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www.ahrq.gov/topics/quality-improvement.html
Topic: Quality Improvement
Quality improvement (QI) is essential to achieving the triple aim of improving the health of the population, enhancing patient experiences and outcomes, and reducing the per capita cost of care, and to improving provider experience.
Challenges a…
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/technology-assessments.html
Topic: Technology Assessments
AHRQ provides technology assessments for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, which uses them to inform its national coverage decisions for the Medicare program as well as provide information to Medicare carriers.
Other AHRQ sites related to Technology Assessments
About th…
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/health-systems.html
Topic: Health Systems
List of items related to Health Systems
Comparative Health System Performance Initiative
Compendium of U.S. Health Systems
Health Services and Primary Care Research Study
Health Systems Research
Improving Patient Safety Systems …
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/inpatient-care.html
Topic: Inpatient Care
Inpatient care is healthcare received within a hospital.
A Model for Sustaining and Spreading Safety Interventions
About the Toolkit Development
CAHPS Child Hospital Survey Measures
Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imp…
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/patient-experience.html
Topic: Patient Experience
AHRQ's Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems program measures the patient experience, which includes several aspects of healthcare delivery that patients value highly when they seek and receive care, such as getting timely appointments, easy access to information, and goo…
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/sleep-problems.html
Topic: Sleep Problems
K Award Grantee Interview: Christopher Landrigan, M.D., M.P.H.
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/cultural-competence.html
Topic: Cultural Competence
Through its focus on health literacy, AHRQ provides information for providers and patients related to cultural competence.
Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services
The SHARE Approach
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/breast-feeding.html
Topic: Breast Feeding
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force offers evidence-based recommendations on breast feeding.
For more information on Breast Feeding, you may want to visit Effective Health Care .
Patient Satisfaction and Breastfeeding Rates Improve After Hospit…
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/blood-thinners.html
Topic: Blood Thinners
AHRQ has patient information on how to safely take blood thinner medications, which are used to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke by reducing the formation of blood clots in arteries and veins.
Blood Thinner Pills: Your Guide to Using Them S…
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/quality-care.html
Quality of Care
AHRQ has information on the National Quality Strategy, data on health care quality, details on quality measurement projects, and AHRQ resources on quality.
National Quality Strategy The National Quality Strategy is a national effort to align public- and private-se…
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/hospital-readmissions.html
January 01, 2012 - Hospital Readmissions
Reducing preventable hospital readmissions is a national priority for payers, providers, and policymakers seeking to improve health care and lower costs. In 2012, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services began reducing Medicare payments for certain hospitals with excess 3…
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/provider-performance.html
Topic: Provider Performance
AHRQ has research, tools, and resources to improve provider performance.
Confidential Physician Feedback Reports: Designing for Optimal Impact on Performance
Measuring the Quality of Physician Care
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/safety-net.html
Topic: Safety Net
AHRQ has research, tools and resources related to safety net. Safety net practices are defined by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) as “those providers that organize and deliver a significant level of health care and other needed services to uninsured, Medicaid and other vulnerable patients."
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/substance-abuse.html
Topic: Substance Abuse
AHRQ supports research, tools, and resources related to substance abuse, especially in the area of unhealthy alcohol use and opioid abuse.
EvidenceNOW: Managing Unhealthy Alcohol Use
Updated Systematic Review Examines Pharmacotherapy for Adults…
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/provider-pharmacist.html
Topic: Provider: Pharmacist
List of AHRQ content related to pharmacists and other pharmacy providers.
Advancing Pharmacy Health Literacy Practices Through Quality Improvement
AHRQ Research Inspires Efforts at Banner Desert To Reduce Drug Errors in E.D. Patients
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/population-health.html
Topic: Population Health
AHRQ has research, tools and resources to examine population health including the social determinants of health.
For more information on Population Health, you may want to visit Patient Safety Net (PSNet) and Digital Healthcare Research .
Adva…
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/public-reporting.html
Topic: Public Reporting
Public reports refer to any effort to compare providers within a specified geographic region—for which all providers are eligible to be included—on a routine basis according to certain standards of quality performance. Also called consumer reports, performance reports, provider profiles, quali…
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/public-health.html
Topic: Public Health
Branch of medicine concerned with the prevention and control of disease and disability, and the promotion of physical and mental health of the population on the international, national, state, or municipal level.
Community-Acquired Pneumonia Clinical De…
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/emergency-preparedness.html
Topic: Emergency Preparedness
AHRQ has research, tools, and resources related to emergency preparedness. Emergency preparedness responses are preventive emergency measures and programs designed to protect the individual or community.
AHRQ COVID-19 Resources
Allocation…
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/practice-improvement.html
Topic: Practice Improvement
AHRQ has resources on practice improvement including practice facilitation and practice transformation. Practice facilitation, sometimes also referred to as quality improvement coaching, is an approach to supporting improvement in primary care practices that focuses on building organizatio…