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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research/quality/index.html
September 01, 2022 - Quality Improvement
Quality improvement (QI) is essential to achieving the triple aim of improving the health of the population, enhancing patient experiences and outcomes, and reducing the per capita cost of care, and to improving provider experience. AHRQ provides research, tools, and resources to improve qua…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/cahps-webcast.html
August 01, 2025 - September 18: Strengthening Partnerships with Patients and Families to Assess and Improve the Experience of Care
Date: September 18, 2025 Time: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM EDT This free virtual research meeting from AHRQ’s Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®) program will focus on the integ…
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www.ahrq.gov/pcor/ahrq-pcor-trust-fund-training-projects/pcortf-tcdpa12115.html
June 01, 2018 - Research Career Enhancement Awards for Established Investigators in Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR)
AHRQ Training Projects Funded by PCOR Trust Fund
PA-12-115
These career development awards allow flexibility for established investigators to devote a minimum of 50 percent effort across a 6-month …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46518/psn-pdf
October 29, 2017 - Implementing the Comprehensive Unit-Based Safety
Program (CUSP) to improve patient safety in an academic
primary care practice.
October 29, 2017
Pitts SI, Maruthur NM, Luu N-P, et al. Implementing the Comprehensive Unit-Based Safety Program
(CUSP) to Improve Patient Safety in an Academic Primary Care Practice. Jt …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44430/psn-pdf
October 28, 2015 - The role of dynamic trade-offs in creating safety—a
qualitative study of handover across care boundaries in
emergency care.
October 28, 2015
Sujan M, Spurgeon P, Cooke M. The role of dynamic trade-offs in creating safety—A qualitative study of
handover across care boundaries in emergency care. Reliab Eng Syst Saf.…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46706/psn-pdf
March 20, 2018 - Realizing e-prescribing's potential to reduce outpatient
psychiatric medication errors.
March 20, 2018
Hirschtritt ME, Chan S, Ly WO. Realizing E-Prescribing's Potential to Reduce Outpatient Psychiatric
Medication Errors. Psychiatr Serv. 2018;69(2):129-132. doi:10.1176/appi.ps.201700269.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/iss…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47398/psn-pdf
December 22, 2018 - Simulation-based clinical rehearsals as a method for
improving patient safety.
December 22, 2018
Arnold J, Cashin M, Olutoye OO. Simulation-Based Clinical Rehearsals as a Method for Improving Patient
Safety. JAMA Surg. 2018;153(12):1143-1144. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2018.3526.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/simulation-…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47015/psn-pdf
May 09, 2018 - How DeKalb Medical fixed drug safety problems after fatal
error.
May 9, 2018
Porter S. HealthLeaders Media. April 26, 2018.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/how-dekalb-medical-fixed-drug-safety-problems-after-fatal-error
Overreliance on technology can result in harmful medication mistakes. Reporting on a 10-fold medic…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45617/psn-pdf
November 30, 2016 - Walking a tightrope: balancing the risk of diagnostic error
in inpatient pediatrics.
November 30, 2016
Berkwitt A, Osborn R, Grossman M. Walking a Tightrope: Balancing the Risk of Diagnostic Error in
Inpatient Pediatrics. Hosp Pediatr. 2016;6(9):566-8. doi:10.1542/hpeds.2016-0043.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/walk…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46421/psn-pdf
November 08, 2017 - A novel ICU hand-over tool: the glass door of the patient
room.
November 8, 2017
Wessman BT, Sona C, Schallom M. A Novel ICU Hand-Over Tool: The Glass Door of the Patient Room. J
Intensive Care Med. 2017;32(8):514-519. doi:10.1177/0885066616653947.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/novel-icu-hand-over-tool-glass-door-p…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44028/psn-pdf
April 01, 2015 - Alarm system management: evidence-based guidance
encouraging direct measurement of informativeness to
improve alarm response.
April 1, 2015
Rayo MF, Moffatt-Bruce SD. Alarm system management: evidence-based guidance encouraging direct
measurement of informativeness to improve alarm response. BMJ Qual Saf. 2015;24(…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45563/psn-pdf
October 19, 2016 - Using a change model to reduce the risk of surgical site
infection.
October 19, 2016
Burden M. Using a change model to reduce the risk of surgical site infection. Br J Nurs. 2016;25(17):949-
955.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/using-change-model-reduce-risk-surgical-site-infection
Surgical site infections can resul…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47604/psn-pdf
December 21, 2018 - Principles for Patient and Family Partnership in Care: An
American College of Physicians Position Paper.
December 21, 2018
Nickel WK, Weinberger SE, Guze PA, et al. Principles for Patient and Family Partnership in Care: An
American College of Physicians Position Paper. Ann Intern Med. 2018;169(11):796-799. doi:10.7…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/853611/psn-pdf
September 20, 2023 - Preventing potential patient harm through clinical content
interventions during oncology clinical trial
implementation.
September 20, 2023
Loo VC, Kim S, Johnson LM, et al. Preventing potential patient harm through clinical content interventions
during oncology clinical trial implementation. J Patient Saf. 2023;19…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40365/psn-pdf
February 12, 2014 - Strategies for learning from failure.
February 12, 2014
Edmondson A. Strategies of learning from failure. Harv Bus Rev. 2011;89(4):48-55, 137.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/strategies-learning-failure
Failures are inevitable in any industry, especially in one as complex as health care. The ability to learn from
fai…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/867702/psn-pdf
September 01, 2021 - Toolkit To Reduce CAUTI and Other HAIs in Long-Term
Care Facilities.
September 1, 2021
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Toolkit To Reduce CAUTI and Other HAIs in Long-Term
Care Facilities. September 2021.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/toolkit-reduce-cauti-and-other-hais-long-term-care-facilities
Cathete…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47558/psn-pdf
November 14, 2018 - What we can do about maternal mortality—and how to do
it quickly.
November 14, 2018
Mann S, Hollier LM, McKay K, et al. What We Can Do about Maternal Mortality - And How to Do It Quickly.
New Engl J Med. 2018;379(18):1689-1691. doi:10.1056/NEJMp1810649.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/what-we-can-do-about-maternal-mo…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43614/psn-pdf
October 22, 2014 - Hardwiring patient blood management: harnessing
information technology to optimize transfusion practice.
October 22, 2014
Dunbar NM, Szczepiorkowski ZM. Hardwiring patient blood management: harnessing information
technology to optimize transfusion practice. Curr Opin Hematol. 2014;21(6):515-20.
doi:10.1097/MOH.000…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37294/psn-pdf
May 21, 2013 - Improving Hand-Off Communication.
May 21, 2013
Oakbrook Terrace lL: Joint Commission Resources; 2007. ISBN 9781599400907.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-hand-communication
The process of transferring primary responsibility for patient care is commonly referred to as a handoff.
Handoffs are inherently dange…
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digital.ahrq.gov/organization/thomson-reuters-healthcare-inc
January 01, 2023 - Thomson Reuters Healthcare, Inc.
Structuring Care Recommendations for Clinical Decision Support - 2011
Principal Investigator
Osheroff, Jerry
Project Name
Structuring Care Recommendations for Clinical Decision Support
Design of a Toolkit t…