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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/about/origin.html
March 01, 2021 - Origin
Origins of EvidenceNOW
The ability to integrate and implement new discoveries into patient care creates a stronger, more effective health care system. But not all discoveries are equal. We turn to evidence to understand what works and how best to integrate effective approaches and treatments into pat…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/cquips0609.html
October 01, 2014 - AHRQ's Patient Safety Culture Survey Used to Set Baselines for Improvements at Chicago Hospital
Search All Impact Case Studies
May 2006
In December 2004, Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago administered AHRQ's Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture to establish a baseline for assessment of cultur…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/plan/pay.html
November 01, 2018 - How Will You Pay for a Health Care Quality Report?
A consumer reporting project is not cheap, although there are ways to reduce costs and spread them across multiple parties (including other sponsors and participating health plans or providers). Data collection costs can range from as little as a few thousand…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201706.html
May 01, 2017 - Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute Slashes Readmission Rates with AHRQ-based Discharge Program
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May 2017
The Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute in Harrisburg reduced its 30-day readmission rate from 20 percent in 2013 to 10.4 percent in 2015 after implementing a discharge progr…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/perinatal-care-2/sppcii-obstetric-hemorrhage-scenarios.pptx
July 01, 2023 - PowerPoint Presentation
SPPC-II
Toolkit
Obstetric Hemorrhage Scenarios
Safety Program for Perinatal Care II Teamwork Toolkit
AHRQ Pub. No. 23-0046
July 2023
Frontline
SPPC-II
SCRIPT
In this handout we have compiled all of the case scenarios presented in the SPPC-II Teamwork Toolkit for AIM’s Obstetric Hemorrhage …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/0083episiotomy.pdf
March 01, 2016 - Episiotomy (Overuse)
Episiotomy (Overuse)
Section 1. Basic Measure Information
1.A. Measure Name
Episiotomy (Overuse)
1.B. Measure Number
0083
1.C. Measure Description
Please provide a non-technical description of the measure that conveys what it measures to
a broad audience.
This measure is aim…
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www.ahrq.gov/healthsystemsresearch/hspc-research-study/breadth-and-focus.html
July 01, 2021 - 3. Breadth and Focus Areas of Federal Agency Research Portfolios in HSR and PCR
Health Services and Primary Care Research Study: Comprehensive Report
This chapter addresses the study’s first key question: What is the breadth and focus of federally funded HSR and PCR? There are two main components to this chap…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/iomracereport/reldata4c.html
August 01, 2021 - Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data: Standardization for Health Care Quality Improvement
Chapter 4: Defining Language Need and Categories for Collection, cont.
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Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data: Standardization for Health Care Quality Improvement
Summary
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-older-adults-references.html
September 01, 2024 - State of the Science and Future Directions To Improve Diagnostic Safety in Older Adults
References
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Table of Contents
State of the Science and Future Directions To Improve Diagnostic Safety in Older Adults
Introduction
Unique Challenges in Approaching Diagnostic Safety in Older Ad…
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/references/meta/meta04.html
December 01, 2012 - Studies in Meta-analyses (continued, 4)
This Clinical Practice Guideline used the references below in meta-analyses of research on treating tobacco use and dependence.
Table 6.28. Meta-analysis (2008): Effectiveness and abstinence rates of medications relative to the nicotine patch (n = 86 studies)
Abelin T…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/cahps-database/2017_hp-chartbook.pdf
January 01, 2017 - 2017 CAHPS Health Plan Survey Database Chartbook
THE CAHPS DATABASE
2017 CAHPS Health Plan Survey Database
2017 Chartbook: What Consumers Say About Their
Experiences With Their Health Plans and Medical Care
The content of this document may be used and reprinted without permission except for the f…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/injuries/fallspx/manapd.html
December 01, 2017 - The Falls Management Program: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Nursing Facilities
Appendix D. Falls Engineer Instructions
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Table of Contents
The Falls Management Program: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Nursing Facilities
Chapter 1. Introduction and Program Overview
Chapt…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-care-transitions7.html
June 01, 2023 - Diagnostic Safety Across Transitions of Care Throughout the Healthcare System: Current State and a Call to Action
References
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Table of Contents
Diagnostic Safety Across Transitions of Care Throughout the Healthcare System: Current State and a Call to Action
Introduction
ED-to-Hosp…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/prevhosp/factraining.html
September 01, 2017 - AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Preventable Hospital and Emergency Department Visits
Facilitator Training
This version of the On-Time Facilitator Training Overview is for training Facilitators who have not had pressure ulcer prevention training. If they have had that training, this set of sli…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/vtguide/guide6.html
May 01, 2016 - Preventing Hospital-Associated Venous Thromboembolism
Chapter 6. Track Performance with Metrics
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Table of Contents
Preventing Hospital-Associated Venous Thromboembolism
Preface
Executive Summary
Chapter 1. The Framework for Improvement
Chapter 2. Analyze Care Delivery …
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/press-releases/antibiotic-prescribing.html
July 01, 2022 - New Study Shows Reductions in Antibiotic Use at Ambulatory Care Clinics Participating in HHS-funded Program
Press Release Date: July 6, 2022
Antibiotic prescribing at ambulatory care clinics was cut almost in half in clinics that participated in a safety program funded by the Department of Health and Human Servic…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/index.html
September 01, 2015 - Primary Care Transformation
AHRQ recognizes that revitalizing the Nation’s primary care system is foundational to achieving high-quality, accessible, and efficient health care for all Americans. The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) (also referred to as the primary care medical home, advanced primary care, o…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/sops-101-webcast-overview-surveys.pdf
January 01, 2022 - Understanding SOPS® Surveys: A Primer for New Users - Gray
Overview of the SOPS Surveys
Laura Gray, MPH
Senior Study Director
User Network for the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture (SOPS)
Westat
What is Patient Safety Culture?
Organization
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What are the SOPS Surveys?
• Surveys of providers and st…
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/finalsummary/finalsummary4.html
September 01, 2015 - Key Lessons from the National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program
Improving service systems for youth with serious emotional disorders and their families
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Key Lessons from the National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Gr…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/report/rep7.html
June 01, 2010 - Environmental Scan of Measures for Medicaid Title XIX Home and Community-Based Services
Conclusion
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Environmental Scan of Measures for Medicaid Title XIX Home and Community-Based Services
Executive Summary
Introduction and Scan Methodology
Evaluation of…