 | Radiocast: New National Initiative to Fight Health Care-Associated Infections
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009
HHS awards $17 million to fund several new projects.
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 | Advice Column -- Does Your Hospital Do A Good Job?
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Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Thanks to an easy-to-use Web site called Hospital Compare, you can now find out how often patients treated at your hospital end up returning within 30 days of going home.
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| Feature: Osteoporosis-Related Fracture Hospitalizations on the Rise
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009
According to recent AHRQ research, hospital admissions for patients with fractures related to osteoporosis increased by 55 percent between 1995 and 2006.
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| Duration: 00:47
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| Feature: Sports-Related Injuries Account for Most Child Emergency Department Visits
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Wednesday, October 07, 2009
According to AHRQ, the majority of child emergency department visits in the US were attributed to sports-related injuries.
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| Duration: 00:44
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| Feature: Preparing for Emergency Department Visits
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Wednesday, September 09, 2009
Taking steps ahead of time to be prepared for an emergency department visit can help you ensure you get good, timely and safe treatment.
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| Duration: 03:52
File Size: 3.54 MB |
| Radiocast: What to Bring to the Emergency Department
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Wednesday, September 09, 2009
The best emergency care depends on your clinicians having accurate and thorough information about you and your health.
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| Duration: 01:01
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| Feature: Public Insurance is Billed for Four of Every Ten Emergency Department Visits
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009
In 2006, 50 million emergency department visits were billed to public insurance, according to the latest AHRQ data.
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| Duration: 00:51
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| Feature: Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation - An Alternative Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009
A new treatment for atrial fibrillation, called radiofrequency catheter ablation, has short-term success with many patients, but more study is needed to reveal long-term ...
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| Duration: 02:53
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| Radiocast: Making End-Of-Life Treatment Decisions
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Learn the importance of preparing an advance directive, a legal document that conveys decisions about end-of-life care.
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| Advice Column -- Hospital Advisory Councils Get Patients' View on Safer Health Care
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Many have witnessed situations in which their family member was seriously injured or died due to a medical error. AHRQ and other groups want to change our health care ...
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| Feature: Hospitalization for Chronic Conditions Much Higher for Low-Income Families
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Low-income Americans are more likely than people in higher income groups to be hospitalized for chronic health conditions.
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| Duration: 00:47
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| Radiocast: Reduced Complications for Bariatric Surgery
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009
AHRQ research shows risks associated with weight loss surgery, called bariatric surgery, have decreased in recent years.
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| Duration: 01:01
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| Feature: Few Americans Have Planned for End-of-Life Care
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009
According to research by AHRQ, less than half of severely or terminally ill patients, have an advance directive, which is a legal document that allows us to convey our ...
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| Duration: 03:02
File Size: 2.78 MB |
| Advice Column -- Talking About End-of-life Treatment Decisions
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Tuesday, July 07, 2009
Most people do not make their wishes clear to their loved ones or their health care providers.
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| Feature: What You Need to Know About Community-Based Patient Safety Advisory Councils
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Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Health care organizations are encouraging consumers to be part of patient safety advisory councils to help reduce health care risks and improve health care quality.
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| Duration: 03:02
File Size: 2.78 MB |
| Radiocast: Participating in a Community-Based Patient Safety Advisory Council
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Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Health care organizations are partnering with consumers to reduce risks and improve quality.
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| Duration: 01:01
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| Feature: AHRQ's National Health Care Reports Show Only Weak Progress
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009
AHRQ's 2008 Quality and Disparities reports show that the annual rate of improvement in health care quality is very low, and patient safety is actually getting worse ...
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| Duration: 03:28
File Size: 3.17 MB |
| Feature: Preventable Hospitalizations
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Wednesday, June 03, 2009
More timely and effective outpatient treatment could have saved nearly $31 billion that was spent on care in American hospitals.
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| Duration: 00:40
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| Feature: Making Hospital Discharges Safer for Seniors
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Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Elderly patients just returning home from the hospital are prone to medication mishaps. Learn how information technology is making the transition from hospital to home ...
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| Duration: 03:38
File Size: 3.33 MB |
| Feature: Eating Disorder Hospitalizations Rising
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
According to the latest AHRQ data, more Americans are being hospitalized for eating disorders that can result in anemia, kidney failure, erratic heart rhythms and other ...
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| Duration: 00:56
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| Advice Column -- Coordinating Your Care with a Medical Home
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009
A medical home takes a team approach to primary care and puts the patient at the center of that team.
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| Feature: Mental Disorders are the Most Expensive Children's Medical Condition
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Wednesday, May 06, 2009
According to the latest AHRQ data, treating America’s youth for mental disorders cost almost 9 billion dollars in 2006.
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| Duration: 00:53
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| Advice Column -- Asking Questions to Get the Care You Need
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Tuesday, May 05, 2009
Be prepared for doctor visits by thinking of questions and writing them down before you go.
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| Feature: Treatment for Heart Ailments in 2006 Totaled $78 Billion
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
According to the latest AHRQ data, treating heart ailments cost $78 billion in 2006.
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| Duration: 00:30
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| Feature: Hospital Admissions on the Rise for People Without Health Insurance
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Wednesday, April 08, 2009
Hospital admissions for people without health insurance are on the rise, according to AHRQ research.
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| Duration: 00:41
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| Feature: Prevention of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009
AHRQ is funding a new project to implement methods for reducing central line-associated bloodstream infections in hospital IC units.
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| Duration: 04:55
File Size: 4.50 MB |
| Radiocast: Toolkit Helps Reduce Medication Errors in Hospitals
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Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Patients in the hospital face a high risk of experiencing mistakes involving medications. An AHRQ toolkit helps to reduce these errors.
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| Feature: Medication Safety Toolkit
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Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Dr. Katherine Jones discusses a patient safety toolkit from AHRQ designed to help rural hospitals provide safer care, especially when it comes to dispensing ...
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| Duration: 03:21
File Size: 3.07 MB |
| Feature: Choosing Long-Term Care
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Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Choices for long-term care range from community services and home care to assisted living facilities, continuing care communities and nursing homes. When choosing a ...
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| Duration: 02:40
File Size: 2.45 MB |
| Radiocast: Choosing Long-Term Care
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Wednesday, February 25, 2009
As our population ages, many of us will face decisions about finding long-term care. Dr. Carolyn Clancy provides helpful advice on navigating this responsibility.
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| Duration: 01:02
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| Radiocast: Medical Handoffs
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Wednesday, February 04, 2009
AHRQ research has found that as patients are handed off from one provider to another they have a greater risk of being seriously injured by a medical error.
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| Feature: Women More Likely Than Men to be Hospitalized for Unspecified Chest Pain
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009
According to the latest AHRQ research, women are more likely than men to be hospitalized for chest pain for which doctors cannot find a cause.
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| Duration: 00:47
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| Feature: Long Hours Worked by Medical Residents Examined
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Efforts are underway to change the long-standing tradition in the nation’s teaching hospitals for residents to work long hours. A study by a committee at the Institute of ...
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| Duration: 03:17
File Size: 3.00 MB |
| Radiocast: IOM Report on Resident Work Hours
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009
An IOM study funded by AHRQ concludes that ensuring residents get enough sleep and requiring limits on work hours would improve resident training and patient safety.
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| Duration: 01:01
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| Radiocast: What You Should Know Before Surgery
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Every year, more than 15 million Americans have surgery. Learn what you should ask your doctor.
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| Advice Column -- New Hope for Chronic Disease Management
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Reforming our health care system, including better prevention and treatment of chronic diseases, will get a lot of attention from the Obama administration and the ...
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| Feature: Pressure Ulcers
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Pressure ulcers, or bedsores as they’re commonly known, typically occur among the elderly or those immobilized due to illness or injury. Today this deadly condition is on ...
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| Duration: 00:50
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| Feature: Study Suggests How to Reduce Risk of Errors Among Medical Residents
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Medical residents need protected periods of sleep during their shifts, along with better supervision and more training to reduce the risk of fatigue-related medical ...
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| Duration: 01:01
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| Feature: Mental Health Hospitalizations
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Wednesday, December 31, 2008
One in five hospital admissions are for patients with mental disorders such as depression and bipolar disorder. Learn more.
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| Duration: 00:33
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| Feature: New Toolkit Helps Hospitals Provide Safer, Efficient ER Care
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Wednesday, December 31, 2008
A new toolkit helps clinicians improve the way they deliver care in hospital emergency departments calling for safer, more efficient triaging and moving of patients ...
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| Duration: 04:29
File Size: 4.10 MB |
| PSA -- Be Prepared for Medical Appointments Version 2
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Wednesday, December 03, 2008
This PSA reminds consumers to be active in their health care. Get the brochure Be Prepared for Medical Appointments, at ahrq.gov/consumer. A message from AHRQ.
| Duration: 00:30
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| Feature: Bloodstream Infections
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Wednesday, November 05, 2008
About a quarter of a million hospital patients get a bloodstream infection each year in the U.S., and up to 62,000 die as a result. Learn what AHRQ is doing to help ...
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| Duration: 01:01
File Size: 957 KB |
| Radiocast: Hospital Stays: Reducing Your Risks
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008
There are some events that should never happen in a hospital - errors that can cause serious harm or even death. Learn how to reduce the likelihood of experiencing such ...
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| Advice Column -- Payment Change Puts Spotlight on Preventing Hospital Errors
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Tuesday, October 21, 2008
The Federal Government will no longer pay hospitals for extra costs incurred when patients covered by Medicare develop certain conditions resulting from a hospital's ...
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| Feature: Hospitalizations on the Rise for Kids with Skin Infections
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Hospitalizations are soaring for kids with skin infections. Researchers believe it may be due to antibiotic resistance.
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| Duration: 00:38
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| Feature: How to Deal with a Difficult Diagnosis
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Being diagnosed with a serious or even life-threatening disease is very stressful and confusing. But getting good quality information can help you make better decisions ...
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| Duration: 03:25
File Size: 3.13 MB |
| Radiocast: How to Deal with a Difficult Diagnosis
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Being told that you have a new diagnosis can be a frightening experience. Learn how you can make better decisions about your health care options.
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| Duration: 01:01
File Size: 961 KB |
| PSA -- Tips to Prevent Medical Errors
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Tuesday, September 02, 2008
This audio PSA was distributed in grocery store chains nationwide in September 2008. If you're scheduled for a hospital stay, here are some ways to reduce your risk of ...
| Duration: 00:30
File Size: 396 KB |
| Feature: Navigating Urgent or Emergency Care
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Wednesday, August 27, 2008
There’s a good chance that someday you’ll need to go to a hospital emergency department. But you shouldn't wait for an emergency to learn how to seek urgent or emergency ...
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| Duration: 04:15
File Size: 2.9 MB |
| Radiocast: Navigating the ER - Using Urgent and Emergency Care
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Don’t wait until an emergency to learn the ins and outs of using urgent or emergency care.
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| Duration: 01:01
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| Advice Column -- How To Use Hospital Emergency Rooms Wisely
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Deciding whether to go to the hospital emergency room (ER) is often a clear-cut decision. Many other situations aren't as clear.
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| PSA -- Questions to Ask Before Surgery
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Monday, July 07, 2008
This audio PSA was distributed in grocery store chains nationwide in July 2008. Ask questions before your surgery so you'll know what to expect.
| Duration: 00:37
File Size: 576 KB |
| Feature: Hospital Mortality Rates Higher for Asians and Pacific Islanders
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Wednesday, July 02, 2008
Asians and Pacific Islanders are at higher risk for dying in the hospital from serious yet treatable complications such as blood infections, internal bleeding and kidney ...
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| Duration: 00:54
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| Feature: Reduce the Risk of Health Care-Associated Infections
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Wednesday, July 02, 2008
Learn how to reduce your risk of health care-associated infections.
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| Duration: 03:36
File Size: 3.30 MB |
| Radiocast: Safer Surgery - Reducing Your Risk of Infections
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Wednesday, July 02, 2008
Learn how to reduce your risk of health care-associated infections.
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| Duration: 01:01
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| Advice Column -- Simple Steps Can Reduce Health Care-Associated Infections
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Tuesday, July 01, 2008
Health care-associated infections causes nearly 90,000 deaths and costs billions of dollars to treat each year, but are preventable.
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| Feature: The Latest AHRQ Data Shows a Decline in Ischemic Strokes
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Ischemic strokes caused by blocked blood flow to the brain are on the decline.
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| Duration: 00:52
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| Feature: Training Geared to Improve Clinician Teamwork
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008
TeamSTEPPS is a training program designed to improve communication and teamwork skills among health care professionals.
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| Duration: 00:53
File Size: 829 KB |
| Feature: Consumer Tips for Choosing a Hospital
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008
People often have a choice of where they get their hospital care. But how do you pick the right hospital for you?
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| Duration: 02:47
File Size: 2.55 MB |
| Advice Column -- Do Your Homework Before You Choose A Hospital
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Doing a little homework before you choose a hospital can do more than give you peace of mind.
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| Feature: A Hospital Infection that is on the Rise
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008
The rate of hospital patients stricken with a sometimes-deadly infection, “C. difficile,” is on the rise.
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| Duration: 00:58
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| Feature: A New Web Site Helps Consumers Navigate the Health Care System
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008
A new Web site called "Hospital Compare" offers patient feedback on hospital stays nationwide.
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| Duration: 02:22
File Size: 2.17 MB |
| Radiocast: Comparing Hospitals to Get Quality Care
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Wednesday, April 30, 2008
A new web site called Hospital Compare offers patient feedback on hospital stays nationwide.
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| Duration: 01:59
File Size: 932 KB |
| Radiocast: Prostate Cancer Treatments
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008
A comparative effectiveness report providing men with the latest scientific evidence comparing prostate cancer treatments.
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| Duration: 02:00
File Size: 1.85 MB |
| Feature: The Most Common Reasons People Visit the Emergency Department
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Why do most people go to emergency department visits?
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| Duration: 01:07
File Size: 1.03 MB |
| Feature: Disparities in Pain Treatment for Patients in the Emergency Department
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Researchers have found that Blacks, Hispanics and other minorities who go to hospital emergency departments in pain are less likely than whites to receive narcotic pain ...
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| Duration: 02:37
File Size: 2.39 MB |
| Radiocast: Medical Tests
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Wednesday, February 13, 2008
AHRQ has tips to help you make sure you get the high quality care you deserve.
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| Duration: 02:00
File Size: 1.83 MB |
| Radiocast: African American Health Care Disparities
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Wednesday, February 06, 2008
A look at health care disparities between ethnic groups.
| Duration: 02:00
File Size: 1.84 MB |
| Feature: Steps Health Care Consumers Can Take to Avoid Medical Errors
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Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Dr. Clancy talks about the steps patients can take to help avoid medical errors.
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| Duration: 02:51
File Size: 2.61 MB |
| Radiocast: Steps You Can Take To Prevent Medical Errors
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Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Five tips to decrease the risk of medical errors.
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| Duration: 01:59
File Size: 1.82 MB |
| Feature: Building Hospitals for Safety and Quality is Also Better for the Hospital’s Bottom Line
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Wednesday, December 05, 2007
Can the design of a hospital affect the quality of the care it delivers?
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| Duration: 00:56
File Size: 875 KB |
| Feature: Navigating the Health Care System and How to Spot High Quality Health Care
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Wednesday, December 05, 2007
All too often, people do not get the high-quality health care they deserve.
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| Duration: 03:49
File Size: 3.49 MB |
| Feature: How to Choose the Right Hospital
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Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Many people have a choice of where they get their hospital care. But how do you pick where to go?
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| Duration: 03:54
File Size: 3.58 MB |
| Radiocast: Kids and Cancer
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
A new AHRQ analysis shows hospital admissions for cancer patients under the age of 18 increased more than 80 percent from 2000 to 2005.
| Duration: 02:00
File Size: 1.83 MB |
| Feature: Deaths Following Hospitalization Have Declined
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Wednesday, November 07, 2007
A new report from AHRQ finds fewer people are dying in hospitals during treatment for serious conditions.
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| Duration: 01:14
File Size: 1.13 MB |
| Feature: Clinic Develops a New e-Prescribing System
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Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Electronic prescribing - or using a computer to write a prescription and send it to the pharmacy - may help reduce medication errors and improve patient safety.
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| Duration: 03:13
File Size: 2.94 MB |
| Feature: Public Health Emergency Preparedness
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Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Communities across the country have taken a hard look at how well prepared they are for public health emergencies.
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| Duration: 06:15
File Size: 5.72 MB |
| Feature: Hospital Stays for Patients Infected with MRSA Have Increased Dramatically
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Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Hospital stays due to antibiotic-resistant infections have nearly tripled since 2000
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| Duration: 01:10
File Size: 1.07 MB |
| Feature: New Mentoring Program is Training Pharmacists for the Emergency Department
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Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Research and the development of evidence-based toolkits that can be adapted to improve patient safety.
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| Duration: 07:59
File Size: 7.32 MB |
| Radiocast: Choosing a Hospital
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Wednesday, August 29, 2007
When you need a hospital you have a right to be involved in that decision.
| Duration: 02:01
File Size: 1.85 MB |
| Feature: Adverse Drug Events in Hospitals
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Wednesday, July 25, 2007
In 2004, 1.2 million patients in hospitals experienced a problem with a medication, and 90 percent of these were due to a side effect from a medication that was given ...
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| Duration: 00:54
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| Feature: Disaster Planning Resource Helps States and Local Communities Be Aware of All Health Care Resources that Can Provide Assistance
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Wednesday, July 25, 2007
AHRQ has developed a disaster planning guide called the Emergency Preparedness Atlas: U.S. Nursing Home and Hospital Facilities.
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| Duration: 01:32
File Size: 1.41 MB |
| Clinician Insider -- IT in Pediatric Emergency Departments
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Thursday, July 19, 2007
The hustling, bustling environment of a pediatric emergency department – where split-second decisions can mean life or death – might be the last place you’d expect to ...
| Duration: 11:11
File Size: 10.2 MB |
| Radiocast: Medical Handoffs
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Wednesday, June 20, 2007
If you move and change doctors, you may find it inconvenient to get your records transferred. But research from AHRQ and others have found that any time patients move – ...
| Duration: 01:58
File Size: 1.81 MB |
| Consumer/Quality Insider -- Lab Tests
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Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Dr. Carolyn Clancy, Director of AHRQ, discusses the importance of having regular screening tests such as blood pressure, cholesterol and glucose since they can catch ...
| Duration: 10:21
File Size: 9.48 MB |
| Radiocast: Lab Tests
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Wednesday, June 06, 2007
It is important to have regular screening tests such as blood pressure, cholesterol and glucose since they can catch disease early when it is easier to treat.
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| Duration: 01:59
File Size: 1.82 MB |
| Feature: The Rise of Traumatic Brain Injuries
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Wednesday, May 23, 2007
After a decade of decline, hospital admissions for the most serious types of head injuries increased nearly 38 percent between 2001 and 2004.
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| Duration: 01:01
File Size: 960 KB |
| Feature: Ways of Mistake-Proofing Our Health Care Environment
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Wednesday, May 23, 2007
What happens in a health care setting when an everyday task gets performed incorrectly?
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| Duration: 07:57
File Size: 7.29 MB |
| Radiocast: Mistake Proofing
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Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Medical errors can be reduced by changing the physical environment and making the easiest way to perform health care the safest and correct way.
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| Duration: 02:00
File Size: 1.84 MB |
| Clinician Insider -- Medical Handoffs
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Wednesday, April 25, 2007
The whole series of activities that need to take place when an individual transitions in care from one setting to another, from one clinician to another is commonly ...
| Duration: 13:59
File Size: 12.8 MB |
| Consumer/Quality Insider -- Medical Handoffs
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Wednesday, April 25, 2007
The whole series of activities that need to take place when an individual transitions in care from one setting to another, from one clinician to another is commonly ...
| Duration: 08:53
File Size: 8.14 MB |
| Feature: News and Numbers: Outpatient Surgeries
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Wednesday, March 28, 2007
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| Duration: 00:46
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| Feature: More People are Being Hospitalized for Burns
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Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Hospital admissions for burns rose by nearly 22 percent between 2000 and 2004 – from almost 27,000 to 32,000.
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| Duration: 00:51
File Size: 871 KB |
| Feature: Heart and Circulatory Problems Account for One-Third of all Hospitalizations for Congenital Disorders
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Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Sometimes referred to as birth defects, one third of all babies hospitalized for congenital disorders in 2004 had heart or circulatory problems.
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| Duration: 00:53
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| Feature: News and Numbers: Hospitalizations of Obese Patients
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Wednesday, January 31, 2007
A recent study from AHRQ’s Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project found that the number of obese patients who spent time in a hospital increased by 112 percent between ...
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| Duration: 01:03
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| Radiocast: Hand Washing
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Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Hand washing by health care providers in hospitals and treatment facilities is one of the simplest and most effective ways to fight the spread of health care-related ...
| Duration: 01:31
File Size: 1.40 MB |
| Radiocast: Intern Fatigue
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Wednesday, December 27, 2006
A new study has found that doctors in training who work five or more extra-long hospital shifts in a month are prone to making serious medical errors.
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| Duration: 01:32
File Size: 1.41 MB |
| Consumer/Quality Insider -- Preparing for a Medical Test
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Wednesday, December 06, 2006
Every day across the country, millions of people see a clinician for a medical problem or just for a checkup. The clinicians ask the patients questions about their ...
| Duration: 08:34
File Size: 7.83 MB |
| Radiocast: Medical Tests
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Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Medical test, such as a blood test, ultrasound or xray, help doctors and patients make decisions about the best course of treatment. But what should the patient know ...
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| Duration: 01:31
File Size: 1.39 MB |
| Feature: News and Numbers - Hospitalizations for the Elderly
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Wednesday, November 08, 2006
This week’s News and Numbers is on hospitalizations for the elderly.
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| Duration: 00:44
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| Feature: Medical Intern Work Hours and Medical Errors
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Wednesday, September 27, 2006
This report features an interview with AHRQ Director Dr. Carolyn Clancy about several AHRQ-funded studies that focused on the number of hours worked by hospital interns ...
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| Duration: 06:42
File Size: 6.14 MB |
| Feature: News and Numbers: Cesarean births
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Wednesday, August 30, 2006
News in Numbers this week reports that more than one in four newborns is now born through Cesarean section.
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| Duration: 01:01
File Size: 966 KB |
| Feature: Preventable Hospitalizations for Diabetes
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Wednesday, August 16, 2006
AHRQ found that, compared with whites, blacks are almost five times more likely, and Hispanics are about 3 and a half times more likely, to be hospitalized because their ...
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| Duration: 01:01
File Size: 954 KB |
| Feature: Nurse-Led Care Improves Heart Patient Recovery
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Wednesday, August 16, 2006
A new study has found that patients with heart failure whose care was directed by nurse managers could perform everyday activities better and had fewer hospitalizations ...
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| Duration: 01:57
File Size: 1.79 MB |
| Radiocast: Nurse Care Benefits Heart Patients
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Wednesday, August 30, 2006
A new study from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality says that when heart failure patients are in the care of a nurse manager during their recovery process, ...
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| Duration: 01:31
File Size: 1.39 MB |
| Feature: Hospital Admissions for the Elderly
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Wednesday, July 19, 2006
AHRQ's News and Numbers this week reports that more than 13 million admissions to community hospitals in 2003 were for people 65 and older and began in the hospital ...
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| Duration: 01:00
File Size: 946 KB |
| Feature: News and Numbers: hospitalizations for men
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Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Male hospital patients are more likely than female patients to have a number of serious conditions, including heart attacks, alcohol-related mental disorders, ...
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| Duration: 01:12
File Size: 1.10 MB |
| Feature: Wrong Site Surgery is Rare
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Friday, April 28, 2006
A study on wrong site surgery found that this type of error is extremely rare. The report features an interview with the researcher, Dr. Mary R. Kwaan of Brigham and ...
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| Duration: 08:54
File Size: 8.15 MB |
| Radiocast: Wrong Site Surgery
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Wednesday, August 09, 2006
It’s good for patients to be aware that we have a universal protocol where, on the day of surgery, there will be people asking them what side the surgery is going to be ...
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| Duration: 01:31
File Size: 1.39 MB |
| Feature: People with Hip Fractures
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Thursday, January 26, 2006
One-third of the 310,000 Americans hospitalized for hip fracture in 2003 underwent hip replacement surgery.
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| Duration: 00:40
File Size: 630 KB |
| Feature: Poisoning By Medications
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Wednesday, December 21, 2005
An AHRQ News and Numbers report finds that more than 280,000 Americans were admitted to U.S. hospitals in 2003 for poisoning by medications.
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| Duration: 00:41
File Size: 651 KB |
| Feature: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
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Wednesday, November 09, 2005
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a largely preventable condition associated with smoking and was the fifth most common cause of hospitalization for Americans over ...
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| Duration: 00:52
File Size: 824 KB |
| Feature: Diabetes Statistics
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Tuesday, November 01, 2005
More than 500,000 people were hospitalized for diabetes mellitus in 2003, making it one of the top 20 conditions treated in U.S hospitals.
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| Duration: 00:51
File Size: 802 KB |
| Feature: Nurse Fatigue
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Tuesday, November 01, 2005
Interview with AHRQ patient safety researcher Dr. Ann Rogers, Associate Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, who with her team of experts, addressed adverse ...
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| Duration: 03:17
File Size: 3.01 MB |
| Feature: Medical Errors in Hospital Critical Care Units
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Tuesday, November 01, 2005
Patients face a significant risk for preventable adverse events and serious medical errors in hospital critical care units.
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| Duration: 00:47
File Size: 735 KB |
| Feature: The Guide to Health Care Quality: How To Know It When You See It
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Tuesday, November 01, 2005
AHRQ Director Dr. Carolyn Clancy discusses heath care quality.
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| Duration: 02:30
File Size: 2.30 MB |