Student Workbook This student workbook was prepared for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality by RAND Corporation under contract 290-06-00017-7. It is one component of a four-part set of ...

Introduction Problem Statement Guidelines summarizing evidence exist to help ensure that patients receive recommended interventions. In addition, consistent guideline adherence may significantly ...

The purpose of the Best Practices in Public Reporting series is to provide practical approaches to designing public reports that make health care performance information clear, meaningful, and usable ...

Federal and State governments, private purchasers, physicians, nurses, insurers, labor unions, health plans, hospitals, accreditation organizations, and others have begun to address some of the ...

This module will cover the Translating Research Into Practice (TRIP) framework. The TRIP framework lets us dig deeper into implementing the evidence-based interventions. We will also discuss gap ...

Slide 1: Patient and Family Engagement in the Surgical Environment Module. Say: The purpose of the Patient and Family Engagement in the Ambulatory Surgical Environment module is to augment the ...

This module is the first of two parts discussing briefings and debriefings. Teamwork and culture improvement are a big part of this project. Evidence supports that addressing cultural issues in ...

Contents Slide 1. Cover Slide Slide 2. Learning Objectives Slide 3. Basic Components and Process of Communication2 Slide 4. Four Key Components of Effective Communication1 Slide 5. Elements That ...

Bringing together a wide range of partners to support primary care quality improvement (QI) can help increase capacity and expertise, reduce duplicative efforts, reach a broader and more diverse set ...

Download 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 ...

After the Institute of Medicine released its sentinel report, To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), in conjunction with its Federal ...

Abstract Purpose. Evaluate the potential for medication discrepancies to contribute to adverse drug events (ADEs) by rating the seriousness of potential ADEs and further characterizing their potential ...