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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/202304.html
October 01, 2023 - Online Training Enables Primary Care Providers in Rural New Mexico to Prescribe Medication for Opioid Use Disorders
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October 2023
Rural primary care practices in New Mexico have expanded on an AHRQ initiative to offer proven medication-assisted treatment to patients with opio…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/world-patient-safety-day-2024.html
September 01, 2024 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders
On World Patient Safety Day, AHRQ Highlights the Urgent Need to Address Diagnostic Safety
SEP
16
2024
By
Robert Otto Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.A., and
Craig A. Umscheid, M.D., M.S.
Robert Otto Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.
As the healthcar…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/public-health-emergency-refocus.html
May 01, 2023 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders
The End of the Public Health Emergency Refocuses the Urgency to Improve Healthcare Quality
MAY
19
2023
By
Robert Otto
Valdez,
Ph.D., M.H.S.A.
Robert Otto Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.A.
On May 11, 2023, the Biden-Harris Administrat…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/recommendations-safety-hospitalised-patients-context-covid-19-pandemic-scoping-review
April 14, 2021 - Review
Recommendations for the safety of hospitalised patients in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review.
Citation Text:
Martins MS, Lourenção DC de A, Pimentel RR da S, et al. Recommendations for the safety of hospitalised patients in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/surgery/integrate-cusp-approach.html
April 01, 2025 - MRSA Prevention Toolkit: Targeting SSI
How To Integrate a CUSP Approach
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Table of Contents
MRSA Prevention Toolkit: Targeting SSI
The Four Key Strategies of MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
MRSA and SSI Prevention Phases
The Evidence for MRSA Decolonization
Nasal Decolon…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/self-reported-gaps-care-coordination-and-preventable-adverse-outcomes-among-older-adults
July 06, 2022 - Study
Self-reported gaps in care coordination and preventable adverse outcomes among older adults receiving home health care.
Citation Text:
Sterling MR, Lau J, Rajan M, et al. Self‐reported gaps in care coordination and preventable adverse outcomes among older adults receiving home heal…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/surgery/environmental-cleaning.html
April 01, 2025 - MRSA Prevention Toolkit: Targeting SSI
Optimizing Environmental Cleaning
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Table of Contents
MRSA Prevention Toolkit: Targeting SSI
The Four Key Strategies of MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
MRSA and SSI Prevention Phases
The Evidence for MRSA Decolonization
Nasal Decolo…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/spreading-strategy-prevent-suicide-after-psychiatric-hospitalization-results-quality
May 04, 2022 - Study
Spreading a strategy to prevent suicide after psychiatric hospitalization: results of a quality improvement spread initiative.
Citation Text:
Riblet NB, Varela M, Ashby W, et al. Spreading a strategy to prevent suicide after psychiatric hospitalization: results of a quality improve…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/press-releases/sepsis-report-to-congress.html
September 01, 2024 - AHRQ Issues Report to Congress on Burden of Sepsis in U.S. Hospital Care
Report finds the emergence of COVID-19 significantly changed the epidemiology of sepsis
Press Release Date: September 16, 2024
The number of sepsis-related inpatient stays at non-federal acute care hospitals in the United States increased …
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-mazur.html
March 01, 2023 - Grantee Profile
Developing Innovative Simulation-Based Training to Improve Patient Safety in Radiation Oncology
Lukasz Mazur, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology
UNC School of Medicine
Lukasz Mazur, Ph.D.
“AHRQ funding enabled me and my team to develop innovative simulation-based…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-zhou.html
July 01, 2024 - Grantee Profile
Using Technology to Alert Clinicians to Potential Allergy, Drug Interactions
Li Zhou, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Lead investigator, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Li Zhou, M.D., Ph.D. “I really appreciate how AHRQ looks for ways to use technology to improve patie…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/changes-weekend-and-weekday-care-quality-emergency-medical-admissions-20-hospitals-england
August 20, 2018 - Study
Changes in weekend and weekday care quality of emergency medical admissions to 20 hospitals in England during implementation of the 7-day services national health policy.
Citation Text:
Bion J, Aldridge CP, Girling AJ, et al. Changes in weekend and weekday care quality of emergency…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/resident-and-family-engagement-medication-management-aged-care-facilities-systematic-review
August 11, 2021 - Review
Resident and family engagement in medication management in aged care facilities: a systematic review.
Citation Text:
Manias E, Bucknall T, Hutchinson AM, et al. Resident and family engagement in medication management in aged care facilities: a systematic review. Expert Opin Drug S…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-executive-hospital-management-wards-qualitative-study-identifying-factors
March 08, 2023 - Study
Patient safety from executive hospital management to wards: a qualitative study identifying factors influencing implementation.
Citation Text:
Conner T, Unsworth J, Machin A. Patient safety from executive hospital management to wards: a qualitative study identifying factors influen…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/laboratory-medicine-handoff-gaps-experienced-primary-care-practices-report-shared-networks
September 01, 2012 - Study
Laboratory medicine handoff gaps experienced by primary care practices: a report from the Shared Networks of Collaborative Ambulatory Practices and Partners (SNOCAP).
Citation Text:
West DR, James KA, Fernald DH, et al. Laboratory medicine handoff gaps experienced by primary care p…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/speaking-during-covid-19-pandemic-nurses-experiences-organizational-disregard-and-silence
September 07, 2022 - Study
Speaking up during the COVID-19 pandemic: nurses' experiences of organizational disregard and silence.
Citation Text:
Abrams R, Conolly A, Rowland E, et al. Speaking up during the COVID‐19 pandemic: nurses' experiences of organizational disregard and silence. J Adv Nurs. 2023;79(6)…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-virtual-primary-care-qualitative-study-examining-risks-and-mitigation
September 27, 2023 - Study
Patient safety of virtual primary care: a qualitative study examining risks and mitigation strategies.
Citation Text:
Lounsbury O, Li E, Lunova T, et al. Patient safety of virtual primary care: a qualitative study examining risks and mitigation strategies. Health Policy Tech. 2025;…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/about-cahps/cahps-program/index.html
April 01, 2023 - The CAHPS Program
The Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS ® ) program is a multi-year initiative of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Its purpose is to support investigator-led research to better understand patient experience with healthcare and develop scientific…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/building-bridge-to-evidence-based-medicine.html
June 01, 2024 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders
AHRQ and Clinical Decision Support: Building the Bridge to Evidence-based Medicine
JUN
6
2024
By
Edwin Lomotan, M.D.,
James Swiger, M.B.E., and
Dean F. Sittig, Ph.D.
Clinical decision support (CDS) has emerged as an important tool …
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/2025-06/how-the-uspstf-gets-input-2021_updated_2025.pdf
January 01, 2025 - How the USPSTF Gets Input
How the USPSTF Gets Input
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF or Task Force) is a scientifically independent group of national
experts in primary care, prevention, evidence-based medicine. The Task Force m…