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• Stroke patients are more likely to receive tissue plasminogen activator at Joint Commission-certified stroke centers

  Research Activities (2013), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

• Surgical rates for intractable epilepsy remain flat while monitoring for epilepsy increases

  Research Activities (2013), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

• Lower consent rates for organ donation found among racial and ethnic minorities and older donors

  Research Activities (2013), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

• Highly educated mothers spend more time in active child care than less-educated mothers

  Research Activities (2013), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

• Health care professional devise ways to get around using electronic health record systems

  Research Activities (2013), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

• Dr. Clancy bids farewell to AHRQ

  Research Activities (2013), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

• Treatment of hypertension, including use of contraindicated drugs, is common during pregnancy

  Research Activities (2013), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

• State Spotlight: New York

  Research Activities (2013), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

• Smokeless tobacco use in Native Americans linked to post-traumatic stress disorder

  Research Activities (2013), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

• Serum and urine biomarkers point to possible gender, racial differences in mechanism of lumbar spine osteoarthritis

  Research Activities (2013), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

• Safety-net patients are interested in using electronic communications with their health care providers

  Research Activities (2013), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

• Recent improvements in insurance coverage still leave disparities in pediatric health care for blacks and the poor

  Research Activities (2013), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

• Quality regulation of nursing homes leads to better care quality, at least in some areas

  Research Activities (2013), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

• Patient Safety Indicators for hemorrhage and infections can be adapted for use in childbirth

  Research Activities (2013), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

• Nursing home residents with dementia have an increased risk of adverse events from warfarin

  Research Activities (2013), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

• New review evaluates latest data on rate control and rhythm control strategies for treating atrial fibrillation

  Research Activities (2013), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

• More research needed to compare effectiveness of MSRA screening strategies in health care setting

  Research Activities (2013), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

• More research needed on effectiveness of oral contraceptive use for prevention of ovarian cancer

  Research Activities (2013), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

• Limiting coverage of weight loss surgery to centers of excellence does not improve outcomes

  Research Activities (2013), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

• Larger gastric sleeves during laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy may reduce leaks with impacting weight loss

  Research Activities (2013), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

• Insufficient evidence to compare effectiveness of local, nonsurgical therapies for stage I non-small cell lung cancer or airway-obstructive lung tumors

  Research Activities (2013), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

• Increased access of patients with diabetes to physicians increases total cost but not cost growth

  Research Activities (2013), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

• Conference papers explore shared decision-making between clinicians and patients

  Research Activities (2013), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

• Compliance with Joint Commission's discharge measure reduces mortality in heart failure patients

  Research Activities (2013), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

• Coexisting conditions do not explain racial differences in surgery for non-small-cell lung cancer among U.S. veterans

  Research Activities (2013), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).