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Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation AHRQ 05-0021-CD
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and U.S. Department of Defense, April 2005. Four-volume set covers new patient safety findings, investigative approaches, process analyses, and practical tools for preventing medical errors and harm. CD-ROM Volumes 1-4.

Adverse Events After Stopping Clopidogrel in Post-Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients: Insights from a Large Integrated Healthcare Delivery System AHRQ 10-R062
P. Ho, T. Tsai, T. Wang, et al., Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, May 2010; 3:303-308. Discusses the occurrence of adverse events in cardiac patients up to 3 months after stopping clopidogrel therapy.

Are Lumbar Spine Reoperation Rates Falling With Greater Use of Fusion Surgery and New Surgical Technology? AHRQ 08-R015
B Martin, S. Mirza, B. Comstock, et al., Spine, 32:2007, 2119-2126. Uses population-based hospital discharge data from Washington State to examine the cumulative incidence of second lumbar spine operation following an initial lumbar operation for degenerative conditions.

CERTs Annual Report Year 5. AHRQ 05-0048
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, September 2005, 41 pp. Highlights a number of CERTs research and educational projects completed in the past year. Also includes some of the projects currently in progress and in the planning stages.

CERTs Annual Report Year 6 AHRQ 07-0030
April 2007, 40 pp. Highlights a number of CERTs research and educational projects completed over the past year, as well as several projects currently in progress.

CERTs Annual Report, Year 7 AHRQ 09-0063
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, May 2009, 48 pp. Highlights the ongoing work of AHRQ?s Centers for Education & Research in Therapeutics (CERTs) program, presents summaries of several projects completed during the period October 2005-September 2006, and describes the efforts from newly formed centers.

Cardiac Device Implantation in the United States from 1997 through 2004: A Population-Based Analysis AHRQ 08-R037
C. Zhan, W. Baine, A. Sedrakyan, et al., Journal of General Internal Medicine, 23(Suppl 1):January 2008, 13-19. Uses hospital administrative data to assess cardiac device implantations in the United States, selected perioperative outcomes, and associated patient and hospital characteristics.

Centers for Education and Research on Therapeutics (CERTs) brochure AHRQ 06-M038
Agency for healthcare Research and Quality, September 2006. Provides information about the Centers for Education & Research on Therapeutics, a national initiative to improve the safety and effectiveness of drugs, medical devices, and surgical products such as vaccines.

Effects of Antidepressant Treatment on Antiretroviral Regimen Adherence Among Depressed HIV-Infected Patients AHRQ 10-R013
V. Kumar, W. Encinosa, Psychiatric Quarterly, 80(3):September 2009, 131-141. Examines whether the relationship between highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) medication adherence and antidepressant treatment varies with HAART regimen complexity. (AHRQ 10-R013)

Planning the Safety of Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Registry Initiative (SAFARI) as a Collaborative Pan-Stakeholder Critical Path Registry Model: A Cardiac Safety Research Consortium "Incubator" Think Tank AHRQ 10-R054
S. Al-Khatib, H. Calkins, B. Eloff, et al., American Heart Journal, January 2010; 159(1):17-24.e1. Summarizes the discussion at an April 2009 think tank meeting held to explore the objectives, challenges, and steps involved in developing a national registry of patients undergoing atrial fibrillation ablation procedures to capture data on long-term outcomes and safety.

Practice Makes Perfect: A Volume-Outcome Study of Hospital Patients with HIV Disease AHRQ 08-R052
F. Hellinger, Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 46(2):February 20008, 226-233. Examines the relation between two measures of volume (the number of HIV-positive patients treated in a hospital and the number treated by the attending physician) and the probability of HIV-positive patients dying in the hospital.

Recent Improvements in Bariatric Surgery Outcomes AHRQ 09-R050
W. Encinosa, D. Bernard, D. Du, et al., Medical Care 47(5):May 2009, 531-535. Uses a nationwide, population-based sample to examine how 6-month complications of bariatric surgery improved between 2001 and 2006.

The Challenge of Multiple Comorbidity for the U.S. Health Care System AHRQ 10-R061
A. Parekh, M. Barton, Journal of the American Medical Association, April 2010; 303(13):1303-1304. Commentary discusses the challenges involved in improving care for individuals with two or more coexisting illnesses and describes AHRQ's research in this area.

The Prostate Cancer Intervention Versus Observation Trial: VA/NCI/AHRQ Cooperative Studies Program #407 (PIVOT) AHRQ 09-R035
T. Wilt, M. Brawer, M. Barry, et al., Contemporary Clinical Trials 30(1):January 2009, 81-87. Describes the study rationale, design, recruitment methods, and baseline characteristics of men enrolled in the PIVOT study comparing surgery to watchful waiting for men with prostate cancer that has not spread.

Transformation of Health Care at the Front Line AHRQ 09-R026
P. Conway, C. Clancy, Journal of the American Medical Association; 301(7): February 2009, 763-765. Commentary discusses the design and effects for pay-for-performance programs on treatment options, patient outcomes, and health care costs, as well as an approach to align in incentives with quality of care and value at the front line where clinicians and patients meet.

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