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www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureulcer/tool/intro.html
October 01, 2014 - Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals
Overview
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Table of Contents
Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals
Overview
Key Subject Area Index
1. Are we ready for this change?
2. How will we manage change?
3. What are the best practices in pressure ulcer prevention that…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/cg/index.html
March 01, 2025 - CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey
The CAHPS ® Clinician & Group Survey (CG-CAHPS) asks patients to report on their experiences with providers and staff in primary care and specialty care settings. Survey results can be used to: Determine the need for improvement activities and evaluate the impact of those efforts…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/955.html
April 01, 2025 - AHRQ Releases Toolkit To Prevent MRSA and Hospital Surgical Site Infections
Issue Number
955
AHRQ News Now is a weekly newsletter that highlights agency research and program activities.
April 29, 2025
AHRQ Stats: Total Adult Outpatient Opioid Prescription Fills There were 68.6 million outpatient prescri…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/946.html
February 01, 2025 - New Predictive Model May Help Hospitals Reduce Length of Antibiotic Treatment
Issue Number
946
AHRQ News Now is a weekly newsletter that highlights agency research and program activities.
February 18, 2025
AHRQ Stats: Transportation Access Among Adults About 6 percent of U.S. adults reported that a lack…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/935.html
October 01, 2024 - AHRQ Views: Healthcare’s Next Technological Frontier—21st Century Artificial Intelligence
Issue Number
935
AHRQ News Now is a weekly newsletter that highlights agency research and program activities.
October 29, 2024
AHRQ Stats: Long COVID Rates by Geographic Area As of spring 2023, 19.7 percent of adul…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nursing-home/materials/vaccine-conversation-guide.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Vaccine Conversation Guide
A Guide for Building COVID-19 Vaccine Trust and Increasing Vaccination Rates Among CNAs:
One-on-one Conversation Guide
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Here are some specific recommendations for your one-on-one conversations
that draw on what we learned through this project.
One-on-one conversation guide
If they s…
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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/delivery-initiative/holtropstudysnapshot/index.html
December 01, 2016 - Methods and Outcomes of Care Management Programs
Within Physician Organizations vs. Plan-Based Programs
Contents
Background
Study Methodology
Principal Findings
Takeaway Points
Research Publications
Additional Resources
Background
Americans are increasingly plagued by chronic di…
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/grants-impact/tools/index.html
October 01, 2023 - AHRQ Infrastructure for Maintaining Primary Care Transformation (IMPaCT) Grants Catalog of Tools
This Catalog of Tools and Resources brings together the materials developed through the AHRQ Infrastructure for Maintaining Primary Care Transformation (IMPaCT) cooperative grants. These grants supported model initi…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/hhs_ed_boarding_may30.pdf
May 30, 2023 - Letter to HHS Secretary on Emergency Department Boarding
May 30, 2023
The Honorable Xavier Becerra
Secretary
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C., 20201
Dear Secretary Becerra:
We write to you today with deep concern about the growing public health …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/cg/adult-english-cg-3-1-2351a.pdf
December 01, 2020 - CAHPS Clinician & Group Adult Survey 3.1
CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey
Version: 3.1
Population: Adult
Language: English
Notes
• Release of 3.1 version: The CAHPS team updated this survey in the fall of 2020. To
reflect the fact that patients are receiving health care in person, by phone, and by video, the…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Leape.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Prologue -- Where the Rubber Meets the Road
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Prologue
Where the Rubber Meets the Road
Lucian L. Leape
Traditionally, a primary focus of patient safety research has been to analyze
data to identify problems and demonstrate that a new practice will lead to
improved quality or safety. Much less research att…
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/shared-decision-making.html
Topic: Shared Decision Making
Shared decision making includes exploring and comparing the benefits, harms, and risks of medical options through meaningful dialogue about what matters most to the patient.
Clinical Decision Support
Decision Aids for Advance Care Plannin…
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/data.html
Topic: Data
AHRQ offers offers robust data sets, including the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project and the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, to help healthcare organizations, providers, and others to examine the quality and safety of care as well as access to care.
Comp…
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/medicaid.html
Topic: Medicaid
Medicaid is state-based government health insurance that helps many low-income people in the United States to pay their medical bills.
Background Report for the Request for Public Comment on Initial, Recommended Core Set of Children's Healthcare Quality Me…
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www.ahrq.gov/data/infographics/take-up-declines-infographic.html
July 01, 2019 - Health insurance eligibility rates for private-sector employees increased in 2018, but take-up rates declined
Health insurance eligibility rates for private-sector employees increased in 2018, but take-up rates declined (PDF, 112 KB)
Text Description: The eligibility rate for employees at all private-sect…
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/heart-health/smoking/uspstf-rec.html
August 01, 2018 - USPSTF Recommendation: Tobacco Smoking Cessation in Adults
Resource title: Behavioral Counseling and Pharmacotherapy Interventions for Tobacco Cessation in Adults: A Review of Reviews for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
Resource description: This comprehensive report synthesizes evidence on the use…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/preventing-cauti-focus-procedure-related-transcript.html
December 01, 2017 - or underlying neurologic diseases that may be associated with neurogenic bladder and use of certain medications
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/preventing-cauti-focus-procedure-related-cath-use-transcript.doc
July 08, 2014 - or underlying neurologic diseases that may be associated with neurogenic bladder and use of certain medications
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www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/measures/documentation.html
August 01, 2021 - Children admitted to the hospital should have documentation in their hospital medical record of a transition record
Measure Domain: Management of Acute Conditions
Measure Sub-Domain: Transitions between Sites of Care: Hospital to Home
PQMP COE: COE4CCN
Associated NQF # and Name: None
Measure Technic…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/engaging-nurse-physician-patient-transcript.docx
June 02, 2025 - leave the OR with patients, some of the IV pumps can malfunction causing them to have to move critical medications