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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/engage/teachback.html
February 01, 2023 - Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care Settings by Engaging Patients and Families
Teach-Back
“I've been doing this [primary care] for a long time and didn't realize a lot of things are not heard. Teach-back is a wonderful idea; we think we're getting our message across and obviously we are not.” …
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/patients-families/engagingfamilies/index.html
March 01, 2023 - Guide to Patient and Family Engagement in Hospital Quality and Safety
Research shows that when patients are engaged in their health care, it can lead to measurable improvements in safety and quality. To promote stronger engagement, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) developed a guide to help…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/about/impact-stories.html
April 01, 2025 - Impact Stories
AHRQ funds primary care research that produces actionable findings and real-world impact to improve primary care delivery and outcomes. Click on the links below to learn about just some of the recent primary care projects AHRQ has funded. The stories highlight research that demonstrates the impac…
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/tools/keydrivers/about.html
November 01, 2018 - More about the EvidenceNOW Key Driver Diagram
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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has developed an innovative model for supporting primary care practice improvement with the overarching aim of improving health care quality by increasing the capacity of primary care pra…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42667/psn-pdf
December 30, 2014 - Culture and behaviour in the English National Health
Service: overview of lessons from a large multimethod
study.
December 30, 2014
Dixon-Woods M, Baker R, Charles K, et al. Culture and behaviour in the English National Health Service:
overview of lessons from a large multimethod study. BMJ Qual Saf. 2014;23(2):10…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/consumers-advancing-patient-safety
January 20, 2016 - Multi-use Website
Consumers Advancing Patient Safety.
Citation Text:
Consumers Advancing Patient Safety. 321 N Clark Street, Suite 500, Chicago, IL 60654. 312-445-6477
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www.ahrq.gov/data/visualizations/retail-drugs-covid-19.html
January 01, 2022 - Retail and Mail Order Drugs Used in 2014-18 and Later Prescribed For COVID-19
The coronavirus pandemic has placed unprecedented strains on our healthcare system, in some cases prompting novel uses of medications to treat people with COVID-19. Quantifying the use of and expenditures for these medications before …
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ssi/ssiexh48.html
April 01, 2018 - Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome Detection
Exhibit 48. Original manual process flow for surgical site infection surveillance
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Table of Contents
Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome Dete…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/injuries/fallspx/risk.html
February 01, 2023 - The Falls Management Program: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Nursing Facilities
Appendix B4: Falls Assessment
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The Falls Management Program: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Nursing Facilities
Chapter 1. Introduction and Program Overview
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/ambulatory/improve/six-building-blocks.html
March 01, 2022 - AHRQ Six Building Blocks: A Team-Based Approach to Improving Opioid Management in Primary Care
Deaths from drug overdoses (PDF, 429 KB) have risen steadily over the past two decades. The misuse of opioids has become widespread across the United States. Primary care providers and their clinic staff manage …
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www.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/otherwebsites/hcupnetquery/index.html
June 01, 2017 - HCUPnet (Health Care Utilization Project Network)
Mission
HCUPnet allows free and immediate access to health statistics. The system provides health care statistics and information for hospital inpatient, emergency department, and ambulatory settings, as well as population-based health care data on counties. …
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digital.ahrq.gov/2018-year-review/research-summary/reducing-childhood-obesity-risk-using-interactive-digital-comic
January 01, 2018 - Reducing Childhood Obesity Risk using an Interactive Digital Comic Book
Key Finding and Impact:
Children who read the comic ate more vegetables and drank more water, as well as decreased their sugar intake, from the beginning of the study to the end of the study.
Childhood obesity is a serious public heal…
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digital.ahrq.gov/national-webinars/integrating-patient-reported-outcomes-practice-benefits-challenges-recommendations
February 27, 2024 - Integrating Patient-Reported Outcomes into Practice: Benefits, Challenges, and Recommendations for Action
Event Date:
February 27, 2024 | 3:00pm – 4:30pm ET
Event Materials:
Presentation Slides ( PDF , 2.87 MB). Q&As ( PDF , 149 KB).
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digital.ahrq.gov/2018-year-review/research-summary/when-costly-and-potentially-harmful-ct-scans-are-not-necessary
January 01, 2018 - When Costly and Potentially Harmful CT Scans Are Not Necessary
Key Finding and Impact:
Giving clinicians the tools to support patient-provider communication could result in fewer CTs ordered, higher physician trust, and higher patient knowledge in cases involving minor head injuries.
Is that CT scan in th…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safety-numbers
November 11, 2015 - Newspaper/Magazine Article
Safety in numbers.
Citation Text:
Safety in numbers. Robeznieks A.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/esrd/resource/tooldev.html
January 01, 2015 - About the Toolkit Development
ESRD Toolkit
The ESRD Toolkit was developed during a 2-year project called the National Opportunity To Improve Infection Control in End-Stage Renal Disease Facilities, conducted through a partnership that brought together subject matter experts and providers in the field.
Backg…
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs021301-miller-final-report-2015.pdf
January 01, 2015 - model, with time and county fixed effects and only controlling for county population,
we find … We find that the decline in PQI admissions is coming from both acute and chronic conditions. … We did not
find any significant associations between ambulatory HIT and pediatric outcomes
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/BarrierstoMeaningfulUseAppendixE.pdf
October 31, 2013 - So our
discussion is designed to help find out about the challenges you might face in establishing … If not, please take this time to find a quiet place now. … Moderator: You may find
it easier to call on
participants by name. … Are they difficult to
use, or find in your system? … Moderator: For Question
I-AB-1, you may prompt to
find out if there are other
provider types, such
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cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cds/artifact/136331/Opioid%20Patient%20Handout.pdf
July 18, 2023 - Once side-effects of
opioids lessen, people often find they feel better.
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cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cds/artifact/136331/Benzodiazepine%20Patient%20Handout.pdf
January 01, 2018 - linked to dementia and falls
HOW TO SAFELY REDUCE OR STOP A BZRA:
• Ask your health care provider to find