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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/urinary/resources/interactive-pathway-flowchart.html
January 01, 2023 - Back to MUI Resources
Interactive Urinary Incontinence Care Pathway Flowchart
Resource
This document is available on the AHRQ website (PDF, 173 KB)
Summary
This UI care pathway flowchart was created using draw.io by the EMPOWER study team to aid practices participating in the…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/toolkit/staffsafetyassess.doc
June 02, 2025 - Staff Safety Assessment
Purpose of this form: This form is designed to tap into your experience at the front line of patient care to determine what risks are present in your unit that have jeopardized or could jeopardize patient safety.
Who should us this tool? Health care providers.
How to complete this form: Provi…
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/references/index.html
April 01, 2013 - References
Tobacco reference materials and guides for health care providers
General References for Guideline | General References [ - 191.43 KB]
General References for the 2008 Update
References for Studies in Meta-analyses | Studies in Meta-analyses - References [ - 230.99 KB]
This Clinical P…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/resources/diagnostic-toolkit/10-diagnostic-safety-tool-patient-note-sheet.pdf
August 01, 2021 - Be the expert on you, Patient Notes
Be the expert on you.
Patient Name
DOB
Date
Your provider needs your help to make a safe diagnosis and care plan.
Please answer these five questions before your visit.
Why are you here today?
� New problem � Followup � Medicine refill � Something else
Has there been a change …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42955/psn-pdf
May 11, 2016 - National Patient Safety Alerting System.
May 11, 2016
National Health Service England
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/national-patient-safety-alerting-system
In response to the Francis report, this three-stage reporting system was launched to help National Health
Service organizations learn from incidents and incorpo…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/omissions.html
October 01, 2019 - Understanding Omissions of Care in Nursing Homes
Adverse events and poor health outcomes are continuing challenges for nursing home residents and staff. Research has shown that many resident harms are avoidable and may be caused by situations in which residents do not receive needed care, often call…
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www.ahrq.gov/coronavirus/health-systems-research.html
April 01, 2023 - Health Systems Research
AHRQ invests in research to generate new evidence and evidence syntheses to help healthcare systems and healthcare professionals improve the care of patients. Those investments include research products for use by systems and professionals to address COVID-19.
Among resources available…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/renal-cancer_disposition-comments.pdf
February 24, 2016 - The
response helped determine that there was center
level variation in allocation concealment (so it
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/esrd/finalreportphase2.pdf
September 29, 2014 - This
assessment (Appendix C) helped the team understand which quality improvement activities each of … Having these facilities participate directly helped to encourage interaction among all of the participants … Ultimately, the diversity of
partners helped create materials with a wider spread and a unified stance
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/demo-program/grants/appa.html
August 01, 2022 - Respondents were less positive about the likelihood that the program helped them avoid a lawsuit (median … In demonstrating breakdowns in the response to medical injury, the exercise helped participants understand … Not only did the PFAC design the entire exercise, their presence at each table helped surface barriers
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44889/psn-pdf
April 13, 2017 - An organizational learning framework for patient safety.
April 13, 2017
Edwards MT. An Organizational Learning Framework for Patient Safety. Am J Med Qual. 2016;32(2):148-
155. doi:10.1177/1062860616632295.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/organizational-learning-framework-patient-safety
Organizations are encouraged t…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73677/psn-pdf
September 08, 2021 - Toolkit for Engaging Patients to Improve Diagnostic
Safety.
September 8, 2021
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; August 2021. AHRQ Publication No.
21-0047-2-EF.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/toolkit-engaging-patients-improve-diagnostic-safety
Patient and family engagement is core to ef…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/867451/psn-pdf
January 21, 2025 - Engineering Safety into Practice through Implementation
of the EHR SAFER Guides.
January 8, 2025
National Action Alliance for Patient and Workforce Safety. Engineering Safety into Practice through
Implementation of the EHR SAFER Guides. January 21, 2025, 12:00 - 1:00 PM (eastern).
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/engi…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73499/psn-pdf
July 14, 2021 - Ethics & Governance of Artificial Intelligence for Health.
July 14, 2021
Health Ethics & Governance, World Health Organization. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health
Organization; 2021. ISBN: 9789240029200
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ethics-governance-artificial-intelligence-health
Advanced computing t…
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www.ahrq.gov/patients-consumers/patient-involvement/navigating-the-health-care-system.html
September 01, 2015 - Navigating the Health Care System
After having led AHRQ for a decade, Dr. Carolyn Clancy left the Agency in 2013 to begin work as Assistant Deputy Undersecretary for Health, Patient Safety, Quality, and Value at the Veterans Administration. First and foremost a physician, Dr. Clancy was at AHRQ for 23 years.
…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/845305/psn-pdf
March 01, 2023 - An infrastructure to provide safer, higher quality, and
more equitable telehealth.
March 1, 2023
Kobeissi MM, Hickey JV. An infrastructure to provide safer, higher quality, and more equitable telehealth. Jt
Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2023;49(4):213-222. doi:10.1016/j.jcjq.2023.01.006.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/in…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34915/psn-pdf
February 27, 2009 - Emergency department visits for outpatient adverse drug
events: demonstration for a national surveillance system.
February 27, 2009
Budnitz DS, Pollock DA, Mendelsohn AB, et al. Emergency department visits for outpatient adverse drug
events: demonstration for a national surveillance system. Ann Emerg Med. 2005;45(2…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45321/psn-pdf
August 01, 2017 - Peer support for clinicians: a programmatic approach.
August 1, 2017
Shapiro J, Galowitz P. Peer Support for Clinicians: A Programmatic Approach. Acad Med.
2016;91(9):1200-4. doi:10.1097/ACM.0000000000001297.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/peer-support-clinicians-programmatic-approach
Peer support programs can help …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/850343/psn-pdf
December 12, 2023 - Challenge Competition: Impact of Patient Safety Tools.
December 12, 2023
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2023.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/challenge-competition-impact-patient-safety-tools
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) offers many practical tools and resource…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/866358/psn-pdf
July 24, 2024 - To improve health care, focus on fixing systems — not
people.
July 24, 2024
Mate KS, Clark J, Salvon-Harman J. To improve health care, focus on fixing systems — not people.
Harvard Business Review. July 12, 2024;
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improve-health-care-focus-fixing-systems-not-people
While a focus on the…