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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/957.html
May 01, 2025 - National Hospital Week Spotlight on Patient Safety Tools
Issue Number
957
AHRQ News Now is a weekly newsletter that highlights agency research and program activities.
May 13, 2025
AHRQ Stats: Changes in Healthcare Spending Among Highest Spenders People in the top 1 percent of healthcare expenses spent a…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/958.html
May 01, 2025 - Researcher Megan McHugh, Ph.D., Works To Improve Heart Health in Manufacturing Communities
Issue Number
958
AHRQ News Now is a weekly newsletter that highlights agency research and program activities.
May 20, 2025
Editor’s Note: Due to the Memorial Day holiday, the next issue of AHRQ News Now will be…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/949.html
March 01, 2025 - New Interactive Data Resource Illustrates Trends in Sepsis Hospital Care
Issue Number
949
AHRQ News Now is a weekly newsletter that highlights agency research and program activities.
March 11, 2025
AHRQ Stats: Trends in MRSA Rates, 2016 to 2021 While the overall rate of adult inpatient stays with a diag…
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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/delivery-initiative/ihs/chapter7.html
December 01, 2017 - ARRA ACTION: Comparative Effectiveness of Health Care Delivery Systems for American Indians and Alaska Natives Using Enhanced Data Infrastructure
Chapter 7. Discussion of Project Findings
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Table of Contents
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_T3-Concise_Antibiogram_Toolkit_Using_WHONET_to_Create_Your_Antibiogram.pdf
May 01, 2014 - www.ahrq.gov/NH-ASPGuide ● May 2014 AHRQ Pub. No. 14-0012-3-EF
Concise Antibiogram Toolkit
Using WHONET to Create Your Antibiogram
WHONET is free Windows-based database software developed in 1989 by the World Health
Organization (WHO). The software is used in laboratories worldwide for the management and
an…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/dataspotlight-hypertension.pdf
January 01, 2020 - AHRQ Data Spotlight: Hypertension Control in Health Resources and Services Administration Health Centers
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AHRQ Data Spotlight:
Hypertension Control in
Health Resources and
Services Administration
Health Centers
Hypertension in the United States
Hypertension, defined as abnormally high blood pressure, affects 1…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/re-engineering-postnatal-unit-care-long-desc.html
April 01, 2025 - Re-engineering Postnatal Unit Care and the Transition Home to Reduce Perinatal Morbidity and Mortality
Principal Investigator: Alison Stuebe, M.D., M.Sc., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC. Co-PIs: Kristin Tully, Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; Emily Patterson, Ph.D., The Oh…
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www.ahrq.gov/cpi/centers/ockt/kt/tools/attend.html
October 01, 2014 - Who Should Participate?
Quality Diagnostic Tools for States
All State officials and parties with an interest in improving health care quality at the State level are invited to participate. PLEASE NOTE however, that the number of spaces allotted for some of the offerings will be limited.
"We gratefully…
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www.ahrq.gov/data/apcd/envscan/conclusion.html
June 01, 2017 - All-Payer Claims Databases Measurement of Care: Systematic Review and Environmental Scan of Current Practices and Evidence
Conclusion
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All-Payer Claims Databases Measurement of Care: Systematic Review and Environmental Scan of Current Practices and Evidence
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/health-information-technology-hit.html
Topic: Health Information Technology (HIT)
AHRQ uses the term digital healthcare research instead of health information technology. Digital healthcare research applies to activities involving the transfer of information between patient and provider throughout the entire patient journey, as well as the intelligent use…
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www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/measures/teratogenic-medications.html
August 01, 2021 - Assessing the Availability of the Preconception Component of High Risk Obstetrical Services by Estimating the Use of Teratogenic Medications Before and During Pregnancy
Measure Domain: Availability of Services
Measure Sub-Domain: High-Risk Obstetrics
PQMP COE: CAPQuaM
Associated NQF # and Name: None
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www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/measures/global-assessment.html
August 01, 2021 - Global Assessment of Pediatric Patient Safety (GAPPS) Trigger Tool
Measure Domain: Management of Acute Conditions
Measure Sub-Domain: Pediatric Patient Safety
PQMP COE: CEPQM
Associated NQF # and Name: 3136, GAPPS: Rate of Preventable Adverse Events Per 1,000 Patient-Days Among Pediatric Inpatients
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www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/measures/follow-up-referral-tracking.html
August 01, 2021 - Follow-up Referral Tracking
Measure Domain: Child Clinical Preventive Services
Measure Sub-Domain: Developmental Screening Follow-up
PQMP COE: PMCOE
Associated NQF # and Name: None
Products:
Fact Sheet (PDF, 409 KB)
Full Report (PDF, 206.7 KB)
Measure Technical Specifications and Other Suppo…
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www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/measures/follow-up-referral.html
August 01, 2021 - Follow-up Referral After Positive Developmental Screen
Measure Domain: Child Clinical Preventive Services
Measure Sub-Domain: Developmental Screening Follow-up
PQMP COE: PMCOE
Associated NQF # and Name: None
Products:
Fact Sheet (PDF, 399 KB)
Full Report (PDF, 250 KB)
Measure Technical Speci…
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News
AHRQ Press Releases
The latest news from AHRQ
AHRQ News Now
Weekly newsletter on Agency research and program activities
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/child-hcahps-ahrq-program.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Introducing the Child HCAHPS® Survey Database webcast-Ginsberg
WELCOME FROM AHRQ
Caren Ginsberg, PhD
Director, CAHPS & SOPS Programs
Center for Quality Improvement & Patient Safety, AHRQ
AHRQ and the CAHPS Program
• AHRQ is:
► A research and science-based agency of the US Department of Health
and Human Servi…
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www.ahrq.gov/sdm/index.html
Shared Decision Making
Professional Education and Training in Shared Decision Making
Programs to increase shared decision making skills
Implementation Tools and Resources…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/psychiatric-hospital-readmissions.pdf
May 28, 2015 - Hospital Readmissions for Psychiatric Conditions
Hospital Readmissions for Psychiatric Conditions
IN
2012
0% 5% 10% 15% 20%
ALL OTHER NON-MENTAL HEALTH
& SUBSTANCE ABUSE CONDITIONS
MOOD DISORDERS
SCHIZOPHRENIA
30-Day Readmission Rate
Hospital readmissions for psychiatric conditions, which are costly
and disr…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/clabsi-tools/components.html
March 01, 2018 - Toolkit Components
Guide: Purpose and Use of CLABSI Tools
Purpose of the tools
Engage: How does this make the world a better place?
Educate: How will we accomplish this?
Execute: What do I need to do?
Evaluate: How will we know that we made a difference?
References
Appendixes: CLABSI Tools
Appen…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/tools-and-materials/burnout-in-primary-care.pdf
February 01, 2023 - • Comparatively simple to analyze; includes
scoring guidance and reporting templates.