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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications2/files/measure-retirement-2013.pdf
January 01, 2013 - A higher median score
is one indication of the group’s assessment of whether the measure should be retained
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/DataElements_NIS_2004_Hospital.pdf
January 01, 2004 - Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) NIS Description of Data Elements - Hospital Notes
Description of Data Elements
Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS)
Hospital Weights File
This document contains cumulative descriptions of data elements across all
states and years of HCUP data from …
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/obesity_hi_impact.pdf
April 17, 2012 - Obesity
AHRQ Healthcare Horizon Scanning System – Potential High
Impact Interventions Report
Priority Area 10: Obesity
Potential High Impact Interventions Report
Prepared for:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
540 Gaither Road
Rockvill…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/taylor-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Final Progress Report: Disseminating a Web-Enabled Safety Risk Assessment (SRA) Toolkit for Designing Safer Healthcare Facilities
Final Report
1. Title Page
Principal Investigator: Ellen Taylor
Project Title: Disseminating a web-enabled Safety Risk Assessment (SRA) toolkit for designing safer
healthcare facilitie…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/SyH-DR-Sampling-Weighting-Synthetization-Methodologies.pdf
December 01, 2023 - Sampling, Weighting, and Synthetization Methodologies
Synthetic Healthcare Database
for Research (SyH-DR)
A Synthetic Nationally Representative
All-Payer Claims Database
SAMPLING, WEIGHTING, AND
SYNTHETIZATION METHODOLOGIES
AHRQ Publication No. 24-0019-4-EF
December 2023
SyH-DR i Methodologies
TABLE OF…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/prevhosp/prevhospitalvisits-funcspecs_0.pdf
August 01, 2017 - On-Time Preventable Hospital and ED Visits Functional Specs
AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes:
On-Time Preventable Hospital and Emergency
Department Visits
Functional Specifications
Current as of August 2017
Contents
1. General Information .......…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/quintana-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Leveraging a Social Network of Elders and Families To Improve Medication Safety at Transitions of Care
AHRQ Final Report for grant R18HS024869
Title Leveraging a Social Network of Elders and Families to Improve
Medication Safety at Transitions of Care
Principal Investigator (PI) Yuri Quintana…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/pressureulcertoolkit/putoolssect7.docx
February 16, 2011 - Section 7. Tools and Resources
0A: Introductory Executive Summary for Stakeholders
1A: Clinical Staff Attitudes Towards Pressure Ulcer Prevention
1B: Stakeholder Analysis
1C: Leadership Support Assessment
1D: Business Case Form
1E: Resource Needs Assessment
2A: Multidisciplinary Team
2B: Quality Improvement Process
2C…
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/3Kwu7j_WfCFQSnSzqrDWwt
June 20, 2019 - Medication Use to Reduce Risk of Breast Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement
Medication Use to Reduce Risk of Breast Cancer
US Preventive Services Task Force
Recommendation Statement
US Preventive Services Task Force
IMPORTANCE Breast cancer is the most common nonskin cancer among women…
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/bF_Y9vcT3eNPdHjTxPZsUZ
April 17, 2023 - Screening for Depression and Suicide Risk in Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement
Clinical Review & Education
(Reprinted)
JAMA | US Preventive Services Task Force | RECOMMENDATION STATEMENT
Screening for Depression and Suicide Risk in Adults
US Preventive Services Task Force Recomm…
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/-6kN7TPcfEj2owG4GTN2jA
June 01, 2012 - Screening for Cervical Cancer: USPSTF Recommendation Statement
Screening for Cervical Cancer: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
Recommendation Statement
Virginia A. Moyer, MD, MPH, on behalf of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force*
Description: Update of the 2003 U.S. Preventive Services Task
Force (USPSTF) rec…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-263-postpartum-hypertensive-pregnancy-executive-summary.pdf
May 01, 2023 - Executive Summary_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 263: Management of Postpartum Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
Comparative Effectiveness Review
Number 263
Management of Postpartum
Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
Executive Summary
Main Points
• Home Blood Pressure Monitoring (HB…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/stakeholders-engagement-others_research-2012.pdf
January 01, 2012 - The Facilitation Primer: Strategies, Tools & Considerations to Get You Started
The Facilitation Primer
Strategies, Tools & Considerations to Get
You Started
The Effective Health Care Program
Revised January 2012
This guide was created by the Scientific Resource Center at the Oregon Eviden…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/laceration-needed-proper-exam-not-x-ray
November 25, 2020 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
A Laceration that Needed a Proper Exam, Not an X-Ray
Citation Text:
Wander J, Barnes DK. A Laceration that Needed a Proper Exam, Not an X-Ray.. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2024.
Copy Cit…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/always-check-muscle-twitch-residual-neuromuscular-block-after-removal-gastric-balloon
January 29, 2021 - Always Check the Muscle Twitch: Residual Neuromuscular Block After Removal of a Gastric Balloon
Citation Text:
Bohringer C, Ashley S. Always Check the Muscle Twitch: Residual Neuromuscular Block After Removal of a Gastric Balloon. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality,…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49759/psn-pdf
May 01, 2016 - Falling Through the Crack (in the Bedrails)
May 1, 2016
Dykes PC, Vacca V, Leung WY. Falling Through the Crack (in the Bedrails). PSNet [internet]. 2016.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/falling-through-crack-bedrails
Case Objectives
Review the epidemiology of patient falls and associated injuries in the hospital set…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/juvenile-arthritis-dmards_executive.pdf
September 01, 2011 - Layout 1
Background
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the
most common rheumatologic disease in
childhood, with an overall prevalence of 7
to 400 per 100,000 children. JIA is an
important cause of chronic disease in
childhood, with prevalence similar to type I
diabetes mellitus. Several classification
systems ha…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/under-pressure-tracheostomy-cuff-over-inflation-leading-tissue-necrosis-and-cuff-rupture
March 15, 2023 - SPOTLIGHT CASE
Under Pressure: Tracheostomy Cuff Over Inflation Leading to Tissue Necrosis and Cuff Rupture
Citation Text:
Gould E, Carlsen K, Trask J, et al. Under Pressure: Tracheostomy Cuff Over Inflation Leading to Tissue Necrosis and Cuff Rupture.. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency fo…
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb90.pdf
May 21, 2010 - Statistical Brief #90: Hospital Readmissions and Multiple Emergency Department Visits, in Selected States, 2006-2007
From
HEALTHCARE COST AND
UTILIZATION PROJECT
Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality
STATISTICAL BRIEF #90
May 2010
Highlights
■ Two out of every five patients who
soug…
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/nis_2003_stspecific_restr.jsp
January 01, 2003 - Sources of NIS Data and State-Specific Restrictions 2003
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