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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/4-approach-qi-process/index.html
January 01, 2020 - This section of the Guide suggests a way to use the concept of microsystems to focus the QI process on … The concept of microsystems in health care organizations stems from research findings indicating that … Depending on the nature of the intervention, you may want to break it down into a set of related but … The team can use data on the impact of the intervention to see if it is making progress towards the goals … Harness Social Interaction to Spur Adoption of Innovations
Research on the diffusion of innovation
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/do-hospitals-provide-lower-quality-care-weekends
January 12, 2022 - Prior research has demonstrated that patients admitted to the hospital on a weekend have a higher risk … use among AMI patients admitted on the weekend, and also demonstrated increased mortality among those … August 9, 2023
Racial and ethnic bias in the diagnosis of alcohol use disorder in veterans … real world data reported to the national reporting and learning system. … numbers and educational level: analysis of administrative data.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/what-pilots-can-teach-hospitals-about-patient-safety
May 22, 2009 - August 24, 2022
Estimating the economic cost of nurse sensitive adverse events amongst … October 28, 2020
Association of electronic health record use above meaningful use thresholds … October 21, 2020
The patient's "story": an examination of patient-reported safety incidents … 21, 2019
Translating electronic health record-based patient safety algorithms from research … August 3, 2022
Dashboards for visual display of patient safety data: a systematic review
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/partnering-improve-patient-safety-rural-wv
January 01, 2023 - and aggregate benchmarking data on events (quarterly); 3) administration of the AHRQ Hospital Survey … whom were new to IT, on how to use special reporting software. … Meanwhile, on the other end of the system, WVMI staff aggregate data from participating hospitals to … record the use of "rescue drugs" in patients to reverse an adverse event and determine whether the event … return on investment and that they should make a commitment to the program for the long term
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/takeheart/training/module-1-slides.pdf
January 30, 2020 - (AHA)/Health Research and Education Trust (HRET): TAKEheart
AHRQ’s Initiative to Increase Use of Cardiac … on the evidence and making
the case for CR implementation
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Overview of Presentation … GoalsUpon completion of this module, you should be able to:
Understand the evidence base on the benefits … and specialty societies supporting the use of CR … 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Questions and Comments
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WEBINARS
To Ask a Question, Please Use the Comment
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/851389/psn-pdf
July 31, 2023 - finally to the initiation of lung cancer treatment is more than 4 ½
months.3 Research has found that … health lead to the disparate use of imaging
services, which can delay diagnosis and treatment.10 A … review on the topic developed a
collective definition: “A consultation technique to communicate uncertainty … more details on this expanded literature base on the various phases of
this innovation, please see … //#16
analyze it, and to generate an actionable plan based on quality data in order to close any gaps
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/using-information-technology-provide-measurement-based-care-chronic-illness/annual-summary/2010
January 01, 2010 - The project focuses on the use of Measurement Based Care (MBC) to improve the quality of care for patients … The second study is an in-depth evaluation of the impact of the EHR-CDSS on a limited sample of physicians … Data collection was ongoing through the end of the year. … Based on prior reports, the research team expected that providing MBC would initially require more time … Data showed that while patients in the algorithm arm of the trial initially were seen at a higher frequency
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www.ahrq.gov/research/publications/search.html?page=0
June 01, 2025 - Search Publications
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)'s publications offer practical … Primary care research is critical to strengthening the nation's primary care system. … in the delivery of primary care. … AHRQ's National Center for Excellence in Primary Care Research (NCEPCR) virtually convened a group of … Sepsis in the United States and Its Burden on Hospital Care
This report offers a comprehensive assessment
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www.ahrq.gov/research/publications/search.html
June 01, 2025 - Search Publications
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)'s publications offer practical … Primary care research is critical to strengthening the nation's primary care system. … in the delivery of primary care. … AHRQ's National Center for Excellence in Primary Care Research (NCEPCR) virtually convened a group of … Sepsis in the United States and Its Burden on Hospital Care
This report offers a comprehensive assessment
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2007_07.pdf
January 01, 2007 - These databases enable research on a broad
range of health policy issues, including cost and quality … For the numerator counts of the AHRQ QIs, we used HCUP data selected from the
SID for a disparities … Clerks use these
combined race/ethnicity categories to classify patients on admission to the hospital … The urban-rural location of the patient was
already on the HCUP data. … Eight of the 27 Patient Safety
Indicators use external cause of injury (E code) data to help identify
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-07/catchpole-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Methods: 292 surgeries were observed over the course of the research, with data collected on flow
disruptions … room (OR), explored current literature
on FDs in the OR, elaborated on data collection techniques, … using a data collection tool created by the research team. … biggest direct obseravational research of surgical
technology ever conducted, with data on intraoperative … for use “in the wild”.
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cdsic.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/OY2_Final%20IAS%20Workgroup%20Charter.pdf
January 01, 2024 - The Affordable Care Act (Section 6301) established a mandate for the Agency for
Healthcare Research … the adoption and use of safe and effective PC CDS. … This approach involves Workgroup deliberation to achieve a result
based on agreement of a simple majority … interpretation of data for the work; AND
2. … activities to inform the
manuscript) were discussed or providing asynchronous feedback on manuscript-focused
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/annualreport/HAR_2005.pdf
January 01, 2005 - capacity to track the evolu-
tion of hospital use over time. … HCUP has been a leader in hospital data and products and con-
tinues to be on the forefront of health … Data on conditions treated in the hospi-
tal, as well as information on medical and surgical procedures … A second reason may
be that insurers are responding to the rapidly increasing use
of the procedures … The unit of analysis for
HCUP data is the hospital discharge, not a person or patient.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-improving-national-trends-patient-safety-indicators-1998-2007
March 21, 2012 - As the patient safety movement enters its second decade, an emerging body of research is finding that … hospitalizations over a 10-year period, also finds no clear evidence of improved safety. … January 19, 2014
The Orthopaedic Error Index: development and application of a novel … national indicator for assessing the relative safety of hospital care using a cross-sectional approach … November 6, 2013
Validity of Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Patient Safety
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pulmonary-horizon-scan-high-impact-1412.pdf
October 01, 2015 - Any investigator or funder of research will be able to use the AHRQ Healthcare
Horizon Scanning System … Results
The table below lists the four topics for which (1) preliminary phase III data on drugs, phase … Based on a December 2014
query of a U.S. … For
the OCS Lung to deliver on the intervention’s full impact potential, more data demonstrating … as long-term efficacy and survival data, to support use of the OCS Lung
system.
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/patient-centered-informatics-system-enhance-health-care-rural-communities/annual-summary/2010
January 01, 2010 - To assess the effect of the UHR on patient-centered care, the team is conducting a prospective cohort … The team will also analyze data abstracted from the UHR, and conduct a manual review of the patients’ … use an alternative, non-UHR EMR system to participate in a 3-year research demonstration project. ( … on patient-centered care. ( Achieved )
Examine patterns of use of the UHR personal health system. … The team continues to work on determining what constitutes an effective or ideal pattern of use for the
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/targeted-chart-review-pediatric-patient-safety-events-identified-agency-healthcare-research
April 11, 2011 - Targeted Chart Review of Pediatric Patient Safety Events Identified by the Agency for Healthcare Research … Although they have been validated in analyzing data from a variety of settings , this study sought to … This confirms the findings of a prior study in this area. … ill children with culture rates, antibiotic use, and patient outcomes: results of the Bright STAR Collaborative … September 28, 2010
The impact of electronic medical records data sources on an adverse
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www.ahrq.gov/faqs/index.html?page=2
October 17, 2014 - We will respond to your requests based on the best available scientific evidence and research
from … data collection more efficient. … The U.S. Census Bureau serves as the data collection agent for the MEPS-IC survey. … and use a patient registry. … Unless otherwise specified, the use of the term "grant" includes cooperative agreements as well as grants
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73873/psn-pdf
September 29, 2021 - In August 2017, the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Cedars Sinai Medical Center launched a web- … The mobile application used a HIPAA-compliant, web-based platform (Research Electronic Data
CAPture … Before roll-out of the mobile app, complications were solicited retrospectively via email on a monthly … After the mobile application was launched, there was a significant increase
in the number of reported … Available at
Research Electronic Data CAPture (REDCap).
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integrationacademy.ahrq.gov/news-and-events/news/opioid-epidemic-and-covid-19-pandemic-deepening-disparities
December 23, 2020 - Search form
Catch up on what's going on:
News … Some social determinants of health and factors that play a role in those (e.g., racism, discrimination … Meanwhile, a recent report shows that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused reduced capacity for mental … and behavioral health facilities, as well as shortages of and strains on healthcare workers, further … those with opioid use disorder, have the highest risk of COVID-19 infection, hospitalization, and death