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3501. About AHRQ | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2025 - About AHRQ The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is the federal agency charged with improving the quality and safety of healthcare delivery. The agency develops and disseminates scientific evidence, tools, and data to help patients and their families, healthcare professionals, and policymakers m…

3502. Medication Therapy Tools Help Pharmacists Educate Patients, Improve Adherence and Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      September 01, 2019 - Medication Therapy Tools Help Pharmacists Educate Patients, Improve Adherence and Safety Search All Impact Case Studies November 2017 AHRQ’s Health Literacy Tools for Providers of Medication Therapy Management make it easier for pharmacists to help patients understand and correctly manage their medication…

3503. Why Child Health Measures? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      June 01, 2020 - Why Child Health Measures? Child Health Care Quality Toolbox The Child Health Toolbox contains concepts, tips, and tools for evaluating the quality of health care for children. In recent years, there has been growing interest in a special focus on quality measurement for child health programs. Increasingly,…

3504. Child Health Care Quality Toolbox: Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      June 01, 2020 - Child Health Care Quality Toolbox: Resources The Child Health Toolbox contains concepts, tips, and tools for evaluating the quality of health care for children. This section identifies national initiatives that serve as clearinghouses for measures of the quality of children's health, health care, and general …

3505. University of Iowa Uses AHRQ Data to Study Ways to Lower Incidence, Costs of Sports-Related Injuries | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2014 - University of Iowa Uses AHRQ Data to Study Ways to Lower Incidence, Costs of Sports-Related Injuries Search All Impact Case Studies April 2008 Researchers at the University of Iowa College of Public Health used AHRQ's Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), a database from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Pro…

3506. AHRQ’s Portrait of Sepsis Reveals Its Alarming Human Toll | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      September 01, 2024 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders AHRQ’s Portrait of Sepsis Reveals Its Alarming Human Toll SEP 27 2024 By Robert Otto Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.A., and Pamela Owens, Ph.D. The human suffering caused by sepsis is shocking. New AHRQ analyses show that in 2021, more than 2 m…

3507. Advancing Heart Health | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2024 - Advancing Heart Health An AHRQ Initiative The Problem The Nation's primary care practices have been challenged in recent decades by fragmentation of the healthcare system, a lack of resources to meet patient needs, and limited access to an infrastructure to support quality improvement (QI). As a result, m…

3508. The End of the Public Health Emergency Refocuses the Urgency to Improve Healthcare Quality | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      May 01, 2023 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders The End of the Public Health Emergency Refocuses the Urgency to Improve Healthcare Quality MAY 19 2023 By Robert Otto Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.A. Robert Otto Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.A. On May 11, 2023, the Biden-Harris Administrat…

3509. Tailoring Digital Technologies To Improve Outcomes Among Minorities With Chronic Conditions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2024 - Grantee Profile Tailoring Digital Technologies To Improve Outcomes Among Minorities With Chronic Conditions Antoinette Schoenthaler, Ed.D. Associate Director of the Center for Healthful Behavior Change New York University Langone Health Antoinette Schoenthaler, Ed.D. “Funding from AHRQ has b…

3510. Developing and Implementing Educational Resources to Address Perinatal Mental Health | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      May 01, 2024 - Developing and Implementing Educational Resources to Address Perinatal Mental Health Jenn Leiferman, Ph.D. Chair and Professor University of Colorado-Denver Jenn Leiferman, Ph.D. “Since early in my research career, I have been focused on what we could do to ensure that every child has the best possible start in…

3511. Research Initiative in Clinical Economics | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      August 01, 2018 - Research Initiative in Clinical Economics Research on cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA), cost-benefit analysis, and methods for estimating the value of health care interventions, use of resources, outcomes, and quality. Contents Program Focus Priorities Policy Projects Database Resources Outcome…

3512. Quality and Safety Review System (QSRS) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2025 - Quality and Safety Review System (QSRS) Retrospectively Reviewing Inpatient Health Records To Identify Adverse Events Medical errors are an ongoing challenge to the healthcare system in the United States. The extent of medical errors in U.S. hospitals was revealed in 2000 when the Institute of Medicine (now the…

3513. How CMS Measures the "30-Day All Cause Rehospitalization Rate" on the Hospital Compare Web Site | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2013 - Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) Toolkit How CMS Measures the "30-Day All Cause Rehospitalization Rate" on the Hospital Compare Web Site Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) Toolkit Tool 1: Overview Tool 2: How To Begin the Re-engineered Discharge Implementation a…

3514. Participating in the SOPS Nursing Home Survey Database | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      June 01, 2025 - Participating in the SOPS Nursing Home Survey Database The AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® (SOPS®) Nursing Home Database is a central repository for survey data from nursing homes in the United States or in a U.S. territory that administered the SOPS Nursing Home Survey and choose to submit their d…

3515. AHRQ Grants for Health Services Research Dissertation Program (R36) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      November 01, 2023 - AHRQ Grants for Health Services Research Dissertation Program (R36) AHRQ provides support to individuals for dissertation research in health services research as part of completing a research doctorate degree. The AHRQ Grants for Health Services Research Dissertation Program (R36) provides dissertation grant…

3516. Understanding and Reducing Overuse of Potentially Harmful Screening Tests (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2014 - Understanding and Reducing Overuse of Potentially Harmful Screening Tests Research Centers for Excellence in Clinical Preventive Services Working to get the right services, to the right people, at the right time Understanding and Reducing Overuse of Potentially Harmful Screening Tes…

3517. Why Aren't Numbers and Graphs Sufficient for a Quality Report? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      November 01, 2018 - Why Aren't Numbers and Graphs Sufficient for a Quality Report? Quality reports need a brief and compelling explanation of the purpose and value of the information they contain, as well as the trustworthiness of the report’s sponsor. This page discusses why this is necessary. Quality Information Is New Som…

3518. Clinical Case Scenarios | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2023 - Clinical Case Scenarios AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care, Phase 2 The two clinical case scenarios below illustrate 10 teamwork tools and strategies for improving perinatal care. One scenario focuses on obstetric hemorrhage, and the other scenario focuses on severe hypertension in pregnancy. Both scena…

3519. Resources (doc file)
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      June 02, 2025 - Resources Resources Contents Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Children Advancing State Child Indicators Initiatives This section identifies national initiatives that serve as clearinghouses for measures of the quality of children's health, health care, a…

3520. Chapter 2. Background: Case for Community Linkages | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2014 - Community Connections: Linking Primary Care Patients to Local Resources for Better Management of Obesity Chapter 2. Background: Case for Community Linkages Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Community Connections: Linking Primary Care Patients to Local Resources for Better Management of Obesi…