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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/heart-health/cholesterol/control.html
September 01, 2018 - Control Cholesterol Numbers: Patient Education Booklet
Resource title: How To Control Your Fat and Cholesterol: How To Control Your Cholesterol Numbers
Resource description: This patient education booklet in the form of a fotonovela (an illustrated pamphlet popular in Mexico and Latin America) covers basics…
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/heart-health/aspirin/detailing.html
August 01, 2018 - Aspirin Use Academic Detailing Guide for Practices
Resource title: Aspirin Use in Primary Care
Resource description: This facts-at-a-glance handout for clinicians summarizes evidence, risk, benefits, and recommendations for using aspirin for primary and secondary prevention of heart disease.
Document aut…
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/heart-health/aspirin/algorithm.html
August 01, 2018 - Aspirin Use Treatment Algorithm Decision Tree
Resource title: Heart Health NOW Aspirin Algorithm
Resource description: This decision tree for aspirin treatment for heart disease prevention is for use by clinicians.
Document author(s)/institution of origin: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/heart-health/smoking/detailing.html
August 01, 2018 - Smoking Cessation Academic Detailing Guide for Practices
Resource title: Smoking Cessation in Primary Care
Resource description: This facts-at-a-glance handout for clinicians summarizes evidence, risks, benefits, and recommendations for counseling patients and choosing a treatment plan for smoking cessatio…
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www.ahrq.gov/takeheart/training/module-6/index.html
December 01, 2022 - Module 6: Laying the Groundwork for Care Coordination
YouTube embedded video: https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Zvp6SFaH-8g
Video: Laying the Groundwork for Care Coordination (1:00:12)
Slides: Laying the Groundwork for Effective Care Coordination (PDF, 1.4 MB)
Implementation Guide: Laying th…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/designer-guide/index.html
December 01, 2017 - Bringing Human Factors into Home Health Care
Institute of Medicine Report and Designer's Guide
Many health care technologies that involve information technology (IT) are moving into the home, for use by caregivers who look after the growing number of older adults with chronic illnesses. With funding from the …
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/building-community/integrationacademy.html
December 01, 2023 - The Academy for Integrating Behavioral Health Into Primary Care
AHRQ’s Academy for Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care promotes and supports the integration of behavioral health into primary and ambulatory care settings with a key focus on providing care for patients using substances, particularly …
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www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/index.html
October 01, 2022 - Toolkit To Improve Antibiotic Use in Ambulatory Care
Welcome to the Toolkit To Improve Antibiotic Use in Ambulatory Care. The Ambulatory Care Toolkit explains the Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making and has tools to support their implementation and improve prescribing in three areas: developing and im…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/data-resources/index.html
September 01, 2024 - AHRQ’s Primary-Care Related Data Resources
AHRQ's Compendium of U.S. Health Systems The Compendium is the foremost public resource for data on characteristics of healthcare organizations over time. Enumerating each organization and detailing its key features, the annual files enable users to see the changing la…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/children-chronic/index.html
April 01, 2022 - CAHPS Item Set for Children with Chronic Conditions
The Item Set for Children with Chronic Conditions is an extensive set of items that assess the experiences of this population with health plans and health care services. It allows sponsors to compare the experiences of children with special health care needs w…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/HIT/index.html
July 01, 2022 - CAHPS Health Information Technology Item Set
The CAHPS Health Information Technology (Health IT) Item Set is designed to help organizations assess the patient-centeredness of physician practices and medical groups that have adopted different kinds of information technologies. Increasingly common uses of health …
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/index.html
March 01, 2020 - Tools and Resources for Research, Quality Improvement, and Practice
AHRQ’s evidence-based tools and resources are used by organizations nationwide to improve the quality, safety, effectiveness, and efficiency of health care. AHRQ has worked with experts in primary care to develop tools and resources that can he…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/cahps-database/child-hcahps-database/participate.html
March 01, 2025 - Participating in the CAHPS Child Hospital Survey Database
All children's hospitals and inpatient pediatric departments that administer CAHPS Child Hospital (Child HCAHPS) Survey are invited to submit their results to the Child Hospital Survey Database. This page explains the requirements and the steps involved …
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/about/index.html
December 01, 2024 - About AHRQ's Quality & Patient Safety Work
AHRQ is the lead federal agency for patient safety research. We invest in research and implementation projects that make care safer by bridging the gap between basic and clinical research and the actual health care that reaches patients. Our projects accelerate learnin…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/workforce-financing/case-example-7.html
July 01, 2019 - Case Example #7: Cherokee Health Systems
This report is based on research conducted by Abt Associates in partnership with the MacColl Center for Health Care Innovation and Bailit Health Purchasing, Cambridge, MA, under contract to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Rockville, MD …
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www.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/otherwebsites/hcupnetquery/index.html
June 01, 2017 - HCUPnet (Health Care Utilization Project Network)
Mission
HCUPnet allows free and immediate access to health statistics. The system provides health care statistics and information for hospital inpatient, emergency department, and ambulatory settings, as well as population-based health care data on counties. …
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www.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/otherwebsites/qsrs.ahrq.gov/index.html
March 01, 2021 - AHRQ Quality and Safety Review System (QSRS)
Mission
AHRQ has developed and tested an improved patient safety surveillance system to replace the Medicare Patient Safety Monitoring System (MPSMS). The new system is known as the Quality and Safety Review System (QSRS). The QSRS relies on clinical information re…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinar-032421.html
April 01, 2021 - Improving Patient Experience in Large Organizations (Webcast)
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
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This AHRQ webcast is the final in a series of three presentations focused on supporting healthcare organizations in using Consumer Assessment of…
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www.ahrq.gov/pcor/strategic-framework/cross-cutting-strategies.html
July 01, 2023 - Cross-Cutting Strategies To Advance PCORTF Priorities
Previous Page
AHRQ tackles healthcare delivery challenges in myriad ways. Cross-cutting strategies are built on AHRQ’s core competencies and evidence-based methodologies and aligned with the PCORTF authorizations . The cross-cutting strategies will …
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/news-and-events/events/20150122/webcast_01_22_15.html
April 01, 2023 - Introducing the CAHPS Child Hospital Survey (Webcast)
January 22, 2015
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This Webcast introduced the new CAHPS Child Hospital Survey (Child HCAHPS). This survey assesses the experiences of pediatric patients and their parents or g…