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Topic: Patient Safety
10 Patient Safety Tips for Hospitals
2011 User Comparative Database Report
2011 User Comparative Database Report
A Toolkit for Redesign in Health Care: Final Report
Adding incentive payments to pay-for-performance hospital program boosts payments to hospitals treating more disadvantaged patients
Adherence interventions may help patients with hepatitis C
Adolescent females living in disadvantaged neighborhoods are at increased risk for obesity
Advances in Patient Safety
Advances in Patient Safety and Medical Liability
Advances in the Prevention and Control of HAIs
Advancing Patient Safety
AHRQ 2.0: Reimagining Our Path to Better and Safer Health Care
AHRQ Deputy Director Calls Improving Diagnosis the ‘Next Critical Leap’ in Patient Safety
AHRQ Developing New Tool To Update Monitoring of Patient Safety
AHRQ free online tutorials teach how to use HCUP data
AHRQ Leaders Highlight Hospital Safety Gains, Note Challenges in JAMA Viewpoint
AHRQ National Scorecard on Rates of Hospital-Acquired Conditions
AHRQ Patient Safety Toolkit Helps Hospitals Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI)
AHRQ Patient Safety Tools and Resources
AHRQ publishes first evaluation highlight on CHIPRA quality demonstration grant program
AHRQ Stats
AHRQ Study Calculates Adverse Events Among Heart Attack Patients Treated at Hospitals With Poor Safety Performance
AHRQ Study Finds a Decline in Adverse Events for Heart Attack, Heart Failure Patients
AHRQ Supports Hospitals As They Make Care Safer
AHRQ Supports Patient Safety Awareness Week With Variety of Activities
AHRQ toolkit can help hospitals lower preventable readmissions
AHRQ Wins Award for Excellence From Medical Liability Association
AHRQ’s Simulation Dictionary: A New Tool To Support Patient Safety Efforts
Ambulatory Safety and Quality Program
Antipsychotic use among the elderly boosts risk of stroke
CANDOR and the Importance of Honesty
Care processes in nursing home and residential long-term care settings may benefit people with dementia
Certain medications are effective in reducing restless leg syndrome symptoms
Chartbook on Patient Safety
Combining strategies cuts hospitals’ healthcare-associated infection rates
Communication and Optimal Resolution (CANDOR)
Comparative Results from the AHRQ Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture
Demonstration Grants Final Evaluation Report
Dental Office: Opportunity Won
Designing Consumer Reporting Systems for Patient Safety Events
Developing and Testing the Health Care Safety Hotline: A Prototype Consumer Reporting System for Patient Safety Events
Disclosure of funding sources affects physician evaluation of research studies
Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Final Report
Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Final Report Companion Guide
Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Neonatal CLABSI Prevention
Engaging Patients and Families in Their Health Care
Environmental Scan of Patient Safety Education and Training Programs
Essentials Instructional Module and Course Slides
Factors identified that influence preventable hospitalization rates in small areas over time
Guide to clinical preventive services now available
Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care Settings by Engaging Patients and Families
HACs Decline by 17%
Health Care Simulation to Advance Safety
Help for Nursing Homes in Fighting HAIs
Helping Hospitals Improve the Safety of Patients Undergoing Surgery
ICU bed allocation: clinicians prioritize "rescuing" a critically ill patient over societal benefit
Improving Diagnosis: Patient Safety’s Next Great Frontier
Improving Patient Safety in Long-Term Care Facilities
Improving Patient Safety Systems for Patients With Limited English Proficiency
Improving Your Office Testing Process
Infectious Complications Related to the Catheter Other than CAUTI (September 9, 2014)
Infliximab may be riskier than etanercept for younger patients with arthritis
Initiative shows how health IT can advance patient-centered care
Longitudinal Evaluation of the Patient Safety and Medical Liability Reform Demonstration Program
Low-molecular-weight heparin often used in treating young trauma patients despite insufficient scientific evidence
Making Care Transitions Safer: The Pivotal Role of Nurses
Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture
Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture
Medicare nonpayment for certain hospital-acquired conditions has not reduced certain infections in hospitals
Mental illness is common and left untreated in older public housing residents
MONAHRQ® 4.1 released
More evidence is needed on biomarkers to detect iron deficiency anemia in CKD patients
Mortality rate and major complications have declined among adult trauma patients cared for in trauma centers
Most children can delay their first dental visit until age 3 without affecting later dental outcomes
National Quality Strategy offers free communications toolkit
New AHRQ evidence report details top patient safety strategies
New AHRQ Toolkit Helps Improve Patient Safety in Ambulatory Surgery Centers
New guide available for developing observational comparative effectiveness research
New Jersey Hospital Uses AHRQ Toolkit To Reduce Urinary Tract Infections
New measure helps evaluate interventions to reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infections
No More CAUTI: Preventing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections
No short-term risk of severe cardiac events seen in children taking central nervous system stimulants
North Carolina Physicians Use AHRQ Materials to Boost Communication with Patients
Oral Surgery: Lost Opportunity
Oral Surgery: Opportunity Won
Patient Safety & Medical Liability Reform Initiative
Patient Safety Tools
Patients with stroke or transient ischemic attack suffer high levels of depression and undertreatment with antidepressants
Pilot Testing Patient Reporting of Safety Events from the Patient and Family Perspective
Planning Grants Final Evaluation Report
Pocket Guide: TeamSTEPPS
Preventing Hospital-Associated Venous Thromboembolism
Project Overview: Designing Consumer Reporting Systems for Patient Safety Events
Quality of care is similar for safety-net and non-safety-net hospitals
Register for April 25-26 Conference on Health Disparities Research at the Intersection of Race, Ethnicity, and Disability
Register for May 3 Conference on Advancing Quality Improvement Science for Children’s Healthcare Research
Register for May 8 HCUP Data Users’ Workshop
Research Activities asks the experts
Research Briefs
Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections
RRS6: RRS Evaluation
RRS: Detection
RRS: Let's Look Back at Our Example
RRS: Let's Watch the RRS in Action
RRS: Patient Disposition
RRS: Response, Assessment and Stabilization
RRS: RRS Activation
Safety of Vaccines Used for Routine Immunization in the United States
Self-reported vision impairment does not always predict disability in older adults when other factors are present
Short spacing between children boosts the older child’s risk of behavioral and cognitive problems
Simulation Research
Standard written checklists can improve patient safety during surgical crises
Study finds few clinically important differences between first- and second-generation medications for treating schizophrenia
Study tracks hospitalization rates for various respiratory viruses
Success Stories from the AHRQ Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture
Success Stories from the AHRQ Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture
Survey finds rapid rise in antipsychotic use among young people
Surveys on Patient Safety Culture™
Surveys on Patient Safety Culture™
Synthesis: Results of AHRQ-Funded HAI Projects
Taking Care of Myself: A Guide for When I Leave the Hospital
Taking Steps To Protect Safety in Ambulatory Care
TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Course Management Guide
The Challenge and Potential for Assuring Quality Health Care for the 21st Century
The Falls Management Program: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Nursing Facilities
The poor and less educated in Canada are more likely to use health care than their counterparts in the United States
The proportion of high-risk drugs used by the elderly declined when they gained Medicare Part D coverage
Toolkit for Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators™: Fact Sheet
Tools and Resources
Trends in diabetes treatment suggest more multidrug regimens, resulting in high financial burden on persons with diabetes and their families
University of Louisville Hospital Influenced by AHRQ Toolkit to Detect Antibiotic-Resistant Infections
Using the AHRQ Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture
Using the AHRQ Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture
We're Keeping Score: Reducing Hospital-Acquired Conditions
Webinar on AHRQ Quality Indicators Toolkit™ for Hospitals (Audio/Video item)
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