Other Patient & Consumer Resources

• AHRQ releases new health literacy tool
• AHRQ tool that measures patients' home health care experiences to be implemented by CMS
• Automated screening of patient electronic medical records is only the first step to identifying a medication problem
• Introducing the electronic Preventive Services Selector Widget
• The 10 Questions You Should Know

Audio & Video

June 1 2012 20120601

AHRQ Quality Indicators™ Toolkit for Hospitals: Interview Series

March 1 2012 20120301

Webinar on AHRQ Quality Indicators Toolkit™ for Hospitals

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

Clinicians & Providers

• A Compendium of Selected Public Health Data Sources
• AHRQ Quality Indicators™ Toolkit for Hospitals
• AHRQ releases new health literacy tool
• AHRQ tool that measures patients' home health care experiences to be implemented by CMS
• AHRQ's Public Report Surveys
• Advancing Delivery System Research
• Asthma Return On Investment (ROI) Calculator
• Internet-based personal health records helpful to most HIV/AIDS patients who used them
• Introducing the electronic Preventive Services Selector Widget
• Medication review technique may help identify drug-related problems in the elderly
• Methods and Metrics Issues in Delivery Systems Research
• Patient Safety and Quality
• Patient tool helps determine adherence to asthma medication
• Preventable Hospitalization Costs and Mapping Tool
• Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) Toolkit
• Report available on clinical decision support tool to assess patients' risk for deleterious BRCA mutations
• Simple tool to measure health literacy in patients with HIV successfully predicts medication adherence
• State Quality Tools: ROI Calculator
• The Ambulatory Care Quality Alliance Recommended Starter Set
• The Ambulatory Care Quality Alliance: Improving Clinical Quality and Consumer Decisionmaking
• The Spread Problem
• Toolkit Roadmap
• Tools for Research: Consumer Assessment of Health Plans (CAHPS®)
• Tools for Research: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)
• Tools for Research: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)
• Use of AHRQ's Preventable Hospitalization Costs and Mapping Tool

Hospital & Health System Resources

• AHRQ Quality Indicators™ Toolkit for Hospitals
• AHRQ tool that measures patients' home health care experiences to be implemented by CMS
• Advancing Delivery System Research
• Automated screening of patient electronic medical records is only the first step to identifying a medication problem
• Expanding Research and Evaluation Designs to Improve the Science Base
• Highmark Uses AHRQ Materials in Health Literacy Outreach Program
• Innovative software cuts costs and time for States to report hospital quality information to the public
• Internet-based personal health records helpful to most HIV/AIDS patients who used them
• Introducing the electronic Preventive Services Selector Widget
• Medication review technique may help identify drug-related problems in the elderly
• Methods and Metrics Issues in Delivery Systems Research
• Patient Safety and Quality
• Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) Toolkit
• The Ambulatory Care Quality Alliance Recommended Starter Set
• The Ambulatory Care Quality Alliance: Improving Clinical Quality and Consumer Decisionmaking
• The Spread Problem
• Toolkit Roadmap

Policymaker Resources

• AHRQ tool that measures patients' home health care experiences to be implemented by CMS
• AHRQ's Public Report Surveys
• Expanding Research and Evaluation Designs to Improve the Science Base
• HCUP: Questions and Answers
• HCUP: Webinar Transcript
• Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)
• Highmark Uses AHRQ Materials in Health Literacy Outreach Program
• Innovative software cuts costs and time for States to report hospital quality information to the public
• Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) Toolkit
• State Quality Tools: ROI Calculator
• University of Missouri Center for Health Policy/Health Literacy Missouri

Research Activities Newsletter Articles

February 1 2013 20130201

AHRQ toolkit helps hospitals improve antibiotic selection to reduce deadly C. difficile infections

February 1 2013 20130201

From the Director

December 1 2012 20121201

New AHRQ tool assesses patient safety culture in pharmacies

December 1 2012 20121201

New tool released that improves the safety of care for nursing home residents

December 1 2012 20121201

New tools help improve patient safety for those with limited English

November 1 2012 20121101

AHRQ offers free toolkit to strengthen medication reconciliation

August 1 2011 20110801

AHRQ's clinical care tools help clinicians ensure better and safer care

August 1 2011 20110801

Emergency Preparedness Resource Inventory updated

August 1 2011 20110801

Signups soar for AHRQ's popular CME courses

July 1 2011 20110701

AHRQ toolkit helps to prevent hospital-acquired pressure ulcers

July 1 2011 20110701

Report shows physicians view e-prescribing features as cumbersome

June 1 2011 20110601

HCUP offers new online tutorial series modules

June 1 2011 20110601

New guide helps TeamSTEPPS® trainers learn how to teach simulation

May 1 2011 20110501

New resource identifies care coordination measures

March 1 2011 20110301

Automated screening of patient electronic medical records is only the first step to identifying a medication problem

February 1 2011 20110201

Report available on clinical decision support tool to assess patients' risk for deleterious BRCA mutations

November 1 2010 20101101

Internet-based personal health records helpful to most HIV/AIDS patients who used them

September 1 2010 20100901

AHRQ tool that measures patients' home health care experiences to be implemented by CMS

September 1 2010 20100901

Introducing the electronic Preventive Services Selector Widget

August 1 2010 20100801

Innovative software cuts costs and time for States to report hospital quality information to the public

August 1 2010 20100801

Simple tool to measure health literacy in patients with HIV successfully predicts medication adherence

June 1 2010 20100601

Health Literacy Toolkit Published

June 1 2010 20100601

Patient tool helps determine adherence to asthma medication

April 1 2010 20100401

Medication review technique may help identify drug-related problems in the elderly

February 1 2010 20100201

AHRQ releases new health literacy tool

Case Studies

September 1 2012 20120901

Highmark Uses AHRQ Materials in Health Literacy Outreach Program

September 1 2012 20120901

Suburban Hospital

September 1 2012 20120901

University of Missouri Center for Health Policy/Health Literacy Missouri

Fact Sheets

June 30 2012 20120630

AHRQ Quality Indicators™ Toolkit for Hospitals: Fact Sheet

Full Research Reports

May 1 1997 19970501

A Compendium of Selected Public Health Data Sources

Other Research & Data

• AHRQ's Public Report Surveys
• Implementing AHRQ's Tools in the Field: Successes and Lessons Learned 
• MONAHRQ's Preventable Costs and Hospitalization Mapping Tool

Other News & Events

• AHRQ Quality Indicators™ Toolkit for Hospitals: Fact Sheet
• AHRQ offers free toolkit to strengthen medication reconciliation
• AHRQ releases new health literacy tool
• AHRQ tool that measures patients' home health care experiences to be implemented by CMS
• AHRQ toolkit helps hospitals improve antibiotic selection to reduce deadly C. difficile infections
• AHRQ toolkit helps to prevent hospital-acquired pressure ulcers
• AHRQ's clinical care tools help clinicians ensure better and safer care
• Automated screening of patient electronic medical records is only the first step to identifying a medication problem
• Emergency Preparedness Resource Inventory updated
• From the Director
• HCUP offers new online tutorial series modules
• Health Literacy Toolkit Published
• Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)
• Innovative software cuts costs and time for States to report hospital quality information to the public
• Internet-based personal health records helpful to most HIV/AIDS patients who used them
• Introducing the electronic Preventive Services Selector Widget
• Medication review technique may help identify drug-related problems in the elderly
• New AHRQ Toolkit Supports Hospital Efforts To Improve Quality and Safety
• New AHRQ tool assesses patient safety culture in pharmacies
• New guide helps TeamSTEPPS® trainers learn how to teach simulation
• New resource identifies care coordination measures
• New tool released that improves the safety of care for nursing home residents
• Patient tool helps determine adherence to asthma medication
• Report available on clinical decision support tool to assess patients' risk for deleterious BRCA mutations
• Report shows physicians view e-prescribing features as cumbersome
• Signups soar for AHRQ's popular CME courses