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61. Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2018 User Database Report Part I Executive Summary (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/2018mosopsdatabasereport-execsumm.pdf
    April 01, 2018 - Database Report This overview of survey findings summarized how medical office employees perceive 10 areas … Database. 2,437 Medical Offices administered the survey 35,523 providers and staff responded 10 areas … of Strength and Potential Areas for Improvement Areas of Strength Teamwork Within Units 86% of respondents … that patient ares reminded about appointments and those who need monitoring are followed up with Areas … of Strength and Potential Areas for Improvement Other Key Findings What’s next?

62. Research on Diagnostic Safety and Quality | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    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

63. Virginia Health System Uses AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® To Improve Quality of Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/202503.html
    June 01, 2025 - Results of the surveys can then be used to improve areas that affect patient safety. … She then works closely with department leaders to review the data, identify areas for improvement, and … “I pick the top three areas that a department performed really well in and three areas with opportunity … We get more buy-in for making changes because the staff chooses the areas for improvement.” … We can see struggle points for some areas and other areas doing really well in those processes.

64. Patients With Devices: Prevent Infections During Your Hospital Stay_BATHE Daily With Chlorhexidine (CHG) Cloths (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/handouts/patient-chg-bathing.pdf
    March 01, 2022 - Each packet has six cloths to be used on all skin areas as shown below: … • Firmly massage on all skin areas to ensure deep cleaning of skin. … Ask for help for hard-to-reach areas, backside, around devices. … Clean All Skin Areas, With Attention to: • Neck • All skin folds • Skin around all devices (tubes … Bathing With CHG Cloths Protect Yourself Every Day Important Points and Reminders Clean All Skin Areas

65. Statistical Brief #38: Health Care Expenditures and Percentage Uninsured in 10 Large Metropolitan Areas, 2000 (pdf file)
    meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st38/stat38.pdf
    September 17, 2024 - Statistical Brief #38: Health Care Expenditures and Percentage Uninsured in 10 Large Metropolitan Areas … Statistical Brief #38 Health Care Expenditures and Percentage Uninsured in 10 Large Metropolitan Areas … subgroups, estimates with acceptable precision can also be produced for several large metropolitan areas … These 10 areas are defined by metropolitan statistical areas (MSA) and include Chicago, Dallas, Detroit … Definitions Metropolitan statistical area: Areas designated by the U.S.

66. STATISTICAL BRIEF #446: Offer Rates, Enrollment Rates, Premiums and Employee Contributions for Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance in the Private Sector for the 10 Largest Metropolitan Areas, 2013
    meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st446/stat446.shtml
    July 01, 2014 - Contributions for Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance in the Private Sector for the 10 Largest Metropolitan Areas … None of the 10 largest metropolitan areas had a significantly lower-than-average percentage. … None of the 10 largest areas had an average contribution less than the U.S. average. … Metropolitan areas Metropolitan areas are Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) defined and published … The areas consist of more than the central cities.

67. Action Planning Tool for the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture™ (SOPS®) (pdf file)
    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.

68. Telehealth and Health Disparities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    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

69. Enhancing Performance Via Integrated Health Systems (ppt file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/system/delivery-system-initiative/casalino/casalino.ppt
    February 16, 2011 - Enhancing Performance Via Integrated Health Systems IDENTIFYING KEY AREAS FOR DELIVERY SYSTEM RESEARCH … conceptual model criteria for selecting key areas for delivery system research four key areas and research … organizations 4 Generic model of an organization and its incentives 5 Criteria for selecting key areas … (IOM) 6 Criteria for selecting key areas for delivery system research (2) focuses on areas emphasized … better to be provocative and wrong than to be too general key areas likely to change over time 10

70. Infection Control and Prevention (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/esrd/infectioncontrol.pdf
    October 14, 2008 - Providing a sanitary environment • All treatment-related areas, equipment and surfaces are kept free … o Treatment-related areas include any areas accessible to patients or public and areas where dialysis … o There is a clear separation of clean and dirty work areas. … Clean areas are used for storage and preparation of medications and unused supplies; dirty areas are … Sufficient numbers of infectious waste receptacles and Sharps are available in patient treatment areas

71. A Path to Rural Diagnostic Excellence | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    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

72. STATISTICAL BRIEF #417: Offer Rates, Enrollment Rates, Premiums, and Employee Contributions for Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance in the Private Sector for the 10 Largest Metropolitan Areas, 2012
    meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st417/stat417.shtml
    July 01, 2013 - Contributions for Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance in the Private Sector for the 10 Largest Metropolitan Areas … July 2013 Beth Levin Crimmel, MS Highlights Of the 10 largest metropolitan areas … Dallas-Fort Worth ($925) was also the sole area of the 10 largest metropolitan areas with an employee … Metropolitan areas Metropolitan areas are Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) defined and published … The areas consist of more than the central cities.

73. Health Information Technology and Health Information Exchange Implementation in Rural and Underserved Areas: Findings from the AHRQ Health IT Portfolio | Digital Healthcare Research
    digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/health-information-technology-and-health-information-exchange-implementation
    January 01, 2023 - Health Information Technology and Health Information Exchange Implementation in Rural and Underserved Areas … Health Information Technology and Health Information Exchange Implementation in Rural and Underserved Areas … Health Information Technology and Health Information Exchange Implementation in Rural and Underserved Areas

74. Planning Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    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).

75. 2. Overview of AHRQ's Recent Investments in Primary Care Research | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    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.

76. Brennan, Patricia Flatley | Digital Healthcare Research
    digital.ahrq.gov/principal-investigator/brennan-patricia-flatley
    January 01, 2023 - Flatley Industrial and systems engineering and health care: critical areas … Industrial and systems engineering and health care: critical areas of research - background report. … Patricia Flatley Project Name Industrial & Systems Engineering and Health Care: Critical Areas … Research Workshop Industrial and Systems Engineering and Health Care: Critical Areas … Industrial and Systems Engineering and Health Care: Critical Areas of Research - Final Report.

77. Diagnostic Excellence in U.S. Rural Healthcare: A Call to Action (pdf file)
    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.

78. Improving Antibiotic Use is a Patient Safety Issue
    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

79. 5. Appendix A: Approach and Methods | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    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

80. 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