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  1. digital.ahrq.gov/2019-year-review/research-summary/helping-patients-better-understand-effective-treatment-options
    January 01, 2019 - Helping Patients Better Understand Effective Treatment Options for Crohn’s Disease Use of the Crohn’s Disease Prediction Tool, a validated individualized risk prediction tool plus a web-based decision aid, resulted in improved shared decision making and patients choosing a more effective Crohn’s disease therapy. …
  2. digital.ahrq.gov/2020-year-review/research-summary/what-we-fund
    January 01, 2020 - What We Fund By making health information available electronically when and where it is needed, digital healthcare can improve the quality of care, even as it makes healthcare more cost-effective. Digital healthcare knowledge and tools can enhance the efforts of patients, clinicians, a…
  3. www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/HFVpc3j6HjLDkFxfqrr4wG
    August 01, 2021 - Clinician Summary of USPSTF Recommendation: Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes 1 www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org Clinician Summary of USPSTF Recommendation Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes August 2021 The USPSTF recognizes that clinical decisions involve more considerations than evidence alone. Clinicians…
  4. www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/toolkit/welcome.html
    October 01, 2024 - MRSA Prevention Toolkit: ICUs & Non-ICUs Next Page Table of Contents MRSA Prevention Toolkit: ICUs & Non-ICUs The Four Key Strategies of MRSA Prevention The Importance of MRSA Prevention Decolonization Tools & Resources for Decolonization Tools & Resources for Decolonization: First Steps, Re…
  5. 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…
  6. digital.ahrq.gov/location/usa-ca-oakland
    January 01, 2023 - USA, CA, Oakland Improving Safety and Quality of Emergency Care Using Machine Learning-Based Clinical Decision Support at Triage Description This research will design, implement, and evaluate an emergency department triage machine learning algorithm, with an emphasis on predic…
  7. digital.ahrq.gov/research-method/meta-analysis
    January 01, 2023 - Meta-Analysis Combining meta-analysis with multiple imputation for one-step, privacy-protecting estimation of causal treatment effects in multi-site studies. Citation Shu D, Li X, Her Q, Wong J, Li D, Wang R, Toh S. Combining meta-analysis with multiple imputation for one-step…
  8. psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-education-project
    July 16, 2018 - Multi-use Website Patient Safety Education Project. Citation Text: Patient Safety Education Project. Buehler Center on Aging, Health & Society; Northwestern University. Copy Citation Save Save to your library Print Download PDF Share Face…
  9. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42083/psn-pdf
    March 13, 2013 - The top patient safety strategies that can be encouraged for adoption now. March 13, 2013 Shekelle PG, Pronovost P, Wachter R, et al. The top patient safety strategies that can be encouraged for adoption now. Ann Intern Med. 2013;158(5 Pt 2):365-8. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-158-5-201303051-00001. https://psnet.ahrq.go…
  10. 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…
  11. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/primer-understanding-cahps-surveys.pdf
    June 02, 2025 - AHRQ's CAHPS® Program AHRQ’S CAHPS® PROGRAM Caren Ginsberg, Ph.D. Director, CAHPS & SOPS Center for Quality Improvement & Patient Safety, AHRQ 7 AHRQ’s Core Competencies • AHRQ is a research and development agency in the US Department of Health and Human Services • Health Systems Research: Invest in research…
  12. www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/crctoolkit/crctool4b3.html
    April 01, 2018 - Tracking and Improving Screening for Colorectal Cancer Intervention 4.b-3 Web Links to CDC Patient Information on CRC Screening Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Tracking and Improving Screening for Colorectal Cancer Intervention I. Introduction II. Background III. Intervention Steps a…
  13. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/3_TK2_T1-Suggested_Agenda_for_Meeting_on_Monitoring_Final.docx
    October 01, 2016 - Tool 1. Suggested Agenda for an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Team Meeting on Monitoring Depending on the nursing home’s goals, more than one meeting may be needed to cover all the topics. Agenda for Antimicrobial Stewardship Monitoring Date: Time: Participant’s Name Discipline Initials a             …
  14. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy1/Strat1_Tool_4_Letters_508.docx
    June 02, 2025 - Strategy 1: Working with Patients & Families as Advisors (Tool 4) Strategy 1: Working With Patients & Families as Advisors (Tool 4) Sample Letter of Invitation for Advisory Council Applicants Dear [insert name], I am pleased to invite you to join the [patient and family advisory council or name of the council if it ha…
  15. www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/Sttb6Qo6TFfWyR7Y8SzfH-
    Screening for Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Nonpregnant Adolescents and Adults: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation SCREENING FOR HEPATITIS B VIRUS INFECTION IN NONPREGNANT ADOLESCENTS AND ADULTS CLINICAL SUMMARY OF U.S. PREVENTIVE SERVICES TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATION Population Asymptomatic, nonpregnant ado…
  16. www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/ambulatory/improve/six-building-blocks.html
    March 01, 2022 - AHRQ Six Building Blocks: A Team-Based Approach to Improving Opioid Management in Primary Care Deaths from drug overdoses  (PDF, 429 KB) have risen steadily over the past two decades. The misuse of opioids has become widespread across the United States. Primary care providers and their clinic staff manage …
  17. 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…
  18. www.ahrq.gov/prevention/chronic-care/index.html
    July 01, 2019 - Prevention and Chronic Care Preventing disease and helping patients maximize health and function over the life span are two essential activities of a well-functioning health care system. AHRQ’s Prevention/Care Management Portfolio works to improve the delivery of primary care services in order to meet the needs…
  19. www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/liability/acknowledgements.html
    August 01, 2017 - Advances in Patient Safety and Medical Liability Acknowledgments Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Advances in Patient Safety and Medical Liability Preface Acknowledgments Prologue Silence A Commentary Reforming the Medical Liability System in Massachusetts: Communication, Apology,…
  20. digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/research/gilmet-gp-et-al-1998
    January 01, 1998 - Gilmet GP et al. 1998 "The use of an integrated clinical laboratory and pharmacy diabetes database to provide physician performance feedback in an IPA-model HMO." Reference Gilmet GP, Mallon RP, Griffin BT, et al. The use of an integrated clinical laboratory and pharmacy diabetes database to provide p…