 health care leaders gathered cared much for First Nations patients and their crises. (cbc.ca)
  • Well-thought through studies that enhance our delivery of innovative therapies to more patients worldwide, enhance patient care, and align with our strategic areas of interest will be considered. (novartis.com)
  • For example, an investigational product used to treat patients with heart failure could be assessed by measuring a biomarker of the heart's output (left ventricular ejection fraction) as well as through a COA, a subjective measure of how the patient feels (the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire). (nature.com)
  • All 28 227 patients with schizophrenic disorders that were under the care of Lombardy mental health services in 2009. (bvsalud.org)
  • The care that was delivered to patients and family members was more frequent for first-episode cases than for prevalent ones. (bvsalud.org)
  • Seven out of ten patients made use of continuing care and, after hospitalization , more than half of the discharged patients received a follow-up visit by community mental health centre staff within 2 weeks of their discharge. (bvsalud.org)
  • Pulmonary rehabilitation is an integral part of the clinical management and health maintenance of those patients with chronic respiratory disease who remain symptomatic or continue to have decreased function despite standard medical treatment. (medscape.com)
  • Pulmonary rehabilitation programs include prevention, early recognition and treatment of morbidities, and inpatient, outpatient, and extended care of patients with chronic respiratory illness. (medscape.com)
  • And final y, it allows patients to The publication sought to transparently examine variations in care make informed decisions about possible treatment options. (who.int)
  • Guideline is to help healthcare providers take action to improve the health of their pediatric patients with mTBI. (cdc.gov)
  • Healthcare providers should counsel patients and families that the large majority (70-80%) of children with mTBI do not show significant difficulties that last more than 1-3 months post-injury. (cdc.gov)
  • Healthcare providers should counsel patients and families that although some factors predict an increased or decreased risk for prolonged symptoms, each child's recovery from mTBI is unique and will fol ow its own trajectory. (cdc.gov)
  • Healthcare providers can more effectively counsel patients with mTBI when they have assessed risk factors for outcomes and recovery. (cdc.gov)
  • and apply health equity considerations to clinical care, activity management, and reconditioning long COVID patients. (cdc.gov)
  • One poll found that primary care providers spend 19 minutes on the EHR for every 12 minutes spent with a patient. (mgma.com)
  • Objective To determine whether positive expiratory pressure (PEP) by PEP flute self-care is effective in reducing respiratory symptoms among community dwelling adults with SARS-CoV-2 infection and early stage covid-19. (bmj.com)
  • Participants Community dwelling adults, able to perform self-care, with a new SARS-CoV-2 infection (verified by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction tests) and symptoms of covid-19. (bmj.com)
  • Conclusions In community dwelling adults with early covid-19, PEP flute self-care had a significant, yet marginal and uncertain clinical effect on respiratory symptom severity, as measured by CAT scores. (bmj.com)
  • This report summarizes the findings from three rounds of testing designed to evaluate questions concerning adults with chronic healthcare needs (ACHCN). (cdc.gov)
  • Adults with [1] ongoing physical, cognitive, or mental health conditions or difficulties functioning who [2] need health or related support services of a type or amount beyond that needed by adults of the same sex and similar age (NIH 2013). (cdc.gov)
  • Out of 408 extracted records, 27 trials met the inclusion criteria: 6 in child health or well-being, 9 in children with autism spectrum disorder, and 12 with older adults. (jmir.org)
  • Additional HoNOS measures have been developed for special populations and applications. (bmj.com)
  • Stakeholders require synthesised information about the measurement properties of these measures to assess whether they are fit for use with intended service settings and populations and to establish performance benchmarks. (bmj.com)
  • Safety-net hospitals, which have limited financial resources and care for disadvantaged populations, have lower performance on measures of patient experience than non-safety-net hospitals. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • Linear growth monitoring provides one of the most reliable ways to predict, assess and measure children's overall wellbeing. (springer.com)
  • Children of Hispanic ethnicity factors predict outcomes in pediatric mTBI. (cdc.gov)
  • However, there is no single assessment tool to predict outcomes. (cdc.gov)
  • Outcomes will be disseminated to stakeholders via reports, journal articles and presentations at meetings and conferences. (bmj.com)
  • A comprehensive community health assessment includes many stakeholders and participation from a variety of sectors. (cdc.gov)
  • Jump forward two years and the TRC Calls to Action on health and health transformation have become a part of the common vernacular between ministries, First Nations and other stakeholders. (cbc.ca)
  • Wellsource Inc. has been a premier provider of evidence-based health risk assessments (HRAs) and self-management tools for four decades. (prnewswire.com)
  • Healthcare workers (HCWs) is the high-risk group for COVID-19 infection due to increased workplace exposure. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Undoubtedly, genomic and molecular technologies will eventually provide useful tools for the diagnosis and management of various diseases, screening and early detection, as well as risk assessment, health promotion and prevention. (cdc.gov)
  • Attributable risk -- The theoretical reduction in the rate or number of cases of an adverse outcome that can be achieved by elimination of a risk factor. (cdc.gov)
  • Recognizing also that progress in the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases has been insufficient and highly uneven, and that continued and increased efforts are essential, in paragraph 30 of the outcome document ministers committed themselves to prioritize a set of measures in four priority areas: governance, prevention and reduction of risk factors, health care and surveillance. (who.int)
  • Informing clinical assessment by contextualizing post-hoc explanations of risk prediction models in type-2 diabetes. (cdc.gov)
  • When designing a risk prediction model, patient-proximate variables with a sound theoretical or proven association with the outcome of interest should be used. (who.int)
  • The outcome measure are among the most vulnerable and of maternity care provided by the health was the health-care providers' degree of high-risk groups of the population. (who.int)
  • Children with more severe presentations of · Healthcare providers should screen for a variety of known mTBI (including those associated with an risk factors for persistent symptoms in children with mTBI. (cdc.gov)
  • The panel developed these questions with the broad objective of improving the surveillance and monitoring of health care and related service need and use among people with chronic conditions and/or disabilities at the population level (NIH 2013). (cdc.gov)
  • Objective: The purpose of this paper is to report on the outcomes of a three year-old boy diagnosed with Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) undergoing chiropractic care. (chiroindex.org)
  • Despite higher per capita healthcare spending, US health outcomes compare poorly with other developed nations. (cepr.org)
  • A HD's HAI/AR partnerships and assessment activities can be drawn from or incorporated into broader community health assessment activities. (cdc.gov)
  • This handout for healthcare providers describes prognosis-related recommendations contained in the CDC Pediatric mTBI Guideline. (cdc.gov)
  • Healthcare providers should assess the premorbid history of children either prior to an injury, as a part of pre-participation athletic examinations, or as soon as possible post-injury in children with mTBI, to assist in determining prognosis. (cdc.gov)
  • Consequently, regular assessment in clinical care is recommended. (uib.no)
  • SAMHSA is soliciting nominations from qualified organizations to be considered for non-voting liaison representative positions on a subcommittee of the Advisory Committee for Women's Services (ACWS) focused on maternal mental health. (alston.com)
  • Maternal nutrition thus has a large bearing on the nutrition outcome of the child. (springer.com)
  • pregnancy and delivery worldwide, and ing supplements and for education in therefore improving maternal health pregnancy ( 5 ). (who.int)
  • The anticipated patient outcomes of a comprehensive pulmonary rehabilitation program include increased independence and improved QOL, as well as fewer hospitalizations or shorter hospitalization time. (medscape.com)
  • The results demonstrated that NIV provided relief from the symptoms of chronic hypoventilation, increased survival, and improved QOL compared to standard care. (researchgate.net)
  • Main outcome measures Primary outcome was a change in symptom severity from baseline to day 30, as assessed by the self-reported COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) assessment test (CAT), which was adjusted for baseline values and stratification factors. (bmj.com)
  • RMD approached NCHS/QDRL for its assistance with cognitive testing of competing question formulations and approaches in seven major domains, including: medical care, mental health, prescription medications, therapies, DME and assistive technology, disability, and chronic conditions which (described more fully in table 1). (cdc.gov)
  • Subcommittee) and numerous other sources related to the measurement of disability, chronic health or mental health conditions in the adult population. (cdc.gov)
  • The final Persian version of the questionnaire was administered to 130 randomly selected health care providers in Rasht in 2014 to assess internal consistency and convergent and discriminant validity. (who.int)
  • Using Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) to assess diabetes distress is considered useful as tools to improve screening and communication between clinicians and people with T1D. (uib.no)
  • Healthcare providers should use a combination of tools to assess recovery in children with mTBI. (cdc.gov)
  • Healthcare providers should use validated symptom scales to assess recovery in children with mTBI. (cdc.gov)
  • Healthcare providers may use validated cognitive testing (including measures of reaction time) to assess recovery in children with mTBI. (cdc.gov)
  • Two sex-segregated focus group discussions were held with 21 health care providers to evaluate the comprehensibility of the questions. (who.int)
  • We have also developed comprehensive training modules and assessment measures to evaluate the immediate and long-term impact of our training program. (nova.edu)
  • A statistically significant effect of a composite measure can often be explained solely by effects of a surrogate endpoint or a variable that is less relevant. (wikipedia.org)
  • The primary outcome and endpoint will be the Oxford Shoulder Score (a patient self-reported assessment of shoulder function) at 12 months. (springer.com)
  • Outcomes of the foot assessment training will be analyzed through changes in clinical practice of health care professionals and improved patient outcomes. (nova.edu)
  • We believe that our diabetes foot education training will have significant impact on practice change and patient outcomes that will be a potential source of publication and practice ideology. (nova.edu)
  • Supporting involved health care professionals (second victims) following an adverse health event: a literature review. (ahrq.gov)
  • The Staff Safety Assessment Form and the Learning from Antibiotic-Associated Adverse Events Form will help your team obtain that information. (ahrq.gov)
  • Adverse event (outcome) -- Any disease or injury, e.g., premature death or unnec essary morbidity. (cdc.gov)
  • Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Process for Decentralized Healthcare Services Assessment. (igi-global.com)
  • RÉSUMÉ La présente étude avait pour objectif de traduire en langue perse un questionnaire sur les connaissances en matière d'infections sexuellement transmissibles publié par Jaworski and Carey en 2007 et de procéder à sa validation. (who.int)
  • La version en langue perse finale du questionnaire a été administrée à 130 dispensateurs de soins de santé sélectionnés de façon aléatoire à Rasht en 2014 dans le but d'évaluer la cohérence interne ainsi que la validité convergente et discriminante. (who.int)
  • Appraisal of reliability, validity, responsiveness and interpretability will be guided by the COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments checklist. (bmj.com)
  • The included papers reported RCTs that assessed changes in health or well-being from interactions with a social robot across at least 2 measurement occasions. (jmir.org)
  • Through a business-based focus, students will leverage their experience to increase their knowledge of the services being provided in healthcare centers, hospitals, clinics, and organizations. (marianuniversity.edu)
  • Some healthcare organizations have made significant strides in generating better patient data. (mgma.com)
  • Some organizations track patient-reported outcome measures to monitor symptoms and vital signs. (mgma.com)
  • Health care organizations are increasingly recognizing the importance of providing support to second victims. (ahrq.gov)
  • How to develop a second victim support program: a toolkit for health care organizations. (ahrq.gov)
  • Organizations that choose Wellsource products not only improve lives and productivity, thereby driving down cost, they also save considerable time and effort in achieving their own NCQA Health Plan Accreditation through oversight relief. (prnewswire.com)
  • Organizations unaffiliated with health care also benefit from choosing assessments and wellness tools that have achieved NCQA certification. (prnewswire.com)
  • In 2016, I stood with three Indigenous political organizations - Nishnawbe Aski Nation, Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak and the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations - to compete in the Great Healthcare Debate, a national competition held during the HealthcareCAN National Health Leadership Conference. (cbc.ca)
  • At the time, each of the Indigenous organizations was experiencing their own disparate health crises. (cbc.ca)
  • National medical organizations and provincial health regions remain hesitant to aggressively address health service inequities, instead waiting for the federal government to act or fill the deafening silence. (cbc.ca)
  • From my experience with these three Indigenous political organizations and provincial/federal health systems, there are two areas we must pay closer attention to if we stand a chance at successfully improving Indigenous health. (cbc.ca)
  • Screening assessments around social determinants of health, for example, have become much more widely used. (mgma.com)
  • Early screening and aggressive co-morbidity treatment among HCWs are essential for public health practitioners to prevent severe COVID-19 disease. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Assurance involves implementing appropriate programs (such as newborn screening), laws, and regulations, assuring access, and strengthening providers' genomic competencies and the general public's health literacy. (cdc.gov)
  • The ACWS's role is to advise the Associate Administrator for Women's Services (AAWS) on appropriate activities to be undertaken by the agencies of the Administration with respect to women's substance use and mental health services, including services which require a multidisciplinary approach. (alston.com)
  • plans to standardize and enhance the collection of data on women's health, and other emerging issues concerning women's substance use and mental health services. (alston.com)
  • Do you use mental health mental health, treatment or counseling for treatment or support such as substance any kind of mental health, counseling or substance abuse abuse and substance abuse, or services? (cdc.gov)
  • B. Do you need or use mental If no: Do you need mental health treatment or health treatment or support support such as that you do not receive? (cdc.gov)
  • C. Do you need or get treatment or counseling for any kind of mental health, substance abuse, or emotional problem? (cdc.gov)
  • A. Because of a physical, Do you use prescription medication used on an medical, or mental health medicine regularly (other than ongoing or condition that has a vitamins or birth control pills)? (cdc.gov)
  • Impact of economic crises on mental health care: a. (cambridge.org)
  • Unmet needs for mental health treatment are large and widespread, and periods of economic crisis may increase the need for care and the treatment gap, with serious consequences for individuals and society. (cambridge.org)
  • Search terms included (1) economic crisis, (2) use of mental health services and (3) mental health problems. (cambridge.org)
  • The results from the included articles suggest that periods of economic crisis might be linked to an increase of general help sought for mental health problems, with conflicting results regarding the changes in the use of specialised psychiatric care. (cambridge.org)
  • The evidence on the use of mental health care specifically due to suicide behaviour is mixed. (cambridge.org)
  • More empirical and long-term studies on this topic are needed, in order to adapt mental health care systems to the specific needs of the population in times of economic crisis. (cambridge.org)
  • and second, the need for adequate mental health treatment is often unmet among. (hrb.ie)
  • Mental health outcome measures / edited by Michele Tansella, Graham Thornicroft. (who.int)
  • Forty-one clinical indicators were applied to Lombardy's healthcare databases containing data on mental health treatments , hospital admissions, somatic health treatments and pharmaceutical prescriptions . (bvsalud.org)
  • All public departments of mental health and private residential facilities in Lombardy. (bvsalud.org)
  • Post-COVID conditions refers to the wide range of physical and mental health consequences present four or more weeks after SARS-CoV-2 infection. (cdc.gov)
  • Facilities generally had sufficient equipment and fair storage conditions,but stock shortages of nutrition supplements were problematic.Conclusions: Whilst certain positive findings emerged, nutrition care could be improved, largely through adequate training and support to professional nurses. (bvsalud.org)
  • Association between electronic health record implementations and hospital-acquired conditions in pediatric hospitals. (ahrq.gov)
  • In the current review, we focus on the instruments and measures used in the assessment of RA disease activity. (nih.gov)
  • a term under which we subsume activity indices using various formulae, self-assessment tools of disease activity, and response criteria. (nih.gov)
  • If you are funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), you can link your indicators to your funded strategies and related logic model outcomes. (cdc.gov)
  • The MMWR series of publications is published by the Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease Control, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, Georgia 30333. (cdc.gov)
  • Health promotion -- Disease and injury prevention strategies that depend on behavior change in individuals. (cdc.gov)
  • Health protection -- Disease and injury prevention strategies that depend on changes in an individual's environment. (cdc.gov)
  • While clean water, housing and food security are essential for wellness and treatment of disease, they were deliberately separated within the TRC's final report as outside the calls to action on health. (cbc.ca)
  • The outcome document of the 2014 high-level meeting recognized the remarkable progress achieved at the national level since September 2011, including an increase in the number of countries that had an operational national noncommunicable disease policy with a budget for implementation, from 32% of countries in 2010 to 50% of countries in 2013. (who.int)
  • They coordinate and collaborate with multi-disciplinary advisory groups and various healthcare and community partners to facilitate HAI/AR surveillance and prevention activities. (cdc.gov)
  • Direct costs -- Costs associated with prevention activities and the health-care system (compare with Indirect costs). (cdc.gov)
  • Weingarten S , Friedlander M , Rascon D , Ault M , Morgan M , Meyer RD . Influenza surveillance in an acute-care hospital. (cdc.gov)
  • HAI/AR Programs work with PH, healthcare, academic and laboratory partners to enhance surveillance capacity to track HAI/AR, monitor antibiotic use, and analyze data reported by facilities to allow for a comprehensive assessment of HAI/AR in facilities, regions and states. (cdc.gov)
  • Association between hospital acquired harm outcomes and membership in a national patient safety collaborative. (ahrq.gov)
  • Measuring the rate of error and, in particular, error-related harm, 5 would provide the necessary motivation to begin addressing this large and silent problem. (bmj.com)
  • MST is a concise tool which includes indicators related to harm-free care measured in a short time range. (bvsalud.org)
  • Int J Qual Health Care;28(6): 728-733, 2016 Dec 01. (bvsalud.org)
  • Paragraph 30 includes a number of time-bound measures to be implemented by Member States by 2015 and 2016. (who.int)
  • The care consisted of Diversified technique adjustments to the upper cervical and sacral regions, balancing exercises, kinesiotaping of bilateral foot overpronation, and diet modification. (chiroindex.org)