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Research Studies is a monthly compilation of research articles funded by AHRQ or authored by AHRQ researchers and recently published in journals or newsletters.
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Kronick R
Patient safety: the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s ongoing commitment.
The author, director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, highlights AHRQ’s role in producing evidence to make care safer and fostering the use of that evidence. In particular, he discusses the following goals: preventing healthcare-acquired infections; reducing harm associated with obstetrical care in labor and delivery; improving safety and reducing medical liability; and, accelerating patient safety improvement in nursing homes.
AHRQ-authored
Citation:
Kronick R .
Patient safety: the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s ongoing commitment.
J Nurs Care Qual. 2014 Jul-Sep;29(3):195-9. doi: 10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000065..
Keywords:
Evidence-Based Practice, Quality of Care, Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Patient Safety
Rangachari P, Madaio M, Rethemeyer RK
Role of communication content and frequency in enabling evidence-based practices.
The study sought to promote central line bundle (CLB) implementation in a medical ICU and a pediatric ICU through periodic quality improvement (QI) interventions over a 52-week period. It found that proactive communications increased by 68 percent in the MICU and 61 percent in the PICU. During the same timeframe, both units increased CLB adherence to 100 percent. Both units also demonstrated statistically significant declines in catheter days.
AHRQ-funded; HS019785.
Citation:
Rangachari P, Madaio M, Rethemeyer RK .
Role of communication content and frequency in enabling evidence-based practices.
Qual Manag Health Care 2014 Jan-Mar;23(1):43-58. doi: 10.1097/qmh.0000000000000017..
Keywords:
Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI), Communication, Evidence-Based Practice, Guidelines, Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Quality of Care, Quality Improvement
