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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 consumer guide from the Effective Health Care program is greater than 3 years old. Findings should not be considered current.
Publication Number: A1617-EHC005-B
This consumer guide from the Effective Health Care program is greater than 3 years old. Findings should not be considered current.
Publication Number: A1617-EHC031-B
This consumer guide from the Effective Health Care program is greater than 3 years old. Findings should not be considered current.
Publication Number: A1617-EHC004-B
Since 2001, AHRQ has been investing in major projects that examine the effects of working conditions on healthcare professionals’ ability to keep patients safe while providing high-quality care. This research is part of the Agency’s ongoing efforts to develop evidence-based information aimed at improving the quality of the U.S. healthcare system by making care safer for patients and improving working conditions for clinicians.
Publication Number: 17-M018-1-EF
Each year since 2003, AHRQhas produced the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report. These reports to Congress are mandated in the Healthcare Research and Quality Act of 1999 (P.L. 106-129).
Publication Number: 17-0001
All-payer claims databases (APCDs) are large-scale databases that systematically collect professional, facility, pharmacy, laboratory, and dental claims, as well as eligibility and provider files from private and public payers. This literature review and environmental scan maps an approach to creating an inventory of measures of quality, cost, and utilization of care across settings for potential use with an APCD, noting gaps or current barriers to APCD measurement.
Publication Number: 17-0022-2-EF
This research review for consumers discusses treatment options for C. difficile infections, which result from a type of bacteria (or germ) called Clostridium difficile This consumer guide from the Effective Health Care program is greater than 3 years old. Findings should not be considered current.
Publication Number: A1617-EHC012-A
This consumer guide from the Effective Health Care program is greater than 3 years old. Findings should not be considered current.
Publication Number: A1517-EHC037-B
This consumer guide from the Effective Health Care program is greater than 3 years old. Findings should not be considered current.
Publication Number: A1517-EHC031-B
This publication presents contributions and findings from AHRQ-funded projectsfrom the Patient Safety and Medical Liability (PSML) Initiative to help States and health systems seek comprehensive solutions that improve patient safety and address the underlying causes of the malpractice problem.
Publication Number: 17-0017-EF