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www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/implementation-qi/toolkit/asthma/introduction.html
July 01, 2021 - Pediatric Asthma Emergency Department Use Toolkit
Introduction
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Pediatric Asthma Emergency Department Use Toolkit
Introduction
Overview
About the Measure
Key Driver Diagram
Quality Improvement Strategies
This toolkit presents a child…
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July 01, 2018 - Guide to Patient and Family Engagement
Exhibit 12. Involving Patients and Family Members at the Hospital Level
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Guide to Patient and Family Engagement
Executive Summary
Introduction
Methods
Findings
Implications for the Guide
Summary and Discussio…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/data-spotlights/index.html
July 01, 2024 - Data Spotlights
A series of information briefs focusing on specific measures from the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports.
The prevalence of mental health conditions was on the rise before the COVID-19 pandemic and the pandemic had a negative effect on mental health (PDF, 1.5 MB) Hospital dea…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/0085writtenstatement.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Submitted 2/27/14
This work was funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) under the CHIPRA Pediatric Quality Measures
Program Centers of Excellence grant number U18 HS020498-01. AHRQ, in accordance to CHIPRA
42 U.S.C. Section 1139A(b), an…
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www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/grantees/index.html
September 01, 2021 - PQMP Grantees
As required by the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA), Title IV, Sec. 401, the Pediatric Quality Measures Program (PQMP) was established to increase the portfolio of evidence-based, consensus pediatric quality measures available to public and private purchasers of chi…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/priorities-contacts/special-emphasis-notices/index.html
February 01, 2025 - AHRQ Research Funding Priorities & Special Emphasis Notices
AHRQ Announces Interest in Health Services Research to Reduce Emergency Department Boarding and Hospital Crowding AHRQ Announces Interest in Research to Improve Treatment and Management of Menopause Symptoms AHRQ Announces Interest in Health Services R…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/safety-hai-prevention/index.html
January 01, 2025 - AHRQ Safety Program for Healthcare-Associated Infection Prevention
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), in conjunction with NORC at the University of Chicago and the Johns Hopkins University, created the AHRQ Safety Program for Healthcare-Associated Infection (HAI) Prevention to implement a bu…
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/URK4KUpCK3gafGrdaLzYDJ
Low-Dose Aspirin for the Prevention of Morbidity and Mortality From Preeclampsia: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation
LOW-DOSE ASPIRIN USE FOR THE PREVENTION OF MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY FROM PREECLAMPSIA
CLINICAL SUMMARY OF U.S. PREVENTIVE SERVICES TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATION
Population Asymptomatic pregna…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/news-events/index.html
March 01, 2024 - Patient Safety News and Events
As the Nation’s patient safety agency, AHRQ hosts and shares information about activities and events that highlight awareness, progress, and future research needs in the field. Find out more about past and future patient safety events.
Patient Safety Awareness Week 2024
As AHR…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/837737/psn-pdf
July 27, 2022 - Patients' willingness and ability to identify and respond to
errors in their personal health records: mixed methods
analysis of cross-sectional survey data.
July 27, 2022
Lear R, Freise L, Kybert M, et al. Patients' willingness and ability to identify and respond to errors in their
personal health records: mixed m…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41777/psn-pdf
April 05, 2013 - Effect of nonpayment for preventable infections in U.S.
hospitals.
April 5, 2013
Lee GM, Kleinman K, Soumerai SB, et al. Effect of nonpayment for preventable infections in U.S. hospitals.
N Engl J Med. 2012;367(15):1428-37. doi:10.1056/NEJMsa1202419.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-nonpayment-preventable-infec…
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-full/slide138.html
October 01, 2014 - 138. Treatment Recommendations: Medications-Nicotine Lozenge
Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update
Text version of slide presentation.
Patient selection
Appropriate as a first-line medication for treating tobacco use
Precautions, warnings, contraindications and side effects (see F…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42831/psn-pdf
October 31, 2014 - Overdiagnosis in low-dose computed tomography
screening for lung cancer.
October 31, 2014
Patz EF, Pinsky P, Gatsonis C, et al. Overdiagnosis in low-dose computed tomography screening for lung
cancer. JAMA Intern Med. 2014;174(2):269-74. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.12738.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/overdiagno…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44965/psn-pdf
February 15, 2017 - Identification and Prioritization of Health IT Patient Safety
Measures.
February 15, 2017
Washington, DC: National Quality Forum; February 2016.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/identification-and-prioritization-health-it-patient-safety-measures
Health information technology (IT) has transformed health care and improv…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38295/psn-pdf
May 27, 2010 - Narrative review: do state laws make it easier to say "I'm
sorry"?
May 27, 2010
McDonnell WM, Guenther E. Narrative review: do state laws make it easier to say "I'm sorry?". Ann Intern
Med. 2008;149(11):811-816.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/narrative-review-do-state-laws-make-it-easier-say-im-sorry
Multiple studi…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36006/psn-pdf
November 15, 2011 - Disclosure of medical errors: what factors influence how
patients respond?
November 15, 2011
Mazor KM, Reed G, Yood RA, et al. Disclosure of medical errors: what factors influence how patients
respond? J Gen Intern Med. 2006;21(7):704-10.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/disclosure-medical-errors-what-factors-influenc…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/crcscreeningrpt/crcscreenfigtxt1-2.html
April 01, 2018 - Health Care Systems for Tracking Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests
Figure 1.2. Framework for a System Approach to Tracking and Increasing Screening for Population Health Improvement Regarding Colorectal Cancer (SATIS-PHI/CRC) (Text Description)
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/injuries/fallspx/manapb22.html
December 01, 2017 - The Falls Management Program: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Nursing Facilities
Appendix B22: Suggestions for Further Assessment and/or Interventions
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The Falls Management Program: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Nursing Facilities
Chapter 1. Int…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45872/psn-pdf
April 13, 2017 - Finding diagnostic errors in children admitted to the
PICU.
April 13, 2017
Davalos MC, Samuels K, Meyer AND, et al. Finding diagnostic errors in children admitted to the PICU.
Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2017;18(3):265-271. doi:10.1097/PCC.0000000000001059.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/finding-diagnostic-errors-childre…
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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/initiatives.html
September 01, 2019 - Practice Improvement Initiatives
The list below provides examples of major AHRQ practice improvement projects.
EvidenceNOW
EvidenceNOW, one of AHRQ's largest primary care projects to date, helped practices implement evidence to improve healthcare with a focus on heart health and enriched their capacity to f…