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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-05/fraser-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - the first study, six nursing home HuNoV outbreaks occurring in South
Carolina from 2014 to 2016 were examined … in five U.S. states from 2015 to 2019 were analyzed to quantify individual case
infectiousness and examined
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-241-bmi-communication-section-1-table-1.pdf
June 02, 2025 - CHIPRA 241: Section 1, Table 1
Table 1: Codes to Identify Outpatient Care Visits
Description CPT HCPCS ICD-9-CM Diagnosis
Office or other outpatient
services
99201-99205, 99211-99215,
99241-99245
Preventive medicine 99381-99385, 99391-99395,
99401-99404, 99411-99412,
99420, 99429
G0438,
G0439
Ge…
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www.ahrq.gov/npsd/data/dashboard/submissions.html
September 01, 2024 - Data Submissions Dashboard
Learn more about how the dashboards are set up .
This dashboard examines all reports on patient safety concerns submitted to the PSOPPC. The dashboard charts detail reports submitted by Common Formats version by year, completeness of reports submitted by version, percentage of repo…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/cp30506.html
October 01, 2014 - AHRQ Resources Help Maine Telehealth Network Improve Care in Remote Areas
Search All Impact Case Studies
August 2005
A rural managed care program development project funded by AHRQ has helped create a thriving statewide collaborative telemedicine network. Maine Telehealth Network, in operation since 1998, h…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Prologue_Henriksen_Vol1.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Prologue: Laying the Foundation
Prologue
Laying the Foundation
Kerm Henriksen, PhD
The volume starts with papers that look to the future and examine the past with respect to patient
safety; however, its overarching theme is assessment. An underlying premise to any volume that
focuses on assessment is tha…
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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/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/antibiotic-use/acute-care/improve/behavior-changes.html
November 01, 2019 - Making Effective Behavior Changes Around Antibiotic Prescribing
After viewing or presenting this presentation viewers will be able to—
Examine what motivates health care providers to prescribe antibiotics
Review basic theories regarding implementation science to implement antibiotic stewardship (AS) int…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/frontline-workers-survey.html
September 01, 2021 - Frontline Health Care Workers Survey
Resource: Frontline Health Care Workers Survey (PDF, 3.3 MB)
The partnership survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation and The Washington Post examines the experiences and attitudes of frontline healthcare workers during the coronavirus pandemic. This report highlights f…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-150-section-5-appendix-1-tables-1-5.pdf
October 22, 2013 - The GRADE rating system is used to rate each test, for each medication, at each
time point examined
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/clabsicompanion.pdf
October 18, 2012 - In addition, data submission through the course of the project is examined as is project
penetration … of: October 15th, 2012 20
Adult Non-ICUs
Section Summary
Data from 260 adult non-ICUs were examined … of: October 15th, 2012 23
Pediatric Units
Section Summary
Data from 72 pediatric units were examined … Poisson, negative binomial, and zero inflated distributions were examined with a
negative binomial … Dimensions with a statistically significant change were
further examined to assess the changes in the
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www.ahrq.gov/npsd/data/dashboard/medication.html
September 01, 2024 - Medication or Other Substance Dashboard
Learn more about how the dashboards are set up .
This dashboard presents information on medication or other substance-related patient safety concerns, which span incidents, near misses, and unsafe conditions. At-a-glance information on description of safety concerns, o…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-03/kennerly-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - For charts with agreed-upon AEs, we examined severity and preventability variables as secondary
variables … We examined the total cumulative costs for patients for a period of 12 months from date of first AE ( … For the 4 years examined, there were 20,399 patients with at least three visits during a calendar year … Last, we examined the impact of the implementation of the HTPN AEHR on the rate of AEs in an attempt
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/care/index.html
November 01, 2024 - Care Delivery
Primary care is a core component of the U.S. health care system and the largest platform of formal health care in the United States. More people seek primary care services than any other type of health care service. A strong primary care foundation is necessary to improve the quality of care, impr…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/addressing-emerging-needs-09132023-edgeman-levitan.pdf
October 01, 2023 - AHRQ CAHPS Program: Addressing Emergining Needs for Patient Experience Measurement & Improvement webcast-EDGEMAN-LEVITAN
Responding to Current Needs
and
Using the Surveys to Improve Patient Experience
Susan Edgman-Levitan, PA
MGH Stoeckle Center for Primary Care Innovation
Massachusetts General Hospital/Yale
CA…
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www.ahrq.gov/chsp/events/coe-workshopissuebrief.html
January 01, 2017 - A Summary of the First Annual Workshop of AHRQ’s Comparative Health System Performance Initiative
Issue Brief
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the Coordinating Center of the Comparative Health System Performance Initiative held a workshop September 29, 2016, to share learning a…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/chsp/chsp-fact-sheet-0717.pdf
October 01, 2016 - AHRQ Comparative Health System Initative
Comparative Health
System Performance
Initiative
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) created the
Comparative Health System Performance Initiative to study how health
care systems promote evidence-based practices in delivering care. The
initiative provid…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/ktcoe33.html
October 01, 2014 - Iowa Medicaid Uses AHRQ Research, Data to Improve Quality
Search All Impact Case Studies
March 2010
As a result of participating in the Medicaid Medical Directors Learning Network—an AHRQ Knowledge Transfer project—the Iowa Medicaid Enterprise, in consultation with the Iowa Foundation for Medical Care, used…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/thorpe-rask-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - “Effect of Voluntary Clinical Data Sharing on Patient Outcomes”
Purpose: This study examined trends … Additional repeated measures analyses examined trends stratified by hospital
characteristic and intensity … Scope: Using the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety, developed by Westat, the study
examined employee
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/130-ss-swiss-cheese-fg.docx
April 01, 2025 - To address these factors, the defect must be examined from broader perspectives that consider the entire