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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/chtoolbx/measures/measure-6.html
November 01, 2017 - Measuring the quality of preventive and developmental services for young children: National estimates
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/on-boarding/build-ssi-bundle-slides.html
December 01, 2017 - Audit of 5–10 patients is recommended:
Larger samples yield better estimates of performance.
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/overview/background/next-steps2.html
December 01, 2009 - The 2007 NSCH estimates that 4.2 percent of children nationally take medication for ADHD. 38 The rate
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/strengthen-primary-care.html
October 01, 2024 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders
AHRQ Intensifies its Efforts to Strengthen Primary Care
OCT
9
2024
By
Aimee Eden, Ph.D., M.P.H., and
Tess Miller, Dr.PH.
Primary care is foundational to good health and well-being, providing services that span preventive care to diag…
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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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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/202001.html
April 01, 2020 - Maine Hospital Speeds Patients’ Admitting Time from the Emergency Department After Using AHRQ Tools
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April 2020
LincolnHealth, a 25-bed critical access hospital in Damariscotta, Maine, improved the timeliness of admitting patients from the emergency department into a hospital u…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/delivery-primary-care.html
November 01, 2022 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders
AHRQ’s Research and Tools Help Transform Delivery of Primary Care
NOV
7
2022
By
Tess
Miller,
Dr.P.H.
The unprecedented challenges of COVID-19 underscored the vital role played by the Nation’s vast network of primary care practices—a…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P4O-Comprehensive_Antibiogram_Toolkit_Phase4_Monitoring.doc
January 01, 2005 - Comprehensive Antibiogram Toolkit
Phase 4 Monitoring
It will be important to monitor the antibiogram program by (1) soliciting feedback from prescribing clinicians (physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants) and nursing home staff on ways to improve the usability of the antibiogram and (2) tracking the pres…
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/resources/rice/index.html
August 01, 2018 - Research Initiative in Clinical Economics
Research on cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA), cost-benefit analysis, and methods for estimating the value of health care interventions, use of resources, outcomes, and quality.
Contents
Program Focus
Priorities
Policy Projects
Database Resources
Outcome…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/cdom0803.html
October 01, 2014 - University of Iowa Uses AHRQ Data to Study Ways to Lower Incidence, Costs of Sports-Related Injuries
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April 2008
Researchers at the University of Iowa College of Public Health used AHRQ's Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), a database from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Pro…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/funding/fund-opps/smith-angela-r13-hs026679-01.pdf
March 31, 2020 - AHRQ CONFERENCE GRANT PROGRAMS (R13): Angela Smith
(b)(4)
PI: Smith, Angela B Title: American Urological Association's Quality Improvement Summit: Opioid
Stewardship in Urology
Received: 05/01/2018 FOA: PA16-453
Clinical Trial:Optional
Council: 10/2018
Competition ID: FORMS-E FOA Title: AHRQ CONFERENCE GR…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4b_combo_psi05-foreignbody-bestpractices.pdf
November 01, 2012 - Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety
1 Tool D.4b
Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
PSI 05: Retained Surgical Item or Unretrieved Device Fragment Count
Why Focus on Retained Fore…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/carecoordination/measure2.html
June 01, 2018 - Chartbook on Care Coordination
Preventable Emergency Department Visits
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Table of Contents
Chartbook on Care Coordination
Acknowledgments
Care Coordination
Trends in Care Coordination Measures
Transitions of Care
Preventable Emergency Department Visits
Potentially A…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/heart-month-tools.html
February 01, 2023 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders
For American Heart Month, AHRQ Offers New Tools for Expanding Cardiac Rehabilitation
FEB
21
2023
By
Tess Miller, Dr.P.H., and
Michael I. Harrison, Ph.D.
Tess Miller, Dr.P.H.
In healthcare, few things are more regrettable than …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P4O-Comprehensive_Antibiogram_Toolkit_Phase_4_Monitoring.pdf
May 01, 2014 - Phase 4 Monitoring
Advancing Excellence in Health Care www.ahrq.gov
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality HAIs
Healthcare-
Associated
Infections
PREVENT
Comprehensive Antibiogram Toolkit
Phase 4 Monitoring
It will be important to monitor the antibiogram program by (1) soliciting feedback from prescribin…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/decision/research-centers/kenzie_pneumococcal_vaccine.pdf
January 01, 2011 - Understanding and Addressing High Rates of Refusal of Pneumococcal Vaccination Among African-Americans
Research Centers for Excellence
in Clinical Preventive Services
Working to get the right services, to the right people, at the right time
Understanding and Addres…
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/tools/keydrivers/engage-patients-families.html
November 01, 2018 - Key Driver 5: Engage with Patients and Families in Evidence-Based Care and Quality Improvement
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The best evidence will not result in improved clinical outcomes unless it is put into practice. One often overlooked aspect of making care evidence-based is engaging patients and their familie…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201527.html
September 01, 2015 - AHRQ Tools Help Wisconsin Hospitals Post Big Quality, Safety Gains
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September 2015
Several AHRQ resources have helped Wisconsin hospitals improve the quality and safety of care for more than 4,400 patients. This resulted in a savings of $45.6 million through 2013, according to …
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-neonatal/nclabsi5.html
January 01, 2013 - Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Neonatal CLABSI Prevention
Rates
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Table of Contents
Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Neonatal CLABSI Prevention
Executive Summary
Introduction & Objectives
Methods
Data Collection and An…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/medical-office/2018mosopsdatabasereport-part1-rev0921.pdf
April 01, 2018 - submitting medical offices are not
representative of all medical offices in the United States.
47
Estimates … based on this self-selected group may produce biased estimates of the population and it
is not possible … to compute estimates of precision from such a self-selected group. … Economic Census estimates.
Table N5.