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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/toolkits/vchip-strategies-for-kdd.pdfFebruary 01, 2015 - Strategies to Improve Asthma Care and Treatment in Primary Care Practices Strategies to Improve Asthma Care and Treatment in Primary Care Practices* The following are strategies that healthcare professionals and primary care practices used to improve office systems to address and promote optimal asthma treatment as…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/tab7.htmlDecember 01, 2012 - Assessing the Health and Welfare of the HCBS Population Table 7: Health and Welfare of the Home and Community-Based Services Population as Measured by 13 Outcome Indicators, 2005 Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Assessing the Health and Welfare of the HCBS Population Introduction HCBS P…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/press-releases/sepsis-report-to-congress.htmlSeptember 01, 2024 - AHRQ Issues Report to Congress on Burden of Sepsis in U.S. Hospital Care Report finds the emergence of COVID-19 significantly changed the epidemiology of sepsis Press Release Date: September 16, 2024 The number of sepsis-related inpatient stays at non-federal acute care hospitals in the United States increased …
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/ltc-quality-measures.htmlDecember 01, 2022 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders Measuring What Matters: Catalyzing Conversations on the Quality of Long-Term Care DEC 15 2022 By Members of AHRQ’s National Advisory Council: Catherine H. Ivory, Ph.D., R.N.; Komal Bajaj, M.D.; MS-HPEd, Jiajie Zhang, Ph.D.; and Kannan Ramar, …
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/patient-centered-care-dhr.htmlSeptember 01, 2022 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders Patient-Centered Care Takes Center Stage in New Report from AHRQ’s Digital Healthcare Research Program SEP 29 2022 By Chris Dymek, Ed.D. Chris Dymek, Ed.D. The goal of patient-centered care supported by digital health…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-zhou.htmlJuly 01, 2024 - Grantee Profile Using Technology to Alert Clinicians to Potential Allergy, Drug Interactions Li Zhou, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Lead investigator, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Li Zhou, M.D., Ph.D. “I really appreciate how AHRQ looks for ways to use technology to improve patie…
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www.ahrq.gov/tools/index.htmlDecember 01, 2015 - Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) The CUSP toolkit includes training tools to make care safer. More The SHARE Approach Five-step process for clinicians and their patients More EvidenceNOW Tools for Change Helping practices implement evidence More Tools The …
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/explain/communicate/reason.htmlNovember 01, 2018 - Give People a Reason To Look at a Health Care Quality Report Tell your audience why you are providing quality information. In particular, be specific about how they can benefit personally from using the report. Since many people are also likely to care about how comparative quality reports can help improve heat…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/translate/scores/framing.htmlMarch 01, 2016 - Framing Health Care Quality Scores as Positive or Negative Every time you make a decision on how to present an individual score or composite, you are “framing” the presentation. Framing refers to the emotional tone of the message you are communicating to consumers. For example: A positive frame would accent…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/iomracereport/reldataapa.htmlMay 01, 2018 - Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data: Standardization for Health Care Quality Improvement A. Acronyms and Abbreviations Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data: Standardization for Health Care Quality Improvement Summary Reviewers 1. Introduction 2. Evidenc…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ssi/ssiapn.htmlApril 01, 2018 - Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome Detection Appendix N. Surgeon Focus Group Guide Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome Detection Executive Summary Chapter 1. Admin…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/20140115_DB/2_Janice_Ricketts_slides_12-28.pdfJanuary 01, 2014 - Using the CAHPS Database to Compare, Report, and Improve Organizational Performance CAHPS Database Online Reporting System 12 CAHPS Database 13 • The CAHPS Database receives data voluntarily submitted by users that have administered: – Clinician & Group Survey – Health Plan Survey • Data are submitt…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/news-events/psaw-2023/index.htmlMarch 01, 2023 - Patient Safety Awareness Week 2023 AHRQ, together with our colleagues from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Health Services Resources Administration, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement , and other dedicated patient safety advocates, are observing Patient Safety Awareness Week. …
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/decolonization/index.htmlMay 01, 2025 - Decolonization Decolonization is an infection prevention practice that removes germs from the skin. It is often used in healthcare facilities when patients carry methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) or other dangerous germs on their bodies. It can keep them from developing an infection themselve…
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www.ahrq.gov/pcor/strategic-framework/strategic-priorities.htmlJuly 01, 2023 - AHRQ's PCORTF Strategic Priorities Previous Page Next Page The PCORTF strategic framework identifies four priorities for improving healthcare delivery that are aligned with AHRQ’s mission and core competencies and that have the potential to improve outcomes that are important to patients. As d…
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www.ahrq.gov/patients-consumers/care-planning/errors/5steps/cincorecsp.htmlSeptember 01, 2014 - Cinco recomendaciones para recibir una mejor atención médica La seguridad de pacientes es uno de los desafíos de sanidad más grande de los Estados Unidos. Un informe del Instituto de Medicina (Institute of Medicine) declara que aproximadamente entre 44,000 a 98,000 personas mueren anualmente en hosp…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/202001.htmlApril 01, 2020 - Maine Hospital Speeds Patients’ Admitting Time from the Emergency Department After Using AHRQ Tools Search All Impact Case Studies April 2020 LincolnHealth, a 25-bed critical access hospital in Damariscotta, Maine, improved the timeliness of admitting patients from the emergency department into a hospital u…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201420.htmlNovember 01, 2014 - AHRQ's RED Toolkit Leads to Lower Readmissions, Better Care Transitions in Two Texas Hospitals Search All Impact Case Studies November 2014 Two Texas hospitals have used AHRQ's Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) toolkit to help significantly reduce hospital readmissions and as a catalyst for additional progres…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/building-bridge-to-evidence-based-medicine.htmlJune 01, 2024 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders AHRQ and Clinical Decision Support: Building the Bridge to Evidence-based Medicine JUN 6 2024 By Edwin Lomotan, M.D., James Swiger, M.B.E., and Dean F. Sittig, Ph.D. Clinical decision support (CDS) has emerged as an important tool …
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www.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/index.htmlMarch 01, 2025 - About AHRQ The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is the federal agency charged with improving the quality and safety of healthcare delivery. The agency develops and disseminates scientific evidence, tools, and data to help patients and their families, healthcare professionals, and policymakers m…
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