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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/public-reporting-quality-improvement_executive.pdf
July 01, 2012 - Evidence-Based
Practice
Evidence-based Practice
Program
The Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality (AHRQ), through its Evidence-
based Practice Centers (EPCs), sponsors
the development of evidence reports and
technology assessments to assist public-
and private-sector organizations in their
efforts to imp…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy2/Strat2_Implement_Hndbook_508.pdf
April 30, 2013 - Strategy 2: Communicating to Improve Quality (Implementation Handbook)
Strategy 2: Communicating to Improve Quality (Implementation Handbook)
Guide to Patient and Family Engagement
Communicating to
Improve Quality
Implementation Handbook
Strategy 2: Communicating to Improve Quality (Implementation Ha…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy2/Strat2_Implement_Hndbook_508.docx
April 30, 2013 - Strategy 2: Communicating to Improve Quality (Implementation Handbook)
Communicating to
Improve Quality
Implementation Handbook
Strategy 3: Bedside Shift Report (Implementation Handbook)
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Strategy 2: Communicating to Improve Quality (Implementation Handbook)
Guide to Patient and …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-07/fenton2-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Final Progress Report: Watchful Waiting as a Strategy for Reducing Low-value Spinal Imaging
Watchful Waiting as a Strategy for Reducing Low-value Spinal Imaging
Principal Investigator: Joshua J. Fenton, MD, MPH
Team Members: Anthony Jerant. MD
Camille Cipri, BS
Melissa Gosdin, PhD
Daniel Tancredi, PhD
Guibo Xing, P…
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www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/implementation-qi/toolkit/antipsychotic/qi-strategies.html
July 01, 2021 - Safe and Judicious Use of Antipsychotic Medications in Children and Adolescents Toolkit
Quality Improvement Strategies
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Safe and Judicious Use of Antipsychotic Medications in Children and Adolescents Toolkit
Introduction
Overview
About the Measure
Key…
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/CaseStudy_QDRanalysis04072017.pdf
April 07, 2017 - Recommended Citation: Barrett ML, Heslin KC, Yoon F, Moore BJ. Case Study:
National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report (QDR) Sensitivity Analysis on
Developing AHRQ Quality Indicator Estimates For 2015 Using Only ICD-9-CM Data.
ONLINE. April 7, 2017. U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Availa…
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/tools/keydrivers/description.html
October 01, 2020 - EvidenceNow Key Drivers and Change Strategies
Below are descriptions of each key driver and change strategy in the EvidenceNOW Key Driver Diagram.
Key Driver 1: Seek, select, and customize the best evidence for use by the practice
The practice of medicine evolves in response to new knowledge about what care…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/finalsummary.pdf
February 21, 2016 - Key Lessons from the National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program
The National Evaluation of the
CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program
Key Lessons from the National
Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality
Demonstration Grant Program
FINAL SUMMARY
This report was prepared for the Agen…
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/state-of-science-5.html
June 01, 2020 - Operational Measurement of Diagnostic Safety: State of the Science
References
Previous Page
Table of Contents
Operational Measurement of Diagnostic Safety: State of the Science
Introduction
Special Considerations for Measurement of Diagnostic Safety
Getting Ready for Measurement: Overcoming …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/sohn-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Developing a Medical Biometric Identification System with a Secure Database Network That Can Access Electronic Medical Databases
AHRQ Grant Final Progress Report
Title of Project:
Developing a Medical Biometric Identification System with a Secure Database Network That Can Access
Electroni…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/tools-and-materials/key_drivers_descriptions.pdf
February 01, 2019 - EvidenceNow Key Drivers and
Change Strategies
EvidenceNow Key Drivers and
Change Strategies
Tools & Resources
Change Strategy:
Develop a process to search for
new evidence and other changes
related to Key Driver 1
Change Strategy:
Develop an inter-professional QI
team and other changes related to
Key Driver…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/finalsummary.pdf
February 21, 2016 - Key Lessons from the National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program
The National Evaluation of the
CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program
Key Lessons from the National
Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality
Demonstration Grant Program
FINAL SUMMARY
This report was prepared for the Agen…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/chsp/compendium/techdocrpt-appe.pdf
January 01, 2019 - Comparative Health System Performance Initiative: Compendium of U.S. Health Systems, 2016, Technical Documentation-Appendix E
Comparative Health System Performance Initiative:
Compendium of U.S. Health Systems, 2016, Technical
Documentation
Prepared for:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
U.S. Depar…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guidance-tests-decision-models_methods.pdf
July 01, 2012 - Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 10
10-1
Chapter 10
Deciding Whether To Complement a Systematic
Review of Medical Tests With Decision Modeling
Thomas A. Trikalinos, M.D., Tufts Evidence-based Practice Center, Boston, MA
Shalini Kulasingam, Ph.D., University of Minnesota School of Public He…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Siddharthan.pdf
January 10, 2005 - Cost Effectiveness of a Multifaceted Program for Safe Patient Handling
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Cost Effectiveness of a Multifaceted
Program for Safe Patient Handling
Kris Siddharthan, Audrey Nelson, Hope Tiesman, FangFei Chen
Abstract
Objective: The Patient Safety Center in the Veterans Health Administration
(VHA) introduced …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Hagg_80.pdf
January 01, 2007 - Implementation of Systems Redesign: Approaches to Spread and Sustain Adoption
Implementation of Systems Redesign:
Approaches to Spread and Sustain Adoption
Heather Woodward Hagg, MS; Jamie Workman-Germann, MS; Mindy Flanagan, PhD;
Deanna Suskovich, BA; Susan Schachitti, MBA; Christine Corum, MS;
Bradley N. Do…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/arthritis-horizon-scan-high-impact-1506.pdf
June 01, 2015 - The disease is thought to be caused by a combination of
genetic and environmental factors, most of … Infection or other
environmental conditions are thought to trigger AS development. … However, the experts thought additional clinical studies are needed to compare the efficacy of … They thought high treatment costs would limit patient access to secukinumab if
4
third-party … These effects are thought by investigators to be mediated by increased
chemokine production, which
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/funding/training-grants/kaward/kaward-evalreport.pdf
August 01, 2016 - the ability to attend key classes and
meet with key individuals who have
shaped and influenced my thinking … I always thought that my chances of an
R01 after my K08 were good, but federal funding has become so
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/10_obesity_potential_high_impact_june_2012.pdf
January 01, 2012 - ES-5
Key Expert Comments: Overall, experts thought that the EndoBarrier has significant potential … A majority of experts thought that reducing
or eliminating long-term complications from obesity might … EndoBarrier endoluminal sleeve for excess weight loss
Overall, experts commenting on this intervention thought
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/cJSpoZqW2M7czx_-GeTdtE
May 01, 2004 - care settings, contains 3 items assessing
suicide risk (all within the past month).10 Data on
suicidal thoughts … “Thoughts of death” had 100% sensitivity, 81%
specificity, and 5.9% positive predictive value for
detecting … mean
decrease
P < 0.00
Cognitive-Behavioral Counseling vs Usual Care
Cohort 1 mo 1 mo NR Suicidal
thoughts … The 3
study drugs showed no differences for the analogous
“suicidal thoughts” on the HAM-D, and the overall