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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/3SeKj9o-FNNwFokLKKzN3f
Screening for Skin Cancer: Clinical Summary
Figure. Screening for Skin Cancer: Clinical Summary
Population Asymptomatic adults
Recommendation
No recommendation.
Grade: I (insufficient evidence)
Risk Assessment
Skin cancer occurs more commonly in men than in women and among persons with a fai…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-psychological-safety-1.html
September 01, 2023 - Strategies for Improving Clinician Psychological Safety in Reporting and Discussing Diagnostic Error
Learning From Diagnostic Errors
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Table of Contents
Strategies for Improving Clinician Psychological Safety in Reporting and Discussing Diagnostic Error
Learning From Diagnost…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/invitation-messages-ahrq-cahps-program.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Developing Invitation Messages that Increase Survey Response Rates - Ginsberg
AHRQ’S CAHPS® PROGRAM
Caren Ginsberg, Ph.D., CPXP,
Director, CAHPS Division
Center for Quality Improvement & Patient Safety, AHRQ
AHRQ’s Core Competencies
• Health Systems Research: Invest in research and
evidence to make health care…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60212/psn-pdf
January 29, 2021 - Patient Safety Recommendations for COVID-19 Epidemic
Outbreak: 3.0
January 29, 2021
La Regina M, Tanzini M, Venneri F, et al for the Italian Network for Health Safety. Dublin, Ireland:
International Society for Quality in Health Care; 2021.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-recommendations-covid-19-epide…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42223/psn-pdf
August 15, 2013 - Development of a checklist of safe discharge practices for
hospital patients.
August 15, 2013
Soong C, Daub S, Lee J, et al. Development of a checklist of safe discharge practices for hospital patients.
J Hosp Med. 2013;8(8):444-9. doi:10.1002/jhm.2032.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/development-checklist-safe-disch…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37063/psn-pdf
January 02, 2017 - Housestaff and medical student attitudes toward medical
errors and adverse events.
January 2, 2017
Vohra PD, Johnson J, Daugherty CK, et al. Housestaff and medical student attitudes toward medical errors
and adverse events. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007;33(8):493-501.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/housestaff-and…
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/7znsvf2us43QAcApKbPWdA
Primary Care Interventions to Prevent Child Maltreatment: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation
PRIMARY CARE INTERVENTIONS TO PREVENT CHILD MALTREATMENT
CLINICAL SUMMARY OF U.S. PREVENTIVE SERVICES TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATION
Population Children and adolescents aged 0 to 18 years without signs or symptom…
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www.ahrq.gov/pcor/healthcare-extension-services/coordinating-center.html
February 01, 2025 - National Coordinating Center for AHRQ's Healthcare Extension Service: State-based Solutions to Healthcare Improvements
Applications have closed and are currently being reviewed for those wishing to establish a National Coordinating Center for AHRQ’s Healthcare Extension Service: State-based Solutions to Healthc…
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/central-line-associated-bloodstream-infections-clabsi.html
Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI)
Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI), are a type of healthcare-associated infection (HAI), and is associated with significant morbidity, mortality, and costs. As many as 28,000 patients die from CLABSI annually in U.S. int…
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/falls.html
Falls
Each year, somewhere between 700,000 and 1,000,000 people in the United States fall in the hospital, and about 1.3 million residents in nursing facilities fall. Falls can lead to serious injuries, decreased ability to function, reduced quality of life, increased fear of falling, and increase…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/process/award-process/index.html
June 01, 2017 - Funding Award Process at AHRQ
Description of the process through which AHRQ funding decisions are made.
After an application has completed the peer review process it is evaluated by AHRQ staff for possible funding. Several factors are taken into consideration, including:
Reviewers' priority or percentile …
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/ahrq_cedar_final_project_report_2023.pdf
January 01, 2023 - broadly relevant to the future of CEDAR and information
retrieval.
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Trust
Trust remains a key factor … The
third column (C), titled “C-FAIR Tool Criteria,” lists each criterion to factor into the
evaluation … The fourth column of the “Scoring” tab, also
titled “Scoring,” is used to describe each factor in the
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/cb2/cb2.shtml
February 01, 1999 - Gender is an important factor in the relationship between race/ethnicity and health insurance coverage
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressure_ulcer_prevention/module3/putoolkit_module3_tools.docx
June 02, 2025 - functioning and 4 for highest level of functioning) for the first five risk factors and 1-3 for the last risk factor
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/when-indications-drug-administration-blur
May 26, 2021 - and bedding, caffeine avoidance, and limited interruptions. 11,12 Pain control is another important factor
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/watch-warfarin
December 01, 2013 - However, the most revolutionary changes may come from the development of newer oral anticoagulants, from factor
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/ataglance/HCUPanalysisCdiff.pdf
April 12, 2021 - A well-established risk factor for C. diff is previous antimicrobial therapy,
which may suppress the
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/ataglance/HCUPCDiffHosp2011-2015Rpt081618.pdf
August 18, 2018 - A well-established risk factor for CDI is previous
antimicrobial therapy, which may suppress the normal
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/846922/psn-pdf
March 29, 2023 - Enhancing Support for Patients’ Social Needs to Reduce
Hospital Readmissions and Improve Health Outcomes
March 29, 2023
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/innovation/enhancing-support-patients-social-needs-reduce-hospital-readmissions-
and-improve-health
Summary
With increasing recognition that health is linked to the condit…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33825/psn-pdf
January 01, 2017 - Rethinking Root Cause Analysis
January 1, 2016
Gupta K, Lyndon A. Rethinking Root Cause Analysis. PSNet [internet]. 2016.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/rethinking-root-cause-analysis
Annual Perspective 2016
Introduction
Root cause analysis (RCA) is a systematic process to analyze adverse events and near miss…