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21. Geographic Variation in Inpatient Stays for Five Leading Mental Disorders, 2016-2018 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2023 - population for mental disorders during the 3-year period 2016-2018, comparing national, State, and substate areas … in identifying hot spots in hospitalization rates and examining how the rates vary across geographic areas … Geographic areas are based on the patient ZIP Code of residence.  

22. What Is Patient Safety Culture? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2022 - optional supplemental item sets that can be added to the core surveys to assess additional content areas … Areas of Patient Safety Culture Assessed by the SOPS Surveys The areas of patient safety culture assessed … Each of these areas is assessed by multiple survey items to enable reliable measurement and facilitate

23. Quality Improvement in Primary Care: External Supports for Practices (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2014 - This QI orientation guides practices to set priorities for areas to improve and the work needed to achieve … The specific areas that practices choose to address through ongoing QI efforts, and the methods they … Some examples of specific areas that might be priorities for practices include improving the identification … These skills include identifying areas for improvement, understanding and using data, planning and making … • Helps identify gaps in services or overuse of services and potential areas for improvement.

24. 2022 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report Appendixes (pdf file)
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    October 25, 2022 - Large fringe metropolitan areas are also described as suburban areas. … • People in medium metro areas had worse access to care than people in large fringe metro areas for … • People in small metro areas had worse access to care than people in large fringe metro areas for … • People in micropolitan areas had worse access to care than people in large fringe metro areas for … • People in noncore areas had worse access to care than people in large fringe metro areas for 25%

25. Standardized Nursing Protocol: Basin Bed Bathing With 2% Liquid Chlorhexidine (CHG) and Showering With 4% CHG Liquid Soap (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2022 - Use each of the six wipes for bathing skin areas as instructed below. … Be sure to clean from top down (cleanest to dirtiest areas). … Lathering all body areas twice before rinsing generally takes about 2 minutes. … , skin folds, and groin/perineal areas. … Use of CHG on these areas kills germs and helps prevent infections.

26. AHRQ Data Underscore Uneven Impact of COVID-19 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2021 - Hospital patients from large metro areas were more likely to die in the hospital from COVID-19 than patients … from rural areas, after adjusting for age, in the pandemic’s early months (April and May 2020). … But by June 2020, the trend reversed, and patients from rural areas were more likely to die in the hospital … from COVID-19 than patients from urban areas.

27. Standardized Nursing Protocol: Bed Bathing With 2% Chlorhexidine (CHG) No-Rinse Bathing Cloths and Showering With 4% CHG Liquid Soap (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2022 - • Use each of the six cloths for bathing all skin areas, in the order listed below. … Be sure to clean from top down (cleanest to dirtiest areas). … Lathering all body areas twice before rinsing generally takes about 2 minutes. … , skin folds, and groin/perineal areas. … Use of CHG on these areas kills germs and helps prevent infections.

28. Standardized Nursing Protocol: Basin Bed Bathing With 2% Liquid CHG and Showering With 4% CHG Liquid Soap (doc file)
    preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/nursing-protocols/nursing-chg-bed-bathing.docx
    March 01, 2022 - · Use each of the six cloths for bathing all skin areas, in the order listed below. … Be sure to clean from top down (cleanest to dirtiest areas). … Lathering all body areas twice before rinsing generally takes about 2 minutes. … folds, and groin/perineal areas. … Use of CHG on these areas kills germs and helps prevent infections.

29. Standardized Nursing Protocol: Basin Bed Bathing With 2% Liquid Chlorhexidine (CHG) and Showering With 4% CHG Liquid Soap (doc file)
    preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/nursing-protocols/nursing-chg-basin-bathing.docx
    March 01, 2022 - Use each of the six wipes for bathing skin areas as instructed below. … Be sure to clean from top down (cleanest to dirtiest areas). … , skin folds, and groin/perineal areas. … CHG is safe to use on perineal areas, including the female labia and genital surface. … Use of CHG on these areas kills germs and helps prevent infections.

30. Safer Together: A National Action Plan to Advance Patient Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2022 - Implementation Resource Guide , the Plan centers on four foundational and interdependent priority areas … The NSC considers these areas to be foundational because they create the fertile soil that allows broader … The resulting recommendations in these four areas build on the substantial body of experience, evidence

31. HHS Awards 26 Research Grants to Explore the Healthcare System’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2021 - Research projects will focus on areas such as the increased use of telehealth, best practices in rural … "AHRQ’s new funding will support research on the response in several areas of our nation’s healthcare … awarded for each of the 14 new projects to study the healthcare system’s COVID-19 response in four areas

32. Nominate a New U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Member | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2024 - strongest consideration will be given to individuals with demonstrated training and expertise in the areas … nominees must, at a minimum, demonstrate knowledge, expertise, and national leadership in the following areas … Additionally, the Task Force benefits from members with expertise in the following areas: Behavioral … Candidates with experience and skills in any of these areas should highlight them in their nomination

33. Patient Safety and Quality Improvement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2024 - hemorrhage and severe hypertension in pregnancy Areas … Connect with Patient Safety Learn about Patient Safety Patient Safety and Quality Areas … Patient Safety and Quality Areas Learn about the breadth of AHRQ's Patient Safety and

34. Best Practices for Administering SOPS® Surveys Users (Webcast): Ginsberg Presentation (pdf file)
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    February 08, 2024 - not require the use of our tools and products. 6 AHRQ Patient Safety Priorities • Focus on areas … patient safety culture Raise staff awareness about patient safety Identify strengths and areas

35. Toolkit To Improve Antibiotic Use in Long-Term Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2022 - Antibiotic Decision Making, and has tools to support their implementation and improve prescribing in three areas … support implementation of the Four Moments and improve antibiotic prescribing, focusing on three critical areas

36. Toolkit To Improve Antibiotic Use in Acute Care Hospitals | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2022 - Antibiotic Decision Making, and has tools to support their implementation and improve prescribing in three areas … support implementation of the Four Moments and improve antibiotic prescribing encompassing three critical areas

37. SDOH Environmental Scan - Updated April 29, 2021 (xls file)
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    April 29, 2021 - In total, 87 different summary levels are available, with over 578,000 geographic areas. … the following geographic levels: Nation, all States (including DC and Puerto Rico), all metropolitan areas … of using multiyear estimates is the increased statistical reliability of the data for less populated areas … http://www.statsamerica.org/ii2/overview.aspx N Y N Economic development districts and metropolitan areas … All populated areas in a city that fall outside of a 10-minute walk service area are assigned a level

38. Delivery System Research Initiative | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2020 - Systems for American Indians and Alaska Natives Using Enhanced Data Infrastructure Identifying Key Areas … Lawrence Casalino, Weill Cornell, Identifying Key Areas for Delivery Systems Research: Paper ( PDF … Topical Papers and Briefs Presentations, topical papers and briefs on advanced methods, critical areas

39. AHRQ National Research Service Award (NRSA) Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2022 - become productive, independent investigators in health services research, with a research interest in areas … Frequently Asked Questions What areas of research does AHRQ support? … Within the mission, AHRQ's specific priority areas of focus are as follows: Research to improve health

40. Patient Safety Chartbook Highlights Strengths and Weaknesses in the Healthcare System | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2024 - Its review of NHQDR priority areas describes quality measure trends between 2002 and 2022 in several … areas, including: Patient-centeredness, in which 11 measures improved and six did not change.