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www.ahrq.gov/hai/universal-icu-decolonization/universal-icu-rationale.html
September 01, 2013 - Care-Associated Infections
Health care-associated infections (HAIs) are a significant cause of illness, death
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2021qdr-appendixes.pdf
December 01, 2021 - Tuberculosis Surveillance System (NTSS)
• National Vital Statistics System—Linked Birth and Infant Death
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/hacrate2013-refs.html
October 01, 2015 - Preventing maternal death. Sentinel Event Alert Issue 44; January 26, 2010.
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www.ahrq.gov/research/publications/search.html?page=9
June 01, 2016 - Search Publications
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/hac-rates-decline.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Declines in Hospital Acquired Conditions
Declines in Hospital-
Acquired Conditions
National efforts to reduce hospital-acquired conditions such
as adverse drug events and injuries from falls helped prevent
8,000 deaths and saved $2.9 billion between 2014 and 2016.
Adverse
Drug
Events CAUTI*
*CAUTI - Catheter-…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/haccost2017.html
November 01, 2017 - includes eclampsia, infection not present on admission, injury to other body part, and fetal or maternal death … and controls, we calculated a relative risk from these values using the formula:
Probability of death … among the cases (Pr D|E) is divided by the probability of death for the controls (Pr D|E’) to obtain
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www.ahrq.gov/workingforquality/events/webinar-federal-agency-alignment-to-the-six-priorities.html
November 01, 2016 - We work to prevent the leading cause of illness, injury, disability, and death. … The top 10 leading causes of death account for 75 percent of all deaths in the U.S., and cardiovascular … Despite progress, this remains the leading cause of death in the United States and, in response, CDC … Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States, and to address this issue, CDC's National … Stroke is the fifth-leading cause of death in the United States.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/perinatal-care-2/hypertension_8_program-evaluation.pptx
July 01, 2023 - Program Evaluation - PowerPoint Presentation
Program Evaluation
Module 8 of 8
SPPC-II
Toolkit
JHU & AHRQ for
AIM
AHRQ Pub. No. 23-0046
July 2023
Hospital AIM Team
Leads
SPPC-II
SCRIPT
Welcome to Module 8 of the SPPC-II Teamwork Toolkit. In this module we will discuss aspects related to the evaluation of the p…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/perinatal-care-2/hemorrhage_8_program-evaluation.pptx
July 01, 2023 - Program Evaluation - PowerPoint Presentation
Program Evaluation
Module 8 of 8
SPPC-II
Toolkit
JHU & AHRQ for
AIM
AHRQ Pub. No. 23-0046
July 2023
Hospital AIM Team
Leads
SPPC-II
SCRIPT
Welcome to Module 8 of the SPPC-II Teamwork Toolkit. In this module we will discuss aspects related to the evaluation of the p…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/newman-toker-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - 4-7% of them lethal (i.e., for which a
correct diagnosis coupled with treatment could have averted death … Within health care hides massive, avoidable death toll.
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www.ahrq.gov/es/hai/universal-icu-decolonization/universal-icu-rationale.html
September 01, 2013 - Care-Associated Infections
Health care-associated infections (HAIs) are a significant cause of illness, death
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/bronchitis-guide.docx
September 01, 2022 - under 12 years of age due to serious side effects such as hypertension, cardiac arrythmias, and even death … should not be prescribed to patients under 18 years of age due to reports of respiratory depression and death
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www.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/timeline/index.html
March 01, 2025 - AHRQ Timeline
For 35 years, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has been a beacon of progress in health services research, embodying the visionary theme of "Today's Research, Tomorrow's Healthcare." AHRQ has consistently acted as a research incubator, fostering innovations that lay the foundation for…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/aian-trust-responsibility.html
November 01, 2024 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders
AHRQ’s Role in Meeting the American Indian/Alaska Native Trust Responsibility
NOV
7
2024
By
Members of AHRQ’s National Advisory Council:
Peter B. Angood, M.D.; Mason B. Emert, M.P.H.; Sharon Weidner Hickman, M.B.A., C.P.H.Q.; and Sinsi Hernán…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/hacreport-2019.pdf
January 01, 2019 - AHRQ National Scorecard on Hospital-Acquired Conditions: Updated Baseline Rates and Preliminary Results 2014-2017
January 2019
AHRQ National Scorecard on Hospital-Acquired Conditions
Updated Baseline Rates and Preliminary Results 2014–2017
Summary
Updated and new patient safety data for 2014 through 2017 conti…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/sepsis-data-tool.html
March 01, 2025 - New Interactive Data Resource Illustrates Trends in Sepsis Hospital Care
A new interactive tool from AHRQ allows researchers, policymakers and others to explore trends in hospital care for sepsis, a life-threatening condition that is among the most expensive to treat in U.S. hospitals. Sepsis caseloads in inp…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/chipra_1416-p006-1-ef.pdf
March 01, 2016 - This is consistent with a broad literature.1 Consequential outcomes of
hypothermia include death or
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November 01, 2020 - Search Publications
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-halamek.html
August 01, 2023 - Grantee Profile
Designing and Testing Novel Solutions To Make Labor and Delivery Safer for Moms and Newborns
Louis P. Halamek, M.D.
Neonatologist
Stanford Medicine Children’s Health – Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital
Louis P. Halamek, M.D.
“AHRQ is a unique funding agency, one that is incr…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/evidencenow.pdf
February 01, 2017 - The ABCS of Heart Health
Heart disease is the number one cause of death in the United States.