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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/engage-tool.html
July 01, 2022 - Family-Centered Rounds Toolkit
Family-centered rounding (FCR) is a key patient engagement strategy for hospitalized children. FCRs have become the standard of care, despite the limited evaluation of benefits or interventions to support high-quality delivery.
The FCR Toolkit was designed to increase family en…
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digital.ahrq.gov/organization/emory-university
January 01, 2023 - Emory University
Improving Influenza Vaccine Uptake in Acute Care Settings
Description
This research developed and evaluated three clinical decision support interventions to promote influenza vaccinations among hospitalized children and found that the tools increased vaccine u…
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digital.ahrq.gov/location/usa-oh-columbus
January 01, 2023 - USA, OH, Columbus
A Randomized Clinical Trial of Smartphone Virtual Reality for Pain Management During Burn Care Transition
Description
This research will adapt a pain management virtual reality application for use on a smartphone to manage pain during dressing changes in pedi…
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www.ahrq.gov/sdoh/about.html
February 01, 2020 - About SDOH in Healthcare
SDOH in Communities
SDOH, although experienced by individuals, exist at the community level. Healthcare systems that learn about the communities their patients live in, and the community-level barriers members can face to becoming and staying healthy, can better adapt their recommenda…
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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/systemdesign/leancasestudies/lean-exhibit1-18.html
November 01, 2014 - Improving Care Delivery Through Lean: Implementation Case Studies
Exhibit 1.18. Major Factors that Facilitate Lean Success at LHC
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Improving Care Delivery Through Lean: Implementation Case Studies
Introduction to the Case Studies
Case 1. Lakeview Healthca…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/priorities-contacts/contacts/index.html
March 01, 2025 - AHRQ Research: Staff Contacts
AHRQ welcomes inquiries regarding the Agency's current areas of research interest. Direct your questions regarding program matters to the AHRQ staff listed below.
Address for General Correspondence Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD 20857 A…
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digital.ahrq.gov/2020-year-review/program-background
January 01, 2020 - Program Background
What We Do
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is the lead Federal agency charged with improving the quality and safety of America's healthcare system. AHRQ invests in evidence-generating research and translates research findings into practice to achiev…
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/TmzUNhP6dAtun5nLBKqrRv
Screening for Skin Cancer
Screening for Depression in Adults: Clinical Summary
Population Adults aged ≥18 y
Recommendation
Screen for depression, with adequate systems in place to ensure accurate diagnosis, effective treatment, and
appropriate follow-up.
Grade: B
Risk Assessment
Women, youn…
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digital.ahrq.gov/organization/yale-university
January 01, 2023 - Yale University
Using Electronic Health Records to Support Decision-Making in Pediatric Obesity Care
Description
This project will evaluate and compare different tools within electronic health records to assist pediatric primary care clinicians with providing higher quality ch…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/toolkit/index.html
July 01, 2018 - How to Use the CUSP Toolkit
The CUSP Toolkit can help your team learn key principles that increase safety. Once you’ve learned the basics, add-on modules can help you target certain safety issues.
The CUSP Toolkit is modular. The core CUSP Toolkit is composed of instructional material that a unit leader (fa…
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www.ahrq.gov/pcor/strategic-framework/stakeholder-engagement.html
July 01, 2023 - Patient-Centeredness, Diversity, and Stakeholder Engagement
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Amplifying Patient Voices
Patients are at the center of the PCORTF strategic framework. This placement signifies that AHRQ’s PCORTF work prioritizes patients and aims to amplify their voices to identify and tackl…
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-costs-and-benefits-database
January 01, 2023 - This information is for reference purposes only. It was current when produced and may now be outdated. Archive material is no longer maintained, and some links may not work. Persons with disabilities having difficulty accessing this information should contact us at: https://digital.ahrq.gov/contact-us . Let us know th…
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www.ahrq.gov/data/visualizations/retail-drugs-covid-19.html
January 01, 2022 - Retail and Mail Order Drugs Used in 2014-18 and Later Prescribed For COVID-19
The coronavirus pandemic has placed unprecedented strains on our healthcare system, in some cases prompting novel uses of medications to treat people with COVID-19. Quantifying the use of and expenditures for these medications before …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/availability/chipra-234-technical-specs.pdf
December 01, 2015 - CHIPRA 234 Technical Specifications
Q-METRIC Availability of Specialty Services Measure 5, Access to Outpatient Dental Care for Children
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Measure 5: Access to Outpatient Dental Care for Children
Description
Rate of dental providers who have seen ≥1 enrolled…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/distribute/media/mass-media.html
December 01, 2022 - Delivering Healthcare Quality Reports Through Mass Media
Mass media—chiefly television, radio, Internet sites, newspapers, and magazines—can be used effectively to educate and promote awareness and use of comparative quality reports.
A few sponsors have experimented with using mass media, particularly magazi…
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www.ahrq.gov/takeheart/about/initiative/partner-hospitals/east-alabama.html
November 01, 2022 - East Alabama Medical Center TAKEheart Profile
"For EAMC, TAKEheart served as a catalyst to improve processes and refine elements of our automatic referral and care coordination systems, which will ultimately improve patient outcomes."
CR Challenges at East Alabama Medical Center (EAMC)
East Alabama Medi…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/HIT/index.html
July 01, 2022 - CAHPS Health Information Technology Item Set
The CAHPS Health Information Technology (Health IT) Item Set is designed to help organizations assess the patient-centeredness of physician practices and medical groups that have adopted different kinds of information technologies. Increasingly common uses of health …
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/r2LUvvSSCL_VgAQYyU9_-X
Behavioral and Pharmacotherapy Interventions for Tobacco Smoking Cessation in Adults, Including Pregnant Women: Clinical Summary
Behavioral and Pharmacotherapy Interventions for Tobacco Smoking Cessation in Adults, Including Pregnant Women: Clinical
Summary
Population Nonpregnant adults age ≥18 y Pregnant adult…
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digital.ahrq.gov/2018-year-review/research-summary/emerging-innovative-newly-funded-research/using-patient-reported-data-reduce-opioid-use-dental-patients
January 01, 2018 - Using Patient-Reported Data to Reduce Opioid Use in Dental Patients
Significance and Potential Impact
Actively tracking patient-reported symptoms should decrease the number of patients who are prescribed opioids after surgery upon discharge, as well as the strength of the opioid and length of time they are pr…
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digital.ahrq.gov/national-webinars/integrating-patient-reported-outcomes-practice-benefits-challenges-recommendations
February 27, 2024 - Integrating Patient-Reported Outcomes into Practice: Benefits, Challenges, and Recommendations for Action
Event Date:
February 27, 2024 | 3:00pm – 4:30pm ET
Event Materials:
Presentation Slides ( PDF , 2.87 MB). Q&As ( PDF , 149 KB).
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