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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) offers practical, research-based tools and other resources to help a variety of health care organizations, providers, and others make care safer in all health care settings.
Improving Patient Flow and Reducing Hospital Emergency Department Crowding: A Guide for Hospitals
This guide presents step-by-step instructions for planning and implementing patient flow improvement strategies to ease emergency department crowding.
Date Published: September 2012 Setting of Care: Hospital
Improving Your Laboratory Testing Process: A Step-by-Step Guide for Rapid-Cycle Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
The Improving Your Office Lab Testing Process Ambulatory Toolkit increases the reliability of the lab testing process within a medical office with step-by-step guidance. Includes checklists and materials to help communicate with patients
Date Published: January 2018 Setting of Care: Ambulatory Care, Hospital
Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) Toolkit
The MATCH toolkit features a step-by-step guide for hospitals to improve medication reconciliation processes as patients move through the health care system.
Date Published: August 2012 Setting of Care: Hospital, Long-term Care, Outpatient Surgery
Pediatric Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators
This stand-alone pediatric version of the Quality Indicators Toolkit helps meet the needs of hospitals that serve children and includes a concise set of tools to facilitate efforts to improve clinical quality.
Date Published: June 2016 Setting of Care: Hospital
Preventing Falls in Hospitals
This toolkit focuses on overcoming the challenges associated with developing, implementing, and sustaining a fall prevention program in hospitals.
Date Published: January 2013 Setting of Care: Hospital
Preventing Hospital-Associated Venous Thromboembolism
This updated guide, which is based on the latest scientific evidence, includes tools and resources for hospital staff to prevent hospital-acquired venous thromboembolism.
Date Published: August 2016 Setting of Care: Hospital
Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals
These materials assist hospital staff in implementing effective pressure ulcer prevention practices through an interdisciplinary approach to care.
Date Published: September 2012 Setting of Care: Hospital
Questions are the Answer
Questions Are the Answer provides tools for clinicians to use to engage patients and their families as part of the health care team. Materials include a seven-minute waiting room video, notepads for prioritizing questions, brochures, and an interactive question builder.
Date Published: September 2012 Setting of Care: Ambulatory Care
Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) Toolkit
This toolkit assists hospitals, including those that serve diverse populations, improve their hospital discharge process to reduce avoidable readmissions and posthospital emergency department visits. A guide for patients and families, available in English and Spanish, was developed as part of the toolkit.
Date Published: March 2013 Setting of Care: Hospital, Long-term Care
SDOH & Practice Improvement
Learn about tools to help healthcare organizations address social determinants of health and patients’ social needs.
Date Published: January 2020 Setting of Care: Ambulatory Care, Long-term Care
