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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/960.html
June 01, 2025 - Study Reveals Sharp Decline in Mothers’ Mental Health
Issue Number
960
AHRQ News Now is a weekly newsletter that highlights agency research and program activities.
June 3, 2025
AHRQ Stats: U.S. Adults Treated for Diet-Related Conditions An average of 84.1 million adults were treated for at least one ma…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/d4f_pdi08-postophemorrhage-bestpractices.pdf
May 16, 2016 - Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
Pediatric Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety
1 Tool D.4f
Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
PDI 08: Perioperative Hemorrhage or Hematoma
Why focus on perioperative hemorrhage an…
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/state-reports/index.html
March 01, 2019 - Reports from the States
This page includes reports and other resources produced by the CHIPRA quality demonstration States. Content is presented by State within each of the five grant categories and a new category, Cross-Cutting Initiatives, for materials that cross grant categories and States.
Contents
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www.ahrq.gov/action-alliance/engineering-safety-practice/index.html
September 01, 2025 - Engineering Safe Practices Affinity Group
Background The National Action Alliance established the Engineering Safe Practices Affinity Group to make healthcare safer by design by identifying scalable opportunities for engineering safety into key healthcare practices—one of the Alliance’s five Aims. Read more …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/statesummaries/co-statesum.pdf
July 01, 2015 - CHIPRA - Spotlight on Colorado
July 2015
This brief highlights the major strategies, lessons learned,
and outcomes from Colorado’s experience in the quality
demonstration funded by the Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS) through the Children’s Health
Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIP…
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/statesummaries/nm-spotlight.html
July 01, 2015 - Spotlight on New Mexico
July 2015
This brief highlights the major strategies, lessons learned, and outcomes from New Mexico's experience in the quality demonstration funded by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) through the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPR…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ptflow/appendix-c.html
July 01, 2018 - Improving Patient Flow and Reducing Emergency Department Crowding: A Guide for Hospitals
Appendix C: Example Implementation Plan
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Table of Contents
Improving Patient Flow and Reducing Emergency Department Crowding: A Guide for Hospitals
Acknowledgments
Executive Summary
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-care-transitions2.html
June 01, 2023 - Diagnostic Safety Across Transitions of Care Throughout the Healthcare System: Current State and a Call to Action
ED-to-Hospital Transitions
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Table of Contents
Diagnostic Safety Across Transitions of Care Throughout the Healthcare System: Current State and a Call to Action
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/about/cooperatives/southwest.html
March 01, 2021 - EvidenceNOW: Southwest Cooperative
EvidenceNOW: Advancing Heart Health in Primary Care is an initiative of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to transform health care delivery by building a critical infrastructure to help smaller primary care practices improve the heart health of their patie…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4g_combo_psi10-postopmetaderangement-bestpractices.pdf
May 20, 2016 - Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety
1 Tool D.4g
Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
PSI 10: Postoperative Physiologic and Metabolic Derangement
Why Focus on Postoperative Phys…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4t_combo_pdi08-postophemorrhage-bestpractices.pdf
May 16, 2016 - Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety
1 Tool D.4t
Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
PDI 08: Perioperative Hemorrhage or Hematoma
Why focus on perioperative hemorrhage and hematoma…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/re-engineering-postnatal-unit-care-long-desc.html
April 01, 2025 - Re-engineering Postnatal Unit Care and the Transition Home to Reduce Perinatal Morbidity and Mortality
Principal Investigator: Alison Stuebe, M.D., M.Sc., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC. Co-PIs: Kristin Tully, Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; Emily Patterson, Ph.D., The Oh…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73303/psn-pdf
May 26, 2021 - Safety Culture in EMS
May 26, 2021
Cebollero C, Fitall E, Hall KK, et al. Safety Culture in EMS. PSNet [internet]. 2021.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/safety-culture-ems
Defining a Just Culture
A Just Culture is one that supports transparent and honest error reporting with the goal of fostering an
environmen…
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/2006WardWakefieldLi_051111comp.pdf
January 01, 2005 - Statewide Efforts to Enhance HIT in Critical Access Hospitals
Statewide Efforts
to Enhance HIT in
Critical Access Hospitals
AHRQ Patient Safety and HIT Conference
Marcia M. Ward, James Bahensky,
Douglas S. Wakefield, Pengxiang Li
University of Iowa
Funded by AHRQ Grant HS015009
AHRQ Grant
HIT Value in Iowa …
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/guide-to-evaluating-hie-projects-appendix-a.pdf
June 16, 2021 - AHRQ's Guide to Evaluating Health Information Exchange Projects - Appendix A - Workbook
A-1
Appendix A: Workbook
Please note that this version of Appendix A can be edited electronically. Readers are
encouraged to download a copy of that version of the workbook and use it to take notes as
they review the guide.
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/toolssoftware/ccs/ccsfactsheet.jsp
September 01, 2025 - HCUP-US Tools & Software Page
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psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/human-factors-engineering
December 15, 2024 - Human Factors Engineering
Citation Text:
Human Factors Engineering. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2019.
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digital.ahrq.gov/2020-year-review/research-summary/improving-delivery-health-services-health-systems-level-emerging-research
January 01, 2020 - Improving the Delivery of Health Services at the Health Systems Level - Emerging Research
Facilitating Long-Distance Care, Education, and Monitoring with Telehealth and Telemedicine
Clinicians have used telehealth and telemedicine in rural settings and for hard-to-access specialties …
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/improving-patient-safety-and-clinician-cognitive-support-through-emar-redesign
April 30, 2024 - Improving Patient Safety and Clinician Cognitive Support Through eMAR Redesign
Project Final Report ( PDF , 307.77 KB) Disclaimer
Disclaimer
The findings and conclusions in this document are those of the author(s), who are responsible for its content, and do not necessarily repre…
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/E-PrescribingPhysicianTool4.1.xlsx
June 16, 2021 - HIT Readiness Instrument
Introduction & Instructions
Readiness Assessment for HIT[1]
How do you know if your clinic is ready for an electronic health record or ePrescribing?
Successful transition from paper-based charts to an e-prescribing system or electronic health record (EHR) requires organization-wide commi…