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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/maternal-health-indicators.html
October 01, 2024 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders
New Healthcare Quality Indicator from AHRQ Aimed at Addressing Maternal Morbidities
OCT
30
2024
By
Whitney Schott, Ph.D., and
Judy George, Ph.D.
The U.S. has one of the highest maternal morbidity rates in the world among wealthy natio…
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www.ahrq.gov/sops/databases/nursing-home/databases/submission.html
June 01, 2025 - Participating in the SOPS Nursing Home Survey Database
The AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® (SOPS®) Nursing Home Database is a central repository for survey data from nursing homes in the United States or in a U.S. territory that administered the SOPS Nursing Home Survey and choose to submit their d…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/training-grants/r36.html
November 01, 2023 - AHRQ Grants for Health Services Research Dissertation Program (R36)
AHRQ provides support to individuals for dissertation research in health services research as part of completing a research doctorate degree.
The AHRQ Grants for Health Services Research Dissertation Program (R36) provides dissertation grant…
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www.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/organization/nac/nac-amd2000.html
April 01, 2014 - Amendment to Charter
National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality (Formerly the National Advisory Council for Health Care Policy, Research, and Evaluation)
Purpose
The Council is to advise the Secretary of HHS and the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), on mat…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/065-ssi-prevention-periop-roadmap-checklist.docx
April 01, 2025 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
Date: ______________________________________ Patient Label (or name, MRN and surgeon)
Perioperative Roadmap Tool
Surgical ServicesSSI Prevention Phases
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries
Adapt the checklist below to your ho…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/ed-boarding-summit-report.pdf
March 01, 2025 - One Summit participant
noted that providing incentives such as premium payments for surgeries during
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/taber-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Improving Transplant Med Safety through a Pharmacist-Led, mHealth-Based Program
Improving Transplant Med Safety through a Pharmacist-Led, mHealth-Based Program
Principal Investigator: David J. Taber, PharmD, MS, BCPS
Professor
Medical University of South Carolina
Department of Surgery
96 J…
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-full/slide222.html
October 01, 2014 - 222. Obtaining the 2008 Guideline (Continued)
Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update
Text version of slide presentation.
The full text of the 2008 Guideline, the general references and the references for the randomized control trials used in the meta-analyses can be reviewed and downloaded by vi…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/materials/prevention/im-injections.html
July 01, 2021 - Intramuscular Injections—Best Practices for Safe Vaccine Administration in Nursing Homes
This resource provides nursing home clinicians with an easy-to-use guide that outlines steps to safely and correctly administer an intramuscular injection, like the COVID-19, flu, pneumonia, and shingles vaccines.
Intr…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/get-your-smartphone.html
August 01, 2022 - Get vaccinated. Get your smartphone. Get started with v-safe.
Resource: Get vaccinated. Get your smartphone. Get started with v-safe.
This flyer provides instructions on how to use V-safe, a smartphone-based tool that uses text messaging and web surveys to provide personalized health check-ins after you rec…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/assisted-living-booster.html
July 01, 2022 - Assisted Living COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Clinic Toolkit
Resource: Assisted Living COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Clinic Toolkit
This vaccine toolkit was specifically designed for assisted living providers to assist in their efforts to access the vaccine booster. These materials include booster clinic guidance for …
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/project-firstline-factsheet.html
April 01, 2022 - Project Firstline Factsheet
Resource: Project Firstline Factsheet
This fact sheet provides foundational knowledge of infection control protocols and procedures to prevent the spread of infectious disease threats—including COVID-19. It also provides information on how to implement infection control protoco…
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/compassionate-care.html
July 01, 2021 - Compassionate Care Amidst the COVID-19 Crisis
Resource: Compassionate Care Amidst the COVID-19 Crisis (PDF, 85.5 KB)
This resource provides guidance on compassionate care during COVID-19, including a checklist to assess a provider's ability to deliver end-of-life care and information on supporting the…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/chsp/news-and-events/events/workshops/chsp-annual-workshop1-slides.pdf
September 29, 2016 - AHRQ Comparative Health System Performance Initiative: Annual Workshop
AHRQ Comparative Health System
Performance Initiative
Annual Workshop
Presentation at AHRQ Headquarters
Rockville, Maryland
September 29, 2016
Mathematica Policy Research
22
Agenda for the Day
• Welcome (9:00–9:20)
• CoE updates and pr…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/chsp/compendium/2023-os-linkage-techdoc.pdf
January 01, 2023 - AHRQ supports the ongoing work of the CHSP Initiative by providing the Compendium of U.S.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/childhealth/usingthecoresetofqm.pdf
February 01, 2010 - Using the Core Set of Quality Measures for Children to Improve Children’s Health Care
Grant Category Overview
Using the Core Set of Quality Measures for Children to Improve Children’s Health Care
Overview
In February 2010, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded grants to 10 States
under a 5…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/engaging-sr-exec-slides.html
February 01, 2017 - Engaging Senior Executives in Care of Mechanically Ventilated Patients: Slide Presentation
AHRQ Safety Program for Mechanically Ventilated Patients
Slide 1: AHRQ Safety Program for Mechanically Ventilated Patients
Engaging Senior Executives in Care of Mechanically Ventilated Patients
Slide 2: Learning O…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/injuries/fallspx/manapb26.html
December 01, 2017 - The Falls Management Program: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Nursing Facilities
Appendix B26: Reducing Falls: A Safety Checklist for the Home
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
The Falls Management Program: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Nursing Facilities
Chapter 1. Introductio…
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/hrqa99a.html
October 01, 2014 - Healthcare Research and Quality Act of 1999
Text of the Act that reauthorizes the former Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, now the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
—S.580— Select for
PDF version - 167.27 KB
One Hundred Sixth Congress of the United States of America AT THE …
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/35-year-history.html
May 01, 2024 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders
Continuing a 35-Year History, AHRQ Pursues Vital Pathways to Improve Patient Care
MAY
16
2024
By
Robert Otto
Valdez,
Ph.D., M.H.S.A.
Not long ago, Health and Human Services (HHS) Deputy Secretary Andrea Palm visited AHRQ to update …