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www.ahrq.gov/data/hcup/co-level-stats.html
August 01, 2018 - How to Use HCUP to Create County-Level Statistics, Graphics, and Maps
The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) is the Nation’s most comprehensive source of hospital data, including information on inpatient stays, ambulatory surgery and services, and emergency department visits.
AHRQ has released…
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www.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/nac/snac-zimmerman.html
December 01, 2021 - SNAC Member: Jaime Zimmerman, M.P.H., PMP
Senior Program Advisor
Designated Management Official, National Advisory Council
Office of the Director
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Jaime Zimmerman, M.P.H., PMP, serves as a senior program advisor in the Office of the Director at the Agency for Heal…
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www.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/nac/pcortf-snac/flores.html
November 01, 2022 - Subcommittee Member: Hector Flores
Hector Flores, M.D.
Chair Department of Family Medicine
Adventist Health White Memorial Medical Center
Dr. Flores is a founding member of the Adventist Health White Memorial (AHWM) Medical Center Family Medicine Residency Program in Los Angeles. The residency program was…
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/tools/care-management.html
November 01, 2019 - Care Management – An Implementation Guide for Primary Care Practices
Resource: Care Management – An Implementation Guide for Primary Care Practices (PDF, 5.5 MB, 111 page)
This guide, based upon research on successful strategies used in practices with documented outcomes, helps primary care practices imple…
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www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/advances2/vol1/advances-hook_25.pdf
February 26, 2008 - Using a Computerized Fall Risk Assessment Process to Tailor Interventions in Acute Care
Using a Computerized Fall Risk Assessment Process
to Tailor Interventions in Acute Care
Mary L. Hook, PhD, APRN, BC; Elizabeth C. Devine, PhD, RN, FAAN; Norma M. Lang, PhD,
RN, FAAN, FRCN
Abstract
Patient falls account …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Hook_25.pdf
February 26, 2008 - Using a Computerized Fall Risk Assessment Process to Tailor Interventions in Acute Care
Using a Computerized Fall Risk Assessment Process
to Tailor Interventions in Acute Care
Mary L. Hook, PhD, APRN, BC; Elizabeth C. Devine, PhD, RN, FAAN; Norma M. Lang, PhD,
RN, FAAN, FRCN
Abstract
Patient falls account …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/action-alliance/slides-healthcare-safer-by-design.pdf
August 20, 2024 - NAA National Webinar July 2024
Making Healthcare Safer by Design: Redesigning for
Safety, Efficiency, and Burden Reduction
NATIONAL WEBINAR SERIES
July 16, 2024
Housekeeping Instructions
• This webinar will be recorded and available for viewing on the NAA website.
• Please use the ‘Chat’ function to engage wit…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/influenza-rsv-guide.docx
September 01, 2022 - The Never Antibiotics Diagnoses: Influenza and RSV – Facilitator Guide
AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use
1
The “Never Antibiotics” Diagnoses:
Influenza and RSV
Ambulatory Care
Slide Title and Commentary
Slide Number and Slide
The “Never Antibiotics” Diagnoses: Influenza and RSV
Ambulatory
SAY…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/urine-culturing.pptx
April 01, 2022 - Urine Culturing Stewardship in the ICU Setting Facilitator Notes
Urine Culturing Stewardship in the ICU Setting
AHRQ Safety Program for Intensive Care Units: Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI
AHRQ Pub. No. 17(22)-0019
April 2022
AHRQ Safety Program for Intensive Care Units: Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI
1
Case Study: To C…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/access/strategy6f-ondemand.html
April 01, 2023 - Strategy 6F: On-Demand Advice, Diagnosis, and Treatment for Minor Health Conditions
Contents
6.F.1. The Problem
6.F.2. The Intervention
6.F.3. Benefits
6.F.4. Implementation
References
Download Strategy 6F:
On-Demand Advice, Diagnosis, and Treatment for Minor Health Conditions
(PDF, 350 KB…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/funding/training-grants/hsrguide/hsrguide.pdf
October 01, 2011 - • Recognition or reward for impact in the community (policy changes, improved health
care delivery
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/hsrguide.pdf
October 01, 2011 - • Recognition or reward for impact in the community (policy changes, improved health
care delivery
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-11/ridley-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - serious incident reporting by acute care hospitals to motivate them towards greater accountability and
improved
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/candor/candor-acknowledgments.pdf
June 02, 2025 - CANDOR Acknowledgments
CANDOR ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Acknowledgments
The Communication and Optimal Resolution (CANDOR) process was funded by AHRQ and is based on
input from experts, key stakeholders, and lessons learned from the agency’s $25 million Patient Safety
and Medical Liability (PSML) Grant Initiative lau…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/medicaidreadmitguide/mcaidread_tool4_comm_inv.docx
June 02, 2025 - Tool 4: Community Inventory
Tool 4: Community Inventory TOol
Purpose
Identify clinical, behavioral, and social service resources in the community that can improve posthospital care to reduce readmissions. The community inventory is complementary to the hospital inventory when developing a whole-person and data-info…
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www.ahrq.gov/faqs/index.html?page=16
January 01, 2014 - Frequently Asked Questions
Check to find the answers to your questions about the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
programs and activities. You can search by category or key words. You can also send us your questions or website
feedback here. We will respond to your requests based on the bes…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/explain/details.html
November 01, 2018 - Providing Detail in Quality Reports for Those Who Want It
Report sponsors always want to tell potential users more about their report than they can fit on an introductory page. The reality is that you can say more, but you have to put it in later pages so that the comparative information remains prominent in yo…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/toolkit/contentcalls/clabsi_invest-slides/CLABSI-Investigation-Walk-the-Process-Sept-14-2010-508.ppt
January 01, 2010 - Slide 1
CLABSI Investigation
Melinda Sawyer, RN, MSN, PCCN
David A. Thompson DNSc, MS, RN
I’d like to take the opportunity to thank you for having me speak to you today. When we began focusing on central line blood stream infections at JHH, in particular, when we began to focus on the evidence around insertion, I w…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/facil-guide/preventing-cauti-icu-setting-module3-speaker-notes.html
February 01, 2023 - Module 3: Conversations Around Device Necessity Facilitator Notes
Preventing CAUTI in the ICU Setting
Slide 1
Say:
In Module 1, we discussed the indications for an indwelling urinary catheter, the causes of catheter-associated urinary tract infections, or CAUTI, in the intensive care unit, or ICU, as w…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/CHIPRA0087-NCINQSexualActivityStatus-References.pdf
February 06, 2012 - List of References for Sexual Activity Status Among Adolescents
National Collaborative for Innovation in Quality Measurement
Sexual Activity Status Among Adolescents
List of References
American Medical Association. Guidelines for adolescent preventive services (GAPS): Recommendations
and rationale. Chicago…