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461. Preventable Emergency Department Visits | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2018 - An estimated 13% to 27% of ED visits in the United States could be managed in physician offices, clinics … According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the United States is experiencing an epidemic

462. Series Overview | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2014 - The quality of health care delivered to adults in the United States. … The quality of ambulatory care delivered to children in the United States.

463. Improving Communication and Teamwork in the Surgical Environment Module: Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2017 - In the United States, because the surgeon or physician is often not present until the procedure is about … States. … The cardiac surgery checklist was developed for use in cardiac procedures in the United States because … Many facilities in the United States are required to stop at this point in care to perform essential … States.

464. How are CHIPRA quality demonstration States using quality reports to drive health care improvements for children? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2015 - How are CHIPRA quality demonstration States using quality reports to drive health care improvements for … This Highlight describes the reports States produced, how States used the reports to encourage QI at … How States Used Quality Reports to Drive QI at the State and Practice Levels Note: All six States … States plan to sustain quality reporting and QI efforts The States are planning to sustain some of … The word “national” should not be interpreted to mean that our findings are representative of the United

465. Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Final Report (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2012 - Recruitment of States began in 2008. … Twenty-three States began the project in 2009, 12 States and the District of Columbia began during … National Project Team The National Project Team (NPT) united three organizations with distinctive expertise … Stakeholder Role Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) HHS is the United States Federal … These States had the lowest number of recruited hospitals and were States/regions with limited-to-no

466. Table 1-1. Categories and Definitions Promulgated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the U.S. Bureau of the Census | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2018 - applicable to Alaska Natives and American Indians that have an affiliation with a tribal group of the United … States to establish eligibility for their programs; thus, it does not include indigenous people of Latin

467. Appendix C. Environmental Scan Resources Included | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2020 - United States Health Information Knowledgebase. User Guide: APCD Portal. … APCD Showcase: States Leading by Example. http://www.apcdshowcase.org/ . … (Prepared under Grants to States to Support Health Insurance Rate Review and Increase Transparency in … The basics of all-payer claims databases: a primer for states. … Hearing Before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate; June 18, 2013.

468. Endnotes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2014 - Appendix A: Brief History of CMEs Appendix B: Key CME Design Features in CHIPRA Quality Demonstration States … Mental health surveillance among children—United States, 2005-2011. … How are CHIPRA quality demonstration States working together to improve the quality of health care for

469. 1. Background and Introduction | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2024 - federal and state initiatives have provided QI support to help improve primary care quality in the United … States and align these supports with payment and incentives. … medium-sized independent practices. 1 These programs also provided technical assistance to partners in other states … The IMPaCT initiative ultimately led to the establishment of primary care extension services in 17 states … EvidenceNOW: Advancing Heart Health grantees found that primary care extension programs spanning multiple states

470. Program Impact | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2013 - Project Participation A total of 44 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico participated … Twenty-three States began the project in 2009, 12 States and the District of Columbia began during 2010 … , and 9 States and Puerto Rico began the effort in 2011. … States beginning the project at the same time. … Hospital Participation Levels of recruitment within States varied substantially.

471. Eliminating CAUTI: A National Patient Safety Imperative (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2013 - HAIs are among the most common preventable causes of mortality in the United States and a significant … urinary catheter placed during their hospital stay, and CAUTIs are among the most common HAIs in the United … States. … Currently, 39 sponsors have recruited six cohorts, representing units in 37 States, the District of … Preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infection in the United States: A national comparative

472. Eliminating CAUTI: A National Patient Safety Imperative (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/cauti-interim.pdf
     September 01, 2013 - HAIs are among the most common preventable causes of mortality in the United States and a significant … urinary catheter placed during their hospital stay, and CAUTIs are among the most common HAIs in the United … States. … Currently, 39 sponsors have recruited six cohorts, representing units in 37 States, the District of … Preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infection in the United States: A national comparative

473. 2025 HCBS CAHPS Survey Database Chartbook (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2025 - Notice: This product is in the public domain and may be used and reprinted without permission in the United … Users outside the United States must get permission from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … It is designed to facilitate comparisons across the state Medicaid HCBS programs throughout the United … Survey Database cannot be considered a statistically representative sample of HCBS programs across the United … States.

474. AHRQ Announces Plans for National Healthcare Extension Service To Disseminate Evidence | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2024 - Concentration of Healthcare Expenditures and Selected Characteristics of Persons With High Expenses, United … , analyzed data from more than 700 adult patients across primary and urgent care facilities in the United … States.

475. Appendix III: Compendium of Measures and Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2010 - States Currently Using: The original Cash and Counseling demonstration is completed. … States Currently Using: The original Cash and Counseling demonstration is completed. … Indicators not precisely defined; States may use different data sources to report. … Johnson Foundation (RWJF), the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation in the United … Has been field tested in four different locations in the United States and Canada States Currently

476. Team Checkup Tool | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2023 - Team Checkup Tool AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care Purpose of the tool: This tool helps assess unit strengths and opportunities for improving unit processes and upgrading unit safety culture. Who should use this tool? Health care teams Directions: Your team should collectively complet…

477. Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: A Progress Report on the National 'On the CUSP: Stop BSI' Project, Neonatal CLABSI Prevention (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2012 - Results A total of 100 units participated representing 9 States. … Next Steps All nine participating States in NCLABSI have completed plans to sustain this work. … Six new States have also expressed commitment to spreading the interventions of this project to NICUs … Recruitment included 9 States and 100 NICUs. … Next Steps All nine participating States in NCLABSI have completed plans to sustain this work.

478. Executive Summary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2013 - AHRQ designed this project to replicate a highly successful State-based initiative in all 50 States, … Recruitment of States began in 2008. … Participating in a total of 6 cohorts were 44 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. … Twenty-three States began the project in 2009, 12 States and the District of Columbia began during 2010 … , and 9 States and Puerto Rico began the effort in 2011. 

479. Electronic Student Health Questionnaire (eSHQ) enhances risk assessment for adolescents | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2015 - These reports allowed comparisons across SBHCs within a State and across the two States to help improve … Developed aggregate reports for individual SBHCs and for the States . … A substantial number of middle and high school SBHC-using students in both States completed the eSHQ. … In both States, middle school (MS) students were more likely to complete an eSHQ than high school (HS … Youth risk behavior surveillance: United States, 2011.

480. Topic (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2009 - Topic A Model for Sustaining and Spreading Safety Interventions Appendix A. Action Plan Tool for Project Sustainability The Purpose of This Tool This tool is intended to support sustainability efforts for your catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) prevention project team. This worksheet will help…