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www.ahrq.gov/topics/quality-improvement.html
Topic: Quality Improvement
Quality improvement (QI) is essential to achieving the triple aim of improving the health of the population, enhancing patient experiences and outcomes, and reducing the per capita cost of care, and to improving provider experience.
Challenges a…
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April 12, 2018 - NAM Action Collaborative on Clinician Well-Being and
Resilience.
April 12, 2018
Washington, DC: National Academy of Medicine.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/nam-action-collaborative-clinician-well-being-and-resilience
Clinician burnout can affect the ability of individuals to act safely. This website highlights the …
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April 26, 2022 - A Conversation Among Stakeholders on Medical
Malpractice.
April 6, 2022
Collaborative for Accountability and Improvement. April 26, 2022.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/conversation-among-stakeholders-medical-malpractice
Communication and resolution programs (CRP) can improve response to patients and families a…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47364/psn-pdf
October 31, 2018 - AI can't replace doctors. But it can make them better.
October 31, 2018
Parikh R. MIT Technol Rev. October 23, 2018.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ai-cant-replace-doctors-it-can-make-them-better
Computerized decision support and artificial intelligence (AI) are being utilized to enhance decision-making
in health ca…
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May 20, 2020 - How the pandemic is reshaping hospital architecture and
design.
May 20, 2020
Booker C. PBSNewshour Weekend. May 10, 2020.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/how-pandemic-reshaping-hospital-architecture-and-design
Built environment characteristics can contribute to the spread of infection. This news segment discusses
de…
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March 28, 2012 - The story behind the story: physician skepticism about
relying on clinical information technologies to reduce
medical errors.
March 28, 2012
McAlearney AS, Chisolm DJ, Schweikhart S, et al. The story behind the story: physician skepticism about
relying on clinical information technologies to reduce medical errors.…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44040/psn-pdf
August 02, 2015 - Why physicians err in diagnosis.
August 2, 2015
Why physicians err in diagnosis. JAMA. 2015;313(12):1273. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.11660.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/why-physicians-err-diagnosis
This previously published commentary provides a historical glimpse into diagnostic error and physician
cognition. The piec…
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October 05, 2022 - Solutions from Professional Regulation and Beyond.
October 5, 2022
Safer Care for All. London, England: Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care;
2022.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/solutions-professional-regulation-and-beyond
Dedicated leadership is an important component to examine and ad…
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February 01, 2024 - Central Line Insertion Care Team Checklist.
February 1, 2024
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Central Line Insertion Care Team Checklist.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/central-line-insertion-care-team-checklist
Checklists are helpful in reducing omissions in standardized processes designed to support safe…
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/implementing-personalized-cross-sector-transitional-care-management-promote/citation/clinical
January 01, 2023 - A clinical classification framework for identifying persons with high social and medical needs: The COMPLEXedex-SDH.
Citation
Sullivan SS, Ledwin KM, Hewner S. A clinical classification framework for identifying persons with high social and medical needs: The COMPLEXedex-SDH. Nurs Outlook. 2023 Sep-Oc…
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/geofencing-based-adaptive-messaging-system-support-patient-self-management-low/citation/novel
January 01, 2023 - A novel just-in-time contextual mobile app intervention to reduce sodium intake in hypertension: protocol and rationale for a randomized controlled trial (LowSalt4Life trial).
Citation
Dorsch MP, An LC, Hummel SL. A novel just-in-time contextual mobile app intervention to reduce sodium intake in hyper…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/index.html?page=1
January 01, 2024 - Grantee Final Reports: Patient Safety
Final reports from research grants administered since 2000 on a variety of patient safety topics, such as measure development, medication safety, and diagnostic safety.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety subdivis…
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/using-health-information-technology-improve-delivery-hpv-vaccine
January 01, 2023 - Using Health Information Technology to Improve Delivery of HPV Vaccine
Project Final Report ( PDF , 142.79 KB) Disclaimer
Disclaimer
The findings and conclusions in this document are those of the author(s), who are responsible for its content, and do not necessarily represent t…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/951.html
March 01, 2025 - AHRQ Report Identifies Strategies To Reduce Emergency Department Boarding
Issue Number
951
AHRQ News Now is a weekly newsletter that highlights agency research and program activities.
March 25, 2025
AHRQ Stats: MRSA Rates by Payer Type The rate of MRSA diagnoses on admission among expected self-pay hosp…
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/index.html
June 01, 2025 - AHRQ Grantee Profiles
These profiles highlight AHRQ grantees whose work has led to significant changes in healthcare policy and influenced research and practice. AHRQ supports a range of research, conference, and career development grant programs that help emerging health services researchers better understand,…
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/hepatitis-b-virus-infection-pregnant-women-screening-2004
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March 20, 2013 - In one study, the wound infection rate was reduced from 3% to 1% using a nurse-managed IV insulin protocol
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July 08, 2022 - administration has also been used to reduce anxiety in MRI
studies correlating olfactory stimuli to reduced
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March 29, 2023 - Obese patients have reduced functional
residual capacity (FRC) in their lungs when they lie flat because