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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/automating-assessment-obesity-care-quality/final-report
January 01, 2023 - Automating Assessment of Obesity Care Quality - Final Report
Citation
Hazlehurst B. Automating Assessment of Obesity Care Quality - Final Report. (Prepared by Kaiser Foundation Research Institute under Grant No. R18 HS018157). Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2013.
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/quality-care.html
Quality of Care
AHRQ has information on the National Quality Strategy, data on health care quality, details on quality measurement projects, and AHRQ resources on quality.
National Quality Strategy The National Quality Strategy is a national effort to align public- and private-se…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42986/psn-pdf
February 26, 2014 - Potential inaccuracy of electronically transmitted
medication history information used for medication
reconciliation.
February 26, 2014
National Alert Network. Horsham, PA: Institute for Safe Medication Practices; Bethesda, MD: American
Society of Health-System Pharmacists. February 18, 2014.
https://psnet.ahrq.g…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39093/psn-pdf
November 11, 2009 - For whom the Bell Commission tolls: unintended effects
of limiting residents' hours.
November 11, 2009
Millard WB. For whom the bell commission tolls: unintended effects of limiting residents' hours. Ann Emerg
Med. 2009;54(4):A25-9.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/whom-bell-commission-tolls-unintended-effects-limitin…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37767/psn-pdf
June 01, 2022 - Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture 2.0.
June 1, 2022
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2019.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospital-survey-patient-safety-culture-20
The AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture™ (SOPS®) Hospital Survey and accompanying toolkit were
developed to collect …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/74249/psn-pdf
January 12, 2022 - Medication safety issues with newly authorized
PAXLOVID.
January 12, 2022
Institute for Safe Medication Practices. Medication Safety Alerts. January 3, 2022.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-safety-issues-newly-authorized-paxlovid
Emerging care practices can produce unsafe situations due to the newness…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/74043/psn-pdf
September 18, 2023 - DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses in Patient Safety.
September 18, 2023
The Daisy Foundation and Institute for Healthcare Improvement.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/daisy-award-extraordinary-nurses-patient-safety
Nurses have a fundamental role in safe care delivery by fostering a healthy work environment. This aw…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43086/psn-pdf
March 26, 2014 - International Comparisons: A Focus on Quality of Care.
March 26, 2014
Ottawa, ON: Canadian Institute for Health Information; January 23, 2014.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/international-comparisons-focus-quality-care
This report compared the quality of care in Canada with 34 other countries to identify areas in whi…
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/urinary/resources/value-proposition-flyer.html
March 01, 2021 - Back to MUI Resources
Value Proposition Recruitment Flyer
Resource
Document available on the AHRQ website (PDF, 1.2 MB).
Summary
This resource is an example of a recruitment flyer/handout that focuses on the value proposition of practice participation in a research study.
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/urinary/resources/invitation-letter-sample.html
February 01, 2019 - Back to MUI Resources
Invitation Letter Sample for Small Practices
Resource
Document available on the AHRQ website (PDF, 157 KB)
Summary
This resource is an example of a recruitment invitation letter directed towards small primary care practices that outlines benefits of prac…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35858/psn-pdf
July 22, 2010 - How long and how much are nurses now working?
July 22, 2010
Trinkoff AM, Geiger-Brown J, Brady B, et al. How long and how much are nurses now working? Am J Nurs.
2006;106(4):60-72.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/how-long-and-how-much-are-nurses-now-working
The authors analyzed results from a national survey and foun…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35595/psn-pdf
January 04, 2009 - Patient Safety: Achieving a New Standard of Care.
January 4, 2009
Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on Data Standards for Patient Safety, Aspden P, Corrigan JM,
Wolcott J, Erickson SM, eds. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2004.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-achieving-new-standa…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39728/psn-pdf
January 03, 2017 - Diffusing aviation innovations in a hospital in the
Netherlands.
January 3, 2017
de Korne DF, van Wijngaarden JDH, Hiddema F, et al. Diffusing aviation innovations in a hospital in The
Netherlands. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2010;36(8):339-47.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/diffusing-aviation-innovations-hospital-n…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42537/psn-pdf
October 02, 2013 - The use of a checklist in a pediatric oncology clinic.
October 2, 2013
McLean TW, White GM, Bagliani AF, et al. The use of a checklist in a pediatric oncology clinic. Pediatr
Blood Cancer. 2013;60(11):1855-9. doi:10.1002/pbc.24657.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/use-checklist-pediatric-oncology-clinic
An Institute o…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43202/psn-pdf
September 11, 2023 - ISMP Survey on High-Alert Medications in Acute Care
Settings.
September 11, 2023
Plymouth Meeting, PA: Institute for Safe Medication Practices; 2023.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ismp-survey-high-alert-medications-acute-care-settings
Experience from the sharp end helps to inform safety improvement initiatives. The…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41204/psn-pdf
March 07, 2012 - The Canadian interprofessional patient safety
competencies: their role in health-care professionals'
education.
March 7, 2012
King J, Anderson CM. The Canadian interprofessional patient safety competencies: their role in health-care
professionals' education. J Patient Saf. 2012;8(1):30-35. doi:10.1097/PTS.0b013e31…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46620/psn-pdf
January 30, 2018 - Where should patient safety be installed?
January 30, 2018
Sine DM, Paull D. Where should patient safety be installed? J Healthc Risk Manag. 2017;37(3):14-17.
doi:10.1002/jhrm.21285.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/where-should-patient-safety-be-installed
Organizational structure influences the prioritization of safe…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39033/psn-pdf
October 21, 2009 - Enhancing medication use safety: benefits of learning
from your peers.
October 21, 2009
Kazandjian VA, Ogunbo S, Wicker KG, et al. Enhancing medication use safety: benefits of learning from
your peers. Qual Saf Health Care. 2009;18(5):331-5. doi:10.1136/qshc.2008.027938.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/enhancing-medi…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50920/psn-pdf
February 19, 2020 - Preeminent hospitals penalized over rates of patients’
injuries.
February 19, 2020
Rau J. Kaiser Health News. January 30, 2020.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preeminent-hospitals-penalized-over-rates-patients-injuries
Medicare reimbursement restrictions are a controversial stimulus to motivate hospital acquired con…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38208/psn-pdf
November 12, 2008 - Specimen labeling errors: a Q-probes analysis of 147
clinical laboratories.
November 12, 2008
Wagar EA, Stankovic AK, Raab SS, et al. Specimen labeling errors: a Q-probes analysis of 147 clinical
laboratories. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2008;132(10):1617-22. doi:10.1043/1543-
2165(2008)132[1617:SLEAQA]2.0.CO;2.
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