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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…
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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…
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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
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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…
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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
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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…
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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
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State of the Science and Future Directions To Improve Diagnostic Safety in Older Adults
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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…
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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…
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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 …
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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
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Patient Experience as a Source for Understanding the Origins, Impact, and Remedia…
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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…
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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.…
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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
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Estimating the Costs of Primary Care Transformation: A Practical Guide and Synthesis Report …
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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
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…