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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)'s publications offer practical information to help a variety of health care organizations, providers, and others make care safer in all health care settings.
The SHARE Approach: A Model for Shared Decisionmaking - Fact Sheet
This fact sheet summarizes the SHARE Approach’s five-step process for shared decisionmaking that includes exploring and comparing the benefits, harms, and risks of each option through meaningful dialogue about what matters most to the patient.
Publication Date: September 2016 Publication Number: 14-0034-1-EF
Consumer Guide - Comparing Talk Therapy and other Depression Treatments with Antidepressant Medicines.
This guide compares talk therapy and other depression treatments with antidepressants. The summary is greater than 3 years old. Findings may be used for research purposes but should not be considered current.
Publication Date: September 2016 Publication Number: A1516-EHC031-A
Consumer Guide - Treating Disruptive Behavior Disorders in Children and Teens
This guide from the Effective Health Care program discusses treatments for disruptive behavior disorders in children and teens. The summary is greater than 3 years old. Findings may be used for research purposes but should not be considered current.
Publication Date: August 2016 Publication Number: A1516-EHC019-A
Preventing Hospital-Associated Venous Thromboembolism
This guide assists quality improvement practitioners in improving prevention of hospital-acquired venous thromboembolism.
Publication Date: August 2016 Publication Number: 16-0001-EF
AHRQ Individual Career Development (K) Award Program
This evaluation report discusses the AHRQ Individual Mentored Career Development (K) Award Program, which has been one of AHRQ’s longstanding training support programs.
Publication Date: August 2016 Publication Number: 16-0044-EF
Chartbook on Care Affordability
This chartbook includes a summary of quality and disparities across measures of care affordability from the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report and figures illustrating select measures of care affordability. A PowerPoint version is also available that users can download for presentations.
Publication Date: August 2016 Publication Number: 16-0015-7-EF
Consumer Guide - Treatment of Fecal Incontinence
This guide from the Effective Health Care Program discusses treatments for fecal incontinence. The summary is greater than 3 years old. Findings may be used for research purposes but should not be considered current.
Publication Date: July 2016 Publication Number: A1516-EHC037-A
Consumer Guide -Treating Infantile Hemangiomas in Children
This guide from the Effective Health Care Program discusses treatments for infantile hemangioma. The summary is greater than 3 years old. Findings may be used for research purposes but should not be considered current.
Publication Date: June 2016 Publication Number: A16-EHC002-A
Chartbook on Care Coordination
This chartbook includes a summary of quality and disparities across measures of care coordination from the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report and figures illustrating select measures of care coordination. A PowerPoint version is also available that users can download for presentations.
Publication Date: June 2016 Publication Number: 16-0015-6-EF
Consumer Guide - Treating Binge - Eating Disorder
This guide from the Effective Health Care Program discusses treatments for binge eating disorder. The summary is greater than 3 years old. Findings may be used for research purposes but should not be considered current.
Publication Date: May 2016 Publication Number: A1516-EHC030-A