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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.
Measurement-Powered Quality Improvement
This toolkit, called the AHRQ QI Toolkit, is both a general guide to applying improvement methods in a hospital setting and a guide to improving performance specifically using the AHRQ QIs. The toolkit serves as a “how to” for the improvement process—from the first stage of self-assessment through the final stage of ongoing monitoring.
Publication Date: September 2017 Publication Number: 17-0049
Spanish Consumer Guide - Management of Gout
Esta información proviene de un informe de investigación que fue financiado por la AHRQ (Agencia para la Investigación y Calidad de la Atención Médica; AHRQ, por su sigla en inglés), una agencia del gobierno federal. Los investigadores revisaron 154 estudios de investigación acerca del tratamiento de la gota. S
Publication Date: August 2017 Publication Number: A1617-EHC017-B
Su guía para evitar y tratar la formación de coágulos
Los coágulos son serios. Es importante saber los señales y conseguir tratado enseguida. Esta guía describe maneras de prevenir y de tratar coágulos; síntomas; y efectos secundarios de la medicación así como cuándo ir a la sala de urgencias.
Publication Date: August 2017 Publication Number: 09-0067-C
Your Medicine: Be Smart. Be Safe.
This guide answers common questions about getting and taking medicines and has handy forms that will help patients keep track of information.
Publication Date: August 2017 Publication Number: 11-0049-A
Participe más en su atención médica
Este folleto le brinda consejos que puede aplicar antes, durante y después de su cita médica, para asegurarse de que recibe la mejor atención posible.
Publication Date: August 2017 Publication Number: 10(11)-0094-B
Su medicamento: Infórmese. Evite riesgos. (Incluye tarjeta de bolsillo)
Busque la tarjeta de bolsillo en la parte de atrás para llevar un mejor control de sus medicamentos.
Publication Date: August 2017 Publication Number: 11-0049-B
Consumer Guide - Management of Insomnia Disorder: A Review of the Research for Adults
This guide discusses management of insomnia disorder, a long-term condition in which a person has trouble sleeping. This consumer guide from the Effective Health Care program is greater than 3 years old. Findings should not be considered current.
Publication Date: August 2017 Publication Number: A1517-EHC027-A
EHC Clinician Guide - Omega - 3 Fatty Acids and Cardiovascular Disease
This is a summary of a systematic review that evaluated the recent evidence regarding the effects of omega-3 fatty acids, primarily from marine oil supplements, on clinical and selected intermediate cardiovascular outcomes (i.e., blood pressure, lipid concentrations) and the association of omega-3 fatty acids dietary intake and biomarkers with cardiovascular outcomes.
Publication Date: July 2017 Publication Number: A17-EHC010-A
Spanish Consumer Guide - Programas conductuales para ayudar a controlar la diabetes tipo 1
This consumer guide from the Effective Health Care program is greater than 3 years old. Findings should not be considered current.
Publication Date: July 2017 Publication Number: A1617-EHC005-B
Spanish Consumer Guide- Programas conductuales para ayudar a controlar la diabetes tipo 2
This consumer guide from the Effective Health Care program is greater than 3 years old. Findings should not be considered current.
Publication Date: July 2017 Publication Number: A1617-EHC031-B
