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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/technical/sat-sbt-litreview.docx
January 01, 2017 - Tool: SSA
Summary
Spontaneous awakening trials (SAT) and spontaneous breathing trials (SBT) reduce the length of mechanical ventilation, thereby reducing the risk for developing ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Since the guidelines were written in 2007, a groundbreaking article by Girard in 20081 showed that SA…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/iomracereport/reldata4b.html
May 01, 2018 - Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data: Standardization for Health Care Quality Improvement
Chapter 4: Defining Language Need and Categories for Collection, cont.
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Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data: Standardization for Health Care Quality Improvement
Summary
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/takeheart/training/cerner-q-a-session.pdf
June 02, 2025 - 1
EHR Q&A Sessions
Introduction
Prior to each EHR Q&A event, participants were asked to submit questions related to the
implementation of automatic referral in Meditech, Epic, and Cerner. Most questions concerned
diagnostic codes, embedding automatic referral into order sets, getting buy-in from physicians
regar…
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www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureulcer/tool/pu3.html
October 01, 2014 - Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals
3. What are the best practices in pressure ulcer prevention that we want to use?
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Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals
Overview
Key Subject Area Index
1. Are we ready for this change?
2. How will we manage ch…
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www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/vtguide/guide6.html
May 01, 2016 - Preventing Hospital-Associated Venous Thromboembolism
Chapter 6. Track Performance with Metrics
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Preventing Hospital-Associated Venous Thromboembolism
Preface
Executive Summary
Chapter 1. The Framework for Improvement
Chapter 2. Analyze Care Delivery …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/SyH-DR-stat-brief-3-financial-measures.pdf
March 01, 2024 - Analyzing Short-Term Acute Care Hospitals’ Financial Measures Across Key Characteristics, 2016-2019
1
Data
Innovations
Analyzing Short-Term Acute Care Hospitals’
Financial Measures Across Key Characteristics,
2016-2019
Melike Yildirim, Ph.D., Rhona Limcangco, Ph.D., Bernard Friedman, Ph.D., Frederick
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/environmental-scan-programs/envscan-program2.html
April 01, 2018 - Environmental Scan of Patient Safety Education and Training Programs
Chapter 2. Electronic Searchable Catalog
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Environmental Scan of Patient Safety Education and Training Programs
Introduction
Chapter 1. Environmental Scan
Chapter 2. Electronic Searchab…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/vtguide/guide6.html
May 01, 2016 - Preventing Hospital-Associated Venous Thromboembolism
Chapter 6. Track Performance with Metrics
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Table of Contents
Preventing Hospital-Associated Venous Thromboembolism
Preface
Executive Summary
Chapter 1. The Framework for Improvement
Chapter 2. Analyze Care Delivery …
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/hrqa99c.html
October 01, 2014 - Healthcare Research and Quality Act of 1999 (continued 2)
Text of the Act that reauthorizes the former Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, now the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
PART C—GENERAL PROVISIONS SEC. 921. ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY. (a) ESTABLISHM…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/dxsafety-pediatric-safety.pdf
September 01, 2023 - children with MDOs present for acute care with
common undifferentiated symptoms.14 The primary patient concerns … children, pediatric EDs are not immune to MDOs, with diagnostic issues being
second only to management concerns
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pcor/external-stakeholder-report.pdf
June 23, 2023 - Concerns about health equity and impact drove these comments. … Here too, concerns about health inequities and
unequal access to care drove these comments.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-05/felix-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Safety Outcomes of Obese Residents in US Nursing Homes
Title Page
Title of Project. Safety Outcomes of Obese Residents in US Nursing Homes
Principal Investigator and Team Members. Holly C. Felix, PhD (PI), Jennifer A. Andersen,
PhD (CI), Christine K. Bradway, PhD (CI), Clare C. Brown, PhD (C…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/highlights/ps-project-highlights-care-coordination.pdf
June 30, 2025 - Improving Healthcare Safety by Enhancing Care Coordination
AHRQ-Funded Patient Safety
Project Highlights
Improving Healthcare Safety by
Enhancing Care Coordination
Overview
Care coordination is defined as the process of organizing patient care activities and sharing information
among all individuals concerned wi…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/ta/topicrefinement/ced-appendix3-data-abstraction.xlsx
June 24, 2022 - Appendix 3: Data Abstraction
TableOfContent
Table of content
Abstraction of criteria from existing sources Sheet number
[Click to go to specific sheet]
Pearson et. al 2018, white paper 1
Duke Margolis 2017, white paper 2
International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology (ISPE) position paper 3
Berger et al…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/funding/training-grants/rachel-hogg-graham-application.pdf
May 19, 2021 - Rachel Hogg Graham - Sample Grant Application
PI: Hogg, Rachel A. Title: Examining the Integration of Hospitals, Public Health, and Social Services to
Target the Social Determinants of Health Using Patient-Centered and Comparative
Effectiveness Research Method…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/highlights/ps-project-highlights-medication-safety.pdf
April 30, 2025 - Although not anticipated in the original grant application, concerns registered by
conference participants … The extent to
which an FDA black box warning highlighting important safety concerns influenced use of … such as where it occurs, why it occurs, and how it is
associated with workarounds and patient safety concerns
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2022qdr-datasources.pdf
December 01, 2022 - Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) reflect potential inpatient complications and other patient
safety concerns … Data collection for the 2019-2020 cycle was suspended in
March 2020 due to safety concerns from the … health resources; contribute to clinical, epidemiologic, and health services research; and respond
to concerns
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/ambulatory-safety.pdf
July 01, 2010 - assess the feasibility and
accuracy of exception reporting, and (3)
analyze and address stakeholder
concerns
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/landrigan-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Prior studies have raised substantial concerns with both the process and content of handoffs,
with adverse
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/guide.html
March 01, 2017 - administrative champion should promote the intervention goals and assist the team with prioritizing safety concerns