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WEBAbout our work at AHRQ. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) mission is to produce evidence to make health care safer, higher quality, more …

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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

WEBThe Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)'s programs offer practical information to help a variety of health care organizations, providers, and others make …

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WEBAntimicrobial stewardship programs are coordinated programs within a health care setting that promote the appropriate use of antimicrobials, thereby improving patient outcomes, …

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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

WEBIn seeking to understand connections between Americans’ health care expenditures and use and social determinants of health, The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality …

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WEBComprehensive Unit-Based Safety Program (CUSP) Toolkit. Created for clinicians by clinicians, this toolkit includes training tools to make care safer by improving the …

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Introduction Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

WEBThe Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool (PEMAT) is a systematic method to evaluate and compare the understandability and actionability of patient education …

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Finding Information and Support Agency for Healthcare Research …

WEBNext Steps After Your Diagnosis offers general advice for people with almost any disease or condition. And it has tips to help you learn more about your specific problem and how it …

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AHRQ Works: Building Bridges Between Research and Practice

WEBThis document provides examples of how AHRQ is building the bridge between research and practice to achieve these goals: Keep patients safe. Help doctors and nurses …

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Using Health Information Technology to Support Quality …

WEBAgency for Healthcare Research and Quality Advancing Excellence in Health Care . www.ahrq.gov. WHITE PAPER. Using Health Information . Technology to Support

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Informing Patients Your Practice Is Evidence-Based

WEBThe second-best framing language was: When you and your health care provider sit down to talk about what tests or treatments to do, the conversation should involve the best …

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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

WEBAHRQ-2 . The. FY 2024 President’s Budget also supports AHRQ’s work on key HHS and national priorities assisting local healthcare systems and providers recover from the …

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Overview Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

WEBHealth care-associated infections are one of the most common complications of hospital care. In 2011 there were an estimated 722,000 hospital-acquired infections, …

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Communicating to Improve Quality

WEBThe Communicating to Improve Quality strategy may also help to meet other goals related to patient safety and never events, for example: • Reduce the incidence of medication …

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EvidenceNOW: A Model for Heart Health and Beyond

WEBA 10.9% increase in smoking screening and cessation counseling A 6.7% improvement in prescribing aspirin for eligible patients A 6.3% increase in cholesterol management

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During National Hispanic Heritage Month, AHRQ Salutes …

WEBBlog on the contributions of promotors to health and wellness during National Hispanic Heritage Month, the annual celebration of culture, values, impact, and advancements of …

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How Patient and Family Engagement Benefits Your Hospital

WEB5 Patient-and family-centered care also decreases litigation and malpractice claims 6 and leads to lower costs per case due to fewer complications and shorter length of stay.

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Care Transitions from Hospital to Home: IDEAL Discharge …

WEBStrategy 4: IDEAL Discharge Planning (Implementation Handbook) Guide to Patient and Family Engagement :: 1 Introduction The Guide to Patient and Family Engagement in …

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Aspirin Use in Primary Care

WEBThe benefit of aspirin is not dose-dependent; use low-dose aspirin (81 mg) when indicated. Aspirin for primary prevention: balancing risk & benefit

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Speaking Plainly: Communicating the Patient’s Role in Health …

WEBAdvances in Patient Safety: Vol. 4 140 Background Since 1999, agencies of the Federal Government have been responding to the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) landmark report, …

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