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- Aprende a Vivir (1)
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- Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) (2)
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- Guide to Patient and Family Engagement in Hospital Quality and Safety (1)
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- Making Informed Consent an Informed Choice Guide (1)
- Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool (PEMAT) (4)
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- Provider: Pharmacist (1)
- Quality of Care (3)
- Racial and Ethnic Minorities (3)
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- (-) Health Literacy (40)
Impact Case Studies
AHRQ’s evidence-based tools and resources are used by organizations nationwide to improve the quality, safety, effectiveness, and efficiency of health care. The Agency’s Impact Case Studies highlight these successes, describing the use and impact of AHRQ-funded tools by State and Federal policy makers, health systems, clinicians, academicians, and other professionals.
Tell us how you're using our research or tools using these AHRQ Impact Case Studies criteria or contact us at ImpactCaseStudies@ahrq.hhs.gov.
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1-10 of 40 Case Studies Found
Impact Case Study Identifier: 2020-03
AHRQ Product(s): Guide to Patient and Family Engagement in Hospital Quality and Safety
Topic(s): Patient Safety, Medication: Safety, Patient and Family Engagement, Health Literacy
Geographic Location: Vermont
Country: United States of America
Implementer: Little Rivers Health Care, a Federally Qualified Health Center
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Impact Case Study Identifier: 2020-02
AHRQ Product(s): Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit
Topic(s): Education: Curriculum, Health Literacy, Outcomes, Patient Safety
Geographic Location: New York
Country: United States of America
Implementer: Touro College
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Impact Case Study Identifier: 2019-05
AHRQ Product(s): Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit, Making Informed Consent an Informed Choice Guide, Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool (PEMAT)
Topic(s): Education: Patient and Caregiver, Health Literacy, Patient Experience, Patient Safety, Patient Self-Management
Geographic Location: Texas
Country: United States of America
Implementer: University of Texas Health at San Antonio, University Health System
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Impact Case Study Identifier: 2018-05
AHRQ Product(s): Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit
Topic(s): Health Literacy, Medication: Safety, Outcomes, Patient Safety, Prevention, Medication, Medication, Provider: Pharmacist
Geographic Location: Connecticut
Country: N/A
Implementer: Greenwich Woods Rehabilitation and Health Care Center
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Impact Case Study Identifier: 2017-14
AHRQ Product(s): Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit
Topic(s): Health Literacy, Medication: Safety, Outcomes, Patient Safety, Medication
Geographic Location: National
Country: United States of America
Implementer: SinfoníaRx
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Impact Case Study Identifier: 2017-04
AHRQ Product(s): Questions Are the Answer Public Service Campaign
Topic(s): Health Literacy, Quality of Care, Outcomes, Patient Experience
Geographic Location: Pennsylvania
Country: United States of America
Implementer: The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania Library Association; National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Middle Atlantic Region
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Impact Case Study Identifier: 2016-15
AHRQ Product(s): Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit
Topic(s): Health Literacy, Patient Safety
Geographic Location: N/A
Country: International, New Zealand
Implementer: New Zealand Ministry of Health; Health Quality & Safety Commission New Zealand
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Impact Case Study Identifier: 2016-08
AHRQ Product(s): Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit
Topic(s): Health Literacy, Prevention
Geographic Location: N/A
Country: Australia
Implementer: Tasmania Department of Health and Human Services
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Impact Case Study Identifier: 2016-03
AHRQ Product(s): Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool (PEMAT), Publications
Topic(s): Health Literacy, Education: Patient and Caregiver
Geographic Location: New York
Country: United States of America
Implementer: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
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Impact Case Study Identifier: 2016-02
AHRQ Product(s): Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit, Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool (PEMAT)
Topic(s): Health Literacy, Education: Patient and Caregiver
Geographic Location: Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia
Country: United States of America
Implementer: Novant Health
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