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  1. www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/overview.html
    November 01, 2017 - AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Prevention Overview of On-Time The Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ) has developed tools to assist nursing homes that have electronic medical record systems (EMRs) to prevent adverse events. The tools are intended to improve clinical decision m…
  2. www.ahrq.gov/prevention/chronic-care/decision/research-centers/rce_profiles.html
    August 01, 2014 - Training the Next Generation of Leaders in Clinical Preventive Services Profiles from the AHRQ Research Centers for Excellence One of the core activities of each of the AHRQ Research Centers for Excellence in Clinical Preventive Services is to train young researchers. Each Center has developed and implemented…
  3. www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/womenhealth/wm-hl2.html
    September 01, 2015 - Chartbook on Women's Health Care Healthy Living: HPV Vaccine Among Adolescent Females Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Chartbook on Women's Health Care Acknowledgments Women's Health Care Key Findings of the 2014 QDR 2014 Chartbooks Access to Health Care Affordability Commu…
  4. www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/blackhealth/part2-ref.html
    October 01, 2018 - Chartbook on Health Care for Blacks Part 2: Trends in Priorities of the Heckler Report—References Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Chartbook on Health Care for Blacks Health Care for Blacks Acknowledgments Part 1: Overviews of the Report and the Black Population Part 2: Trends in Pr…
  5. www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/measures/index.html
    January 01, 2020 - Select Health Care Quality Measures for a Consumer Report The past decade or so has seen considerable progress in the development of measures that assess many important areas of clinical care and organizational performance. Although the current patchwork of measures has gaps and limitations, sponsors of health …
  6. www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/translate/index.html
    February 01, 2016 - Translate Health Care Quality Data Into Usable Information The raw scores on most health care quality measures don’t mean much to the average person. The job of report sponsors is to present scores in a way that makes them engaging, easy to understand, and easy to use. This section discusses what you can do to …
  7. www.ahrq.gov/opioids/about.html
    August 01, 2021 - About AHRQ's Work on Opioids and Substance Use Disorders Deaths from drug overdoses have risen steadily over the past two decades and have become a leading cause of injury death in the United States. The rise in drug overdose deaths was initially driven by misuse of prescription opioids but is now also fueled …
  8. www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-older-adults2.html
    September 01, 2024 - State of the Science and Future Directions To Improve Diagnostic Safety in Older Adults Unique Challenges in Approaching Diagnostic Safety in Older Adults Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents State of the Science and Future Directions To Improve Diagnostic Safety in Older Adults Introduction …
  9. www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/distribute/index.html
    September 01, 2017 - Distribute Your Health Care Quality Report to Consumers Long before you have comparative information to distribute, you need to be thinking about how and when to get it into the hands of consumers. Your objective is to place your report where your audience can find it quickly and easily and in a location that r…
  10. www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/distribute/promote/index.html
    December 01, 2018 - Promote Your Health Care Quality Report to Consumers For years, sponsors did little or nothing to promote their comparative quality reports to the public. Lack of promotion is a major contributor to the low level of public awareness of these reports. Surveys indicate that most consumers don’t know that qualit…
  11. www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/assess/index.html
    September 01, 2019 - Assess Your Health Care Quality Reporting Project Reporting comparative quality information to consumers is typically not a one-time event but an ongoing activity. For this reason, evaluation is a key part of your work, an aspect that has to be thought about and, in some cases, acted upon from the outset. An …
  12. www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-patients-source-understanding-dx-error-vol1-3.html
    June 01, 2023 - Patient Experience as a Source for Understanding the Origins, Impact, and Remediation of Diagnostic Errors Past Research on Patient Perceptions of Safety and Diagnostic Mishaps Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Patient Experience as a Source for Understanding the Origins, Impact, and Remedia…
  13. www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/acute-care/safety/communication.html
    November 01, 2019 - Improving Communication and Teamwork Around Antibiotic Decision Making After viewing or presenting this presentation viewers will be able to— Explain how to improve communication with other health care workers Explain how to improve communication with patients and families Explain how to work as a tea…
  14. www.ahrq.gov/prevention/chronic-care/decision/mcc/mccpublications.html
    May 01, 2014 - AHRQ Multiple Chronic Conditions Research Network Publications This bibliography includes publications resulting from R18, R21 and R24 AHRQ Multiple Chronic Conditions Research Network grants funded between 2008 and 2010. The publications listed below are those that were published or in press as of August 2013.…
  15. www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/cost/guide.html
    October 01, 2015 - Estimating the Costs of Primary Care Transformation: A Practical Guide and Synthesis Report A Practical Guide for Estimating the Costs of Primary Care Transformation Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Estimating the Costs of Primary Care Transformation: A Practical Guide and Synthesis Report …
  16. www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-patients-source-understanding-dx-error-vol2-3.html
    June 01, 2023 - Patient Experience as a Source for Understanding the Origins, Impact, and Remediation of Diagnostic Errors Eliciting Patients’ Diagnostic Experiences Using Rigorous Methods Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Patient Experience as a Source for Understanding the Origins, Impact, and Remediation…
  17. www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/acute-care/improve/behavior-changes.html
    November 01, 2019 - Making Effective Behavior Changes Around Antibiotic Prescribing After viewing or presenting this presentation viewers will be able to— Examine what motivates health care providers to prescribe antibiotics Review basic theories regarding implementation science to implement antibiotic stewardship (AS) int…
  18. www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/explain/share-info/offer-info.html
    June 01, 2019 - Offer Information on How Healthcare Costs and Quality Relate Over the past decade, some developers of healthcare quality reports have expanded their focus on  value by incorporating information about costs. Reporting about costs remains an emerging area, with great potential and great challenges. In many cases…
  19. www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/translate/scores/framing.html
    March 01, 2016 - Framing Health Care Quality Scores as Positive or Negative Every time you make a decision on how to present an individual score or composite, you are “framing” the presentation. Framing refers to the emotional tone of the message you are communicating to consumers. For example: A positive frame would accent…
  20. www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/distribute/media/mass-media.html
    December 01, 2022 - Delivering Healthcare Quality Reports Through Mass Media Mass media—chiefly television, radio, Internet sites, newspapers, and magazines—can be used effectively to educate and promote awareness and use of comparative quality reports. A few sponsors have experimented with using mass media, particularly magazi…