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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.
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This training program is designed to introduce pharmacists to the problem of low health literacy in patient populations and to identify the implications of this problem for the delivery of healthcare services. The program also explains techniques that pharmacy staff members can use to improve communication with patients who may have limited health literacy skills.
Publication Number: 07(08)-0051-1-EF
This publication gives a list of sample questions to ask during a medical encounter.
Publication Number: AHRQ0910-M026-C
This workbook is the companion of Asthma Care Quality Improvement: A Resource Guide for State Action. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) developed both resources to help States assess the quality of asthma care and create quality improvement strategies.
Publication Number: 06-0012-2
This toolkit was prepared for AHRQ by Denver Health, a partner in AHRQ's Integrated Delivery System Research Network.
Publication Number: 05-0108-EF
This guide offers general advice for people with almost any disease or condition.
Publication Number: 05-0049
La seguridad de pacientes es uno de los desafíos de sanidad más grande de los Estados Unidos. Un informe del Instituto de Medicina (Institute of Medicine) declara que aproximadamente entre 44,000 a 98,000 personas mueren anualmente en hospitales a causa de lapsos en seguridad de los pacientes.
Publication Number: 04-M006 (Spanish)
Primary care practice-based research networks (PBRNs) involve practicing clinicians in asking and answering clinical and organizational questions central to primary health care. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) developed its PBRN initiative in recognition of this work and its ability to improve the health of all Americans, and the potential of these networks to engage clinicians in quality improvement activities.
Publication Number: 01-P020