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www.ahrq.gov/research/publications/search.html?page=5
November 01, 2017 - Search Publications
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)'s publications offer practical information to help a variety of health care organizations, providers, and others make care safer in all health care settings. 51 - 60 of 191 Publications displayed
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/medication-mgmt-staff-procedure.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Medication Management: Procedure: Engaging Your Patient To Create a Medication List
Guide to Patient and Family
Engagement in Primary Care
Prepare a complete and accurate medication list with your patient.
1. Thank the patient for bringing in the medications.
2. Use the word “medicine” instead of medication when…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/asc/composite-measures-english.pdf
January 01, 2015 - Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey on Patient Safety Culture: Composites and Items
Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey on Patient Safety Culture: Composites and
Items
In this document, the items in the Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey on Patient Safety Culture are grouped according to
the safety culture composites the…
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www.ahrq.gov/takeheart/training/getting-started/index.html
April 01, 2023 - Getting Started
This focus area will walk you through the necessary first steps for launching a quality improvement initiative aimed at increasing cardiac rehabilitation (CR) participation.
CR has been proven to greatly improve patient outcomes and reduce healthcare costs, yet patient participation in CR r…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/depression/chipra-247-section-2.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Adolescent Depression Remission/Response Measure Description
Adolescent Depression Remission/Response
Measure Description
Percentage of patients 12 to 17 years of age with the diagnosis of major depression or dysthymia and
an initial PHQ-9 or PHQ-A score greater than 9 who achieved remission or response withi…
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www.ahrq.gov/opioids/implementing-what-works/compendium-intro.html
January 01, 2024 - Opioid Use in Older Adults Compendium of Resources
On this page:
Introduction
How to use the Compendium
Self-Assessment
Case Studies
Introduction
While there have been extensive efforts to address the opioid epidemic, little attention has been given to the risks and effects of opioid use, misu…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/ahrq-digital-healthcare.html
February 01, 2024 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders
AHRQ’s Digital Healthcare Research Program: 20 Years of Innovation
FEB
20
2024
By
Robert Otto Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.A.;
Chris Dymek, Ed.D.;
and Kevin Chaney, M.G.S.
Robert Otto Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.A.
A few decades ago, a ban…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-mcginn.html
January 01, 2024 - Grantee Profile
Integrating Clinical Prediction Rules into EHRs to Improve Care, Reduce Waste
Thomas McGinn, M.D., M.P.H.
Executive Vice President of Physician Enterprise
CommonSpirit Health
Thomas McGinn,
M.D., M.P.H.
“Very early on, AHRQ understood the language and the work.”
As a young…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-walsh.html
October 01, 2023 - Grantee Profile
Preventing Medication Errors Among Children With Chronic Conditions in Outpatient and Home Settings
Kathleen Walsh, M.D., M.Sc.
Director, Patient Safety Research Core
Boston Children’s Hospital
Kathleen Walsh, M.D., M.Sc.
“AHRQ funding enables researchers to build a body of w…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-huang.html
December 01, 2023 - Grantee Profile
Advancing Academic and Practical Knowledge To Prevent Infections From Hospital to Home
Susan Huang, M.D., M.P.H.
Medical Director of Epidemiology and Infection Prevention
Professor, Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine
University of California, Irvine Medical Center
"Understan…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/g1_pdi_availablecomprehensiveqiguides.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Available Comprehensive Quality Improvement Guides
Pediatric Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety
i Tool G.1
Available Comprehensive Quality Improvement Guides
What is the purpose of this tool? This tool provides information on other quality improvement
gui…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/measures/setting/physician/index.html
September 01, 2019 - Measuring the Quality of Physician Care
Consumers are very interested in information about the quality of physician care. 1 - 3 To meet that demand, researchers, medical societies, and health care experts have made a concerted effort to address the many issues encumbering physician quality measurement. As a re…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/results/research/submission-form-nw.pdf
June 02, 2025 - H2N BP Chart Abstraction Protocol and Timeline
H2N Chart Abstraction Protocol
Goal: to abstract BP data for Q42015, Q42016, Q42017 from practices who are unable to produce electronic ABCS
reports. Ultimate goals is a dataset of BP from 3 quarters from 188 practices total to enable analysis of specific aims.
P…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/availability/chipra-235-section-6-table-5.pdf
January 01, 2013 - CHIPRA 235: Section 6, Table 5. Reasons for Variance
Table 5. Reasons for Variance in Specialty Identification and Reliability for Concurrent Data
Analyst
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Analyst
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Reliability
Cardiology 2012 99.4%
Data update: State specialty taxonomy record was added
after Analyst 1 data extraction
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Dat…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/resources/design/additional-tips/index.html
December 01, 2022 - Four Tips for Designing Web-Based Health Care Quality Reports
Tip 1. Make Conservative Assumptions About the Web Skills of Report Users
Assume that some people who want to use your quality report will have limited skills and experience in visiting websites. Do your best to anticipate and address common naviga…
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www.ahrq.gov/sops/surveys/hospital/index.html
August 01, 2025 - SOPS® Hospital Survey
In 2004, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) released the Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® (SOPS®) Hospital Survey to assess provider and staff perceptions of patient safety culture in their hospitals. Since then, thousands of hospitals across the United States and in…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/mobility/index.html
February 01, 2021 - CAHPS Item Sets for People with Mobility Impairments
The CAHPS Item Sets for People with Mobility Impairments ask patients who have mobility impairments about their experiences with care and services from health plans and doctors’ offices. Over 11.5 million American adults age 18-64 have a mobility impairment, …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/DxSafety-March2019-MeetingNotes.pdf
March 08, 2019 - Federal Interagency Workgroup on Improving Diagnostic Safety--March Meeting Summary
Federal Interagency Workgroup on Improving Diagnostic
Safety and Quality in Health Care
March Meeting Summ…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/patient-family-engagement-ed.pptx
September 01, 2014 - PowerPoint Presentation
Patient and Family Engagement in the ED
Sue Collier, RN, MSN, FABC
Clinical Content Development Lead
Health Research & Education Trust
American Hospital Association
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Learning Objectives
Define patient and family engagement.
Describe examples of engaging patients and familie…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/decision/research-centers/kenzie_pneumococcal_vaccine.pdf
January 01, 2011 - Understanding and Addressing High Rates of Refusal of Pneumococcal Vaccination Among African-Americans
Research Centers for Excellence
in Clinical Preventive Services
Working to get the right services, to the right people, at the right time
Understanding and Addres…