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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/duration/chipra-157-section-7d.pdf
June 30, 2009 - CHIPRA 157: Section 7.D, Rurality/Urbanicity Table
APPENDIX VIII: RURALITY/URBANICITY TABLE
6, 12, and 18 month Newborn Duration rates in 8 states, January 1, 2008-June 30, 2009 stratified by geographic category.
6 Months
Rural Urban Cluster Urbanized Area Geography Missing
Metric N Metric N Metric N Metri…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/shaping-the-future-through-dhr.html
September 01, 2024 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders
Shaping the Future of Patient Empowerment and Care Delivery Through Digital Healthcare Research
SEP
24
2024
By
Chris
Dymek,
Ed.D.
Chris Dymek, Ed.D.
Providing healthcare consumers with evidence-based insights and p…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/news-events/psaw-2021/index.html
July 01, 2022 - Patient Safety Awareness Week
AHRQ and colleagues from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Health Resources and Services Administration, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, and the entire patient safety community are collaborating to observe Patient Safety Awareness Week. While AHRQ's …
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/candor-demo-program/candor/demo-program/index.html
August 01, 2022 - Longitudinal Evaluation of the Patient Safety and Medical Liability Reform Demonstration Program
Select for:
Planning Grant Evaluation Report ( PDF , 715 KB)
Demonstration Grant Evaluation Report ( PDF , 928 KB)
On September 9, 2009, President Obama directed the Secretary of the U.S. Department of H…
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/tools/tools-tip-sheets.html
June 01, 2025 - Urinary Incontinence EHR Screening Tools Tip Sheets
Urinary Incontinence EHR Screening Tools Tip Sheets (PDF, 874 KB) This document contains IT 2 Team – Northwestern Medicine’s EPIC© Tip Sheets to guide clinicians and clinical support staff on how to review female urinary incontinence screening tools in the…
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www.ahrq.gov/data/sops.html
March 01, 2025 - Surveys on Patient Safety Culture
Patient safety culture refers to the beliefs, values and norms shared by providers and staff throughout the organization that influence their actions and behaviors. Since 2001, the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® (SOPS®) Program has supported AHRQ's mission by advanci…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/opioid-men-women-2014.pdf
January 01, 2014 - Data Infographic: Women have higher rates of opioid-related hospitalizations in most states
Opioid-related hospital stays among women
increased 75 percent between 2005 and 2014,
a jump that significantly outpaced the 55-percent
increase among men. The trend resulted in
virtually identical rates nationwide for wo…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/teachback-infographic.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Data Infographic: More adults report always being asked to teach back providers' instructions (
More adults report always being asked
to teach back providers’ instructions
To start teach-back, providers ask patients to explain in their own words what they
need to know or do. This approach helps determine whether p…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/overview/background/measures-CC-2.pdf
December 14, 2010 - Reporting to HEDIS: N = 73 PLANS, 41% of which reported valid rates. … x Yes No NR
In 2007, average of 38.83% across Medicaid plans reporting. 10th percentile: 13.21%
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-moving-forward-ginsberg-slides.pdf
October 12, 2017 - (Westat)
• Supporting research; producing tools; developing and
maintaining voluntary databases; reporting … Private
Stakeholders
www.ahrq.gov/cahps
Uses of CAHPS Surveys
• Value-based payment
• Public reporting
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/chsp/compendium/2021-nh-linkage-techdoc.pdf
January 01, 2021 - Compendium of U.S. Health Systems, 2021, Nursing Home Linkage File, Technical Documentation
Comparative Health System Performance
Initiative: Compendium of U.S. Health Systems,
2021, Nursing Home Linkage File, Technical
Documentation
Prepared for:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
U.S. Depa…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/ambulatory/reduce-readmissions.html
December 01, 2023 - Primary Care-Based Efforts To Reduce Potentially Preventable Readmissions
High rates of readmissions are a major patient safety problem associated with adverse events such as prescribing errors and misdiagnoses of conditions in the hospital and ambulatory care settings. Building on the Agency's previous investm…
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www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/advances/vol2/Schiff.pdf
January 01, 2005 - In this article we describe how we have applied patient safety paradigms
(blame-free reporting/reviewing … including
Advances in Patient Safety: Vol. 2
260
• Lack of systematic approaches to surveillance, reporting … Errors in histopathology reporting:
detection and avoidance. Histopathology
1999;34:481–90.
5.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/Schiff.pdf
January 01, 2005 - In this article we describe how we have applied patient safety paradigms
(blame-free reporting/reviewing … including
Advances in Patient Safety: Vol. 2
260
• Lack of systematic approaches to surveillance, reporting … Errors in histopathology reporting:
detection and avoidance. Histopathology
1999;34:481–90.
5.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/cbprbrief.pdf
January 01, 2014 - AHRQ Activities Using Community-Based Participatory Research to Address Health Care Disparities
Introduction
Community-based participatory
research (CBPR) is an approach to
health and environmental research
meant to increase the value of studies
for both researchers and the
communities participating in a study.
In 2…
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/hrqa99b.html
October 01, 2014 - Healthcare Research and Quality Act of 1999 (continued)
Text of the Act that reauthorizes the former Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, now the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
PART B—HEALTH CARE IMPROVEMENT RESEARCH SEC. 911. HEALTH CARE OUTCOME IMPROVEMENT RESEARCH. (a) EVIDENCE R…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/events/nac/2018-03-nac/nacmtg0317-minutes.html
July 01, 2018 - Meeting Minutes, March 2018
National Advisory Council
Minutes from the March 16, 2018, meeting of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's National Advisory Council.
Contents
Summary
Call to Order and Approval of November 3, 2017, Summary Report
Director's Update
Healthcare Cost and Utilizat…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/one-pager-respiratory-infections.pdf
June 01, 2021 - Respiratory Virus Infections
Diagnosis
• Most respiratory tract infections are caused by viruses, not bacteria, and do not require antibiotic therapy.1-3
• Common infectious syndromes caused by respiratory viruses include:
− Common cold3
− Uncomplicated sinus infections with symptoms present for <2 weeks4-5 …
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/model/index.html
April 01, 2025 - The EvidenceNOW Model: Providing External Support for Primary Care
EvidenceNOW Model
The AHRQ EvidenceNOW Model is a blueprint for delivering external support to primary care practices to improve healthcare quality and implement new evidence into care delivery. It also is designed to help primary care practic…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/iomracereport/reldata6a.html
May 01, 2018 - State-level aggregation and reporting can help illuminate the health care issues of population groups … , and assurance of data quality, yet many states are cutting back their data reporting initiatives, including … Pay for performance, public reporting, and racial disparities in health care: How are programs being … Physician quality reporting initiative . http://www.cms.hhs.gov/pqri (accessed May 22, 2009). … Wisconsin Cancer Reporting System. 2008. WCRS abstract code manual, 2nd edition .