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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 accessible, equitable, and affordable, and to work within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and with other partners to make sure that the evidence is understood and used.
Preventing Falls in Hospitals - Agency for Healthcare Research and ...
WEBEach year, somewhere between 700,000 and 1,000,000 people in the United States fall in the hospital. A fall may result in fractures, lacerations, or internal bleeding, leading to increased health care utilization. Research shows that close to one-third of falls can be prevented. Fall prevention involves managing a patient's underlying fall risk factors and …
WEBKey elements of IDEAL Discharge Planning. Include the patient and family as full partners in the discharge planning process. Educate the patient and family in plain language about the patient’s condition, the discharge process, and next steps throughout the hospital stay. Assess how well doctors and nurses explain the diagnosis, condition ...
Types of Health Care Quality Measures
WEBStructural measures give consumers a sense of a health care provider’s capacity, systems, and processes to provide high-quality care. For example: Whether the health care organization uses electronic medical records or medication order entry systems. The number or proportion of board-certified physicians. The ratio of providers to patients.
Section 4: Ways to Approach the Quality Improvement Process
WEBDownload Section 4: Ways To Approach the Quality Improvement Process (PDF, 457 KB). Health care delivery systems that are working to improve patient experience can face daunting challenges, reflecting the need to align changes in behavior and practices across multiple levels and areas of the organization.
CAHPS Patient Experience Surveys and Guidance
WEBCAHPS surveys ask patients to report on their experiences with a range of healthcare services at multiple levels of the delivery system. Some CAHPS surveys ask about patients' experiences with healthcare providers, such as doctors, clinics, and hospice teams, or with care for specific health conditions. Other surveys ask enrollees about their ...
Clinical Guidelines and Recommendations | Agency for Healthcare ...
WEBBetween 1992 and 1996, the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (now the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) sponsored development of a series of 19 clinical practice guidelines. These guideline products are no longer viewed as guidance for current medical practice, and are provided for archival purposes only. Visit the Clinical ...
WEBTeamSTEPPS is an evidence-based framework to optimize team performance across the healthcare delivery system. It requires clearly defined and appropriate team structure and the use of four teachable-learnable skills: Communication, Team Leadership, Situation Monitoring, and Mutual Support. The TeamSTEPPS framework reflects the connections ...
Programs - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
WEBAHRQ’s HAI program funds work to help frontline clinicians and other health care staff prevent HAIs by improving how care is actually delivered to patients. This work is accomplished through a robust portfolio of grants and contracts that focus on applied research. This kind of research brings knowledge to the front lines of care faster by ...
TeamSTEPPS Training Opportunities | Agency for Healthcare …
WEBTeamSTEPPS Training Opportunities. AHRQ is providing virtual TeamSTEPPS for Diagnosis Improvement trainings led by experienced facilitators at no charge to participants through November 2024. These trainings are designed to help teams enhance communication, manage challenges more collaboratively, and effectively implement …