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1. Colon perforations complicating colonoscopies: what is the best known evidence for prevention?

Publication:

[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2008

Subject(s):

Colon -- injuries
Colonoscopy -- adverse effects
Colonoscopy -- methods
Intestinal Perforation -- etiology
Intestinal Perforation -- prevention & control
Colonic Diseases -- diagnosis
Evidence-Based Medicine
Risk Factors
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

2. Hospitals demonstrate commitment to quality improvement

Publication:

Washington, D.C. : American Hospital Association, [2012]

Subject(s):

Cross Infection -- prevention & control
Hospitals
Infection control
Outcome Assessment (Health Care) -- trends
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Quality Improvement
Antibiotic Prophylaxis
Catheter-Related Infections -- prevention & control
Cross Infection -- drug therapy
Evidence-Based Medicine
Forecasting
Government Agencies
Health Care Reform
Hospital Mortality -- trends
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention -- statistics & numerical data
Quality Indicators, Health Care
Surgical Wound Infection -- prevention & control
Humans
United States
United States.

3. Quarterly update: the evidence base for best practices for preventing wrong-site surgery

Publication:

[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2010

Subject(s):

Clinical Protocols
Evidence-Based Medicine
Medical Errors -- prevention & control
Process Assessment (Health Care)
Surgical Procedures, Operative -- adverse effects
Systems Analysis
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

4. Skin and soft-tissue infections in long-term care

Publication:

[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2011

Subject(s):

Health Services for the Aged
Long-Term Care
Skin Care
Skin Diseases, Infectious -- prevention & control
Skin Diseases, Infectious -- therapy
Soft Tissue Infections -- prevention & control
Soft Tissue Infections -- therapy
Staphylococcal Skin Infections -- prevention & control
Staphylococcal Skin Infections -- therapy
Streptococcal Infections -- prevention & control
Streptococcal Infections -- therapy
Aged
Cellulitis -- prevention & control
Cellulitis -- therapy
Evidence-Based Medicine
Nursing Homes
Pressure Ulcer -- prevention & control
Pressure Ulcer -- therapy
Risk Assessment
Humans
United States

5. Defining value in health care resource utilization: articulating the role of the patient

Author(s):

Brownlee, Shannon, author
Berman, Amy, author

Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : AcademyHealth, April 2016

Subject(s):

Health Resources -- utilization
Patient Participation
Patient Preference
Patient-Centered Care
Value-Based Purchasing
Evidence-Based Medicine
Role
Humans
United States

6. Reducing low-value care: research questions identified by researchers, patients, physicians, and stakeholders

Author(s):

Esmail, Laura, author
Wolfson, Daniel, author
Simpson, Lisa, author

Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : AcademyHealth, April 2016

Subject(s):

Patient Participation
Stakeholder Participation
Unnecessary Procedures -- utilization
Value-Based Purchasing
Chronic Disease
Decision Support Techniques
Education, Medical
Electronic Health Records
Evidence-Based Medicine
Health Care Reform
Patient Care Planning
Patient Preference
Physician's Role
Practice Patterns, Physicians'
Reimbursement, Incentive
Research
Risk Sharing, Financial
Terminal Care
Humans
United States

7. Exploring the scientific basis of complementary and alternative medicine

Publication:

[Bethesda, Md. : Medical Arts and Photography Branch, National Institutes of Health, 2002]

Subject(s):

Complementary Therapies
Evidence-Based Medicine

8. Sex-related education: can evidence be used to make it more effective?

Publication:

Jackson, Mississippi, : Center for Mississippi Health Policy, February 2016

Subject(s):

Curriculum
Evidence-Based Medicine
Sex Education -- organization & administration
Mississippi
United States

9. Using evidence to design benefits

Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : AcademyHealth, [2010]

Subject(s):

Evidence-Based Medicine
Health Care Reform
Insurance Benefits
Insurance, Health
United States

10. Quarterly update on wrong-site surgery: trying to hold the gains

Author(s):

Clarke, John R., author

Publication:

[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, [2013]

Subject(s):

Medical Errors -- prevention & control
Medical Errors -- statistics & numerical data
Surgical Procedures, Operative
Evidence-Based Medicine
Pennsylvania
United States