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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-measures/21st-century/index.html
June 01, 2018 - The Challenge and Potential for Assuring Quality Health Care for the 21st Century
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Table of Contents
The Challenge and Potential for Assuring Quality Health Care for the 21st Century
From Quality Measures to Quality Care: Examples of Quality Improvement at Work
Private Sector Efforts in V…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/patients-families/engagingfamilies/index.html
March 01, 2023 - Guide to Patient and Family Engagement in Hospital Quality and Safety
Research shows that when patients are engaged in their health care, it can lead to measurable improvements in safety and quality. To promote stronger engagement, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) developed a guide to help…
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www.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/otherwebsites/uspstf/introduction.html
November 01, 2023 - U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF): An Introduction
Created in 1984, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF or Task Force) is an independent group of national experts in prevention and evidence-based medicine that works to improve the health of all Americans by making evidence-based recommend…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/process/grant-app-basics/hsubjects.html
August 01, 2018 - Protection of Human Subjects in Research
Tips for Applicants
This guide provides a step-by-step approach to planning, implementing, and sustaining a health services research infrastructure.
Tips for Applicants:
Review the Office of Human Research Protections (OHRP) Web site. OHRP provides leadership an…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/patient-safety-resources/cli-checklist/index.html
February 01, 2024 - Central Line Insertion Care Team Checklist
This checklist provides sequential critical steps that have shown to reduce central line-associated infections.
Clinicians can take steps to prevent central line-associated infections. This checklist from Johns Hopkins Medicine provides critical steps that have been …
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/G9P7o8jDh4J3NnAk6y-SYL
December 01, 2011 - Screening for Prostate Cancer: A Review of the Evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
Screening for Prostate Cancer: A Review of the Evidence for the
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
Roger Chou, MD; Jennifer M. Croswell, MD, MPH; Tracy Dana, MLS; Christina Bougatsos, BS; Ian Blazina, MPH; Rongwei Fu,…
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/MS2024-01-NHQDRMethodsReport.pdf
November 25, 2024 - • Area-Based Measures Risk Adjustment Methodology. … The risk adjustment methodology
in the QI software was developed for county-level reporting.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/infantile-hemangioma_executive.pdf
January 01, 2016 - 1
Comparative Effectiveness Review
Number 168
Diagnosis and Management of Infantile
Hemangioma
Executive Summary
Introduction
Infantile hemangiomas (IH) are the most
common tumors of childhood. IH are
benign but possess potential for local
tissue damage, ulceration, infection,
bleeding, functional impact, and…
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/vw-LTWCTZ_N5pAaydcNQTx
June 21, 2016 - Estimation of Benefits, Burden, and Harms of Colorectal Cancer Screening Strategies: Modeling Study for the USPSTF
Copyright 2016 American Medical Association. All rights reserved.
Estimation of Benefits, Burden, and Harms
of Colorectal Cancer Screening Strategies
Modeling Study for the US Preventive Services Task F…
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/_9KLmyQyMnoE3agQJsgNE-
November 01, 2011 - Liquid-Based Cytology and Human Papillomavirus Testing to Screen for Cervical Cancer: A Systematic Review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
Liquid-Based Cytology and Human Papillomavirus Testing to Screen
for Cervical Cancer: A Systematic Review for the U.S. Preventive
Services Task Force
Evelyn P. Whitlock…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/antibiotics-respiratory-infection_executive.pdf
January 01, 2016 - 1
Comparative Effectiveness Review
Number 163
Improving Antibiotic Prescribing
for Uncomplicated Acute Respiratory
Tract Infections
Executive Summary
Introduction
Antibiotics transformed the practice
of medicine in the last half of the 20th
century. With antibiotics, common
infections and injuries that w…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/liver-cancer-therapy_executive.pdf
May 01, 2013 - 1
Local Therapies for Unresectable Primary
Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Executive Summary
Introduction
Background
This comparative effectiveness review
evaluates local hepatic therapies for
patients with unresectable primary
hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who are
not candidates for surgical resection or
liver tr…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/colorectal-surgery-preparation_executive.pdf
April 01, 2014 - 1
Comparative Effectiveness Review
Number 128
Oral Mechanical Bowel Preparation
for Colorectal Surgery
Executive Summary
Background
In the United States, oral mechanical
bowel preparation (OMBP), defined
as the use of an oral preparation given
prior to surgery to clear fecal material
from the bowel lumen,…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/celiac-disease_executive.pdf
January 01, 2016 - 1
Comparative Effectiveness Review
Number 162
Diagnosis of Celiac Disease
Executive Summary
Background
Condition
Celiac disease (CD) is an immune-
mediated disorder triggered in genetically
susceptible individuals by ingestion of
foods containing gluten, a family of
proteins found in wheat, rye, barley, and
…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/febrile-infants-diagnosis-management_executive.pdf
March 01, 2012 - Evidence-Based
Practice
Evidence-based Practice
Program
The Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality (AHRQ), through its Evidence-
based Practice Centers (EPCs), sponsors
the development of evidence reports and
technology assessments to assist public-
and private-sector organizations in their
efforts to imp…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cancer-end-of-life-quality-meaures_research.pdf
April 01, 2010 - REQUEST FOR TASK ORDER
The DEcIDE (Developing Evidence to Inform Decisions about Effectiveness) network is part of
AHRQ's Effective Health Care Program. It is a collaborative network of research centers that
support the rapid development of new scientific information and analytic tools. The DEcIDE
network…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/ear-infection_executive.pdf
May 01, 2013 - 1
Comparative Effectiveness Review
Number 101
Otitis Media With Effusion:
Comparative Effectiveness of Treatments
Executive Summary
Background
Definition of Otitis Media With
Effusion
Otitis media with effusion (OME) is
defined as a collection of fluid in the
middle ear without signs or symptoms
of acute…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/key-informant-interviews-research.pdf
December 19, 2017 - Discerning the Perception and Impact of Patients Involved in Evidence-based Practice Center Key Informant Interviews
Research White Paper
Discerning the Perception and Impact of Patients
Involved in Evidence-based Practice Center Key
Informant Interviews
Researc…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/observational-research-scores_research.pdf
May 01, 2012 - DEcIDE 33: Summary Variables in Observational Resesarch: Propensity Scores and Disease Risk Scores
Research from the Developing Evidence to Inform Decisions about Effectiveness (DEcIDE) Network
May 2012
Effective Health Care Program
Research Reports
Number 33
Summary Variables in Observational Research:
Prop…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/cohen-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Report: Using Risk Models To Improve Safety With Dispensing High-Alert Medications in Community Pharmacies
Final Report:
Using Risk Models to Improve Safety with Dispensing
High-Alert Medications in Community Pharmacies
Principal Investigator:
Michael R. Cohen, RPh, MS, ScD
Team Members:
Judy L. Smetzer, R…