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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/buckley-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Interview 
data were analyzed and assessed for themes. … present in the emergency department, day surgery cases that discharged following the 
surgery, and inpatient … To provide context to the clinical data outlined above, Dr. … Discharge medication programs are
in place: ~a key transition. … present in the emergency department, day surgery  cases that discharged following the 
surgery, and  inpatient
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/9-senior-executives.pptx
June 01, 2023 - shortening preop fasting period, etc.)2,3 
If your ISCR team has implemented some processes and you have data … Goal Setting Form to report your current ISCR service line surgery rates (see below for examples of data … surgery cases done in CY XXXX:
Length of stay (mean and median):
Unplanned 30-day readmission rate (post-discharge … ):
SSI (deep) rate:
SSI (organ space) rate:
All-cause inpatient mortality rate:
Include any other outcome … measure rates you have data for at your institution (e.g., superficial SSI, VTE, patient satisfaction
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/hispanichealth/2014nhqdr-hispanichealth-pt2.pptx
July 01, 2015 - dysfunction who were prescribed angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker at discharge … likely to be prescribed angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker at discharge … a non-Federal community hospital in the United States with acute myocardial infarction as principal discharge … and until 1976, most other common measures of alcohol-related problems such as arrest and hospital discharge … Set, Discharge Data Set, 2005-2011.
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2018qdr-final-es.pdf
September 01, 2019 - reports span a wide range of structure, process, 
and outcome measures for which existing national data … Mortality
	Cost
	Findings on Care Coordination
	Initiation of Home Health Care
	Communication About Discharge … Barriers to Medical Care
	Adolescent Vaccination
	Emergency Department Visits Involving Opioids
	Hospital Inpatient … Complications
	Changes in Quality of Care by Residence Location
	Changes in Disparities by Residence Location
	Inpatient … DATA SOURCES USED FOR 2018 REPORT
	Federal Sources of Data
	Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/workforce-financing/case_example_3.pdf
October 01, 2016 - This software uses Epic data on 
ambulatory charges, pharmacy orders, and inpatient, outpatient, and … Recently, Fairview has combined patient risk scores with their 12-month emergency 
department and inpatient … As patients transition from inpatient to outpatient care, care coordinators 
update notes in the EHR … Ideally, 
appointments are within 7 days of discharge. … Quality data are updated monthly.
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2018qdr-appa2.pdf
January 01, 2018 - Source 
Number of 
Years 
Inpatient adverse events in adults receiving knee replacement -12.31 0.0 … event to 
low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) and factor Xa 
-11.33 0.0 0.00 MPSMS 8 (2009-
2016) 
Inpatient … care patients whose management of oral medications 
improved 
-7.7 0.0 0.028 OASIS 4 (2013-
2016) 
Inpatient … 0.0 0.07 OASIS 4 (2013-
2016) 
Adult hospital patients who did not receive good communication 
about discharge … preferences and those of their family and caregiver into 
account when deciding what the patient’s discharge
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/shapiro-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - , AHRQ has 
identified ED crowding and boarding (i.e., holding admitted patients in the ED until an inpatient … denotes a unique encounter), medical record number (MRN – denotes a unique 
patient), admission and discharge … specified in either the EHR or HIE and recorded as the same or “unknown” in the other system. 
3) Admit and discharge … systems in
which admit and discharge times were entered. … Though only ED visits were counted as index visits, either ED or inpatient
revisits within 72 hours of
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ptflow/section1.html
July 01, 2018 - and 9 out of 10 hospitals report holding or "boarding" admitted patients in the ED while they await inpatient … ED Crowding Is Costly 
 In 2007, the most recent year for which data are available, 1.9 million people—representing … Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the inclusion of five ED crowding related measures under the Hospital Inpatient … Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program. Overview available at www.qualitynet.org.
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/7-implementation-guide.docx
June 01, 2023 - locations include:
Outpatient or physician offices
Operating rooms
Preoperative and recovery units
Inpatient … locations include:
Outpatient or physician offices
Operating rooms
Preoperative and recovery units
Inpatient … locations include:
Outpatient or physician offices
Operating rooms
Preoperative and recovery units
Inpatient … locations include:
Outpatient or physician offices
Operating rooms
Preoperative and recovery units
Inpatient … Leaders could be a physician, nurse, case manager, discharge planner, or other staff person committed
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/data-innovations-statbrief-statins-commercial-insurance.pdf
October 02, 2024 - Innovations Statistical Brief presents data from AHRQ’s Synthetic Healthcare 
Data for Research (SyH-DR … 46.6%) or AMI (54.8%) or who underwent a CABG/PCI 
procedure (53.8%) used a statin within 3 months of discharge … insurance coverage from the time they were admitted to the hospital to 3 
months after their hospital discharge … The database consists of a sample of 
inpatient, outpatient, and prescription drug claims, including … These activities include identifying data needs and data gaps.
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/iomracereport/reldata5.html
May 01, 2018 - Hospitals have multiple pathways (inpatient, outpatient, ED, urgent care) through which patients enter … hospitals were required to begin collecting race and ethnicity data from every patient with an inpatient … These data are included in the electronic discharge data each hospital submits to the state's Division … Second, the tool and the required categories in which hospitals must provide patient-level discharge … Multispecialty group practices, which provide a range of primary care, specialty care, inpatient care
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/SyH-DR-data-brief-birth-rates-payments-rev.pdf
October 17, 2023 - all-payer data on demographic and eligibility information, inpatient 
stays, outpatient visits, and … included payments associated with the hospital delivery stay, any 
emergency department visit if the discharge … The database consists 
of a sample of inpatient, outpatient, and prescription drug claims, including … known as 
“AHRQ Data Innovations.” … These activities include identifying data needs and data gaps.
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/research/shuttered/acfselection/appendixa.html
July 01, 2018 - BACKGROUND: Federal planners have suggested that one strategy to accommodate disaster surges of 500 inpatients … "Inpatient disposition classification for the creation of hospital surge capacity: a multiphase study … Identification of inpatients for safe early discharge (ie, reverse triage) could create additional hospital … We sought to develop a disposition classification system that categorises inpatients according to suitability … RESULTS: Data were obtained from 133 centers.
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/dierks-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - issues:  shutdown of these  
units at a specific time, increasing  
potential for  premature patient discharge …  Physical locations less fully equipped   
for contingencies and often ‘remote’  
from inpatient … data for procedural and 
inpatient units; acuity levels and patient volume in the target unit population … procedure preparation, sedation phase, prep/drape phase, 
post-procedure recovery phase, admission and discharge … Dierks, MD  Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 
 Assessing  readiness for discharge  to home (vs.
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/care/coordination/atlas/chapter6k.html
June 01, 2014 - about a child's health and education needs as part of care coordination, (5) meeting with the hospital discharge … Patient Age:  Children 
 Patient Condition:  General Population/Not Condition Specific 
 Setting:  Inpatient … Validated Applications*: 
 
 Patient Age:  Not Applicable 
 Patient Condition:  Not Applicable 
 Setting:  Inpatient … Patient Age:  Children 
 Patient Condition:  General Population/Not Condition Specific 
 Setting:  Inpatient … Using family satisfaction data to improve the processes of care in ICU.
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/takeheart/training/implementing-automatic-referral-implementation-guide.pdf
March 01, 2023 - This I G  focuses on creating an AR system from the inpatient/procedural 
environment to outpatient CR … Referrals from the Inpatient/Procedure Environments 
• AR should be built into the discharge order set … .
• Discharge is the time in the patient care cycle where patient conversations are routine. … Making the referral at discharge increases the chances it will be discussed with the
patient prior to … Data
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/b3b_combo_resultspresentation.pptx
January 01, 2012 - Replace the charts with charts that you create with your data (use the Excel workbook from Tool B3a for … Tool B.3b Slide ‹#›
The Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators 
Results and Discussion of Data … Inpatient Quality Indicators	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	32	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-100	-100 … 5.1366764873362802	-100	0	-100	131.12170481778401	Benchmark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Inpatient … s) you would like to focus on, and fill in these slides based on that indicator and your hospital’s data
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/takeheart/training/module-5-implementation-guide.pdf
June 02, 2025 - • Determined the data necessary to support automatic referral. … TAKEheart focuses on creating an automatic referral system from the inpatient/procedural 
environment … • Data analytics coordinator: manages the collection and interpretation of data to support 
automatic … When: 
For referrals from the inpatient/procedure environments, it is recommended that the automatic … referral be built into the discharge order set.
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/ena-slides.pdf
September 01, 2015 - Inpatient nurses? Providers? … I have someone who’s got four patients and an upcoming discharge. … • How are data being collected? … • Is there a handoff tool for reporting to the inpatient nurse? … Standardized Handoffs
	Sample Handoff
	Questions
	Hard Data
	Soft Data
	Data Drive Change
	Case Study
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/guides/ena-slides.pdf
September 01, 2015 - Inpatient nurses? Providers? … I have someone who’s got four patients and an upcoming discharge. … • How are data being collected? … • Is there a handoff tool for reporting to the inpatient nurse? … Standardized Handoffs
	Sample Handoff
	Questions
	Hard Data
	Soft Data
	Data Drive Change
	Case Study