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  1. Action Planning Tool for the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/planningtool_0.pdf
    January 01, 2016 - Excellence in Health Care www.ahrq.gov The authors of this guide are responsible for its content … The survey is an important source of information for health care organizations striving to improve patient … Find out what initiatives other health care organizations, or high-performing units in your organization … initiatives that health care organizations can use to improve patient safety culture and patient safety …  Consider whether the initiative will involve training.  Talk with other health care organizations

  2. Join the IDEAS Project To Advance Diagnostic Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/966.html
    July 01, 2025 - healthcare system. … Following multiple iterations of qualitative analysis, the study found that in 63 percent of cases, providers … role in 55 percent of the incidents. … improvement and for other projects, as well as the importance of further strategies to improve effective … AHRQ in the Professional Literature Trends in end-of-life care and satisfaction among veterans undergoing

  3. Resuscitation Errors: A Shocking Problem | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/resuscitation-errors-shocking-problem
    October 19, 2022 - Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services … Appreciate the importance of hands-on, ongoing training on defibrillator devices for users. … These therapies are taught to most health care providers, yet performance of these surprisingly complex … In the late 1980s, the Defibrillator Working Group of the U.S. … Topic Hospitals Health Care Providers Quality and Safety Professionals Emergency Medicine

  4. The Role of Bar Coding and Smart Pumps in Safety | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/role-bar-coding-and-smart-pumps-safety
    September 01, 2008 - Medication errors observed in 36 health care facilities. Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:1897-1903. … imagination of health care workers and policy workers alike. … Another way to look at it is that, in the health care industry, we are already pretty good at giving … We can do a lot through education and through improved ergonomics in the health care setting, but those … EP: For a variety of reasons, there has been more investment in CPOE in the health care IT industry.

  5. Final Progress Report: Determinants of Intrapartum Quality of Care (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/bailit-aron-love-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the National Institute of Child Health and Development … There were just over four million deliveries in the US in the year 2001, making delivery of an infant … of quality in its Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP).3 An ideal quality measure for inpatient … in the hands of a typical provider. … Risk-adjustment for measuring health care outcomes.

  6. #05 DEPRESSION (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/depression-horizon-scan-high-impact-1406.pdf
    June 01, 2014 - the highest potential for impact on clinical care, the health care system, patient outcomes, and costs … exist to understand their potential impact on clinical care, the health care system, patient outcomes … care system. … as having potential for high impact on some aspect of health care or the health care system (e.g., … minimal to moderate disruption of health care delivery infrastructure and patient management.

  7. Utilization of Intensive Care Services, 2011 #185

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb185-Hospital-Intensive-Care-Units-2011.jsp
    December 01, 2014 - number of hospitals that fit the category in the row and had the percentage range of ICU cases in the … Data Source The estimates in this Statistical Brief are based upon data from the Healthcare Cost … Care Providers Nebraska Hospital Association Nevada Department of Health and Human Services … Oregon Health Policy and Research Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council Rhode Island … Information Washington State Department of Health West Virginia Health Care Authority Wisconsin

  8. Final Progress Report: Do Safety Warnings Change Prescribing Among the US Dialysis Population? (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/thamer-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - and poses a significant national healthcare burden. … in ESA dose was consistent with a change in dosing practice as of the FDA Black Box warning. … of ~22%.36 For instance, a spike in ESA dose evident in the beginning of 2006, also confirmed by USRDS … Health Care Financing Rev 2000;22:55-60. 2. U.S. … External quality review will not improve American ESRD healthcare.

  9. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33704/psn-pdf
    December 01, 2010 - She is past president of the American Society of Healthcare Risk Management, and former director of … risk management at Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington, VT. … RW: Prior to 10 years ago or so, in most health care organizations the risk manager was really the only … When the C-suite, administrators, and people who finance health care began to think this way, then people … I follow [health care reporter] Larry Tye's recommendation: know who your local media are and let them

  10. Final Contract Report -- State and Regional Demonstration in Health Information Technology: Utah (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/state-regional-demonstration-hit-ut-final-report.pdf
    November 01, 2015 - In the course of this work, HealthInsight is assisting and supporting Utah’s health care providers in … This effort will engage the health care community in the Salt Lake area to demonstrate that health IT … can be used to improve the quality and efficiency and reduce the cost of health care. … The mission of UHIN is to decrease the administrative cost of health care. … of health care by improving communication (clinical data and messages) between individual health care

  11. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/72517/psn-pdf
    November 25, 2020 - Use of the SBAR communication technique is readily taught and can be adapted in other healthcare interactions … psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/situation-background-assessment-recommendation-sbar-communication-tool-handoff-health-care … psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/situation-background-assessment-recommendation-sbar-communication-tool-handoff-health-care … the critical information to be communicated and limiting hierarchical barriers in the health care team … The human factor: the critical importance of effective teamwork and communication in providing safe

  12. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49647/psn-pdf
    February 01, 2012 - In the inpatient setting, the responsibility lies with hospitals to develop such a method of identification … Continued development of these software systems may play a key role in reducing the type of errors noted … Reducing the frequency of errors in medicine using information technology. … This project was funded under contract number 75Q80119C00004 from the Agency for Healthcare Research … Readers should not interpret any statement in this report as an official position of AHRQ or of the

  13. Improving Diagnosis and Treatment of Adult Depression Through Digital Healthcare Webinar: Slides (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/adult-depression-slides-06152022.pdf
    June 15, 2022 - Improving Diagnosis and Treatment of Adult Depression Through Digital Healthcare Webinar: Slides Improving … Diagnosis and Treatment of Adult Depression Through Digital Healthcare Presented by: Neda Laiteerapong … Evaluate the overall impact of patient-engaged digital healthcare interventions on adult depression … University of Iowa College of Medicine Department of Psychiatry Iowa City VA Health Care System Veterans … A descriptive and comparative study of the prevalence of depressive and anxiety disorders in low-income

  14. Spotlight (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2021-09/spotlight_lost_in_transitions_of_care_09.22.2021_final.pdf
    January 01, 2021 - – In the previous 365 days, she had spent 199 days hospitalized (54% of the year) at one hospital … conditions involving severe pain, such as sickle cell disease, and the importance of adhering to medication … – As healthcare systems strive to improve outcomes and safety, it is important to focus on the needs … periods of time hospitalized, made the patient appear relatively opioid-naïve in the PDMP. – Use the … UNC Health Care Guideline. Opiate Equianalgesic Dosing Chart.

  15. Program Evaluation (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/perinatal-care-2/hypertension_8-program-evaluation-speaker-notes.pdf
    July 01, 2023 - In this module we will discuss aspects related to the evaluation of the program. 1 Hospital AIM … most common causes of maternal mortality in the United States are shown here for the period between … of SMM measures □ Increase in SMM rates over the last decade due to  delays in childbearing and … in SMM from the CDC … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the Johns Hopkins University Contract Number HHSP233201500020I

  16. Program Evaluation (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/perinatal-care-2/hemorrhage_8-program-evaluation-speaker-notes.pdf
    July 01, 2023 - In this module we will discuss aspects related to the evaluation of the program. 1 Hospital AIM … we have built some background in program evaluation, let’s discuss some of the relevant background … most common causes of maternal mortality in the United States are shown here for the period between … Overall, this shows the important contribution of obstetric hemorrhage to SMM in the United States. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the Johns Hopkins University Contract Number HHSP233201500020I

  17. Moving Pains | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/moving-pains
    August 17, 2017 - Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services … Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services … Moreover, his role was to be a family member, not a health care provider—always a tricky balance, and … Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations Web site. … Topic General Hospitals Health Care Executives and Administrators Critical Care Discontinuities

  18. Statistical Brief #110

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb110.jsp
    April 01, 2011 - In light of the importance of childbirth-related hospitalizations in the healthcare system, it is important … Hospital Association Florida Agency for Health Care Administration Georgia Hospital Association … Missouri Hospital Industry Data Institute Montana MHA — An Association of Montana Health Care … Association of Hospitals and Health Systems Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council … Information Washington State Department of Health West Virginia Health Care Authority Wisconsin

  19. Medical Therapies for Locally Advanced Gastric Adenocarcinoma (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/gastric-cancers-protocol-amended.pdf
    February 07, 2025 - AHRQ Methods for Effective Health Care. … Grading the Strength of a Body of Evidence When Assessing Health Care Interventions for the Effective … Health Care Program of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: An Update. … on the AHRQ Effective Health Care Website for public comment. … , and others with experience in making health care decisions.

  20. MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE AND HYDRALAZINE (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/congestive-heart-failure-medicines_research.pdf
    March 01, 2010 - AHRQ’s Effective Health Care Program. … about the outcomes, clinical effectiveness, safety, and appropriateness of health care items and services … Effective Health Care Research Report No. 19. … Effective Health Care Research Report Number 19 ii Abstract Background: The addition of hydralazine-isosorbide … Effective Health Care Research Report Number 19 1 Introduction In 1986, the Vasodilator in Heart
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