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www.ahrq.gov/news/cahps-webcast.html
August 01, 2025 - September 18: Strengthening Partnerships with Patients and Families to Assess and Improve the Experience of Care
Date: September 18, 2025 Time: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM EDT This free virtual research meeting from AHRQ’s Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®) program will focus on the integ…
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/long-term-care.html
Topic: Long-Term Care
AHRQ has toolkits, recommendations, and other resources for long-term care facilities, such as nursing homes and rehabilitation centers, to improve quality, reduce errors, and increase patient safety.
AHRQ Research Findings Support Effort to Reduce Pre…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/toolkit/bckgrnd-qi-team.html
December 01, 2012 - Background Quality Improvement Team Information Form
CUSP Toolkit
Health care provider roles
Who should use this tool? Health care providers.
Please indicate people designated as Quality Improvement Team Members. Your team may not have people who serve in all of these roles.
These in…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34848/psn-pdf
February 17, 2011 - Improving patient safety—five years after the IOM report.
February 17, 2011
Altman DE, Clancy CM, Blendon RJ. Improving Patient Safety — Five Years after the IOM Report. New
Engl J Med. 2004;351(20):2041-2043. doi:10.1056/nejmp048243.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-patient-safety-five-years-after-iom-report…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45218/psn-pdf
June 15, 2016 - Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005--HHS
guidance regarding patient safety work product and
providers' external obligations.
June 15, 2016
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Fed Regist. 2016;81(100);32655-32660.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-and-quality-improvement-act-2005-hh…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43681/psn-pdf
June 03, 2016 - Learning from failure: the need for independent safety
investigation in healthcare.
June 3, 2016
Macrae C, Vincent CA. Learning from failure: the need for independent safety investigation in healthcare. J
R Soc Med. 2014;107(11):439-443. doi:10.1177/0141076814555939.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/learning-failure-n…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47542/psn-pdf
January 16, 2019 - Utilizing a Systems and Design Thinking Approach for
Improving Well-Being Within Health Professional
Education and Health Care.
January 16, 2019
Kreitzer MJ, Carter K, Coffey DS, et al. NAM Perspectives. Washington, DC: National Academy of
Medicine; 2019.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/utilizing-systems-and-design-…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/866354/psn-pdf
July 24, 2024 - Partnership as a pathway to diagnostic excellence: the
challenges and successes of implementing the Safer Dx
Learning Lab.
July 24, 2024
Sloane J, Singh H, Upadhyay DK, et al. Partnership as a pathway to diagnostic excellence: the challenges
and successes of implementing the Safer Dx Learning Lab. Jt Comm J Qual P…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46793/psn-pdf
February 28, 2018 - Patient safety movement: history and future directions.
February 28, 2018
Lark ME, Kirkpatrick K, Chung KC. Patient Safety Movement: History and Future Directions. J Hand Surg
Am. 2018;43(2). doi:10.1016/j.jhsa.2017.11.006.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-movement-history-and-future-directions
The pati…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46146/psn-pdf
June 07, 2017 - Increasing patient safety event reporting in an emergency
medicine residency.
June 7, 2017
Steen S, Jaeger C, Price L, et al. Increasing Patient Safety Event Reporting in an Emergency Medicine
Residency. BMJ Qual Improv Rep. 2017;6(1). doi:10.1136/bmjquality.u223876.w5716.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/increasing-p…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45283/psn-pdf
June 29, 2016 - Goals and Priorities for Health Care Organizations to
Improve Safety Using Health IT. Revised Report.
June 29, 2016
Graber ML, Bailey R, Johnston D. RTI International; Washington, DC: US Department of Health and
Human Services, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology; 2016.
https://psn…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43201/psn-pdf
May 21, 2014 - New HHS Data Shows Major Strides Made in Patient
Safety, Leading to Improved Care and Savings.
May 21, 2014
Washington, DC: US Department of Health and Human Services; May 7, 2014.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/new-hhs-data-shows-major-strides-made-patient-safety-leading-improved-
care-and-savings
Comparing safety…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45505/psn-pdf
July 01, 2017 - A model for the departmental quality management
infrastructure within an academic health system.
July 1, 2017
Mathews SC, Demski R, Hooper JE, et al. A Model for the Departmental Quality Management
Infrastructure Within an Academic Health System. Acad Med. 2017;92(5):608-613.
doi:10.1097/ACM.0000000000001380.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/852459/psn-pdf
August 16, 2023 - Reimagining Healthcare Teams: Leveraging the Patient-
Clinician-AI Triad To Improve Diagnostic Safety.
August 16, 2023
James C, Singh K, Valley TS, et al. Rockville, MD; Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; July 2023.
AHRQ Publication No. 23-0040-4-EF.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/reimagining-healthcare-tea…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36476/psn-pdf
December 14, 2009 - 10 Patient Safety Tips for Hospitals.
December 14, 2009
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; December 2009. AHRQ Publication No. 10-
M008.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/10-patient-safety-tips-hospitals
This tip sheet provides 10 practical steps hospitals can undertake to improve patient safety…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/849607/psn-pdf
May 31, 2023 - Use of technology to improve the adherence to surgical
safety checklists in the operating room.
May 31, 2023
Pati AB, Mishra TS, Chappity P, et al. Use of technology to improve the adherence to surgical safety
checklists in the operating room. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2023;49(10):572-577.
doi:10.1016/j.jcjq.202…
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digital.ahrq.gov/program-overview/research-reports/2023-year-review
January 01, 2023 - Improving Healthcare Through AHRQ's Digital Healthcare Research Program: 2023 Year in Review
Executive Summary “At AHRQ’s Digital Healthcare Research (DHR) program, our driving purpose is to improve healthcare delivery. By providing evidence-based insights and practical guidelines, we create…
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digital.ahrq.gov/principal-investigator/jih-jane
February 22, 2022 - Jih, Jane
Improving the Management of Multiple Chronic Conditions with mPROVE - Final Report
Citation
Jih J. Improving the Management of Multiple Chronic Conditions with mPROVE – Final Report. (Prepared by University of California, San Francisco under Grant No. U18 HS026883). …
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/coordinating-transitions-health-information-technology-role-improving-multiple-chronic-disease-outcomes/final-report
January 01, 2023 - Coordinating Transitions: Health Information Technology Role in Improving Multiple Chronic Disease Outcomes - Final Report
Citation
Hewner S. Coordinating Transitions: Health Information Technology Role in Improving Multiple Chronic Disease Outcomes - Final Report. (Prepared by State University of New…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46113/psn-pdf
July 12, 2017 - Optimizing a Business Case for Safe Health Care: An
Integrated Approach to Safety and Finance.
July 12, 2017
Institute for Healthcare Improvement, National Patient Safety Foundation. Cambridge, MA: Institute for
Healthcare Improvement; 2017.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/optimizing-business-case-safe-health-care-in…