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www.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/organization/nac/romano.html
August 01, 2022 - NAC Member Biography: Patrick Romano
Patrick S. Romano, M.D., M.P.H., FAAP, FACP Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics,
University of California Davis
Patrick S. Romano, M.D., M.P.H., FAAP, FACP , is Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of California (UC) Davis School of Medicine and Cente…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/issue-briefs/dxsafety-pediatric-safety-1.html
August 01, 2023 - Pediatric Diagnostic Safety: State of the Science and Future Directions
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Pediatric Diagnostic Safety: State of the Science and Future Directions
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Challenges in Approaching Diagnostic Safety Unique to Children
Pediatric Diagnosti…
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August 01, 2020 - Telediagnosis for Acute Care: Implications for the Quality and Safety of Diagnosis
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Telediagnosis for Acute Care: Implications for the Quality and Safety of Diagnosis
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Evidence Base Supporting Telehealth
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/issue-briefs/dxchecklists-4.html
September 01, 2020 - Evidence on Use of Clinical Reasoning Checklists for Diagnostic Error Reduction
Factors That Influence Effectiveness of Checklists
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Evidence on Use of Clinical Reasoning Checklists for Diagnostic Error Reduction
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Rationale for Use
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www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps/instructor/fundamentals/module7/exsummary.html
March 01, 2014 - TeamSTEPPS Fundamentals Course: Module 7
Summary Skills Practice Exercise Sheet
TeamSTEPPS is a teamwork system developed jointly by the Department of Defense (DoD)and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to improve institutional collaboration and communication relating to patient safety.
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/cdom0601.html
October 01, 2014 - AHRQ's Patient Safety Indicators Help Canadian Institute Track Falls in Elderly
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November 2005
The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) is using a measure to track in-hospital falls among seniors that was adapted from AHRQ's Patient Safety Indicators. CIHI tailored …
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/cquips0503.html
October 01, 2014 - Florida Hospital Uses AHRQ Survey to Assess Employees' Views of Patient Safety
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August 2005
Indian River Memorial Hospital in Vero Beach, Florida, implemented the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture in late summer 2004 to examine employee perceptions of patient safety i…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/fallpxtoolkit/fallpxtool1b.docx
January 28, 2013 - 1B: Stakeholder Analysis
Background: The purpose of stakeholder analysis is to help program initiators identify which departments and individuals will have an interest in the program, where barriers might exist, and what actions need to be taken to obtain the buy-in and participation of those departments and individual…
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www.ahrq.gov/contact/index.html
April 01, 2025 - Contact Us
Information about contacting AHRQ with questions, suggestions, or other feedback.
Your comments and concerns are important to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) in helping to assess and improve our programs and products. Please send us your questions, suggestions, or other feedba…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/sepsis/index.html
September 01, 2024 - An Assessment of Sepsis in the United States and Its Burden on Hospital Care
Report to Congress
Summary In the Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus Spending Bill, the U.S. Congress directed the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to "conduct a comprehensive set of studies that calculate the morb…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/index.html
July 01, 2020 - AHRQ National Scorecard on Hospital-Acquired Conditions
The AHRQ National Scorecard on Hospital-Acquired Conditions: Final Results for 2014 Through 2017 (PDF, 787 KB) is a report that shows progress toward the goal of reducing hospital-acquired conditions (HACs). These are conditions that a patient develops…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/pruhealing/index.html
March 01, 2023 - AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Healing
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) created On-Time Pressure Ulcer Healing to help nursing homes with electronic medical records address pressure ulcers that are slow to heal. Pressure ulcers remain a serious problem in nu…
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www.ahrq.gov/sops/events/webinars/medical-office-webcast.html
December 01, 2023 - SOPS Medical Office Survey: What You Need to Know (Webcast)
July 19, 2023
Summary
Speakers and Presentation Slides
Recording
About the Surveys on Patient Safety Culture
Summary
This webcast provided information on AHRQ’s Surveys on Patient Safety Culture™ (SOPS®) Medical Office Survey, including…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/national/index.html
December 01, 2016 - National Implementation Project Reports
Central Line Insertion Care Team Checklist
Checklist developed by Johns Hopkins Medicine that provides critical steps to reduce HAIs.
Ending Healthcare-Associated Infections
Fact sheet that provides an overview of CUSP and highlights AHRQ-supporte…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-culture-survey-brazil-intro.html
August 01, 2024 - Learning from AHRQ's Diagnostic Safety Culture Survey at a Tertiary Care Health System in Brazil: A Case Study
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Learning from AHRQ's Diagnostic Safety Culture Survey at a Tertiary Care Health System in Brazil: A Case Study
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September 01, 2018 - The PSO Privacy Protection Center
Purpose
The Patient Safety Organization Privacy Protection Center (PSOPPC) was created by AHRQ to support the implementation of the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 (Patient Safety Act). The PSOPPC provides technical assistance to PSOs to ensure that patient…
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www.ahrq.gov/policy/foia/foiaindx.html
December 01, 2020 - Electronic Library
The 1996 amendments to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) mandate that agencies must establish an Electronic FOIA (EFOIA) Library. The EFOIA Library contains certain agency manuals, specific agency policy statements, opinions made in adjudication of cases, and an index of records released …
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/cahps-database/child-hcahps-database/participate.html
March 01, 2025 - Participating in the CAHPS Child Hospital Survey Database
All children's hospitals and inpatient pediatric departments that administer CAHPS Child Hospital (Child HCAHPS) Survey are invited to submit their results to the Child Hospital Survey Database. This page explains the requirements and the steps involved …
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/translate/organize/quality-domain.html
December 01, 2022 - Organizing Quality Measures by Domains of Health Care Quality
Quality information is easier to understand if users have a framework, or mental model, for thinking about health care quality. (Learn more about quality frameworks .) One of the most commonly used frameworks comes from the Institute of Medicine (IO…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/enhanced-recovery/implementing/patient-booklets.html
November 01, 2023 - Patient Education Booklets
These booklets were created by experienced content experts for the AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery (ISCR), a collaborative program to enhance the recovery of surgical patients. They help adult patients prepare for and recover from surgery both in the hospi…