-
www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/simulation-issue-brief3.html
July 01, 2024 - Simulation To Improve Patient Safety: Getting Started
Leverage Patient Safety Infrastructure
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Simulation To Improve Patient Safety: Getting Started
Introduction
Leverage Patient Safety Infrastructure
Use Simulation To Adopt and Adapt Best Practices
Us…
-
psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/understanding-differences-electronic-health-record-ehr-use-linking-individual-physicians
November 17, 2015 - Study
Understanding differences in electronic health record (EHR) use: linking individual physicians' perceptions of uncertainty and EHR use patterns in ambulatory care.
Citation Text:
Lanham HJ, Sittig DF, Leykum LK, et al. Understanding differences in electronic health record (EHR) u…
-
www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/measures/setting/hospitals/measurement-sets.html
February 01, 2023 - Major Hospital Quality Measurement Sets
The list of valid and reliable indicators of inpatient quality of care continues to grow and evolve as measures are refined, introduced, and retired. The National Quality Forum has endorsed nearly 200 measures in the inpatient setting , many of which are used for public …
-
www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/nursing-protocols/standard-protocol-iodophor.docx
March 01, 2022 - Standardized Nursing Protocol for Iodophor
Decolonization of
Non-ICU Patients With Devices
Section 9-4 – Standardized Nursing Protocol:
Use of Nasal Iodophor (10% Povidone-Iodine)
The following is a standing order protocol for implementing nasal decolonization in adult non-intensive care unit (ICU) patients who are m…
-
www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/ktcquips80.html
October 01, 2014 - Four Missouri Hospitals Use AHRQ Toolkit to Improve Medication Reconciliation
Search All Impact Case Studies
November 2011
Between January and September 2010, AHRQ partnered with seven Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) to deliver a series of onsite learning sessions and provider support calls focusin…
-
www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/ktcquips86.html
October 01, 2014 - Four New York Providers Use AHRQ Medication Reconciliation Toolkit to Improve Care
Search All Impact Case Studies
November 2011
Between January and September 2010, AHRQ partnered with seven Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) to deliver a series of onsite learning sessions and provider support calls fo…
-
www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-current-state4.html
January 01, 2024 - Current State of Diagnostic Safety: Implications for Research, Practice, and Policy
4. Discussion
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Current State of Diagnostic Safety: Implications for Research, Practice, and Policy
1. Introduction
2. Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
References
A…
-
www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/multidiscplinary-rounding.pdf
April 01, 2022 - Making It Work Tip Sheet: Multidisciplinary Rounding for Patient Safety
AHRQ Safety Program for Intensive Care Units:
Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI
Making It Work Tip Sheet
Multidisciplinary Rounding for Patient Safety
This “Making It Work” tip sheet provides additional information to help intensive car…
-
www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/medical-office/mowebinar_2014/stroud-0914slides.pdf
January 01, 2014 - Success Stories from the AHRQ Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture
25
25
Carolinas HealthCare System
AHRQ Patient Safety Culture Survey
Juanita Stroud
Patient Safety Director
26
26
Carolinas HealthCare System
• One of the nation’s largest public, not-for-profit
healthcare systems
• Prov…
-
digital.ahrq.gov/2018-year-review/research-spotlights/leveraging-health-it-test-solutions-are-replicable-scalable-and
January 01, 2018 - Leveraging Health IT to Test Solutions That Are Replicable, Scalable, and Improve Patient Safety
Impact
“Studies like that by Adelman and colleagues point the way to the creation of a digital learning health care system, in which the results of the interactions between clinicians (and, increasingly, patients …
-
digital.ahrq.gov/2019-year-review/research-summary/improving-delivery-health-services-health-systems-level
January 01, 2019 - Improving the Delivery of Health Services at the Health Systems Level
AHRQ-funded research aims to improve the delivery of health services at the health systems or organizational level. Investment in research to improve the delivery of healthcare at the systems level was $36 million over…
-
www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/202503.html
June 01, 2025 - Virginia Health System Uses AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® To Improve Quality of Care
Search All Impact Case Studies
June 2025
Riverside Health System, based in Newport News, VA, has been using the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture ® (SOPS) for nearly a decade, administering surveys annually …
-
digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/structuring-care-recommendations-clinical-decision-support/annual-summary/2011
January 01, 2011 - Structuring Care Recommendations for Clinical Decision Support - 2011
Project Name
Structuring Care Recommendations for Clinical Decision Support
Principal Investigator
Osheroff, Jerry
Organization
Thomson Reuters Healthcare, Inc.
Contract Number
290-09-00022I-2
…
-
www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/surgery/cusp-mrsa-prevention.html
April 01, 2025 - MRSA Prevention Toolkit: Targeting SSI
The Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) for MRSA Prevention
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
MRSA Prevention Toolkit: Targeting SSI
The Four Key Strategies of MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
MRSA and SSI Prevention Phases
The Evidence f…
-
psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/engaging-patients-medication-reconciliation-patient-portal-following-hospital-discharge
February 03, 2011 - Study
Engaging patients in medication reconciliation via a patient portal following hospital discharge.
Citation Text:
Heyworth L, Paquin AM, Clark J, et al. Engaging patients in medication reconciliation via a patient portal following hospital discharge. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2014;21(e…
-
digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/assessment-pediatric-look-alike-sound-alike-substitution-errors
January 01, 2023 - Assessment of Pediatric Look-Alike, Sound-Alike Substitution Errors
Project Final Report ( PDF , 633.69 KB) Disclaimer
Disclaimer
The findings and conclusions in this document are those of the author(s), who are responsible for its content, and do not necessarily represent the …
-
effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pdf/epc-year-in-review-2024.pdf
January 01, 2024 - AHRQ's Evidence-based Practice Center Program: Annual Report 2024
1
AHRQ’s Evidence-based
Practice Center Program
Annual Report 2024
e
Program Goals Achieved
Vision, Mission, and Goals
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ) Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) Program produces
evidence reports…
-
digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/quality-oral-health-care-through-health-information-technology/annual-summary/2011
January 01, 2011 - Quality Oral Health Care through Health Information Technology - 2011
Project Name
Quality Oral Health Care through Health Information Technology
Principal Investigator
Austein-Casnoff, Cheryl
Organization
National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago
…
-
digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/Estrin%20connecting%20for%20health.ppt
June 01, 2006 - eHealth Initiative
Project Summary
Planning August 2004 – January 2005
Governor initiated planning effort … Tennessee
September 2004 awarded AHRQ Contract to be a State Regional Demonstration (SRD) project
Planning effort … of the project principles was that policy would drive technology whenever possible
In the planning effort
-
digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/2006Estrin_Ftrd_051211comp.pdf
June 01, 2006 - eHealth Initiative
Project Summary
• Planning August 2004 – January 2005
Governor initiated planning effort … September 2004 awarded AHRQ Contract to be a State Regional
Demonstration (SRD) project
Planning effort … the project
principles was that policy would drive technology whenever
possible
• In the planning effort