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www.ahrq.gov/topics/public-health.html
Topic: Public Health
Branch of medicine concerned with the prevention and control of disease and disability, and the promotion of physical and mental health of the population on the international, national, state, or municipal level.
Community-Acquired Pneumonia Clinical De…
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/safety-net.html
Topic: Safety Net
AHRQ has research, tools and resources related to safety net. Safety net practices are defined by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) as “those providers that organize and deliver a significant level of health care and other needed services to uninsured, Medicaid and other vulnerable patients."
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/urinary/resources/clinician-urinary-incontinence.html
January 01, 2023 - Back to MUI Resources
Primary Care Clinician Education Module on Urinary Incontinence
Resource
This document is available on the AHRQ website (PDF, 789 KB)
Summary
Using 5 case studies, this educational module guides clinicians on how to screen, identify, and treat urinary i…
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digital.ahrq.gov/principal-investigator/morrison-deane
January 01, 2023 - Morrison, Deane
Electronic Communications Across Provider Settings
Description
Integrated an office-based EMR within an acute care hospital, rural community health centers, a community mental health center, a family medicine residency, private physician practices, and a home n…
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digital.ahrq.gov/organization/concord-hospital
January 01, 2023 - Concord Hospital
Electronic Communications Across Provider Settings
Description
Integrated an office-based EMR within an acute care hospital, rural community health centers, a community mental health center, a family medicine residency, private physician practices, and a home …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/research/engaging-challenging-full.pdf
May 01, 2024 - Person-Centered Preventive Healthcare: Engaging in Challenging Conversations about Screening
Person-Centered Preventive Healthcare:
Engaging in Challenging Conversations about Screening
Prepared for
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement
Prepared by …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38648/psn-pdf
May 27, 2009 - Piecing together medication administration.
May 27, 2009
Anderson HJ. Health Data Management. May 1, 2009;17:22.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/piecing-together-medication-administration
This article discusses efforts to support medicine administration through various information technology
techniques. It is second …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40607/psn-pdf
July 13, 2011 - Biomedical Complexity and Error.
July 13, 2011
Patel VL, Kahol K, Buchman T, eds. J Biomed Inform. 2011;44:385-506.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/biomedical-complexity-and-error
This special issue explores complexity in error management, clinical workflow, and decision making.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/is…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33909/psn-pdf
February 05, 2018 - Twenty Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors in Children.
February 5, 2018
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/twenty-tips-help-prevent-medical-errors-children
This consumer fact sheet advises parents on how to help their children avoid medical errors pertaining to
…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41785/psn-pdf
November 06, 2012 - IBM's Watson is learning its way to saving lives.
November 6, 2012
Gertner J. Fast Company. October 15, 2012.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ibms-watson-learning-its-way-saving-lives
This magazine article discusses how advanced computing can improve reliability of decision-making for
activities that rely on complex …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43088/psn-pdf
February 25, 2019 - ImproveDX.
February 25, 2019
Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improvedx
Diagnostic errors have been termed the next frontier in patient safety. To raise awareness of this issue, this
occasional newsletter features articles for a multidisciplinary audience that discuss barriers…
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digital.ahrq.gov/location/usa-nh-concord
January 01, 2023 - USA, NH, Concord
Electronic Communications Across Provider Settings
Description
Integrated an office-based EMR within an acute care hospital, rural community health centers, a community mental health center, a family medicine residency, private physician practices, and a home …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49496/psn-pdf
December 01, 2005 - Discharged Blindly
December 1, 2005
Iezzoni LI. Discharged Blindly. PSNet [internet]. 2005.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/discharged-blindly
The Case
An elderly blind man developed a deep vein thrombosis during his hospital stay. At discharge, he was to
receive enoxaparin (Lovenox) for self-administration at home…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/918.html
June 01, 2024 - Emergency Departments Don’t Coordinate How They Collect, Use Social Needs Information
Issue Number
918
AHRQ News Now is a weekly newsletter that highlights agency research and program activities.
June 25, 2024
AHRQ Stats Access more data on this topic in the associated statistical brief , plus addition…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/920.html
July 01, 2024 - AHRQ Views: Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
Issue Number
920
AHRQ News Now is a weekly newsletter that highlights agency research and program activities.
July 9, 2024
AHRQ Stats: Disorders Associated With Readmissions Among Self-Pay Patients Schizophrenia and …
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www.ahrq.gov/healthsystemsresearch/hspc-research-study/introduction.html
June 01, 2020 - 1. Introduction
Health Services and Primary Care Research Study: Comprehensive Report
Congressional Mandate
On March 23, 2018, when H.R. 1625, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018, became law ( Frelinghuysen, 2018 ), Congress directed and authorized the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHR…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/central-catheter-indications.pptx
April 01, 2022 - Central Venous Catheter Indications and Alternatives: Avoiding Placement and Determining Appropriateness
Central Venous Catheter
Indications and Alternatives
Avoiding Placement and Determining Appropriateness
AHRQ Safety Program for Intensive Care Units:
Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI
AHRQ Pub. No. 17(22)-0019
April 2022…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/statesummaries/vt-spotlight.pdf
July 01, 2015 - July 2015
This brief highlights the major strategies, lessons learned,
and outcomes from Vermont’s experience during the first 5
years of the quality demonstration funded by the Centers
for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) through the
Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act
of 2009 (CHIPRA). For…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/probabilistic-thinking5.html
September 01, 2022 - Improved Diagnostic Accuracy Through Probability-Based Diagnosis
References
Previous Page
Table of Contents
Improved Diagnostic Accuracy Through Probability-Based Diagnosis
Introduction
Fundamental Concepts for Understanding Probability
Probability and the Diagnostic Pathway
Future Vision …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49418/psn-pdf
October 01, 2003 - Charcoal Lavage of the Lungs
October 1, 2003
Wigton RS. Charcoal Lavage of the Lungs. PSNet [internet]. 2003.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/charcoal-lavage-lungs
The Case
A 47-year-old man presented to an emergency department (ED) with altered mental status, and was
believed to have a probable overdose. He receiv…