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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.
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
Tratamientos no invasivos para el dolor lumbar
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-EHC004-B
Physician Burnout
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 Date: July 2017 Publication Number: 17-M018-1-EF
All-Payer Claims Databases Measurement of Care: Systematic Review and Environmental Scan of Current Practices and Evidence
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 Date: June 2017 Publication Number: 17-0022-2-EF
Treating and Preventing C. difficile Infections - A Review of the Research for Adults
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 Date: May 2017 Publication Number: A1617-EHC012-A
Spanish Consumer Guide - Tratamiento para la incontinencia fecal
This consumer guide from the Effective Health Care program is greater than 3 years old. Findings should not be considered current.
Publication Date: May 2017 Publication Number: A1517-EHC037-B
Spanish Consumer Guide - Comparacion entre la psicoterapia y otros tratamientos para la depression con los medicamentos antidepresivos
This consumer guide from the Effective Health Care program is greater than 3 years old. Findings should not be considered current.
Publication Date: May 2017 Publication Number: A1517-EHC031-B
Advances in Patient Safety and Medical Liability
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 Date: April 2017 Publication Number: 17-0017-EF
Spanish Consumer Guide: Tratamiento para el trastorno del apetito desenfrenado.
This consumer guide from the Effective Health Care program is greater than 3 years old. Findings should not be considered current.
Publication Date: April 2017 Publication Number: A1517-EHC030-B
