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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/reducing-risks-wrong-site-surgery-safety-practices-joint-commission-center-transforming
October 19, 2016 - Book/Report
Reducing the Risks of Wrong-Site Surgery: Safety Practices from The Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare Project.
Citation Text:
Reducing the Risks of Wrong-Site Surgery: Safety Practices from The Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare Project. Chi…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/highlights/ps-project-highlights-hit-hie-rev-0724update.pdf
July 01, 2024 - Consistency in
navigation elements such as buttons for submission and going back reduces errors
due
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/toolkit/contentcalls/zero_clabsis-slides/Sustaining-Zero-CLABSIs-May-8-2012-508.ppt
January 01, 2012 - Slide 1
Getting to Zero and
Sustaining Success:
The Virginia Experience
Barbara Brown, Vice President
Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association
May 8, 2012
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Learning Objectives
To understand the challenges and successes the Commonwealth of Virginia experienced during the national collaborative in
Reduci…
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/skin-cancer-counseling-2003
October 06, 2003 - Share to Facebook
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Final Recommendation Statement
Skin Cancer: Counseling, 2003
October 06, 2003
Recommendations made by the USPSTF are independent of the U.S. government. They s…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/technical/ltvv-mvpguide.pdf
January 01, 2017 - Positive-end expiratory pressure reduces
incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia in
nonhypoxemic
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/heart-failure-transition-care_clinician.pdf
October 01, 2015 - Transitional Care Interventions To Prevent
Readmissions for People With Heart Failure
Focus of This Summary
This is a summary of a systematic review evaluating the evidence regarding the efficacy, comparative
effectiveness, and harms of transitional care interventions (defined in Table 1) that aim to reduce readmiss…
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan141/obesity-in-children-and-adolescents-screening-june-2017
February 12, 2015 - Share to Facebook
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Final Research Plan
Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening
February 12, 2015
Recommendations made by the USPSTF are independent of the U.S. government. They…
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/unhealthy-alcohol-use-adolescents-adults-behavioral-counseling-interventions
February 01, 2024 - Share to Facebook
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Draft Research Plan
Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Adolescents and Adults: Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions
February 01, 2024
Recommendations made by …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50672/psn-pdf
January 01, 2020 - Deprescribing as a clinical improvement focus.
November 20, 2019
Dharmarajan TS, Choi H, Hossain N, et al. Deprescribing as a Clinical Improvement Focus. J Am Med Dir
Assoc. 2020;21(3):355-360. doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2019.08.031.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/deprescribing-clinical-improvement-focus
Polypharmacy is a …
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34748/psn-pdf
March 07, 2005 - Reducing Adverse Drug Events.
March 7, 2005
Leape LL, Kabcenell A, Berwick DM et al. Boston, MA: Institute for Healthcare Improvement; 1998.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/reducing-adverse-drug-events
This application-oriented book provides the results of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
Breakthrough S…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73354/psn-pdf
June 02, 2021 - Advancing Maternal Health Equity and Reducing Maternal
Mortality Workshop.
June 2, 2021
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. June 7-8, 2021.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/advancing-maternal-health-equity-and-reducing-maternal-mortality-workshop
Maternal safety is challenged by clinical, equity…
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/heart-health/cholesterol/guideline.html
September 01, 2018 - 2013 ACC/AHA Guideline on Treatment of Cholesterol to Reduce CVD
Resource title: 2013 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Treatment of Blood Cholesterol to Reduce Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Risk in Adults .
Resource description: This clinical guideline, published in Circulation in 2011, outlines how to treat hig…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/medicaidreadmitguide/mcaidread_tool4_comm_inv.docx
June 02, 2025 - Tool 4: Community Inventory
Tool 4: Community Inventory TOol
Purpose
Identify clinical, behavioral, and social service resources in the community that can improve posthospital care to reduce readmissions. The community inventory is complementary to the hospital inventory when developing a whole-person and data-info…
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/preventing-medication-related-problems-care-transitions-skilled-nursing
July 31, 2025 - Preventing Medication-Related Problems in Care Transitions to Skilled Nursing Facilities
Project Description
Research Story
Standardizing the hospital-to-skilled nursing facility transition by using a structured handoff between clinical teams along with a pharmacist to mo…
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/race/C18RECaseStudyReportforWEBfinal99.pdf
January 01, 2020 - Microsoft Word - C18RECaseStudyReportforWEBfinal99.docx
MAINTAIN AND EXPAND
THE HEALTHCARE COST AND UTILIZATION PROJECT (HCUP)
Contract No. HHSA-290-2006-00009-C
September 9, 2010
Prepared by:
Carrie Hanlon, MA and Susan Raetzman, MSPH
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/toolkit-reduce-cauti-and-other-hais-long-term-care-facilities
January 09, 2024 - Toolkit
Toolkit To Reduce CAUTI and Other HAIs in Long-Term Care Facilities.
Citation Text:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Toolkit To Reduce CAUTI and Other HAIs in Long-Term Care Facilities. September 2021.
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digital.ahrq.gov/2020-year-review/research-summary/improving-medication-safety-accurate-e-prescribing-tool
January 01, 2020 - Improving Medication Safety with Accurate e-Prescribing Tool
Successful implementation of CancelRx, an e-prescribing functionality to electronically communicate medication discontinuation orders between electronic health records and pharmacies, can improve medication safety and reduce adverse drug events.
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digital.ahrq.gov/2018-year-review/research-summary/reducing-risky-college-drinking-through-use-cutting-edge-mhealth
January 01, 2018 - Reducing Risky College Drinking Through The Use of Cutting Edge mHealth Technology
Key Finding and Impact
Apps to address dangerous alcohol use in college age adults may be as effective, and more cost-effective, as traditional in-person interventions.
Heavy alcohol use and its related consequences are maj…
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digital.ahrq.gov/organization/boston-medical-center
January 01, 2023 - Boston Medical Center
Implementation and Dissemination of 'Gabby,' a Health Information Technology System for Young Women, Into Community-Based Clinical Sites
Description
This research evaluated the appropriateness, acceptability, feasibility, and effectiveness of the Gabby He…
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/eUBUXRUJHua5Q44j_THFn2
Medications for Risk Reduction of Primary Breast Cancer in Women: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation
MEDICATIONS FOR RISK REDUCTION OF PRIMARY BREAST CANCER IN WOMEN
CLINICAL SUMMARY OF U.S. PREVENTIVE SERVICES TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATION
Population Asymptomatic women aged ≥35 years without a prior diagn…