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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb296-Payers-Maternal-ED-2019.pdf
January 01, 2019 - Expected Payers and Patient Characteristics of Maternal Emergency Department Care, 2019
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STATISTICAL BRIEF #296
June 2022
Kimberly W. McDermott, Ph.D., Lawrence D. Reid, Ph.D., and
Pamela L. Owens, Ph.D.
Introduction
Maternal health coverage is an important element of health
i…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.269_slideshow.ppt
June 01, 2012 - Spotlight Case July 2008
Spotlight Case
Transfer Troubles
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Source and Credits
This presentation is based on the June 2012
AHRQ WebM&M Spotlight Case
See the full article at http://webmm.ahrq.gov
CME credit is available
Commentary by: Isla M. Hains, PhD; Centre for Health Systems and Safety Research, Australia…
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb263-Suicide-ED-Visits-2008-2017.pdf
January 01, 2017 - Emergency Department Visits Related to Suicidal Ideation or Suicide Attempt, 2008-2017
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STATISTICAL BRIEF #263
September 2020
Pamela L. Owens, Ph.D., Kimberly W. McDermott, Ph.D., Rachel
N. Lipari, Ph.D., and Megan M. Hambrick, M.S.W.
If You Know Someone in Crisis
Call the toll-free N…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/process-failures-increase-risk-infection-through-respiratory-droplets-study-patient-safety
March 24, 2021 - Study
Process failures that increase the risk of infection through respiratory droplets: a study of patient safety events reported by hospitals across Pennsylvania.
Citation Text:
Harper A, Kukielka E, Jones RM. Process failures that increase the risk of infection through respiratory dro…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/evaluation-association-between-hospital-survey-patient-safety-culture-hsops-measures-and
December 21, 2017 - Study
Evaluation of the association between Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPS) measures and catheter-associated infections: results of two national collaboratives.
Citation Text:
Meddings J, Reichert H, Greene T, et al. Evaluation of the association between Hospital Survey…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/results-and-lessons-hospital-wide-initiative-incentivised-delivery-system-reform-improve
March 02, 2022 - Study
Results and lessons from a hospital-wide initiative incentivised by delivery system reform to improve infection prevention and sepsis care.
Citation Text:
Sreeramoju P, Voy-Hatter K, White C, et al. Results and lessons from a hospital-wide initiative incentivised by delivery system…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medicine-communication-hospital-residential-aged-care-facilities-cross-sectional-survey-aged
December 06, 2023 - Study
Medicine communication from hospital to residential aged care facilities: a cross-sectional survey of aged care facility staff.
Citation Text:
Browning S, Raleigh RA, Hattingh HL. Medicine communication from hospital to residential aged care facilities: a cross-sectional survey of …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/arrival-ambulance-explains-variation-mortality-time-admission-retrospective-study-admissions
January 29, 2018 - Study
Classic
Arrival by ambulance explains variation in mortality by time of admission: retrospective study of admissions to hospital following emergency department attendance in England.
Citation Text:
Anselmi L, Meacock R, Kristensen SR, et al. Arrival by amb…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/051-top-10-successful-decolonization.docx
October 01, 2024 - Chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) is the bath, not a top coat.1,2
CHG is the bath itself. Do not bathe the patient with regular soap and water and then follow up with CHG.
CHG is better than regular soap and water and binds to skin proteins, killing germs for 24 hours.
Ensure cleaning of the face and hair.3
CHG is safe to…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/ktcquips86.html
October 01, 2014 - Four New York Providers Use AHRQ Medication Reconciliation Toolkit to Improve Care
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November 2011
Between January and September 2010, AHRQ partnered with seven Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) to deliver a series of onsite learning sessions and provider support calls fo…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-walsh.html
October 01, 2023 - Grantee Profile
Preventing Medication Errors Among Children With Chronic Conditions in Outpatient and Home Settings
Kathleen Walsh, M.D., M.Sc.
Director, Patient Safety Research Core
Boston Children’s Hospital
Kathleen Walsh, M.D., M.Sc.
“AHRQ funding enables researchers to build a body of w…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/202503.html
June 01, 2025 - Virginia Health System Uses AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® To Improve Quality of Care
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June 2025
Riverside Health System, based in Newport News, VA, has been using the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture ® (SOPS) for nearly a decade, administering surveys annually …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-hospital-multifaceted-clinical-pharmacist-intervention-risk-readmission-randomized
September 13, 2023 - Study
Classic
Effect of an in-hospital multifaceted clinical pharmacist intervention on the risk of readmission: a randomized clinical trial.
Citation Text:
Ravn-Nielsen LV, Duckert M-L, Lund ML, et al. Effect of an In-Hospital Multifaceted Clinical Pharmacist I…
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digital.ahrq.gov/medical-condition/tobacco-use
January 01, 2023 - Tobacco Use
Challenges in the development of e-Quit worRx: an iPad app for smoking cessation counseling and shared decision making in primary care.
Citation
Doarn CR, Vonder Meulen MB, Pallerla H, Acquavita SP, Regan S, Elder N, Tubb MR. Challenges in the development of e-Qui…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/innovation/implementation-medication-reconciliation-risk-stratification-tool-integrated-within
April 12, 2023 - EMERGING INNOVATIONS
Implementation of a medication reconciliation risk stratification tool integrated within an electronic health record: a case series of three academic medical centers.
Citation Text:
Chu ES, El-Kareh R, Biondo A, et al. Implementation of a medication reconciliation risk stratif…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/drug-drug-interactions-and-actual-harm-hospitalized-patients-multicentre-study-examining
August 26, 2020 - Study
Drug-drug interactions and actual harm to hospitalized patients: a multicentre study examining the prevalence pre- and post-electronic medication system implementation.
Citation Text:
Li L, Baker J, Quirk R, et al. Drug-drug interactions and actual harm to hospitalized patients: a …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/one-ace-too-many
June 21, 2016 - led to an abrupt increase in spironolactone utilization but also resulted in thousands of additional hospitalizations
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r18hs026189-ko-final-report-2023.pdf
January 01, 2023 - Scaling and Spreading Electronic Capture of Patient-Reported Outcomes Using a National Surgical Quality Improvement Program - Final Report
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Title of Project: Scaling and Spreading Electronic Capture of Patient-Reported Outcomes Using a
National Surgical Quality Improvement Program
Principal Investig…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201535.html
January 01, 2016 - New Hampshire Hospital Uses TeamSTEPPS® Every Day
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January 2016
About 400 staff members at Exeter Hospital in Exeter, New Hampshire, had been trained in AHRQ's TeamSTEPPS by the end of 2015. TeamSTEPPS, a patient safety training program developed by AHRQ and the Department of…
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www.ahrq.gov/sops/events/webinars/value-efficiency.html
October 01, 2018 - Webcast: New AHRQ SOPS Value and Efficiency Supplemental Items
January 9, 2018
Summary
Speakers and PowerPoint Slides
Recording
Transcript
Related Material
Summary
On January 9, 2018, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) hosted a webcast featuring the new Value and Efficiency…