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<h2>March 2008, No. 331</h2>
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<h2>Contents</h2>
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<p><a href="/research/resactabout.htm">About <em>Research Activities</em></a></p>
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<h3>Feature Story</h3>
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<p><a href="0308RA1.htm">New patient safety proposed regulation aims to improve health care quality and patient safety</a></p>
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<h3>Patient Safety and Quality</h3>
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<p><a href="0308RA2.htm">Hospital incident reporting systems often miss physician high-risk procedure and prescribing errors</a><br /><a href="0308RA3.htm">Studies reveal factors contributing to technical errors in surgery and medical errors made by physician trainees</a><br /><a href="0308RA4.htm">Most employers review but do not use quality data when selecting health care plans</a><br /><a href="0308RA5.htm">Physicians say counseling and education would be useful in reducing their stress after medical errors occur</a></p>
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<h3>Health Information Technology</h3>
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<p><a href="0308RA6.htm">Care quality is not necessarily better with electronic health records</a></p>
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<h3>Child/Adolescent Health</h3>
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<p><a href="0308RA7.htm">Collaboration between hospital and community palliative care services can improve care for dying children</a><br /><a href="0308RA8.htm">Parents of hospitalized children with chronic illnesses report fewer care-related problems than other parents</a><br /><a href="0308RA9.htm">Pediatricians often do not pursue answers to questions that arise during medical visits</a></p>
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<h3>Elderly/Long-Term Care</h3>
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<p><a href="0308RA10.htm">Few nursing home residents receive medications and supplements for osteoporosis</a></p>
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<h3>Outcomes/Effectiveness Research</h3>
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<p><a href="0308RA11.htm">Outcomes vary for prostate cancer patients choosing surgery, and no treatment was proven superior overall</a><br /><a href="0308RA12.htm">Simulation improves caregivers' performance but whether it improves patient outcomes is still uncertain</a></p>
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<h3>Chronic Disease</h3>
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<p><a href="0308RA13.htm">Patients with diabetes and depression tend to skip self-care behaviors that would help keep their diabetes in check</a><br /><a href="0308RA14.htm">Sensitization to indoor allergens is not linked to increased asthma problems among inner-city adults</a></p>
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<h3>Emergency Medicine</h3>
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<p><a href="0308RA15.htm">Studies examine emergency communication, use of defibrillators, and benefit of ED pharmacists</a><br /><a href="0308RA16.htm">Rural emergency departments have a high rate of medication errors with the potential to harm children</a><br /><a href="0308RA17.htm">More than half a million patients visit the emergency department for severe sepsis each year</a><br /><a href="0308RA18.htm">Limiting out-of-hospital endotracheal intubation to experienced rescuers would limit the practice</a></p>
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<h3>Access to Care</h3>
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<p><a href="0308RA19.htm">A short homeless period among youth "aged out" of the foster care system affects care access, but not health</a><br /><a href="0308RA20.htm">Varied regional rates of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease episodes may be due to medical system factors</a></p>
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<h3>Acute Care/Hospitalization</h3>
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<p><a href="0308RA21.htm">Hospitalists can reduce hospital stays and costs for children with common pediatric conditions like asthma</a><br /><a href="0308RA22.htm">Crash site data along with pelvic x-rays may aid triage of motor vehicle crash victims with pelvic fractures</a></p>
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<h3>Agency News and Notes</h3>
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<p><a href="0308RA23.htm">HHS Secretary awards health leaders with special distinction for improving the quality and value of health care</a></p>
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<h3>Agency News and Numbers</h3>
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<p><a href="0308RA24.htm">Agency News and Numbers</a><br /><a href="0308RA25.htm">Diabetes, cholesterol, and anti-obesity drugs top spending</a></p>
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<h3>Announcements</h3>
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<p><a href="0308RA26.htm">AHRQ releases consumer financial incentives guide for employers and other health care purchasers</a><br /><a href="0308RA27.htm">AHRQ awards grants for Health Services Research Dissertation (R36)</a></p>
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<h3>Research Briefs</h3>
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<p><a href="0308RA28.htm">Research Briefs</a><br /><a href="0308RA29.htm">New publications are available from AHRQ</a><br /><a href="0308RA30.htm">Visit the AHRQ Patient Safety Network Web Site</a></p>
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<p class="size2"><em>AHRQ Publication No. 08-0033<br />
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Current as of March 2008</em></p>
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<p class="size2"><strong>Internet Citation:</strong></p>
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<p class="size2"><em>Research Activities</em> Newsletter. March 2008, No. 331. AHRQ Publication No. 08-0033. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. https://www.ahrq.gov/research/mar08/</p>
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