Audio & Video

September 1 2012 20120901

Asking Questions Before Surgery

May 1 2010 20100501

Where Medical Errors Occur and How to Avoid Them

Audio & Video

March 1 2012 20120301

Webinar on AHRQ Quality Indicators Toolkit™ for Hospitals

Transcript: Transcript: Webinar on AHRQ Quality Indicators Toolkit for Hospitals

May 1 2010 20100501

Where Medical Errors Occur and How to Avoid Them

Clinicians & Providers

• Effects of Standardized Outreach for Patients Refusing Preventive Services: a Quasiexperimental Quality Improvement Study
• Evaluation of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendations
• Private Performance Feedback Reporting for Physicians
• The Medical Home, Preventive Care Screenings, and Counseling for Children: Evidence from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
• Women With Diabetes: Quality of Health Care, 2004-2005
• Women at High Risk for Diabetes: Access and Quality of Health Care, 2003-2006

Hospital & Health System Resources

• Evaluation of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendations
• Pressure Ulcer Prevention in Long-term-care Facilities: A Pilot Study Implementing Standardized Nurse Aide Documentation and Feedback Reports
• Private Performance Feedback Reporting for Physicians
• Women at High Risk for Diabetes: Access and Quality of Health Care, 2003-2006

Policymaker Resources

• Evaluation of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendations
• Women With Diabetes: Quality of Health Care, 2004-2005

Fact Sheets

June 30 2012 20120630

AHRQ Quality Indicators™ Toolkit for Hospitals: Fact Sheet

Full Research Reports

November 1 2012 20121101

Private Performance Feedback Reporting for Physicians

September 1 2012 20120901

Evaluation of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendations

September 1 2012 20120901

Women With Diabetes: Quality of Health Care, 2004-2005

September 1 2012 20120901

Women at High Risk for Diabetes: Access and Quality of Health Care, 2003-2006

Other Research & Data

• Effects of Standardized Outreach for Patients Refusing Preventive Services: a Quasiexperimental Quality Improvement Study
• The Medical Home, Preventive Care Screenings, and Counseling for Children: Evidence from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey

Other News & Events

• AHRQ Quality Indicators™ Toolkit for Hospitals: Fact Sheet
• AHRQ toolkit helps hospitals improve antibiotic selection to reduce deadly C. difficile infections
• An empowerment-based educational approach improves understanding and knowledge for patients with diabetes
• Electronic standing orders increase delivery of preventive services
• Emergency department patients and visitors are most interested in education about stress and depression
• Evaluation of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendations
• From the Director
• Gaps in insurance coverage linked to less receipt of preventive services by patients with diabetes
• Preventive dental care saves money on total dental care for Medicare beneficiaries
• Restorative care appears to lower emergency department visits and falls