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www.ahrq.gov/topics/index.html
October 01, 2008 - Topics
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›› … Topics explored include ED boarding and crowding, infection prevention, and diagnostic safety.
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/emergency-department.html
October 01, 2024 - Topics explored include ED boarding and crowding, infection prevention, and diagnostic safety. … Information in the Emergency Department: Clinician and Patient Perspectives on Availability and Use MEPS Topics
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/electronic-health-records-ehrs.html
Topic: Electronic Health Records (EHRs)
AHRQ's digital healthcare research program explores topics
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/education.html
Topic: Education
AHRQ offers educational tools and resources as well as free continuing education events in the areas of comparative effectiveness, quality and patient safety, and prevention/care management.
Curriculum Tools
Health Assessment Recertification Project f…
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/telehealth.html
Telehealth
AHRQ has invested in research and shared information on the benefits of telehealth for several years, through its Digital Healthcare Research Program and Effective Healthcare Program. Use of telehealth has expanded through advances in technology, availability of training, and improvemen…
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/asthma.html
Topic: Asthma
Asthma is a chronic disease that affects your airways. Your airways are tubes that carry air in and out of your lungs. If you have asthma, the inside walls of your airways become sore and swollen. That makes them very sensitive, and they may react strongly to things that you are allergic to or find irri…
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/antibiotics.html
Antibiotics
Antibiotics are powerful medicines that fight bacterial infections. Antibiotic resistance is becoming a national threat. AHRQ's efforts for combating antibiotic-resistanct bacteria focus on promoting appropriate antibiotic use, reducing the transmission of resistant bacteria, and preve…
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/autism.html
Topic: Autism
AHRQ offers research and information on screening for autism, a neurological and developmental disorder that begins early in childhood.
For more information on Autism, you may want to visit Effective Health Care .
Introducing electronic screening tools for …
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/awards.html
Topic: Awards
AHRQ's grant awards are publicly posted on this site and the NIH Reporter site.
AHRQ's Career Development and Postdoctoral Training Awards for Comparative Effectiveness Research
The John M. Eisenberg Excellence in Mentorship Award
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/falls.html
Falls
Each year, somewhere between 700,000 and 1,000,000 people in the United States fall in the hospital, and about 1.3 million residents in nursing facilities fall. Falls can lead to serious injuries, decreased ability to function, reduced quality of life, increased fear of falling, and increase…
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/disparities.html
Disparities
Healthcare disparities are differences in access to or availability of medical facilities and services and variation in rates of disease occurrence and disabilities between population groups defined by socioeconomic characteristics such as age, ethnicity, economic resources, or gender …
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/surgery.html
Surgery
Surgical complications take an immeasurable toll on patients and their families. Yet a substantial proportion of those complications are preventable. AHRQ has tools, research and resources related to making surgery safer.
Tools Toolkit for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery…
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/sepsis.html
Topic: Sepsis
AHRQ provides several resources to address sepsis, a systemic inflammatory response to infection that results in tissue damage and organ failure that can lead to death. It is one of the most expensive and difficult to treat conditions in hospitals in the United States. The fiscal year 2023 Omnibus Spend…
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/women.html
Topic: Women
The AHRQ Policy on the Inclusion of Priority Populations in Research (NOT-HS-03-010) requires that priority populations be included in all AHRQ-supported research projects involving human subjects, unless a clear and compelling rationale and justification is provided that inclusion is inappropriate. Rese…
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/elderly.html
Topic: Elderly
Owing to medical advances and healthier lifestyles, the United States has a growing number of elderly and aging adults (age 65 years or older) who are living longer than past generations. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, older Americans will make up more than 20 percent of the U.S. population start…
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/childrenadolescents.html
January 01, 2011 - Topic: Children/Adolescents
Background Report for the Request for Public Comment on Initial, Recommended Core Set of Children's Healthcare Quality Measures for Voluntary Use by Medicaid and CHIP Programs
CAHPS Child Hospital Survey (Child HCAHPS) Toolkit
Cente…
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/outcomes.html
Topic: Outcomes
Outcomes are defined as the impact of a healthcare service or intervention, and can include events or results in:
Patient health status or quality of life.
Patient, provider, and population attitudes and behavior.
New evidence, research, prevention strategies, treatments, and care models.
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/education-curriculum.html
Topic: Education: Curriculum
Listing of content related to the topic of education and academic curriculum
Curriculum Tools
Georgetown University Family Nurse Practitioner Program Trains Hundreds of Students Using AHRQ App to Improve Primary Care
Patient Self-Man…
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/evidence-based-practice-centers-epcs.html
(EPCs) review all relevant scientific literature on a wide spectrum of clinical and health services topics
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/maternal-health.html
January 01, 2023 - Annual Perspectives highlight vital and emerging patient safety topics. … Starting in 2019, AHRQ supported the development of a series of papers on different diagnostic safety topics