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The purpose of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is to enhance the quality, appropriateness, and effectiveness of health services, and access to such services through the establishment of a broad base of scientific research and through the promotion of improvements in clinical and health system practices, including the prevention of diseases and other health conditions.

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  1. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/SOPS-Program-Brief.pdf
    January 01, 2022 - .  Identify strengths and areas for patient safety culture improvement.  Examine trends in patient … The SOPS surveys also assess areas of patient safety culture unique to each setting. … Surveys on Patient Safety Culture 2  Identify key thematic areas. … Identify key areas of patient safety culture the surveys should assess based on the literature review …  Action Planning Tool • Identify patient safety culture areas for improvement.
  2. www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/research/index.html
    November 01, 2024 - members of AHRQ's patient safety team, builds upon themes from the summit by outlining key challenges and areas … As stated in the fiscal year 2019 request for applications, AHRQ has three key areas of interest: Quantifying … As stated in the fiscal year 2022 request for application, AHRQ specified the four following areas of … interest: Two areas of focus aligned with frontline diagnostician support: Safety-I error detection … Two additional areas of focus aligned with improving diagnostic systems: Improving diagnostic precision
  3. www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ptfamilyscan/ptfamilyex2.html
    July 01, 2018 - How can patients and families contribute to these areas? … How do they want to contribute or feel capable of contributing to these areas? … What is their current role in these areas?
  4. www.ahrq.gov/funding/training-grants/r36.html
    November 01, 2023 - program supports dissertation research that addresses AHRQ’s mission and priorities and welcomes any areas … Frequently Asked Questions What areas of research does AHRQ support under the R36 program? … Within the mission, AHRQ's specific priority areas of focus are as follows: Research to improve health
  5. www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/nursing-home/2014/nhsurv14-chap5.html
    November 01, 2014 - Highlights The areas of strength or the composites with the highest average percent positive responses … The areas with potential for improvement or the composites with the lowest average percent positive responses … Areas of Strength Overall Perceptions of Resident Safety —the extent to which residents are well cared … Areas With Potential for Improvement Nonpunitive Response to Error —the extent to which staff are not … Areas of Strength The three survey items with the highest average percent positive response (87 percent
  6. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/sops-action-planning-tool.pdf
    November 01, 2022 - Identifying Areas To Improve: a. What areas do you want to focus on for improvement? b. … Identifying Areas To Improve 1a. What areas do you want to focus on for improvement? … Identifying areas to improve can be challenging. … Identifying Areas To Improve 1a. What areas do you want to focus on for improvement? 1b. … Identifying Areas To Improve 1a. What areas do you want to focus on for improvement? 1b.
  7. www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-rural-healthcare1.html
    October 01, 2024 - Action A Path to Rural Diagnostic Excellence Improving Diagnosis in the Context of Rurality Three Areas … poorer health outcomes and increased healthcare costs. 2,4,6   According to the Census Bureau, rural areas … 12  A national survey of 474 administrators in Critical Access Hospitals (25 beds or fewer in rural areas … three actionable strategies to overcome barriers to delivering high-quality diagnostic care in these areas … The three areas of focus where rural diagnostic patient care can be immediately advanced are:  Enhancing
  8. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/safety/patient-safety-slides.pptx
    November 01, 2019 - Patient Safety Issue AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use – Acute Care 11 Where Are the Areas … Patient Safety Issue AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use – Acute Care 12 Where Are the Areas … Patient Safety Issue AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use – Acute Care 13 Where Are the Areas … Patient Safety Issue AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use – Acute Care 14 Where Are the Areas … is a patient safety issue Improve communication and teamwork around antibiotic prescribing Identify areas
  9. www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/2024-annual-report/overview.html
    April 01, 2024 - Health Equity Primary Care Workforce Public Health and Community Integration Additional Topic Areas … key topic areas of interest to AHRQ, as well as additional areas of focus. … Given AHRQ’s interest in these topics, additional grant funding could be warranted in these areas. … Number of Grants by All Topic Areas (N=124) Additional Topic Areas We also identified several additional … areas of focus across the grants, as described in Exhibit 8.
  10. www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/2024-annual-report/appendix-a.html
    May 01, 2024 - Health Equity Primary Care Workforce Public Health and Community Integration Additional Topic Areas … For each grant, the Abt team coded the top three key topic areas using areas of focus and interest … As relevant, we then added the second and third most relevant key topic areas (each unique grant was … assigned either one, two, or three key topic areas depending on the foci of the grant). … Inconsistencies among team members about which key topic areas should be assigned were resolved through
  11. www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/cultural-competence/planclas.html
    July 01, 2019 - good business and health care sense for M+COs to undertake a CLAS quality improvement program in the areas … Identifying feasible priority areas for improvement of CLAS based on the assessment. … Part 2: Three Broad Areas of Focus for Improving CLAS. … It is clearly easier to target areas for improvement armed with an understanding of the diversity of … areas of concentration for improving CLAS: Providing Linguistic Services (oral and written).
  12. CHG Bathing (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/handouts/patient-chg-bathing.docx
    March 01, 2022 - Each packet has six cloths to be used on all skin areas as shown below: · Avoid eyes … More, if needed. · Firmly massage on all skin areas to ensure deep cleaning of skin. · Clean over non-gauze … Ask for help for hard-to-reach areas, backside, around devices. · CHG is safe on rashes and wounds that … Clean All Skin Areas, With Attention to: · Neck · All skin folds · Skin around all devices (tubes/drains
  13. www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/nursing-home/2014/nhsurv14-chap7.html
    November 01, 2014 - Develop an understanding of your nursing home's key strengths and areas for improvement. … Which areas were most and least positive? … Are there different areas for improvement for different nursing home units? … Are there different areas for improvement for different nursing home staff? … Once you have identified areas for improvement, you may find the Nursing Home Resource List beneficial
  14. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/3-mo-webcast-2023-hare.pdf
    January 01, 2023 - work at more than one medical office ► Answer about the site where they received the survey 17 Areas … (4 items) • Staff Training (3 items) • Teamwork (4 items) • Work Pressure and Pace (4 items) 18 Areas … items) 19 Diagnostic Safety Supplemental Item Set • Three composite measures assessing specific areas … items) 20 Value and Efficiency Supplemental Item Set • Four composite measures assessing specific areasAreas of Patient Safety Culture Assessed in the SOPS Medical Office Survey Diagnostic Safety Supplemental
  15. www.ahrq.gov/pcor/strategic-framework/investments.html
    July 01, 2023 - Previous Page Next Page Applying a Health Equity Lens Health equity is essential to all areas … By using its core competencies to support progress in these key areas, AHRQ aims to support health systems
  16. www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/teledx-5.html
    August 01, 2020 - Two main areas that remain particularly challenging are differential access of connectivity to the internet … over the past two decades, many persist, especially for poor and uninsured populations in all priority areas
  17. www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/delivery-initiative/casalino/paper/idkeydsr3.html
    February 01, 2014 - Identifying Key Areas for Delivery System Research Conclusion Previous Page Next Page … Table of Contents Identifying Key Areas for Delivery System Research Executive Summary Identifying … Key Areas for Delivery System Research Conclusion References Appendix A: Priority Topics Appendix … B: Example Components of the Conceptual Model Appendix C: "Long List" of Delivery System Research Areas … Appendix D: Four Suggested Key Areas The discoveries of basic scientific and clinical
  18. www.ahrq.gov/funding/training-grants/grants/active/t32/T32-jhu1.html
    October 01, 2014 - Details on characteristics of the Johns Hopkins University program and its self-identified areas of research … prepared to train students as interdisciplinary Ph.D. health services researchers within several broad areas … lack of access to health services (low income persons, uninsured children, residents of underserved areas … The 3 areas of pre-doctoral training build from a common core of course work that emphasizes statistical … The three areas of pre-doctoral training outlined above build from a common core of course work that
  19. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/150-cusp-tip-sheet-celebrating-success.docx
    October 01, 2024 - To continue success and work toward sustainable changes, spreading the best practices to other areas … arise if the organization does not have the capacity for systemwide implementation, or if practice areas … Spreading MRSA Prevention · Analyze data to pinpoint areas in the hospital that have opportunities for … new practice. · Provide a detailed overview of the new practice or process with the other units and areas … Conversation Starters To assist in spreading the innovation to other areas, consider using the SBAR (
  20. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/diagnostic/resources/issue-briefs/dx-safety-rural-healthcare.pdf
    July 01, 2024 - are not a smaller version of urban areas. … than in urban areas. … decline more slowly than in urban areas. … Three Areas To Immediately Advance Diagnosis In Rural Healthcare 1. … This goal can be achieved by addressing the following areas.

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