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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/James.pdf
January 01, 2004 - Prologue—Volume 1—Five Years Later—Are We Any Safer?
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Prologue
Five Years Later—Are We Any Safer?
Brent C. James
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) released To Err Is Human: Building a Safer
Health System,1 its seminal summary of preventable patient injuries suffered
within American hospitals, on November 29,…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/index.html
April 01, 2025 - AHRQ's Healthcare-Associated Infections Program
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are among the leading threats to patient safety, affecting one out of every 31 hospital patients at any one time. Over a million HAIs occur across the U.S. health care system every year, leading to the loss of tens of thousa…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4f_combo_psi09-postophemorrhage-bestpractices.pdf
May 20, 2016 - Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety
1 Tool D.4f
Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement
PSI 09: Postoperative Hemorrhage or Hematoma
Why Focus on Postoperative Hemorrhage and Hemat…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/news/events/ahrq-research-summit/brady-summit2016-breakout.pdf
September 28, 2016 - Breakout Session: Use of Data and Measurement in Improving Diagnostic Safety
Breakout Session:
Use of Data and Measurement in
Improving Diagnostic Safety
Jeffrey Brady, MD, MPH
Director, Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
AHRQ Research Summit on Diagnostic Safety
September 28, 2016
Discussant…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/preventing-clinical-deterioration-long-desc.html
January 01, 2025 - Cancer Patient Safety Learning Laboratory (CaPSLL): Preventing Clinical Deterioration in Outpatients
Principal Investigator: Matthew Weinger, M.D., Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN Co-PI: Daniel France, M.P.H., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University School of Engineering, Nashville, TN AHRQ Grant No…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/long-term-modules/module2/facilitator-notes.docx
March 01, 2017 - safety teams collect and submit data related to any clinical problem to analyze the progress of an intervention
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/chipra-primary-care-physician-reporting.pdf
December 01, 2016 - respondents practicing in health systems participating in the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program intervention … respondents practicing in health systems participating in the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program intervention
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications2/files/distributed-cognition-er-nurses_0.pdf
August 01, 2022 - One possible intervention would be to reconfigure the physical organization of
work to bring physicians … Safety-II” science, such as
teamwork and feedback mentioned above, providing yet another avenue for intervention
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/wears-perry-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - of the hazards identified
here, has been submitted and funded under RFA-HS-08-004, “Risk Informed
Intervention … no harm to the patient
2 Increased patient assessment and monitoring but no harm
3 Treatment or intervention
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/takeheart/training/implementing-automatic-referral-slides.pptx
December 31, 2022 - Representatives
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Getting the perspectives and insights of the people who will be impacted by your intervention … Implementation guide
PTCA Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
PCI Percutaneous coronary intervention
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/reports/issue-briefs/distributed-cognition-er-nurses.pdf
August 01, 2022 - One possible intervention would be to reconfigure the physical organization of
work to bring physicians … Safety-II” science, such as
teamwork and feedback mentioned above, providing yet another avenue for intervention
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Gershon_88.pdf
January 01, 2012 - high prevalence for certain home care-associated health hazards, many of which might be
amenable to intervention … Additional risk assessment studies, especially targeting home care patients, and intervention-type
studies
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-04/schiff-mcnutt-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - A multi-intervention quality improvement program to
modify the prescribing behavior for potassium supplements … The effectiveness of a multifaceted intervention to improve
physician laboratory ordering patterns in
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-0245-testing-report.pdf
January 01, 2014 - Depression Care for Adolescents and Adults: 2014 Testing Report
Depression Care for Adolescents and Adults
2014 Testing Report
Executive Summary
This report summarizes findings from quantitative testing conducted in 2014 to evaluate the feasibility and
variation in performance at the health plan level for …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/depression/chipra-246-section-6.pdf
January 01, 2014 - Depression Care for Adolescents and Adults 2014 Testing Report
Depression Care for Adolescents and Adults
2014 Testing Report
Executive Summary
This report summarizes findings from quantitative testing conducted in 2014 to evaluate the feasibility and
variation in performance at the health plan level for t…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-0244-testing-report.pdf
January 01, 2014 - Depression Care for Adolescents and Adults: 2014 Testing Report
Depression Care for Adolescents and Adults
2014 Testing Report
Executive Summary
This report summarizes findings from quantitative testing conducted in 2014 to evaluate the feasibility and
variation in performance at the health plan level for …
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/iomracereport/reldata3a.html
May 01, 2018 - Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data: Standardization for Health Care Quality Improvement
Chapter 3: Defining Categorization Needs for Race and Ethnicity Data
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Table of Contents
Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data: Standardization for Health Care Quality Improvement
Summary
R…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/takeheart/training/module-6-implementation-guide.pdf
June 02, 2025 - TAKEheart Care Coordination Implementation Guide – Part 1 -- Module 6
Laying the Groundwork for Effective Care Coordination
Purpose and Overview
The overall goal of TAKEheart is to increase the enrollment and successful completion of
cardiac rehabilitation (CR) by eligible patients. The evidence demonstrate…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/availability/chipra-133-fullreport.pdf
January 01, 2019 - Congenital heart diseases require
multidisciplinary care for early intervention and close monitoring
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/lab-testiing/lab-testing-casereport.pdf
September 05, 2017 - review and revision process is detailed below in the section, “Development of the New
Evidence-Based Intervention … • Recommend systematization or standardization of protocols as a promising intervention
approach … Primary changes
to the final intervention element (the revised toolkit) included:
• Re-ordering