Topic: Technology Assessments

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• AHRQ Technology Assessments
• AHRQ's clinical care tools help clinicians ensure better and safer care
• Acceptance of "smart" intravenous infusion pumps is growing among nurses, but challenges remain
• Accuracy of ultrasound for ectopic pregnancy in the emergency department is not helped by measuring a key pregnancy hormone
• An automated phone response system can help track adverse drug events in primary care patients
• Blacks express more concerns about telemedicine than Hispanics
• Computerized tomography angiography may help determine appropriate treatment for stroke patients
• Connecting local providers to academic medical centers using video improved hepatitis C outcomes
• Contrast-enhanced CT scans do not increase the risk of kidney failure in patients with acute stroke
• Effectiveness of noninvasive diagnostic tests for breast abnormalities depends on woman's history
• Elders and families find it difficult to interpret data from passive sensors that help monitor elderly activity
• Geographic information system reveals primary care needs of Hispanics
• Infrequent physician use of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators presents potential risks to patient safety
• Insulin pump and glucose monitoring improve blood-sugar control for patients with type 1 diabetes
• Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation improves COPD patient outcomes
• Pelvic ultrasound imaging by emergency physicians is highly effective in ruling out ectopic pregnancy
• Primary care model helps treat underserved patients with hepatitis C virus infection
• Primary care physicians like e-prescribing systems, but make little use of their advanced features
• Remote intensive care monitoring is cost effective for sickest patients
• Remote supervision of stroke therapy is safe and effective at smaller hospitals
• Simulation training improves insertion of central venous catheters
• Simulation training in the operating room improves competency for the entire operating room team
• Social media use is one of many innovations in care delivery transforming the frontlines of care
• Surgical simulation training improves speed and confidence in residents learning endoscopic sinus surgery
• Systems to detect adverse drug events need buy-in from leaders and staff to become part of hospital routine