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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/economic-analysis-it-assisted-population-based-cancer-screening-program/annual-summary/2011
January 01, 2011 - Economic Analysis of an IT-Assisted Population-Based Cancer Screening Program - 2011
Project Name
Economic Analysis of an Information Technology-Assisted Population-Based Cancer Screening Program
Principal Investigator
Levy, Douglas
Organization
Massachusetts General Hospital…
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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/use-unsolicited-patient-observations-identify-surgeons-increased-risk-postoperative
July 10, 2019 - Study
Classic
Use of unsolicited patient observations to identify surgeons with increased risk for postoperative complications.
Citation Text:
Cooper WO, Guillamondegui O, Hines J, et al. Use of Unsolicited Patient Observations to Identify Surgeons With Increase…
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/health-information-technology-hazard-manager/annual-summary/2012
January 01, 2012 - Health Information Technology Hazard Manager - 2012
Project Name
Health Information Technology Hazard Manager
Principal Investigator
Walker, James
Organization
Abt Associates, Inc.
Funding Mechanism
Accelerating Change and Transformation in Organizations and Network…
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/clinicaldata/VirginiaHospitalQualityImprovementOpportunity.jsp
July 01, 2016 - Virginia Hospital Quality Improvement Opportunity
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/transform-qi/facilitation/dashboard.html
February 01, 2025 - A Facilitator’s Primary Care Toolkit to Improve Heart Health
Resource: ABCS Toolkit for the Practice Facilitator (PDF, 20 MB, 176 pages) This toolkit introduces the ABCS of heart health—aspirin use by high-risk individuals, blood pressure control, cholesterol management, and smoking cessation—and provides ch…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/8-building-core-team.docx
June 01, 2023 - AHRQ Safety Program for Improving
Surgical Care and Recovery
Core Team Form
Building Your Core Team
Purpose of this tool: To help you build a strong team that will champion and lead the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Safety Program for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery (ISCR) in your hospital.
How t…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/medicaidreadmitguide/mcaidread_tool2_readm_review.docx
June 02, 2025 - Tool 2: Readmission Review Tool
Tool 2: Readmission Review tool
Purpose
Readmission reviews are designed to elicit the “story behind the story”: going well beyond chief complaint, discharge diagnosis, or other clinical parameters to understand the communication, coordination, or other logistical barriers experienc…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-ch-hospital-webcast-122223-dodson.pdf
April 12, 2024 - CAHPS Child Hospital Survey-Using Data and New Narrative Items: The Child HCAHPS Database
The Child HCAHPS Database
Teresa Dodson, MA
CAHPS Database Manager
Westat
AHRQ CAHPS Database Overview
• Databases are for selected CAHPS surveys
• Two major applications:
► Facilitates comparisons of patient experiences
…
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/2006LeonhardtPagel_052411comp.pdf
June 01, 2006 - Partners in Safety: The Walworth County (Wisconsin) Patient Safety Council
Partners in Safety:
The Walworth County (Wisconsin)
Patient Safety Council
Kathy Leonhardt, MD, MPH
Patti Pagel, RN
Aurora Health Care
June 2006
Medication Safety
• 90% of Americans > 65 years of age take
prescription medications, wi…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/implement/team-roster.docx
March 01, 2017 - BLADDER SCAN – POLICY #2202 12/11/06
AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI
AHRQ Safety Program for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals
Appendix A. Team Roster
This template provides suggestions about roles, characteristics, and responsibilities for members of your improvement team. Develop your team and documen…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/results/research/implementation-tracking-sw.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Healthy Hearts NYC Recruitment Memo
ENSW IMPLEMENTATION TRACKING NOTE
1. *Your role: [Check all that app…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/families-partners-hospital-error-and-adverse-event-surveillance
December 19, 2018 - Study
Classic
Families as partners in hospital error and adverse event surveillance.
Citation Text:
Khan A, Coffey M, Litterer KP, et al. Families as Partners in Hospital Error and Adverse Event Surveillance. JAMA Pediatr. 2017;171(4):372-381. doi:10.1001/jamape…
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digital.ahrq.gov/2018-year-review/research-dissemination/web-conferences
January 01, 2018 - Reaching the Research Community through Web Conferences
Go to the Events page to see the most recent Health IT Web Conferences.
AHRQ convenes web-based conferences to showcase recent health IT research developments and further the dialogue on future research. In 2018, AHRQ convened …
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/assessment-pediatric-look-alike-sound-alike-substitution-errors
January 01, 2023 - Assessment of Pediatric Look-Alike, Sound-Alike Substitution Errors
Project Final Report ( PDF , 633.69 KB) Disclaimer
Disclaimer
The findings and conclusions in this document are those of the author(s), who are responsible for its content, and do not necessarily represent the …
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/202201.html
January 01, 2022 - Maine Groups Improve Care for Patients with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities
Search All Impact Case Studies
January 2022
A partnership between the Maine Developmental Disabilities Council (MDDC) and two AHRQ-listed patient safety organizations (PSOs) is helping improve care for patients with intell…
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digital.ahrq.gov/technology/predictive-modeling
January 01, 2023 - Predictive Modeling
Complexity, Incidence, and Costs Related to Delayed Diagnosis of Venous Thromboembolism in Urban and Rural Primary and Urgent Care Settings
Description
This research aims to improve the early detection of venous thromboembolism in primary and urgent care by…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/ideas-project/measure-dx.html
July 01, 2025 - Measure Dx: A Tool To Identify, Analyze, and Learn From Diagnostic Safety Events – Enrollment Closed
As part of a project called Implementing Diagnostic Excellence Across Systems (IDEAS), RAND recruited healthcare sites that have or can create a quality improvement (QI) team that will commit to using a resource…
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/vars/samedayevent/nrdnote.jsp
August 01, 2015 - Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) NRD Notes
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/use-electronic-clinical-decision-support-system-primary-care-assess-inappropriate
October 21, 2020 - Study
Use of an electronic clinical decision support system in primary care to assess inappropriate polypharmacy in young seniors with multimorbidity: observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study
Citation Text:
Rogero-Blanco E, Lopez-Rodriguez JA, Sanz-Cuesta T, et al. Use of an ele…