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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/press-releases/chlorhexidine-bathing.html
October 01, 2023 - Chlorhexidine Bathing Routine Reduces Infections in Nursing Homes
Press Release Date: October 10, 2023
A new study funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) found that nursing homes using a chlorhexidine bathing routine to clean the skin and nose with over-the-counter antiseptic solutions pr…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/availability/chipra-0121-fullreport.pdf
October 01, 2019 - Black
women are three to four times as likely to suffer a pregnancy-related death as white women
(Berg … In turn, these four measures represent the capacity to provide critical, often ‘life or death’
services … Maternal death in the 21st century: Causes, prevention,
and relationship to cesarean delivery. … Preventing maternal death: sentinel event alert; 2010. … Time of birth and risk of neonatal death at term:
Retrospective cohort study.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/availability/chipra-0122-fullreport.pdf
September 01, 2019 - Black
women are three to four times as likely to suffer a pregnancy-related death as white women
(Berg … For every maternal death, 100 or more women suffer severe maternal morbidity, experience a
potentially … Maternal death in the 21st century: Causes, prevention,
and relationship to cesarean delivery. … Preventing maternal death: sentinel event alert; 2010. … Time of birth and risk of neonatal death at term:
Retrospective cohort study.
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www.ahrq.gov/opioids/funding-opportunities.html
February 01, 2023 - Funding Opportunities to Address Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders
Special Emphasis Notice
Notice of Funding Opportunity Announcement
On Feb. 10, 2023, AHRQ released a NOFO for the Management of Substance Use Disorders in Primary Care and other Ambulatory Settings (R18). The proposed Notice of Fund…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/963.html
June 01, 2025 - serious liver condition, which can lead to fibrosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, liver transplant, or death
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/picone-jollis-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Because of the sudden nature of heart attacks, doctors must
make life or death decisions very rapidly … The data
are linked with Medicare claims data and with the national death index. … This was a weighted sum of comorbidities, for which the weights are
proportional to the risk of death
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/maternal-health-indicators.html
October 01, 2024 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders
New Healthcare Quality Indicator from AHRQ Aimed at Addressing Maternal Morbidities
OCT
30
2024
By
Whitney Schott, Ph.D., and
Judy George, Ph.D.
The U.S. has one of the highest maternal morbidity rates in the world among wealthy natio…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/labor-delivery/perinatal-care/modules/teamwork/understand-sci-fac-guide.html
July 01, 2023 - patients who go to a hospital each year suffer some type of preventable harm that contributes to their death
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/availability/chipra-0120-fullreport.pdf
May 01, 2018 - Black
women are 3 to 4 times as likely as white women to suffer a pregnancy-related death (Berg, et … Risk
of death for women with an emergency cesarean section is three times as high as for those with … Maternal death in the 21st century: Causes, prevention,
and relationship to cesarean delivery. … Preventing maternal death. January 26, 2010. … Time of birth and risk of neonatal death at term:
Retrospective cohort study.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/clabsicompanion.pdf
October 18, 2012 - In addition,
estimates do not include costs of death in terms of the value of statistical life which
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/evidence-based-reports/er207-abstract.html
October 01, 2014 - Allocation of Scarce Resources During MCEs
Full Title: Allocation of Scarce Resources During Mass Casualty Events
Topic page summarizing evidence report on allocation of scarce resources during mass casualty events (MCEs).
June 2012
This report reviews the evidence regarding allocation of scarce medical r…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/intro.html
June 01, 2018 - Because death rates often reflect factors other than health care, only death rates with moderate ties … For example, colorectal cancer death rates are tracked because they are related to rates of colorectal … National Vital Statistics System—Linked Birth and Infant Death Data (NVSS-I).
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/resources/womens-health.html
July 01, 2018 - decreased fetal growth, premature births, low birth-weight, placental abruption, and sudden infant death
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/perinatal-care/modules/teamwork/understand/understand-facilitator-guide.docx
May 01, 2017 - patients who go to a hospital each year suffer some type of preventable harm that contributes to their death
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/antibiotic-patient-safety-slides.pptx
June 01, 2021 - PowerPoint Presentation
Improving Antibiotic Use Is a Patient Safety Issue
Long-Term Care
AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use
AHRQ Pub. No. 17(21)-0029
June 2021
Patient Safety
1
Objectives
Discuss the potential harms associated with antibiotic use
Recognize that patient harm is largely preventable
R…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/education-dx-outcomes-5.html
March 01, 2022 - of care, and the healthcare system, thus creating humanization of wellness and healing from birth to death
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/womenhealth/wm-ppc.html
March 01, 2020 - The goal of end-of-life care is to achieve a "good death," defined by the Institute of Medicine as “…
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www.ahrq.gov/takeheart/training/expanding-cardiac-rehab-capacity/index.html
April 01, 2023 - Patients who attend all 36 sessions of a CR program have a 47% lower risk of death and a 31% lower risk
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/dataspotlight-anemia-dialysis.pdf
December 02, 2019 - increased risk of cardiovascular events, including stroke, heart attack, heart failure, blood clots, and
death
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol4/Blike.pdf
January 01, 2003 - Introduction
Human error and a lack of patient safety are recognized as leading causes of
preventable death … published a critical incident review of 90 pediatric sedation-
related critical incidents resulting in death