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61. Strategy 6R: Reminder Systems for Immunizations and Preventive Services | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2020 - opportunities for other patients, disrupt the patient-provider relationship, and add to health care costs … patients come for their allotted appointments, the practice can increase its visit capacity and reduce its costs … improve immunization rates for hard to reach populations, such as inner-city minority children. 5 The Costs … of Patient Reminder Systems Barriers to implementation include cost and lack of information about … Costs for immunization reminder programs vary widely; for example, the cost per additional child vaccinated

62. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2024 - Infographics Data Visualizations Data Tools Data Innovations All-Payer Claims Database Healthcare Cost … Management AHRQ Grantee Profiles Getting Recognition for Your AHRQ-Funded Study Grants by State No-Cost … Genetics (95) Guidelines (364) Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) (419) Healthcare Cost … The researchers compared quality, utilization, and cost outcomes for patients with selected chronic illnesses … Standardizing Medicare payment information to support examining geographic variation in costs.

63. Enhancing Performance Via Integrated Health Systems (ppt file)
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    February 16, 2011 - 15 Examples of research questions compare the effects of different payment methods on quality, costs … may be a major source of poor quality/poor patient experience/high costs little is known about this

64. Defining the New AHRQ: A Race for 21st Century Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2021 - But when it comes to leveraging new discoveries, bending the cost curve, and actually improving the safety … Pair this with new possibilities for quality improvement and cost reduction thanks to advances in data … HAC events amount to more than $28 billion in excess healthcare costs, including pressure ulcers ($9.9 … clinician well-being is $4.6 billion per year in lost productivity, and we aim to address these avoidable costs … adverse patient safety events, health system administrators can improve healthcare quality while reducing costs

65. Comparative Reports on Health Plans | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2022 - Infographics Data Visualizations Data Tools Data Innovations All-Payer Claims Database Healthcare Cost … Management AHRQ Grantee Profiles Getting Recognition for Your AHRQ-Funded Study Grants by State No-Cost … general information on each plan, as well as information on benefits, premiums and other out-of-pocket costs … , drug costs and coverage, and medication therapy management programs for plans that offer Medicare prescription … guidance for State employees and retirees choosing a health plan in Wisconsin, including a breakdown of costs

66. Final Data From National Efforts To Make Care Safer, 2010-2014 (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2016 - hospital as a result of the reduction in HACs and that approximately $19.9 billion in health care costs … Results The methods for this 2014 update on the rates and counts of HACs and associated costs and deaths … As a result of this variation, costs associated and deaths averted by HAC type, as shown in Exhibits … Similarly, we estimate an associated reduction of $19.9 billion in health care costs from 2011 to 2014 … estimates established for the costs and deaths associated with HACs in 2011 have not been modified.

67. Healthcare Research and Quality Act of 1999 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2014 - Infographics Data Visualizations Data Tools Data Innovations All-Payer Claims Database Healthcare Cost … including preventive measures and long-term care; (C) existing and innovative technologies; (D) the costs … , cost-effectiveness, and use of health care services and access to such services; (4) clinical practice … practice-oriented research; (5) health care technologies, facilities, and equipment; (6) health care costs … ) MULTIDISCIPLINARY CENTERS- The Director may provide financial assistance to assist in meeting the costs

68. What Is the Environment for Reporting on Health Care Quality? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2016 - Infographics Data Visualizations Data Tools Data Innovations All-Payer Claims Database Healthcare Cost … Management AHRQ Grantee Profiles Getting Recognition for Your AHRQ-Funded Study Grants by State No-Cost … Costs and Benefits of Public Reporting Whether you are reporting on quality voluntarily (e.g., as a … ) or because you are mandated to (e.g., by State legislation), it is useful to assess the potential costs … implications: Can you predict expenses with some confidence, or will it be hard to anticipate future costs

69. Amendment to the Charter | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2014 - Infographics Data Visualizations Data Tools Data Innovations All-Payer Claims Database Healthcare Cost … Management AHRQ Grantee Profiles Getting Recognition for Your AHRQ-Funded Study Grants by State No-Cost … Council shall provide second level review of all grant applications exceeding $250,000 in total direct costs … in addition, may provide second level review of grant applications in excess of $50,000 total direct costs

70. Making Health Care Safer II | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2023 - Infographics Data Visualizations Data Tools Data Innovations All-Payer Claims Database Healthcare Cost … Management AHRQ Grantee Profiles Getting Recognition for Your AHRQ-Funded Study Grants by State No-Cost … Are there any data about costs? Are there data about the effect of context on effectiveness? … evidence for effectiveness, evidence on potential for harmful unintended consequences, estimate of costs

71. Mississippi Hospital Reduces Patient Falls by 25 Percent Using AHRQ Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2018 - Infographics Data Visualizations Data Tools Data Innovations All-Payer Claims Database Healthcare Cost … Management AHRQ Grantee Profiles Getting Recognition for Your AHRQ-Funded Study Grants by State No-Cost … The reduction in patient falls resulted in an estimated $238,000 savings in medical costs. … AHRQ Product(s): Preventing Falls in Hospitals Toolkit Topic(s): Healthcare Costs

72. The SHARE Approach—Achieving Patient-Centered Care with Shared Decisionmaking: A Brief for Administrators and Practice Leaders | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2020 - Infographics Data Visualizations Data Tools Data Innovations All-Payer Claims Database Healthcare Cost … Management AHRQ Grantee Profiles Getting Recognition for Your AHRQ-Funded Study Grants by State No-Cost … Lower costs. … in the long term with better general health and less depression. 10 Shared Decisionmaking Lowers Costs … The triple aim: care, health, and cost. Health Aff (Millwood) 2008 May-Jun; 27(3):759-69.

73. CUSP Toolkit, The Role of the Nurse Manager, Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2012 - Infographics Data Visualizations Data Tools Data Innovations All-Payer Claims Database Healthcare Cost … Staffing costs Nurse managers ensure staffing costs remain within the budgeted amounts. … Operating costs and physical plant costs Nurse managers are responsible for the maintenance of operating … and physical plant costs for the unit. … Financial Say: Nurse managers collect financial data to deliver cost-effective care on the unit

74. Ten Attributes of Health Literate Health Care Organizations | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2024 - Infographics Data Visualizations Data Tools Data Innovations All-Payer Claims Database Healthcare Cost … Before making healthcare decisions, consumers need information about their out-of-pocket costs. … Health literate healthcare organizations inform consumers about the costs of care in advance, and refer … with Attribute #10 include: All-Payer Claims Databases to advance the goal of improving healthcare affordability … , efficiency, and cost transparency Direct Patients to Medicine Resources Price Transparency from

75. Henry Ford Hospital's Hematology-Oncology Unit Uses AHRQ Safety Program to Lower Bloodstream Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2022 - Infographics Data Visualizations Data Tools Data Innovations All-Payer Claims Database Healthcare Cost … Management AHRQ Grantee Profiles Getting Recognition for Your AHRQ-Funded Study Grants by State No-Cost … The reduction not only prevented patient harm, it also saved an estimated $385,000 in healthcare costs … Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI), Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Healthcare Costs

76. Healthcare Research and Quality Act of 1999 (continued 2) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2014 - Infographics Data Visualizations Data Tools Data Innovations All-Payer Claims Database Healthcare Cost … Management AHRQ Grantee Profiles Getting Recognition for Your AHRQ-Funded Study Grants by State No-Cost … regarding— (A) priorities regarding health care research, especially studies related to quality, outcomes, cost … non-primary care per resident amount computed under section 1886(h)(2) of the Social Security Act for cost … urban consumers during the period beginning October 1997 and ending with the midpoint of the hospital's cost

77. About the Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2023 - Infographics Data Visualizations Data Tools Data Innovations All-Payer Claims Database Healthcare Cost … When examining the cost of antibiotic medications alone, one study showed that antibiotic stewardship … on antibiotics per resident over the study period and, when taking into consideration the potential costs … of treating adverse health events, the cost savings was $1,098 per resident. 2 Why Is Antimicrobial … The result is increased resident mortality, hospitalizations, and costs.

78. AHRQ National Scorecard on Hospital-Acquired Conditions: Updated Baseline Rates and Preliminary Results 2014-2016 (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2016 - These HAC reductions lead to projections that about $2.9 billion in costs were saved, and about 8,000 … In 2017, AHRQ released a new study on the costs and inpatient mortality due to HACs.2 2 This report … From 2014 Baseline Costs 2016 Change From 2014 Baseline Costs 2015 Change From 2014 Baseline … New Estimates for HAC Costs and Mortality Exhibit A5. … New Estimates for HAC Costs and Mortality

79. Improving Value and Efficiency in Hospitals and Medical Offices: A Resource List for Users of the AHRQ SOPS Value and Efficiency Supplemental Item Sets (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2023 - and throughout an entire organization, Lean principles can have a positive impact on productivity, cost … The Quality Improvement Savings Tracker Worksheet may be used throughout the organization to track cost … Increasing Efficiency and Enhancing Value in Health Care: Ways To Achieve Savings in Operating Costs … describes methods for developing a balanced portfolio of projects and for calculating and tracking cost … Increasing Efficiency and Enhancing Value in Health Care: Ways To Achieve Savings in Operating Costs

80. Strategies to Better Manage Lipids—Statin Pearls | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2018 - Infographics Data Visualizations Data Tools Data Innovations All-Payer Claims Database Healthcare Cost … Management AHRQ Grantee Profiles Getting Recognition for Your AHRQ-Funded Study Grants by State No-Cost … current recommendations for the use of statins in lowering cholesterol and reducing CVD risk, as well as costs