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AudioPSA -- Be an Active Member of Your Health Care Team
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Eat right. Exercise. And Don’t smoke. Be an active member of your health care team.
Duration:  00:30
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AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: Obesity on the Rise in the U.S.
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Obesity is a major health crisis currently facing our nation. Learn more about obesity prevention and treatment, and its implications for the health of Americans.
Duration:  06:47
File Size:  6.21 MB

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  Feature: Pressure Ulcers
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  Pressure ulcers, or bedsores as they’re commonly known, typically occur among the elderly or those immobilized due to illness or injury. Today this deadly condition is on ...
Duration:  00:50
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  Feature: IOM Report on Resident Work Hours
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  Medical residents need protected periods of sleep during their shifts, along with better supervision and more training to reduce the risk of fatigue-related medical ...
Duration:  01:01
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  Feature: Obesity on the Rise in the U.S.
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  AHRQ Director Dr. Carolyn Clancy talks about the prevention and treatment of a major health crisis facing our nation today - obesity.
Duration:  02:58
File Size:  2.73 MB
  Radiocast: Obesity - Prevention and Treatment
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  AHRQ Director Dr. Carolyn Clancy talks about the prevention and treatment of a major health crisis facing our nation today - obesity.
Duration:  01:01
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  PSA: Be an Active Member of Your Health Care Team
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  Eat right. Exercise. And Don’t smoke. Be an active member of your health care team.
Duration:  00:30
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AudioRadiocast -- How to Ensure High Quality Health Care
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Wednesday, January 07, 2009
AHRQ Director Dr. Carolyn Clancy offers tips to help consumers get the high-quality health care they deserve.
Duration:  01:02
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DocumentAdvice Column -- Ready to Lose Weight in the New Year? Experts Offer Guidance for Adults and Children
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Tuesday, January 06, 2009
For overweight or obese people, getting to a healthy weight and staying there requires major lifestyle changes. It may even involve surgery.
AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: New Toolkit Helps Hospitals Provide Safer, Efficient ER Care
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Wednesday, December 31, 2008
A new toolkit helps clinicians improve the way they deliver care in hospital emergency departments calling for safer, more efficient triaging and moving of patients ...
Duration:  09:19
File Size:  8.52 MB

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  Feature: Mental Health Hospitalizations
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  One in five hospital admissions are for patients with mental disorders such as depression and bipolar disorder. Learn more.
Duration:  00:33
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  Feature: New Toolkit Helps Hospitals Provide Safer, Efficient ER Care
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  A new toolkit helps clinicians improve the way they deliver care in hospital emergency departments calling for safer, more efficient triaging and moving of patients ...
Duration:  04:29
File Size:  4.10 MB
  Feature: Getting Medical Tests: Ask Questions!
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  It’s important to discuss with your clinician ahead of time why a test is being done and how accurate the results are likely to be. AHRQ Director Dr. Carolyn Clancy ...
Duration:  02:34
File Size:  2.35 MB
  Radiocast: Getting Medical Tests: Ask Questions!
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  It’s important to discuss with your clinician ahead of time why a test is being done and how accurate the results are likely to be. AHRQ Director Dr. Carolyn Clancy ...
Duration:  01:01
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  PSA: Screening Tests for Healthy Living
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  Screening tests are a great way to detect problems early when they’re easier to treat or control. Talk to your doctor about screening tests.
Duration:  00:30
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AudioPSA -- Screening Tests for Healthy Living
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Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Screening tests are a great way to detect problems early when they’re easier to treat or control.
Duration:  00:25
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AudioRadiocast -- Play it Safe with Children and Medicine
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Wednesday, December 24, 2008
AHRQ Director Dr. Carolyn Clancy offers advice for parents regarding their child's medications, both over-the-counter remedies and prescriptions, and how they might ...
Duration:  01:02
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AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: Lung Cancer - A Decline in Diagnosis
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Wednesday, December 17, 2008
AHRQ data shows that lung cancer rates are on the decline, but hospitalizations for the deadly disease remain steady. Learn why.
Duration:  09:39
File Size:  8.84 MB

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  Feature: Lung Cancer - A Decline in Diagnosis
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  AHRQ data shows that lung cancer rates are on the decline, but hospitalizations for the deadly disease remain steady. Learn why.
Duration:  00:54
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  Feature: Weight Loss Surgery - How it Can Affect Pregnancy
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  AHRQ findings suggest that women who lose weight through surgery have lower risks of pregnancy-related diabetes and high blood pressure than women who become pregnant ...
Duration:  02:45
File Size:  2.52 MB
  Feature: Care Transitions - What You Need to Know
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  Whether you’re changing doctors, hospitals or providers, a transition in medical care comes with some risk. Learn how to safeguard yourself.
Duration:  04:01
File Size:  3.68 MB
  Radiocast: Care Transitions - What You Need to Know
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  Whether you’re changing doctors, hospitals or providers, a transition in medical care comes with some risk. Learn how to safeguard yourself.
Duration:  01:02
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  PSA: Secondhand Smoke
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  Former Washington Redskins Cornerback and NFL Hall of Famer Darrell Green talks to kids about secondhand smoke.
Duration:  00:30
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AudioPSA -- Secondhand Smoke
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Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Former Washington Redskins Cornerback and NFL Hall of Famer Darrell Green talks to kids about secondhand smoke.
Duration:  00:30
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DocumentAdvice Column -- Better Information Helps Patients
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Studies show that 1 in 4 patients who are discharged from the hospital had an unexpected medical problem after they left the hospital.
AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: Many U.S. Children Lack Health Insurance
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Wednesday, December 03, 2008
A new study from AHRQ reveals more than 2 million kids in the U.S. lack health insurance coverage even though at least one parent is insured.
Duration:  08:34
File Size:  7.84 MB

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  Feature: Arthritis
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  About 21 million Americans, or one in ten adults, were treated for arthritis in 2005, according to AHRQ data.
Duration:  00:35
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  Feature: Many U.S. Children Lack Health Insurance
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  A new study from AHRQ reveals more than 2 million kids in the U.S. lack health insurance coverage even though at least one parent is insured.
Duration:  02:50
File Size:  2.59 MB
  Feature: How to Find Good Information Online
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  It’s easy to find health advice on the Internet, but how do you know if you can trust it?
Duration:  03:19
File Size:  3.03 MB
  Radiocast: How to Find Good Information Online
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  It’s easy to find health advice on the Internet, but how do you know if you can trust it?
Duration:  01:02
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  PSA: Be Prepared for Medical Appointments (Version 2)
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  This PSA reminds consumers to be active in their health care. Get the brochure Be Prepared for Medical Appointments, at ahrq.gov/consumer. A message from AHRQ.
Duration:  00:30
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VideoPSA -- Take Charge of Your Health Featuring Fran Drescher
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Wednesday, December 03, 2008
It took two years for Fran Drescher to get a proper diagnosis of Uterine Cancer. In this video PSA, a collaboration between AHRQ and the Cancer Schmancer Foundation, Fran ...
Duration:  00:30
File Size:  1.9 MB
VideoPSA -- You're In Charge of Your Health Featuring Fran Drescher
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Wednesday, December 03, 2008
In this video PSA, a collaboration between AHRQ and the Cancer Schmancer Foundation, Fran Drescher explains how asking a lot of questions can help prevent disease or ...
Duration:  00:30
File Size:  1.9 MB
AudioPSA -- Be Prepared for Medical Appointments Version 2
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Wednesday, December 03, 2008
This PSA reminds consumers to be active in their health care. Get the brochure Be Prepared for Medical Appointments, at ahrq.gov/consumer. A message from AHRQ.
Duration:  00:30
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DocumentAdvice Column -- Online Tools Help Patients Find Good Health Information
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Tuesday, December 02, 2008
The Internet continues to be a powerful force in how we live our lives, including how we find health information.
AudioPSA -- Diabetes Tipo 2
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Monday, December 01, 2008
Learn more about diabetes medications in the brochure, "Pastillas para la diabetes tipo 2" by calling 1-800-358-9295.
Duration:  01:01
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AudioPSA -- Diabetes y Los Examenes de la Vista
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Monday, December 01, 2008
Uno en cuatro latinos mayores de 40 años tiene diabetes, y casi la mitad tiene una enfermedad relacionada con la diabetes que puede causar ceguera.
Duration:  00:32
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AudioPSA -- Diabetes Tipo 2
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Monday, December 01, 2008
Learn more about diabetes medications in the brochure, "Pastillas para la diabetes tipo 2" by calling 1-800-358-9295.
Duration:  00:31
File Size:  480 KB
AudioPSA -- Dejar de Fumar
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Monday, December 01, 2008
En cuanto dejes de fumar te sentirás mucho mejor y tendrás más energía. Para recibir ayuda gratis para dejar de fumar llame al 1-800-358-9295.
Duration:  01:00
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AudioPSA -- Dejar de Fumar
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Monday, December 01, 2008
En cuanto dejes de fumar te sentirás mucho mejor y tendrás más energía. Para recibir ayuda gratis para dejar de fumar llame al 1-800-358-9295.
Duration:  00:31
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AudioPSA -- Osteoarthritis
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Monday, December 01, 2008
El folleto nuevo del gobierno sobre osteoarthritis compara información sobre los diferentes medicamentos para el alivio del dolor y para controlar la hinchazón. También ...
Duration:  01:01
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AudioPSA -- Osteoarthritis
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Monday, December 01, 2008
El folleto nuevo del gobierno sobre osteoarthritis compara información sobre los diferentes medicamentos para el alivio del dolor y para controlar la hinchazón. También ...
Duration:  00:30
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AudioRadiocast -- Patient Safety: Managing Your Health Care Risks
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Wednesday, November 26, 2008
There are very specific ways consumers can and should be involved in promoting safe health care.
Duration:  01:01
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AudioRadiocast -- How to Stay Healthy When the Economy is Not
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Learn how to make sure you are getting the best health care value without sacrificing safety.
Duration:  01:02
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AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: Comparative Effectiveness - What Is It?
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Comparative effectiveness is being able to compare treatments based on whether they offer the best possible outcome for patients. Learn where to find this unbiased health ...
Duration:  08:38
File Size:  7.91 MB

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  Feature: Tuberculosis Hospitalizations
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  Tuberculosis hospitalizations have fallen 41 percent since the early 90s. Greater federal funding for prevention and control programs may be responsible for this decline.
Duration:  00:37
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  Feature: Colorectal Cancer Screening
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  Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer and the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States. But there are things that you can do to prevent this ...
Duration:  02:55
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  Feature: Comparative Effectiveness - What Is It?
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  Comparative effectiveness is being able to compare treatments based on whether they offer the best possible outcome for patients. Learn where to find this trustworthy ...
Duration:  03:16
File Size:  2.99 MB
  PSA: Screening Tests for Healthy Living
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  Screening tests are a great way to detect problems early when they’re easier to treat or control.
Duration:  00:25
File Size:  395 KB
DocumentAdvice Column -- Guides Help Patients Find Their Best Treatment Options
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008
To help patients make good decisions, health researchers are comparing how different treatments work to manage or cure a disease or condition.
AudioRadiocast -- Screening for Colorectal Cancer
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the U.S., but studies show only half of adults 50 and older get screened for the disease.
Duration:  01:01
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AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: Health IT – Using Technology to Improve Transitional Care
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Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Christine Sakuda of the Hawaii Primary Care Association talks about her experiences using health technology to connect patients and doctors in Hawaii.
Duration:  09:23
File Size:  8.6 MB

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  Feature: Bloodstream Infections
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  About a quarter of a million hospital patients get a bloodstream infection each year in the U.S., and up to 62,000 die as a result. Learn what AHRQ is doing to help ...
Duration:  01:01
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  Feature: Health IT – Using Technology to Improve Transitional Care
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  Christine Sakuda of the Hawaii Primary Care Association talks about her experiences using health technology to connect patients and doctors in Hawaii.
Duration:  03:38
File Size:  3.33 MB
  Feature: Keeping Healthy When the Economy is Not
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  Many Americans are looking for ways to save money, but cutting back on health care, especially without consulting your doctor, is a risky choice.
Duration:  02:47
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  PSA: Know What Your Results Are and What They Mean
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  This audio PSA was distributed in grocery store chains nationwide in September 2008. Don't assume that no news is good news when it comes to medical test results.
Duration:  00:30
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DocumentAdvice Column -- Keeping Healthy When the Economy Is Not
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Wednesday, November 05, 2008
With that caution in mind, there are some steps you can take to make sure you are getting the best health care value you can.
AudioRadiocast -- Health Insurance Gaps for America's Kids
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Wednesday, November 05, 2008
More than 2 million kids in the U.S. lack health insurance coverage even though at least one of their parents is insured.
Duration:  01:02
File Size:  964 KB
AudioRadiocast -- Hospital Stays: Reducing Your Risks
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008
There are some events that should never happen in a hospital - errors that can cause serious harm or even death. Learn how to reduce the likelihood of experiencing such ...
Duration:  01:02
File Size:  964 KB
AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: Battling Childhood Obesity - Research Shows Some Programs Work
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Research shows about 17 percent of U.S. children and teens are obese. Behavioral management programs may be one way that school-age kids and teens can lose weight.
Duration:  08:07
File Size:  7.4 MB

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  Feature: More U.S. Children Covered by Dental Insurance
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  More U.S. kids are covered by dental insurance thanks to government programs.
Duration:  00:40
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  Feature: Battling Childhood Obesity - Research Shows Some Programs Work
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  Research shows about 17 percent of U.S. children and teens are obese. Behavioral management programs may be one way that school-age kids and teens can lose weight.
Duration:  03:08
File Size:  2.86 MB
  Radiocast: Fighting Childhood Obesity
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  Parents should continue to encourage their kids to adopt healthy habits such as getting daily exercise and eating a healthy diet to help reduce the risks of obesity.
Duration:  01:02
File Size:  964 KB
  Feature: Avoiding 'Never Events'
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  Medical errors, especially so called "never events," are one of the Nation's leading causes of death and injury. AHRQ Director Dr. Carolyn Clancy talks about reducing ...
Duration:  02:29
File Size:  2.28 MB
  PSA: Know What Your Results Are and What They Mean
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  This audio PSA was distributed in grocery store chains nationwide in September 2008. Don't assume that no news is good news when it comes to medical test results.
Duration:  00:30
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DocumentAdvice Column -- Payment Change Puts Spotlight on Preventing Hospital Errors
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Tuesday, October 21, 2008
The Federal Government will no longer pay hospitals for extra costs incurred when patients covered by Medicare develop certain conditions resulting from a hospital's ...
AudioRadiocast -- Prescriptions: Play it Safe
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008
October is Talk about Prescriptions Month, and a good opportunity to check up on your medications. A pill card from AHRQ can help you keep track of your medications.
Duration:  01:02
File Size:  964 KB
AudioRadiocast -- Understanding Your Health: Healthfinder.gov
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Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Learn where to find reliable, yet easy-to-understand health information to help make informed decisions about your health.
Duration:  01:01
File Size:  963 KB
AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: AHRQ Begins New Research on Genetic Testing for Breast Cancer
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Wednesday, October 08, 2008
AHRQ has announced a new project to develop and test four computer-based decision-support tools designed to improve how clinicians and patients use genetic tests to ...
Duration:  06:37
File Size:  6.06 MB

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  Feature: Patients' Hospital Bills Jump $70 Billion in One Year
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  Like other products and services, the cost of hospital stays is on the rise.
Duration:  00:35
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  Feature: AHRQ Begins New Research on Genetic Testing for Breast Cancer
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  AHRQ has announced a new project to develop and test four computer-based decision-support tools designed to improve how clinicians and patients use genetic tests to ...
Duration:  02:17
File Size:  2.09 MN
  Feature: Tips for Men on Staying Healthy
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  Research shows men are often less likely to visit their doctors or get preventive health care, but being active in your health care and getting the right health ...
Duration:  02:11
File Size:  2.01 MB
  PSA: Know What Your Results Are and What They Mean
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  Don't assume that no news is good news when it comes to medical test results.
Duration:  00:30
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DocumentAdvice Column -- Checklist Helps Men Keep on Track to Good Health
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Tuesday, October 07, 2008
Staying in good physical condition can help men live longer and have a better quality of life. Following some proven steps can go a long way toward staying healthy and ...
AudioRadiocast -- Tips for Men on How to Stay Healthy
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Wednesday, October 01, 2008
Research shows men are often less likely to visit their doctors or get preventive health care, but getting the right health screenings and treatments does make a ...
Duration:  01:01
File Size:  963 KB
VideoSpecial Report -- What is Type 2 Diabetes? Part 1
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Thursday, September 25, 2008
AHRQ and the National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP), a federally-sponsored program of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease Control and ...
Duration:  03:14
File Size:  11.3 MB
VideoSpecial Report -- What is Type 2 Diabetes? Part 2
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Thursday, September 25, 2008
AHRQ and the National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP), a federally-sponsored program of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease Control and ...
Duration:  05:51
File Size:  20.5 MB
VideoSpecial Report -- What is Type 2 Diabetes? Part 3
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Thursday, September 25, 2008
AHRQ and the National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP), a federally-sponsored program of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease Control and ...
Duration:  06:02
File Size:  21.1 MB
AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: Health Care Innovations - A New Guide For Decision Makers
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008
The decision of whether or not to adopt a health care innovation has high stakes. A new guide from AHRQ facilitates evidence-based decision-making.
Duration:  08:25
File Size:  5.78 MB

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  Feature: Health Insurance Cost on the Rise
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  Health insurance premiums have more than doubled in the last decade. Learn more.
Duration:  00:26
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  Feature: Health Care Innovations - A New Guide For Decision Makers
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  The decision of whether or not to adopt a health care innovation has high stakes. A new guide from AHRQ facilitates evidence-based decision-making.
Duration:  03:35
File Size:  2.47 MB
  Feature: Tips for Women on Staying Healthy
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  AHRQ Director Dr. Carolyn Clancy offers tips to help women stay health and talks about an AHRQ brochure that helps women guide discussions with their clinicians.
Duration:  02:28
File Size:  1.70 MB
  PSA: Tips to Prevent Medical Errors
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  If you're scheduled for a hospital stay, here are some ways to reduce your risk of medical errors.
Duration:  00:33
File Size:  394 KB
AudioRadiocast -- Blood Clots - Prevention and Treatment
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Not all blood clots are dangerous, but some can be deadly. A new booklet called “Your Guide to Preventing and Treating Blood Clots” aims to help consumers reduce their ...
Duration:  01:01
File Size:  722 KB
AudioRadiocast -- Women - Stay Healthy at Any Age
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008
A new AHRQ brochure explains which tests and counseling services most women need based on their age and risk factors.
Duration:  01:01
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DocumentAdvice Column -- Checklist Helps Women Give Equal Time to Their Health Needs
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008
AHRQ has developed a checklist for women to stay healthy at any age.
AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: Hospitalizations on the Rise for Kids with Skin Infections
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Hospitalizations are soaring for kids with skin infections. Researchers believe it may be due to antibiotic resistance.
Duration:  07:21
File Size:  6.73 MB

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  Feature: Hospitalizations on the Rise for Kids with Skin Infections
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  Hospitalizations are soaring for kids with skin infections. Researchers believe it may be due to antibiotic resistance.
Duration:  00:38
File Size:  602 KB
  Feature: AHRQ Tools for Disaster Preparedness
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  September is National Preparedness Month and AHRQ can help communities develop or update their disaster response plans.
Duration:  00:53
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  Feature: Hispanic Heritage Month Kicks Off
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  Hispanic Heritage Month kicks off September 16 and what better time for Healthcare 411 to remind listeners that AHRQ has great information to help Spanish-speaking people ...
Duration:  00:48
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  Feature: How to Deal with a Difficult Diagnosis
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  Being diagnosed with a serious or even life-threatening disease is very stressful and confusing. But getting good quality information can help you make better decisions ...
Duration:  03:25
File Size:  3.13 MB
  Radiocast: How to Deal with a Difficult Diagnosis
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  Being told that you have a new diagnosis can be a frightening experience. Learn how you can make better decisions about your health care options.
Duration:  01:01
File Size:  961 KB
  PSA: If You’re Pregnant and You Smoke
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  Your risk of your baby being born too small is one and a half to three and a half times greater.
Duration:  00:29
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AudioPSA -- If You’re Pregnant and You Smoke
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Your risk of your baby being born too small is one and a half to three and a half times greater.
Duration:  00:29
File Size:  462 KB
AudioRadiocast -- Rising Obesity Rates
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Wednesday, September 03, 2008
A new AHRQ study shows nearly 90 percent of American adults will be overweight or obese by the year 2030.
Duration:  01:01
File Size:  963 KB
AudioPSA -- Healthy Aging
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Tuesday, September 02, 2008
This audio PSA was distributed in grocery store chains nationwide in September 2008. Setting small goals and making healthy choices can help improve your overall health ...
Duration:  00:30
File Size:  352 KB
AudioPSA -- Tips to Prevent Medical Errors
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Tuesday, September 02, 2008
This audio PSA was distributed in grocery store chains nationwide in September 2008. If you're scheduled for a hospital stay, here are some ways to reduce your risk of ...
Duration:  00:30
File Size:  396 KB
AudioPSA -- Know What Your Results Are and What They Mean
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Tuesday, September 02, 2008
This audio PSA was distributed in grocery store chains nationwide in September 2008. Don't assume that no news is good news when it comes to medical test results.
Duration:  00:30
File Size:  364 KB
DocumentAdvice Column -- Helpful Steps To Take After You Get a Diagnosis
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Tuesday, September 02, 2008
AHRQ has developed a guide to help you find information and support after you receive a difficult diagnosis.
AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: New Study Sheds Light on Health Care Spending
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Wednesday, August 27, 2008
The poor and the uninsured aren’t the only ones spending tax payers’ dollars devoted to health care. A recent AHRQ study shows where public health care spending is ...
Duration:  09:44
File Size:  6.68 MB

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  Feature: Rare Meningitis is Deadlier
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  According to the latest AHRQ data, hospitalized patients with rare forms of meningitis such as fungal and parasitic meningitis are 15 times more likely to die than those ...
Duration:  00:51
File Size:  604 KB
  Feature: New Study Sheds Light on Health Care Spending
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  Contrary to popular belief, the poor and the uninsured aren’t the only ones spending tax payers’ dollars devoted to health care. A recent AHRQ study shows where public ...
Duration:  03:10
File Size:  2.2 MB
  Feature: Navigating Urgent or Emergency Care
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  There’s a good chance that someday you’ll need to go to a hospital emergency department. But you shouldn't wait for an emergency to learn how to seek urgent or emergency ...
Duration:  04:15
File Size:  2.9 MB
  Radiocast: Navigating the ER - Using Urgent and Emergency Care
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  Don’t wait until an emergency to learn the ins and outs of using urgent or emergency care.
Duration:  01:01
File Size:  963 KB
  PSA: Know What Your Tests Are For
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  It is always important to understand why medical tests are needed and what it means for your health.
Duration:  00:33
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AudioRadiocast -- Prostate Cancer Screening Not Recommended For 75+
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Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Prostate cancer screening isn’t for every man. Learn why evidence shows us that men 75 and older shouldn’t be screened.
Duration:  01:01
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DocumentAdvice Column -- How To Use Hospital Emergency Rooms Wisely
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Deciding whether to go to the hospital emergency room (ER) is often a clear-cut decision. Many other situations aren't as clear.
AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: Prostate Cancer Treatment - A New Guide for Clinicians
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Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Following an increase in both prostate cancer screening and diagnosed cases, AHRQ released a new clinician's guide available online.
Duration:  08:25
File Size:  7.71 MB

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  Feature: Spending on Cholesterol Drugs
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  Spending on cholesterol-reducing drugs known as statins has more than doubled in the last five years.
Duration:  00:41
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  Feature: Prostate Cancer Treatment - A New Guide for Clinicians
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  Following an increase in both prostate cancer screening and diagnosed cases, AHRQ released a new clinician's guide called "Treatments for Clinically Localized Prostate ...
Duration:  02:48
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  Radiocast: Prostate Cancer Consumer Guide
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  Men with localized prostate cancer should weigh the risks and benefits of treatment options outlined in the "Treating Prostate Cancer" guide.
Duration:  01:01
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  Feature: Tips for Staying Healthy at 50+
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  The U.S. population is getting older. In the next 10 years, 77 million baby boomers will turn 65. Learn what you need to do to stay healthy at 50+.
Duration:  03:11
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  Radiocast: Staying Healthy at 50+
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  As we age, what’s the best way to stay healthy? Two new checklists from AHRQ offer helpful reminders.
Duration:  01:01
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  PSA: Take Care of Your Loved Ones by Being Active in Your Own Health Care
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AudioRadiocast -- Reducing Your Risk of Surgical Errors
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Wednesday, August 06, 2008
A recent AHRQ study shows surgical errors are costing Americans more than a billion dollars a year. Learn how to take an active role in your health care.
Duration:  01:01
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DocumentAdvice Column -- Checklists Help Men and Women Stay Healthy at 50+
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Tuesday, August 05, 2008
AHRQ and AARP developed two new checklists that outline steps men and women over age 50 need to take to stay healthy and prevent disease.
AudioPSA -- Take Care of Your Loved Ones by Being Active in Your Own Health Care
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Monday, August 04, 2008
This audio PSA was distributed in grocery store chains nationwide in August 2008. Research shows that men don’t visit the doctor as often as they should, even though ...
Duration:  00:40
File Size:  464 KB
AudioPSA -- Get Answers to Your Questions
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Monday, August 04, 2008
This audio PSA was distributed in grocery store chains nationwide in August 2008. Medical terms can be confusing. Asking questions and understanding the answers can help ...
Duration:  00:34
File Size:  400 KB
AudioPSA -- Know What Your Tests Are For
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Monday, August 04, 2008
This audio PSA was distributed in grocery store chains nationwide in August 2008. It is always important to understand why medical tests are needed and what it means for ...
Duration:  00:33
File Size:  392 KB
AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: Emergency Preparedness in Home Health Care
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008
What would happen if we were faced with a national or worldwide flu epidemic? Pandemic influenza is a growing concern and preparing for it is a big challenge.
Duration:  10:15
File Size:  9.40 MB

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  Feature: Thousands of Americans Hospitalized for Heat Stroke Annually
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  According to the latest AHRQ data, more than 6,000 Americans are hospitalized each summer due to a condition caused by excessive heat called hyperthermia, also referred ...
Duration:  01:04
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  Feature: Emergency Preparedness in Home Health Care
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  What would happen if we were faced with a national or worldwide flu epidemic? Pandemic influenza is a growing concern and preparing for it is a big challenge.
Duration:  03:46
File Size:  3.45 MB
  Feature: Choosing a Family Health Advocate You Trust
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  Family health advocates can really help by being an extra set of eyes and ears to make sure you get the relevant information you need to make good decisions about your ...
Duration:  03:42
File Size:  3.38 MB
  PSA: Good Health Is a Gift
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  Research shows that African Americans are more likely to develop high blood pressure and diabetes that can be prevented in many cases.
Duration:  00:31
File Size:  486 KB
AudioRadiocast -- Osteoporosis Guide for Women
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Osteoporosis, a condition that causes bones to become fragile, can rob you of your strength. Learn what treatment options may be right for you in a new consumer guide.
Duration:  01:01
File Size:  963 KB
AudioRadiocast -- Hearing Screening for Newborns
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Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Since half of infants with hearing loss have no identifiable risk factors, screening at birth for hearing loss should be a part of every newborn's health care.
Duration:  01:01
File Size:  963 KB
AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: Lower-Income Kids Twice as Likely to Use ER
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Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Children from poor families are almost twice as likely as higher-income kids to use hospital emergency rooms.
Duration:  07:05
File Size:  6.49 MB

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  Feature: Lower-Income Kids Twice as Likely to Use ER
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  Children from poor families are almost twice as likely as higher-income kids to use hospital emergency rooms.
Duration:  00:49
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  Feature: Diabetes is a Serious Health Issue Facing Hispanics
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  A free consumer guide offers information to help Hispanics who have Type 2 diabetes compare oral medications.
Duration:  00:43
File Size:  763 KB
  Feature: How to Choose a Doctor
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  AHRQ Director Dr. Carolyn Clancy gives advice about choosing a doctor.
Duration:  03:50
File Size:  3.52 MB
  Radiocast: How to Choose a Doctor
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  AHRQ Director Dr. Carolyn Clancy gives advice about choosing a doctor.
Duration:  01:01
File Size:  963 KB
  PSA: Be a Champion For Your Loved Ones
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  Former Olympic skater and orthopedic surgeon Dr. Debi Thomas urges viewers to be active in the health care of a loved one. Getting early treatment just might save a life.
Duration:  00:30
File Size:  471 KB
AudioPSA -- Be a Champion For Your Loved Ones
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Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Take a loved one to the doctor since early detection of many chronic diseases can improve and even save lives.
Duration:  00:30
File Size:  471 KB
DocumentAdvice Column -- Tips To Help You Find a Good Doctor
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Finding a doctor who can communicate and is willing to partner with you in decisions about your health can be hard work, but it is worth the effort.
AudioRadiocast -- How to Choose a Doctor
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Wednesday, July 09, 2008
AHRQ Director Dr. Carolyn Clancy gives advice about choosing a doctor.
Duration:  01:01
File Size:  963 KB
AudioPSA -- Questions to Ask Before Surgery
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Monday, July 07, 2008
This audio PSA was distributed in grocery store chains nationwide in July 2008. Ask questions before your surgery so you'll know what to expect.
Duration:  00:37
File Size:  576 KB
AudioPSA -- Understanding Your Diagnosis and Treatment Plan
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Monday, July 07, 2008
This audio PSA was distributed in grocery store chains nationwide in July 2008. Here are some next steps if you’ve been diagnosed with a new health condition.
Duration:  00:34
File Size:  540 KB
AudioPSA -- Secondhand Smoke and Children
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Monday, July 07, 2008
This audio PSA was distributed in grocery store chains nationwide in July 2008. Studies show that kids who live with tobacco smoke are more likely to have ear infections, ...
Duration:  00:34
File Size:  532 KB
AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: Hospital Mortality Rates Higher for Asians and Pacific Islanders
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Wednesday, July 02, 2008
Asians and Pacific Islanders are at higher risk for dying in the hospital from serious yet treatable complications.
Duration:  09:54
File Size:  9.06 MB

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  Feature: Hospital Mortality Rates Higher for Asians and Pacific Islanders
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  Asians and Pacific Islanders are at higher risk for dying in the hospital from serious yet treatable complications such as blood infections, internal bleeding and kidney ...
Duration:  00:54
File Size:  847 KB
  Feature: Implementing an Electronic Health Record System
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  Community health centers are part of the safety net that provides health care to society’s most vulnerable. A partnership of community health centers on Chicago’s Near ...
Duration:  3:38
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  Feature: Reduce the Risk of Health Care-Associated Infections
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  Learn how to reduce your risk of health care-associated infections.
Duration:  03:36
File Size:  3.30 MB
  Radiocast: Safer Surgery - Reducing Your Risk of Infections
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  Learn how to reduce your risk of health care-associated infections.
Duration:  01:01
File Size:  955 KB
  PSA: Good Health Is a Gift
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Duration:  00:30
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DocumentAdvice Column -- Simple Steps Can Reduce Health Care-Associated Infections
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Tuesday, July 01, 2008
Health care-associated infections causes nearly 90,000 deaths and costs billions of dollars to treat each year, but are preventable.
AudioRadiocast -- New Warfarin Guide
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Warfarin is a common blood thinner known by the brand name Coumadin. Learn whether you are taking this medication correctly.
Duration:  01:01
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AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: Tools and Tips for Choosing a Hospital
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Unless it’s a medical emergency, people often have a choice of where they get their hospital care. But how do you pick the right hospital for you?
Duration:  07:19
File Size:  6.70 MB

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  Feature: The Latest AHRQ Data Shows a Decline in Ischemic Strokes
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   Ischemic strokes caused by blocked blood flow to the brain are on the decline.
Duration:  00:52
File Size:  813 KB
  Feature: Genetic Testing Needs to be Better Monitored
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  Genetic testing is growing in popularity but are these tests really helpful?
Duration:  01:10
File Size:  1.07 MB
  Feature: Training Geared to Improve Clinician Teamwork
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  TeamSTEPPS is a training program designed to improve communication and teamwork skills among health care professionals.
Duration:  00:53
File Size:  829 KB
  Feature: Consumer Tips for Choosing a Hospital
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  People often have a choice of where they get their hospital care. But how do you pick the right hospital for you?
Duration:  02:47
File Size:  2.55 MB
  PSA: Be Prepared for Medical Appointments
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  The single most important thing you can do for your health is to ask questions. Be an informed and active member of your health care team.
Duration:  00:29
File Size:  462 KB
AudioPSA -- Be Prepared for Medical Appointments
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008
The single most important thing you can do for your health is to ask questions. Be an informed and active member of your health care team.
Duration:  00:29
File Size:  463 KB
DocumentAdvice Column -- Do Your Homework Before You Choose A Hospital
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Doing a little homework before you choose a hospital can do more than give you peace of mind.
AudioPSA -- Know Your Family History
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Monday, June 09, 2008
This audio PSA was distributed in grocery store chains nationwide in June 2008. You may be at risk. Know your family history to help prevent or manage certain conditions ...
Duration:  00:30
File Size:  468 KB
AudioPSA -- Talking with Your Doctor
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Monday, June 09, 2008
This audio PSA was distributed in grocery store chains nationwide in June 2008. Be sure you understand what your doctor tells you by asking questions, and bring a friend ...
Duration:  00:30
File Size:  528 KB
AudioPSA -- Good Health Is a Gift
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Monday, June 09, 2008
This audio PSA was distributed in grocery store chains nationwide in June 2008. Research shows that African Americans are more likely to develop high blood pressure and ...
Duration:  00:30
File Size:  516 KB
AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: How to Create a Patient Advisory Council
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Wednesday, June 04, 2008
AHRQ releases a guide on how to develop a community-based patient advisory council.
Duration:  08:48
File Size:  8.07 MB

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  Feature: Survey Finds Some Older Americans are Getting Improper Prescriptions
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  Roughly a quarter of older Americans with disabilities report they use at least one prescription drug that experts say is not appropriate for people their age.
Duration:  00:56
File Size:  886 MB
  Feature: How to Develop Your Own Community-Based Patient Advisory Council
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  More and more health care organizations are taking a patient-centered approach to their care delivery.
Duration:  04:04
File Size:  3.73 MB
  Feature: Choosing a Health Plan
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  Choosing a health plan can be confusing. How do you really weigh your options and make an informed decision?
Duration:  02:08
File Size:  1.95 MB
  Radiocast: How to Choose a Health Plan
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  Narrowing down your options to find a plan that fits you.
Duration:  01:00
File Size:  951 KB
  PSA: Questions are the Answer
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  When you communicate with your doctor, when you ask more questions, you reduce your risk of suffering a medical mistake.
Duration:  00:30
File Size:  471 KB
AudioPSA -- Questions are the Answer
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Wednesday, June 04, 2008
When you communicate with your doctor, when you ask more questions, you reduce your risk of suffering a medical mistake.
Duration:  00:30
File Size:  478 KB
DocumentAdvice Column -- Smart Choices: How to Choose a Health Plan That’s Right for You
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Tuesday, June 03, 2008
Choosing the right health plan is a big decision. By knowing more about the differences between plans and how they work, you’ll make a well-informed decision that best ...
AudioRadiocast -- Five Days to a Tobacco-free Life
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008
A five-day plan to get you ready to quit tobacco for good.
Duration:  02:00
File Size:  1.83 MB
AudioPSA -- Screening for Health
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Monday, May 26, 2008
This audio PSA was distributed in grocery store chains nationwide in May 2008. Screening tests are a great way to detect problems early when they’re easier to treat or ...
Duration:  00:30
File Size:  500 KB
AudioPSA -- Screening Tests for Healthy Living
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Monday, May 26, 2008
This audio PSA was distributed in grocery store chains nationwide in May 2008. Screening tests are a great way to detect problems early when they’re easier to treat or ...
Duration:  00:30
File Size:  416 KB
AudioPSA -- Exercise for Health
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Monday, May 26, 2008
This audio PSA was distributed in grocery store chains nationwide in May 2008. Nearly two thirds of Americans are not at a healthy weight. One of the simplest things ...
Duration:  00:30
File Size:  432 KB
AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: New Handbook for Nurses is Now Available
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008
A new resource for nurses that shares evidence-based practices for providing safe, high-quality care is now available from AHRQ.
Duration:  08:41
File Size:  7.96 MB

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  Feature: A Hospital Infection that is on the Rise
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  The rate of hospital patients stricken with a sometimes-deadly infection, “C. difficile,” is on the rise.
Duration:  00:58
File Size:  908 KB
  Feature: A New and Free Guide for Nurses
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  A new resource for nurses that shares evidence-based practices for providing safe, high - quality care is now available from AHRQ.
Duration:  03:33
File Size:  3.25 MB
  Feature: How to Get Men to Take Better Care of Their Health
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  AHRQ has teamed up with the Ad Council to launch a new national public service campaign designed to raise awareness among middle-age men about the importance of ...
Duration:  02:23
File Size:  2.19 MB
  Radiocast: Give Dad the Gift of a Healthy Reminder
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  Men are encouraged to visit their doctor for preventive screenings.
Duration:  01:01
File Size:  959 KB
  PSA: It’s Never Too Late to Benefit from Healthy Living
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  Even if you’ve had a lifetime of unhealthy habits, taking action now can still have a positive effect on your overall health.
Duration:  00:39
File Size:  620 KB
DocumentAdvice Column -- What's Your Health Literacy Score
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Nearly 90 million Americans have only basic or below-basic health literacy skills.
AudioRadiocast -- Quit Smoking: What Really Works
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008
There's never been a better time to quit smoking thanks to advancements in medications and counseling.
Duration:  02:00
File Size:  1.84 MB
AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: Data Shows English Skills Affect Hispanic Access to Health Care
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008
The latest data from AHRQ shows less than half of Hispanics who are not comfortable speaking English have a family doctor or visit a community health clinic.
Duration:  08:17
File Size:  7.59 MB

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  Feature: English Skills Affect Hispanic Access to Health Care
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  Hispanics who don’t speak English very well may have a harder time getting routine health care and emergency care.
Duration:  00:45
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  Feature: May 11-17 2008 is National Women's Health Week
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  Dr. Carolyn Clancy talks about the gaps in care for minority women in the U.S. and how clinicians can help.
Duration:  03:33
File Size:  3.25 MB
  Radiocast: National Women's Health Week
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  A look at how healthy American women are and where there is room for improvement.
Duration:  01:58
File Size:  1.81 MB
  Feature: A New Web Site Helps Consumers Navigate the Health Care System
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  A new Web site called "Hospital Compare" offers patient feedback on hospital stays nationwide.
Duration:  02:22
File Size:  2.17 MB
  Radiocast: Comparing Hospitals to Get Quality Care
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  A new web site called Hospital Compare offers patient feedback on hospital stays nationwide.
Duration:  01:59
File Size:  932 KB
  PSA: Women's Health Month
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  Screening tests are a great way to catch problems early, when they’re easier to treat or control.
Duration:  00:30
File Size:  475 KB
DocumentAdvice Column -- Real Men Wear Gowns - And Help Their Health
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Tuesday, May 06, 2008
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, recently started with the Ad Council to get men more involved in their health care.
AudioPSA -- Screening for Health: Women’s Health Month
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Sunday, May 04, 2008
This audio PSA was distributed in grocery store chains nationwide in May 2008. Screening tests are a great way to detect problems early when they’re easier to treat or ...
Duration:  00:30
File Size:  474 KB
AudioPSA -- Simple Things: Women's Health Month
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Sunday, May 04, 2008
This audio PSA was distributed in grocery store chains nationwide in May 2008. Screening tests are a "simple" thing that women can do to stay healthy.
Duration:  00:30
File Size:  524 KB
AudioPSA -- Exercise for Health: Women's Health Month
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Sunday, May 04, 2008
This audio PSA was distributed in grocery store chains nationwide in May 2008. One of the simplest things you can do to stay healthy at any age is to commit to regular ...
Duration:  00:30
File Size:  424 KB
AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: AHRQ Launches New Health Care Innovations Forum
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008
This newscast includes the latest health statistics and consumer health care information.
Duration:  09:42
File Size:  8.86 MB

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  Feature: New Report Details Child Abuse in the U.S. and the Cost
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  The U.S. spent almost $100 million in 2005 on hospital care for children who suffered abuse or neglect.
Duration:  00:38
File Size:  608 KB
  Feature: Research News: AHRQ Unveils a New Forum for Exchanging Innovative Health Care Ideas
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  As a way of capturing and sharing health care innovations, AHRQ has launched the Health Care Innovations Exchange Web site.
Duration:  04:16
File Size:  3.91 MB
  Feature: Getting the Most Out of Your Next Checkup
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  How do you get the most out of your annual physical?
Duration:  03:10
File Size:  2.91 MB
  PSA: Having Surgery: What You Need To Know
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  Every year, more than 15 million Americans have surgery. If you’re considering surgery, you need to make an informed decision.
Duration:  00:30
File Size:  469 KB
AudioPSA -- Having Surgery: What You Need To Know
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Every year, more than 15 million Americans have surgery. If you’re considering surgery, you need to make an informed decision.
Duration:  00:30
File Size:  477 KB
AudioRadiocast -- New Guide Compares Rheumatoid Arthritis Medications
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008
AHRQ releases a new easy-to-read guide.
Duration:  02:00
File Size:  941 KB
AudioRadiocast -- No Symptoms, Don't Screen for COPD
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Not everyone should be screened for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
Duration:  02:00
File Size:  1.84 MB
DocumentAdvice Column -- Superheroes TV and Radio Ads Encourage Hispanics to Get Involved in Their Own Health Care
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Tuesday, April 15, 2008
AHRQ and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services created Spanish-language TV and radio ads to encourage Hispanic men and women to become more involved in their ...
AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: Violence is a Growing Cause of Hospitalizations in the U.S.
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Wednesday, April 09, 2008
In this week's Newscast, get the latest research news and consumer health care information.
Duration:  08:00
File Size:  7.34 MB

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  Feature: Violence is a Growing Cause of Hospitalizations in the U.S
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  Compared to 2002 statistics, these assault, rape, abuse, and other violence-related traumas are on the rise.
Duration:  00:57
File Size:  899 KB
  Feature: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues a New Recommendation Regarding Screening for COPD
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  Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD is a disease in which the airways in the lungs are damaged, making it hard to breathe.
Duration:  02:05
File Size:  1.91 MB
  Feature: New Outreach Campaign Specifically Geared Towards the Health Care of Hispanics
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  A new Spanish-language public service advertising campaign from AHRQ and the Ad Council entitled “Superheroes” encourages Hispanics to be heroes for their families by ...
Duration:  03:13
File Size:  2.95 MB
  Radiocast: Be a Superhero Take Care of Your Health
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  A new AHRQ campaign encourages Hispanics to take care of themselves.
Duration:  02:00
File Size:  1.83 MB
  PSA: If You’re Pregnant and You Smoke
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  Your risk of your baby being born too small is one and a half to three and a half times greater.
Duration:  00:29
File Size:  461 KB
AudioRadiocast -- How to Create a Pill Card
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Wednesday, April 02, 2008
An uncomplicated way of keeping track of medications.
Duration:  02:00
File Size:  1.83 MB
DocumentAdvice Column -- Your Experience in the Hospital and Why it Matters
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Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Because patients’ experiences are an important part of good quality care, this information is now available for the first time on a public Web site.
AudioPSA -- Taking Medication Safely
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Monday, March 31, 2008
You need to know why you are taking a prescription, and if it could interact with other medicines, vitamins, or food.
Duration:  00:32
File Size:  501 KB
AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: More People Are Buying Medicine By Mail
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008
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File Size:  9.16 MB

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  Feature: More Consumers Are Buying Medicines by Mail
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  Using mail order pharmacies to buy prescription drugs seems to be gaining in popularity according to the latest AHRQ data.
Duration:  00:50
File Size:  971 KB
  Feature: Treatment Options for Prostate Cancer
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  AHRQ researcher Dr. William Lawrence is with us to explain a new AHRQ comparative effectiveness report on prostate cancer treatment.
Duration:  02:50
File Size:  2.59 MB
  Radiocast: Prostate Cancer Treatments
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  A comparative effectiveness report providing men with the latest scientific evidence comparing prostate cancer treatments.
Duration:  02:00
File Size:  1.85 MB
  Feature: Tips for Evaluating Treatment Advice
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  AHRQ Director Dr. Carolyn Clancy talks about how consumers can make more informed choices, weighing the benefits and risks based on evidence-based information.
Duration:  04:40
File Size:  4.28 MB
  PSA: Be Prepared for Medical Appointments
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  The single most important thing you can do for your health is to ask questions. Be an informed and active member of your health care team.
Duration:  00:29
File Size:  463 KB
AudioRadiocast -- 2007 State Snapshot Report
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008
AHRQ's annual report showing how states differ on providing health care quality.
Duration:  02:00
File Size:  1.84 MB
AudioRadiocast -- How to Evaluate Treatment Advice
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Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Tips on medical treatment options.
Duration:  01:59
File Size:  1.82 MB
DocumentAdvice Column -- Balancing Treatment Advice: Benefits, Risks, and Personal Choice
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Tuesday, March 18, 2008
We're constantly learning about the benefits and risks of medicines and treatments.
AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: The Leading Reason for Emergency Department Visits
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008
The most common reasons people visit the emergency department.
Duration:  08:50
File Size:  8.11 MB

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  Feature: The Most Common Reasons People Visit the Emergency Department
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  Why do most people go to emergency department visits?
Duration:  01:07
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  Feature: Disparities in Pain Treatment for Patients in the Emergency Department
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  Researchers have found that Blacks, Hispanics and other minorities who go to hospital emergency departments in pain are less likely than whites to receive narcotic pain ...
Duration:  02:37
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  Feature: Dr. Clancy Reviews the Results of AHRQ’s 2007 Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
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  AHRQ Director Dr. Carolyn Clancy unveils new editions of annual AHRQ reports that shed light on America’s access to high quality health care.
Duration:  03:23
File Size:  3.10 MB
  PSA: Be a Champion for Your Loved Ones
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  Take a loved one to the doctor since early detection of many chronic diseases can improve and even save lives.
Duration:  00:30
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VideoPSA -- Medication Safety: Take an Active Role in Your Health Care
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Thursday, March 06, 2008
Follow these helpful tips to take your medication safely.
Duration:  00:30
File Size:  3.4 MB
AudioRadiocast -- Our Nation's Health
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Wednesday, March 05, 2008
AHRQ's annual report on qualities and disparities in health care.
Duration:  02:01
File Size:  1.84 MB
DocumentAdvice Column -- Big Strides, Not Small Steps, Needed to Boost Health Care Quality
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Tuesday, March 04, 2008
A new report from AHRQ, found that patients, doctors, hospitals, nursing homes, health insurers, and othersare taking only baby steps when it comes to making health care ...
AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: Special Delivery - C-Section Surgery Rates Increasing
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Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Duration:  10:26
File Size:  9.56 MB

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  Feature: More Babies Being Delivered by C-section
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  Researchers say the rate for delivering babies via C-section is trending upwards.
Duration:  00:41
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  Feature: Proposed Regulations to Improve Adverse Event and Near Miss Reporting
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  Improving the quality and safety of health care for all Americans is a major priority for AHRQ.
Duration:  04:44
File Size:  4.33 MB
  Feature: Myths About Health Care Quality
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  AHRQ Director Dr. Carolyn Clancy separates myths from reality in health care quality.
Duration:  03:15
File Size:  2.98 MB
  Radiocast: Myths About Health Care Quality
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  Separating health care myths from reality.
Duration:  02:00
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  PSA: If You’re Pregnant and You Smoke
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  Your risk of your baby being born too small is one and a half to three and a half times greater.
Duration:  00:29
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AudioPSA -- Be a Champion and Quit Smoking Now
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Kids know what smoking can do. This PSA features former Washington Redskins cornerback and NFL Hall of Famer Darrell Green and a third grade class from Rockville, MD. ...
Duration:  00:30
File Size:  477 KB
AudioRadiocast -- Tips for Medication Safety
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Avoid medication mix-ups with this consumer checklist of five simple tips.
Duration:  01:58
File Size:  1.80 MB
DocumentAdvice Column -- Busting Myths About Health Care Quality
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Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Many supposed truths are based on old, incomplete, or simply incorrect information.
AudioPSA -- Tips to Prevent Medical Errors
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Wednesday, February 13, 2008
You can help avoid errors by being more involved in your health care.
Duration:  00:29
File Size:  424 KB
AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: The Nation's 10 Most Expensive Medical Conditions
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Wednesday, February 13, 2008
A new survey by AHRQ reveals that treating the nation’s 10 most expensive medical conditions cost about $500 billion in 2005.
Duration:  08:55
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  Feature: The Nation’s 10 Most Expensive Medical Conditions
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  A new survey by AHRQ reveals that treating the nation’s 10 most expensive medical conditions.
Duration:  00:53
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  Feature: Telemedicine Project Links Rural Care Clinicians with their Counterparts in the City
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  Telemedicine can help patients use technology to connect with their doctors.
Duration:  03:50
File Size:  3.52 MB
  Feature: Tips for Taking Medical Tests and Getting the High-Quality Care you Deserve
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  Dr. Carolyn Clancy talks about how asking questions when you are told to have medical tests is key to getting safer, higher quality health care.
Duration:  02:26
File Size:  2.23 MB
  Radiocast: Medical Tests
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  AHRQ has tips to help you make sure you get the high quality care you deserve.
Duration:  02:00
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  PSA: Tips to Prevent Medical Errors
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  You can help avoid errors by being more involved in your health care.
Duration:  00:28
File Size:  448 KB
AudioRadiocast -- African American Health Care Disparities
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Wednesday, February 06, 2008
A look at health care disparities between ethnic groups.
Duration:  02:00
File Size:  1.84 MB
DocumentAdvice Column -- Asking Questions About Medical Tests
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Tuesday, February 05, 2008
Asking questions about medical tests—which ones you need, which ones you don't, and what the results tell you—can help you stay healthy and alert your doctor to the signs ...
AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: What to Ask Before You Undergo Elective Surgery
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Wednesday, January 30, 2008
What you need to know if you are having surgery.
Duration:  08:26
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  Feature: Nearly a Million Americans are Being Treated for Shingles
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  Nearly a million Americans are being treated for shingles infections each year at a cost of about $566 million.
Duration:  00:44
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  Feature: Rheumatoid Arthritis Medications
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  While the cause of rheumatoid arthritis is unknown, researchers have long-studied treatments that typically begin with medications. But which drugs work best?
Duration:  02:15
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  Radiocast: Treating Rheumatoid Arthritis
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  A recent study looks at which medications work best for rheumatoid arthritis.
Duration:  02:00
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  Feature: What You Need to Ask Your Doctor Before Your Next Elective Surgery
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  In this segment of Navigating the Health Care System, AHRQ Director Dr. Carolyn Clancy is here to talk about what to ask your doctor before you undergo surgery.
Duration:  03:52
File Size:  3.54 MB
  PSA: Questions are the Answer
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  When you communicate with your doctor, when you ask more questions, you reduce your risk of suffering a medical mistake.
Duration:  00:30
File Size:  478 KB
AudioRadiocast -- Treating Osteoporosis
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Wednesday, January 23, 2008
A look at which osteoporosis medications are most effective.
Duration:  01:59
File Size:  1.82 MB
AudioSpecial Report -- Getting Involved for Better Health Care
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Friday, January 18, 2008
This interview highlights tools and information to help consumers be involved, to help them know what questions are good to ask, and to learn more about the ways they can ...
Duration:  12:34
File Size:  11.5 MB
AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: Older Americans Not Getting Screened
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Surveys show that not all people age 50 and over are getting screened for colon cancer.
Duration:  11:02
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  Feature: Less than 50 Percent of Americans Over Age 50 Have Had a Colonoscopy to Screen for Colon Cancer
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  AHRQ survey results show many older Americans have never had a colonoscopy.
Duration:  01:01
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  Feature: Task Force Recommends Against Screening for Carotid Artery Stenosis in People with No Symptoms
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  The harms of screening sometimes outweigh the benefits.
Duration:  03:10
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  Radiocast: Screening for Carotid Artery Stenosis
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  Screening for carotid artery stenonsis not recommended for those without symptoms.
Duration:  02:01
File Size:  1.84 MB
  Feature: Ways to Play it Safe with Prescription Medications
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  Dr. Carolyn Clancy talks about how to make sure that you get the right medicine and that you understand how to use it correctly.
Duration:  04:55
File Size:  4.51 MB
  PSA: Tips to Prevent Medical Errors
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  You can help avoid errors by being more involved in your health care.
Duration:  00:29
File Size:  454 KB
DocumentAdvice Column -- What to Ask Before Surgery
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Find the right surgeon and hospital and to ask your surgeon questions to make sure the operation is as safe as possible.
AudioRadiocast -- Type 2 Diabetes Medication Guide
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Wednesday, January 09, 2008
A new guide gives consumers the latest information on medications to treat Type 2 Diabetes.
Duration:  02:01
File Size:  1.85 MB
AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: The National Hospital Bill May Reach One Trillion Dollars in 2008
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Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Data shows the amount U.S. hospitals billed over the last decade has nearly doubled.
Duration:  09:08
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  Feature: The National Hospital Bill May Reach One Trillion Dollars in 2008
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  The latest AHRQ data shows the amount U.S. hospitals billed over the last decade has nearly doubled.
Duration:  01:08
File Size:  1.04 MB
  Feature: 10 Patient Safety Tips for Hospitals
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  A set of evidence-based steps that hospitals can take to help prevent adverse events and medical errors.
Duration:  03:28
File Size:  3.18 MB
  Feature: Steps Health Care Consumers Can Take to Avoid Medical Errors
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  Dr. Clancy talks about the steps patients can take to help avoid medical errors.
Duration:  02:51
File Size:  2.61 MB
  Radiocast: Steps You Can Take To Prevent Medical Errors
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  Five tips to decrease the risk of medical errors.
Duration:  01:59
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  PSA: Questions are the Answer
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  When you communicate with your doctor, when you ask more questions, you reduce your risk of suffering a medical mistake.
Duration:  00:30
File Size:  472 KB
DocumentAdvice Column -- Tips for Taking Medicines Safely
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Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Unless you're a health professional or you carefully read both the doctor's prescription and your medicine bottle at the drug store, chances are you would not know you ...
AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: Health Literacy
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Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Health literacy is how well people understand and can evaluate information about their health and about health care options.
Duration:  08:40
File Size:  7.93 MB

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  Feature: Less Than Half of All Children in the U.S. Visited a Dentist in 2004
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  Fewer than half of all American adolescents only 45 percent visit a dentist each year, according to the latest AHRQ data.
Duration:  00:45
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  Feature: Health Literacy and Understanding Health Information
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  Nearly half of all American adults have difficulty understanding and using health information.
Duration:  03:31
File Size:  3.22 MB
  Radiocast: Health Literacy
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  Establishing good communication with your doctor goes a long way to promoting your health literacy and your health.
Duration:  02:00
File Size:  1.84 MB
  Radiocast: Health Literacy Limited For Many Americans
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  Limited health literacy may lessen good results from health care and increase risks for medical errors.
Duration:  01:01
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  Feature: Tools Designed to Help Pharmacists Communicate Better with Patients
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  A look at how pharmacists are promoting patient health literacy.
Duration:  02:42
File Size:  2.47 MB
  PSA: Tips to Prevent Medical Errors
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  You can help avoid errors by being more involved in your health care.
Duration:  00:29
File Size:  424 KB
AudioRadiocast -- Comparing Blood Pressure Medications
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Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Which type of medication is better at controlling high blood pressure.
Duration:  01:59
File Size:  1.81 MB
DocumentAdvice Column -- Where Medical Errors Occur and Steps You Can Take to Avoid Them
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Tuesday, December 18, 2007
You don't have to read medical journals to know that serious, even deadly, medical errors take place too often when people get health care.
AudioRadiocast -- Health Care Quality - Know It When You See It
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Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Recent research shows quality health care can help people stay healthy, but defining and spotting health care quality isn’t always easy.
Duration:  02:01
File Size:  1.84 MB
AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: High Quality Health Care
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Wednesday, December 05, 2007
Advice on getting the services that give you the best results.
Duration:  08:46
File Size:  8.04 MB

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  Feature: HIV-related Hospitalizations are on the Decline for Younger Americans
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  Recent reports find that people with HIV and AIDS of them are living longer and staying out of the hospital.
Duration:  01:08
File Size:  1.04 MB
  Feature: Community Call Centers Should Play a Bigger Role in Emergency Response
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  Where would you turn for urgent information in a public health emergency?
Duration:  00:54
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  Feature: Building Hospitals for Safety and Quality is Also Better for the Hospital’s Bottom Line
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  Can the design of a hospital affect the quality of the care it delivers?
Duration:  00:56
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  Feature: Navigating the Health Care System and How to Spot High Quality Health Care
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  All too often, people do not get the high-quality health care they deserve.
Duration:  03:49
File Size:  3.49 MB
  PSA: Play It Safe, Don't Play Around with Medicine
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  Follow instructions and talk with your doctor or pharmacist if you have questions.
Duration:  00:29
File Size:  462 KB
AudioPSA -- Play It Safe, Don't Play Around with Medicine
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Wednesday, December 05, 2007
Follow instructions and talk with your doctor or pharmacist if you have questions.
Duration:  00:29
File Size:  468 KB
DocumentAdvice Column -- Facing the Facts: Get Involved to Get Better Care
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Tuesday, December 04, 2007
Getting involved is one important thing you can do to improve the care you and your family receive.
AudioRadiocast -- Antidepressants
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Wednesday, November 28, 2007
A new AHRQ review compares the effectiveness of common antidepressants and their side effects.
Duration:  01:59
File Size:  1.82 MB
AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: Choosing a Hospital
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Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Duration:  10:24
File Size:  4.84 MB

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  Feature: Report on the Cost of Having a Baby
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  From prenatal care to delivery day, the average cost of having a baby nowadays is about $7,600.
Duration:  00:51
File Size:  797 KB
  Feature: Cutting-Edge Project Allows Sick Kids to Get a Long-Distance Diagnosis
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  A project designed at the University of Rochester Medical Center used technology to bring the doctor’s office to child care centers and schools.
Duration:  04:17
File Size:  3.93 MB
  Feature: How to Choose the Right Hospital
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  Many people have a choice of where they get their hospital care. But how do you pick where to go?
Duration:  03:54
File Size:  3.58 MB
  PSA: If You’re Pregnant and You Smoke
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  If you’re pregnant and you smoke, you risk your baby being born too small.
Duration:  00:29
File Size:  463 KB
AudioRadiocast -- Managing Asthma
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Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Asthma rates are on the rise, but there are ways to manage this chronic lung condition.
Duration:  02:00
File Size:  938 KB
DocumentAdvice Column -- Health Care Quality: Take A Closer Look
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Tuesday, November 20, 2007
For all the great results that many patients enjoy, there are too many examples where patients don't get good health care.
AudioRadiocast -- Kids and Cancer
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
A new AHRQ analysis shows hospital admissions for cancer patients under the age of 18 increased more than 80 percent from 2000 to 2005.
Duration:  02:00
File Size:  1.83 MB
AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: Asthma and Minorities
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Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Duration:  10:58
File Size:  10.0 MB

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  Feature: Deaths Following Hospitalization Have Declined
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  A new report from AHRQ finds fewer people are dying in hospitals during treatment for serious conditions.
Duration:  01:14
File Size:  1.13 MB
  Feature: Review Compares Coronary Bypass Surgery with Angioplasty
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  An AHRQ-funded review provides new information about coronary artery disease treatment options.
Duration:  03:44
File Size:  3.41 MB
  Feature: Asthma and Minorities
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  Asthma is one of the most common chronic medical conditions in the United States.
Duration:  04:19
File Size:  3.96 MB
  PSA: Questions to Ask Before Surgery
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  Be active in your health care to ensure you receive quality care.
Duration:  00:29
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AudioPSA -- Questions to Ask Before Surgery
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Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Be active in your health care to ensure you receive quality care.
Duration:  00:30
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AudioRadiocast -- Long-term Care Insurance
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Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Most of us think long-term care is something we might need only when we’re much older, but the need can arise regardless of age.
Duration:  02:00
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DocumentAdvice Column -- Becoming an Involved Health Care Consumer
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Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Being an involved consumer is easy when you're buying a new car. It's much harder when you're trying to find high-quality health care.
AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: Asking Your Doctor Tough Questions
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Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Duration:  09:41
File Size:  8.87 MB

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  Feature: The Chronically Uninsured
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  Nearly one in every 15 people under age 65 – have gone at least four consecutive years with no health insurance to help pay their medical bills.
Duration:  00:56
File Size:  878 KB
  Feature: New Research About Medical Errors and Physician Trainees
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  Physicians in training are vulnerable to making medical errors that can create a serious risk to patient safety.
Duration:  03:35
File Size:  3.13 MB
  Feature: How to Ask Tough Questions of Your Doctor
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  Sometimes it can be difficult to tell our doctors what we want.
Duration:  03:41
File Size:  3.47 MB
  Radiocast: Tough Questions to Ask Your Doctor
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  How to ask your doctor tough questions.
Duration:  02:00
File Size:  1.84 MB
  PSA: Don't Play Around with Medicine
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  Follow instructions and talk with your doctor or pharmacist if you have questions.
Duration:  00:29
File Size:  463 KB
AudioRadiocast -- Health Insurance for Young Adults
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Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Young people often don’t worry about their health care, particularly chronic illnesses; however, they’re at higher risk for sports injuries, or car or motorcycle ...
Duration:  02:00
File Size:  945 KB
AudioRadiocast -- Heart Bypass vs Angioplasty
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Wednesday, October 17, 2007
A new study finds heart bypass surgery is better than angioplasty at relieving chest pain from coronary artery disease.
Duration:  01:59
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DocumentAdvice Column -- Recognizing High-Quality Health Care
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Tuesday, October 16, 2007
What, exactly, is health care quality? Here's an explanation that you might find helpful.
AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: Advice for Doctors When Patients Bring Too Much Information to an Office Visit
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Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Duration:  17:45
File Size:  16.3 MB

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  Feature: Hospitalizations for Kids with Cancer
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  A new AHRQ analysis shows hospital admissions for cancer patients under the age of 18 increased more than 80 percent from 2000 to 2005.
Duration:  01:00
File Size:  949 KB
  Feature: New Scientific Review of Treatments for Knee Osteoarthritis Found Some Surprises
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  A new scientific review finds a surprising lack of evidence that several common medical treatments for knee osteoarthritis are really very effective.
Duration:  06:00
File Size:  5.49 MB
  Radiocast: Knee Osteoarthritis
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  A new study shows that some treatments to relieve osteoarthritis knee pain may not be effective.
Duration:  02:00
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  Feature: Advice to Doctors for When their Patients Bring Too Much Information to an Office Visit
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  As more and more patients use the Internet to research their medical issues, doctors are taking on an additional role – that of interpreter.
Duration:  09:12
File Size:  8.42 MB
  PSA: If You’re Pregnant and You Smoke
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  If you’re pregnant and you smoke, your risk of your baby being born too small is one and a half to three and a half times greater.
Duration:  00:29
File Size:  464 KB
AudioRadiocast -- Cholesterol Levels
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Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Despite the much publicized link between cholesterol and heart disease, one in six Americans 20 and older, or 36 million adults, have never had their cholesterol levels ...
Duration:  02:00
File Size:  1.84 MB
AudioRadiocast -- No Choice for Health Insurance
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Wednesday, October 03, 2007
If your employer offers only one health insurance plan, what do you need to know?
Duration:  01:59
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AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: Clinic Launches New E-prescribing System
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Wednesday, September 26, 2007
AHRQ and the FDA are collaborating on a landmark study about ADHD A new study about electronic health records and quality health care Rand: And we’ll hear about a clinic ...
Duration:  07:19
File Size:  6.70 MB

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  Feature: AHRQ and FDA Collaborate on a Landmark Study About ADHD
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  AHRQ and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are collaborating on the most comprehensive study to date to see if prescription medications used to treat attention ...
Duration:  01:11
File Size:  1.08 MB
  Feature: New Study Examines Whether the Use of Electronic Health Records Leads to Higher Quality Health Care
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  Dr. Jeffrey Linder, assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, is lead author for an AHRQ-funded study that shows electronic health records aren’t a ...
Duration:  01:16
File Size:  1.17 MB
  Feature: Clinic Develops a New e-Prescribing System
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  Electronic prescribing - or using a computer to write a prescription and send it to the pharmacy - may help reduce medication errors and improve patient safety.
Duration:  03:13
File Size:  2.94 MB
  PSA: Be Prepared for Medical Appointments
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  The single most important thing you can do for your health is to ask questions. Be an informed and active member of your health care team.
Duration:  00:29
File Size:  466 KB
AudioRadiocast -- Asthma and Minorities
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Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Asthma is now the most common chronic childhood disease, but African American and Latino children are more affected than others.
Duration:  01:58
File Size:  1.81 MB
AudioRadiocast -- Health Insurance Booklet
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Wednesday, September 19, 2007
If you’re considering health insurance for the first time, or changing your insurance plan, a new booklet from AHRQ will help you sort out what you need. For more ...
Duration:  02:01
File Size:  1.84 MB
AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: Emergency Preparedness Resources
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Wednesday, September 12, 2007
September is Emergency Preparedness Month, so this week’s newscast is dedicated to discussing disaster response and the AHRQ resources available to you. AHRQ has ...
Duration:  07:57
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  Feature: Public Health Emergency Preparedness
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  Communities across the country have taken a hard look at how well prepared they are for public health emergencies.
Duration:  06:15
File Size:  5.72 MB
  PSA: Benefit from Healthy Living
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  It’s never too late to benefit from healthy living.
Duration:  00:39
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AudioPSA -- Benefit from Healthy Living
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Wednesday, September 12, 2007
It’s never too late to benefit from healthy living.
Duration:  00:40
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AudioRadiocast -- Peptic Ulcers
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Wednesday, September 12, 2007
People who regularly use ibuprofen, or Advil, naproxen, or Aleve, or other non-steroidal anti-inflammatories are at higher risk for developing ulcers in their stomach ...
Duration:  02:00
File Size:  1.83 MB
AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: Using Clinical Pharmacists in Emergency Departments
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Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Duration:  11:50
File Size:  10.8 MB

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  Feature: Hospital Stays for Patients Infected with MRSA Have Increased Dramatically
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  Hospital stays due to antibiotic-resistant infections have nearly tripled since 2000
Duration:  01:10
File Size:  1.07 MB
  Feature: New Guide on Atypical Anti-psychotics for Providers and Policy Makers
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  Some newer antipsychotic drugs now are being prescribed for illnesses such as depression, dementia and other conditions for which these drugs were not approved.
Duration:  01:05
File Size:  1.00 MB
  Feature: New Mentoring Program is Training Pharmacists for the Emergency Department
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  Research and the development of evidence-based toolkits that can be adapted to improve patient safety.
Duration:  07:59
File Size:  7.32 MB
  PSA: Be Prepared for Medical Appointments
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  The single most important thing you can do for your health is to ask questions. Be an informed and active member of your health care team.
Duration:  00:29
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AudioRadiocast -- Hospitalizations
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Wednesday, September 05, 2007
A new report issued by AHRQ finds Americans could avoid nearly 4 and a half million hospitalizations per year if they get better primary care, better access to treatment ...
Duration:  01:59
File Size:  1.82 MB
AudioRadiocast -- Choosing a Hospital
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Wednesday, August 29, 2007
When you need a hospital you have a right to be involved in that decision.
Duration:  02:01
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AudioConsumer/Quality Insider -- Dizzy From Direct-to-Consumer Ads
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Manufacturers are spending millions of dollars for direct-to-consumer advertising on television, radio, magazines, and the Internet however, does any of it provide ...
Duration:  09:40
File Size:  8.86 MB

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  Radiocast: Dizzy from Consumer Health Ads
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  It's important not to make health decisions based on what you see in an advertisement before you ask questions and discuss the information with your health professional.
Duration:  02:00
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AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: Comparison of Oral Medications for Type 2 Diabetes
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Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Duration:  11:43
File Size:  10.7 MB

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  Feature: The Number of Orthopedic Procedures Increased Dramatically in Seven Years
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  Orthopedic procedures increased by nearly 25 percent between 1997 and 2005.
Duration:  00:53
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  Feature: Comparison of Oral Medications for Type 2 Diabetes
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  A study is the first to summarize evidence on the effectiveness of and adverse events from approved oral medications for type 2 diabetes.
Duration:  09:16
File Size:  8.48 MB
  Radiocast: Oral Diabetes Medications
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  A new report about oral medications for type 2 diabetes found that most medications do a good job of lowering blood sugar but there may be other side-effects patients ...
Duration:  01:58
File Size:  1.81 MB
  PSA: Be an Active Member of Your Health Care Team
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  Start training today for a healthier life. Be Active in your health care.
Duration:  00:30
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AudioRadiocast -- Uterine Fibroids
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Wednesday, August 01, 2007
A new review of studies about treating Uterine Fibroids which are non-cancerous tumors within the uterus that can cause pain, heavy bleeding, frequent urination, and ...
Duration:  02:00
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AudioNewscast -- Newscast/Lead Story: Daily Antibiotic Use to Prevent Urinary Tract Infections Can Be Harmful to Children
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Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Duration:  10:00
File Size:  9.15 MB

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  Feature: Adverse Drug Events in Hospitals
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  In 2004, 1.2 million patients in hospitals experienced a problem with a medication, and 90 percent of these were due to a side effect from a medication that was given ...
Duration:  00:54
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  Feature: Disaster Planning Resource Helps States and Local Communities Be Aware of All Health Care Resources that Can Provide Assistance
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  AHRQ has developed a disaster planning guide called the Emergency Preparedness Atlas: U.S. Nursing Home and Hospital Facilities. 
Duration:  01:32
File Size:  1.41 MB
  Feature: Daily Antibiotics to Prevent Urinary Tract Infections May Be Harmful for Your Child
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  The American Academy of Pediatrics currently recommends daily antibiotics for children who have urine reflux from their bladder, but a new study found that the practice ...
Duration:  05:45
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  Radiocast: Urinary Tract Infections in Children
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  A recent study found that daily preventive antibiotic use by children to prevent urinary tract infections was not effective and significantly increases the likelihood ...
Duration:  02:01
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  PSA: If You’re Pregnant and You Smoke
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  Duration:  00:29
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AudioClinician Insider -- IT in Pediatric Emergency Departments
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Thursday, July 19, 2007
The hustling, bustling environment of a pediatric emergency department – where split-second decisions can mean life or death – might be the last place you’d expect to ...
Duration:  11:11
File Size:  10.2 MB
AudioRadiocast -- Dietary Counseling for Weight Loss
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Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Nearly two-thirds of U.S. adults are overweight or obese, with a higher risk of diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, arthritis and cancer. Even small, ...
Duration:  01:57
File Size:  1.79 MB
AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: State Snapshots on Health Care Quality
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Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Duration:  10:09
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  Feature: The Rate of Teenage and Younger Girls Giving Birth in U.S. Hospitals Dropped
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  This week’s News and Numbers shows that the rate of teenage and younger girls giving birth in U.S. hospitals dropped by a quarter between 1997 and 2004 – from 55 to 41 ...
Duration:  00:50
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  Feature: Very Small Infants Have a Greater Rate of Survival in Very Busy Neonatal Intensive Care Units
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  Premature babies weighing less than 3.3 pounds at birth – also known as “very-low-birth-weight infants” – have a better chance of surviving if they are treated at busy, ...
Duration:  01:39
File Size:  1.51 MB
  Feature: AHRQ Has Released Its New State Snapshots on Health Care Quality
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  Earlier this year the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality released its 2006 National Healthcare Quality Report and the National Healthcare Disparities Report. ...
Duration:  06:51
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  Radiocast: State Snapshots
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  Nationwide data from AHRQ's State Snapshots Report, available at statesnapshots.ahrq.gov, compares the quality improvements in health care within a state, how states do ...
Duration:  02:01
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  PSA: Be an Active Member of Your Health Care Team
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  Duration:  00:30
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AudioRadiocast -- Renal Artery Stenosis
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Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Dr. Ethan Balk, Associate Director of the Tufts-New England Medical Center Evidence-based Practice Center created a consumer guide based on current clinical evidence to ...
Duration:  01:58
File Size:  1.81 MB
VideoPSA -- Revise Sus Medicamentos
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Friday, July 06, 2007
Este video trata de la importancia de informarse acerca de los medicamentos que se toman, de manera de conocer cuándo deben dejarse y si éstos requieren seguimiento, para ...
Duration:  00:30
File Size:  3.39 MB
VideoPSA -- Medication Safety: Check Your Medication
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Friday, July 06, 2007
To keep from taking the wrong amount or type of medicine, take an active role in your health care.
Duration:  00:60
File Size:  6.7 MB
VideoPSA -- Medication Safety: Know Your Medication
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Friday, July 06, 2007
Take an active role in your own health care by knowing the names of your medicines and why you are taking them.
Duration:  00:30
File Size:  3.4 MB
AudioConsumer/Quality Insider -- Diabetes and Minority Populations
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Wednesday, July 04, 2007
Nearly 21 million Americans suffer from diabetes, and an additional 1.5 million cases are diagnosed each year in people 20 and older. Diabetes is the sixth leading cause ...
Duration:  09:50
File Size:  8.99 MB

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  Radiocast: Diabetes Awareness
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  Diabetes is the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S.; it is also a disease that can be prevented or managed if diagnosed and treated early.
Duration:  02:01
File Size:  1.85 MB
AudioRadiocast -- Medical Handoffs
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Wednesday, June 20, 2007
If you move and change doctors, you may find it inconvenient to get your records transferred. But research from AHRQ and others have found that any time patients move – ...
Duration:  01:58
File Size:  1.81 MB
AudioConsumer/Quality Insider -- Handwashing
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Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Recently, the World Health Organization's (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Patient Safety Solutions unveiled a 9-item checklist to help prevent infections and other health ...
Duration:  06:45
File Size:  6.19 MB
AudioRadiocast -- Men's Health Checklist
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Wednesday, June 13, 2007
This program discusses the three basic things men can do to stay healthy which are recommended by the AHRQ-sponsored U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
Duration:  02:00
File Size:  1.83 MB
AudioConsumer/Quality Insider -- Lab Tests
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Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Dr. Carolyn Clancy, Director of AHRQ, discusses the importance of having regular screening tests such as blood pressure, cholesterol and glucose since they can catch ...
Duration:  10:21
File Size:  9.48 MB

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  Radiocast: Lab Tests
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  It is important to have regular screening tests such as blood pressure, cholesterol and glucose since they can catch disease early when it is easier to treat.
Duration:  01:59
File Size:  1.82 MB
AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: Mistake-Proofing the Health Care Environment
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Wednesday, May 23, 2007
What happens in a health care setting when an everyday task gets performed incorrectly?
Duration:  12:06
File Size:  11.0 MB

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  Feature: The Rise of Traumatic Brain Injuries
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  After a decade of decline, hospital admissions for the most serious types of head injuries increased nearly 38 percent between 2001 and 2004.
Duration:  01:01
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  Feature: A New Resource About Patient Registries
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  AHRQ has released a new handbook for creating and operating patient registries.
Duration:  01:23
File Size:  1.26 MB
  Feature: Ways of Mistake-Proofing Our Health Care Environment
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  What happens in a health care setting when an everyday task gets performed incorrectly?
Duration:  07:57
File Size:  7.29 MB
  Radiocast: Mistake Proofing
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  Medical errors can be reduced by changing the physical environment and making the easiest way to perform health care the safest and correct way.
Duration:  02:00
File Size:  1.84 MB
  PSA: Benefit from Healthy Living
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  It’s never too late to benefit from healthy living.
Duration:  00:40
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AudioRadiocast -- Health Care Quality
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Wednesday, May 23, 2007
This program describes what we can do to help make sure you're getting quality health care.
Duration:  02:00
File Size:  1.84 MB
AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: Medication Errors and Children
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Wednesday, May 09, 2007
AHRQ Director, Dr. Carolyn Clancy discusses ways you can keep your child safe from drug or other medical errors.
Duration:  10:31
File Size:  9.63 MB

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  Feature: Health Differences Between Men and Women
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  News and Numbers is about women’s health.
Duration:  00:51
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  Feature: Screening Tests Women Need to Stay Healthy
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  If you’re a woman wondering how you can stay healthy and prevent disease, there are three basic things you should do.
Duration:  02:02
File Size:  1.86 MB
  Radiocast: Women's Health Basics
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  This program discusses the three basic things women can do to stay healthy which are recommended by the AHRQ-sponsored U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
Duration:  02:00
File Size:  1.84 MB
  Feature: Ways to Keep Your Children Safe from Medical Errors
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  What happens in a health care setting when an everyday task gets performed incorrectly? Mistakes in hospitals or other health care settings can result in serious harm, or ...
Duration:  06:06
File Size:  5.58 MB
  Radiocast: Medication Errors and Children
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  AHRQ Director, Dr. Carolyn Clancy discusses ways you can keep your child safe from drug or other medical errors.
Duration:  02:00
File Size:  1.84 MB
  PSA: Be an Active Member of Your Health Care Team
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  Duration:  00:29
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AudioClinician Insider -- Medical Handoffs
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Wednesday, April 25, 2007
The whole series of activities that need to take place when an individual transitions in care from one setting to another, from one clinician to another is commonly ...
Duration:  13:59
File Size:  12.8 MB
AudioConsumer/Quality Insider -- Medical Handoffs
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Wednesday, April 25, 2007
The whole series of activities that need to take place when an individual transitions in care from one setting to another, from one clinician to another is commonly ...
Duration:  08:53
File Size:  8.14 MB
AudioRadiocast -- Mental Health Disorders
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Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Almost one-fourth of all adults hospitalized in 2004 had a diagnosed mental health disorder, such as depression, schizophrenia, or dementia, or a disorder related to drug ...
Duration:  02:00
File Size:  1.83 MB
AudioRadiocast -- Heart Healthy Habits
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Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Despite the fact that heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the U.S., people may be able to reduce their risk by engaging in some heart ...
Duration:  02:00
File Size:  1.83 MB
AudioConsumer/Quality Insider -- Antibiotic Overuse
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Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Antibiotics are being overprescribed in the U.S. and as a result, we’re seeing an increase in antibiotic-resistant infections, especially strep infections, and that’s ...
Duration:  08:08
File Size:  7.45 MB

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  Radiocast: Antibiotic Overuse
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  Antibiotics are being overprescribed in the U.S. and as a result, we’re seeing an increase in antibiotic-resistant infections, especially strep infections, and that’s ...
Duration:  02:01
File Size:  1.84 MB
AudioRadiocast -- Medical Checklists
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Wednesday, April 04, 2007
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has released checklist brochures that show at a glance the screening tests, preventive medicine and other healthy lifestyle ...
Duration:  02:00
File Size:  1.83 MB
AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: Reducing the Threat of Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections
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Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Duration:  08:43
File Size:  7.98 MB

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  Feature: News and Numbers: Outpatient Surgeries
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  Radiocast: Outpatient surgical procedures
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  This program reviews two stories in health care from a numbers perspective outpatient surgical operations and diabetes.
Duration:  02:00
File Size:  1.83 MB
  Feature: New Campaign for Patients Says Questions are the Answer
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  In many cases patients can play a role in helping to prevent these mistakes.
Duration:  01:24
File Size:  1.28 MB
  Feature: New Study Looks at Ways to Reduce Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections in Hospital ICUs
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  Through an AHRQ grant, Dr. Peter Pronovost, professor in the Departments of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Surgery, and Health Policy and Management at the The Johns ...
Duration:  04:57
File Size:  4.54 MB
  PSA: Kids Know What Smoking Can Do
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  Former Washington Redskins Cornerback and NFL Hall of Famer Darrell Green explains how smoking harms every organ of the body.
Duration:  00:30
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AudioRadiocast -- Secondhand Smoke and Children
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Wednesday, March 28, 2007
The 2006 Surgeon General’s Report concluded that secondhand smoke is particularly hazardous to children and most of their exposure to smoke is coming at home.
Duration:  02:00
File Size:  1.84 MB
AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: Task Force Recommends Against Use of Aspirin to Prevent Colorectal Cancer
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Wednesday, March 14, 2007
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends against use of aspirin and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs to prevent colorectal cancer.
Duration:  09:36
File Size:  8.79 MB

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  Feature: More People are Being Hospitalized for Burns
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  Hospital admissions for burns rose by nearly 22 percent between 2000 and 2004 – from almost 27,000 to 32,000.
Duration:  00:51
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  Feature: AHRQ Has Updated Men’s and Women’s Checklists
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  AHRQ has updated its brochures that are designed to help men and women understand which medical checkup tests they need to stay healthy at any age.
Duration:  01:52
File Size:  1.72 MB
  Feature: Aspirin and Colorectal Cancer
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  For people taking aspirin as a preventive measure against colorectal cancer, there’s a new study out that suggests it's not effective.
Duration:  05:10
File Size:  4.73 MB
  Radiocast: Aspirin and Colorectal Cancer
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  A new study by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force advises against the use of aspirin as a preventive measure against colorectal cancer.
Duration:  02:01
File Size:  1.84 MB
  PSA: Questions are the Answer
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  When you communicate with your doctor, when you ask more questions, you reduce your risk of suffering a medical mistake.
Duration:  00:30
File Size:  473 MB
AudioRadiocast -- Partner Abuse
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Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Partner violence affects millions of women each year and a recent study shows the abuse may affect a broader age group than previously thought.
Duration:  01:31
File Size:  1.39 MB
AudioRadiocast -- Questions are the Answer
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Wednesday, March 07, 2007
Patients can reduce medical mistakes by asking questions and playing a more active role in their health care.
Duration:  01:31
File Size:  2.78 MB
AudioConsumer/Quality Insider -- Searching for Health Information on the Web
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Wednesday, February 28, 2007
A non-profit research center called the Pew Internet & American Life Project studies impact of the internet on the daily lives of Americans. Healthcare 411’s Debra James ...
Duration:  06:40
File Size:  6.12 MB

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  Radiocast: Searching for Health Information Online
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  The Pew Internet and American Life Project found that while 80% of people on the internet are seeking health information, only 25% check the source of that info.
Duration:  01:31
File Size:  1.39 MB
AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: Antidepressants
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Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Duration:  10:47
File Size:  9.88 MB

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  Feature: Heart and Circulatory Problems Account for One-Third of all Hospitalizations for Congenital Disorders
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  Sometimes referred to as birth defects, one third of all babies hospitalized for congenital disorders in 2004 had heart or circulatory problems.
Duration:  00:53
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  Feature: New Research Looks at Health Care-Associated Infections
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  Health care-associated infections following surgery and other procedures are a serious risk for patients. Although most occur in hospitals, they can occur in any health ...
Duration:  01:34
File Size:  1.44 MB
  Feature: Second-generation Medications to Treat Depression Have Similar Levels of Effectiveness but Different Side Effects
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  People struggling with depression may have to try several different medications before they find one that works for them, but even then, relief can be temporary or can ...
Duration:  06:37
File Size:  6.06 MB
  PSA: Play it Safe, Don't Play Around with Medicine
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  Combining medications, taking vitamins with some medicines and not taking medicines on schedule can be dangerous. Talk with a doctor or pharmacist if you have questions ...
Duration:  00:29
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AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: Off-Label Use of Antipsychotic Medications
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Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Duration:  08:27
File Size:  7.74 MB

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  Feature: News and Numbers: Hospitalizations of Obese Patients
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  A recent study from AHRQ’s Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project found that the number of obese patients who spent time in a hospital increased by 112 percent between ...
Duration:  01:03
File Size:  987 KB
  Feature: Study Provides More Information About Surgery to Treat Obesity
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  Every day Americans with psychotic diseases such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are helped with medications approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to ...
Duration:  02:08
File Size:  1.95 MB
  Radiocast: Bariatric Surgery
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  When diet and exercise fail, more and more Americans are turning to surgery to tackle obesity.
Duration:  01:29
File Size:  1.37 MB
  Feature: A New Class of Antipsychotic Medications
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  And a new class of antipsychotic medications is being prescribed to millions of Americans who don’t suffer from psychotic disorders.
Duration:  03:37
File Size:  3.31 MB
  Radiocast: Antipsychotic Medications
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  FDA approved medications are used every day to treat psychotic diseases such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, but some of these antipsychotic drugs are also being ...
Duration:  01:32
File Size:  1.41 MB
  Radiocast: Antidepressants
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  Second-generation medications to treat depression, or antidepressants, have similar levels of effectiveness but different side effects.
Duration:  01:33
File Size:  1.42 MB
  PSA: Having Surgery - What You Need To Know
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  Every year, more than 15 million Americans have surgery. If you’re considering surgery, you need to make an informed decision.
Duration:  00:30
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  Radiocast: Osteoarthritis Medications
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  Non-steroidal anti-inflammatories, or NSAIDs, and Cox-2 inhibitors are commonly prescribed to treat osteoarthritis, and many people also take over-the-counter medicines. ...
Duration:  01:30
File Size:  1.38 MB
AudioSpecial Report -- AHRQ's Healthcare Quality and Healthcare Disparities Reports
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Wednesday, January 17, 2007
AHRQ's 2006 National Healthcare Quality Report and National Healthcare Disparities Report show that the overall quality of the U.S. health care system is improving, but ...
Duration:  07:15
File Size:  6.63 MB

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  Radiocast: Quality and Disparities Reports
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  Two new reports to Congress on health care quality and disparities show that the overall quality of the U.S. health care system is improving, but there still are many ...
Duration:  01:31
File Size:  1.39 MB
AudioRadiocast -- Hand Washing
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Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Hand washing by health care providers in hospitals and treatment facilities is one of the simplest and most effective ways to fight the spread of health care-related ...
Duration:  01:31
File Size:  1.40 MB
AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: Drug-Coated Stents
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Wednesday, January 03, 2007
Duration:  10:16
File Size:  9.40 MB

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  Feature: Retail Workers Get No Bargains on Health Insurance
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  Retail workers get no bargains on health insurance. Learn more.
Duration:  00:45
File Size:  714 KB
  Feature: Insurance Database Makes it Easy to Compare Insurance Costs
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  AHRQ’s insurance database now makes it easy to compare costs for insurance between cities.
Duration:  01:49
File Size:  1.66 MB
  Feature: Risk of Death or Heart Attack with Drug-coated Stents Lower with Use of Anti-clotting Treatment
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  The risk of death or heart attack with drug-coated stents appears lower with longer use of anti-clotting treatment.
Duration:  06:02
File Size:  5.52 MB
  Radiocast: Stents
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  Stainless steel tubes or stents coated with a drug have been commonly used by doctors to treat heart conditions but these devices may leave patients vulnerable.
Duration:  01:32
File Size:  1.40 MB
  PSA: Be an Active Member of Your Health Care Team
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  Duration:  00:30
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AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: Medical Intern Fatigue and Errors
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Wednesday, December 20, 2006
The cost of treating adults with diabetes R01 grant applications now require electronic submission And a new study has found that doctors in training who work five or ...
Duration:  08:59
File Size:  8.22 MB

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  Feature: The Cost of Treating Adults With Diabetes
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  This week’s News and Numbers looks at the cost of treating adults with diabetes.
Duration:  00:57
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  Feature: R01 Grant Applications Now Require Electronic Submission
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  Last June, Healthcare 411 announced that AHRQ had joined the National Institutes of Health in the use of a new government Web portal for electronic submission of grant ...
Duration:  01:42
File Size:  1.56 MB
  Feature: Doctors in Training Working Long Hours Prone to Medical Errors
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  And a new study has found that doctors in training who work five or more extra-long hospital shifts in a month are prone to making serious medical errors.
Duration:  05:02
File Size:  4.61 MB
  Radiocast: Intern Fatigue
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  A new study has found that doctors in training who work five or more extra-long hospital shifts in a month are prone to making serious medical errors.
Duration:  01:32
File Size:  1.41 MB
  PSA: If You’re Pregnant and You Smoke
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  f you’re pregnant and you smoke, you need to know that your risk of your baby being born too small is one and a half to three and a half times greater. By quitting now, ...
Duration:  00:29
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AudioConsumer/Quality Insider -- Preparing for a Medical Test
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Wednesday, December 06, 2006
Every day across the country, millions of people see a clinician for a medical problem or just for a checkup. The clinicians ask the patients questions about their ...
Duration:  08:34
File Size:  7.83 MB

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  Radiocast: Medical Tests
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  Medical test, such as a blood test, ultrasound or xray, help doctors and patients make decisions about the best course of treatment. But what should the patient know ...
Duration:  01:31
File Size:  1.39 MB
AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: HIV Drug Treatments
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Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Duration:  10:16
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  Feature: News and Numbers - Brand-name Drugs Increased Overall Spending for Prescription Drugs
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  This week’s News and Numbers finds that brand-name drugs increased overall spending for prescription drugs;
Duration:  01:00
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  Feature: Tax Subsidies for Employer-sponsored Health Insurance
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  Tax subsidies for employer-sponsored health insurance will exceed $200 billion this year;
Duration:  01:29
File Size:  1.37 MB
  Feature: People with HIV May Be Able to Simplify their Drug Regimen
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  A recent study has shown that a simpler regimen that reduces the number of pills and doses an HIV patient has to take each day is as effective as the ones that are more ...
Duration:  06:06
File Size:  5.58 MB
  Radiocast: HIV Medication
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  A recent study has shown that a simpler regimen that reduces the number of pills and doses an HIV patient has to take each day is as effective as the ones that are more ...
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File Size:  1.38 MB
  PSA: Play it Safe, Don't Play Around with Medicine
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  Combining medications, taking vitamins with some medicines and not taking medicines on schedule can be dangerous. Talk with a doctor or pharmacist if you have questions ...
Duration:  00:29
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AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: Genomic Tests for Ovarian Cancer
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Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Hospitalizations for the elderly A new tool teaches medical teams good communication skills And the effectiveness of genomic tests for ovarian cancer is questioned.
Duration:  07:39
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  Feature: News and Numbers - Hospitalizations for the Elderly
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  This week’s News and Numbers is on hospitalizations for the elderly.
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  Feature: New Tool Teaches Medical Teams Good Communication Skills
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  A new tool teaches medical teams good communication skills. TeamSTEPPS
Duration:  02:24
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  Feature: The Effectiveness of Genomic Tests for Ovarian Cancer
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  And the effectiveness of genomic tests for ovarian cancer is questioned.
Duration:  02:54
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  Radiocast: Genomic Tests for Ovarian Cancer
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  A recent study shows that genomic tests have not proven to be very effective in decreasing the number of women who die from ovarian cancer.
Duration:  01:29
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  PSA: Be Active in Your Health Care
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  Be active in your health care to ensure you receive quality care.
Duration:  00:30
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AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: Making Surgery Safer
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Wednesday, October 25, 2006
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  Feature: Surgery to Treat Breast Cancer
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  In this week's News in Numbers segment, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and we have some interesting numbers about surgery to treat breast cancer.
Duration:  00:54
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  Feature: Common Heart Surgery May Be Made Safer
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  Traditionally, the CABG surgery has depended heavily on bypassing a patient’s heart and lungs and using a machine to take over their function. But according to a new ...
Duration:  01:24
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  Radiocast: Heart Bypass Surgery
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  According to a new study from AHRQ, many heart surgery patients may be better off without the use of cardiopulmonary bypass which has been found to cause stroke, abnormal ...
Duration:  01:31
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  Feature: Making Surgery Safer - SCIP
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  Patients and providers are taking steps to make all surgery safer as part of a new effort called the Surgical Care Improvement Project, or SCIP.
Duration:  01:39
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  Radiocast: Making Surgery Safer
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  When it comes to any surgery, preventing post-operation complications isn’t just in the hands of skilled surgeons. It’s also the responsibility of primary care ...
Duration:  01:31
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  PSA: Kids Know What Smoking Can Do
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  Former Washington Redskins Cornerback and NFL Hall of Famer Darrell Green explains how smoking harms every organ in your body.
Duration:  00:29
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AudioConsumer/Quality Insider -- Weighing the Benefits and Risks of a Medication or Treatment
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Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Every day we're bombarded with confusing and sometimes conflicting medical information. We see TV commercials that promise significant relief from seasonal allergies, ...
Duration:  09:04
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  Radiocast: Weighing the Benefits and Risks of Medical Treatment
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  With so much differing medical information available, how do you weigh the benefits and risks of a medication or treatment, and make the right decision for you?
Duration:  01:30
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AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: HIT is Used to Treat Pressure Ulcers
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Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Dr. Susan Horn discusses a new study that uses health information technology (HIT) to reduce the prevalence of pressure ulcers in long-term care facilities.
Duration:  12:08
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  Feature: Survey Captures the Public’s Views of Medical Errors and Quality of Care.
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  The Kaiser Family Foundation and AHRQ have fielded several surveys to try to assess the public’s knowledge of medical errors and steps they’ve taken to improve the ...
Duration:  00:48
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  Feature: Comparison of Arthritis Pain Medications
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  Two classes of drugs commonly used to treat osteoarthritis provide about the same level of pain relief and carry a similar increased risk of heart attack.
Duration:  01:59
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  Radiocast: Comparing Osteoarthritis Pain Medications
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  Two classes of drugs commonly used to treat osteoarthritis provide about the same level of pain relief and carry a similar increased risk of heart attack.
Duration:  01:30
File Size:  1.37 MB
  Feature: Using HIT to Reduce Pressure Ulcers
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  Dr. Susan Horn discusses a new study that uses health information technology (HIT) to reduce the prevalence of pressure ulcers in long-term care facilities.
Duration:  07:43
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  Radiocast: Treating Bed Sores with Information Technology
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  Bed sores or Pressure ulcers are common when bed-ridden patients are not moved often enough. Information about how and when they are moved is critical to prevention.
Duration:  01:31
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  PSA: Remaking American Medicine
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AudioPSA -- Remaking American Medicine … Health Care for the 21st Century
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Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Airing nationally on PBS on the four Thursday evenings in October, Remaking American Medicine …Health Care for the 21st Century will focus on the dramatic advances being ...
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AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: Medical Intern Work Hours and Medical Errors
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Wednesday, September 27, 2006
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  PSA: Remaking American Medicine … Health Care for the 21st Century
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  Airing nationally on PBS on the four Thursday evenings in October, Remaking American Medicine …Health Care for the 21st Century will focus on the dramatic advances being ...
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  Feature: News In Numbers: Physicians reporting errors
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  This week’s News in Numbers reports on the likelihood that your physician would report a medical error to you.
Duration:  01:26
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  Feature: Medical Intern Work Hours and Medical Errors
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  This report features an interview with AHRQ Director Dr. Carolyn Clancy about several AHRQ-funded studies that focused on the number of hours worked by hospital interns ...
Duration:  06:42
File Size:  6.14 MB
AudioClinician Insider -- Transparency: Improving the Quality and Cost-efficiency of Healthcare
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Wednesday, September 13, 2006
When it comes to picking up the tab for health care, nobody writes bigger checks than Uncle Sam. Each year, federal health plans like Medicare, Medicaid and the Federal ...
Duration:  09:46
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  The federal transparency initiative aims to make health care information more visible—or transparent—in order to help all Americans choose their doctors and hospitals ...
Duration:  01:32
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AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: Health Care for Minority Women
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Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Minority women fare worse than white women in the United States in terms of health status, rates of disability, and mortality.
Duration:  16:51
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  Feature: News and Numbers: Cesarean births
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  News in Numbers this week reports that more than one in four newborns is now born through Cesarean section.
Duration:  01:01
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  Feature: Treating Anthrax in Children
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  A new AHRQ evidence report says that anthrax is difficult to detect and treat in children.
Duration:  02:18
File Size:  2.11 MB
  Feature: Health Care for Minority Women
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  This report features an interview with Dr. Rosaly Correa, AHRQ's Director of Women's Health and Gender-based Research, about health care in minority women.
Duration:  11:29
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  Radiocast: Health Care for Minority Women
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  New research from AHRQ shows the disparities for some medical conditions between minority women and white women in the U.S. are growing.
Duration:  01:32
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  PSA: Secondhand Smoke
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  Former NFL Pro Darrell Green talks to kids about secondhand smoke.
Duration:  00:30
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AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: Nurse-Led Care Improves Heart Patient Recovery
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Wednesday, August 16, 2006
A new study has found that patients with heart failure whose care was directed by nurse managers could perform everyday activities better and had fewer hospitalizations ...
Duration:  10:29
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  Feature: Preventable Hospitalizations for Diabetes
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  AHRQ found that, compared with whites, blacks are almost five times more likely, and Hispanics are about 3 and a half times more likely, to be hospitalized because their ...
Duration:  01:01
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  Feature: Risks of Complications from Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer
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  A new study sponsored by AHRQ suggests women 63 years of age or younger who receive chemotherapy for breast cancer may experience more hospitalizations or emergency room ...
Duration:  02:36
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  Radiocast: Chemotherapy and Breast Cancer
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  Side effects from chemotherapy for breast cancer, such as nausea, vomiting, and dehydration often mean more trips to the ER for women than previously thought.
Duration:  01:36
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  Feature: Nurse-Led Care Improves Heart Patient Recovery
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  A new study has found that patients with heart failure whose care was directed by nurse managers could perform everyday activities better and had fewer hospitalizations ...
Duration:  01:57
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  Radiocast: Nurse Care Benefits Heart Patients
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  Duration:  01:31
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  PSA: Questions to Ask Before Surgery
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  MOST OPERATIONS ARE NOT EMERGENCIES, WHICH MEANS YOULL HAVE TIME TO LEARN ABOUT YOUR OPERATION AND MAKE CERTAIN IT’S THE BEST TREATMENT FOR YOU.
Duration:  00:29
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AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: Obesity Surgery
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Wednesday, August 02, 2006
Duration:  07:11
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  Feature: News in Numbers – U.S. Residents without Health Insurance
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  Fifty million Americans - roughly one of every six people in the United States - have no health insurance protection.
Duration:  01:26
File Size:  1.01 MB
  Feature: Medication Errors in Hospitalized Children
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  A new AHRQ report finds that medication errors in hospitalized kids are common. And the drugs involved in these mistakes aren’t new medications, but tend to be some of ...
Duration:  01:37
File Size:  1.49 MB
  Radiocast: Kids and Medication Errors
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  AHRQ research takes a closer look at harmful medication errors on children.
Duration:  01:31
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  Feature: AHRQ Study Examines Complications for Stomach Surgery
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  Weight-loss surgery, involves risks, as does any major surgery. But according to a new study from AHRQ, 4 of every 10 patients who have surgery to treat obesity develop ...
Duration:  06:02
File Size:  5.52 MB
  Radiocast: Weight Loss Surgery
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  PSA: Kids Know What Smoking Can Do
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  Former Washington Redskins Cornerback and NFL Hall of Famer Darrell Green explains how smoking harms every organ of the body.
Duration:  00:30
File Size:  470 KB
AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: Secondhand Smoke
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Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Duration:  11:44
File Size:  11 MB

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  Feature: Hospital Admissions for the Elderly
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  AHRQ's News and Numbers this week reports that more than 13 million admissions to community hospitals in 2003 were for people 65 and older and began in the hospital ...
Duration:  01:00
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  Feature: Exposure to Secondhand Smoke
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  The U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona released the latest report on smoking and health, this time focusing on the dangerous effects of secondhand smoke. In his ...
Duration:  09:17
File Size:  8.51 MB
  Radiocast: Secondhand Smoke
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  Duration:  01:33
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  PSA: Play it Safe, Don't Play Around with Medicine
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  Combining medications, taking vitamins with some medicines and not taking medicines on schedule can be dangerous. Talk with a doctor or pharmacist if you have questions ...
Duration:  00:29
File Size:  462 KB
AudioConsumer/Quality Insider -- Family Health Advocacy
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Wednesday, July 05, 2006
This report features an interview with Dr. Carolyn Clancy, Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, discussing what you should know about having, or ...
Duration:  10:03
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  Radiocast: Family Health Advocate
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  Duration:  01:33
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VideoPSA -- Be a Champion for Your Health Care
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Saturday, July 01, 2006
Former Olympic skater and orthopedic surgeon Dr. Debi Thomas gives viewers advise about taking charge of their own health care. Be active in your health care, choose a ...
Duration:  00:30
File Size:  3.72 MB
AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: Antiviral Medicines are Underused for Flu
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Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Duration:  10:30
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  Feature: News and Numbers: hospitalizations for men
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  Male hospital patients are more likely than female patients to have a number of serious conditions, including heart attacks, alcohol-related mental disorders, ...
Duration:  01:12
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  Feature: A new study compares drugs for osteoporosis.
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  A new drug to treat severe osteoporosis in women may not be worth its cost of 7 and a half times more than an older drug.
Duration:  01:36
File Size:  1.47 MB
  Feature: Antiviral medicines can be effective in reducing illness from the flu but are underused.
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  A new study found that primary care doctors only prescribe antivirals to about 15 percent of their patients with the flu.
Duration:  05:50
File Size:  5.34 MB
  Radiocast: Antivirals VS. Flu
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  Duration:  01:29
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AudioNewscast -- Lead story: Caps on Medicare Drug Benefits
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Wednesday, June 07, 2006
Duration:  11:01
File Size:  10 MB

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  Feature: AHRQ’s News and Numbers: Uninsured hospitalizations
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  Uninsured people in the hospital.
Duration:  01:08
File Size:  1.04 MB
  Feature: AHRQ Grant Applications
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  Grant applications may now be submitted online.
Duration:  01:19
File Size:  1.21 MB
  Feature: Prenatal exposure to ACE Inhibitors
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  A new study shows that prenatal exposure to ACE inhibitors in the first trimester can cause birth defects.
Duration:  01:41
File Size:  1.55 MB
  Radiocast: ACE Inhibitors
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  Feature: Caps on Medicare Drug Benefits
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  A new study found some unintended consequences of caps on Medicare drug benefits.
Duration:  05:39
File Size:  5.17 MB
  Radiocast: Medicare Caps
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  Duration:  01:31
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AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: Off-Label Use of Medications
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Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Duration:  08:29
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  Feature: News and Numbers: Violence Against Women
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  AHRQ’s News and Numbers is about a woman’s experience with violence from an intimate partner.
Duration:  00:52
File Size:  862 KB
  Feature: Cancer Drug Study
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  A study finds no clinically significant difference in the effectiveness of drugs for managing anemia in patients undergoing cancer treatment.
Duration:  01:53
File Size:  1.72 MB
  Feature: Study of Off-Label Prescribed Medicine Use
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  And a new study shows that about one-fifth of medicines are prescribed for off-label uses.
Duration:  04:01
File Size:  3.67 MB
  PSA: Be a Champion for Your Loved Ones
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  Take a loved one to the doctor since early detection of many chronic diseases can improve and even save lives.
Duration:  00:30
File Size:  471 KB
AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: Heart Disease in Woman
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Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Sunday, May 14, is Mother’s Day and also is the beginning of Women’s Health Week, a national observance started by HHS’ Office on Women’s Health. The goal of National ...
Duration:  18:27
File Size:  17 MB

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  Feature: Women and Cardiovascular Disease
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  AHRQ News and Numbers reveals that, despite common belief, a survey found that more women than men reported they had been diagnosed with heart disease or a related ...
Duration:  01:13
File Size:  1.11 MB
  Feature: Women’s Health
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  Interview with AHRQ Director Dr. Carolyn Clancy discussing research on women’s health.
Duration:  05:59
File Size:  5.48 MB
  Feature: Heart Disease in Women
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  Interview with Dr. Rosaly Correa, AHRQ’s Director of Women’s Health and Gender Research.
Duration:  09:11
File Size:  8.41 MB
  PSA: Play it Safe, Don't Play Around with Medicine
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  Combining medications, taking vitamins with some medicines and not taking medicines on schedule can be dangerous. Talk with a doctor or pharmacist if you have questions ...
Duration:  00:29
File Size:  463 KB
AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: Wrong Site Surgery is Rare
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Friday, April 28, 2006
The idea of needing surgery and having the wrong part operated on makes most people very nervous. But the good news is that surgery on the wrong site is extremely rare, ...
Duration:  15:09
File Size:  15 MB

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  Feature: Diabetes Testing
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  AHRQs News and Numbers reveals that fewer than half of Americans with diabetes get the necessary annual tests to manage the disease properly.
Duration:  00:45
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  Feature: Eating Disorders
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  A report on eating disorders says few medications work, but behavioral therapy may be effective.
Duration:  01:42
File Size:  1.56 MB
  Feature: Health IT and Quality Improvement
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  Learn more about AHRQ’s health IT initiative.
Duration:  01:41
File Size:  1.54 MB
  Feature: Wrong Site Surgery is Rare
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  A study on wrong site surgery found that this type of error is extremely rare. The report features an interview with the researcher, Dr. Mary R. Kwaan of Brigham and ...
Duration:  08:54
File Size:  8.15 MB
  Radiocast: Wrong Site Surgery
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  It’s good for patients to be aware that we have a universal protocol where, on the day of surgery, there will be people asking them what side the surgery is going to be ...
Duration:  01:31
File Size:  1.39 MB
  PSA: Children are not Immune to Medical Errors
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  Steps for preventing medication errors which occur three times as often in children as adults.
Duration:  00:49
File Size:  774 KB
AudioPSA -- Children Are Not Immune to Medical Errors
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Friday, April 28, 2006
Steps for preventing medication errors which occur three times as often in children as adults.
Duration:  00:49
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AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: Cesarean Section
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Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Duration:  07:32
File Size:  7 MB

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  Feature: AHRQ News and Numbers: Dental Checkups
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  Fewer than half of U.S. children age 2 to 17 usually have a dental checkup at least once a year.
Duration:  01:15
File Size:  1.15 MB
  Feature: AHRQ Co-Funds a Pilot Project to Combine Public and Private Information to Measure Physician Quality
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  The Ambulatory Care Quality Alliance announced a pilot project that will combine public and private information to measure and report on physician practice in a ...
Duration:  01:47
File Size:  1.63 MB
  Feature: Pelvic Exams to Detect Abnormal Masses
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  Routine pelvic examinations conducted in a clinician’s office often are not effective in detecting abnormal masses.
Duration:  01:01
File Size:  996 KB
  Feature: Babies Delivered by Cesarean Section at the Mother's Request
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  An evidence review looked at delivering babies by cesarean section at the mother's request.
Duration:  01:29
File Size:  1.36 MB
  PSA: Be a Champion for Your Loved Ones
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  Take a loved one to the doctor since early detection of many chronic diseases can improve and even save lives.
Duration:  00:30
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AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: Wrong Beliefs About Asthma
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Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Duration:  14:43
File Size:  13.4 MB

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  Feature: Headaches
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  Data from AHRQ’s and Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project. [MEPS, HCUP]
Duration:  01:27
File Size:  1.34 MB
  Feature: AHRQ Report on Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescribing
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  AHRQ Director Doctor Carolyn Clancy comments on an AHRQ Report on Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescribing.
Duration:  01:31
File Size:  1.39 MB
  Feature: Wrong Beliefs About Asthma
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  Interview with Dr. Ethan Halm from New York’s Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Rutgers University on wrong beliefs about asthma that affect medication use by inner-city ...
Duration:  10:01
File Size:  9.17 MB
  Radiocast: Asthma
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  Asthma is a debilitating, costly, and potentially deadly chronic disease. So why do patients who have asthma think it’s gone when their symptoms disappear?
Duration:  01:32
File Size:  1.40 MB
  PSA: It's Never Too Late to Quit
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  Once you quit smoking your breathing, circulation and health start to improve immediately.
Duration:  00:30
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AudioPSA -- It's Never Too Late to Quit
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Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Former Washington Redskins Cornerback and NFL Hall of Famer Darrell Green explains how once you quit smoking your breathing, circulation and health start to improve ...
Duration:  00:30
File Size:  469 KB
AudioSpecial Report -- State Healthcare Quality Snapshots
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Friday, March 17, 2006
Duration:  29:39
File Size:  27 MB

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  Feature: The State Snapshots Tool
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  An interview with AHRQ Director Doctor Carolyn Clancy about the State Snapshots Web tool. The data in the tool are taken from the 2005 National Healthcare Quality Report ...
Duration:  13:06
File Size:  11.9 MB
  Feature: Breaking Down the State Snapshots Web Tool
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  An interview with Doctor Dwight McNeill, lead architect of the State Snapshots tool.
Duration:  14:12
File Size:  13.0 MB
AudioConsumer/Quality Insider -- National Patient Safety Awareness Week
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Monday, March 06, 2006
Interview with AHRQ Director Doctor Carolyn Clancy, discussing National Patient Safety Awareness Week.
Duration:  07:02
File Size:  6 MB
VideoPSA -- Be Active in Your Health Care
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Monday, March 06, 2006
Former Olympic skater and orthopedic surgeon Dr. Debi Thomas discusses consumer health care tips to help you be active in your health care.
Duration:  00:30
File Size:  3.85 MB
AudioConsumer/Quality Insider -- AHRQ Booklet: Next Steps After Diagnosis
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Wednesday, March 01, 2006
Interview with AHRQ Director Doctor Carolyn Clancy, discussing the booklet "Next Steps After Diagnosis."
Duration:  08:23
File Size:  8 MB

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  Radiocast: Next Steps After Diagnosis
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  Hearing a diagnosis of a serious disease can be a frightening thing. Luckily, there’s a free booklet out that can help you.
Duration:  01:33
File Size:  1.42 MB
AudioConsumer/Quality Insider -- Getting the Most Out of a Visit with a Primary Care Health Professional
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Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Interview with AHRQ Director Doctor Carolyn Clancy discussing how to get the most out of a visit with a primary care health professional.
Duration:  11:51
File Size:  11 MB

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  Radiocast: Doctor Visits
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  Many people often invest more time preparing for a visit to a car mechanic than they do going to a physician's office. This program gives simple suggestions on how ...
Duration:  02:00
File Size:  1.83 MB
AudioSpecial Report -- AHRQ's Effective Health Care Program Report: Diagnosing Breast Cancer
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Thursday, February 09, 2006
AHRQ Director Carolyn Clancy comments on the AHRQ Effective Health Care Program Report titled Effectiveness of Noninvasive Diagnostic Tests for Breast Abnormalities.
Duration:  04:00
File Size:  4 MB
VideoPSA -- Score by Quitting
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Wednesday, February 01, 2006
Former Washington Redskins cornerback and Pro Football Hall of Famer Darrell Green talks with children about what they can tell someone who smokes to help them quit.
Duration:  00:30
File Size:  3.55 MB
AudioPSA -- Kids Know What Smoking Can Do
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Wednesday, February 01, 2006
Former Washington Redskins Cornerback and NFL Hall of Famer Darrell Green explains how smoking harms every organ of the body.
Duration:  00:30
File Size:  470 KB
VideoPSA -- Kids Know
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Wednesday, February 01, 2006
Former Washington Redskins cornerback and Pro Football Hall of Famer Darrell Green talks with a third grade class about smoking.
Duration:  00:30
File Size:  3 MB
VideoPSA -- Secondhand Smoke
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Wednesday, February 01, 2006
Former Washington Redskins cornerback and Pro Football Hall of Famer Darrell Green discusses reasons for quitting tobacco with children.
Duration:  00:30
File Size:  3.48 MB
VideoPSA -- Listen to Your Kids
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Wednesday, February 01, 2006
Children and Pro Football Hall of Famer Darrell Green discuss the dangers of smoking and the benefits of quitting tobacco.
Duration:  00:30
File Size:  3.43 MB
AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: Report on Omega-3 Fatty Acids
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Thursday, January 26, 2006
AHRQ Director Dr. Carolyn Clancy comments on new findings that taking dietary supplements containing omega-3 fatty acids or regularly consuming fish does not appear to ...
Duration:  05:11
File Size:  5 MB

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  Feature: People with Hip Fractures
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  One-third of the 310,000 Americans hospitalized for hip fracture in 2003 underwent hip replacement surgery.
Duration:  00:40
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  Feature: Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Cancer
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  AHRQ Director Dr. Carolyn Clancy comments on new findings that taking dietary supplements containing omega-3 fatty acids or regularly consuming fish does not appear to ...
Duration:  01:14
File Size:  1.14 MB
  Feature: An Option for Men with Hernias
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  AHRQ Director Dr. Carolyn Clancy comments on research that suggests “watchful waiting” is a viable alternative to inguinal hernias.
Duration:  01:42
File Size:  1.56 MB
  PSA: It's Never Too Late to Quit
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  Once you quit smoking your breathing, circulation and health start to improve immediately.
Duration:  00:30
File Size:  469 KB
AudioConsumer/Quality Insider -- Having Surgery? What You Need to Know
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Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Interview with AHRQ Director Doctor Carolyn Clancy, discussing the new brochure, Having Surgery? What You Need to Know.
Duration:  11:09
File Size:  10 MB

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  Radiocast: Questions to Ask Before Surgery
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  Every year, more than 15 million Americans have surgery. If you’re considering surgery, you need to make an informed decision.
Duration:  01:30
File Size:  1.37 MB
AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: QR-DR
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Monday, January 09, 2006
On January 9, 2006 AHRQ released its 2005 and 2005 National Healthcare Disparities Report. In recognition of that effort, this week's Healthcare 411 will be dedicated to ...
Duration:  24:06
File Size:  22 MB

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  Feature: AHRQ News and Numbers: Uninsured Hispanics
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  Survey looks at Hispanics who report being uninsured.
Duration:  00:31
File Size:  497 KB
  Feature: Overview of Quality and Disparities Reports
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  AHRQ Director Doctor Carolyn Clancy discusses the Quality and Disparities Reports.
Duration:  06:05
File Size:  5.58 MB
  Feature: Findings of the Quality Report
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  Interview with Doctor Dwight McNeil and the significance of the 2005 Quality Report.
Duration:  10:22
File Size:  9.49 MB
  Feature: Findings of the Disparities Report
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  Interview with Doctor Ernest Moy, AHRQ's lead staff for the National Healthcare Disparities Report talking about the findings specific to health care for minorities.
Duration:  05:21
File Size:  4.89 MB
AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: Black Box Warnings
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Wednesday, December 21, 2005
Duration:  15:44
File Size:  14 MB

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  Feature: Poisoning By Medications
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  An AHRQ News and Numbers report finds that more than 280,000 Americans were admitted to U.S. hospitals in 2003 for poisoning by medications.
Duration:  00:41
File Size:  651 KB
  Feature: Black Box Warning Labels
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  Interview with Dr. Anita Wagner, Assistant Professor of Ambulatory Care and Prevention at Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare.
Duration:  04:40
File Size:  4.42 MB
  Feature: A Video Trains Emergency Responders To Decontaminate Children Exposed To Hazardous Chemicals
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  Interview with Dr. Michael Shannon, Chief of Emergency Medicine at Children’s Hospital in Boston.
Duration:  08:20
File Size:  7.63 MB
  PSA: It's Never Too Late to Quit
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  Once you quit smoking your breathing, circulation and health start to improve immediately.
Duration:  00:30
File Size:  469 MB
AudioSpecial Report -- AHRQ's Effective Health Care Program Report: Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease aka: GERD
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Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Interview with AHRQ Director Doctor Carolyn Clancy about the first report from AHRQ's new Effective Health Care Program on GERD.
Duration:  03:16
File Size:  3 MB
VideoPSA -- Play It Safe
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Thursday, December 01, 2005
It's important to know how and when to take your medication. Play it safe. Don't play around with medicine.
Duration:  00:30
File Size:  3.12 MB
AudioConsumer/Quality Insider -- Personal Health Records: Part 2
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Tuesday, November 29, 2005
The second of a two-part interview with AHRQ Director Dr. Carolyn Clancy discussing personal and electronic health records.
Duration:  16:19
File Size:  14 MB
AudioConsumer/Quality Insider -- Personal Health Records: Part 1
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Tuesday, November 22, 2005
The first of a two-part interview with AHRQ Director Dr. Carolyn Clancy discussing personal health records.
Duration:  10:16
File Size:  9 MB

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  Radiocast: Personal Health Records
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  Health records may help consumers track their own health.
Duration:  02:00
File Size:  1.84 MB
AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: Smoking Cessation
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Tuesday, November 15, 2005
This Thursday, November 17, marks the American Cancer Society's 29th annual Great American Smokeout. In recognition of that effort, AHRQ is dedicating this week's ...
Duration:  20:04
File Size:  18 MB

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  Feature: Adults With Chronic Diseases Continue To Smoke
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  AHRQ News and Numbers reports that a large number of Americans with smoking-related diseases said they continue to smoke, even after being counseled to quit.
Duration:  00:53
File Size:  837 KB
  Feature: Smoking Cessation
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  Interview with Dr. Michael Fiore, Professor of Medicine and Director of the Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention at the University of Wisconsin Medical School in ...
Duration:  06:41
File Size:  6.13 MB
  Feature: HHS Helps Nurses Encourage Patients To Quit Smoking
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  Interview with Dr. Linda Sarna, a principle investigator with Tobacco Free Nurses and a professor at the University of California at Los Angeles School of Nursing.
Duration:  04:53
File Size:  4.47 MB
  Feature: A Nurse Who Successfully Quit Smoking
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  Interview with nurse Shannan Stephenson who gave up a 13 year smoking habit.
Duration:  05:18
File Size:  4.86 MB
  PSA: It's Never Too Late to Quit
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  Once you quit smoking your breathing, circulation and health start to improve immediately.
Duration:  00:30
File Size:  469 KB
AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: Overprescribed Antibiotics
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Wednesday, November 09, 2005
AHRQ-funded research found that children are overprescribed antibiotics for sore throats. This program features an interview with Dr. Jeffrey Linder from Brigham and ...
Duration:  12:51
File Size:  12 MB

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  Feature: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
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  Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a largely preventable condition associated with smoking and was the fifth most common cause of hospitalization for Americans over ...
Duration:  00:52
File Size:  824 KB
  Feature: Children Over Prescribed Antibiotics For Sore Throats
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  Interview with Dr. Jeffrey Linder from Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston.
Duration:  04:57
File Size:  4.54 MB
  Radiocast: Sore Throat
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  Duration:  01:33
File Size:  1.41 MB
  Feature: An AHRQ Grantee Wins the Ninth Annual Ernest Amory Codman Award
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  Interview with Dr. Marta Render, Director of the Cincinnati Department of Veterans Affairs' "Getting At Patient Safety" Center.
Duration:  03:55
File Size:  3.58 MB
  Feature: Electronic Health Records Contracts
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  The Department of Health and Human Services awards contracts totaling $17.5 million to public-private groups to speed up the adoption of health information technology.
Duration:  01:19
File Size:  1.21 MB
  PSA: Don't Play Around with Medicine
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  Follow instructions and talk with your doctor or pharmacist if you have questions.
Duration:  00:29
File Size:  468 KB
AudioNewscast -- Lead Story: Nurse Fatigue
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Tuesday, November 01, 2005
This audio program features current news and information from the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) for the week of November 1, 2005.
Duration:  10:27
File Size:  10 MB

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  Feature: Diabetes Statistics
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  More than 500,000 people were hospitalized for diabetes mellitus in 2003, making it one of the top 20 conditions treated in U.S hospitals.
Duration:  00:51
File Size:  802 KB
  Feature: Electronic Health Records Adoption
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  A comprehensive study by the Medical Group Management Association Center for Research and the University of Minnesota School of Public Health has captured the current ...
Duration:  01:11
File Size:  1.08 MB
  Feature: Nurse Fatigue
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  Interview with AHRQ patient safety researcher Dr. Ann Rogers, Associate Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, who with her team of experts, addressed adverse ...
Duration:  03:17
File Size:  3.01 MB
  Feature: Medical Errors in Hospital Critical Care Units
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  Patients face a significant risk for preventable adverse events and serious medical errors in hospital critical care units.
Duration:  00:47
File Size:  735 KB
  Feature: The Guide to Health Care Quality: How To Know It When You See It
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  AHRQ Director Dr. Carolyn Clancy discusses heath care quality.
Duration:  02:30
File Size:  2.30 MB
  PSA: Be a Champion for Your Loved Ones
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  Take a loved one to the doctor since early detection of many chronic diseases can improve and even save lives.
Duration:  00:30
File Size:  471 KB
AudioConsumer/Quality Insider -- Understanding Health Care Quality
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Saturday, October 15, 2005
Interview with AHRQ Director Doctor Carolyn Clancy answering questions about health care quality. She discusses preventive care, medical errors, and what people can do to ...
Duration:  10:00
File Size:  9 MB
VideoPSA -- You Might Just Save A Life
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Wednesday, June 01, 2005
Former Olympic skater and orthopedic surgeon Dr. Debi Thomas discusses the need to make a difference in the quality of your loved ones' health care. You might just save a ...
Duration:  00:30
File Size:  3.6 MB
VideoPSA -- Be a Champion for Your Loved Ones
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Wednesday, June 01, 2005
Former Olympic skater and orthopedic surgeon Dr. Debi Thomas urges viewers to be active in the health care of a loved one. Getting early treatment just might save a life.
Duration:  00:60
File Size:  7.25 MB


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