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Resources Search Results for: guidelines

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1. Instances of IHS Labor and Delivery Care Not Following National Clinical Guidelines or Best Practices
Date: Dec 2020

Evaluates the labor and delivery practices of Indian Health Service (IHS) hospitals and highlights instances when they deviate from national clinical guidelines. Discusses the negative patient outcomes from deviating from national guidelines and makes recommendations regarding site visits and training.

...guidelines. Discusses the negative patient outcomes from deviating from national guidelines and makes recommendations regarding...

2. Early Changes in Waivered Clinicians and Utilization of Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder After Implementation of the 2021 HHS Buprenorphine Practice Guidelines
Date: Dec 2022

Report examines the changes in access to buprenorphine following the implementation of new HHS guidelines as of April 2021. Discusses the revised guidelines and analyzes their effect on access to buprenorphine for patients with opioid use disorder.

...Guidelines --- Report examines the changes in access to buprenorphine following the implementation of new HHS guidelines...

3. AI/AN Community Crisis Response Guidelines
Reviewed: Feb 2025

Details suicide prevention guidelines for American Indian and Alaska Native communities. Presents separate guidelines for the tribal-level, IHS Area-level, IHS Headquarters-level, and for a local response team, including protocols and an appendix.

...Guidelines --- Details suicide prevention guidelines for American Indian and Alaska Native communities. Presents separate guidelines...

4. Rural Hospital Performance in Guideline-Recommended Ischemic Stroke Thrombolysis, Secondary Prevention, and Outcomes
Date: Sep 2024

Examines the performance of rural versus urban stroke center and non-stroke center hospitals in delivering guideline-recommended ischemic stroke thrombolysis, providing secondary prevention, and producing favorable outcomes among patients treated for acute ischemic stroke. Utilizes 2017-2019 Get With the Guidelines-Stroke hospital data of 692,839 patients.

...Guidelines-Stroke hospital data of 692,839 patients. --- View more Rural Hospital Performance in Guideline...

5. Performance Improvement Prescribing Guideline Reduces Opioid Prescriptions for Emergency Department Dental Pain Patients
Date: Sep 2013

Measures the effect of a departmental guideline on the rate of opioid prescriptions written for patients aged 16 and older presenting with dental pain in two rural emergency departments. Analysis was done by performing a controlled chart review for the period before and after the guideline was implemented.

...guideline was implemented. --- View more Performance Improvement Prescribing Guideline Reduces Opioid Prescriptions for Emergency Department...

6. Variations in Guideline-Concordant Breast Cancer Adjuvant Therapy in Rural Georgia
Date: Aug 2015

Results of a study of 844 women from rural southwest Georgia who were diagnosed with primary, invasive, early-stage breast cancer between 2001 and 2003, and who received guideline-concordant adjuvant therapy within the study region. Features statistics including breakdowns by age, race, marital status, insurance status, socioeconomic status, rural status, and number of comorbid conditions.

...Guideline-Concordant Breast Cancer Adjuvant Therapy in Rural Georgia --- Results of a study of 844 women...

7. American Telemedicine Association: Telestroke Guidelines
Date: May 2017

Details guidelines for telestroke services to assist providers with the assessment, diagnosis, management, and/or remote consultative support for patients showing signs and symptoms of a stroke using real time videoconferencing technology.

...Guidelines --- Details guidelines for telestroke services to assist providers with the assessment, diagnosis, management, and/or...

8. Guideline-Discordant Inhaler Regimens after COPD Hospitalization: Associations with Rurality, Drive Time to Care, and Fragmented Care – a United States Cohort Study
Date: Sep 2023

Examines the factors related to guideline-discordant inhaler regimens following chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) hospitalization. Analyzes 33,785 patient inhaler prescriptions between 2017-2020 according to rurality, drive time to pulmonary specialty care, and fragmented care.

...Guideline-Discordant Inhaler Regimens after COPD Hospitalization: Associations with Rurality, Drive Time to Care, and Fragmented...

9. Demographic Factors Associated With Non-Guideline-Based Treatment of Kidney Cancer in the United States
Date: Jun 2021

Results of a study of 158,455 kidney patients, based on data from the National Cancer Database for the years 2010-2017. Examines whether demographic factors are associated with deviation from guideline-based treatment of kidney cancer. Features statistics with breakdowns by metropolitan, urban, and rural location of patients.

...Guideline-Based Treatment of Kidney Cancer in the United States --- Results of a study of 158,455 kidney...

10. Disparities in Meeting USPSTF Breast, Cervical, and Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines Among Women in the United States
Date: Apr 2021

Results of a study to determine which sociodemographic characteristics were associated with women meeting US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) guidelines for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening. Features statistics with breakdowns by metropolitan, micropolitan, and rural locations.

...Guidelines Among Women in the United States --- Results of a study to determine which sociodemographic...